Reliability approaches affecting sustainability of existing steel structures
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022 Steel structures are second most numerous in the stock of existing buildings. In contrast to dominating concrete buildings, they are typically lightweight and are more sensitive to alterations in use or loads.
Miroslav Sýkora, Vitali Nadolski
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Frequency-Adaptable Tuned Mass Damper Using Metal Cushions
Vibration, 2021 A frequency-adaptable tuned mass damper (FATMD) using metal cushions as tuneable stiffness components is presented. The dynamic properties of the cushions with respect to stiffness and damping are investigated experimentally in this context.
Sebastian Rieß +2 more
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Design of a Random Decrement Method Based Structural Health Monitoring System
Shock and Vibration, 2012 Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has reached a high importance in numerous fields of civil and mechanical engineering. Promising damage detection approaches like the Damage Index Method, Gapped Smoothing Technique and Modal Strain Energy Method require
H. Buff +4 more
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Reliability-based optimization for multiple constraints with evolutionary algorithms [PDF]
, 2007 In this paper, we combine reliability-based optimization with a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for handling uncertainty in decision variables and parameters.
Branke, Jürgen +2 more
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Cathodic protection of reinforcement in concrete – experience and development over 30 years [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 This paper presents developments over 30 years in the field of cathodic protection of steel reinforcement in concrete in The Netherlands and elsewhere.
Polder Rob, Peelen Willy
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Test-retest reliability of structural brain networks from diffusion MRI [PDF]
, 2014 Structural brain networks constructed from diffusion MRI (dMRI) and tractography have been demonstrated in healthy volunteers and more recently in various disorders affecting brain connectivity.
Bastin, Mark E. +4 more
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Structural reliability of electrical objects. Theory and examples of solving tasks [PDF]
, 2020 Structural reliability of energy objects is one of the most important topics of study in the study of specialty disciplines in the field of Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics.
Rezinkin, O. L., Veselova, N. V.
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Structural reliability analysis of laminated CMC components [PDF]
, 1991 For laminated ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials to realize their full potential in aerospace applications, design methods and protocols are a necessity.
Duffy, Stephen F. +2 more
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Quantification of identical and unique segments in ethylene-propylene copolymers using two dimensional liquid chromatography with infra-red detection [PDF]
Polyolefins Journal, 2016 Hyphenating High Temperature High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HT-HPLC) with High Temperature Size Exclusion Chromatography (HT-SEC) (High Temperature Two Dimensional Liquid Chromatography (HT-HPLC x HT-SEC or HT 2D-LC)) leads to an isocratic ...
Sampat Bhati, Tibor Macko, Robert Brüll
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System Reliability Evaluation Using Concurrent Multi-Level Simulation of Structural Faults [PDF]
, 2010 This paper provides a methodology that leverages state-of-the-art techniques for efficient fault simulation of structural faults together with transaction level modeling.
Baranowski, R. +7 more
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