Can a damage be simulated using springs ?

fro a large structure, can we assign springs to an element for a damage simulation

02 March 2015 8,429 1 View

How can I use a composite material/ carbon fiber in retrofitting/rehabilitation of steel columns?

The theory of retrofitting steel structure with composite materials/Carbon fiber, the material characteristic, the advantages or disadvantages that we can get. Any idea/document that may help....

01 February 2015 9,411 7 View

How to programme damage structure or a crack using matlab ?

Modelization using MATLAB is quite powerful, can I simulate a damage structure by removing an element and run the analysis? But if I would like to simulate an actual crack, any ideas?

01 February 2015 3,157 8 View

What's the difference between, deterministic and probabilistic methods ? So the semi-probabilistic and probabilistic ?

31 December 2014 9,683 3 View

International Conference of Steel Construction and Mixed at Tlemcen, on 12th and 13th October 2015, would anyone be interested ?

31 December 2014 5,388 0 View

Is anyone familiar with dynamic simulations using newmark in Matlab ?

How can I apply the newmark method for a bridge truss using Matlab the simplest way (I'm a beginner ,don't have much skills in matlab) ?

31 December 2014 2,521 6 View

How can I measure a reliability index for civil engineering structures?

31 December 2014 5,973 12 View

Is anyone familiar with the reinforcement of a steel beam ?

If a beam is damaged, corroded or cracked, how could be reinforced ?

31 December 2014 1,945 9 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

20 June 2021 0 0 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

Irradiation data for JAPAN?

Hi, Could you help me to get the latest (2019, 2020) solar resource data for a particular site in JAPAN? PV GIS and NSRDB data are not in reach to JAPAN, I'm looking for some other database for...

03 March 2021 961 3 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View