Smitha Gopinath^1,2, A. Ramachandra Murthy¹, Bhaskar Srivastava¹, V. Ramesh kumar¹, Nagesh R. Iyer¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.27, No.1, pp. 73-100, 2012, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2012.027.073

Abstract The present study investigates the behavior of concrete specimens confined with woven roving glass fabrics under uniaxial compression. The fabric made up of 360G.S.M. woven roved E-glass is embedded in a polyester resin before application. Experimental investigations have been carried out on confined and unconfined concrete specimens of size 150 mm (diameter) X 300 mm (height) under a displacement controlled loading. The effect of number of layers on confinement has also been investigated. Load versus deflection plots have been obtained for all the specimens. Numerical studies have been performed on the confinement effect of the… More >

A. Ramachandra Murthy¹, Nagesh R. Iyer¹, B.K. Raghu Prasad²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.89, No.6, pp. 459-480, 2012, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2012.089.459

Abstract This paper presents the details of crack growth study and remaining life assessment of concrete specimens made up of high strength concrete (HSC, HSC1) and ultra high strength concrete (UHSC). Flexural fatigue tests have been conducted on HSC, HSC1 and UHSC beams under constant amplitude loading with a stress ratio of 0.2. It is observed from the studies that (i) the failure patterns of HSC1 and UHSC beams indicate their ductility as the member was intact till the crack propagated up to 90% of the beam depth and (ii) the remaining life decreases with increase… More >

Mark Andrew Bradford¹, Yong-Lin Pi¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.89, No.5, pp. 389-416, 2012, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2012.089.389

Abstract This paper is devoted to the development of a finite composite beam element for the nonlinear elastic-plastic analysis of composite high strength steel and geopolymer concrete members. For this, geometric nonlinearity is derived using a special orthogonal rotation matrix, so that scalar product of vectors is preserved during rotation from the initial configuration to a deformed configuration and rigid body movements are excluded from the finite strains. The material nonlinearities of the geopolymer concrete are based on constitutive models in association with its axial stress-strain relationship that is consistent with the experimental results. To consider… More >

Cheng Yan, Zhuo-Cheng Oui?a, Zhuo-Ping Duan, Feng-Lei Huang

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.18, No.3, pp. 83-84, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.018.083

Abstract Dynamic behaviors of tensile strength of brittle materials are investigated analytically, and an explicit mathematical expression for the dynamic tensile strength under a quadratic boundary loading is derived, together with the so-called structural-temporal failure criterion. The analytical solution shows reasonably good agreement with the previous dynamic experimental data. Moreover, it is shown by using the explicit expression that the dynamic tensile strength of brittle materials can be determined completely by the quasistatic material parameters such as the quasistatic tensile strength, material density and the incubation-time, which implies that the so-called strain-rate effect on the strength More >

Hang Lin, Ping Cao, Jiangteng Li

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 95-96, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.020.095

Abstract The cohesion c and friction angle I are the shear strength parameters influencing the stability of slope. Any of them changes, the factor of safety of slope will change, many work has been done on the relationship between shear strength parameters and factor of safety, but it has seldom been considered in the literature how the slip surface changes at the same time. In the present paper, the strength reduction method is used to find out the effect of shear strength parameters c and Phi to the distribution of slip surface. The study shows that, More >

Sang Jin Kim, Dae Hyun Kim, Du Chan Kim, Jung Min Sohn, Jung KwanSeo, Bong Ju Kim, Jeom Kee Paik, S.N. Atluri

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.19, No.3, pp. 71-72, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.019.071

Abstract The movement of various cargos is needed due to rise of global container traffics. Ships are ideal vehicles for transportation and have many construction types such as container ship, bulk carrier, oil tanker, and car carrier. Ships like these are serviced all over the world. Ships are subjected to various environmental loads during operation. To sustain these various loads, ships should be designed guaranteeing structural safety and economical efficiency as well.
Stiffened panels consist of plates and supporting members and are commonly used in the ship building and ocean engineering industry. Ship structures are normally… More >

Dong Hee Park, Do Kyun Kim, Han Byul Kim, Jung Kwan Seo, Bong JuKim, Jeom Kee Paik, Satya N. Atluri

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 59-60, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.019.059

Abstract The objective of this paper is to develop a simple and accurate prediction method for the ultimate strength calculations of ship hulls subject to vertical bending moments. The method is based on a credible bending stress distribution over the hull cross-section presumed at the ultimate limit state. The accuracy of this method is demonstrated through comparison with computations obtained using more refined methods, such as nonlinear finite element method, intelligent super-size finite element method, and idealized structural unit method. Statistical analysis of the hull girder ultimate strength based on comparisons among the various computations is More >

Cui MingJuan, Shao YongBob

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 115-116, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.016.115

Abstract Welded tubular structures are widely used in many constructions, such as offshore platforms, which are all consisted of welded tubular members. There is high stress concentration at the intersection between the chord and the brace. As high sress concentration exists along the weld toe, failure usually occurs in this region. To increase the bearing capacity of a tubular joint, it is necessary to take measures to reinforce the region around the weld toe. Therefore, the static strength of rectangular hollow section (RHS) T-joints with local chord reinforcement under in-plane bending load is investigated by using… More >

YANG Jie, SHAO Yongbo, CHEN Cheng

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 111-112, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.016.111

Abstract A typical Y-joint is made up of a chord member and a brace member. In this structure, the brace member is usually subjected to axial load, and so the chord is always subjected to radial load which is tranferred from the brace member. As the stiffness of the chord in the radial direction is usually much smaller than that of the brace in the axial direction, failure often occurs near the weld toe on the chord surface. Increasing the thickness of the chord near the weld toe can enlarge the radial stiffness of the chord,… More >

Zhi-quan Zhang, Jia-xiang Chi, Yu-fen Zhang

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.16, No.3, pp. 95-96, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.016.095

Abstract This paper concentrates on the compressive strength of steel tube in Concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) column. Through an elasto-plastic limit analysis based on Twin Shear Unified Strength Theory (TSUST), the vertical load capacity of the steel tube alone was analyzed by adopting a parameter b, which varies from 0 to 1. And the strength reduction factor has been derived by total theory of plasticity. A new analytical formula, capable of predicting the axial bearing capacity of the CFST stub columns subjected to axial compression, has been developed based on the linear approximation of Mises yield More >