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.
In order to study the effect of water content on the tensile properties of cement mortar, the "8" test method was used for the five water contents of the two mix ratios (saturation was 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and...
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Reliable degradation prognosis of mechanical components is very important for condition-based maintenance to improve the reliability and reduce the cost of maintenance. This paper reports the development of a fuzzy fe...
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This study aimed to determine whether Fe-rich waste (pyrite cinder) can be structurally and environmentally stabilized in a metakaolin-based geopolymer matrix over long curing periods. The strength evolution, microstr...
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This study aimed to determine whether Fe-rich waste (pyrite cinder) can be structurally and environmentally stabilized in a metakaolin-based geopolymer matrix over long curing periods. The strength evolution, microstructural transformation, and leaching behavior of metakaolin (MK) blended pyrite cinder (PyC) geopolymer were investigated for up to 4 years of curing at 25 °C. The MK:PyC ratios were 100:0, 75:25, 50:50, and 25:75, activated by a combination of NaOH and Na 2 SiO 3 solutions. Phase evolution and microstructural reorganization by XRD, FTIR, and SEM-EDS indicated a partial crystallization of geopolymer amorphous gel into faujasite-Na zeolite over long-time curing (1–2 years). Strength evolution showed a correlation between PyC content and phase transformation. Mixtures with higher PyC contents generally exhibited lower compressive strength (around 3 MPa), which tended to be much lower after zeolite formation by approximately 90 %. Stabilization/solidification of the PyC at early- and long-age resulted in safe leaching levels of iron and heavy metals (Cu, As, Ba, Zn, Pb, Mn, and Cr), significantly below US-EPA standards. Fe investigation by Mössbauer spectroscopy indicated the possible incorporation of Fe 3+ in the tetrahedral network of geopolymer binder with PyC ≤ 50 wt%. However, following the amorphous phase transformation, some of the Fe 3+ ions were found to occupy the octahedral sites in the extra-framework positions of faujasite-Na.
The principle of effective stress is the keystone of modern physics, which becomes the basic difference between soil mechanics and general solid mechanics. Terzaghi's effective stress principle has been controvers...
The principle of effective stress is the keystone of modern physics, which becomes the basic difference between soil mechanics and general solid mechanics. Terzaghi's effective stress principle has been controversial since it was put forward, especially for the calculation of effective stress, many scholars have revised it from different aspects. The pore pressure is reduced in all different modified formulas, that is, the pore pressure need to be multiplied by a pore pressure factor. However, the variation of pore pressure factor has always been ignored because the reduction of pore pressure is very small. In this paper, the effective stress expression considering the contact area coefficient is modified to the u-p formation dynamic equation, and the influence of the change of contact area coefficient on the dynamic characteristics of soil is studied.
We consider the inverse problem of localizing a prey hitting a spider orb-web from dynamic measurements taken near the center of the web, where the spider is supposed to stay. The actual discrete orb-web, formed by a ...
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In this work, we present a frequency-drift compensated (Fd-C) closed-form solution for stereo RGB-D SLAM. The intrinsic parameters for each sensor are first obtained with a standard camera calibration process and the ...
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