A large magnitude, long duration subduction earthquake is impending in the Pacific Northwest, which lies near the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ). Great subduction zone earthquakes are the largest earthquakes in the world and are the sole source zones that can produce earthquakes greater than M8.5. Additionally, the increased duration of a CSZ earthquake may result in more structural damage than expected. Given such seismic hazard, the assessment of reinforced concrete substructures has become crucial in order to prioritize the bridges that may need to be retrofitted and to maintain the highway network operable after a major seismic event. Recent long duration subduction earthquakes occurred in Maule, Chile (Mw 8.8, 2010) and Tohoku, Japan (Mw 9.0, 2011) are a reminder of the importance of studying the effect of subduction ground motions on structural performance. For this purpose, the seismic performance of substandard circular reinforced concrete bridge columns was experimentally evaluated using shake table tests by comparing the column response from crustal and subduction ground motions. Three continuous reinforced columns and three lap-spliced columns were tested using records from 1989 Loma Prieta, 2010 Maule and 2011 Tohoku. The results of the large-scale experiments and numerical studies demonstrated that the increased duration of subduction ground motions affects the displacement capacity and can influence the failure mode of bridge columns. Furthermore, more damage was recorded under the subduction ground motions as compared to similar maximum deformations under the crustal ground motion. The larger number of plastic strain cycles imposed by subduction ground motions influence occurrence of reinforcement bar buckling at lower displacement compared to crustal ground motions. Moreover, based on the experimental and numerical results, subduction zone ground motion effects are considered to have a significant effect on the performance of bridge columns. Therefore, it is recommended to consider the effects of subduction zone earthquakes in the performance assessment of substandard bridges, or when choosing ground motions for nonlinear time-history analysis, especially in regions prone to subduction zone mega earthquakes. Finally, for substandard bridges not yet retrofitted or upgraded seismically, the following performance limit recommendation is proposed: for the damage state of collapse, which is related to the ODOT's Life Safety performance level, the maximum strain in the longitudinal reinforcement should be reduced from 0.09 (in./in.) to a value of 0.032 (in./in.) for locations where subduction zone earthquakes are expected, to take into consideration the occurrence of bar buckling.

Ductility is a measure of the ability of a material, section, structural element or structural system to sustain deformations prior to collapse without substantial loss of resistance. The Australian design standard, AS 3600, imposes minimum ductility requirements on structural concrete members to try to prevent premature non-ductile failure and hence to ensure adequate strength and ductile-type collapse with large deflections. The requirements also enable members to resist imposed deformation due to differential settlement, time effects on the concrete and temperature effects, whilst ensuring sufficient carrying capacity and a safe design. Current AS 3600 requirements allow a limited increase or reduction in elastically determined bending moments in critical regions of indeterminate beams, accommodating their ability to redistribute moment from highly stressed regions to other parts of the beam. Design moment redistribution limits and ductility requirements in AS 3600 for bonded partially prestressed beams are a simple extension of the requirements for reinforced members. The possibility of premature non-ductile failure occurring by fracture of the reinforcement or prestressing steel in partially prestressed members has not adequately addressed. The aim of this research is to investigate the overload behaviour and deformation capacity of bonded post-tensioned beams. The current ductility requirements and design moment redistribution limits according to AS 3600 are tested to ensure designs are both safe and economical. A local flexural deformation model based on the discrete cracked block approach is developed to predict the deformation capacity of high moment regions. The model predicts behaviour from an initial uncracked state through progressive crack development into yielding and collapse. Local deformations are considered in the model using non-linear material laws and local slip behaviour between steel and concrete interfaces, with rigorous definition of compatibility in the compression and tension zones. The model overcomes limitations of past discrete cracked block models by ensuring compatibility of deformation, rather than strain compatibility. This improvement allows the modeling of members with multiple layers of tensile reinforcement and variable depth prestressing tendons having separate material and bond properties. An analysis method for simple and indeterminate reinforced and partially prestressed members was developed, based on the proposed deformation model. To account for the effect of shear in regions of high moment and shear present over the interior supports of a continuous beam, a modification to the treatment of local steel deformation in the flexural model, based on the truss analogy, was undertaken. Secondary reactions and moments due to prestress and continuity are also accounted for in the analysis. A comparison of past beam test data and predictions by the analysis shows the cracking pattern and deformation capacity at ultimate of flexural regions in reinforced and partially prestressed members to be predicted with high accuracy. The analysis method accurately predicts local steel behaviour over a cracked region and deformation capacity for a wide range of beams which fail either by fracture of steel or crushing of the concrete. A parametric study is used to investigate the influence of different parameters on the deformation capacity of a typical negative moment region in a continuous beam. The structural system consists of a bonded post-tensioned, partially prestressed band beam. The primary parameters investigated are the member height and span-to-depth ratio; relative quantity of reinforcing and prestressing steel; material properties and bond capacity of the steels; and lastly the compression zone properties. Results show that the effects of the various parameters on the overload behaviour of partially prestressed beams follow the same trends as reinforced beams. A new insight into the local steel behaviour between cracks is attained. The deformation behaviour displays different trends for parametric variations of the local bond capacity, bar diameter and crack spacing, when compared to past analytical predictions from comparable studies. The discrepancy in findings is traced back to the definition of the plastic rotation capacity and the sequencing of the yielding of the steels. Compared to the other local deformation models, the current model does not assume a linear distribution of strain at a crack. The current findings highlight an important difference between predicted behaviours from different deformation compatibility requirements in local deformation models which has not yet been discussed in the literature. The local deformation model evaluates the relationship between maximum steel strain at a crack and average steel deformation over a crack spacing for the entire loading history. The total steel percentage, hardening properties of the steel and concrete strength are shown by the model to have the greatest effect on these steel strain localisation factors. Section analysis, as currently used in design, can be improved with the proposed simplification of the relationships to identify and quantify the effects of steel fracture on deformation capacity and strength. The numerical effort required to simulate the overload behaviour of practical beam designs with multiple reinforcement elements and a prestressing tendon are currently too great to be used in an extensive numerical study. The numerically more efficient smeared block approach is shown to accurately predict the ultimate carrying capacity of prestressed beams failing by crushing of the concrete. Consequently, this method is adopted to study the allowable limits of moment redistribution in the present investigation, Simplified relationships of the steel strain localisation factors evaluated in the parametric study of deformation capacity is used to predict maximum steel strains and premature failure. The limits of moment redistribution in bonded, post-tensioned partially prestressed band beams are explored by comparing the design load and predicted carrying capacity, for different section ductilities and design moment redistribution. In addition, the effects of different concrete strengths, up to 85 MPa, along with as three reinforcing and prestressing steel ductilities are quantified and compared to current Australian and international design requirements. Limitations in the carrying capacity are investigated for different reinforcement and prestress uniform elongation capacities. More than one thousand beam simulations produce results showing that current design moment redistribution and ductility requirements in the Australian design code for concrete structures (AS 3600) are sufficient for normal strength concretes (less than 50 MPa). A suggestion for design moment redistribution limits, section ductility requirements and steel ductility limits is made for members constructed from higher strength concretes. A special high steel ductility class is proposed for both the reinforcement and prestressing steel to allow moment redistribution in higher strength concrete. No moment redistribution is proposed for members reinforced with low ductility (Class L) steel. An increase of the current elongation limit of Class L steel from 1.5 % to 2.5% is suggested to ensure strength and safety. An increase in the current ductility requirements from fsu/ fsy=1.03 and elongation equal to 1.5% to fsu/fsy=1.05 and 2.5% elongation for low ductility Class L steel is suggested to ensure strength and safety. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004.

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The objective of this study is to formulate a general 3D material-structural analysis framework for the thermomechanical behavior of steel-concrete structures in a fire environment. The proposed analysis framework consists of three modeling parts: fire dynamics simulation, heat transfer analysis, and a thermomechanical stress analysis of the structure. The first modeling part consists of applying the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) fire dynamics simulator (FDS) where coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) with thermodynamics are combined to model the fire progression within the steel-concrete structure. The goal is to generate the spatial-temporal (ST) solution variables (temperature, heat flux) on the surfaces of the structure. The FDS-ST solutions are generated in a discrete numerical form. Continuous FDS-ST approximations are then developed to represent the temperature or heat-flux at any given time or point within the structure. An extensive numerical study is carried out to examine the best ST approximation functions that strike a balance between accuracy and simplicity. The second modeling part consists of a finite-element (FE) transient heat analysis of the structure using the continuous FDS-ST surface variables as prescribed thermal boundary conditions. The third modeling part is a thermomechanical FE structural analysis using both nonlinear material and geometry. The temperature history from the second modeling part is used at all nodal points. The ABAQUS FE code is used with newly developed external user subroutines for the second and third simulation parts. The main objective is to describe the nonlinear temperature-dependency of the specific heat of concrete materials, especially high-strength concretes, that drastically affects their transient thermal solution. New algorithms are also developed to apply the continuous FDS-ST surface nodal boundary conditions in the transient heat FE analysis. The proposed modeling framework is applied to predict the temperature and deflection of the well-documented Cardington fire tests and to predict the time-to-collapse of the recent Oakland bridge fire caused by a fuel-truck accident.

Bibliography: leaves 140-144. / xix, 156 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Determines the effect of partial-interaction and interfacial friction on the fatigue behaviour of composite bridge beams and develops a set of design rules for the assessment of the residual strength and performance of composite bridge beams. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1999

Este Trabalho, baseado nas determinações da norma ISO 15686, apresenta e discute um método determinístico, o Método dos Fatores (MF), que permite estimar a vida útil de materiais e componentes e planejar a periodicidade necessária de manutenção e substituição dos referidos materiais e componentes. A precisão das estimativas desse método foi analisada, neste Trabalho. Uma Equação Alternativa para estimar a vida útil, também, foi desenvolvida, usando regressão linear múltipla (RLM), derivada do MF pertencente a ISO 15686-1. A RLM é, largamente, usada para avaliar ou estimar produtos que interajam com variáveis independentes. Finalmente, a supra mencionada Equação Alternativa foi utilizada para comparar os resultados aleatórios de suas estimativas com os resultados aleatórios das estimativas do MF. Analisando os exemplos do Capítulo 4, constatou-se que o Método dos Fatores é muito importante para estimar a vida útil de materiais e componentes, e a Equação Alternativa, também. Foram efetuados dois estudos de casos diferentes. No primeiro caso as vidas úteis totais de três estruturas de concreto que colapsaram foram estimadas. Primeiro a vida útil total de um edifício similar ao que colapsou na Região Metropolitana do Recife (PE), depois a vida útil total da varanda de um prédio, construído na Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (RJ) usando o MF e a Equação Alternativa. Finalmente, foi feita, também a estimativa da vida útil total do embasamento e superestrutura de prédios do tipo caixão (exemplo n4), que colapsaram na Região Metropolitana do Recife, usando o Método Delphi em conjunto com o Método dos Fatores. No segundo caso, foram feitas as estimativas das vidas úteis de uma janela de madeira mole, usando ambos o MF e a Equação Alternativa. As demais estimativas de vida útil das outras estruturas de concreto foram conseguidas da mesma forma. As estimativas de vida útil total do primeiro caso se aproximaram dos casos reais estudados, apesar de as equações apresentadas neste Trabalho terem sido desenvolvidas, exclusivamente, para estimar a vida útil de materiais e componentes, provando, assim, a potencialidade das estimativas. / This Work, based on parts of the ISO 15686, presents and discuss about a deterministic method, Factor Method (FM), that permits to predict material service life and their components and planning their maintenance and replacement necessary periodicity. The precision of the estimates of this method was analyzed in this Work, and an alternative equation to evaluate service life was developed, using multiple linear regression (MLR), derived from FM pertaining to ISO 15686-1 and especially the Factor Method. The MLR is broadly used to evaluate products that interact with independents variables. Finally, this alternative equation was used to compare its estimate random results with the FM random ones. After evaluating the examples on chapter 4, the Author noticed that the Factor Method is very important to estimate service life of materials and components and the alternative equation too. Two case studies were done in this Work, in the first case the total service life of three collapsed structures were estimated. First a concrete structure similar to a building that was located in the Metropolitan Area of Recife (Brazil) and then the total service life of an balcony from a building located at the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) using both the Factor Method and the alternative equation, and finally the total service life of the basement and superstructure of specific buildings called box from the Metropolitan Region of Recife using the Delphi Method together with the Factor Method was realized too. In the second case, the service life estimation of a softwood window was done using the FM and the alternative equation, other estimations of service life were done the same way by using the alternative equation and the FM. Despite the equations presented in this Work have been developed specifically to estimate service life of materials and components, the estimates showed that the precision of the total service life of the first case approximated to the real case studies, proving the potentiality of the methods

Att en byggnadsdel kan vara i behov av en förstärkning är inte ovanligt i dagsläget. Det kan handla om ett bjälklag som kommer utsättas för mer last då verksamheten ändras från bostad till kontorslandskap. Alternativa lösningar till att förstärka en sådan konstruktion skulle antingen vara att införa stålbalkar och pelare eller gjuta på det befintliga bjälklaget. Det som få konstruktörer och entreprenörer tänker på är att en kolfiberlösning kan vara ett smidigare alternativ. Examensarbetes syfte är att undersöka om kolfiberförstärkningar kan konkurrera med traditionella förstärkningsmetoder. Lyfta fram för-och nackdelar för samtliga förstärkningsmetoder och väga dem mot varandra utifrån en beräkningssynpunkt och utförandemässigt. Metoder för att få en bra förståelse för hur kolfiber höjer böjmomentkapaciteten är laboration med provtryckningar samt beräkningar på ett verkligt broprojekt. I båda fallen har kolfiberlösningen jämförts med traditionella lösningar. Arbetets resultat visar att kolfiberförstärkningar kan, i många fall, ersätta traditionella förstärkningsmetoder. Detta på grund av sin lätta vikt och höga draghållfasthet som gör det möjligt att på ett effektivt sätt höja böjmomentkapaciten hos byggnadsdelar. Enligt laborationen gav kolfiberförstärkningen ungefär samma procentuella ökning i hållfasthet som en plattstålförstärkning. / A building part could need a reinforcement. It could be a system of joists that are soon going to be loaded with heavier loads when business is changing from residence to an office. The alternate solution to reinforce that kind of construction would be with steel beams and columns or increase the height of the floor with more concrete. What few constructors and contractors know are the solution with carbon fiber reinforcement could be a better alternative. The purpose of the thesis is to study if carbon fiber reinforcement could compete with traditional reinforcement methods. From a calculating and a work-related perspective the project will underline the pro and cons with all of the reinforcement methods. To demonstrate how carbon fiber increase the bending moment capacity have lab and calculation of a real bridge project been executed. In both cases have a carbon fiber solution been compared with traditional reinforcement methods. The result of the thesis shows that carbon fiber reinforcement could replace traditional methods in many cases. The pros with the carbon fiber reinforcement is the light weight and high tensile strength that makes it possible, on an efficient way, increase the bending moment capacity in a building part. The thesis lab result shows that a carbon fiber reinforcement does have the same percentage increase in strength as a flat steel reinforcement.

The assignment for the diplomatic work was mentioned in the technological project of the Vila Park in Olomouc. The task was to mention the underground floor of the 2nd dilatation and the building of the apartment house B7 with three floors, which is connected via the basement communication. The content of the technical report in the construction technology project, broader relationships, land-use planning, timeable, equipment design, machine assembly design, technological prescription of waterproof concrete construction, control and test plan, plan and item budget.

The subject of the diploma thesis is to study architectural security prison in Brno. Prisons are devices filling the disqualification of persons who have committed anti-social acts of a society that considers freedom and freedom of movement for one of the highest social values. The site is located in the outskirts of Brno, Brno-Slatina. The main idea is the use of the buildings that already by the expression appropriate for the application. There are prison blocks that are strictly brutalism and on the other hand, there are buildings that its minimalist ventilated façade suggests a more liberal regime. The whole composition is supported park with a chapel, in which each view change regularity rigorous imprisonment.

The subject of the diploma thesis is to architectural study of new security prison in Brno. Prisons are devices filling the disqualification of persons who have committed anti-social acts of a society that considers freedom and freedom of movement for one of the highest social values. The site is located in Propojený obrázek nelze zo brazit. Příslušný soub or byl pravděpodobně přesunut, přejmenován nebo odstraněn . Ověřte, zda propojení odkazuje na sp ráv ný so ubor a umístění. the outskirts of Brno, Brno-Slatina. The main idea is to use clear communication connections between the buildings, which are structured according to the appropriate method of use; its structurally functional organization and clearly indicate its operating mode. Harmony of the whole is then expressed by a suitable composition of objects and surfaces areal vegetation, where the area according to the scheme uniformly distributed and completed at the close of the outdoor sports area.