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Buckling behavior of rectangular plates under uniaxial and biaxial compression

  • Bourada, Mohamed;Bouadi, Abed;Bousahla, Abdelmoumen Anis;Senouci, Amel;Bourada, Fouad;Tounsi, Abdelouahed;Mahmoud, S.R.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.70 no.1
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    • pp.113-123
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    • 2019
  • In the classical stability investigation of rectangular plates the classical thin plate theory (CPT) is often employed, so omitting the transverse shear deformation effect. It seems quite clear that this procedure is not totally appropriate for the investigation of moderately thick plates, so that in the following the first shear deformation theory proposed by Meksi et al. (2015), that permits to consider the transverse shear deformation influences, is used for the stability investigation of simply supported isotropic rectangular plates subjected to uni-axial and bi-axial compression loading. The obtained results are compared with those of CPT and, for rectangular plates under uniaxial compression, a novel direct formula, similar to the conventional Bryan's expression, is found for the Euler stability stress. The accuracy of the present model is also ascertained by comparing it, with model proposed by Piscopo (2010).

Condition assessment of aged underground water tanks-Case study

  • Zafer Sakka;Ali Saleh;Thamer Al-Yaqoub;Hasan Karam;Shaikha AlSanad;Jamal Al-Qazweeni;Mohammad Mosawi;Husain Al-Baghli
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.90 no.5
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    • pp.493-504
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    • 2024
  • This paper presents the methodology and results for the investigation of the structural safety of 40 aged underground water tanks to support the weight of photovoltaic (PV) systems that were supposed to be placed on their roof reinforced concrete (RC) slabs. The investigation procedure included (1) review of available documents; (2) visual inspection of the roof RC slabs; (3) carrying out a series of nondestructive (ND) tests; and (4) analysis of results. Out of the 40 tanks, eleven failed the visual inspection phase and were discarded from further investigation. The roof RC slabs of the tanks that passed the visual inspection were subjected to a series of ND tests that included infrared thermography, impact echo, ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV), Schmidt hammer, concrete core compressive strength, and water-soluble chloride content. The NDT results proved that eight more tanks were not suitable to support the PV systems. Based on the results of the visual inspection and testing, a probabilistic decision-making criterion was established to reach a decision regarding the structural integrity of the roof slabs. The study concluded that the condition of the drainage filter was essential in protecting the tanks and its intact presence can be used as a strong indication of the structural integrity of the roof RC slabs.

Investigation of multiple imputation variance estimation

  • Kim, Jae-Kwang
    • Proceedings of the Korean Statistical Society Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.183-188
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    • 2002
  • Multiple imputation, proposed by Rubin, is a procedure for handling missing data. One of the attractive parts of multiple imputation is the simplicity of the variance estimation formula. Because of the simplicity, it has been often abused and misused beyond its original prescription. This paper provides the bias of the multiple imputation variance estimator for a linear point estimator and discusses when the bias can be safely neglected.

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Diagnosis of Excessive Vibration Signals of Two-Pole Generator Rotors in Balancing

  • Park, Jong-Po
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.590-596
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    • 2000
  • Cause of excessive vibration with twice the rotational speed of a two-pole generator rotor for the fossil power plants was investigated. The two-pole generator rotor, treated as a typically asymmetric rotor in vibration analysis, produces asynchronous vibration with twice the rotational speed, sub-harmonic critical speeds, and potentially unstable operating zones due to its own inertia and/or stiffness asymmetry. This paper introduces a practical balancing procedure, and presents the results of the investigation on sources of the excessive vibration based on the experimental vibration data of the asymmetric two-pole rotor in balancing.

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Vibration Characteristics of Ring-Stiffened Composite Cylindrical Shells with Various Edge Boundary Conditions (다양한 경계조건을 갖는 링보강 복합재료 원통셸의 진동특성해석)

  • 이영신;김영완;최명환;류충현;신도섭
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 1998.04a
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    • pp.359-364
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    • 1998
  • The effects of boundary conditions on natural frequencies for the ring stiffened composite cylindrical shells are investigated by theoretical method. The Love's thin shell theory and the discrete stiffener theory with beam functions in the Ritz procedure are used to derive the frequency equation. Five different boundary conditions such as clamped-clamped, simply supported-simply supported, free-free, clamped-free, clamped-simply supported are considered in this study. Also, the experimental investigation is presented to validate the theoretical results.

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Improvement of Investigation Items of Fatal Industrial Accidents Considering Human Error Characteristics (인적오류를 고려한 중대재해 조사항목의 개선)

  • 이동하;나윤균
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.279-285
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    • 1998
  • This study investigated human error characteristics of the 42 fatal industrial accidents reported by staff members of Korea Industrial Safety Corporation. Various types of human error were judged to be primary contributing factors in about 74 percent of the cases. Most of human error made by involved industrial operators resulted from two types of mistakes: (1) mistake in judgement of work situation, and (2) omission in daily check. It was concluded that preparation/observance for work procedure manuals, danger predication training and enforcement/Education of daily check routine would be effective preventive tools for these types of human error attributable to fatal industrial accidents.

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Investigation on the Feasible Range of Design Variables Versus Specific Speed for Centrifugl Pumps (원심 펌프의 설계를 위한 비속도에 따른 무차원 설계 변수의 설계 범위에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Moo-Ryong;Oh, Jae-Min;Yoo, Il-Su
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.12a
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    • pp.655-660
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    • 2005
  • The feasible range of design variables for centrifugal pumps have been investigated. The present study has suggested a searching procedure to find the feasible ranges using only non-dimensional parameters. The results in the typical specific speed region and the low specific speed region have been presented.

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Spectrophotometric Determination of N-3-Pyridylmethyl-N'-p-nitrophenyl Urea in Rodenticide (흡광광도법(吸光光度法)에 의(依)한 살서제(殺鼠劑) N-3-Pyridylmethyl-N'-p-nitrophenyl Urea(RH-28787)의 정량(定量))

  • Kim, Bak-Kwang
    • Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.83-87
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    • 1976
  • Microanalysis of rodenticide by visible absorption method was attempted. The following procedure was found to be very simple and to give accurate results. RH-28787 was added to dimethylformamide (DMF), and extracted after stirring for about 20 minutes in extractor $(30^{\circ}C)$. After extraction, the absorbance of DMF solution, was measured at 346 nm by using spectrophotometer. The result agrees closely with the experimentally determined value by means of the gas chromatograph.

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Numerical Investigation of 2DCD Nozzle Flow Having a Secondary Jet Injection for Thrust Vector Control (추력벡터제어를 위한 이차 분사유동이 있는 2DCD 노즐 내부의 수치적 연구)

  • Lee JinGyu;Chang KeunShik
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.17-22
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    • 2002
  • A numerical solution procedure has been developed to analyze the flow field resulted from the injection of a transverse jet through the divergent flap of a 2DCD nozzle for thrust vector control. The formulation employs the compressible Navier-Stokes equations in conservation law form and a two equation $\kappa-\omega$ turbulence model. Detailed numerical results are presented in this paper for the 2DCD nozzle over a range of secondary to primary injection mass flow ratios and nozzle pressure ratios.

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