Publications related to Root test

Experimental and analytical investigation of shear-reinforced concrete and dowel action

Codes of practice can be overly conservative, particularly for the shear resistance of reinforced concrete beams with shear reinforcement when large loads act close to supports. This thesis addresses the topic by proposing a refined design approach based o ...

EPFL2024

Extension of GeN-Foam to departure from nucleate boiling prediction and validation against the OECD/NRC PSBT benchmark

Alessandro Scolaro, Carlo Fiorina, Yuhang Niu, Hao Qin

The prediction of departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) has always been a crucial aspect of thermal-hydraulic codes for the analysis of Light Water Reactors. In this paper, GeN-Foam, a multi-physics code developed based on OpenFOAM, has been enhanced to in ...

Elsevier Science Sa2023

A data-driven shock capturing approach for discontinuous Galekin methods

Jan Sickmann Hesthaven

We propose a data-driven artificial viscosity model for shock capturing in discontinuous Galerkin methods. The proposed model trains a multi-layer feedforward network to map from the element-wise solution to a smoothness indicator, based on which the artif ...

2022

Expectation propagation in the large data limit

Guillaume Philippe Ivan Joseph Dehaene

Expectation propagation (EP) is a widely successful algorithm for variational inference. EP is an iterative algorithm used to approximate complicated distributions, typically to find a Gaussian approximation of posterior distributions. In many applications ...

Wiley2018

Force-displacement response of unreinforced masonry walls for seismic design

Sarah Petry

In regions with low to moderate seismicity, unreinforced masonry (URM) is commonly used for the construction of low to mid-rise buildings. When these structures are subjected to seismic loading, the stiff URM walls attract considerable part of the lateral ...

EPFL2015

Estimation of A-type Piano Key weir rating curve

Anton Schleiss, Michael Pfister

The Piano Key weir (PKW) is a hydraulically attractive alternative to linear overflow weirs, increasing the unit discharge for similar heads and spillway widths. This advantage allows operating dam reservoirs on an increased level and provides thereby an e ...

Eds Erpicum et al., CRC Press, Boca Raton2013

Reoptimized interaction parameters for the peptide-backbone model compound N-methylacetamide in the GROMOS force field: Influence on the folding properties of two beta-peptides in methanol

Wei Huang, Bruno Araujo Cautiero Horta

Considering N-methylacetamide (NMA) as a model compound, new interaction parameters are developed for the amide function in the GROMOS force field that are compatible with the recently derived 53A6OXY parameter set for oxygen-containing chemical functions. ...

Wiley-Blackwell2012

Lavey Dam - Physical and numerical analysis of flow and sediment transport in the Rhone River

Anton Schleiss, Martin Peter Bieri

As several of other run-of:river hydropower plants, the hydraulic scheme of Lavey on the Rhone River in Switzerland is concerned by continuous reservoir sedimentation. To determine the flood evacuation capacity of the weir as well as the flow distribution ...

2010

Punching tests of slabs with low reinforcement ratios

Aurelio Muttoni, Olivier Burdet, Stefano Guandalini

The results of a test series on the punching behavior of slabs with varying flexural reinforcement ratios and without transverse reinforcement are presented. The aim of the tests was to investigate the behavior of slabs failing in punching shear with low r ...

ACI Structural Journal2009

Testing of reinforced high performance fibre concrete members in tension

Dario Redaelli

Ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFC) is a high performance construction material, coupling strength, ductility and compacity. Up to the present time, its mechanical properties have been widely studied, but design approaches and structur ...

Proceedings of the 6th Int. Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering, Zurich 20062006