This study explores the mechanical properties and microstructure of ultra-high-performance concrete with recycled aggregates (UHPC-RA) enhanced by nanosilica (NS) and steel fibers (SF) at elevated temperatures. Thirty...
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An experimental study was conducted to investigate the influence of sphere diameter and Reynolds number on synthetic jet vortex rings impinging on a spherical wall. Laser-induced fluorescence and two-dimensional parti...
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An experimental study was conducted to investigate the influence of sphere diameter and Reynolds number on synthetic jet vortex rings impinging on a spherical wall. Laser-induced fluorescence and two-dimensional particle image velocimetry techniques were applied to visualize flow and measure flow velocity, respectively. In this experiment, the stroke length was kept constant (L=3.6), and different diameters (d/D=1, 6, and 16) and Reynolds numbers (Resj=227 and 682) were analyzed. In addition to flow visualization images and phase-averaged λci fields, the vortex ring trajectories and circulation are presented to reveal the evolution features of the vortex rings. The results demonstrated that the Reynolds number mainly determined the strength and induced ability of the primary vortex ring (PVR) and the sphere-diameter effect was reflected by the expansion distance of the PVR and its separation from the wall boundary layer. It was found that only a secondary vortex ring (SVR) was induced in the case of a small diameter or a low Reynolds number. As the diameter and Reynolds number increased, the PVR expanded continuously along the wall and induced a SVR and tertiary vortex ring. In particular, driven by the curve, the strength of the induced vortex ring decreased with the increase in the sphere diameter.
The Stirling engine, which possesses external combustion characteristics, a simple structure, and high theoretical thermal efficiency, has excellent potential for utilizing finite waste heat and cold resources. Howeve...
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Detecting damage in critical structures using monitored data is a fundamental task of structural health monitoring, which is extremely important for maintaining structures' safety and life-cycle management. Based ...
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Data-driven method for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), that mine the hidden structural performance from the correlations among monitored time series data, has received widely concerns recently. However, missing da...
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This paper studied the compressive properties of 3D printed concrete and analyzed their influencing factors, including layer thickness and printing time interval. The investigation also explored the impact of inter-la...
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The multiple cracking behavior of ultra–high–performance concrete (UHPC) is strongly dependent on the bridging of cracks by fibers and the spatial strength distribution of matrix. A good match between fiber bridgi...
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A new steel-concrete-steel panel with front aluminum foam layer and rear energy absorbing connector (SCS-FL-EAC) was firstly developed. The dynamicbehavior of SCS-FL-EAC was studied through conducting drop-weight imp...
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To improve the normal section design approach for ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) encased steel beams, this paper first conducted a flexural experiment on eight simply supported UHPC encased steel beams, where ...
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To improve the normal section design approach for ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) encased steel beams, this paper first conducted a flexural experiment on eight simply supported UHPC encased steel beams, where the test parameters included the longitudinal reinforcement ratio in tension, the width and thickness of H-shaped steel flanges, the strength grade of H-shaped steel, and the location of H-shaped steel. Then, the calculation method of the flexural capacity of the UHPC encased steel beams was proposed based on the position of the neutralization axis. The short-term stiffness before and after cracking, as well as the average crack width, were established by considering the effect of the steel fibers. Finally, a finite element model of the UHPC encased steel beam was constructed using reasonable material relations and compared with the test results for validation. The results showed that the longitudinal steel bars and the lower flanges of the UHPC encased steel beams first reached a yielding state, and then the upper UHPC was crushed, exhibiting an under-reinforced damage pattern. Increasing the longitudinal reinforcement ratio, the width and thickness of the H-shaped steel flange, the strength grade of the steel, and offsetting the H-shaped steel downward can effectively increase the vertical load-carrying capacity. Due to the high compression strength of the UHPC and the small depth of the compression zone, the upper flanges of the H-shaped steels for some UHPC encased steel beams did not reach yield. Concerning the presence of the H-shaped steel, after the upper UHPC in the span was crushed, the falling branches of the vertical load-deflection curves flattened, showing good ductility. The equivalent stress coefficient k in tension is suggested to be 0.7 when calculating the flexural capacity. For predicting the post-crack stiffness and the average crack width, the fiber influence coefficients B and w are recommended to be 0.2 and 0.3, respectively. The
Clay mixed soil is a combination of clay and soil components that may be used as the core of earth dams and the foundation for building and road construction. Up until now, significant research work has been carried o...
Clay mixed soil is a combination of clay and soil components that may be used as the core of earth dams and the foundation for building and road construction. Up until now, significant research work has been carried out to design cement-based clay materials; however, only a couple of studies have been reported in the literature on earth-based materials. The methodology portion provides an overview of the different materials, tools, and protocols used during work to develop ways to earth-based materials and study their early age compression strength along with their shear strength. Finally, it summarizes all the results and the outcome of the experimental work done. The probability of producing an object using earth-based material was examined. Improvement in the compressive strength in the early age of strength by adding additives like bentonite and rice husk was assessed in this study. Three clayey soil samples were investigated. The undrained shear strength based on an unconfined compression test (UCT) over those samples was measured by varying the moisture content (MC). After performing all these tests, a relationship was developed between the UCT and vane shear test (VST) undrained shear strengths of the selected soil samples. Clay samples with different mix designs were investigated, and building components were printed out to check the early age shear strength development and printable properties of different mix designs. This study will lay the foundation for further research on different aspects relating to the emerging technology of 3D clay printing in Pakistan.
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