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Ahlam A. Abbood, Nazar Oukaili, Abbas A. Allawi and George Wardeh
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel concrete-encased column (CE) using small circular steel tubes filled with cementitious grouting material (GFST) as the primary reinforcement instead of traditional steel bars. The research involve...
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Xiufei Wang, Kun Liu, Mingcai Xu and Hewei Liu
In this study, a common cruciform structure in ship hulls was designed and experimented with in order to analyze its deformation characteristics under planar collision and quasi-static loading. The mechanical parameters of the materials were determined b...
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Wei Cai, Zhihui Zhou, Xudong Qian, Dongfeng Cao, Shuxin Li, Ling Zhu and Haixiao Hu
A reliable finite element procedure to simulate shear-dominated ductile fractures in large-scale, thin-walled steel structures is still evolving primarily due to the challenges in determining the failure criterion of metal materials under complex stress ...
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Mengxiang Wang, Haibo Wang, Qi Zong, Feng Xiong, Qian Kang, Chun Zhu and Yuanyuan Pan
Smooth surface blasting control technology is aimed at blasting the rock body until it is left with a smooth surface and to protect it from damage; the current air spaced axial uncoupled charge and air spaced radial uncoupled continuous charge are effect...
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Stian H. Sørum, Nuno Fonseca, Michael Kent and Rui Pedro Faria
Fibre ropes offer beneficial properties for mooring of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs). However, the mooring line?s stiffness is both load-history and load-rate dependent. A quasi-static stiffness is observed for slow loading, with a higher stiff...
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Wei Zhang, Jialiang Liu, Lin Yang, Xiangyuan Zhang, Heqing Zhang and Fukang Gong
The mechanical properties of S32760 duplex stainless steel under dynamic loading conditions at high strain rates are significantly different from those under quasi-static conditions. As a result of large strain, high strain rate, and high temperature, th...
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Hassan Al-Budairi, Zhiwei Gao and Andrew Steel
Low-energy rockfall catch fences are designed to protect infrastructure such as railways and roads wherein the kinetic energy of falling rocks is less than 100 kJ. The typical design consists of a double-twisted steel wire mesh supported by ground posts ...
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Yu Sun, Wansong Xu and Sheng Shen
Given that the existing drainage strengthening methods for underwater damaged piers are expensive, inefficient, and cause shipping traffic disruptions, an urgent need exists to explore undrained strengthening methods, such as the precast concrete segment...
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Jing Zhang, Xuelei Kang, Xinghua Shi, C. Guedes Soares and Ming Song
With the expansion of the Arctic route, the safety of ship crossing the area in light of the low temperature and ice has become of focus, especially with regards to the ship?s structure. The mechanical properties of the material making up the ship?s stru...
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Matteo Bruno, Luca Esposito, Gianluca Iannitti and Fabio Scherillo
The discontinuous yielding behaviour of Fe E420 steel was experimentally investigated through tensile tests conducted on laminated sheets. In order to assess the response under both quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions, uniaxial tensile tests were...
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