Vibrations of unknown origin can cause fear and confusion when their sources are unrecognized. In modern construction environments, such vibrations may result not only from earthquakes but also from accidental impacts during industrial operations. Ho...
Aspects of mathematical and physical modeling of deflagration explosions emerging during atmospheric (outdoor) accidental explosions are addressed. It has been demonstrated that when physically modeling accidental deflagration explosions, a stoichiom...
As climate changes progress we are dealing with violent and excessive environmental actions. However, the impacts of loads acting on a building object caused by unlikely phenomena such as: fire, explosion, flood, vehicle impact, plane impact, excessi...
Most of the damage caused by an explosion is caused by a pressure effect. The magnitude of the pressure generated by the explosion is influenced by the external characteristics of the environment (surrounding objects, their arrangement, geometry, etc...
The LH11-1 FPSO is an 80,000 t cylindrical structure that is responsible for the processing, storage, and offloading of process oil from existing and newly developed oilfields. In this paper, a full probabilistic analysis was developed based on very...
In recent decades, interest in the resistance of buildings and structures to progressive collapse has been increasingly sparked in research communities. Although several experimental, numerical, and analytical research projects on the robustness of b...
The article addresses the problem of safety evaluation of steel moment frames of civil buildings, e.g., warehouses, shops, garages, and multistory industrial buildings on deformable soil in the relevant case of an emergency impact. The case of accide...
Calculating the thermal moment is of paramount importance in the design of nuclear power plants. In order to optimize the calculation method of the thermal moment acting on reinforced concrete (RC) columns in nuclear power plants, a theoretical calcu...
Building progressive collapse is currently one of the hottest topics in the structural engineering field. Most of the research carried out to date on this topic has been focused on the structural analysis of the failure of one or more columns in a bu...
(E)-3-Arylidene-4-diazopyrrolidine-2,5-diones previously shown to yield two products in reactions with tetrahydrofuran mediated by rhodium carbenes—tetrahydrofur-2-yl-substituted product of C-H insertion and spirocyclic product of formal C-O in...
A possible way to improve the structural safety and robustness of precast building structures is to develop effective precast frame systems with layered beams, which combine prefabricated parts with cast-in situ ordinary concrete, high-performance co...
The urban social environment is complex and changeable, and there are accidental and non-accidental explosion risks in tunnels. Performance analysis and assessment after tunnel explosions has become important work. In this study, a prefabricated fram...
The vulnerability of buildings on coastal dikes due to overtopping wave impacts is difficult to assess. A method is developed in this paper to quantify the vulnerability of masonry buildings on a coastal dike exposed to wave overtopping. Using previo...
With the rise of carbon capture and storage, liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) has emerged as a promising medium for large-scale marine transport. This study evaluates the structural integrity of an IMO Type C cargo tank for a medium-range LCO2 carrier...
Using the geologically complex Wanning (Hainan) site as context, this study applies finite-element analyses to quantify how three construction-induced conditions—foundation out-of-level, directional misalignment, and seabed scour—affect t...
Within the framework of the EUROfusion research and development activities, the Water-Cooled Lithium Lead (WCLL) Breeding Blanket (BB) is one of the two candidates to be chosen as the driver blanket for the European DEMO nuclear fusion reactor. Hence...
Spiral fractures are a frequent clinical manifestation of child abuse, particularly in non-ambulatory infants. Approximately 50% of fractures in children under one year of age are non-accidental, yet differentiating between accidental and abusive inj...
This paper presents the results of direct tensile tests performed on six different FRCM (fabric reinforced cementitious matrix) strengthening systems used for masonry structures. The emphasis was placed on the determination of the mechanical paramete...
Space launch vehicles are usually loaded with a large amount of propellant, and the destructive power caused by their explosion is significant. The altitude of an accidental explosion will lead to differences in the destructive power, because the env...
Hydropower plants (including the switching station) built in the middle and southern section of the north–south zone of China are always situated in complex geological settings of transition zones from strong to weak earthquakes with active fau...
This paper presents an experimental, numerical, and analytical study of a novel specimen subjected to local in-plane load, to investigate its crushing deformation and resistance. The specimen was designed and fabricated to simplify the cruciform stru...
Analysis of failure mechanisms under high strain rate loading in engineering materials is a key point for the design of structures submitted to accidental overloads. We are here interested in the crack arrest capability under impact loading of polyme...
Accidental ground surcharge loads can induce adverse effects such as segment cracking in underlying shield tunnel structures, with particularly pronounced impacts on pre-damaged tunnel segments. Cracks represent one of the most common initial damage...
Designing buildings and structures that meet advanced mechanical safety standards is a relevant task in the present-day socio-economic environment, given that structural safety is evaluated by resistance to progressive collapse. The design of key ele...
This paper focuses on the new method of searching cut-sets, which enables us to conduct the system reliability analysis for plane trusses. As the result of such, the analysis of the reliability index for the whole structure is obtained, not only for...
Mathematical models have become the target of numerous attempts to obtain results that can be extrapolated to the study of hydraulic pressure infrastructures associated with different engineering requests. Simulation analysis based on finite element...
The fire resistance of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with externally bonded reinforcement carbon fibre-reinforced polymers (EBR CFRP) depends on the load level and degree of strengthening. Design guides for this type of structure recomm...
Thin-walled metal plates and cabin structures are widely found in ships and cargos which are susceptible to attacks or accidental explosions. The present work focuses on the dynamic response mechanism of steel plates under unconfined and confined bla...
The objective of this study was to systematically evaluate the effects of different repair methods to determine optimal strategies for enhancing the load-carrying capacity of damaged reinforced concrete beams. During construction or rehabilitation, s...
Structural robustness is the property of a structure to resist accidental events such as explosions, impacts and earthquakes. In the design field of structural engineering, structural robustness has attained unprecedented significance in the present...
The qualitative analysis for structural robustness study subjected to severe earthquakes is unable to meet engineering requirements, and a quantitative analysis method for structural robustness is needed to be proposed. The existing analysis methods,...
Conventional concrete is a brittle material with a very low tensile strength as a result of compressive strength and tensile strain. In this study, the flexural behavior characteristics of slurry-infiltrated fiber-reinforced cementitious composites (...
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Throughout the service life, bridge structures may face blast hazards from military conflicts, terrorist attacks, and accidental explosions. Dynamic responses and damage modes of box girder bridges with corrugated steel webs under blast loading remai...
The present work develops a simplified computational methodology to predict brackets’ mechanical behavior to support mooring systems’ fairleads under maximum environmental loads. The methodology consists of estimating environmental loads...
Closed-cell polyvinyl chloride foam (PVC) possesses many advantages, including its light weight, moisture protection, high specific strength, high specific stiffness, and low thermal conductivity, and is widely used as the core material in composite...
H-section steel members, as a commonly used load-bearing receiving member in building structures, may be subjected to the impact of accidental loads during their service life, and therefore, the impact loads need to be considered when carrying out th...
Ice ridges and icebergs generally pose a major threat to both ships and offshore facilities that operate in Polar regions. In many cases these features will govern the structural design loads associated with the Ultimate Limit State (ULS) and the Acc...
In this paper, an experimental investigation is presented for sandwich panels with various core layer materials (polyisocyanurate foam, mineral wool, and expanded polystyrene) when subjected to a justified blast load. The field tests simulated the ca...
Water quality modeling is a key element for the support of environmental protection and policymaking. The aim of this work is to describe the application of a far-field water quality model for the simulation of marine pollution occurring from heavy m...
Most anthropogenic pollution can be controlled, such as domestic and industrial releases, loads from agriculture, etc. However, some of them, which are associated to illegal discharges, industrial accidents, etc., are more difficult to forecast. This...
With the aim to solve the problem of the non-linear phenomenon of the satellite power system under the influence of the space environment factors, which threatens the stability of the power system, in this paper, the abnormal charging and discharging...
Cyclic loading and unloading tests with varying stress amplitudes were carried out to study the evolution trends of the elastic modulus, plastic strain, dissipated energy density, and acoustic emission events for granite under cyclic loading with acc...
The Pont del Petroli is a dismissed pier in the area of Badalona, Spain, with high historical and social value. This structure was heavily damaged in January 2020 during the storm Gloria that hit southeastern Spain with remarkable strength. The recon...
Due to the high risk of common traffic electric poles, the use of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) material in electric poles has become essential due to its excellent advantages such as high strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance, and e...
In this work, we proposed a chamber-based digital PCR (cdPCR) microfluidic device that is compatible with fluorescence imaging systems for milk adulteration detection. The device enables the digitalization of PCR reagents, which are loaded into micro...
Concrete columns in service are exposed to threats such as accidental impacts and explosions, which pose potential risks to the safety of buildings. Although fully lightweight concrete elements prepared from non-sintered fly ash ceramic pellets and p...
The potential of accidental loads such as explosions and impacts cannot be overlooked given the widespread use of precast concrete (PC) buildings. However, research on the impact resistance of reinforced concrete precast beams is limited. In order to...
Being the main pillar in the context of Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things (IoT) leads evolution towards a smarter and safer planet. Being human-centered, rather than machine-centered, as was the case of wireless sensor networks used in the industr...
The accidental initiation of explosives under mechanical loads has caused numerous catastrophic events. Therefore, the dynamic damage behavior of confined polymer-bonded explosives (PBXs) must be assessed to improve their practical applicability. In...
This study investigates the potential of low-density polymeric materials to enhance the deformation energy absorption of drone fuselage components manufactured using fused filament fabrication (FFF). Two materials—PLA (polylactic acid) and LW-P...
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