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The objective of this project is to study the behaviour and performance of an innotative floating offshore platform. Such Platform not only can be used for exploring oil from offshore fields, but for creating artificial islands, where land is in short supply. Due to its specific and, at the same time, simple geometry (symmetric), its fabrication does ont involve much complexity. Studies carried out on this platform include the investigation into its structural behaviour under gravitational (including self weight) and bouyancy forces. Studied cases include a number of platforms with different (geometrical) sizes and under 3 various bouyancy conditions (percentage), namely 1) 50% of the height... 

One of the most efficient methods in stiffening tall buildings to withstand lateral loads such as wind loading is to link the shear resisting core to the exterior columns using outrigger trusses. Many tall buildings such as Taipei 101 have benefited from outriggers. In this system, the outriggers force the perimeter frame to take part in resisting the bending moment of the lateral load acting on the structure by developing axial restraining forces in the windward and the leeward columns of the perimeter frame and forming a resisting moment.Most of the present analytical methods have studied the performance of outrigger braced structures neglecting shear deformation of the shear wall core and... 

Dams are huge structures in which safety is a very important issue because a failure will result in loss of lives and finance. Several approximate equations for the approximate analysis of arch dams already exist. These equations are usually obtained by considering the behavior of the dam as a shell. Approximate methods are much faster in comparison to the exact methods and give young design engineers who do not have the experience of designing inside view of displacements, stresses and strains. The aim of this project is to compare the results of approximate analysis of arch dams with the results of finite element models and clarify the points of dams in which approximate analysis methods... 

Coatings are used in order to prevent wear, corrosion, thermal gradient reduction, surface strength improving and many other applications in industries. One of the common applications of coatings, is to prevent wear and surface abrasion. Hardness and friction coefficients are two parameters that determine the wear properties of a coating. Determining these parameters in very thin films is only possible by nanoindentation and nanoscratch tests. Surface hardness, young modulus and fracture toughness can be obtained using nanoindentation and friction coefficient is calculated from nanoscratch.
Finite element method is widely used for simulating the nanoindentation and nanoscratch... 

Friction drilling or flow drilling is a method of making holes in metal sheets, in which the material is pushed with the aid of heat from friction. This procedure allows making holes in sheet metal, with a sleeve formed as the hole is created. This sleeve is then threaded and used as the nut, thus eliminating the need for access to the interior faces of hollow steel sections. On the other hand, with the development of advanced manufacturing techniques, larger and thicker hollow structural sections are becoming more popular in mid-rise and multistory structures. onsequently, flow drilling can be considered as a viable alternative for traditional drilling techniques, where the material is... 

One of the most important manufacturing methods using technologies AM, is the SLS method. This method because it would significantly reduce the construction time is the ability to build a variety of materials, is pervasive. The SLS devices input is part CAD file which is then part layered, a layer of powder is poured on the bed. Each layer is defined contour on the part and then scanned by laser inner layer is hatched by laser. Scanning algorithms and hatching in the SLS is an important part of building that has an impact on properties part and a lot of research has been done about it. synthetic scan algorithms presented in this study. The purpose of this algorithm is that part warpage and... 

Spinal Column is one of the most important parts of musculoskeletal system. Injuries in this region are so rampant and causing vast expense. Risk factors related to spine injuries included personal related ones such as age, sex, muscles’ strength and career related ones such as body positions at work place and loads.
Since in vivo measurements have many restrictions, developing biomechanical models that simulate the response of a person to given loads and conditions have important role in preventing injuries and improving working conditions.
In the present study, the parametric model of lumbar motion segment is presented, for this purpose, 12 different CT scan pictures were analyzed... 

Various forms of springs are applicable, among which spiral and leaf springs can be named. Definition of leaf springs is conventionally applied to constant-width springs and is consisted of step-like leaves, each leaf having constant width. Leaf springs are largely used in vehicles, where they act as a part of suspension system supporting the weight of the vehicle along with connecting spots axles to the chassis. Springs so installed are capable of handling starting and stopping torques as well as sudden vibrations due to load carrying. Most Conventional method of manufacturing leaf springs is to bend strips of appropriate steel between curved dies, quench the strip while held between the... 

In sliding wear, the process of making debris takes place with different mechanisms. Previous works estimating the wear rate have been carried out based on contact mechanics and material failure mechanisms. In present work, the possibility of existence of low-cycle fatigue as the dominant mechanism in the wear of an as-cast eutectoid steel is investigated. Moreover, wear coefficient and the the volume loss per distance of that steel was predicted. At first, wear tests were done in order to obtain the wear trend of the steel in different loads. Then, regarding the roughness of the disk surface, a finite element model was built to simulate the sliding of the pin surface over the asperities... 

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a multidisciplinary emerging research field. SHM assesses the health state of the structure through processing and interpreting of signals and can predict remain life of the structure. Damage detection with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors (PWAS) is one of the effective and emerging methods of SHM. One of the most critical parts of aerial structures is lap joints in which SHM could be very effective. In this research, damage detection of lap joints using lamb wave propagation has been studied. A 3D model of an aluminum lap joint presented. The PWAS are modeled separately and bonded to the host structure and coupled electromechanically with the... 

Health monitoring of historic structures because of their cultural and economic importance is of great interest; also modeling and investigating the behavior of these structures is needed in rehabilitation procedures. Soltaniye Dome is one of the important masterpieces of Persian-Islamic historic architecture which is constructed during 14th century (1302-1312 AD). The Soltaniye building has an octagonal framework and a great dome. The dome has a diameter of 25 meters and total height of structure is about 54 meters.In this study, the macro modeling of Soltaniye building is performed using finite element software. In order to verify the modeled structure, ambient vibration tests are... 

Existing design methods for steel frames has been improved over the last three decades in order to incorporate the behavior of semi-rigid steel connections in furtherance of frame design and since the analysis and design of structures is often done based on the assumption of completely rigid or pinned behavior,therefore, the actual behavior of connections and their modeling can help to understand the actual behavior of structures.Knowledge of the initial rotational stiffness of the connection is important for elastic analysis of structures. Investigations show that structures with semi-rigid connections have many features which are the causes to prefer these kinds of connections to the... 

Thermal analysis of concrete arch dams is always an important issue in designig these enormous concrete structures. The reason this issue mainly concerns arch dams and not gravity dams is because of little thickness of arch dams which makes them prone to cracking due to thermal loading. To solve any thermal problem we need boundary conditions. In arch dam case, these boundaries are the temperature of the upstream and downstream face of the dam which, depending on circumstances, can be in touch with water or air. Estimating air temperature is a fairly easy task when you have monthly mean temperatures. The challenging part is defining water temperature in any depth of the reservoir whenever we... 

Nowadays, the structural health monitoring is considered as an essential element in improving the performance of the structures. The role and importance of the issues in this area have been reached to the point that different ideas and policies are developed for the safety margin over the useful life of the structures. To analyze more accurately, a real model of a turbine blade is required. This issue would be taken into more consideration when the scale of the turbine gets larger. Changing of the design philosophies over time results in effective changes in the design process and maintenance procedures. Any single of these inspections has different importance according to users' demands. In... 

Connections have a crucial role in the behavior of every structure. Amongst various types of connections used in steel structures are those used to connect the columns to the foundations, namely Base Plates. As other types of connections, base plates control the behavior of the structure in various respects including affecting the effective length of columns. The main task of any base plate is to distribute the forces of the column on the foundation in such a manner that the stresses in concrete are below their allowable values. Different configurations, with or without various attachments, are used for designing the base plates hence achieving various types of behavior with various levels... 

Spine column is the most important musculoskeletal structures. One of the serious health problems in societies, especially among aged population is osteoporosis. Loss of bone density in bone structures is called osteoporosis which increases the risk of fracture due to a decrease of bone stiffness and bone strength. Spine is the most common sites for osteoporosis-related fractures. Current assessment of osteoporosis status is based on bone densitometry tools like QCT (Quantitative Computed Tomography) or DEXA (Dual Energy X-ray absorptiometry). With these methods it is only possible to estimate density without any consideration the morphology of trabecular making parts like rods and plates.... 

Due to the important role of base plates, both in transferring forces from the structure to the foundation, and also in transferring vibrations from soil to the structure, it is necessary to have sufficient knowledge on their behaviour and performance under monotonic and cyclic loading regimes. In fact, the behaviour of the supports of any structure cannot be identified without identifying the behaviour of its base plates. Numerous configurations with/without various types of attachments have been proposed and used for base plates. In this work, altogether six commonly-used types of base plates were studied and their behaviour under monotonic and cyclic loadings was obtained using commercial... 

The phenomenon of aging causes a great deal of damage to the airborne structures for which there is a specific maintenance instruction, or if an unexpected damage occurs in specific area of a structure, this damage must be repaired and a special repair process must be designed for it. However, due to the diversity of damages and also variations of the implemented loads, the load is transferred to other structural elements, hence, it is necessary to extend the life of the structure in order to identify these loaded elements and reinforce the applied forces. First, this phenomenon involves a design of a large number of metal patches, where a large number of drills have to be made in the body... 

There is a large, at times contradictory body of investigations relating low back pain and spinal curvature in sagittal plane. The previous studies have not been subject-specified, and they have not considered the active tissues in the models. The mechanical load has a significant impact on the prevalence of low back pain and the geometry of lumbar spine in the sagittal plane is one of the most important characteristics in determining the load sharing of the spine. Thus, it is essential to know how the geometry load affects the load sharing of the lumbar spine. As a matter of fact, the purpose of this project is to know how the geometry of the lumbar spine affects the load sharing. Thus,... 

The present study looks into the fracture of perforated steel plates and their sensitivity in ductile fracture. It also examines the effects of strain rise phenomenon in these specimens. The main employed fracture model is VGM, which was first introduced by Rice and Tracey, and later enhanced by Kanvinde et al.. The general methodology includes finite element simulation and lab experiments on perforated plates, to determine ductility, strain concentration in hole periphery and model sensitivity. Fot thid purpose 86 steel sheet specimen with different holes and cuts were manufactured and tested. With the acquired data, the impact of strain concentration on the load carrying capabilities and...