Simplified Modeling and Analysis of Pattern Loading Effects on Shoring Systems During Construction

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.L. Peng ◽  
D.V. Rosowsky ◽  
A.D. Pan ◽  
W.F. Chen ◽  
S.L. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Structural Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Lateral Deflection ◽  
Loading Effects ◽  
Load Pattern ◽  
Simplified Modeling ◽  
Concrete Placement ◽  
Partial Loads

This paper examines the effect of concrete placement patterns on temporary structures. Specific consideration is given to scaffold shoring systems used in construction. A simplified two-dimensional portal frame model is developed to investigate the system stability for different load patterns corresponding to different concrete placement procedures. Then, a three-dimensional structural model is developed to identify the location and magnitude of the critical formwork load both during and after concrete placement. A second-order elastic analysis of the system is performed to determine the critical loads. For the sway case, there exists a unique critical (collapse) load which is independent of load pattern (placement paths) and partial loads. However, the amount of lateral deflection varies for different load patterns or paths. Thus, a single limiting lateral deflection of the temporary structure may not be suitable as an early-warning index signaling imminent collapse during construction. An analysis based on the concept of influence surfaces confirms that an equivalent uniform load may be used in design to account for pattern loading during construction.

SEISMIC VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR SAN FRANCISCO TEMPLE IN MORELIA, MEXICO

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Special Issue on First SACEE'19) ◽  
pp. 207-2016
Author(s):  
Guillermo Martinez ◽  
David Castillo ◽  
José Jara ◽  
Bertha Olmos
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Seismic Vulnerability ◽  
Seismic Analysis ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Middle Part ◽  
Seismic Demands ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Seismic Records ◽  
Cracking Pattern ◽  
The Temple

This paper presents a first approximation of the seismic vulnerability of a sixteenth century building which is part of the historical center of Morelia, Mexico. The city was declared World Heritage by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1991. The modeling and analysis of the building was carried out using a three-dimensional elastic tetrahedral finite elements model which was subjected to probabilistic seismic demands with recurrences of 500 yrs and 1000 yrs in addition to real seismic records. The model was able to correctly identify cracking pattern in different parts of the temple due to gravitational forces. High seismic vulnerability of the arched window and the walls of the middle part of the bell tower of the temple was indicated by the seismic analysis of the model.

scholarly journals Na3Co2(As0.52P0.48)O4(As0.95P0.05)2O7

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (12) ◽  
pp. i85-i86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youssef Ben Smida ◽  
Abderrahmen Guesmi ◽  
Mohamed Faouzi Zid ◽  
Ahmed Driss
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Solid State Reaction ◽  
Title Compound ◽  
General Position ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coordination Polyhedra ◽  
Bond Valence Sum ◽  
Full Occupancy

The title compound, trisodium dicobalt(II) (arsenate/phosphate) (diarsenate/diphosphate), was prepared by a solid-state reaction. It is isostructural with Na3Co2AsO4As2O7. The framework shows the presence of CoX22O12(X2 is statistically disordered with As0.95P0.05) units formed by sharing corners between Co1O6octahedra andX22O7groups. These units form layers perpendicular to [010]. Co2O6octahedra andX1O4(X1 = As0.54P0.46) tetrahedra form Co2X1O8chains parallel to [001]. Cohesion between layers and chains is ensured by theX22O7groups, giving rise to a three-dimensional framework with broad tunnels, running along thea- andc-axis directions, in which the Na+ions reside. The two Co2+cations, theX1 site and three of the seven O atoms lie on special positions, with site symmetries 2 andmfor the Co,mfor theX1, and 2 andm(× 2) for the O sites. One of two Na atoms is disordered over three special positions [occupancy ratios 0.877 (10):0.110 (13):0.066 (9)] and the other is in a general position with full occupancy. A comparison between structures such as K2CdP2O7, α-NaTiP2O7and K2MoO2P2O7is made. The proposed structural model is supported by charge-distribution (CHARDI) analysis and bond-valence-sum (BVS) calculations. The distortion of the coordination polyhedra is analyzed by means of the effective coordination number.

scholarly journals Off-Design Behavior Analysis and Operating Curve Design of Marine Intercooled Gas Turbine

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nian-kun Ji ◽  
Shu-ying Li ◽  
Zhi-tao Wang ◽  
Ning-bo Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Optimization Design ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Operational Flexibility ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Additional Degree ◽  
Performance Space ◽  
Mechanical Constraints ◽  
Steady State Model

The intercooled gas turbine obtained by adopting an indirect heat exchanger into an existing gas turbine is one of the candidates for developing high-power marine power units. To simplify such a strong coupled nonlinear system reasonably, the feasibility and availability of qualifying equivalent effectiveness as the only parameter to evaluate the intercooler behavior are investigated. Regarding equivalent effectiveness as an additional degree of freedom, the steady state model of a marine intercooled gas turbine is developed and its off-design performance is analyzed. With comprehensive considerations given to various phase missions of ships, operational flexibility, mechanical constraints, and thermal constraints, the operating curve of the intercooled gas turbine is optimized based on graphical method in three-dimensional performance space. The resulting operating curve revealed that the control strategy at the steady state conditions for the intercooled gas turbine should be variable cycle control. The necessity of integration optimization design for gas turbine and intercooler is indicated and the modeling and analysis method developed in this paper should be beneficial to it.

A Stochastic Hierarchical Population System: Excitement, Extinction and Transition to Chaos

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Bashkirtseva ◽  
Tatyana Perevalova ◽  
Lev Ryashko
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Biological Parameters ◽  
Top Predator ◽  
Population System ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Transition To Chaos ◽  
Random Fluctuations

A problem of the mathematical modeling and analysis of noise-induced transformations of complex oscillatory regimes in hierarchical population systems is considered. As a key example, we use a three-dimensional food chain dynamical model of the interacting prey, predator, and top predator. We perform a comparative study of the impacts of random fluctuations on three key biological parameters of prey growth, predator mortality, and the top predator growth. A detailed investigation of the stochastic excitement, noise-induced transition from order to chaos, and various scenarios of extinction is carried out. Constructive abilities of the semi-analytical method of confidence domains in the analysis of the noise-induced extinction are demonstrated.

Error Sensitivity Analysis for Machine Tool Based on Three-Dimensional Vector Chain

2013 ◽  
Vol 457-458 ◽  
pp. 1562-1565
Author(s):  
Qiang Huang ◽  
Chan Jun Gao
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Machine Tool ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Error Modeling ◽  
Dimensional Vector ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Vector Operation ◽  
Error Sensitivity ◽  
Space Error ◽  
Error Sensitivity Analysis

Error modeling and analysis can provide some important direction to the machining precision control. According to the characteristics of topology structure on machine tool, a space error model of machine tool and detailed modeling method are presented in this paper, which are based on three-dimensional vector chain. Taking a lathe as an example, the application method of this model in error sensitivity analysis is introduced. By this model, the relationship between the relative error of workpiece-tool and each source error can be solved by ordinary vector operation, and the analysis efficiency should be enhanced greatly.

scholarly journals Structural Modeling and Analysis of Pregnancy-Associated Glycoprotein-1 of Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Andonissamy ◽  
S. K. Singh ◽  
S. K. Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Protein Structure ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Protein Structures ◽  
Structural Modeling ◽  
Bubalus Bubalis ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Docking Studies ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Structural Conformity

The present study was conducted to design and analyze the structural model of buffalo pregnancy-associated glycoprotein-1 (PAG-1) using bioinformatics. Structural modeling of the deduced buffalo PAG-1 protein was done using PHYRE, CONSURF servers and its structure was subsequently constructed using MODELLER 9.9 and PyMOL softwares Buffalo PAG-1 structural conformity was analyzed using PROSA, WHATIF, and 3D-PSSM servers. Designed buffalo PAG-1 protein structure on BLAST analysis retrieved protein structures belonging to aspartic proteinase family. Moreover in silico analysis revealed buffalo PAG-1 protein retained bilobed structure with pepstatin-binding clefts near the active sites by docking studies with pepstatin A using PatchDock server. Structural studies revealed that the amino and carboxy terminal containing aspartic residues are highly conserved and buried within the protein structure. Structural conformity studies showed that more than 90% of the residues lie inside favored and allowed regions. It was also deduced that buffalo PAG-1 possesses low and high energy zones with a very low threshold for proteolysis ascertaining the stableness of the buffalo PAG-1 protein structure. This study depicts the structural conformity and stability of buffalo PAG-1 protein.

scholarly journals Reorganization of chromosome architecture in replicative cellular senescence

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. e1500882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven W. Criscione ◽  
Marco De Cecco ◽  
Benjamin Siranosian ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Jill A. Kreiling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Senescence ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Chromatin Accessibility ◽  
Genome Chromosome ◽  
Chromosome Conformation ◽  
Topologically Associated Domains ◽  
Chromosomal Architecture ◽  
Fundamental Biological Process ◽  
3D Architecture

Replicative cellular senescence is a fundamental biological process characterized by an irreversible arrest of proliferation. Senescent cells accumulate a variety of epigenetic changes, but the three-dimensional (3D) organization of their chromatin is not known. We applied a combination of whole-genome chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C), fluorescence in situ hybridization, and in silico modeling methods to characterize the 3D architecture of interphase chromosomes in proliferating, quiescent, and senescent cells. Although the overall organization of the chromatin into active (A) and repressive (B) compartments and topologically associated domains (TADs) is conserved between the three conditions, a subset of TADs switches between compartments. On a global level, the Hi-C interaction matrices of senescent cells are characterized by a relative loss of long-range and gain of short-range interactions within chromosomes. Direct measurements of distances between genetic loci, chromosome volumes, and chromatin accessibility suggest that the Hi-C interaction changes are caused by a significant reduction of the volumes occupied by individual chromosome arms. In contrast, centromeres oppose this overall compaction trend and increase in volume. The structural model arising from our study provides a unique high-resolution view of the complex chromosomal architecture in senescent cells.

Wave propagation simulation on a 3D model of the Ruhr district for locations of seismic monitoring.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela de los Angeles Gonzalez de Lucio ◽  
Claudia Finger ◽  
Erik Saenger
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Seismic Source ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Maximum Energy ◽  
Seismic Events ◽  
Ruhr District

<p>The Ruhr district meets the necessary elements to carry out geothermal projects due to its geothermal potential and demand, as it is a densely populated industrial area. Currently, there are projects for direct use, whereas projects for electricity generation are planned. The latter, due to greater depths, reservoir enhancement techniques are required in some cases. This may increase the associated seismic risk which should be elaborated in detail.</p><p>With available data, a three-dimensional geological and structural model was created. The shallower parts have been widely studied and documented by mining activity in the Ruhr region during the last century.  Below a depth of 1 km, data are scarce, and uncertainties increase. The full elastic wavefield emitted by a realistic seismic source has been simulated using a finite differences scheme and the derived geological model. The elastic properties were estimated with well data. The source has common characteristics of real seismic events in the area.</p><p>The wave propagation simulations let us analyze the seismic response with different sources and velocities models. Three cases are considered, two seismic events with distinct depths based on real events. The third case is based on the proposed location of a deep geothermal project.</p><p>Especially for the case with the deeper source, the areas with relatively high amplitudes of displacement correlated with structural features of the model. Applying the imaging condition of maximum energy density allows us to define zones with a potentially increased seismic risk that should be monitored more closely.</p>

A Scalable Time-Parallel Solution of Periodic Rotor Dynamics in X3D

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mrinalgouda Patil ◽  
Anubhav Datta
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Balance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Harmonic Balance Method ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Solution Procedure ◽  
Balance Method ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Near Resonance

A time-parallel algorithm is developed for large-scale three-dimensional rotor dynamic analysis. A modified harmonic balance method with a scalable skyline solver forms the kernel of this algorithm. The algorithm is equipped with a solution procedure suitable for large-scale structures that have lightly damped modes near resonance. The algorithm is integrated in X3D, implemented on a hybrid shared and distributed memory architecture, and demonstrated on a three-dimensional structural model of a UH-60A-like fully articulated rotor. Flight-test data from UH-60A Airloads Program transition flight C8513 are used for validation. The key conclusion is that the new solver converges to the time marching solution more than 50 times faster and achieves a performance greater than 1 teraFLOPS. The significance of this conclusion is that the principal barrier of computational time for trim solution using high-fidelity three-dimensional structures can be overcome with the scalable harmonic balance method demonstrated in this paper.

Finite Element Analysis for a CAD of a Concrete Mixer Drum

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossam S. Badawi ◽  
Sherif A. Mourad ◽  
Sayed M. Metwalli
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Plain Concrete ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Shell Elements ◽  
Bending Stresses ◽  
Loading Effects ◽  
Concrete Mixer ◽  
Aided Design

Abstract For a Computer Aided Design of a concrete truck mixer, a six cubic meter concrete mixer drum is analyzed using the finite element method. The complex mixer drum structure is subjected to pressure loading resulting from the plain concrete inside the drum, in addition to its own weight. The effect of deceleration of the vehicle and the rotational motion of the drum on the reactions and stresses are also considered. Equivalent static loads are used to represent the dynamic loading effects. Three-dimensional shell elements are used to model the drum, and frame elements are used to represent a ring stiffener around the shell. Membrane forces and bending stresses are obtained for different loading conditions. Results are also compared with approximate analysis. The CAD procedure directly used the available drafting and the results were used effectively in the design of the concrete mixer drum.

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