Modelling the post-cracking behaviour of steel fibre reinforced concrete for structural design purposes

With the increasing number of applications in practice, the demand for standardised test methods and design rules for Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) arises. Test methods need to be practical, which means that they have to be relatively cheap and simple to carry out. Design models should be easy to use and reliable. This paper presents a...

Human error probability assessment for functional control groups in the process industry

Probabilistic analysis of the Stussi-Kollbrunner paradox

In most text books on Plasticity Theory a reference is made to the famous tests performed by Stiissi and Kollbrunner in 1935. The test object was a continuous beam on four supports, loaded by a concentrated point load halfway the central span. According to a straight forward application of the theory of plasticity the load carrying capacity of...

Reliability Related Research on Plastic IC-Packages: A Test Chip Approach : A Research in the Development of Silicon Test Dies for Measurement and Comparison of Molded IC-Package Reliability, Een onderzoek gericht op de ontwikkeling van silicium test-chips geschikt voor het meten en vergelijken van de bedrijfszekerheid van plastic IC omhullingen

Cyclic compression of imperfect steel plates