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Samhället växer, därmed krävs det flera byggnader som uppfyller våra behov. Överalltbyggs det fler bostäder, industrihallar, lager, broar, skolor, sjukhus m.m. Det kommersäkerligen fortsätta byggas och renoveras i framtiden. För att bygga, underhålla ochrenovera byggnader krävs byggnadsmaterial i stora mängder och detta kan i sin turpåverka miljön på många olika sätt.  Detta arbete studerar hållbarhetsaspekterna med byggandet idag och i framtiden. Arbetetredovisar även möjligheterna som finns och kan utvecklas för att bygga mer hållbart,bland annat redovisas olika lösningar för återbruk och återvinning av prefabriceradebetongkonstruktioner som byggnader, betongelement och kopplingar. Det är viktigt atthitta fler hållbara lösningar för användning av byggnader och byggnadselement för attminska miljöpåverkan av nyproduktion. Studien leder till att identifiera exempel på olikametoder som används idag för att återvinna och återbruka materialet samt vilka krav somfinns och kan sättas i framtiden för att utveckla arbetet med hållbarhet inom prefab.  Rapporten visar vilka för- och nackdelar det finns med att bygga med prefab och merhållbara metoder. Arbetet redovisar vilka svårigheter som finns och kan bemästras påvägen för att skapa detta. Detta görs baserat på en internationell litteraturstudie om arbetetmed hållbara konstruktioner i några delar av världen. Rapporten stöds även av svenskaföretag som ställde upp för intervjuer och en fallstudie som studenterna utfört.Litteraturstudien redovisar försök som gjorts i Tyskland, Finland och Storbritannien ochger inblick i hur det jobbas internationellt med hållbarhet och montering/demontering avprefabricerade element.   Den yttersta formen för återbruk av betongkonstruktioner är självklart återanvändning avhela byggnaden. Om möjligheten för återbruk av byggnaden inte finns, då blir nästa stegatt demontera byggnaden. Vid demontering tas det hänsyn till att så stora delar avkonstruktionen som möjligt ska utnyttjas. Målet för att skapa ett mer hållbart samhälleoch byggnation är att återanvända/återvinna byggmaterialen särskilt betongkonstruktioneri så stor utsträcning som möjligt.   För att få förståelse för hur möjlighet för återbruk genom demontering görs så studeradesde kopplingar som är vanligast förekommande idag. För- och nackdelar med följandekopplingar har nämnts. Kopplingarna är bland annat bultade-, svetsade-, sammangjutna-(våta) och armerade- (våta) infästningar. Fallstudien var utgångspunkten för att studerakopplingar.  Det visar sig att det finns flera sätt för att arbeta mer hållbart inom byggbranchen.Resultatet visar att det vanligast förekommande inom branschen idag är att krossaelementet och separera de ingående materialen som isolering, armeringen m.m. Det ärinte vanligt hos företag idag att återanvända/ återbruka hela element i en annan byggnadeller att behålla elementen och återsälja dem efter byggnadens livslängs. Vid försäljningav t.ex. feltillverkade element görs det till privatpersoner som använder konstruktionentill annat syfte än det ursprungliga. Återvinning av materialet i elementen är kostsamt ochdärför undviker många företag detta.  När det gäller miljö- och hållbarhetsarbetet så har företagen olika idéer, det kan vara attdem tillverkar nya konstruktioner som inte finns på marknaden ex. Solväggar. Att arbetamed EDP: er är en annan lösning samt att korta ner armering i pelare på ett sätt som intepåverkar momentkapaciteten. Dessa lösningar redovisas av svenska företag idag.   Det finns ett stort intrsse i marknaden för att bygga mer hållbart med prefabriceradebetongkonstruktioner. Dock krävs det mer regleverk för att det ska bli en del avbyggprocessen att ta hänsyn till demontering och återbruk. Det finns både verktyg ochmetoder i marknaden men det saknas en del dokumentation och erfarenheter om hur dettillämpas. / More buildings are being built for various reasons nowadays. Constructing, maintainingand renovating buildings requires building materials in large amounts and this in turn canaffect the environment in many different ways.   This work studies the sustainable aspects and consequences of construction, as well as theopportunities that can be found and can be developed to build more sustainably and findsolutions for the use of different buildings and building elements. This report focuses onexplaining and clarifying the conditions for the reuse and recycling of the entire buildingsand their prefabricated concrete elements.  The report shows the advantages of building an increasingly sustainable society,especially in the construction industry, the difficulties that exist and can be encounteredon the way to creating it. The highest proportion of recycling of concrete structures is thereuse of the entire building, if the possibility of recycling the building does not exist thenthe next step will be to dismantle the building where a large amount of elements fromstructures can be used in the best possible way.  The goal of creating a more sustainable construction society is to reuse/recycle thebuilding materials, especially concrete and the prefabricated elements. This could be donein different ways, such as crushing the element and separating it from its variousmaterials. Meanwhile this is not common in Sweden today, where companies prefer toeither reuse the entire element on another building or to keep elements and resell them tothe private market or to other companies. The recycling of the material is costly andtherefore many companies avoid doing it.  Different types of connections have been studied in this study, to enable the reuse ofprefabricated elements, the advantages and disadvantages of these connections have beenmentioned and a comparison between these has also been made. The couplings mentionedin this report include bolted fasteners, welded fasteners and cast in place (wet) fastenersand reinforced (wet) fasteners that usually occur in combination with previous couplings.Several trials and study cases have been reported, these trials have been done in differentcountries such as Germany, Finland and the United Kingdom to get a betterunderstanding into how to work internationally with sustainability and assembly ofprefabricated elements.

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To accommodate an expanding global population, a renewable raw material resource base, in conjunction with new building technologies, must be applied to the residential housing sector. Desirable characteristics of housing systems are economy, safety, environmental sustainability, durability, design flexibility and a long service life. The system should be acceptable to the end-user, consist of renewable, indigenous resources, and require a minimum investment in labor and equipment for both production and erection. The objective of this research was to develop a ready-to-assemble (RTA) framing system. Integral to the framing system is a nail plate connector, developed in this project, that laminates wood or wood composite elements into larger building components. The laminated components can be bolted together to form various structural configurations. Decisions on the development of the RTA system were structured according to an Innovation Development Decision Model (IDDP) that was constructed from previous adoption and diffusion research. The IDDP model elucidates and illustrates the innovation process from conceptual idea to product adoption. The critical issues for product acceptance include system performance in terms of safety, cost, and building code approval. The objective of the experimental portion of the research was to test the performance of the RTA connection system in specific modes and to develop a theoretical method to predict the strength of the connection. A series of experiments to quantify the shear strength and stiffness of six joint configurations assembled with the RTA connector were designed and conducted. The joints were fabricated from solid sawn lumber and three different wood-base composites. The experimental results indicated that the strength of the RTA connector in perpendicular-to-grain and parallel-to-grain orientations can be predicted from a theoretical dowel yield model. The material properties used in the yield model were adjusted for duration of load and safety. Empirical test values were within ±6.3 % of the predicted values from the theoretical model. Joint stiffness was evaluated, modeled and quantified in the linear and non-linear ranges. A structural analysis program was used to design and model a simple RTA building for realistic gravity and wind loads. The structural model was used to predict joint forces that the RTA connector must resist in-service. The computer model predictions were compared to the empirical joint test data. The results indicate that the RTA system can be designed to meet safety and serviceability criteria. A comparison between the estimated costs of a RTA building and the costs of traditional on site construction of a building of equal dimensions indicated that the RTA system is economically competitive. / Ph. D.

periments and predictions was found to be excellent around the net-section region. Although predictions for other strains were not as good, they were within the range of experimental data. Distribution of contact stresses between the pins and the hole edges was also studied. Numerical analysis suggests that the prevalent assumption of radial cosine distribution of contact stress between the pin and hole edge is in substantial error. It can also be concluded that the strength of the joint is for the most part, independent of its width, though for narrower specimens, the holes were quite highly loaded. / Master of Science

This dissertation discusses the thermomechanical analyses performed on threaded fasteners and curvilinearly stiffened composite panels with internal cutouts. The former problem was analyzed using a global/local approach using the commercial finite element software ANSYS while a fully functional code using isogeometric analysis was developed from scratch for the latter. For the threaded fasteners, a global simplified 3D model is built to evaluate the deformation of the structure. A second local model reproducing accurately the threads of the fasteners is used for the accurate assessment of the stresses in the vicinity of the fasteners. The isogeometric analysis code, capable of performing static, buckling and vibration analysis on stiffened composite plates with cutouts using single patch, multiple patches and level set methods is then discussed. A novel way to achieve displacement compatibility between the panel and stiffeners interfaces is introduced. An easy way of modeling plates with complicated cutouts by using edge curves and generating a ruled NURBS surface between them is described. Influence on the critical thermal buckling load and the fundamental mode of vibration due to the presence of circular, elliptical and complicated cutouts is also investigated. Results of parametric studies are presented which show the influence of ply orientation, size and orientation of the cutout, and the position and profile of the curvilinear stiffener. The numerical examples show high reliability and efficiency when compared with other published solutions and those obtained using ABAQUS, a commercial software. / PHD / Aircraft in flight are subjected to different loads due to maneuvers and gust; there external forces cause internal loads and depend on the location of the panel in the aircraft. The internal loads, may result in the buckling of the panel. Hence, there is a need for studying structural efficiency and develop strong and stiff lightweight structures. Stiffened composite panels is a technology capable of addressing these needs. However, when used in space vehicles moving at hypersonic speeds, such structures experience significant temperature rise in a very short time resulting from the aerodynamic heating due to friction between the vehicle surface and the atmosphere. Such phenomena is more prominent during reentry and launch processes. Hence, it is really important to consider thermal effects while designing and analyzing such structures. Composite stiffened panels have many advantages like small manufacturing cost, high stability, great energy absorption, superior damage tolerance etc. One of the main failure modes for stiffened composite panels is thermal buckling. An extensive literature review on thermal buckling of stiffened composite panels was conducted in this dissertation. Thermal buckling and vibration analysis as well as a parametric study of a stiffened composite panel with internal cutouts was conducted, and verified using ABAQUS, a Finite Element Software.

Abstract The economic growth of Taiwan was guided by small and medium enterprises; Especially Taiwan fastener industry acts an important role for Taiwan small and medium enterprises. As an old saying goes ¡§the young soldier sets up the great merit. ¡§ This is best way to describe Taiwan fastener industry. Taiwan fastener industry is playing an important part of National Development, but even government rulers ignore this. Unless you are part of Taiwan fastener industry, you can not understand that this industry is such respectable. It has been more 60 years since Taiwan launched into its name of fastener supply center. Mostly Taiwan fastener industry is small and medium enterprises. However these enterprises could not get much help from government or each other. They all fight alone. Many companies cannot survive when they meet difficulties and bottlenecks. Even companies want to help each other, integration are a big problem to them. This research is tried to discuss how Taiwan fastener industry to face China¡¦s Lower price competitive stratagem does. Author will all around discuss, analyzes and compare this topic¡§The strategic alliance will be applied between some companies of the fastener industry¡¨ to give to Taiwan fastener industry an all around competitive stratagem. Postgraduate student are working on this research not only to help running my own company but also as a Reference for Taiwan fastener industry.

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Metallurgical Engineering) 2017 / The alloy Ti-2.7Al-5.7Fe-6Mo-6V (wt%), commercially known as Timetal 125, is used as a high strength fastener in aerostructure assemblies. Very little information is available on its properties and processing, and this study investigated its consolidation from low cost elemental powders, to achieve the minimum mechanical properties for use as a high strength fastener. Reactions during alloying and its beta transus were investigated by differential thermal analysis. The α+β phase region was established to lie between 590oC and 800oC by thermal analysis, metallography and XRD. The alloy was consolidated to ~99% theoretical density by semi-centrifugal casting, and spark plasma sintering of the blended powders. Various heat treatments were undertaken, and the microstructures were evaluated by optical and scanning electron microscopy. Tensile properties, hardness and density were measured after each heat treatment, to establish the optimal combination of mechanical properties. The experimental Timetal 125 style alloy was found to be a metastable beta titanium alloy, which could be strengthened by ageing. It had a microstructure consisting of alpha grains with fine beta precipitates in the as-cast condition, while the sintered samples had acicular precipitates and larger grains, due to the unusually long period that was required to sinter the samples. The ultimate tensile strength was >1500MPa, and elongation was ~3% in the as-cast condition, thus failing to conform to the Airbus EN6116 standard’s specification for ultimate tensile strength and elongation for a high strength fastener in the as-cast or sintered condition. After annealing the castings at 900oC for 1 hour, the ultimate tensile strength decreased to ~760MPa, while elongation increased to ~15%, which still did not conform to the Airbus standard, due to the low strength. The alloy was solution-annealed at 900oC, followed by water quenching to retain a fully βTi microstructure. The minimum properties for the Airbus standard were achieved after ageing between 500oC and 590oC for 1 hour, with an ultimate tensile strength of ~1285MPa, and elongation of ~6.3%. The strengthening depended on the amount and morphology of αTi precipitates from ageing. The αTi/βTi ratio increased with increasing temperature and holding time (shown by XRD), up to 590oC where the precipitates progressively transformed to βTi. Extending isothermal holding time coarsened the precipitates, which was deleterious to strength. There was generally a positive correlation between mean grain size and temperature or holding time, although competing transformations suppressed grain growth, particularly after heat treatment close to transformation temperatures. Although grain size had an effect on the strength of the Timetal 125 style alloy, the main mechanism was precipitation hardening by the secondary αTi. Extended ageing resulted in the formation of allotriomorphic alpha titanium, and a corresponding decrease in the ultimate tensile strength. It was not possible to subject the sintered samples to tensile testing, due to their shape. However, the sintered samples were less porous and had higher Vickers’ values than the castings, suggesting they had similar, if not higher tensile strengths. The acicular precipitates in the sintered samples were possibly martensite or omega titanium (ωTi, Pearson symbol hP3 and space group P6/mmm) although they were too fine to be detected by X-ray diffraction and too fine analyse separately by energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry. / MT 2017

Este trabalho consiste numa revisão bibliográfica sobre ligações em estruturas de aço. Inicialmente são abordados os dispositivos de ligação, enfatizando os tipos e as características estruturais dos conectores, os processos de soldagem mais empregados nas estruturas de aço e suas implicações. A seguir são apresentados os aspectos mais importantes sobre o comportamento estrutural de parafusos e soldas e a avaliação da resistência com base na norma brasileira NBR 8800 e nas principais normas estrangeiras aplicáveis. Finalmente, são apresentados e discutidos os modelos teóricos clássicos usualmente empregados para a avaliação de solicitações em ligações parafusadas e soldadas. / This work gives a reference review on steel structure connections. First, connection designs are discussed, emphasizing the types of fasteners, their characteristics, the most common employed welding processes for steel structures and the technical implications. It is also presented the most important aspects regarding the structural behaviour of bolts, welds and the strength evaluation based on the Brazilian code NBR 8800, as well as on the main known foreign codes. Finally the classical theoretical analysis often adopted for the evaluation of welded and bolted connections are presented and discussed.