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Effects Of City Growth On Tall Building Cladding Fatigue, Hang You
Effects Of City Growth On Tall Building Cladding Fatigue, Hang You
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As city develops there will be changes in the aerodynamic characteristics due to varying building surrounding and topology. For example, the city growth around a tall building can cause an increase in wind load due to venturi or wake effects or decrease due to sheltering effects depending on the type of surrounding. The densification of cities will also increase the turbulence level due to wake effects. In the present study, the implication of these changes on the aerodynamic forces on cladding connections is investigated. With increased fluctuations in the wind loads, the cladding connections will also experience stress fluctuations, which …
Geo-Structural Analysis Of Integral Abutment Bridges, Biyi Li
Geo-Structural Analysis Of Integral Abutment Bridges, Biyi Li
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Integral abutment bridges are jointless bridges where bridge decks and girders are integrated with abutments. The longitudinal displacements and rotations of the bridge are partially accommodated by the soil-pile system wherein the soil surrounding the piles generates active and reactive lateral forces when the piles deflect due to the movement of the superstructure. Since the soil stress-strain responses are inherently nonlinear, the pile deflection and the soil stiffness are interdependent. Consequently, evaluating soil-pile interactions requires a detailed geo-structural analysis. There are two common approaches used to idealize the soil-pile interactions for laterally loaded piles: the p-y and continuum mechanics approaches …
Reliability-Based Calibration Of Design Wind Load, Snow Load And Companion Load Factors Considering Climate Change Effect, Qian Tang
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Wind load and snow load are two of the environmental loads that need to be considered for structural design. This study compared the statistical characteristics of the annual maximum thunderstorm and non-thunderstorm winds based on the updated wind speed dataset and carried out the extreme value analysis for wind load by treating the synoptic and thunderstorm winds separately. The results indicated that for southern Ontario and the southern part of the Prairies, the extreme winds could be dominated by thunderstorm winds. The consideration of both thunderstorm winds and synoptic winds separately to recommend the reference wind velocity pressure for the …
Finite Element Analyses And Random Field Modeling Of Naturally Corroded Underground Energy Pipelines, Ji Bao
Finite Element Analyses And Random Field Modeling Of Naturally Corroded Underground Energy Pipelines, Ji Bao
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Metal-loss corrosion is one of the major threats to the integrity of oil and natural gas pipelines. The Fitness-For-Service (FFS) assessment is commonly carried out to demonstrate the integrity of the corroded pipelines. The naturally occurring corrosions on the external surfaces are irregularly shaped three-dimensional features. Due to the geometric complexity of the natural corrosion features, the research of FFS assessment in the previous studies always employed the pipe segments containing artificially induced corrosion features. However, since artificial features are in general regular-shaped, e.g. cubic or semi-ellipsoidal, they do not capture geometric characteristics of naturally occurring corrosions. The thesis develops …
Machine Learning Prediction Of Shear Capacity Of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Wassim Ben Chaabene
Machine Learning Prediction Of Shear Capacity Of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Wassim Ben Chaabene
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The use of steel fibers for concrete reinforcement has been growing in recent years owing to the improved shear strength and post-cracking toughness imparted by fiber inclusion. Yet, there is still lack of design provisions for steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) in building codes. This is mainly due to the complex shear transfer mechanism in SFRC. Existing empirical equations for SFRC shear strength have been developed with relatively limited data examples, making their accuracy restricted to specific ranges. To overcome this drawback, the present study suggests novel machine learning models based on artificial neural network (ANN) and genetic programming (GP) to …
Joint Wind And Ice Effects On Transmission Lines In Mountainous Terrain, Daniel Davalos Arriaga
Joint Wind And Ice Effects On Transmission Lines In Mountainous Terrain, Daniel Davalos Arriaga
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Atmospheric icing on mountainous terrain can produce catastrophic damages to transmission lines when incoming particles impinge and accrete on the cable surface of the system. The first challenge in wind-ice loading is determining joint statistics of wind and ice accretion on transmission lines. This study analyzes the weather characteristics for a specific site of study using 15 years of historical data to use as inputs for ice accretion modeling. The joint wind and ice hazard is characterized by simulating 500 years of icing events from the fitted probability distributions of ice accretion and wind on ice velocities. The second challenge …
Effect Of The C-Source And Cod/N On Nitrite And Partial Nitrate Denitrification, Ahmed Fathy Elyas Badia
Effect Of The C-Source And Cod/N On Nitrite And Partial Nitrate Denitrification, Ahmed Fathy Elyas Badia
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The main objectives of this study were: (i) to investigate dynamic specific denitrification rates (SDNR) from nitrite at various chemical oxygen demand (COD) / nitrogen (N) ratios using municipal wastewater (MWW) and acetate, and to study the kinetic parameters, (ii) to investigate the dynamic specific denitrification rates (SDNRs) from nitrite at various COD/N ratios in a system that uses methanol as a complementary carbon source, and studying the effect in case if nitrate replaced nitrite, and (iii) to investigate and compare between the nitrite shunt and N-PDN-anammox technologies through studying the dynamic specific denitrification rates (SDNRs) from nitrate and nitrite …
Biomechanics Of Trees Under Extreme Wind Loading Events, Mojtaba Dargahi
Biomechanics Of Trees Under Extreme Wind Loading Events, Mojtaba Dargahi
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For urban planners, arborists and foresters, understanding tree stability under self-weight and applied loads from wind and snow is important when developing management strategies to reduce the risk of damage from these abiotic agents. Current predictive approaches are generally empirical and based on a posteriori surveys of failures. A more rigorous engineering approach to understanding response phenomenon in trees subjected to extreme winds has been attempted herein. The size of trees and their architecture (shape and structure) greatly influence their mechanical stability under dynamic loading. Considering trees as porous media, wind loads on them are affected by their resistance to …
Hydrostatic Performance Of Reinforced Concrete Pipe For Infiltration, Lui Sammy Wong
Hydrostatic Performance Of Reinforced Concrete Pipe For Infiltration, Lui Sammy Wong
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Groundwater infiltration into underground sewer systems has long been a costly issue for municipalities. With reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) being a primary option for sewer systems, existing hydrostatic testing methods conducted by manufacturers to measure internal pipe pressure, as required by specifications, do not reflect in-situ external hydrostatic conditions. This thesis records the development of a novel testing method to evaluate the RCP joint performance for infiltration. The test is safe and easy to conduct by RCP producers at the factory. The test method mimics field conditions of possible RCP joint gap and joint offset. Over 100 tests were conducted, …
Structural Performance Of Ordinary And Laminated Glass During Fire Exposure, Amer Sabsabi
Structural Performance Of Ordinary And Laminated Glass During Fire Exposure, Amer Sabsabi
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Façade and glazing elements constitute the skin of buildings. They are the interface between the inside and outside environment. Glass has low fire resistance and can quickly break during fire events. This creates new vents, which increase the oxygen supply and promote the flashover phenomenon. Existing methods for evaluating the structural fire safety of glass require expensive experimental tests or extensive knowledge of finite element (FE) modeling. This research provides simplified, rational, and reliable methods to assess the behavior of ordinary and laminated glass panels during fire exposure. The proposed methods provide the means to determine the glass temperature and …
Material Evaluation And Structural Monitoring Of Early-Age Masonry Structures, Kyle Dunphy
Material Evaluation And Structural Monitoring Of Early-Age Masonry Structures, Kyle Dunphy
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During the initial construction period, “early-age” masonry walls are susceptible to lateral loads induced by wind or earthquake, which may result in damages or catastrophic failures. To mitigate such consequences at construction sites, temporary bracings are adopted to provide lateral support to masonry walls until they are matured enough to serve as the inherent lateral system of the structure. However, current temporary bracing guidelines provide oversimplified design due to the lack of available information on the material properties of early-age masonry. Moreover, there are no existing techniques for monitoring masonry walls to detect cracks due to construction activities. …
Seismic Hazard Assessment For Mainland China Based On Spatially Smoothed Seismicity And Projected Sets Of Ground Motion Models, Chao Feng
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The latest version of the Chinese seismic hazard map (CSHM) (i.e., fifth-generation CSHM) was developed based on the delineated seismic source model, which is defined based on geological and seismological information but also with some subjectivities. The results of the CSHM were presented in terms of peak ground acceleration (PGA) and peak ground velocity. No maps for spectral acceleration (SA) are given. This is partly due to the ground motion models (GMMs) to predict SA for mainland China are unavailable. The unavailability of the GMMs for SA results in the lack of uniform hazard spectra (UHS) that is important for …
Classification, Localization, And Quantification Of Structural Damage In Concrete Structures Using Convolutional Neural Networks, Majdi Flah
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Applications of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) have recently become of great interest owing to their superior ability to detect damage in engineering structures. ML algorithms used in this domain are classified into two major subfields: vibration-based and image-based SHM. Traditional condition survey techniques based on visual inspection have been the most widely used for monitoring concrete structures in service. Inspectors visually evaluate defects based on experience and engineering judgment. However, this process is subjective, time-consuming, and hampered by difficult access to numerous parts of complex structures. Accordingly, the present study proposes a nearly automated inspection …
Tornado Occurrence Modelling And Equivalent Tornado Design Wind Profile For Canada, Qian Huang
Tornado Occurrence Modelling And Equivalent Tornado Design Wind Profile For Canada, Qian Huang
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The tornadoes can be devastating to structures and infrastructure systems. They can cause fatalities and economic losses. In this thesis, the tornado hazard for Canada is systematically assessed. The use of three spatial point processes (i.e., Poisson, zero-inflated Poisson, and negative binomial models) are first investigated in a hierarchical structure to predict the tornado occurrence rate by considering the annual cloud-to-ground lightning flash density and annual thunderstorm days as covariates. An existing historical tornado catalogue with reported tornado events up to 2009 is considered and the population bias effect in estimating the tornado occurrence rate is included. Both the Bayesian …
Internal Pressure Modelling For Low-Rise Buildings In Tornadic Winds, Aaron L. Jaffe
Internal Pressure Modelling For Low-Rise Buildings In Tornadic Winds, Aaron L. Jaffe
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Internal pressures play a large role in the failure of wood-frame houses as the loss of the entire roof section becomes much more likely once the envelope of the building has been breached. Many studies have used internal pressure modelling to simulate internal pressures in structures from atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) winds, however, relatively little work has been done on this subject using tornadic winds. The objective of this study is to explore internal pressure modelling issues for tornadoes. The first part of the study uses a computational internal pressure model to simulate tornadic internal pressures of a low-rise structure; …
Progressive Failure Of Transmission Line Towers Under Different Tornado Wind Fields, Wesam Abdelhamid Mohamed
Progressive Failure Of Transmission Line Towers Under Different Tornado Wind Fields, Wesam Abdelhamid Mohamed
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High-intensity wind events (downbursts and tornadoes) cause the majority of weather-related transmission line (TL) failures, which detrimentally affect society. This study investigates the progressive failures of single TL towers and TL systems under different F2 tornadoes. Different tornado wind fields are incorporated in a fluid-structure software developed at Western University. Progressive failure analysis is then conducted for four towers under the most critical tornado configurations identified from extensive parametric studies. Moreover, the cost associated with designing TLs to sustain F2 tornadoes is investigated by strengthening the TL towers. Finally, the progressive failure within self-supported TL systems under different tornadoes, and …
System Reliability Analysis Of Defected Pile Group Foundations, Abdalla E. Adlan Alhashmi
System Reliability Analysis Of Defected Pile Group Foundations, Abdalla E. Adlan Alhashmi
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Deep foundations design suffers some degrees of uncertainties. This thesis studies the behavior of defected pile group foundations installed in sand and calibrates the resistance factor of pile group foundation, utilizing a rational based system reliability analysis. This was achieved by conducting a comprehensive numerical parametric investigation using the computer program ABAQUS/Standard. The result of the parametric study showed that the presence of a defected pile in a pile group foundation causes lateral deflection of the pile cap and hence induces bending moment at the adjacent piles which affects the load distribution mechanism of the system. It was also found …