scholarly journals Stability design criteria for closely spaced built-up stainless steel columns

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-250
Author(s):  
Jelena Dobrić ◽  
Nina Gluhović ◽  
Zlatko Marković ◽  
Dragan Buđevac

This paper aims to develop design recommendations for closely spaced built-up stainless steel columns, based on findings gained in performed research at the University of Belgrade. The research focuses on pin-ended built-up columns formed from two press-braked channel chords oriented back-to-back and addresses their flexural buckling capacity about the minor axis. The impact of overall and local chord slenderness, interconnection stiffness, geometric imperfections and material nonlinearity is evaluated. In order to fully exploit their structural performance, two separate approaches for the design of built-up columns with welded or bolted interconnections are defined that include different formulas for shear stiffness.

Author(s):  
Mohammed-Rafi Riley ◽  
Catrin M. Davies ◽  
Stephen Garwood

In recent years, there has been an increasing need for component specific testing in nuclear power plant (NPP) materials. This has arisen from changes in fatigue design criteria outlined within the ASME Boiler Pressure and Vessel and Pipe Code (BPVC). These are primarily derived from low-cycle fatigue (LCF) testing on idealized small-scale specimens. For the case of stainless steel (SS), testing is performed under membrane loading on traditional uniaxial round-bar specimens according to standards such as ASTM E606. Here, failure is defined as a 25% drop in load, that typically corresponds to a 3 mm deep crack. Real NPP components however, rarely experience such membrane loading due to their complex geometry and in-service loading (combined primary and secondary stresses). For the case of an internally-pressurized pipe subjected to thermal transients, due to temperature fluctuations in the coolant, an additional through-wall stress field gradient is present. This results in fatigue crack initiation and propagation occurring into a decreasing stress field, which may be expected to result in longer fatigue lives than within small specimen testing and, hence, a large degree of inherent over-conservatism may exist in the ASME design data. This paper describes the development of a novel test procedure able to incorporate the effect of a stress gradient within fatigue endurance testing. A bespoke eight-point bend (8PB) setup has been developed that is capable of performing load-, displacement- and strain-controlled LCF tests. A series of trials have been conducted in all three control modes with the material response validated against finite element analysis (FEA). It is anticipated that this testing procedure can provide a better representation of NPP components under fatigue loading conditions, providing results that would be used to remove over-conservatism within the current design criteria.


2014 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 43-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganping Shu ◽  
Baofeng Zheng ◽  
Lianchun Xin

The university is considered one of the engines of growth in a local economy or its market area, since its direct contributions consist of 1) employment of faculty and staff, 2) services to students, and supply chain links vendors, all of which define the University’s Market area. Indirect contributions consist of those agents associated with the university in terms of community and civic events. Each of these activities represent economic benefits to their host communities and can be classified as the economic impact a university has on its local economy and whose spatial market area includes each of the above agents. In addition are the critical links to the University, which can be considered part of its Demand and Supply chain. This paper contributes to the field of Public/Private Impact Analysis, which is used to substantiate the social and economic benefits of cooperating for economic resources. We use Census data on Output of Goods and Services, Labor Income on Salaries, Wages and Benefits, Indirect State and Local Taxes, Property Tax Revenue, Population, and Inter-Industry to measure economic impact (Implan, 2016).


Author(s):  
John Mckiernan-González

This article discusses the impact of George J. Sánchez’s keynote address “Working at the Crossroads” in making collaborative cross-border projects more academically legitimate in American studies and associated disciplines. The keynote and his ongoing administrative labor model the power of public collaborative work to shift research narratives. “Working at the Crossroads” demonstrated how historians can be involved—as historians—in a variety of social movements, and pointed to the ways these interactions can, and maybe should, shape research trajectories. It provided a key blueprint and key examples for doing historically informed Latina/o studies scholarship with people working outside the university. Judging by the success of Sánchez’s work with Boyle Heights and East LA, projects need to establish multiple entry points, reward participants at all levels, and connect people across generations.I then discuss how I sought to emulate George Sánchez’s proposals in my own work through partnering with labor organizations, developing biographical public art projects with students, and archiving social and cultural histories. His keynote address made a back-and-forth movement between home communities and academic labor seem easy and professionally rewarding as well as politically necessary, especially in public universities. 


Author(s):  
Nham Phong Tuan ◽  
Nguyen Ngoc Quy ◽  
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen ◽  
Hong Tra My ◽  
Tran Nhu Phu

The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of seven factors causing academic stress on students of University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University: Lack of leisure time, Academic performance, Fear of failure, Academic overload, Finances, Competition between students, Relationships with university faculty. Based on the results of a practical survey of 185 students who are attending any courses at the University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University, the study assesses the impact of stress factors on students. The thesis focuses on clarifying the concept of "stress" and the stress level of students, while pointing out its negative effects on students. This study includes two cross-sectional questionnaire surveys. The first survey uses a set of 16 questions to assess students’ perceptions and attitudes based on an instrument to measure academic stress - Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents (ESSA). The second survey aims to test internal consistency, the robustness of the previously established 7-factor structure. Henceforth, the model was brought back and used qualitatively, combined with Cronbach’s Alpha measurement test and EFA discovery factor analysis. This study was conducted from October 2019 to December 2019. From these practical analyzes, several proposals were made for the society, the school and the students themselves.


2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (11) ◽  
pp. 303-312
Author(s):  
Jamal Asad Mezel ◽  
Adnan Fadhil Khaleel ◽  
Kiran Das Naik Eslavath

This empirical study show that the impact of all styles was well moderate. The means of effect of all styles were less than 3 out of 5. It means the expected impact of transformational affect upon the all dimensions of the activities, are not expected due to the traditional styles of leadership and the lack of information about the transformational leadership styles which can guide leaders to use such styles in the organization which may be this results due to lack of trained leaders and necessary knowledge with the leaders in all universities about transformational styles the traditional form of the leadership styles which used by the university leaders affect the communication between all levels of the administration and the faculty members which has consequence because decrease in motivation and a self-consideration from the administration.


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