scholarly journals Experimental Study on Sandwich Bridge Decks with GFRP Face Sheets and a Foam-Web Core Loaded under Two-Way Bending

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruili Huo ◽  
Weiqing Liu ◽  
Li Wan ◽  
Yuan Fang ◽  
Lu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Bending Strength ◽  
Bridge Decks ◽  
Sheet Thickness ◽  
Highway Bridges ◽  
Bending Stiffness ◽  
Face Sheet ◽  
Displacement Ductility ◽  
Ultimate Bending Strength

In recent years, the sandwich bridge decks with GFRP face sheets and light weight material core have been widely used in the world due to their advantages of low cost, high strength to weight ratios, and corrosion resisting. However, as the bridge decks, most of them are used in foot bridges rather than highway bridges because the ultimate bending strength and initial bending stiffness are relatively low. To address this issue and expand the scope of use, a simple and innovative sandwich bridge deck with GFRP face sheets and a foam-web core, manufactured by vacuum assisted resin infusion process, is developed. An experimental study was carried out to validate the effectiveness of this panel for increasing the ultimate bending strength and initial bending stiffness under two-way bending. The effects of face sheet thickness, foam density, web thickness, and web spacing on displacement ductility and energy dissipation were also investigated. Test results showed that, compared to the normal foam-core sandwich decks, an average approximately 657.1% increase in the ultimate bending strength can be achieved. Furthermore, the bending stiffness, displacement ductility, and energy dissipation can be enhanced by increasing web thickness, web height, and face sheet thickness or decreasing web spacing.

scholarly journals Biomechanical Stability of Four Fixation Constructs for Distal Radius Fractures

Hand ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Capo ◽  
Tosca Kinchelow ◽  
Kenneth Brooks ◽  
Virak Tan ◽  
Michaele Manigrasso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distal Radius ◽  
Bending Strength ◽  
Bending Stiffness ◽  
Distal Radius Fractures ◽  
Wedge Osteotomy ◽  
Unstable Fracture ◽  
Radius Fractures ◽  
Locked Plating ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Ultimate Bending Strength

Implants available for distal radius fracture fixation include dorsal nonlocked plating (DNLP), volar locked plating (VLP), radial–ulnar dual-column locked plating (DCPs), and locked intramedullary fixation (IMN). This study examines the biomechanical properties of these four different fixation constructs. In 28 fresh-frozen radii, a wedge osteotomy was performed, creating an unstable fracture model and the four fixation constructs employed (DNLP, VLP, DCPs, and IMN). Dorsal bending loads were applied and bending stiffness, load to yield 5 mm displacement, and ultimate failure were measured. Bending stiffness for VLP (16.7 N/mm) was significantly higher than for DNLP (6.8 N/mm), while IMN (12.6 N/mm) and DCPs (11.8 N/mm) were similar. Ultimate load to failure occurred at 278.2 N for the VLP, 245.7 N for the IMN, and 52.0 N for the DNLP. The VLP was significantly stronger than the DNLP and DCPs, and the IMN and DCPs were stronger than the DNLP. The VLP has higher average bending stiffness, ultimate bending strength, and resistance to 5 mm displacement than the other constructs and significantly higher ultimate bending strength than the DCPs and DNLP. There was no statistically significant difference between the VLP and IMN. VLP and IMN fixation of distal radius fractures can achieve comparable stability.

Time-Variant Redundancy of Ship Structures

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (03) ◽  
pp. 208-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Decó ◽  
Dan M. Fragopol ◽  
Nader M. Okasha
Keyword(s):  
Bending Strength ◽  
Progressive Collapse ◽  
Probability Of Failure ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Ship Structures ◽  
Hull Girder ◽  
Reliability Method ◽  
Ultimate Bending Strength ◽  
Ultimate Failure ◽  
Bending Failure

An efficient procedure for the computation of the redundancy of ship structures is presented. The changes in the redundancy due to corrosion section loss over time are also studied. Moreover, uncertainties associated with structural geometry, material properties, and loading, are accounted for. In order to calculate the redundancy index, the probability of failure of the first component and the probability of ultimate failure of the whole hull girder must be evaluated. The probability of failure is computed using a hybrid Latin Hypercube - second-order reliability method (SORM) technique. The deterministic analyses during the simulations are conducted using an optimization approach for computing the ultimate bending strength of the whole hull girder and the progressive collapse method for computing the first bending failure.

Experimental study on seismic performance of suspended ceiling components

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Wang ◽  
Huanjun Jiang ◽  
Chen Wu ◽  
Zihui Xu ◽  
Zhiyuan Qin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Seismic Vulnerability ◽  
Axial Loading ◽  
Deformation Capacity ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Strong Earthquakes ◽  
Static Tests ◽  
Load Carrying

<p>Suspended ceiling systems (SCSs) experienced severe damage during strong earthquakes that occurred in recent years. The capacity of the ceiling component is a crucial factor affecting the seismic performance of SCS. Therefore, a series of static tests on suspended ceiling components under monotonic and cyclic loadings were carried out to investigate the seismic performance of the ceiling components. The ceiling components include main tee splices, cross tee latches and peripheral attachments. All specimens were tested under axial loading. Additionally, the static tests of cross tee latches subjected to shear and bending loadings were performed due to their seismic vulnerability. The failure pattern, load-carrying ability, deformation capacity and energy dissipation of the ceiling components are presented in detail in this study.</p>

Impact Analysis of Honeycomb Core Sandwich Panels

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shah Alam ◽  
Damodar Khanal
Keyword(s):  
Sandwich Panels ◽  
Sheet Thickness ◽  
Composite Panel ◽  
Face Sheet ◽  
Impact Behavior ◽  
Front Face ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
Honeycomb Core ◽  
Back Face ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The goal of this paper is to analyze the impact behavior among geometrically different sandwich panels shown upon impact velocities. Initially, composite model with aluminum honeycomb core and Kevlar (K29) face sheets is developed in ABAQUS/Explicit and different impact velocities are applied. Keeping other parameters constant, model is simulated with T800S/epoxy face sheets. Residual velocities, energy absorption (%), and maximum deformation depth is calculated for sandwich panel for both models at five different velocities by executing finite element analysis. Once the better material is found for face sheets, process is extended by varying the ratio of front face sheet thickness to back face sheet thickness keeping other geometrical parameters constant to find the better geometry. Also, comparison of impact responses of sandwich composite panel on different ratio of front face sheet thickness to back face sheet thickness is done and validated with other results available in literature.

The Dynamic Characteristics of Rigid Frame Single-Rib Arch Bridge

2013 ◽  
Vol 368-370 ◽  
pp. 1426-1430
Author(s):  
Li Xiong Gu ◽  
Rong Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Bending Strength ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Bending Stiffness ◽  
Torsional Stiffness ◽  
Lateral Stiffness ◽  
Arch Bridge ◽  
Vertical Stiffness ◽  
Rigid Frame

In this paper, by establishing the finite element model to study the dynamic characteristics of rigid frame single-rib arch bridge. By respectively changing structural parameters of the span ratios, and the compressive stiffness of arch, and the bending stiffness of arch, and the bending stiffness of bridge girder, and the layout of boom to find out the regularity of the structure on lateral stiffness, and vertical stiffness, and torsional stiffness as well as dynamic properties, it come out the results of that lateral stiffness of the structure is weaker, and increasing the span ratios and the compressive strength of arch are conducive to the improvement of the overall stiffness, and improving the bending strength of arch and layout of boom are less effect on the overall stiffness and mode shape.

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF WAVE FORCES ON BRIDGE DECKS

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Billy L. Edge ◽  
Ronald McPherson ◽  
Oscar Cruz-Castro
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Bridge Decks ◽  
Wave Forces

Ballistic impact behaviors of aluminum alloy sandwich panels with honeycomb cores: An experimental study

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 861-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
QN Zhang ◽  
XW Zhang ◽  
GX Lu ◽  
D Ruan
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Energy Absorption ◽  
Impact Velocity ◽  
Sandwich Panels ◽  
Sheet Thickness ◽  
Face Sheet ◽  
Ballistic Limit ◽  
Core Density ◽  
Impact Tests ◽  
Honeycomb Cores

To study the protection property of aluminum alloy sandwich panels with honeycomb cores under the attack of bullets or debris, quasi-static perforation, and ballistic impact tests were conducted, in which the thicknesses of the face sheet and core were 0.5–2.0 and 12.7 mm, respectively, while projectiles with diameter 7.5 mm and impact velocity 50–220 m/s were employed. Based on the experiments, the influences of impact velocity, face sheet thickness, core density as well as the nose shape of the projectiles were investigated. The results showed that in the impact tests, the sandwich panels dissipated much more energy than those in quasi-static perforation tests, and the energy absorption and ballistic limit of the sandwich panels increased with the increase of impact velocity. The influence of face sheet thickness was more remarkable than the core density, which was due to the relative density of honeycomb is too small. Although the increase of core density could induce the increase of energy absorption, this effect is more effective for thinner face sheet. Moreover, under the same impact velocity about 200 m/s and face sheet thickness 1.0 mm, the ballistic limit for conical-nosed projectile is highest, while it is lowest for flat-nosed projectile.

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