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Smitha Gopinath^1,2, A. Ramachandra Murthy¹, Nagesh R. Iyer¹
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 1-20, 2013, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2013.009.001
Abstract This paper deals with the performance of concrete specimens confined with different glass fabric reinforcement in organic binder consisting of resins. Three varieties of glass fabrics such as woven roving (WR), chopped strand mat (CSM), and textile reinforcement have been studied in the investigation. Experiments have been conducted on unconfined and confined concrete cylindrical specimens under compression. The effect of number of layers on confinement has been studied for specific cases. Specimens have been tested under displacement control. It is observed from the experiments that there is an increase in load carrying capacity as well as energy absorption capacity for… More >

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A. Riccio¹, M. Zarrelli², F. Caputo¹
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 21-42, 2013, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2013.009.021
Abstract In the present paper a three-dimensional Progressive Damage Approach (PDA) for laminated composites will be presented. This approach is based on the use of a progressive damage finite element with the geometrically non-linear finite element formulation for stress calculation. The FEM element has been integrated with Hashin's failure criteria to split fibre and matrix failure modes and to simulate stiffness degradation within each ply by means of the Ply Discount Method (PDM). FEM code previsions, in the case of complex structures with different mesh densities and element types, were compared with the results obtained using embedded global-local approach to prove… More >

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A. Riccio¹, F. Caputo¹, N. Tessitore²
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 43-66, 2013, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2013.009.043
Abstract In this paper the mechanical behavior of composites grid structures has been numerically investigated. The evolution of fibers and matrix cracking has been simulated by adopting a progressive damage approach. The Hashin failure criteria and ply properties degradation rules have been adopted to simulate the degradation at ply level. Non-linear analyses on a Representative Volume Element of the composite grid structure have been performed to account for its compression behavior. More >

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G. Sarangapani¹, Ranjan Ganguli²
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 67-86, 2013, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2013.009.067
Abstract Two traditional layups built from 0°/45°/90° plies and two recently proposed alternative non-traditional layups built from 5° /65° plies are analyzed in this paper. It was recently shown experimentally that using such off-axis plies in a composite laminate will result in a more damage tolerant structure. A cantilever beam with two traditional layup composite laminates and two non-traditional layup composite laminates is considered in this paper. Both traditional and non-traditional layup schemes are chosen such that they are "hard" laminates, i.e, much stiffer in the longitudinal direction than the lateral direction. The damage is simulated on the beams using a… More >

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Ramana M. Pidaparti¹, Alex C. Johnson¹
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.9, No.1, pp. 87-98, 2013, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2013.009.087
Abstract Surface damage in the form of pitting was observed in NiAl Bronze metal subjected to corrosion and cyclic stresses. In order to investigate the stresses surrounding the evolving pits due to corrosion, an image based computational study was carried out. The computational study involves developing an analysis model from the SEM images of corroded pits and then conducting stress analysis. Several computational simulations were carried out with increasing/evolving pits and the corresponding stress environment was obtained. The results obtained indicate that pit profiles (size and height) greatly affect the stress environment and the maximum stresses may vary depending on the… More >

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