Inductive position sensors (IPSs) are contactless sensors used for detecting the absolute position of an item in case of angular or linear motion. The active sensing part is manufactured by positioning copper traces o...
Inductive position sensors (IPSs) are contactless sensors used for detecting the absolute position of an item in case of angular or linear motion. The active sensing part is manufactured by positioning copper traces on a printed circuit board (PCB) in order to obtain a system of transmitting and receiving coils. A designing procedure based on trial-and-error method is not considerable because of the low time and costs efficiency of the process. Therefore, the here presented coil design process aims at efficiently evaluating the performance of each sensor before its industrial production and application. The simulation is based on the sequential solution of different eddy current problems in the frequency domain by using a fast and efficient surface integral formulation in place of the much more widely diffused commercial finite element (FE) codes. Due to this innovative practice, simulation time can be reduced to some tens of seconds thus allowing the evaluation of many design and the final performance of the sensor can be deeply enhanced, reducing the maximum linearity error from more than 2% up to 0.2% FS.
Establishing the structural integrity of an airport pavement is crucial to assess its remaining life and implement strategies or priorities for action. In this context, the elastic modulus represents an effective indi...
Establishing the structural integrity of an airport pavement is crucial to assess its remaining life and implement strategies or priorities for action. In this context, the elastic modulus represents an effective indicator of the condition of the pavement which can be calculated through back-calculation procedures starting from surface deflections, obtained from a non-destructive test (such as the Heavy Weight Deflectometer). Nevertheless, the conventional inverse engineering analysis involves the use of an axial-symmetric pavement finite-element program able to evaluate stiffness values exclusively at the deflection measuring points. This study presents an alternative methodology for spatial modelling of the load- bearing capacity of the runway surface pavement layer from deflection data measured at specific points, using Shallow Artificial Neural Networks. The search of the optimal neural model hyperparameters has been addressed through a Bayesian Optimization procedure and a 5-fold cross-validation has been implemented for a fair performance evaluation, given the limited number of deflection measures available. Once the optimal model has been defined, the measured surface deflection data were linearly interpolated and resampled gridding data were used as a new input matrix of the neural model to predict the expected value of elastic moduli at non-sampled points on the runway. The optimal BO model has returned very satisfactory results with a value of Pearson Coefficient R averaged over 5-fold equal to 0.96597 and of Mean Squared Error averaged over 5-fold equal to 0.01849. In such a way, a contour map of the runway stiffness has been drawn, to provide a support tool for the planning of intervention priorities.
The chapter offers an overview of the effects of the research advancements in nonlinear dynamics on the evaluation of system safety. The achievements developed over the last 30 years entailed a substantial change of p...
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Dry reforming of methane (DRM) is one of the most attractive methods for producing syngas by utilizing two major greenhouse gases: methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2). Among the numerous effective technologies for ...
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With the increasing scale and complexity of urban water distribution networks (WDN) nowadays, the efficiency of transient analysis has become a considerable concern for transient modelling and analysis of such systems...
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Sulphur oxide (SOx) emissions impose a serious health threat to the residents and a substantial cost to the local environment. In many countries and regions, ocean-going vessels are mandated to use low-sulphur fuel wh...
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Surface deformation and face failure may occur during shield tunneling in the shallow buried dry sandy stratum. The model shield machine is used to carry out the shield tunneling model test in dry sandy stratum. The s...
Surface deformation and face failure may occur during shield tunneling in the shallow buried dry sandy stratum. The model shield machine is used to carry out the shield tunneling model test in dry sandy stratum. The surface deformation laws and the active failure process of the excavation face are analyzed by monitoring the surface deformation during advancing and face failure stages. It is concluded that the surface deformation curve is 'M' shaped and asymmetrical about the tunnel axis. The surface settlement during face failure goes through two stages, and the surface collapse pit is approximately elliptical, whose center is located on the left side of the tunnel axis when the cutter head rotates clockwise.
In this paper, the three-dimensional analysis of masonry vaults subjected to differential settlements is presented. A representation through NURBS shell elements is followed. Elements are idealized as rigid blocks and...
In this paper, the three-dimensional analysis of masonry vaults subjected to differential settlements is presented. A representation through NURBS shell elements is followed. Elements are idealized as rigid blocks and jumps of displacement can occur only at interfaces. Starting from a known displacement at the external boundary, the overall displacement field is determined through standard linear programming formulations. A mesh adaptation governed by a Genetic Algorithm is then applied to find the shape of the mechanism deriving from the settlement. The procedure is here applied on a historical barrel vault and results are compared with previous experimental tests.
This study presents the seismic performance evaluation of a typified masonry school building, Shkolla 9-Vjeçare '26 Nëntori', which was damaged by the recent earthquakes which hit Albanian territory ...
This study presents the seismic performance evaluation of a typified masonry school building, Shkolla 9-Vjeçare '26 Nëntori', which was damaged by the recent earthquakes which hit Albanian territory on November 26, 2019. This building was constructed in 1985 by following the template school projects in Albanian construction practice. The current situation of the building was evaluated by considering the provisions of modern codes i.e. Eurocode 6, Eurocode 8 and Turkish building Code. Analytical model of the school building was developed using the experimental test results conducted on the brick units and mortar. Nonlinear static pushover analyses were executed to estimate the seismic capacity, the performance point, and the damage limit state levels. The performance based assessment rules were used for this objective. Deficiencies and weak points were identified by the detailed examination of the pushover curves. Results showed that selected school designed per pre-modern code is far from satisfying the desired criteria, suggesting that urgent response and necessary measures should be put into action.
The defects and damages of bearing structures (walls, covering) of the solid-cast reinforced concrete tank were identified and detected using visual and instrumental testing. The actual reinforcement of the tank was d...
The defects and damages of bearing structures (walls, covering) of the solid-cast reinforced concrete tank were identified and detected using visual and instrumental testing. The actual reinforcement of the tank was determined and coordinated with designed reinforcement. Furthermore, the deformations were measured, the cracks opening in the walls and its depth in the concrete were detected and was also the strength quality of concrete was defined. During the year of the operation, the tank developed a considerable system of cracks in all lateral walls from technological loadings. At the same time, the width of the crack opening exceeded the limit values for reinforced capacitive structures (wk), which is equal to 0.1 mm. The walls lost tightness, the use of the structure in the technological process was suspended. Checking calculations of the design solutions was carried out for the elements of the tank on technological loadings in the software package LIRA to find the causes of the cracks opening and water penetration in the walls of the reinforced concrete tank. It was determined that the existing design solutions did not ensure the bearing capacity and the fracture strength of bearing reinforced elements of the tank and its spatial rigidity from technological loadings. Necessary reinforcement was defined by ensuring the strength and possible limitation of the width of the cracks opening. This article presents the technical solutions concerning the strengthening of repair bearing elements of reinforced concrete spatial frame of the existing structure. The external bandages (reinforcing steel 4d32A400C) and inner tension bars (stainless steel round pipes 168 x 5 mm) were used as the strengthening of the reinforced concrete tank.
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