Structural behaviour
Structural behaviour assessment and material characterization of traditional adobe constructions
... the structural behaviour of existing adobe ...The structural non-linear response of adobe walls has also been investigated in a series of full-scale tests, in the laboratory and in situ, with imposed ...
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Experimental evaluation of the structural behaviour of adobe masonry structural elements
... of structural damage and, in many cases, are even near to ruin, having the majority a high vulnerability to seismic ...and structural behaviour of adobe elements, it was developed an experimental ...
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Structural behaviour of a masonry wall under cyclic load: experimental and numerical study
... and Structural Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of Porto University (LESE - Laboratório de Engenharia Sísmica e Estrutural da FEUP) by sea, where it was set on a reinforced concrete ...between ...
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Effect of Cable Damage on the Structural Behaviour of a Cable-Stayed Bridge
... The measurements on the structure are also important to modal identification of bridges and other civil structures. This information is important for the validation of finite-element models used to predict static and ...
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Study of the structural behaviour of traditional adobe constructions
... A research group of the Civil Engineering Department, from the University of Aveiro, has been developing studies and experimental tests to aid filling the technical information gap concerning the structural ...
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Analysis of the structural behaviour of stiffened panels subjected to compressive loading conditions
... in structural behaviour of metallic and polymer composite ...buckling behaviour of structures and most of them deal with defects in form of delaminations or disbonds in polymer composite plates ...
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Numerical simulation of the structural behaviour of concrete since its early ages
... Regarding thermal issues, it has been stated that the chemical reactions involved in cement hydration are exothermic. This heat generation engenders a temperature rise in concrete, which usually becomes higher than the ...
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Modelling of friction stir welding processes and their influence on the structural behaviour of aluminium stiffened panels
... the structural performance of the final set, since it affects the quality of the panels, namely in terms of: geometrical imperfections, build-up of residual stresses and significant changes in the properties of ...
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Structural Behaviour and Retrofitting of Adobe Masonry Buildings
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ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF STRUCTURAL STEEL BEAMS UNDER NATURAL COMPARTMENT FIRE
... There is limited research work conducted on natural fire conditions [15-17]. It is therefore useful to study steel beams under such conditions. Temperature distributions in steel beams, needed to be determined prior to ...
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Finite element investigation on the behaviour of structural steel beams subjected to standard parametric fire
... The present paper investigates the structural behaviour of steel solid and open cross-section beams under standard and natural fires using finite elements simulations. The study shows that Eurocode ...
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Extremal Behaviour of Chaotic Dynamics
... We prove, in Chapter 5, that when the dynamics considered is not compatible with the self-similar structure of the maximal set (which happens here when m ̸= 3 k for all k ∈ N) then indeed the conjectured extreme limiting ...
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Phase Behaviour of Alternative Solvents
... Similar conclusions were drawn by Mousa et al. [20] when they tried to apply the theory of conformal solutions to calculate the critical properties of several perfluoralkane + alkane mix- tures. The authors observed that ...
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Exploring Attitudes in Travel Behaviour
... The second research question concerns the causal relationship between behavioural intention and behaviour, and the strength of this relationship. It is expected that the relationships between attitudes and ...
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Online evolution of robot behaviour
... recent behaviour, for instance how the agent re- sponds when it comes in contact with another agent or a specific ...entire behaviour under different evaluation conditions and ...
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Modelling credit card customer behaviour
... 5 utilization of petty instalments. This research also illustrated that some credit card features promoted the debt behaviour of consumer credit card holders easily leading them to an ‘‘illusion of income’’. ...
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Mechanical behaviour of corrugated laminates
... Considering now different stacking sequences involving the 45º, -45º and 0º angles, and also different number of layers, we obtain the deflection along 𝑥𝑥 = 0 𝑚𝑚 as presented in Table 11.From this table one concludes ...
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Mechanical behaviour of portuguese UGM
... linear-elastic behaviour for materials and typical modules and Poisson coefficients, generally used in Portuguese pavement design practice, and then, calculate the module falling back upon the found model, ...
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Behaviour Analysis in Smart Spaces
... Behaviour analysis in smart environments is performed mainly using data collected from the sensors dispersed throughout the environment [7] [8]. As concluded in [9], the perfect learning system for smart ...
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Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour
... Both sex and stress hormones are organized in specific neuroendocrine axes, the hypothalamic – pituitary – gonadal (HPG) and the hypothalamic – pituitary – adrenal (HPA) axes, both of which are organized in a ...
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