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Periodic Damage Evaluation Of Aging Offshore Jackets Based On Continuous Dynamic Tests, Fu-Shun Liu, Hong-Chao Lu, Wei-Ying Wang, Dong-Ping Yang
Periodic Damage Evaluation Of Aging Offshore Jackets Based On Continuous Dynamic Tests, Fu-Shun Liu, Hong-Chao Lu, Wei-Ying Wang, Dong-Ping Yang
Journal of Marine Science and Technology
This study proposes a new method for evaluating the damage of aging offshore platforms, based on dynamic tests. The proposed method involves a new damage indicator for reducing the effects of occurred damages accumulated before the first measurement. One theoretical improvement is that the requirement of using the stiffness matrix of the finite element model to replace that of the measured model can be ignored in calculating the modal strain energy of the measured model. The other development is that the proposed approach can be used for providing reasonable evaluations of damages that occurred between two adjacent dynamic tests. This …
Lifetime Assessment Tools For Thermal Barrier Systems, Jean Louis Chaboche, Frederic Feyel, Martine Poulain, Noemie Rakotamalala, Arjen Roos, Jean Roch Vaunois, Arnaud Longuet, Pascale Kanaoute
Lifetime Assessment Tools For Thermal Barrier Systems, Jean Louis Chaboche, Frederic Feyel, Martine Poulain, Noemie Rakotamalala, Arjen Roos, Jean Roch Vaunois, Arnaud Longuet, Pascale Kanaoute
Thermal Barrier Coatings IV
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Comparative Study Of Base-Isolated And Fixed-Base Buildings Using A Damage/Cost Approach, Martin Lashgari
Comparative Study Of Base-Isolated And Fixed-Base Buildings Using A Damage/Cost Approach, Martin Lashgari
Department of Construction Engineering and Management: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
High performance base-isolated buildings are designed with a higher level of safety than the conventional fixed-base buildings under the current codes. As a sustainable development, these buildings have considerably lower social and economic impacts in a major event. The main factor limiting the extensive use of such systems is the higher initial construction costs. The cost estimations based on only initial investment may have concluded misleading results as the performance of those systems in earthquakes are different. Therefore, an evaluation considering initial costs and future repair costs due to damages from earthquakes gives a better scope for selection of an …