scholarly journals Comparison investigation on the load capacity of octagonal, circular and square concrete filled steel tubes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tak-Ming Chan ◽  
Jiong-Yi Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Axial Stiffness ◽  
Steel Tubes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Total Cross Sectional Area ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Concrete Filled Steel Tubes ◽  
Better Than

This paper presents a comparative investigation on the load capacity of octagonal concrete filled steel tubes (CFST) with that of the commonly used circular and square CFST. Existing experimental data of octagonal CFST were collected and based on the cross-sectional properties of the existing octagonal specimens, the corresponding circular and square cross-section were generated under three different control parameters: total cross-sectional area of column, confinement ratio and axial stiffness. Those circular and square cross-sections were used in the numerical analysis of CFST to obtain the load capacity for the comparative investigation. Validated finite element models were built for the modeling of the circular and square CFST. The outcome of comparison shows that the confinement ratio is the crucial parameter to the difference of axial behaviour between octagonal and circular CFST. Under the same confinement ratio, octagonal CFST has a very close axial bearing performance to that in circular CFST and are much better than the square CFST.

scholarly journals Six ultraviolet minutes for cleaner operating theatres

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Bosco ◽  
S Gambelli ◽  
V Urbano ◽  
G Cevenini ◽  
G Messina
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Operating Theatres ◽  
Cleaning Procedures ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Contamination Levels ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Final Cleaning

Abstract Background Sanitizing the operating theatres (OT) is important to minimize risk of post-operative infections. Disinfection procedures between one operation and another is less aggressive than final cleaning procedures, at the end of the day. Aim was assessing the difference of contamination: i) between different levels of disinfection; ii) before and after the use of a UVC Device (UVC-D). Methods Between December 2019/February 2020 a cross sectional study was conducted in OT in a real clinical context. 94 Petri dishes (PD) were used in 3 OT. Three different sanitation levels (SL1-3) were compared pre- and post-use of UVC-D: i) No cleaning after surgery (SL1); ii) after in-between cleaning (SL2); iii) after terminal cleaning (SL3). UVC-D was employed for 6 minutes, 3 minutes per bed side. PD were incubated at 36 °C and colony forming unit (CFU) counted at 48h. Descriptive statistic, Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests were performed to assess the contamination levels in total, pre/post use of UVC-D, and between different sanitation levels, respectively. Results In total we had a mean of 3.39 CFU/PD (C.I. 2.05 - 4.74) and a median of 1 CFU/PD (Min. 0 - Max. 39), after UVC-D use we had a mean of 2.20 CFU/PD (C.I. 0.69 - 5.09) and a median of 0 CFU/PD (Min. 0 - Max. 133). The UVC-D led to a significant reduction of CFU (p < 0.001). Without UVC-D we had a significant CFU drop (p < 0.05) between SL1 and SL3. Using UVC-D, we observed significant reductions of contamination (p < 0.05) between SL3 and SL1. Comparing SL1 (median 0) post UVC-D use vs SL2 pre UVC-D use (median 0.5), and SL2 post UVC-D use (median 0) vs SL3 pre UVC-D use (median 1) we had a significant reduction of contamination (p < 0.05). Conclusions UVC-D improved environmental contamination in any of the three sanitation levels. Furthermore, the use of UVC-D alone was better than in-between and terminal cleaning. Although these encouraging results, the cleaning procedures executed by dedicated staff has to be considered. Key messages UVC are efficient to decrease contamination in operating theatres regardless of sanitation levels. The additional use of UVC technology to standard cleaning procedures significantly improves sanitation levels.

scholarly journals Load bearing capacity of thin-walled rectangular and I-shaped steel sections of short both empty and concrete-filled columns

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (58) ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Amor Bouaricha ◽  
Naoual Handel ◽  
Aziza Boutouta ◽  
Sarah Djouimaa
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Short Columns ◽  
Cross Section Area ◽  
Section Area ◽  
Specimen Height ◽  
Steel Sections ◽  
Thin Walled

In this experimental work, strength results obtained on short columns subjected to concentric loads are presented. The specimens used in the tests have made of cold-rolled, thin-walled steel. Twenty short columns of the same cross-section area and wall thickness have been tested as follows: 8 empty and 12 filled with ordinary concrete. In the aim to determine the column section geometry with the highest resistance, three different types of cross-sections have been compared: rectangular, I-shaped unreinforced and, reinforced with 100 mm spaced transversal links. The parameters studied are the specimen height and the cross-sectional steel geometry. The registered experimental results have been compared to the ultimate loads intended by Eurocode 3 for empty columns and by Eurocode 4 for compound columns. These results showed that a concrete-filled composite column had improved strength compared to the empty case. Among the three cross-section types, it has been found that I-section reinforced is the most resistant than the other two sections. Moreover, the load capacity and mode of failure have been influenced by the height of the column. Also, it had noted that the experimental strengths of the tested columns don’t agree well with the EC3 and EC4 results.

Genetic Effects on Skeletal Mechanosensitivity in Mice

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles H. Turner ◽  
Alexander G. Robling
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Loading ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Inbred Mouse ◽  
Cross Sectional Area ◽  
Mouse Strains ◽  
Sectional Area ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Bone Apposition ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Total Cross Sectional Area

The accumulation of bone mass during growth can be enhanced by environmental factors such as mechanical loading (exercise) or calcium intake, but 60–70% of the variance in adult bone mineral density (BMD) is explained by heredity. Consequently, understanding the signaling pathways targeted by the genes governing bone accumulation holds perhaps the greatest potential in reducing fracture incidence later in life. Rodent models are particularly useful for studying the genetics of skeletal traits. Of the available inbred mouse strains, three in particular have been studied extensively in skeletal genetics: C57BL/6, DBA/2, and C3H/He. The C57BL/6 strain is characterized by low BMD and large total cross-sectional area (CSA) in the midshaft femur; the C3H/He strain exhibits very high femoral BMD and a smaller femoral CSA than the C57BL/6 mice; and DBA/2 mice have moderately high femoral BMD and a very small midshaft femur CSA. Mechanical loading of the skeleton during growth can substantially enhance periosteal bone apposition, and ultimately produce a diaphyseal cross section with enlarged area. Therefore we hypothesized that the mouse strain with greater femoral cross-sectional area (C57BL/6) might have a genetic predisposition for greater mechanosensitivity than mice with smaller cross sections (C3H/He and DBA/2).

scholarly journals Automatic Segmentation of Fiber Cross Sections by Dual Thresholding

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 155892501200700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Wan ◽  
Li Yao ◽  
Bugao Xu
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Automatic Segmentation ◽  
High Threshold ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bisection Algorithm ◽  
Low Threshold ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Thresholding Algorithm ◽  
Sectional Analysis

In a microscopic image, fiber cross sections are often surrounded by borders distinctively darker than their bodies and the background. Fiber borders can be utilized to separate cross-sections properly so that accurate fiber shape and size information can be obtained. Hence, locating correct fiber borders is one of the most critical steps in cross-sectional analysis for fiber characterization and identification. This paper introduces a dual-thresholding algorithm that performs automatic fiber border segmentation from noisy cross-sectional images. The dual thresholds include a low threshold calculated based on the histogram of the difference from the average grayscale, and a high threshold computed by a bisection algorithm. With the low threshold, part of fiber border pixels, regarded as seeds, can be reliably located. The seeds can be further expanded by using the high threshold to form complete borders surrounding individual cross-sections. The experimental results show that the dual-thresholding algorithm can obtain cleaner and more fiber borders than other connectional thresholding algorithms, and improves the detection accuracy from 52.78% and 88.88%.

A self-locking steel bearing connection for circular reinforced concrete columns

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 2605-2619
Author(s):  
Denghu Jing ◽  
Shuangyin Cao ◽  
Theofanis Krevaikas ◽  
Jun Bian
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Axial Loading ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Axial Stiffness ◽  
Concrete Column ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Column ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Locking Mechanism ◽  
The Cross

This article proposes a new connection between a steel bearing and a reinforced concrete column, which is mainly used for provisionally providing jack support in existing reinforced concrete structures. In this suggested connection joint, the steel bearing consisted of two or four symmetrical components assembled by high-strength bolts, which surrounds the reinforced concrete column by a tapered tube and balances the vertical load via the friction force between the tapered tube and concrete, that is, through a self-locking mechanism. The proposed connection joint can be assembled easily at a construction site and can also be disassembled and reused many times. To demonstrate the feasibility of this type of connection joint, a simple test was conducted to illustrate the concept, that is, a total of four medium-scale steel bearing–reinforced concrete column connections with circular cross sections were fabricated and tested under axial loading. The test results showed that the steel bearing–reinforced concrete column connection based on self-locking mechanism exhibited good working performance. Furthermore, a simplified formula to predict the axial stiffness of the connection joint was presented. From the tests and the proposed formula, the most important factors that influence the axial stiffness of this type of connection joint on the premise of an elastic working state are the slope of the tapered tube, the height of the steel bearing, the thickness of the tapered tube, the cross section of the reinforced concrete column, the cross-sectional area of all the connecting bolts, the proportion of the number of top bolts, the area of the top ring plate, and the effective contact area ratio.

Research on the Load Capacity of Separation Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes Subjected to Eccentric Compression on Separation Side

2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 632-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Ping Liu ◽  
Shu Tang ◽  
Chun Hui Tang ◽  
Zuo Yong Yang ◽  
Zuo Sun
Keyword(s):  
Ultimate Load ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Eccentricity Ratio ◽  
Steel Tubes ◽  
Ultimate Load Capacity ◽  
Short Columns ◽  
Separation Ratio ◽  
Eccentric Compression ◽  
Experimental Parameters ◽  
Concrete Filled Steel Tubes

This paper deals with the ultimate load capacity test on 14 short columns of separation concrete-filled steel tubes (CFST) which are subjected to the eccentric compression on separate side. The experimental parameters include the separation ratio and the eccentricity ratio. The result shows that the separation ratio and the eccentricity ratio will influence the load capacity of the components of the concrete-filled steel tubes which are subjected to the eccentric compression. The confinement of steel tubes to core concrete will be continuously weakened and the ultimate load capacity of the components will be decreased obviously with both the separation ratio and the eccentricity ratio increasing gradually.

First-principle study on electronic structure and optical properties of GaN nanowires with different cross-sections

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (22) ◽  
pp. 1650136
Author(s):  
Yike Kong ◽  
Lei Liu ◽  
Sihao Xia ◽  
Honggang Wang ◽  
Meishan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Formation Energy ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Dielectric Constants ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Gan Nanowires ◽  
Bulk Gan ◽  
Structure Density ◽  
The Stability

This paper explores the properties of intrinsic gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires (NWs) in terms of formation energy, band structure, density of state (DOS) and optical properties with plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential method based on first-principles. Results show that after relaxation, N atoms of the outer layers move outwards, while Ga atoms move inwards, and the relaxation of surface atomic structure appears less obvious with the increasing cross-sectional area. Comparing different cross-sections of GaN NWs, it is found that the formation energy decreases and the stability goes stronger with the increasing size. With the increasing cross-section, the bandgap is decreased. Moreover, through comparative investigation in optical properties between GaN NWs and bulk GaN, a valuable phenomenom is found that the static dielectric constants of GaN NWs are notably lower, which contributes remarkably to the excellent absorbing performance of GaN NWs.

Friction, Contact Pressure, and Nonlinear Behavior of Steel Tubes in Subsea Umbilicals

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzan Parsinejad ◽  
Chris Kassner ◽  
Mark Kurtz ◽  
Naiquan Ye
Keyword(s):  
Contact Pressure ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Contact Stiffness ◽  
Global Analysis ◽  
Nonlinear Behavior ◽  
Steel Tubes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
The Impact

This paper focuses on evaluating the impact of friction and contact pressure on helical steel tubes. The initial gaps between steel tubes and adjacent layers, friction coefficients and the contact stiffness are the main factors that affect such investigation. A novel methodology by using UFLEX2D (a MARINTEK product) has been applied for modeling complex umbilical cross sections and for the study of these parameters. Two cross sections for the same subsea application but with different designs have been investigated in the study. It has been shown how fatigue damage can be significantly impacted by different cross-sectional design. For this study, nonlinear moment/curvature relationship has been included in the analyses. Based on the findings of this study, more realistic results can be achieved by including the nonlinear behavior in global analysis for fatigue damage calculations instead of using nominal bending stiffness supplied by umbilical manufacturer.

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