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Ultimate Strength of Long Reinforced Concrete Columns
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Ultimate Strength of Steel Columns Under Biaxially Eccentric Load
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Composite Structure Ultimate Strength Prediction from Acoustic Emission Amplitude Data
… provide a quantitative tool for predicting the ultimate strength of composite tensile test specimens. From an original sample set of only six specimens, a multivariate statistical analysis was used to generate an ultimate strength prediction equation. The variables of the multivariate …
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Ultimate Strength of the Local Zone in Load Transfer Tests
… equation is presented for the prediction of the ultimate strength of the local zone in Load Transfer Tests. The derivation of this new formulation is the result of the investigation of the ultimate bearing strength of plain and reinforced concrete blocks, concentrically loaded. A total of 199 …
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Investigation of Ultimate Strength of Composite Open-Web Joist-Girders
The goal of this research was to study several methods of generating composite action using open-web joist-girders, designed and manufactured by Nucor Corporation. In addition to comparing the relative performance of these systems, it was intended to determine whether the current accepted design …
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Hull girder ultimate strength and fracture toughness of damaged marine structures
… this research task is the importance of the ultimate and post-ultimate strength in relation to the reliability of intact as well as damaged vessels. Moreover, in an emergency situation, knowledge of the structural capacity of the vessel in whatever damaged or intact condition it may be in, is …
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Ultimate Strength Analysis of Stiffened Panels Using a Beam-Column Method
… in the current research for studying the ultimate strength problems of stiffened panels with two load cases: 1) under longitudinal compression, and 2) under transverse compression. Chapter 2 presents an improved step-by-step numerical integration procedure based on (Chen and Liu, 1987) to …
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Ultimate strength analysis of partially composite and fully composite open-web steel joists
… experiments are used to evaluate the flexural strength and associated failure modes of partially composite and fully composite joists. The results of each test are compared to theoretical calculations based on an ultimate strength flexural model. The joists are classified by how the provided …
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Cracking and ultimate strength in shear of curved concrete beams reinforced with welded wire fabric
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1961
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Validation of the ULSAP Closed-Form Method for Ultimate Strength Analysis of Cross-Stiffened Panels
… the results of 67 ABAQUS elasto-plastic Riks ultimate strength analyses of cross-stiffened panels. These panels cover a wide range of typical geometries. Uniaxial compression is applied to the panels, and in some cases combined with lateral pressure. For eight of the panels full-scale …
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The comparison of working stress design, ultimate strength design and limit design theories of reinforced concrete
… was developed and is commonly known as the “Ultimate Strength Design Theory.” Recently, the attention has been focused on another design theory known as “Limit Design Theory.” This theory is based on the redistribution of moments at high loads. This thesis presents the comparison of these …
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Ultimate Strength of Clamped Steel-Elastomer Sandwich Panels under Combined In-plane Compression and Lateral Pressure
… method are developed for calculating the ultimate strength of steel-elastomer sandwich panels under combined in-plane compression and lateral pressure. By using the Galerkin method and extending the semi-analytical method to clamped sandwich panels, the governing equations of sandwich …
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An approach for structural maintenance scheduling using time variant reliability analysis of serviceability and ultimate strength models
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002.
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Ultimate Strength Prediction in Fiberglass/Epoxy Beams Subjected to Three-Point Bending Using Acoustic Emission and Neural Networks
… demonstrates the feasibility of predicting ultimate strengths in composite beams subjected to 3-point bending using a neural network analysis of acoustic emission (AE) amplitude distribution data. Fifteen unidirectional fiberglass/epoxy beams were loaded to failure in a 3-point bend test …
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An investigation of the effects of the partial loading of concrete during the early curing period on the twenty-eight day ultimate strength
… of the partial loads on the twenty-eight day strength of concrete. Special emphasis was placed on those loads and times of loading that produced the greatest strengths. The work was done using one mix. However, the results for this mix will probably be characteristic of other mixes. all the …
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Reliability-Based Design Optimization of Nonlinear Beam-Columns
This dissertation addresses the ultimate strength analysis of nonlinear beam-columns under axial compression, the sensitivity of the ultimate strength, structural optimization and reliability analysis using ultimate strength analysis, and Reliability-Based Design Optimization (RBDO) of the …
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Residual Engineering Properties of Corroded Conventional Steel, High Chromium Steel and Stainless Steel Reinforcing bars in Concrete
… reinforced concrete structures. Sets of tensile strength tests are carried out to evaluate the residual engineering properties namely; yield strength, ultimate strength, and ductility of embedded steel reinforcement subjected to accelerated corrosion. The experimental work comprised of testing …
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An investigation of FRP reinforced glulam bolted connections
… due to its lack of homogeneity and low strength compared to steel and concrete. Wood can become a more versatile material if used with Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) to form a composite. This thesis presents the results of an investigation of the increase in yield strength, ultimate …
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Development of a Hollow-Cylinder Tensile Tester to Obtain Fundamental Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Paving Mixtures
… was measured for the HCT and IDT tensile strength results. In general, the coefficient of variation of the HCT strengths was found to be lower than that of the IDT strengths, particularly for ultimate tensile strengths. The HCT and IDT were found to compare favorably in the determination …
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