Investigation of the Effect of Reinforcing Diaphragms Ribbed Panels on their Carrying Capacity

It has been established that structural analysis of ribbed panels on the carrying capacity of standard cross-sections is presented as reinforced concrete T-shaped or I-beams. However, this approach does not allow factoring in the effect of transversal ribs (diaphragms) on the accounting result for two groups of limit states. As a rule, transversal ribs are used in slabs with a greater width and serve mainly to provide its bending strength across the width mode transversely. It should be mentioned that a slab is calculated according to the beam theory based on structural mechanics models that characterize its behavior approximately in either direction along standard cross-sections. The theory of plate and shell can define the behavior under steady load of such a slab more precisely. However, applying this theory is attended with certain difficulties because of steel collaboration in multiple directions, as well as having material nonlinearity in the model. The work investigates ribbed floor panels which are modeled using modern software. The authors studied samples with prestressed and nonprestressed reinforcing as well as with or without transversal ribs. Finally, the authors find out that it is worth considering transversal ribs with regard to their reinforcement in stress calculations for standard cross-sections along a slab length. It can contribute to the development of correcting coefficients and specification of the section of the calculating theory of building constructions. The authors obtained innovative outcomes.

Optimal Location and Sizing of Capacitors for Net saving Maximization in Radial Distribution System using ALO

The key factor for voltage stability of a distribution system is one among the most interesting areas of industry and research sectors far and wide. It considered the steady load activity and permissible voltage limits all over the network nodes. Of this, the capacitor is equipped for providing reactive power in the network which effects of limiting the power misfortunes and improves the voltage profile and stability of the system. In this paper, net saving maximization is consider as a target and as speaking to an expense of energy loss, installation, purchase and operating costs of capacitors. It is solved by using an Ant Lion Optimizer (ALO) algorithm. The ALO is to actualize the issue in order to maximize the objective of problem formulation. The fixed and switched type capacitors have used in this approach. The prevalence of the presented method is veteran on 34-node and 69-node systems. The assessment results of this approach are compared with the existing report.

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS WITH STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONS OF SPARE WHEEL CARRIER FOR OH 1526 FABRICATED BY SAPH 440 HOT ROLLED STEEL

<p>Spare Wheel Carrier is a component that must exists in a heavy duty vehicle. The function of this part is to store additional wheel in order to deal with punctures that might happen to the tire. This part is usually placed in the middle of the vehicle in order to maintain the position of center of gravity of the vehicle. The purpose of this research is to analyze the strength of SAPH 440 as the manufacturing material of the Spare Wheel Carrier from one automotive company. The Spare Wheel Carrier will endure a load of a replacement tire for its entire cyclic load. The load itself will generate stresses and strains in the part, especially in the welding joint. Therefore, the analysis is to be done to provide the automotive company with the result to determine improvement that should be made. The method that is used in this research is using CATIA software to create the three dimensional model of the part. Later, we import the model to ANSYS software to analyze the equivalent stress, equivalent elastic strain, directional deformation, and cyclic load for steady load, live load, and shock load. The calculation shows that the part can endure the force from steady load, with the estimated cyclic load of 70,723 cycles. But for live load, the stress and strain will be happening around the yield strength and offset yield strength and the estimated cyclic load declining significantly to 6,358.6 cycles. Furthermore, the shock load result stated that the stress and the strain are exceeding the yield strength and reduces the estimated cyclic load to 1,843.9 cycles. In conclusion, the material is proven to be safe for usage as the Spare Wheel Carrier manufacturing material.<br />Keywords. spare wheel carrier, SAPH 440, stress, strain, deformation, cyclic load</p>

Numerical Analysis of Deformation of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy in Backward Extrusion with Counter Pressure

A numerical simulation on the deformation behavior of AZ31 magnesium alloy during backward extrusion with counter pressure was investigated by FE software DEFORM. The results show that the steady load increases nonlinearly with the increment of counter pressure. The equivalent strain gradient decreases significantly results from the counter pressure and the unevenness in the top of wall disappeared approximately when the counter pressure is 10~15MPa. Furthermore, there are obviously shear band along the inner fillet to outer fillet of workpiece. Higher hydrostatic pressure generated with counter pressure compared that of no counter pressure leads to improve the plastic deformation limit. The damage factor is reduced significantly in the backward extrusion with counter pressure, which is beneficial to the improvement of crack.

Oscillating Journal Bearings Under Steady Load: A Numerical Study of Limiting Cases

This note provides a more extensive assessment of bearing performance for steadily loaded oscillating journal bearings using the mobility method of solution. Even with significantly large journal oscillation amplitudes, unexpectedly thin films are predicted for conventional designs as the load number goes to zero. Offset journal bearing arrangements subjected to the same loads and kinematics are shown to provide a substantial improvement in film thickness, particularly at low oscillation amplitudes, compared with the conventional design configuration.

Investigation of Forced Response Sensitivity of Low Pressure Compressor With Respect to Variation in Tip Clearance Size

This study aims to numerically investigate the sensitivity of the forced response with respect to the variation of the tip clearance setting of a low pressure compressor BluM™(monoblock bladed drum) when it is subjected to low engine order excitations. Two different types of blades are employed in the upstream row in order to generate the low engine order excitations. The forced response as well as the aerodynamic damping is numerically estimated using the TWIN approach. The experiments are conducted to measure the forced response for the nominal tip gap to validate the numerical results. Further, simulations are performed for a range of tip clearances. The variation of the steady load distributions due to the changes of the tip clearance are analyzed and presented. The aerodynamic damping and the forced response are calculated and compared for different tip clearances. It is observed that aerodynamic damping increases significantly with tip gap, whereas the excitation forces are reduced. As consequence of these two evolutions, the forced response decreases drastically for larger tip clearance.