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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"residual strength"”.
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Residual Strength of Franciscan-Derived Clay
… mantle on the hills throughout the region. Peak strength is the typical parameter tested to assess the strength of the soil. For the Franciscan-derived clay, the residual strength is the focus of this study to understand slope failure since the clay is the weakest portion of the matrix in the …
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The Residual Strength of Liquefied Soil
… failure. To determine flow slide potential, the residual strength of liquefied soil is needed. However, this is an extremely difficult parameter to estimate for soil deposits due to spatial variability of soil properties, potential for the formation of water films, the intermixing of soils, and …
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Residual strength of corroded reinforced concrete beams.
… none addresses the problems associated with the residual strength of reinforced concrete beams exhibiting both main and shear reinforcement corrosion simultaneously. The aim of this research, therefore, was to determine the residual strength of corroded reinforced concrete beams where various …
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Compressive residual strength of graphite/epoxy laminates after impact
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1991.
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The residual strength of a ship after an internal explosion
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1988, and (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1988.
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Residual Strength of Ultra-High Performance Concrete After Exposure to Elevated Temperatures
… of elevated temperatures on the compressive strength of <a></a><a>ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete </a>(<a>UHPFRC</a>). Two different mixtures of a commercially available UHPFRC were considered in this study. The standard mixture offered by the manufacturer incorporates only …
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Structural and residual strength analysis of metal-to-metal adhesively bonded joints.
… methodology to assess the residual strength of defective adhesive bonds. This incorporates defect detection in adhesive bonds and quantification of the effect of these defects on the adhesive bond failure. Finite element analysis (FEA) was used to simulate the failure …
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Measuring Liquefied Residual Strength Using Full-Scale Shake Table Cyclic Simple Shear Tests
… shake table tests to investigate liquefied residual strength of #2/16 Monterey Sand. A simple shear testing apparatus was mounted to a full-scale one-dimensional shake table to mimic a confined layer of saturated sand subjected to strong ground motions. Testing was performed at the Parson’s …
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Experimental Investigations of Residual Strength and Repaired Strength of Corrosion Damaged Prestressed Bridge Beams
… number of structures in marine environments. The residual capacity of corrosion damaged prestressed I-beams and box beams needs to be accurately estimated to determine if damaged bridges need to be posted, and to help with making informed decisions related to repair, rehabilitation and replacement …
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The residual strength determination due to fatigue loading by fracture mechanics in notched composite materials
… of this investigation is to predict the residual strength of notched composite Iaminates with various layups, subjected to low frequency fatigue loading with constant amplitude at room temperature, by using a material modeling approach, fracture and fatigue mechanics and the finite …
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Use of Photogrammetry Aided Damage Detection for Residual Strength Estimation of Corrosion Damaged Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders
… bridge girders with the estimation of their residual flexural capacity. The framework was implemented on four full-scale corrosion damaged girders from decommissioned bridges in Virginia. 3D point clouds of the girders reconstructed from images using Structure from Motion (SfM) approach were …
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Modeling the Residual Strength Distribution of Structural GFRP Composite Materials Subjected to Constant and Variable Amplitude Tension-Tension Fatigue Loading
… of a simulation to predict the remaining strength of structural composites subjected to variable fatigue loading and environmental exposure. The results of this simulation can then be used in LRFD to determine appropriate material factors of safety for engineering design applications. The …
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Reliability based design methodology incorporating residual strength prediction of structural fiber reinforced polymer composites under stochastic variable amplitude fatigue loading
… from the literature showed that a simple linear residual strength approach (Broutman and Sahu) provides an improvement in fatigue life prediction compared to the Palmgren-Miner rule, while more complex residual strength models did not consistently improve on Broutman and Sahu. Evaluation of the …
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A resistência residual de solos determinada através do ensaio de cisalhamento por torção
… developed by Bromhead (1979) to measure the soil residual strength is used here. Initially a detailed literature review on the residual strength is presented. It follows a description of equipment and test procedures. For comparison purposes, results of the direct shear tests with polished face …
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Quasi-Static and Fatigue Evaluation of Pultruded Vinyl Ester/E-Glass Composites
The quasi-static strength, stiffness, and fatigue properties of cross-ply, angle-ply, and quasi-isotropic vinyl ester/E-glass non-woven tricot stitched fabric composite laminates fabricated from the Continuous Resin Transfer Molding (CRTM) pultrusion process were the focus of this research. The …
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Predicted Redidual Strength of Damaged IsoTruss® Structures
… approach to explore the damage tolerance or residual strength as a function of increasing damage in traditional single and hybrid-grid IsoTruss® structures. Residual strength was studied for structures subjected to axial compression, torsion and flexural bending, independently. Carbon/epoxy …
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Analysis of a Lateral Spreading Case History from the 2007 Pisco, Peru Earthquake
… for the determination of the undrained strength of the liquefied soils; hence, the main objective of this research is to use the extensive data from the Canchamana Slide to estimate the shear strength of the liquefied soils. In engineering practice, the undrained strength of liquefied …
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Simulation intent for multi-fidelity composite structural analysis
… fidelity required to capture damage and residual strength of local panels within a larger structure, such as an aircraft GFEM. Capturing the effects of the representative geometry and boundary conditions of the larger global structural assembly will enable further understanding of the …
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Durability of Advanced Woven Composites in Aerospace Applications
… such that the results could be used in a residual strength based life prediction approach that accounted for both the mechanical fatigue and environmental conditions. Damage mechanisms and failure modes were determined through fatigue testing, residual strength testing, and nondestructive …
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Partial-interaction behaviour of composite steel-concrete bridge beams subjected to fatigue loading / by Rudolf Seracino.
… a set of design rules for the assessment of the residual strength and performance of composite bridge beams.
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