A laboratory study of the influence of multiple axle loads on the fatigue performance of a cemented material

2012 ◽  
pp. 253-273
Author(s):  
M Moffatt ◽  
G Jameson ◽  
W Young
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Study ◽  
Fatigue Performance ◽  
Axle Loads

Moving Axle Load From Multi-Span Continuous Bridge: Laboratory Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommy H.T. Chan ◽  
Demeke B. Ashebo
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Study ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
Identification Accuracy ◽  
Bottom Surface ◽  
Moving Loads ◽  
Moving Vehicle ◽  
Moving Force ◽  
Computation Efficiency ◽  
Axle Loads ◽  
Good Agreement

Laboratory study on the identification of moving vehicle axle loads on a multi-span continuous bridge from the measured bending moment responses is presented. A bridge-vehicle system model was fabricated in the laboratory. The bridge was modeled as a three span continuous beam and the car was modeled as a vehicle model with two-axle loads. A number of strain gauges were adhered to the bottom surface of the beam to measure the bending moment responses. Using measured bending moment responses as an input, the corresponding inverse problem was solved to identify moving loads. The moving forces were identified when considering bending moment responses from all spans of the beam. In order to avoid the lower identification accuracy around the inner supports of continuous bridge and to improve the computation efficiency, the moving force identification from the target (one selected) span of the continuous bridge was studied. The rebuilt responses were reconstructed from the identified loads as a forward problem. To study the accuracy of the method the relative percentage errors were calculated with respect to the measured and the rebuilt bending moment responses. The rebuilt bending moment responses obtained from the identified forces are in good agreement with the measured bending moment responses. This indirectly shows that the method is capable of identifying moving loads on continuous supported bridges.

Fatigue Performance of Re-Refined Engine Oil Bottom–Modified Asphalt: Laboratory Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 2574 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Bennert ◽  
Christopher Ericson ◽  
Darius Pezeshki ◽  
Ron Corun
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Study ◽  
Fatigue Performance ◽  
Engine Oil ◽  
Modified Asphalt

Laboratory and in-situ analysis of comet dust

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 8-9
Author(s):  
D.E. Brownlee ◽  
A.L. Albee
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Solar System ◽  
Laboratory Study ◽  
Isotopic Analysis ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Early Solar System ◽  
Cometary Material ◽  
Comet Dust

Comets are primitive, kilometer-sized bodies that formed in the outer regions of the solar system. Composed of ice and dust, comets are generally believed to be relic building blocks of the outer solar system that have been preserved at cryogenic temperatures since the formation of the Sun and planets. The analysis of cometary material is particularly important because the properties of cometary material provide direct information on the processes and environments that formed and influenced solid matter both in the early solar system and in the interstellar environments that preceded it.The first direct analyses of proven comet dust were made during the Soviet and European spacecraft encounters with Comet Halley in 1986. These missions carried time-of-flight mass spectrometers that measured mass spectra of individual micron and smaller particles. The Halley measurements were semi-quantitative but they showed that comet dust is a complex fine-grained mixture of silicates and organic material. A full understanding of comet dust will require detailed morphological, mineralogical, elemental and isotopic analysis at the finest possible scale. Electron microscopy and related microbeam techniques will play key roles in the analysis. The present and future of electron microscopy of comet samples involves laboratory study of micrometeorites collected in the stratosphere, in-situ SEM analysis of particles collected at a comet and laboratory study of samples collected from a comet and returned to the Earth for detailed study.

When Apologies for Injustice Matter

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
David De Cremer ◽  
Barbara C. Schouten
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Study ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Fairness Perceptions ◽  
Organizational Survey ◽  
Experimental Laboratory

The present research examined the idea that the effectiveness of apologies on promoting fairness perceptions depends on how meaningful and sincere the apology is experienced. More precisely, it was predicted that apologies are more effective when they are communicated by an authority being respectful to others. A study using a cross-sectional organizational survey showed that an apology (relative to giving no apology) revealed higher fairness perceptions, but only so when the authority was respectful rather than disrespectful. In a subsequent experimental laboratory study the same interaction effect (as in Study 1) on fairness perceptions was found. In addition, a similar interaction effect also emerged on participants’ self-evaluations in terms of relational appreciation (i.e., feeling valued and likeable). Finally, these self-evaluations accounted (at least partly) for the interactive effect on fairness perceptions.

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