A Mixture Finite Element for Reinforced Concrete
A semi-analytical finite element is presented for analyses of cracked reinforced concrete (RC) structures including bond action between rebar and concrete, and crack-face shear transfer....
Nonlinear Response of Ground Supported Slabs
Refined techniques for the structural analysis of ground supported concrete slabs are presented. The principles of limit state design in terms of strength and serviceability are implemented....
Analysis of Delamination Onset and Growth in Curved Laminates
This paper details an analysis to characterize delamination onset and growth from a matrix crack in a curved composite laminate. Finite element analysis was used to determine values of...
Partial Hybrid Stress Element for Higher-Order Laminated Plates Theory
The partial hybrid stress method is applied to higher-order plate theory for orthotropic laminated plates. This new element performs better than displacement formulation and approaches...
Finite Element Analysis and Testing of a Laminated Composite Fuselage Test Structure
A test structure modeling a full scale section of a composite aircraft fuselage was designed, analyzed, fabricated, and pressure tested. The test structure consisted of a cylindrical graphite...
Flexural and Extensional Motion of Moderately Thick Laminated Composite Plates
A general theory of flexural and extensional motion of moderately thick laminated composite plates is developed for linear elastic materials and small deformation. Interlaminar stresses...
An Analytical Solution to Free Vibration Problems of Cross-ply Laminated Thin Doubly-curved Shells
Hitherto an unavailable analytical solution to the free vibration boundary value problems (b.v.ps.) of symmetric and antisymmetric cross-ply laminated thin doubly-curved shells of rectangular...
Coupled Bending and Twisting of Thin-Walled Composite Beams
Thin-walled open-section composite material beams of the T, I and J geometries are routinely used as stiffeners for structural components in aerospace vehicles (Starnes et al, 1985). In...
Failure Characterization of Structural FRP Bars
A combined experimental and theoretical investigation on the structural behavior of fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) bars is presented. Test results indicate that the ultimate strength decreases...
Use of Laser Holography and Image Analysis for Crack Measurement and Determination of Strain Fields in Cement Based Materials
The authors have successfully used laser holographic interferometry to measure various parameters, such as crack size, crack spacing, crack opening displacement, surface displacements...
Atomistic Simulation and Visualization of Thermal Disorder in a Crystalline Ice
The process of thermal disorder in crystalline ice has been simulated using a molecular dynamics model. The thermal disorder is induced by raising the temperature of the system. The molecular...
Deformation of Concrete Due to Drying
The deformation of drying concrete is numerically investigated considering the effect of random arrangement of coarse aggregates. The result indicates that a part of the statistical variation...
Models for Rock Mass Dynamics
The phenomenology of explosive effects in hard rocks is of interest to workers in the energy field, in the defense field, and in planetary science. The salient characteristic of hard rock...
Constitutive Relations for Large Deformation Plasticity
Influence of the choice of measures of stress and deformation upon the representation of constitutive relations for elasto-plastic solids undergoing finite deformation is discussed. The...
Penetration Tests in a Particulate Calibration Chamber
A numerical technique which couples discrete element method with boundary element method has been developed to simulate a two dimensional particulate assembly. Soil particles in the near...
An Ellipse-based Micromechanical Model for Angular Granular Materials
An ellipse-based two-dimensional Discrete Element algorithm for numerically modeling angular granular materials is developed and presented. Interparticle contact computations require the...
A Time-Dependent Microplane Model for Creep of Cohesive Soils
The microplane model is used in this paper to describe the time-dependent (creep) behavior of cohesive soils (clays). The constitutive equations are defined on each of a set of microplanes...
Issues in Developing Arizona's Hazmat Incident Reporting Program
The Arizona Division of Emergency Services (ADES), in cooperation with Arizona State University (ASU) - Center for Advanced Research in Transportation, and the Arizona Department of Transportation...
Field Instrumentation Program Vital to Deep Excavation Project
An extensive field instrumentation, monitoring and evaluation program was implemented for a seven-level deep excavation project in Boston. Using the observational approach, the information...
Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Study of Piles and Simplified Models
In a recent study the authors examined the effect of the nonlinear behavior of soil on the axial and lateral response of one or two piles due to monotonic and cyclic pseudodynamic loading...
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