• Title/Summary/Keyword: Effective Stresses

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Experimental Examination of Influential Variables on Unbonded Tendon Stresses (비부착 긴장재의 응력에 영향을 미치는 중요변수에 대한 실험연구)

  • Lim, Jae-Hyung;Moon, Jeong-Ho;Lee, Li-Hyung
    • Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.209-219
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    • 1999
  • This paper describes an experimental study planned to examine the effects of important design variables which were used in the proposed equation by authors. Fourteen beams and slabs were designed with the variables, such as effective prestress, concrete strength, amount of tendons, amount of bonded reinforcements, loading type, and span/depth ratio. Then, deflections and tendon stresses were measured and compared according to the parametric variations of the selected variables. It was found that the tendon stress increment decreases as the level of effective prestress or the amount of unbonded tendons and bonded reinforcements increases. Also, the contributions of concrete strength, and loading type were observed to affect on the tendon stresses. However, the stress increments of unbonded tendon were minimal alt high values of span/depth in contrast with the ACI code.

Effect of flexural and shear stresses simultaneously for optimized design of butterfly-shaped dampers: Computational study

  • Farzampour, Alireza;Eatherton, Matthew R.;Mansouri, Iman;Hu, Jong Wan
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.329-335
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    • 2019
  • Structural fuses are made up from oriented steel plates to be used to resist seismic force with shear loading resistance capabilities. The damage and excessive inelastic deformations are concentrated in structural fuses to avoid any issues for the rest of the surrounding elements. Recently developed fuse plates are designed with engineered cutouts leaving flexural or shear links with controlled yielding features. A promising type of link is proposed to align better bending strength along the length of the link with the demand moment diagram is a butterfly-shaped link. Previously, the design methodologies are purely based on the flexural stresses, or shear stresses only, which overestimate the dampers capability for resisting against the applied loadings. This study is specifically focused on the optimized design methodologies for commonly used butterfly-shaped dampers. Numerous studies have shown that the stresses are not uniformly distributed along the length of the dampers; hence, the design methodology and the effective implementation of the steel need revisions and improvements. In this study, the effect of shear and flexural stresses on the behavior of butterfly-shaped links are computationally investigated. The mathematical models based on von-Mises yielding criteria are initially developed and the optimized design methodology is proposed based on the yielding criterion. The optimized design is refined and investigated with the aid of computational investigations in the next step. The proposed design methodology meets the needs of optimized design concepts for butterfly-shaped dampers considering the uniform stress distribution and efficient use of steel.

A new extended Mohr-Coulomb criterion in the space of three-dimensional stresses on the in-situ rock

  • Mohatsim Mahetaji;Jwngsar Brahma;Rakesh Kumar Vij
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.49-68
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    • 2023
  • The three-dimensional failure criterion is essential for maintaining wellbore stability and sand production problem. The convenient factor for a stable wellbore is mud weight and borehole orientation, i.e., mud window design and selection of borehole trajectory. This study proposes a new three-dimensional failure criterion with linear relation of three in-situ principal stresses. The number of failure criteria executed to understand the phenomenon of rock failure under in-situ stresses is the Mohr-Coulomb criterion, Hoek-Brown criterion, Mogi-Coulomb criterion, and many more. A new failure criterion is the extended Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion with the influence of intermediate principal stress (σ2). The influence of intermediate principal stress is considered as a weighting of (σ2) on the mean effective stress. The triaxial compression test data for eleven rock types are taken from the literature for calibration of material constant and validation of failure prediction. The predictions on rock samples using new criteria are the best fit with the triaxial compression test data points. Here, Drucker-Prager and the Mogi-Coulomb criterion are also implemented to predict the failure for eleven different rock types. It has been observed that the Drucker-Prager criterion gave over prediction of rock failure. On the contrary, the Mogi-Coulomb criterion gave an equally good prediction of rock failure as our proposed new 3D failure criterion. Based on the yield surface of a new 3D linear criterion it gave the safest prediction for the failure of the rock. A new linear failure criterion is recommended for the unique solution as a linear relation of the principal stresses rather than the dual solution by the Mogi-Coulomb criterion.

Consolidation Settlement in One-Dimensional Condition Considering the Variation of Initial Effective Stresses with Depth (깊이 별 초기유효응력 차이를 고려한 1차원 압밀침하량 산정공식)

  • Yune, Chan-Young;Kim, Ju-Hyong;Oh, Myoung-Hak;Jung, Young-Hoon
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.28 no.5C
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    • pp.273-282
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    • 2008
  • A series of analytical formula to compute settlements accounting for possible variations of initial effective stresses were derived. The comparison of computed values from conventional and newly-derived equations shows that computed settlements via the conventional equation unrealistically vary with the chosen number of layers in a clay stratum and also are 45~100% less than the value obtained from the newly-derived equation with exact mathematical integration.

A Study on the Behaviour of Single Piles and Pile Groups in Consolidating Ground from Coupled Consolidation Analyses (연계압밀해석을 통한 압밀이 진행 중인 지반에 근입된 단독말뚝 및 군말뚝의 거동연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Hee;Jeon, Young-Jin;Lee, Cheol-Ju
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.17 no.7
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    • pp.15-25
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    • 2016
  • In the present work, a number of advanced three-dimensional (3D) parametric finite element numerical analyses have been conducted to study the behaviour of single piles and pile groups in consolidating ground from coupled consolidation analyses. Single piles, $4{\times}4$ and $6{\times}6$ piles inside groups with a spacing of 2.5D were considered, where D is the pile diameter. It has been found that dragload and downdrag on the piles developed rather quickly at the early stage of consolidation. However, when the degree of consolidation was more than 50~75%, only little increases of dragload and downdrag were induced on the pile. Negative Skin Friction (NSF) on the pile in the fill layer was mobilised quickly and remained constant throughout further consolidation. The development of NSF is influenced both by the relative shear displacements at the pile-soil interface and the vertical effective soil stresses during consolidation. The former governed the early stage of consolidation and the latter affected the later stage of consolidation. The vertical effective soil stresses adjacent to the piles were reduced due to the shear stress transfer at the pile-soil interface, in particular for piles inside the pile groups. The range of NSF influence zone concerning the reductions of the effective vertical soil stresses was about 20D measured from the piles in the horizontal direction. On the contrary, the effective horizontal soil stresses acting on the piles were similar to those at the far field.

Revision of Modified Cam Clay Failure Surface Based on the Critical State Theory (한계 상태 기반 수정 Modified Cam Clay 파괴면)

  • Woo, Sang Inn
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.5-15
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    • 2020
  • This paper proposes a revised Modified Cam Clay type failure surface based on the critical state theory. In the plane of the mean effective and von Mises stresses, the original Modified Cam Clay model has an elliptic failure surface which leads the critical-state mean effective stress to be always half of the pre-consolidation mean effective stress without hardening and evolution rules. This feature does not agree with the real mechanical response of clay. In this study, the preconsolidation mean effective stress only reflects the consolidation history of the clay whereas the critical state mean effective stress only relies on the currenct void ratio of clay. Therefore, the proposed failure surface has a distorted elliptic shape without any fixed ratio between the preconsolidation and critical state mean effective stresses. Numerical simulations for various clays using failure surfaces as yield surface provide mechanical responses similar to the experimental data.

Unsaturated Effective Stress Based on Water Retention Characteristics for Triaxial Tests of Silty Sand (실트질 사질토의 삼축시험 시 함수특성에 따른 불포화 유효응력)

  • Lee, Younghuy;Oh, Seboong;Baek, Seungcheol;Kim, Sangmin
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.69-75
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    • 2013
  • Suction stress is evaluated from soil water retention curves in order to deduce effective stress in unsaturated soils. $K_0$ consolidated triaxial tests were performed for silty sand to interpret effective stress in consolidation and shearing of unsaturated soils. Suction stresses from both consolidation stress and shear strength in triaxial tests were compared with those from soil water retention curves. The effective stresses on consolidation and shear strength are on each unique line, which are the same as that of the saturated case. It was found that the effective stress from soil water retention curves agrees with those from consolidation and shear strength in triaxial tests.

Analysis of the Effects of Laser Shock Peening under Initial Tensile Residual Stress Using Numerical Analysis Method (수치해석기법을 이용한 초기 인장잔류응력에 대한 레이저 충격 피닝 효과 분석)

  • Kim, Juhee;Lee, Jongwoo;Yoo, Samhyeun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.608-619
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, the effects of parameters related to the residual stress induced due to laser shock peening process to determine mitigation of the initial tensile residual stresses are discussed, such as the maximum pressure, pressure pulse duration, laser spot size and number of laser shots. In order to estimate the influence of the initial tensile residual stresses, which is generated by welding in 35CD4 50HRC steel alloy, the initial condition option was employed in the finite element code. It is found that $2{\times}HEL$ maximum pressure and a certain range of the pressure pulse duration time can produce maximum mitigation effects near the surface and depth, regardless of the magnitudes of tensile residual stess. But plastically affected depth increase with increasing maximum pressure and pressure pulse duration time. For the laser spot size, maximum compressive residual stresses have almost constant values. But LSP is more effective with increasing the magnitudes of tensile residual stress. For the multiple LSP, magnitudes of compressive residual stresses and plastically affected depths are found to increase with increasing number of laser shots, but the effect is less pronounced for more laser shots. And to conclude, even though the initial tensile residual stresses such as weld residual stress field are existed, LSP is enough to make the surface and depth reinforcement effects.

Effects of Anisotropic Fiber Packing on Stresses in Composites (이방성 섬유의 배열이 복합재료의 응력에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Jung-Ki;Lee, Hyeong-Min
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.28 no.9
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    • pp.1284-1296
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    • 2004
  • In order to investigate effects of anisotropic fiber packing on stresses in composites, a Volume Integral Equation Method is applied to calculate the elastostatic field in an unbounded isotropic elastic medium containing multiple orthotropic inclusions subject to remote loading, and a Mixed Volume and Boundary Integral Equation Method is introduced for the solution of elastostatic problems in unbounded isotropic materials containing multiple anisotropic inclusions as well as one void under uniform remote loading. A detailed analysis of stress fields at the interface between the isotropic matrix and the central orthotropic inclusion is carried out for square, hexagonal and random packing of orthotropic cylindrical inclusions, respectively. Also, an analysis of stress fields at the interface between the isotropic matrix and the central orthotropic inclusion is carried out, when it is assumed that a void is replaced with one inclusion adjacent to the central inclusion of square, hexagonal and random packing of orthotropic cylindrical inclusions, respectively, due to manufacturing and/or service induced defects. The effects of random orthotropic fiber packing on stresses at the interface between the isotropic matrix and the central orthotropic inclusion are compared with the influences of square and hexagonal orthotropic fiber packing on stresses. Through the analysis of plane elastostatic problems in unbounded isotropic matrix with multiple orthotropic inclusions and one void, it will be established that these new methods are very accurate and effective for investigating effects of general anisotropic fiber packing on stresses in composites.

Resistance of Cucumber Grafting Rootstock Pumpkin Cultivars to Chilling and Salinity Stresses

  • Xu, Yang;Guo, Shi-rong;Li, He;Sun, Hong-zhu;Lu, Na;Shu, Sheng;Sun, Jin
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.220-231
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    • 2017
  • Grafting using a pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.) rootstock is an effective way to improve cucumber (Cucumis sativus) resistance to a combination of chilling and salinity stresses. We evaluated the tolerance of 15 pumpkin cultivars to chilling, salinity, and combined stresses at the germination and seedling stages. Selected plant characteristics, including germination rate, germination potential, germination index, plant height, stem thickness, fresh weight, and dry weight, were analyzed. We used the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean for cluster analyses to determine the stress tolerance levels of the pumpkin cultivars. The 15 cultivars were divided into three clusters: tolerant, moderately tolerant, and susceptible to stress treatments. The stress tolerances of all cultivars were variable in the germination and seedling stages, and most cultivars were not tolerant to individual treatments of chilling or salinity stresses at both stages. These results suggest that identifying suitable cultivars for use as rootstock during cucumber grafting should involve the evaluation of stress tolerance during different growth stages. Additionally, cultivars tolerant to chilling stress may not be tolerant to salinity stress; therefore, the choice of pumpkin rootstock should depend on where the grafted plant will be grown. Cultivars tolerant to a combination of chilling and salinity stresses may be useful as rootstock for cucumber grafting. Our findings may serve as reference material for choosing appropriate pumpkin rootstocks for cucumber grafting.