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Analysing Pedestrian Facilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh––Scope for Adapting BREEAM Assessments
Abstract: To achieve a sustainable environment, authorities from all over the world are emphasizing on pedestrian development, abandoning motorized vehicles. The developing countries like Bangladesh are getting oversaturated with the demand for public transport, which is having a brutal impact on the environment. Regrettably, once the city with rich traditions, Dhaka, cannot be stated as a pedestrian-friendly capital city anymore. Maximum infrastructural facilities are not suitable for public use. The government …
Published in International Journal of Urban Design · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 1–15 Read article
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Hardened Steel an Appliance with Low Degeneration
Abstract: Combination of high hardness, toughness, and strain hardening capacities with reasonable ductility have privileged Hadfield steel in sectors such as mining, transportation, military, agricultural and earthmoving equipment. Micro- porosities formation during casting by last solidifying liquids at inter-dendritic spaces in directional solidification have been insidious crack initiators during service exposure. Particulate penetration resistant wear part surfaces for secondary and tertiary crushers are found to add chromium and vanadium prone to …
Published in International Journal of Mechanics and Design · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 56–60 Read article
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Evaluation of Optimum Space through Level of Service (LOS) in Bus Terminals
Abstract: In India, currently, there are no guidelines available for terminal design based on passenger characteristics. Since human comfort is a primary design consideration in architectural design planning, design standards for passengers must be based on a relative scale to provide the desired design environment anthropometrically. The need for this research is to help resolve the crowding problems faced by passengers due to lack of design guidelines and passenger movement & …
Published in International Journal of Architecture and Infrastructure Planning · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 14–35 Read article
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Roadside Commercial Activities and Environmental Perception Affecting Behaviour: Study from Global South
Abstract: In global south countries such as India, transport nodes wiring neighbourhoods to rest of the city, is found to be flooded with roadside unorganized commercial developments. Transport nodes experience both organized and unorganized commercial developments around them as the commuters want to buy commodities for their daily households, feeding the commercial developments as buyers. This necessity promotes the development of unorganised sellers, especially street vendors, offering low-cost goods to commuters …
Published in International Journal of Town Planning and Management · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 36–57 Read article
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FE Modelling and Analysis of Mixed Mode Delamination in Composite Laminates
Abstract: A composite is a structural material that consists of two or more constituents combined at a macroscopic level and not soluble in each other. The advantages of composites over conventional materials are its light weight, high strength, design flexibility, dimensional stability, etc. Although Composite materials are advantageous than conventional materials, there are some defects in composite materials too, which are Fibre-matrix debonding, fibre misalignment, Delamination, Matrix cracking, Impact damage, etc. …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 31–57 Read article
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Finite Element Modeling of Deep Reinforced Concrete Beams with Web Openings
Abstract: The effects of openings on the ultimate capacity of deep beams have been studied experimentally by many researchers. However, there’s still need for analytical study using numerical methods and also the development of simple stiffness reduction models that can be easily used for quick prediction of the effects of opening sizes on the stiffness of deep reinforced concrete beams. This study is focused on modeling the behavior of deep reinforced …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 22–30 Read article
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Heat Exchanger Technology and Applications: Groundsource Heat Pump System for Buildings Heating and Cooling
Abstract: Some emphasis has recently been put on the utilisation of the ambient energy from ground source and other renewable energy sources in order to stimulate alternative energy sources for heating and cooling of buildings. Geothermal heat pumps (GSHPs), or direct expansion (DX) ground source heat pumps, are a highly efficient renewable energy technology, which uses the earth, groundwater or surface water as a heat source when operating in heating mode …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 58–85 Read article
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Bending Solutions of Fully Clamped Orthotropic Rectangular Thin Plate Using Finite Integral Transform Method
Abstract: Plate as an engineering material is used widely in several areas of Engineering work, especially civil engineering structures as slab. This research work presents the solutions to the bending of orthotropic thin rectangular plates, fully clamped at all edges and subjected to three different loading conditions such as uniformly distributed load, centrally loaded concentrated point load and hydrostatic pressure, using the finite integral transform method. The results derived from this …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 12–21 Read article
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An Optimum Stringer for Straight and Curved Stiffened Panels Using X-FEM Techniques
Abstract: In this study, crack growth, modeling and simulation of various stiffened stringers, unstiffened straight and curved cracked panels are presented using commercially available finite element software package. Computation of stresses and convergence of stress intensity factor for single-edge notch specimens computed using finite element method (FEM) and extended finite element method (X-FEM) and compared with analytical solution. X-FEM techniques like cohesive segment method and linear elastic fracture mechanics, using virtual …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 1–11 Read article
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Prediction of Hydro-dynamic Force Coefficients and Shedding Frequency during Vortex Shedding Behind a Stationary Cylinder
Abstract: Vibration of slender cylinders caused by the shedding of vortices at the wake, known as vortex induced vibrations (VIV) is a topic of great research interest, since the phenomenon can reduce the fatigue life of marine risers, which are subjected to complex flow conditions in ocean environment. This paper studies in detail the accuracy with which hydrodynamic forces are predicted by different turbulence models such as k–ε and k– ω-shear …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 41–52 Read article
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A Detailed Step-By-Step Procedure on Finding the Square Root of a 4 × 4 Positive Definite Symmetric Matrix for Engineering Applications
Abstract: The main focus of this study is to present a detailed step by step procedure to determine the square root of a symmetric positive definite non-singular matrix. The procedure involved four steps which are Gram–Schmidt orthogonalization, Schur form, U matrix, and square root of matrix, which are discussed in this study. Few examples are solved to learn and practice. Necessary checks were performed, and the results show that the square …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 36–40 Read article
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Numerical Study on the Effect of Ball Baffles in Reducing Sloshing Loads in Ship Tanks
Abstract: Sloshing is the free surface motion of a liquid in a partially filled container under periodic motion. Liquid sloshing will result in dynamic pressure on the walls of the container causing large deformations to the tank as well as the supporting structures and carrier. This dynamic pressure on the tank walls due to slosh waves are conventionally mitigated in the tanks of very large crude oil carrier (VLCC) ships by …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 15–27 Read article
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Design Optimization of Water Injection Module of Topside Facility of an FPSO
Abstract: Analysis, design and construction of offshores structures are the most challenging tasks in the field of ocean engineering. This work presents a method of designing topside facility of an FPSO by considering all possible environmental loading along with the loading during transportation, lifting and placing. Of all the loads wave loading is the most prominent which has been estimated using a 3D computational fluid dynamics code based on finite volume …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 1–14 Read article
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A Study on Method and Modelling of Structural Analysis and Finite Elements: A Review
Abstract: The finite element method (FEM) or finite element analysis (FEA), is a numerical method usually employed for solving engineering (structural mechanics) and mathematical physics problems. Generally, the analytical solution of these problems require the solution to boundary value problems for partial differential equations. Specimens are usually tested and analysed using finite element method (FEM) for investigating the behaviour of square concrete columns confined by fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) and sheets.
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 29–33 Read article
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Study of Analysis, Design and Performance of Fin
Abstract: This paper discusses the use of extended surface heat transfer in heat exchangers. The size and cost of an exchanger is dependent upon the heat duty, the allowable pressure drop, and the geometry of the heat transfer area. The dominance of this resistance is often broken by the use of extended surfaces (fins), which will result in a lower area and hence smaller exchanger. This paper will consider which, if …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 23–28 Read article
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To Study of the Parameters of Earthquake Seismic Vulnerability and Seismic Hazards
Abstract: This paper defines seismic risk, vulnerability assessment of building is from all three variables, the one that assumes great importance not only because of its obvious physical consequences in the occurrence of a seismic event, but because it is the potential aspect, for which the engineering research can intervene, improve and even control seismic behavior of existing buildings, reducing the level of vulnerability and consequently the level of physical damage, …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 18–22 Read article
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Study of the Surface Roughness (SR) Using Main Effect Plots Using Glycerin and EDM Oil
Abstract: SR plays an important role in determining how an object will interact with its environment in real life scenario. In this paper, aqueous solution of glycerin with 80% glycerin and 20% de-ionized water and kerosene oil have been used as dielectric for this study. Only those parameters which have highest percentage of contribution to SR are generally taken into account. This paper studies SR versus current, duty factor, ton for …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 15–17 Read article
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Analysis of Fixed Offshore Platform Deck using Acceleration - Deflection Resonance Method
Abstract: Steel plate is commonly used as the flooring plate for fixed offshore platform Deck and there are several existing methods for analyzing the steel plate. In this research acceleration-displacement resonance method is developed for analyzing plate. The plate is first analyzed considering arbitrary uniformly distributed and point load with an all-round simply support. The method involves transformation of bi-harmonic equation into acceleration- deflection ratio ( R_xx). From the study, the …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 28–35 Read article
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Analytical Computation and Finite Element Analysis of Failure Criterion of a Composite Hollow Driveshaft Under Torsion
Abstract: ABSTRACT Drive shafts for power transmission are used in many applications, including machine tool, cooling towers, pumping sets, aerospace, and automobiles. In the metallic shaft design, the size of the shaft’s cross-section can be determined by the value of torque and the allowable shear stress of the material. There has been extensive work on the design of hollow composite drive shaft as per the literature survey. Many have focused on …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 1–14 Read article
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Experimental verification of strength of glass fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites
Abstract: An experimental investigation has been carried out to develop a new PMC (Polymer Matrix Composite) using commercially available Epoxy and Polyurethane resin systems. These resin systems would be reinforced with glass fibers, filler materials and aluminium foils. The laminates have been prepared by using the hand lay-up technique for eight layers and the mechanical tests such as tensile and compression test have been conducted for the PMC. This work has …
Published in International Journal of Structural Mechanics and Finite Elements · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 43–51 Read article