Transient response of varying thickness beam is studied here numerically. Beam theory applied here includes effects of shear deformation and rotary inertia. The temporal and spatially dependant equations of motion are transferred to frequency domain by employing Fast Fourier Tra…
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The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the loadings on and motion of an offshore wind turbine. The three major components of an offshore wind turbine are the wind turbine, the platform and the mooring lines. The effects of these components on the motion of the wind turbine…
Standard pullout tests (e.g. 200 mm cubes) with a short embedment length have shown a significant reduction (80% loss at 200 °C) in the bond strength of GFRP bars at high temperatures. More detailed bond behaviour of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforcing bars has bee…
As computation is outsourced to the "clouds" and Mobile platforms, the differences in latency and responsiveness across these platforms presents new challenges in scheduling. To ensure the quality of service (QoS), a variety of workload scheduling techniques have been adopted by…
Earthquake demand parameters, EDP, such as displacement, velocity and acceleration are meaningful to engineers. In general, most decision-makers are non-engineers and do not understand these parameters. This study uses a procedure stipulated in FEMA P-58 to convert the earthquak…
Masonry is one of the first building materials to be used structurally, these designs can be seen all throughout the world and across history. Almost every country has their own masonry code or guidelines that are followed for masonry design. This paper will compare four masonry…
Darren William Hearn: Combining Individual Kinetic and Kinematic Profiles: A Novel Approach to Injury Prevention(Under the direction of Darin Anthony Padua)
The production of new passenger trains can be characterised as a strategic decision, followed by a manufacturing stage. Typically, competing proposals are developed and refined, often over several years, until one emerges as the winner. The winning proposition will be manufactur…
This dissertation presents an original investigation of several topics related to seismicanalysis and currently-implemented code-design procedures for seismically isolatedstructures, focusing primarily on high-damping rubber-based isolators.
My adventures with flexible structures began on the IIT campus with an extracurricular undergraduate project to design an “Open House Exhibit” for the Civil Engineering Department. I chose to display a reinforced concrete diving board together with a prestressed concrete diving …
Wheel tread damage leading to high magnitudes of vertical wheel–rail contact forces is a major cause of train delays in the Swedish railway network, in particular during the coldest months of the year. According to regulations, vehicles generating contact forces exceeding the li…