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Load And Resistance Factor Design Of Cold-Formed Steel Study Of Design Formats And Safety Index Combined With Calibration Of The Aisi Formulas For Cold Work And Effective Design Width, Trinh-Ngoc Rang, Wei-Wen Yu, Theodore V. Galambos

CCFSS Library (1939 - present)

INTRODUCTION In the design of steel buildings, the "Allowable Stress Criteria" have long been used for the design of cold-formed steel structural members in the United States (1), Canada (2) and other countries (3). Even though the theoretical concepts of risk and reliability analyses have been available for some time (8-10) and the slgnlflcance of such concepts in structural safety and design is well recognized, the probabilistic method has not been explicitly adopted as a basis for the American design standard for steel structures. In view of the fact that the mathematical theory of probability, which has been so successfully …

Load And Resistance Factor Design Of Cold Formed Steel-Calibrations Of The Design Provisions On Laterally Unbraced Beams And Beam-Columns, Wei-Wen Yu, Trinh-Ngoc Rang, Theodore V. Galambos

CCFSS Library (1939 - present)

No abstract provided.

Load And Resistance Factor Design Of Cold Formed Steel-Calibration Of The Design Provisions On Connections And Axially Loaded Compression Members, Wei-Wen Yu, Trinh-Ngoc Rang, Theodore V. Galambos

CCFSS Library (1939 - present)

No abstract provided.

Load And Resistance Factor Design Of Cold-Formed Steel Statistical Analysis Of Mechanical Properties And Thickness Of Materials Combined With Calibrations Of The Aisi Design Provisions Of Unstiffened Compression Elements And Connections, Trinh-Ngoc Rang, Wei-Wen Yu, Theodore V. Galambos

CCFSS Library (1939 - present)

INTRODUCTION This report presents the progress made on the development of the load and resistance factor design of cold-formed steel following the preparation of the First Progress Report. In Article 11.1, the statistical analyses of the tested values versus the specified values on mechanical properties and thicknesses of the steel sheets and strip are discussed. More than 4,000 tensile coupon tests on mechanical properties and 1,400 data on thickness of steel sheets have been collected and analyzed. For the purpose of formulating the procedures to be used for calibration of various provisions of the AISI Specification, the required formulas are …

Cadmium In Forest Ecosystems Around Lead Smelters In Missouri, Nord L. Gale, Bobby G. Wixson

Biological Sciences Faculty Research & Creative Works

The development of Missouri's new lead belt within the past decade has provided an excellent opportunity to study the dissemination and effects of heavy metals in a deciduous forest ecosystem. Primary lead smelters, within the new lead belt have been identified as potential sources of cadmium as well as lead, zinc, and copper. Sintering and blast furnace operations tend to produce significant quantities of small particulates highly enriched in cadmium and other heavy metals. At one smelter, samples of stack particulate emissions indicate that as much as 0.21 lb of cadmium may be released to the atmosphere per hour. This …

Plasma Polymerization Of Tetrafluoroethylene. Iii. Capacitive Audio Frequency (10 Khz) And Ac Discharge, N. (Nicholas) C. Morosoff, H. Yasuda, E. S. Brandt, C. N. Reilley

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The plasma polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is studied in a capacitively coupled system with internal electrodes using a 10 kHz (af) and a 60 Hz (ac) source. The emphasis is on identifying conditions that are compatible with continuous coating of plasma polymer on a substrate moving through the center of the interelectrode gap. Operation at a pressure below 100 mTorr is most favorable for deposition of a substantial portion of the plasma polymer on this substrate. Plasma polymer deposited in this way is characterized by ESCA and by deposition rate data and compared to that deposited using rf power in …

Mechanical Degradation Of High Molecular Weight Polymers In Dilute Solution, J. F.S. Yu, J. L. Zakin, Gary Kent Patterson

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The mechanical shear degradation of polydisperse Poly isobutene and monodisperse polystyrene in oils of different viscosities in the concentration range of 0.1% to 1% was studied using a high‐shear concentric cylinder viscometer under laminar and uniform well‐defined shear field conditions. Molecular weight distributions (MWDs) were measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Degradation of polydisperse Poly isobutene solutions narrows the distributions principally through the breaking down of large molecules. Degradation of monodisperse polystyrene broadens the distributions at lower shear stress. At higher shear stresses, the distributions do not broaden as much but are still broader than those of the original polymer. …

Nucleation Experiments With Monodisperse Nacl Aerosols., Darryl J. Alofs, M. B. Trueblood, D. R. White, V. L. Behr

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Nucleation Experiments with Monodisperse NaCl Aerosols Showed Good Agreement with the Kohler Theory Relating the Critical Super-Saturation S//c to the Dry Size. Aerosols Produced by Condensing NaCl Showed the Same S//c as Those Produced by Evaporating Aqueous NaCl Solution Droplets. This Indicates that If There is an Energy Barrier in Going from a Dry NaCl Particle to a Solution Droplet, This Energy Barrier is Small. the Fact that the Evaporation Aerosol Particles Are Cubical Crystals and the Condensation Aerosols Are Amorphous Spheres is Shown to Make No Difference in the Nucleation Threshold. the Investigation Also Gives Insights into the Performance …

A Metallurgical Evaluation Of The Mi Vida Prospect: A Mixed Copper Sulfide-Carbonate Ore Body, Sells, Pima County, Arizona, Kevin Michael Kenney

Masters Theses

"A copper-prospect in south-central Arizona has been evaluated on a metallurgical basis. Primary chalcocite and secondary covellite, plus the copper oxides malachite and brochantite, constitute the economic mineralization. The deposit outcrops as a steeply dipping (70°SW), intensely brecciated, copper-bearing quartz vein with discontinuous lenticular ore shoots.

Acid leaching techniques alone and in conjunction with froth flotation utilizing four copper oxide specific collectors were used to evaluate the amenability of this ore to processing. Direct acid leaching was examined and found to be ineffective. Removal of the chalcocite by froth flotation with xanthate was easy and gave better results to subsequent …

Nonlinear Anelasticity And The Martensitic Transformation, Manfred Wuttig, Tetsuro Suzuki

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Zener's model of a standard linear solid is extended to include nonlinearities characteristic of metals and alloys in the vicinity of a martensitic transformation. The equation of motion of a nonlinear anelastic solid is derived and solved using van der Pol's method. The characteristics of the solutions indicate that auto-oscillations of finite amplitude can be excited externally. It is proposed that the streaming oscillations represent the beat between the external excitation and the auto-oscillation. © 1979.

Film Boiling Of Freon 113, Normal Pentane, Cyclopentane And Benzene From Cylindrical Surfaces At Moderate Pressures, G. J. Capone, Efton Park

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

An investigation of film boiling heat transfer in saturated pools of liquid Freon 113, normal pentane, cyclopentane and benzene was conducted. The fluids were boiled from copper, cylindrical heat transfer surfaces 0.0762m (3 in) long, and 0.01397,0.01905 and 0.0254m (0.55,0.75 and 1.0 in) in diameter. The data covers a moderate range of pressures up to 1.67 (10)6 N/m2 (242.5 psia). The experimental data are compared with existing film boiling correlations. The existing film boiling correlations were found to be inadequate in predicting heat-transfer coefficients for the conditions of this investigation. © 1979.

Motion‐Compensated Transform Coding, A. N. Netravali, J. A. Stuller

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Interframe Hybrid Transform/dpcm Coders Encode Television Signals by Taking a Spatial Transform of a Block of Picture Elements in a Frame and Predictively Coding the Resulting Coefficients using the Corresponding Coefficients of the Spatial Block at the Same Location in the Previous Frame. These Coders Can Be Made More Efficient for Scenes Containing Objects in Translational Motion by First Estimating the Translational Displacement of Objects and Then using Coefficients of a Spatially Displaced Block in the Previous Frame for Prediction. This Paper Presents Simulation Results for Such Motion‐compensated Transform Coders using Two Algorithms for Estimating Displacements. the First Algorithm, Which …

Reduction Of Transmission Error Propagation In Adaptively Predicted, Dpcm Encoded Pictures, N. F. Maxemchuk, J. A. Stuller

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A New Technique for Reducing Transmission Error Propagation in Adaptively Predicted, dpcm‐encoded Pictures is Described. the Basis for the Technique is a Generalization of the Notion of Predictor Output Attenuation, Described by Graham, to Include Attenuation of the Adaptive Prediction Function. Simulation Results Are Presented that Show that Application of the Technique to Graham's Codec Results in Significant Reduction in Error Propagation Without Degradation of Picture Quality. the Technique Requires No Increase in Transmission Rate. © 1979 the Bell System Technical Journal

Toward More Meaningful Laboratory Experiences In Digital Signal Processing And Digital Control, Rodger E. Ziemer, D. Ronald Fannin, Paul D. Stigall

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Digital Signal Processing and Digital Control Are of Utmost Importance for Electrical Engineering Students, for They Are Present in Many Aspects of Today's Technical World. Complex Topics Like These Should Not Be Introduced into a Curriculum as a Crash Program but Taken as Steps in an Evolutionary Process. a Successful Example of This Evolutionary Process is Well Underway at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Copyright © 1979 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

Backscatter Inversion In Spherically Asymmetric Ionosphere, R. (Richard) E. Dubroff, N. Narayana Rao, K. C. Yeh

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

It is Well Known that Various Diurnal and Morphological Features of the Ionosphere Reveal Substantial Departures from the Normally Simplified Assumption of Spherical Symmetry at Certain Times of the Day or at Certain Geographic Locations. a Radio Ray Passing through Such an Ionosphere Must Bear Information About its Horizontal Gradients. the Leading Edge of a Backscatter Ionogram is Formed by Obliquely Propagated Radio Rays of Minimum Time Delay and Hence is Useful in Deducing Information About the Ionospheric Horizontal Gradients. in This Regard, the Ionospheric Electron Density Distribution is Modeled by a Locally Quasi‐parabolic Layer with Six Parameters. This Six‐parameter …

Phase 1 Inspection Report: National Dam Safety Program. Missouri - Kansas City Basin. Binder Lake Dam, Cole County, Missouri, Hoskins-Western-Sonderegger, Inc. Consulting Engineers, Lincoln, Nebraska

Missouri Dam Safety Inspection Reports

This report presents the results of field inspection and evaluation of the Binder Lake Dam.

It was prepared under the National Program of Inspection of Non-Federal Dams.

This dam has been classified as unsafe, non-emergency by the St. Louis District as a result of the application of the following criteria:
1) Spillway will not pass the Probable Maximum Flood.
2) Overtopping could result in dam failure.
3) Dam failure significantly increases the hazard to loss of life downstream.

Recovery Of Lead From Lead Smelter Mattes, Cheng-Ping Chang

Masters Theses

"A by-product of lead smelting is a matte which consists mostly of lead and copper sulfides. Experiments were conducted to determine the feasibility of removing lead from molten matte by adding iron as a reducing agent. The effectiveness of iron at 1000 and 1100°C was a function of matte composition, but not of temperature except near iron saturation. The lead content of matte could be decreased to as low as 9.0 to 11.6 wt pct (2.3 to 3.0 at. pct) at 1000°C, depending on composition. The effect of oxygen in the matte on lead recovery from iron-saturated mattes was also …

Development Of Impervious Low Thermal Expansion Petalite Bodies, Suchinda Chotipanich

Masters Theses

"Impervious petalite bodies were formulated from petalite, lithium aluminosilicate frit and kaolin. Thermal expansion coefficients for selected bodies were less than 2 x 10⁻⁶ /°C(20 - 600 °C). Mineralogy and the reactions in systems containing petalite, lithium aluminosilicate frit and kaolin were observed. Silica-poor high quartz solid solution was found to be the reaction product formed from the reaction between frit and kaolin before conversion to ß-spodumene solid solution at higher temperatures. The crystallization of the ß-spodumene solid solution phases in this system did not occur at the same temperature resulting in variation in the size of the crystallites. The …

Pelletizing Of A Lead Sinter Machine Feed, Hung-Yang Tsai

Masters Theses

"A typical lead sinter machine feed can be pelletized in a drum pelletizer using tap water as a binding liquid. The green pellets produced have return sinter as cores, and an outer layer of new material and fluxes. The moisture content of the pellets produced is about 5%. The pelletizing procedure developed used raw materials from the Amax Lead Smelter, with only a minor amount of feed preparation. The importance of proper moisture control, use of binders, method of adding moisture, speed of pelletizing drum, etc. were investigated. The stability of pellets under extreme storage conditions was also determined"--page ii.

A Planning System For Research Management In A University Environment, Russell Lee Goldammer

Masters Theses

"The research project director at a college or university has few, if any, of the traditional management tools that are available for other forms of management, especially in performing the early, crucial stages of planning. This is particularly distressing since managing a program in this type of environment can be very difficult, due to bureaucratic red tape and interdepartmental concerns. The purpose here is to develop an aid for managers with these problems, for more effective research management in a university environment.

After developing a general model for a typical research project at a university, the Gasification Research On Wood …

Boehmite-Bonded High-Alumina Refractories, Gerhard H. Schiroky

Masters Theses

"High-alumina refractories (99+ % Al₂O₃) were produced by pressing a mixture of 70% tabular alumina and 30% reactive alumina and autoclaving in saturated steam at 1.4 MPa (200 psia)/194 °C to 3.4 MPa (500 psia)/242 °C for 12 to 96 h. Autoclaving converted the reactive alumina to boehmite which acted as the bond phase. At room temperature the MOR ranged up to 37 MPa depending upon boehmite content. The hot-MOR decreased steadily with increasing temperature, but was still 8 MPa at 1400 °C which exceeds that of comparable cement-bonded or conventionally fired high-alumina refractories. The estimated autoclaving costs are lower …

Two-Dimensional Scattering From A Medium Of Finite Thickness, Dwight C. Look

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Split-Set Rock Bolt Analysis, Robert L. Davis

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A system of twelve equations have been developed for the elastic-plastic analysis of split-set roof bolts and these equations have been programmed for solution on the IBM 370/168 computer. Typical solutions have been presented in graphical form for comparison with experimental data. The results compare favorably for most of the split-sets providing the system parameters are properly specified. It appears that this analytical solution will be valuable to mining engineers since the solutions have been put in graphical form. Plots of the effects of the various parameters (material strength, material strain-hardening, friction, thickness, radius, angle of contact) on the holding …

Plasma Polymerization Of Tetrafluoroethylene. Ii. Capacitive Radio Frequency Discharge, N. (Nicholas) C. Morosoff, H. Yasuda, E. S. Brandt, C. N. Reilley

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The plasma polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is studied in a capacitively coupled system with internal electrodes using radio frequency (13.56 MHz) power. The emphasis is on identifying conditions that are compatible with continuous coating of plasma polymer on a substrate moving through the center of the interelectrode gap. At high pressure (500 mTorr), deposition of plasma polymer is primarily on the electrodes rather than on a substrate placed midway between electrodes. Glow is observed in only part of the interelectrode gap at low powers and fills the gap only at high power levels. The use of a magnetic field effects …

Transport Of Oils As Oil-In-Water Emulsions, J. L. Zakin, R. Pinaire, M. E. Borgmeyer

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Turbulent flow pressure drop measurements were made for various concentrated oil-in-water emulsions which exhibit non-Newtonian behavior. The effects of oil viscosity, temperature and oil concentration on specific energy loss were evaluated. Measured turbulent friction factors consistently fell below those predicted by the Dodge and Metzner friction factor correlation, probably due to viscoelastic effects of the emulsion. Several polymer and surfactant drag reducers were tested in these emulsions, and high molecular weight polyacrylamides were found to be the most effective in further reducing pumping energy losses. The effectiveness of the polymer additives decreased with time during pump circulation. © 1979 by …

Simple Generation Of One-Parameter Pseudoterrain Surfaces, Gordon E. Carlson

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A simple method for generating digital terrain surfaces as a function of only the terrain standard deviation is presented. This is accomplished by fitting a postulated autocorrelation model to actual terrain data. Observed relations between model parameters are used to obtain a one-parameter model. Copyright © 1979 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Inc.

Molybdenum Stability In Coal Slags At 1400⁰C: Corrosion Properties For Mhd Electrode Applications., Kenton Brian Wright

Masters Theses

"Molten coal slag corrosion studies conducted on molybdenum at 1400°C used static and stirred slag experiments and electrical current experiments to parallel electrode conditions of slagging duct MHD generators. Crucibles containing molybdenum and slag were exposed to combustion-type gases in a tube furnace. Carbon monoxide-carbon dioxide gas mixtures controlled oxygen partial pressures at selected values between 10^-11 and 10^-3 atm. Metallograph and microprobe examination of polished sample sections defined corrosion characteristics.

At 1400°C, molybdenum metal is stable below 10^-9 atm oxygen pressure. Molybdenum dioxide is stable at higher pressure, but volatile molybdenum trioxides prevent formation of stable …

Processing Of Copper Refinery Anode Slimes, Shrirang Anant Kulkarni

Masters Theses

"A study of commercial copper refinery anode slimes has been conducted to evaluate the separation of valuable metals contained in the slimes. The slimes contain substantial quantities of Ag, Sn, Au, Pb, and Cu. The values were present principally as AgCl, SnO₂, Au, PbSO₄, Cu and CuSO₄.

A Roast-Leach-Roast-Leach (RLRL) technique solubilized up to 91 pct of the Ag and 99 pct of the Cu from raw slimes.

The Pb-Sn separation was investigated using the following hydrometallurgical techniques: 1) DETA (diethylene triamine) leaching; 2) NaOH leaching; 3) (NH₄)₂CO₃ leaching; …

Stress-Strain Properties Of Compacted Modified Memphis Loess, Danny Lloyd Kerns

Masters Theses

"A study was made of the stress-strain characteristics of compacted samples of a modified loessial soil obtained near Memphis, Tennessee. The study consisted of compacting samples at a constant water content and at unit weights of 92, 96 and 100 pounds per cubic foot (1470, 1540 and 1600 kg/m³). Triaxial tests were performed on unsaturated compacted specimens to obtain stress-strain-volume change data. These data were used to determine stress-dependent functions for tangent modulus and Poisson's ratio"--Abstract, page ii.

Plasma Polymerization Of Tetrafluoroethylene. I. Inductive Radio Frequency Discharge, H. Yasuda, N. Morosoff, E. S. Brandt, C. N. Reilley

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The plasma polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene in an inductively coupled radio frequency glow discharge, using a flow system, was studied. A simple long tube reactor, with the coupling coil placed at the middle of the tube and gas entrance and exit at the respective ends, was used. Deposition rates and the chemical nature of the polymer (as revealed by ESCA spectra and surface energy studies) are obtained as a function of location in the reactor tube with respect to the coupling coil and of applied energy per unit mass of tetrafluoroethylene (W/FM). It was found that a fluorine poor polymer, containing …