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Experimental and numerical analyses of RC beams strengthened in compression with UHPFRC

  • Thomaz E.T. Buttignol;Eduardo C. Granato;Tulio N. Bittencourt;Luis A.G. Bitencourt Jr.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.85 no.4
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    • pp.511-529
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    • 2023
  • This paper aims to better understand the bonding behavior in Reinforced Concrete beams strengthened with an Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (RCUHPFRC) layer on the compression side using experimental tests and numerical analyses. The UHPFRC mix design was obtained through an optimization procedure, and the characterization of the materials included compression and slant shear tests. Flexural tests were carried out in RC beams and RC-UHPFRC beams. The tests demonstrated a debonding of the UHPFRC layer. In addition, 3D finite element analyses were carried out in the Abaqus CAE program, in which the interface is modeled considering a zero-thickness cohesive-contact approach. The cohesive parameters are investigated, aiming to calibrate the numerical models, and a sensitivity analysis is performed to check the reliability of the assumed cohesive parameters and the mesh size. Finally, the experimental and numerical values are compared, showing a good approximation for both the RC beams and the RC strengthened beams.

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Composite Girder with Concrete Infilled Tube (콘크리트 충전 강관을 갖는 프리스트레스트 합성형 거더의 강-콘크리트 계면 거동)

  • Shin, Dong-Hun;Kim, Young-Hoon;Lee, Ta;Kang, Byeong-Su;Lee, Yong-Hak
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.386-389
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    • 2006
  • Prestressed composite girder bridges with concrete infilled steel tube at negative flexural moment region takes the advantages of enhancing local buckling and flexural resistances resulting from the lateral confining effect of concrete due to the interactive reaction in the interface layer of steel tube and concrete. The interface behavior in concrete infilled tube of the test composite girder is analyzed by 8-node zero thickness interface finite element combined with 3-D. elastoplastic concrete constitutive model and 3-D. elastoplastic Mindlin shell element. The interface effects between infillled concrete and steel tube are investigated through the comparision of the experimental and numerical results.

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A study on the improvements of Critical Current Density of Bi2223 Superconducting Tapes in PIT process (PIT법에 의한 Bi-2223 고온 초전도 테이프의 임계전류밀도 향상에 관한 연구)

  • 장현만;오상수;하동우;류강식;김상현
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1996.05a
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    • pp.198-201
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    • 1996
  • In order to investigate control factors to critical current density, Ag sheathed Bi2223 superconducting tapes were fabricated using PIT process. Optimizing the reduction ratio of rolling, critical current density 7f rolled Bi2223 tape could be improved with the value of 15,000 A/$\textrm{cm}^2$(77 K, zero field). The correlation between J$\_$c/ and work inhomogeneity was revealed as a dependence of COV of measured oxide layer thickness.

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Simultaneous Measurements of Velocity Fields at Two Vertically Crossing Planes by PIV Systems Using Polarization Technique (편광기법을 이용한 수직교차평면의 PIV 속도장 동시측정)

  • Kwon S. H.;Yoon S. Y,;Kim K. C.
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.32-38
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    • 2004
  • A new PIV technique was developed for decreasing optical error which was created during simultaneous measurements of velocity fields at a wall-normal plane and wall-parallel plane by a plane PIV and a Stereo-PIV systems. For experimental study, two different Reynolds number based on momentum thickness, Re$_{ =514 and 934 were generated in a blowing type wind tunnel under the condition of zero pressure gradient. The two Nd:Yag laser systems and three CCD cameras were synchronized. to obtain instantaneous velocity fields at the same time. To avoid optical noise at the crossing line by the two laser light sheets, a new optical arrangement using polarization was applied. The obtained velocity fields show the existence of hairpin packet structure vividly and the idealized hairpin vortex signature is confirmed by experiment.

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Filmwise Condensation of Freon Vapor Including Air on a Horizontal Tube (공기를 함유한 프레온 증기의 수평관 외부에서의 막응축)

  • Kim, K.H.;Ko, H.J.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.20-29
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    • 1995
  • A theoretical model for film condensation of a vapor including a relatively lighter noncondensable gas on a horizontal tube has been formulated on the basis of the conservation laws and other fundamental physical principles. The model is applied to the prediction of the condensation heat transfer characteristics for the Freon vapor in the presence of air on a horizontal tube. Calculated results for the mean heat transfer coefficient, which is shown to depend strongly on the bulk concentration of air, are in good agreement with the available experimental results for a range of operating conditions. The distributions of physical quantities along the surface of tube are also calculated, such as the boundary layer thickness and local heat transfer coefficient. The present model is readily reduced to the Nusselt model as the bulk concentration of air decreases to zero. Therefore, the transition from the condensation of pure vapor to that of vapor-air mixture occurs continuously not abruptly.

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An analytical method for free vibration analysis of functionally graded sandwich beams

  • Bouakkaz, K.;Hadji, L.;Zouatnia, N.;Adda Bedia, E.A.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.59-73
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, a hyperbolic shear deformation beam theory is developed for free vibration analysis of functionally graded (FG) sandwich beams. The theory account for higher-order variation of transverse shear strain through the depth of the beam and satisfies the zero traction boundary conditions on the surfaces of the beam without using shear correction factors. The material properties of the functionally graded sandwich beam are assumed to vary according to power law distribution of the volume fraction of the constituents. The core layer is still homogeneous and made of an isotropic material. Based on the present refined beam theory, the equations of motion are derived from Hamilton's principle. Navier type solution method was used to obtain frequencies. Illustrative examples are given to show the effects of varying gradients and thickness to length ratios on free vibration of functionally graded sandwich beams.

H-Polarized Scattering by a Resistive Strip Grating with Zero Resistivity at Strip-Edges Over a Grounded Dielectric Plane (접지된 유전체 평면위의 스트립 양끝에서 0 저항율을 갖는 저항띠 격자구조에 의한 H-분극 산란)

  • Yoon, Uei-Joong
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.349-354
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, H-polarized scattering problems by a resistive strip grating with zero resistivity at strip-edges over a grounded dielectric plane according to the strip width and grating period, the relative permittivity and thickness of a dielectric layer, and incident angles of a transverse electric (TE) plane wave are analyzed by applying the Fourier-Galerkin Moment Method (FGMM). The tapered resistivity of resistive strips has zero resistivity at strip edges, then the induced surface current density on the resistive strip is expanded in a series of Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind as a orthogonal ploynomials. The sharp variations of the reflected power are due to resonance effects were previously called wood's anomallies, the numerical results for the reflected power are compared with those of uniform resistivity in the existing papers.

A Case Study on Meteorological Analysis of Freezing Rain and Black Ice Formation on the Load at Winter (겨울철 노면에 발생하는 어는 비와 블랙아이스의 기상학적 분석에 관한 사례 연구)

  • Park, Geun-Yeong;Lee, Soon-Hwan;Kim, Eun-Ji;Yun, Byeong Yeong
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.26 no.7
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    • pp.827-836
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    • 2017
  • Freezing rain is a phenomenon when precipitation falls as a liquid rain drop, but freezes when it comes into contact with surfaces or objects. In this study, we investigated the predictability of freezing rain and its characteristics, which are strongly related with the occurrence of black ice using synoptic scale meteorological observation data. Two different cases occurred at 2012 were analyzed and in the presented cases, freezing rain often occurs in the low-level low pressure with the warm front. The warm front due to the lower cyclone make suitable environment in which snow falling from the upper layer can change into supercooled water. The $0^{\circ}C$ temperature line to generate supercooling water is located at an altitude of 850 hPa in the vertical temperature distribution. And the ground temperature remained below zero, as is commonly known as a condition for black ice formation. It is confirmed that the formation rate of freezing rain is higher when the thickness after 1000-850 hPa is 1290-1310 m and the thickness of 850-700 hPa layer is larger than 1540 m in both cases. It can also be used to predict and estimate the generation of freezing rain by detecting and analyzing bright bands in radar observation.

Three-dimensional Numerical Prediction on the Evolution of Nocturnal Thermal High (Tropical Night) in a Basin

  • Choi, Hyo;Kim, Jeong-Woo
    • International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Korean Journal of Geophysical Research
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.57-81
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    • 1997
  • Numerical prediction of nocturnal thermal high in summer of the 1995 near Taegu city located in a basin has been carried out by a non-hydrostatic numerical model over complex terrain through one-way double nesting technique in the Z following coordinate system. Under the prevailing westerly winds, vertical turbulent fluxes of momentum and heat over mountains for daytime hours are quite strong with a large magnitude of more than $120W/\textrm{m}^2$, but a small one of $5W/\textrm{m}^2$ at the surface of the basin. Convective boundary layer (CBL) is developed with a thickness of about 600m over the ground in the lee side of Mt. Hyungje, and extends to the edge of inland at the interface of land sea in the east. Sensible heat flux near the surface of the top of the mountain is $50W/\textrm{m}^2$, but its flux in the basin is almost zero. Convergence of sensible heat flux occurs from the ground surface toward the atmosphere in the lower layer, causing the layer over the mountain to be warmed up, but no convergance of the flux over the basin results from the significant mixing of air within the CBL. As horizontal transport of sensible heat flux from the top of the mountain toward over the basin results in the continuous accumulation of heat with time, enhancing air temperature at the surface of the basin, especially Taegu city to be higher than $39.3^{\circ}C$. Since latent heat fluxes are $270W/\textrm{m}^2$ near the top of the mountain and $300W/\textrm{m}^2$ along the slope of the mountain and the basin, evaporation of water vapor from the surface of the basin is much higher than one from the mountain and then, horizontal transport of latent heat flux is from the basin toward the mountain, showing relative humidity of 65 to 75% over the mountain to be much greater than 50% to 55% in the basin. At night, sensible heat fluxes have negative values of $-120W/\textrm{m}^2$ along the slope near the top of the mountain and $-50W/\textrm{m}^2$ at the surface of the basin, which indicate gain of heat from the lower atmosphere. Nighttime radiative cooling produces a shallow nocturnal surface inversion layer with a thickness of about 100m, which is much lower than common surface inversion layer, and lifts extremely heated air masses for daytime hours, namely, a warm pool of $34^{\circ}C$ to be isolated over the ground surface in the basin. As heat transfer from the warm pool in the lower atmosphere toward the ground of the basin occurs, the air near the surface of the basin does not much cool down, resulting in the persistence of high temperature at night, called nocturnal thermal high or tropical night. High relative humidity of 75% is found at the surface of the basin under the moderate wind, while slightly low relative humidity of 60% is along the eastern slope of the high mountain, due to adiabatic heating by the srong downslope wind. Air temperature near the surface of the basin with high moisture in the evening does not get lower than that during the day and the high temperature produces nocturnal warming situation.

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An integral quasi-3D computational model for the hygro-thermal wave propagation of imperfect FGM sandwich plates

  • Abdelouahed Tounsi;Saeed I. Tahir;Mohammed A. Al-Osta;Trinh Do-Van;Fouad Bourada;Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla;Abdeldjebbar Tounsi
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.61-74
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    • 2023
  • This article investigates the wave propagation analysis of the imperfect functionally graded (FG) sandwich plates based on a novel simple four-variable integral quasi-3D higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). The thickness stretching effect is considered in the transverse displacement component. The presented formulation ensures a parabolic variation of the transverse shear stresses with zero-stresses at the top and the bottom surfaces without requiring any shear correction factors. The studied sandwich plates can be used in several sectors as areas of aircraft, construction, naval/marine, aerospace and wind energy systems, the sandwich structure is composed from three layers (two FG face sheets and isotropic core). The material properties in the FG faces sheet are computed according to a modified power law function with considering the porosity which may appear during the manufacturing process in the form of micro-voids in the layer body. The Hamilton principle is utilized to determine the four governing differential equations for wave propagation in FG plates which is reduced in terms of computation time and cost compared to the other conventional quasi-3D models. An eigenvalue equation is formulated for the analytical solution using a generalized displacements' solution form for wave propagation. The effects of porosity, temperature, moisture concentration, core thickness, and the material exponent on the plates' dispersion relations are examined by considering the thickness stretching influence.