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Experimental Investigation of the Inelastic Cyclic Behavior of Concrete-Filled Double-Skin Tubular Beam-Columns with Corrugated Inner Skins and Ultrahigh-Strength Corner Tubes

This paper presents the experimental results from nine full-scale concrete-filled double-skin tubular (CFDST) beam-columns. The test specimens exploited two fabrication strategies, featuring either hollow steel inner skins with corrugated geometry or ultra ...

ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS2022

Reliability analysis of welded stud shear connectors on simply-supported bridge girders

Scott Walbridge, Matthew James Sjaarda

This paper examines the reliability of welded stud shear connectors for steel-concrete composite bridge girders. A finite element model of a simply-supported bridge was created featuring link connector elements representing the shear studs between beam and ...

CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING2021

Performance of Embedded Bolt Shear Connectors

Scott Walbridge, Matthew James Sjaarda

A laboratory research program carried out at the University of Waterloo featured the testing of three large-scale steel-concrete composite beam specimens with embedded bolt shear connectors. A detailed assessment of the connector performance was made, faci ...

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD2020

Diffractive optical elements in single crystal diamond

Niels Quack, Marcell Kristof Kiss

We demonstrate the design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of near-field binary phase transmission diffractive optical elements (DOEs) in single crystal diamond. Top-hat and arbitrary pattern DOE beam shapers were numerically optimized using ...

OPTICAL SOC AMER2020

Healing cracks in selective laser melting by 3D laser shock peening

Roland Logé, Jamasp Jhabvala, Christian Leinenbach, Nikola Kalentics, Navid Sohrabi, Hossein Ghasemi Tabasi, Andreas Burn

Selective Laser Melting (SLM) of Ni-based superalloys such as CM247LC is prone to weld-cracking. This paper investigates how to suppress cracks by repeatedly applying Laser Shock Peening (LSP) during the building phase of SLM. Samples made of CM247LC were ...

ELSEVIER2019

Residual stresses of friction melt bonded aluminum/steel joints determined by neutron diffraction

Jean-Marie Drezet

Near interfacial residual stresses are investigated in a joint composed of aluminum alloy and dual phase steel. A small step neutron diffraction scan was initially performed to determine the weld interface position along the measured transverse cross secti ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2019

Recommendations for Improved Welding Procedures for Thick Steel Plates Through Thermo-Mechanical Analysis

Dimitrios Lignos

Welding of steel plates is accompanied by residual stresses that increase as the constraint provided by the welded components becomes greater. Consequently, crack initiation has been reported after welding thick plates due to the high residual stresses dev ...

2019

Interface microstructure formation of dissimilar Fe/Fe-Mn-C steel RSW joints

Léa Deillon

An experiment was developed to simulate the interface between liquid high manganese carbon steel and solid ultra-low alloyed steel in a thermal gradient, corresponding to the nugget/sheet interface of resistance spot welds. Despite the large difference in ...

Elsevier Science Sa2018

Microstructural evolution and mechanical property development with nickel addition in low-carbon weld butt joints

Roland Logé, Cyril Cayron, Gaojun Mao, Rui Cao

Four metal powder flux-cored wires with added nickel (Ni) were designed to systematically investigate how Ni influences the microstructure and toughness in low-carbon bainitic weld metals (WMs). The microstructure was safely predicted by utilizing reasonab ...

2018

Stress intensity factors for axial semi-elliptical surface cracks and embedded elliptical cracks at longitudinal butt welded joints of steel-lined pressure tunnels and shafts considering weld shape

Anton Schleiss, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Alexandre Jean Pachoud

When for steel liners of pressure tunnels and shafts high-strength steels are used, welded joints are subject to the risk of hydrogen induced cold-cracking in the base material. Longitudinal butt welded joints are critical regions as they are loaded transv ...

Elsevier2017

Influence of geometrical imperfections and flaws at welds of steel liners on fatigue behavior of pressure tunnels and shafts in anisotropic rock

Alexandre Jean Pachoud

The recent development of high-strength (HSS) weldable steels has enlarged the range of design alternatives for the optimization of high-head steel-lined pressure tunnels and shafts (SLPT&S) in the hydropower industry. With the liberalization of the Europe ...

EPFL2017

New parametric equations to estimate notch stress concentration factors at butt welded joints modeling the weld profile with splines

Anton Schleiss, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Alexandre Jean Pachoud

For fatigue life estimation as well as for fatigue testing analysis of welded structures by local stresses approaches, the stress concentration factor (SCF) at the weld must be known. Full penetration butt welded joints are extensively used in steel struct ...

Elsevier2016

Effect of composite beam action on the hysteretic behavior of fully-restrained beam-to-column connections under cyclic loading

Dimitrios Lignos, Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Elkady

This paper assesses the composite beam effects on the hysteretic behavior of fully-restrained beam-to-column connections as part of steel moment-resisting frames (MRFs) designed in highly seismic regions. A practical approach is developed based on availabl ...

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)2016

Fatigue behaviour and detailing of slotted tubular connection

Alain Nussbaumer, Luís Costa Borges, Cláudio Alexandre Pereira Baptista, Santosh Yadav

Tubular elements are used in steel structures not only for bracing of other members but also as cross girders diaphragms. They are a competitive solution both due to the lightweight and structural efficiency. Slotted tube-to-plate connections are the natur ...

2015

Calibration of partial safety factors for fatigue design of steel bridges

Alain Nussbaumer, Luca D'Angelo

The aim of this paper is to propose a new framework for assessment of fatigue partial safety factors with focus on steel bridges welded joints. Fatigue resistance S-N curves for constant amplitude (CA) and variable amplitude (VA) loadings are defined using ...

2015

Hand Impedance Measurements During Interactive Manual Welding With a Robot

Aude Billard, Mustafa Suphi Erden

This paper presents a study of hand impedance measurements comparatively across ten professional and 14 novice manual welders, when they are performing tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding interactively with the KUKA lightweight robot arm (LWR). The results sh ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2015

End-point Impedance Measurements at Human Hand during Interactive Manual Welding with Robot

Aude Billard, Mustafa Suphi Erden

This paper presents a study of end-point impedance measurement at human hand, with professional and novice manual welders when they are performing Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding interactively with the KUKA Light Weight Robot Arm (LWR). The welding torch ...

2014

Three-dimensional chemical analysis of laser-welded NiTi–stainless steel wires using a dual-beam FIB

Michel Rappaz, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Marco Cantoni, Pierre Burdet, Jonas Vannod

The biomedical industry has an increasing demand for processes to join dissimilar metals, such as laser welding of NiTi and stainless steel wires. A region of the weld close to the NiTi interface, which previously was shown to be prone to cracking, was fur ...

Elsevier2013

Effect of tool travel and rotation speeds on weld zone defects and joint strength of aluminium steel lap joints made by friction stir welding

Hossein Najafi

In this study, Al-5083 and St-12 alloy sheets were friction stir lap welded at different travel (7-23 cm min(-1)) and rotation (750-1125 rev min(-1)) speeds of the welding tool. The welded joints were characterised by various methods including shear tensil ...

2012

Influence of Residual Stresses on Fatigue Response of Welded Tubular K-Joints

Claire Acevedo

Seeking light and transparent bridge designs, engineers and architects have found an efficient and artistic way to fulfill their requirements: steel tubular bridges. In these modern tubular truss bridges, welded K-joints have been shown to be critically su ...

EPFL2011