scholarly journals Mitigating natural events to avoid disaster in public school buildings: seismic retrofitting of SDN 42 Korong Gadang

2018 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 02021
Author(s):  
James Mwangi ◽  
Laura Putri ◽  
Listhbeth Collins

With over 50 million students, Indonesia has the fourth largest education system in the world. The first twelve years of education are compulsory for all citizens. The students, together with over 3 million teachers spend six (or five in some cases) days a week at over 300,000 schools, typically from 6:30 AM to 2 (or 3) PM. Geographically, Indonesia is traversed by the infamous “ring of fire” and prone to natural events resulting from the tectonic plate movements of the Australian Plate from the South, the Eurasian and Sunda Plates from the North and the Philippine Plate from the East. Left unmitigated, these natural events would lead to natural disasters emanating from resulting earthquakes and leading to tsunamis, landslides, the collapse of building structures and failure of lifelines (roads, pipelines, electrical grid, etc.). In an effort to provide disaster-safe schools, the National Agency for Disaster Management has required that school facilities be a community center in case of disasters and serve as emergency shelters. Retrofit of existing buildings will be needed to comply with government guidelines. This paper presents a case study of the determination of structural deficiencies of an existing school building in SDN 42 Korong Gadang, Padang, West Sumatra and implementation of a seismic retrofit (design and construction) at the same building to mitigate potential earthquake disaster.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia-Silvia Asimopolos ◽  
Laurentiu Asimopolos

<p>The results of the magnetoteluric investigations carried out along the profiles are presented in the form of sections in which the variations of the different parameters, the 2-D modeling, as well as the inversions.</p><p>The results of the geophysical researches (magnetotellurics, gravity, geomagnetics) obtained were aimed at obtaining a unitary image on the deep geological structure in the investigated area. A number of information was obtained regarding such as:</p><ul><li>Determination of the thickness of the package of formations belonging to the post-tectogenetic sedimentary cover of the Transylvanian Depression; sedimentary sedimentary cover, conductive, with a maximum thickness of approximately 4000 m in the Pannonian Depression;</li> <li>Contouring of the Tethysian Major Suture (near the town of Alba Iulia in the Transylvanian Basin), represented by the Transylvanian nappes system (ofiolitic complex and sedimentary formations), with resistivities of about 500 Ohm*m, which separates two blocks with continental crust of different thicknesses (22- 27 km for Internal Dacids and 32-36 km for Median Dacids);</li> <li>Highlighting the change of nappes systems belonging to the Transylvanians, with a wide development both to the north (Căpâlnas-Techereu nappes and the nappes of Groşi and Criş), as well as to the east (the ophiolite complex and sedimentary cover), over the Biharia nappes system, respectively Central-Eastern Carpathian nappes; extension of the Codru and Biharia - Arieşeni nappes, the last with higher resistivities (200 Ohm*m);</li> <li>Highlighting the transcrustal fault that marks the contact between the Inner Dacides and the Median ones;</li> <li>Individualization at the level of the lower crust of a transition zone; significant decrease of resistivity, as a consequence of the presence of the fluids in the transition zone, from the pressure in the pores from lithostatic type to the hydrostatic type (occurs at depths of 22 - 30 km and at temperatures of 350º - 400º C).</li> </ul><p>The electromagnetic data reflect the anomalies of electrical conductivity in a sensitive way, but due to the many causes that can generate them, a careful analysis of the particularities existing for each case, especially the superficial ones, was necessary.</p><p>The correlation of the all the information provided in sections (resistivity, phases, density, magnetic susceptibility), inversions, modeling, lead to the validation of the model.</p>


The reinforced concrete structures are present in most constructions around the world and can be defined as a composite material of concrete reinforced with steel bars. Those structures may exhibit pathologies during the construction stage or after, due to several types of failures, whether is in the project, execution or maintenance. The Universidade Federal do Pará, has great influence over Brazil, being considered the biggest university in the north of the country. Despite its relevance, the university campus presents numerous problems in their building structures. The purpose of this paper is to identify the pathologies in the older and most recent reinforced concrete buildings existing at the Cidade Universitária Prof. José da Silveira Netto, Guamá campus, located in Belém, state's capital, enabling the evaluation of corrective maintenance needs of the most deteriorated constructions. To support the case study, it was performed a visual analysis with photographic register, allied to theoretical study regarding the subject, enabling the identification of possible causes of the alterations. The results show pathologies from many fields, from structure design until foundation of the buildings. The reduction in the occurrence of those manifestations would be possible, with better supervision during the construction process and preventive maintenance, whose lack of were the main cause of the identified pathologies.


2018 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 03016
Author(s):  
Haptiwi Tri Yuniar ◽  
Bayu Martanto Adji ◽  
Benny Hidayat

Currently, due to the limitation of funding, the national road maintenance programs in West Sumatra which were based on the output from IIRMS (Indonesian Integrated Road Management System) cannot be fully implemented. In order the road maintenance can be carried out effectively according to parameters considered, the ranking of roads priority must be determined. In this study, analyzes were conducted in the determination of national road maintenance priorities. The parameters used are SDI, IRI, road width, and V / C ratio. The methods used were the AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process), IPA (Importance Performance Index) modification, and CSI (Customer Satisfaction Index) modification. In the study also evaluated the effectiveness of road maintenance program which was made by Satker P2JN, BPJN III compared to the result of the analysis. The result shows that there was still ineffectiveness of road maintenance programs made by BPJN III.


TAPPI Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
ALESSANDRA GERLI ◽  
LEENDERT C. EIGENBROOD

A novel method was developed for the determination of linting propensity of paper based on printing with an IGT printability tester and image analysis of the printed strips. On average, the total fraction of the surface removed as lint during printing is 0.01%-0.1%. This value is lower than those reported in most laboratory printing tests, and more representative of commercial offset printing applications. Newsprint paper produced on a roll/blade former machine was evaluated for linting propensity using the novel method and also printed on a commercial coldset offset press. Laboratory and commercial printing results matched well, showing that linting was higher for the bottom side of paper than for the top side, and that linting could be reduced on both sides by application of a dry-strength additive. In a second case study, varying wet-end conditions were used on a hybrid former machine to produce four paper reels, with the goal of matching the low linting propensity of the paper produced on a machine with gap former configuration. We found that the retention program, by improving fiber fines retention, substantially reduced the linting propensity of the paper produced on the hybrid former machine. The papers were also printed on a commercial coldset offset press. An excellent correlation was found between the total lint area removed from the bottom side of the paper samples during laboratory printing and lint collected on halftone areas of the first upper printing unit after 45000 copies. Finally, the method was applied to determine the linting propensity of highly filled supercalendered paper produced on a hybrid former machine. In this case, the linting propensity of the bottom side of paper correlated with its ash content.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 08-15
Author(s):  
Rahma Triyana ◽  
Salmi Salmi

Malaria is one of the health problems in Indonesia, especially West Sumatra. Determination of the description of Malaria disease in an area is needed to determine the spread and severity of the disease. This study aims to determine the frequency distribution according to age, sex and place of residence, description of the types of Plasmodium causes of Malaria and hematological features in Malaria patients at Siti Rahmah Padang Hospital in 2018. This type of research is a descriptive observational study with an approach or design cross section (cross sectional). The frequency distribution of Malaria sufferers in Siti Rahmah Padang Hospital in 2018 according to the highest age was in the age group 21-30 years as many as 28 cases (36.8%), the highest sex among men was 46 (60.5%) and the highest number of residences was found in Koto Tangah sub-district there were 31 cases (40.8%). The type of Plasmodium found in Malaria cases in Siti Rahmah Padang Hospital in 2018 was P. vivax (73 cases (96.05%)) and P. falciparum (3 cases (3.95%)). The results of laboratory tests on Hb, hematocrit, platelet and leukocyte levels in Malaria positive patients in Siti Rahmah Padang Hospital in 2018 were in the normal range.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 08-15
Author(s):  
Rahma Triyana Y ◽  
Salmi Salmi

Malaria is one of the health problems in Indonesia, especially West Sumatra. Determination of the description of Malaria disease in an area is needed to determine the spread and severity of the disease. This study aims to determine the frequency distribution according to age, sex and place of residence, description of the types of Plasmodium causes of Malaria and hematological features in Malaria patients at Siti Rahmah Padang Hospital in 2018. This type of research is a descriptive observational study with an approach or design cross section (cross sectional). The frequency distribution of Malaria sufferers in Siti Rahmah Padang Hospital in 2018 according to the highest age was in the age group 21-30 years as many as 28 cases (36.8%), the highest sex among men was 46 (60.5%) and the highest number of residences was found in Koto Tangah sub-district there were 31 cases (40.8%). The type of Plasmodium found in Malaria cases in Siti Rahmah Padang Hospital in 2018 was P. vivax (73 cases (96.05%)) and P. falciparum (3 cases (3.95%)). The results of laboratory tests on Hb, hematocrit, platelet and leukocyte levels in Malaria positive patients in Siti Rahmah Padang Hospital in 2018 were in the normal range.


Author(s):  
Olexandr Pavlenko ◽  
Serhii Dun ◽  
Maksym Skliar

In any economy there is a need for the bulky goods transportation which cannot be divided into smaller parts. Such cargoes include building structures, elements of industrial equipment, tracked or wheeled construction and agricultural machinery, heavy armored military vehicles. In any case, tractor-semitrailer should provide fast delivery of goods with minimal fuel consumption. In order to guarantee the goods delivery, tractor-semitrailers must be able to overcome the existing roads broken grade and be capable to tow a semi-trailer in off-road conditions. These properties are especially important for military equipment transportation. The important factor that determines a tractor-semitrailer mobility is its gradeability. The purpose of this work is to improve a tractor-semitrailer mobility with tractor units manufactured at PJSC “AutoKrAZ” by increasing the tractor-semitrailer gradeability. The customer requirements for a new tractor are determined by the maximizing the grade to 18°. The analysis of the characteristics of modern tractor-semitrailers for heavy haulage has shown that the highest rate of this grade is 16.7°. The factors determining the limiting gradeability value were analyzed, based on the tractor-semitrailer with a KrAZ-6510TE tractor and a semi-trailer with a full weight of 80 t. It has been developed a mathematical model to investigate the tractor and semi-trailer axles vertical reactions distribution on the tractor-semitrailer friction performances. The mathematical model has allowed to calculate the gradeability value that the tractor-semitrailer can overcome in case of wheels and road surface friction value and the tractive force magnitude from the engine. The mathematical model adequacy was confirmed by comparing the calculations results with the data of factory tests. The analysis showed that on a dry road the KrAZ-6510TE tractor with a 80 t gross weight semitrailer is capable to climb a gradient of 14,35 ° with its coupling mass full use condition. The engine's maximum torque allows the tractor-semitrailer to overcome a gradient of 10.45° It has been determined the ways to improve the design of the KrAZ-6510TE tractor to increase its gradeability. Keywords: tractor, tractor-semitrailer vehicle mobility, tractor-semitrailer vehicle gradeability.


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