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Apostolidis, P. (author), Liu, X. (author), Scarpas, Athanasios (author), Kasbergen, C. (author), van de Ven, Martin (author)Induction heating technique is an innovative asphalt pavement maintenance method that is applied to inductive asphalt concrete mixes in order to prevent the formation of macro-cracks by increasing locally the temperature of asphalt. The development of asphalt mixes with improved electrical and thermal properties is crucial in terms of...journal article 2016
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Song, X. (author), Liu, D. (author), Polinder, H. (author), Mijatovic, Nenad (author), Holbøll, Joachim (author), Jensen, Bogi Bech (author)Direct drive high temperature superconducting (HTS) wind turbine generators have been proposed to tackle challenges for ever increasing wind turbine ratings. Due to smaller reactances in HTS generators, higher fault currents and larger transient torques could occur if sudden short circuits happen at generator terminals. In this paper, a finite...journal article 2017
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Wang, Qian (author), Fang, Gang (author), Zhao, Ying Hong (author), Zhou, J. (author)Optimized stent pattern design can effectively enhance the mechanical performance of magnesium alloy stents by adjusting strain distribution and evolution during stent deformation, thereby overcoming the limitations imposed by the intrinsic mechanical properties of magnesium alloys. In the present study, a new stent design pattern for...journal article 2018
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Sharma, Rahul (author), Zhang, J. (author), Langelaar, Matthijs (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author)In this paper, we propose a stress recovery procedure for low-order finite elements in 3D. For each finite element, the recovered stress field is obtained by satisfying equilibrium in an average sense and by projecting the directly calculated stress field onto a conveniently chosen space. Compared with existing recovery techniques, the...journal article 2018
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Schormans, Matthew (author), Valente, V. (author), Demosthenous, Andreas (author)Wireless power transfer systems, particularly those based on inductive coupling, provide an increasingly attractive method to safely deliver power to biomedical implants. Although there exists a large body of literature describing the design of inductive links, it generally focuses on single aspects of the design process. There is a variety...journal article 2018
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van Dongen, B.R. (author), van Oostrum, A. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)Progressive damage analysis of composite structures remains problematic, holding back the full potential of these materials. Widely used continuum damage models feature a heuristical stiffness reduction to reflect damage, resulting in an unrealistic representation of damage patterns. To the end of a more realistic failure representation, this...journal article 2018
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Wang, Sihao (author), He, Jun (author), Liu, Yuqing (author), Li, Chuanxi (author), Xin, H. (author)Composite girder with corrugated steel web is one of the promising concrete-steel hybrid structures with superior properties and cost effectiveness widely applied in highway and railway bridges. The connection between concrete slabs and corrugated steel web is an important part of such composite structure. In order to improve pouring quality...journal article 2018
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Denny, Jason (author), Veale, Kirsty (author), Adali, Sarp (author), Leverone, F.K. (author)The concept of the composite monocoque chassis has been implemented in many vehicle designs; however, there is limited open literature defining the process of simulating a composite monocoque chassis. The purpose of this research is to develop a composite monocoque chassis by analysing its structural integrity through an iterative finite...journal article 2018
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Tran, Anh Tuan (author), Bernspång, Lars (author), Veljkovic, M. (author), Rebelo, Carlos (author), Da Silva, Luís Simõ ões (author)This paper describes a study of the behaviour of cold-formed high strength steel angles. Thirty-six specimens with different cold-formed angles (90°, 100°, 120°, 140°, 160°, and 170°) and different thicknesses (4 mm and 6 mm) were considered. The initial geometric imperfections of the specimens were determined using the 3D laser scanning...journal article 2019
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Tran, Anh Tuan (author), Bernspång, Lars (author), Veljkovic, M. (author), Rebelo, Carlos (author), da Silva, Luís Simões (author)This paper describes a study of the S650 high strength steel material properties including the effect of cold-formed angle. Coupon specimens with different cold-formed angles (90°, 100°, 120°, 140°, 160°and 180°) and different thicknesses (4 mm and 6 mm) were examined. Relationships between cold-formed angle and yield stress as well as...journal article 2019
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Varkey, D. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author)An improved semi-analytical method for calculating the reliability of 3D slopes with spatially varying shear strength parameters is proposed. The response of an existing semi-analytical method has been compared with that of the computationally more intensive, but more general, random finite element method (RFEM), demonstrating that the simpler...journal article 2019
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Zhang, Youyou (author), Liu, Yuqing (author), Xin, H. (author), He, Jun (author)Steel-concrete composite high bridge pier has been applied increasingly in China and around the world. Most applied steel type in the composite piers are H-shaped steel and steel pipe, while seldom research or practice is associated with angle steel. This paper conducted parametric study on the composite column with equal-leg angle steel and...journal article 2019
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Agar Ozbek, Ayda Safak (author), Weerheijm, J. (author), van Breugel, K. (author)In this work, findings of a numerical study performed to investigate the impact behavior of porous concrete, modeled as a four phase cementitious composite consisting of aggregates, cement paste, interfacial transition zones (ITZ) and air, are presented. The numerical analyses contributed to the process of designing a special type of concrete...journal article 2019
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Eigenraam, P. (author), Borgart, A. (author), Chilton, John (author), Li, Qingpeng (author)This paper presents a detailed structural analysis of a bubble shell engineered by Heinz Isler. Through 3D scanning the geometry of this shell structure has become available to the authors. Structural analysis has not been possible before since the geometry of the shell was not available. The bubble shell was Isler’s most built type of shell. In...journal article 2020
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Charitos, Ilias (author), Drougkas, A. (author), Kontou, Evagelia (author)In the present work, the effective elastic modulus of carbon nanotube (CNT) polymer nanocomposites has been evaluated through micromechanics modeling and finite element analysis (FEA). In the micromechanics model, the inherent trend of CNTs to aggregate is taken into account, considering a two-phase material system, that of the matrix with the...journal article 2020
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Wang, L. (author), Wang, Ping (author), Chen, Rong (author), Li, S. (author), Li, Z. (author)Embedded rail system (ERS) is a new type of track structure with many advantages due to its continuous rail support. The rapid development of urban rail transit all over the world renders its application prospect broad. However, the cracks and debonds in ERS present a threat to the traffic safety and a possibility for high maintenance costs....journal article 2020
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Liu, Rong (author), Zhao, Hao (author), Feng, Zhiqiang (author), Xin, H. (author), Liu, Yuqing (author)The headed stud connectors are widely used in a variety of innovative engineering applications of the infrastructure sector. The fatigue life of headed studs is significantly affected by the residual stress introduced from welding procedures. It is very important to develop a reliable numerical method to predict the fatigue performance of...journal article 2020
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Verma, Amrit Shankar (author), Jiang, Zhiyu (author), Ren, Zhengru (author), Gao, Zhen (author), Vedvik, Nils Petter (author)Most wind turbine blades are assembled piece-by-piece onto the hub of a monopile-type offshore wind turbine using jack-up crane vessels. Despite the stable foundation of the lifting cranes, the mating process exhibits substantial relative responses amidst blade root and hub. These relative motions are combined effects of wave-induced monopile...journal article 2020
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Raimondo, A. (author), Doesburg, S.A. (author), Bisagni, C. (author)In this work, an approach based on the Virtual Crack Closure Technique, included in the commercial finite element code ABAQUS, is adopted to study the propagation of delamination in composite structures under quasi-static and fatigue loads. The methodology, originally capable of simulating only delamination under quasi-static loads, has...journal article 2020
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Verma, Amrit Shankar (author), Jiang, Zhiyu (author), Gao, Zhen (author), Vedvik, Nils Petter (author)Single-blade installation is a conventional method for installing blades on monopile-type offshore wind turbines. A jack-up crane vessel is commonly used, and individual blades are lifted to the tower top height and mated with the hub. The relative motions between the hub and blade root during the mating phase, partly due to wind-induced...journal article 2020