In recent years, civil engineers have started to use discrete-element modelling to simulate large-scale soil volumes thanks to technological improvements in both hardware and software. However, exi...
{"title":"Numerical techniques for fast generation of large discrete-element models","authors":"M. Ciantia, K. Boschi, T. Shire, Sacha Emam","doi":"10.1680/JENCM.18.00025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENCM.18.00025","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, civil engineers have started to use discrete-element modelling to simulate large-scale soil volumes thanks to technological improvements in both hardware and software. However, exi...","PeriodicalId":54061,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering and Computational Mechanics","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77788391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urbanisation means that many natural slopes in and around cities are often subjected to cuts resulting in dramatic changes in the geometry of slope faces mostly by increasing slope angle, which cou...
{"title":"Stratified slopes, numerical and empirical stability analysis","authors":"R. Sauffisseau, A. Ahangar-Asr","doi":"10.1680/JENCM.18.00017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENCM.18.00017","url":null,"abstract":"Urbanisation means that many natural slopes in and around cities are often subjected to cuts resulting in dramatic changes in the geometry of slope faces mostly by increasing slope angle, which cou...","PeriodicalId":54061,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering and Computational Mechanics","volume":"21 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75912096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hydraulic fracturing is a process of fluid injection, which creates tensile stresses in rock in order to overcome the tensile strength of the rock. In this study, a three-phase hydro-mechanical mod...
{"title":"Numerical analysis of fluid–rock interactions in hydraulic fracturing","authors":"D. Mahdavian, A. Javadi","doi":"10.1680/JENCM.18.00018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENCM.18.00018","url":null,"abstract":"Hydraulic fracturing is a process of fluid injection, which creates tensile stresses in rock in order to overcome the tensile strength of the rock. In this study, a three-phase hydro-mechanical mod...","PeriodicalId":54061,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering and Computational Mechanics","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83230200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bridge piers founded in the sea are at risk of being weakened by cracking, corrosion and erosion. To assess whether the piers of a sea crossing are safe, it is necessary to consider pre-existing da...
建在海上的桥墩有因开裂、腐蚀和侵蚀而变弱的危险。要评估渡海码头是否安全,必须考虑已有的数据。
{"title":"The effects of pre-existing damage on the safety of main bridge piers in the sea","authors":"Z. Xuefeng, L. Xiaofeng","doi":"10.1680/JENCM.18.00038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENCM.18.00038","url":null,"abstract":"Bridge piers founded in the sea are at risk of being weakened by cracking, corrosion and erosion. To assess whether the piers of a sea crossing are safe, it is necessary to consider pre-existing da...","PeriodicalId":54061,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering and Computational Mechanics","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78759838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The occurrence of cascades – that is, progressive failures – has been reported in the majority of the serious incidents involving transmission lines worldwide. During cascades, the failure of a lin...
{"title":"Cascading collapse of transmission lines","authors":"Fabio Alminhana, F. Albermani, M. Mason","doi":"10.1680/JENCM.18.00010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENCM.18.00010","url":null,"abstract":"The occurrence of cascades – that is, progressive failures – has been reported in the majority of the serious incidents involving transmission lines worldwide. During cascades, the failure of a lin...","PeriodicalId":54061,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering and Computational Mechanics","volume":"445 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77744344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Karampour, Z. Wu, J. Lefebure, D. Jeng, A. Etemad-Shahidi, B. Simpson
The flow regime around a hexagonal polygon with low Reynolds numbers Re < 200 is numerically investigated in two different orientations namely face- and corner oriented. The basic flow characterist...
{"title":"Modelling of flow around hexagonal and textured cylinders","authors":"H. Karampour, Z. Wu, J. Lefebure, D. Jeng, A. Etemad-Shahidi, B. Simpson","doi":"10.1680/JENCM.17.00021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENCM.17.00021","url":null,"abstract":"The flow regime around a hexagonal polygon with low Reynolds numbers Re < 200 is numerically investigated in two different orientations namely face- and corner oriented. The basic flow characterist...","PeriodicalId":54061,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering and Computational Mechanics","volume":"26 10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85542177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander N. Nordas, Luis Santos, B. Izzuddin, L. Macorini
The considerably superior specific strength and stiffness of sandwich panels in relation to conventional structural components makes their employment for two-way spanning structural applications a ...
与传统结构构件相比,夹层板具有相当优越的比强度和刚度,因此可用于双向跨越结构应用。
{"title":"High-fidelity non-linear analysis of metal sandwich panels","authors":"Alexander N. Nordas, Luis Santos, B. Izzuddin, L. Macorini","doi":"10.1680/JENCM.18.00022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENCM.18.00022","url":null,"abstract":"The considerably superior specific strength and stiffness of sandwich panels in relation to conventional structural components makes their employment for two-way spanning structural applications a ...","PeriodicalId":54061,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering and Computational Mechanics","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83421299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper presents a new triangular flat shell element for reinforced concrete slabs of complex planar configuration subjected to extreme loading. The element is developed within a co-rotational f...
{"title":"Realistic modelling of irregular slabs under extreme loading","authors":"S. Grosman, B. Izzuddin","doi":"10.1680/JENCM.18.00020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENCM.18.00020","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new triangular flat shell element for reinforced concrete slabs of complex planar configuration subjected to extreme loading. The element is developed within a co-rotational f...","PeriodicalId":54061,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering and Computational Mechanics","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82409371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis Santos, Alexander N. Nordas, B. Izzuddin, L. Macorini
Modern design methods for sandwich panels must attempt to maximise the potential of such systems for weight reduction, thus achieving highly optimised structural components. A successful design met...
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Pub Date : 2017-09-01DOI: 10.1680/JENCM.2017.170.3.89
B. Rogers
{"title":"Editorial: efficient design in a modern engineering world – the challenges","authors":"B. Rogers","doi":"10.1680/JENCM.2017.170.3.89","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JENCM.2017.170.3.89","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54061,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering and Computational Mechanics","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83393881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}