scholarly journals Form Follows Availability – Designing Structures Through Reuse

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Brütting ◽  
Gennaro Senatore ◽  
Corentin Fivet
Keyword(s):  
Structural Design ◽  
Minimum Weight ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
New Material ◽  
Section Type ◽  
Minimum Weight Structures ◽  
Structure Layout

This work proposes a new direction in structural design: the synthesis of structures through the reuse of elements. Reusing structural elements reduces the environmental impacts of building structures because it avoids sourcing new material, it reduces waste and it requires little energy. Designing structures from reused elements is unlike conventional structural design because stock element availability is a design input. In other words, structures must be designed subject to availability of given element characteristics such as length and cross-section type, which have a major influence on the optimal structure layout and form. In this new paradigm structural form follows availability. In this work new computational methods for the synthesis of reticular structures through reuse are formulated to address two scenarios: a) reuse of reclaimed elements from a given stock, and b) design of an element stock which is used as a kit of parts to build diverse structures. Case studies are presented to demonstrate the potential of the proposed methods. It is shown that structures produced by these methods have a significantly lower environmental impact than minimum weight structures made of new elements.

scholarly journals Cells and building structures. Part II. The loadbearing units in cells of the building – The cells in the loadbearing elements of the building

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Géza Lámer
Keyword(s):  
Single Cell ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Global Form ◽  
Roof Structure ◽  
Supporting Frame ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
In Cells

Abstract In this study, the relationship between the structure of the supporting frame and cells is addressed. The possible arrangements of the four primary structural elements – foundation, walls and pillars, slabs, roof – in global form as well as in a single cell are looked at. The types of connections of each support member to the support elements below are examined. In line with this, the layout and possible structure of the foundation, and the possible layout of walls and pillars as well as slab is reviewed. The main possibilities for structural design of the roof structure are outlined. Using the concepts of cells, and arrangement and division of cells there is given some applications. The different building types that can be interpreted using arrangement of cells as well as some applications are shown.

Influence of the distribution of the shear walls on the seismic response of the buildings

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
El Mehdi Echebba ◽  
Hasnae Boubel ◽  
Oumnia Elmrabet ◽  
Mohamed Rougui
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Seismic Response ◽  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Shear Walls ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Analysis Software ◽  
Ansys Apdl ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In this paper, an evaluation was tried for the impact of structural design on structural response. Several situations are foreseen as the possibilities of changing the distribution of the structural elements (sails, columns, etc.), the width of the structure and the number of floors indicates the adapted type of bracing for a given structure by referring only to its Geometric dimensions. This was done by studying the effect of the technical design of the building on the natural frequency of the structure with the study of the influence of the distribution of the structural elements on the seismic response of the building, taking into account of the requirements of the Moroccan earthquake regulations 2000/2011 and using the ANSYS APDL and Robot Structural Analysis software.

scholarly journals Effect of blast loading and resulting progressive failure of a cable-stayed bridge

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi Mudragada ◽  
S. S. Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Progressive Failure ◽  
Blast Resistance ◽  
Progressive Collapse ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Blast Loads ◽  
Cable Stayed Bridge ◽  
Bridge Performance ◽  
Cable Stayed Bridges

AbstractMany researchers have carried out experimental and numerical investigations to examine building structures’ response to explosive loads. Studies of bridges subjected to blast loads are limited. Hence, in this study, we present a case study on a cable-stayed bridge, namely, Charles River Cable-Stayed Bridge-Boston, to assess its robustness and resistance against the progressive collapse resulting from localized failure due to blast loads. Three different blast scenarios are considered to interpret the bridge performance to blast loads. To monitor the progressive failure mechanisms of the structural elements due to blast, pre-defined plastic hinges are assigned to the bridge deck. The results conclude that the bridge is too weak to sustain the blast loads near the tower location, and the progressive collapse is inevitable. Hence, to preserve this cable-stayed bridge from local and global failure, structural components should be more reinforced near the tower location. This case study helps the designer better understand the need for blast resistance design of cable-stayed bridges.

The effect of element strength assignment on the torsional response of stiffness-eccentric systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 655-662
Author(s):  
George K. Georgoussis
Keyword(s):  
Structural Design ◽  
Shear Force ◽  
Ground Motions ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Centre Of Mass ◽  
Base Shear ◽  
Structural Behaviour ◽  
Torsional Response ◽  
Building Models ◽  
Storey Building

Building structures of low or medium height are usually designed with a pseudostatic approach using a base shear much lower than that predicted from an elastic spectrum. Given this shear force, the objective of this paper is to evaluate the effect of the element strength assignment (as determined by several building codes) on the torsional response of inelastic single-storey eccentric structures and to provide guidelines for minimizing this structural behaviour. It is demonstrated that the expected torque about the centre of mass (CM) may be, with equal probability, positive (counterclockwise) or negative (clockwise). This result means that the torsional strength should also be provided in equal terms in both rotational directions, and therefore the base shear and torque (BST) surface of a given system must be symmetrical (or approximately symmetrical). In stiffness-eccentric systems, appropriate BST surfaces may be obtained when a structural design is based on a pair of design eccentricities in a symmetrical order about CM, and this is shown in representative single-storey building models under characteristic ground motions.

Optimum Structural Design of High-Speed Surface Effect Ships Built of Composite Materials

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (01) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Chang Doo Jang ◽  
Ho Kyung Kim ◽  
Ha Cheol Song
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Computer Program ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Surface Effect ◽  
Minimum Weight ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Optimum Structural Design ◽  
Surface Effect Ship ◽  
Speed Performance

A surface effect ship is known to be comparable to a high-speed ship. For the structural design of surface effect ships, advanced design methods are needed which can reflect the various loading conditions different from those of conventional ships. Also, minimum weight design is essential because hull weight significantly affects the lift, thrust powering and high-speed performance. This paper presents the procedure of optimum structural design and a computer program to minimize the hull weight of surface effect ships built of composite materials. By using the developed computer program, the optimum structural designs for three types of surface effect ships—built of sandwich plate only, stiffened single skin plate only, and both plates—are carried out and the efficiency of each type is investigated in terms of weight. The computer program, developed herein, successfully reduced the hull weight of surface effect ships by 15–30% compared with the original design. Numerical results of optimum structural designs are presented and discussed.

scholarly journals Serviceability and post-failure behaviour of laminated glass structural elements

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Ruggero Piscitelli
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Laminated Glass ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Failure Behaviour ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Synthetic Materials ◽  
Cold Bending ◽  
The World ◽  
Safety Assessments

Glass structures are being built ever more frequently all over the world, in a growing architectural trend towards light, transparency and sustainability. The engineering design of laminated glass elements being profoundly influenced by properties of interlayers, this multi-scale research highlights some among the key elements on the hyperelastic and viscoplastic response of such synthetic materials. Results and new discoveries are interpreted to better model and predict the response of laminated glass structures: examples are provided for design applications to post-failure safety assessments, structural design and cold-bending techniques. Still, in a vastly unknown field, a growing market and foggy regulatory framework, many challenges and research opportunities remain to be dealt with.

Experimental Evaluation of Tensile Forces in Short Steel Rods

2015 ◽  
Vol 732 ◽  
pp. 333-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Polak ◽  
Tomáš Plachy
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Force ◽  
String Model ◽  
Beam Model ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Frequency Method ◽  
Natural Modes ◽  
Tensile Forces ◽  
Torsion Springs ◽  
Fixed Beam

There are a lot of structures in building and civil engineering where the significant structural elements are loaded by large tensile forces (e.g. tension bars of building structures). In many practical cases it is important to know the actual value of tensile forces in tensile structural elements for assessment of their reliability. The four experimental techniques are used for determination of tensile forces in practice most often. The vibration frequency method, which is one of them, is very suitable for experiments done only one time or sometimes, especially in cases when the examined structural elements are already activated and the application of an experimental method is necessary in this situation. The experiment described in this paper was focused on the tensile force determination in steel rods, which were very short and relatively stiff. The evaluated tensile forces of the investigated short steel rods were affected by a significant error when only the simplest models (the string model, the simply supported beam and the fixed beam) and measured natural frequencies were applied. In order to precise the determined tensile forces, the theoretical beam model supported by simple supports with torsion springs (“the elastically fixed beam”) and the measured natural modes of the rods had to be necessarily taken into account.

Technology for Utilization of Polymer Components of Municipal and Industrial Waste to Obtain Building Structures

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
V.S. Ezhov ◽  
N.E. Semicheva ◽  
E.G. Pakhomovа ◽  
T.V. Polivanovа
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Strength ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Fuel Gas ◽  
Polymer Component ◽  
Hot Water Supply ◽  
Strength And Durability

A brief substantiation of the proposed innovative technology for the utilization of polymer components of municipal and industrial waste with the receipt of elements of building structures is presented. Along with the utilization of polymers, the proposed technology provides for own utilization needs in fuel gas, as well as for the production of building structural elements and hot water for heating and hot water supply. The process of obtaining structural elements is accompanied by crystallization of their polymer component, which increases their mechanical strength and durability.

The Development of New Chemically Resistant Material for the Invert Grouting

2021 ◽  
Vol 321 ◽  
pp. 37-42
Author(s):  
Petr Figala ◽  
Rostislav Drochytka ◽  
Vit Černý
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
New Material ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Homogenization Methods ◽  
Grouting Materials

This work deals with the basic research and development of new technologies of cement-based invert grouting, in the recipe of which the appropriately selected secondary raw materials will be used as much as possible. This new grout will be part of a new comprehensive system for the remediation of chemically exposed building structures, such as sewers, silage pits and wastewater treatment plants. The aim of this work is to monitor the influence of the method and the degree of homogenization of the developed recipes on selected physical-mechanical properties of the injection material. For the needs of this work, several basic recipes were proposed, as well as the methodology of production of test specimens, their storage and testing. At the same time, three homogenization methods were chosen, differing in the manner and degree of implementation. The basic characteristics of grouting materials, which were monitored in this work, include the viscosity and processability of fresh material. Due to the requirement for increased resistance of the new material, the compressive strength and absorbency of the hardened test specimens 40 × 40 × 160 mm were monitored depending on the maturation time. The research results so far show that thorough homogenization has a fundamental effect on achieving the required physical-mechanical properties. The final methodology of homogenization of dry components will be used in the pre-preparation of all materials of the new chemically resistant remediation system, including the sprayed mixture.

Minimum Weight Design of Thin–walled Cells in Torsion

1955 ◽  
Vol 59 (530) ◽  
pp. 120-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Cadambe ◽  
S. Krishnan
Keyword(s):  
Structural Design ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Minimum Weight ◽  
Local Buckling ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Minimum Weight Design ◽  
Weight Design ◽  
Uniform Wall ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Twisting Deformation

The minimum weight approach to structural design was introduced by F. R. Shanley with reference to narrow and wide columns and shells subjected to bending, and was later dealt with more comprehensively in a book by the same author. This was further extended to structures like tapered round thin-walled columns and frames. In this paper expressions giving optimum sectional dimensions for long thin walled cells of circular, semi–circular, rectangular and triangular shapes and uniform wall thickness have been derived. The design criteria used to obtain the minimum necessary conditions are (1) failure by local buckling and (2) a limit on the twisting deformation of the cells. Working curves from which the optimum sectional dimensions can be read for given torque and limiting twist have been plotted. And finally, a method of approach to the problem of combined bending and torsion has also been indicated.

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