Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Em Fortaleza, a utilizaÃÃo de lajes nervuradas de concreto armado em edifÃcios de mÃltiplos pavimentos à bem difundida, sendo essas edificaÃÃes destinadas as mais diversas finalidades, como academias, supermercados, estacionamentos e unidades residenciais. Esse tipo de laje surgiu como uma alternativa para se vencer grandes vÃos e reduzir o peso prÃprio das estruturas. Assim como as estruturas evoluÃram, o comportamento das pessoas tambÃm foi se adaptando Ãs modernidades. Hoje em dia à muito comum equipamentos de ginÃstica portÃteis residenciais, como bicicletas ergomÃtricas, pequenas camas elÃsticas, entre outros. à notÃrio que tambÃm ocorreu uma disseminaÃÃo de academias de ginÃstica em Shopping Centers, em pequenos centros comerciais e atà em edifÃcios residenciais. AlÃm do mais, nÃo à sà a atividade aerÃbica que pode gerar vibraÃÃes em lajes. Outras atividades tambÃm podem, tais como uma simples reuniÃo entre amigos para assistir a uma partida de futebol, crianÃas brincando, entre outros. O problema à que essas vibraÃÃes podem causar incÃmodo nas pessoas, dÃvidas a respeito da seguranÃa da estrutura, desplacamento de pisos e atÃ, dependendo da intensidade das vibraÃÃes, risco de colapso. Portanto, o objetivo deste trabalho à analisar o comportamento dinÃmico de lajes nervuradas de concreto armado quando submetidas a aÃÃes humanas rÃtmicas. Para tal, sÃo realizados estudos paramÃtricos, utilizando o programa computacional SAP 2000 â v.14 (CSI, 2008). As lajes sÃo modeladas por elementos finitos sÃlidos tridimensionais, a fim de obter naturalmente a excentricidade entre os elementos estruturais (mesa, nervura e viga de bordo). Os resultados sÃo comparados entre si e com a anÃlise estÃtica destas lajes utilizando as cargas propostas por norma. AlÃm disso, as respostas dinÃmicas sÃo comparadas a padrÃes normativos fornecidos pela NBR 6118 (ABNT, 2003) no que se refere Ãs frequÃncias naturais e a padrÃes internacionais no tocante ao conforto humano. As anÃlises revelam que as lajes estÃo sujeitas a elevados picos de aceleraÃÃo e velocidade.

[pt] Os coeficientes de transferência de calor e os dados de perda de carga foram determinados experimentalmente, para o escoamento turbulento, em dutos circulares providos internamente de anéis transversais. Os resultados foram obtidos tanto para a região de entrada como na região totalmente desenvolvida. Foram investigados os efeitos da altura do anel, do espaçamento entre os anéis e do número de Reynolds. Variou-se o número de Reynolds de 5.000 a 75.000, enquanto que a faixa de passo p/H foi de 4 a 15. Duas alturas do anel foram estudadas, a saber, 0,05 e 0,10 vezes o diâmetro interno do tubo. O fator de atrito para as geometrias periódicas mostrou ser sempre bem superior ao fator de atrito para o tubo liso, crescendo rapidamente com H/D. Para os tubos com anéis de pequena altura, o fator de atrito decresce com o aumento do passo, enquanto o oposto é observado para os tubos com anéis maiores, na faixa pesquisada. Para H/D = 0,05, o coeficiente de transferência de calor é máximo para valores de p/H em torno de 10 e para baixos números de Reynolds. Para H/D e 0,10, o maior coeficiente de transferência de calor medido foi para p/H = 10, que mostrou ser praticamente independente do número de Reynolds. Uma comparação de desempenho entre os tubos anelados e liso foi realizada sob dois tipos de restrições, a saber, a iguais vazões mássicas e iguais potências de bombeamento. Os tubos anelados mostraram um melhor desempenho em todos os casos pesquisados, exceto para H/D = 0,10 com Re > 60.000. / [en] Heat transfer coefficients and pressure drop data were determine experimentally for turbulent flow in circular ducts equipped with internal transverse ribs. Both fully developed and entrance region results were obtained. The effects of the rib height, rib spacing, and Reynolds number were investigated. The Reynolds number ranged from 5,000 to 75,000, whereas the pitch p/H was varied in the range 4 to 15. Two rib heights were investigated, namely, 0.05 e 0,10 times the tube inside diameter. The friction factor for the periodic geometric was found to be always much larger than the smooth tube friction factor, increasing rapidly with H/D. For the tubes with short ribs, the friction factor decreases with increasing pitch, but the opposite is true for the tall ribbed tubes in the range investigated. For H/D = 0.05, tha heat transfer coefficient is highest for values of p/H around 10 and low Reynolds number. For H/D = 0,10, the highest heat transfer coefficients measured were for p/H = 10, where it was found to be nearly independent of the Reynolds number. Performance comparisons between the ribbed and smooth tubes were made under two types of constraints, namely, equal mass flow rate and equal pump power. It was found that the ribbed tubes have higher heat transfer perFormance for all cases investigated, except for H/D = 0.10 with Re > 60,000.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-04-18T12:05:11Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO_ANDRÉ LOPES.pdf: 5318919 bytes, checksum: 7fcd711cb764df5b1129609d50537bdd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-18T12:05:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO_ANDRÉ LOPES.pdf: 5318919 bytes, checksum: 7fcd711cb764df5b1129609d50537bdd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-05-29 / FACEPE / Diante do desenvolvimento da construção civil nos últimos anos e do aumento da concorrência entre as empresas deste setor, faz-se necessário oferecer alternativas estruturais e construtivas que permitam maior eficiência e redução de custos nas execuções das obras. O desenvolvimento das tecnologias na área de informática vem propiciando cada vez mais condições para análises estruturais de alta complexidade, que estão materializadas em programas comerciais de cálculo estrutural, os quais tornam o dimensionamento das estruturas mais produtivo e estão cada vez mais importantes na rotina do engenheiro estrutural. Este trabalho apresenta um estudo técnico comparativo entre lajes nervuradas em concreto armado bidirecionais moldadas no local com fôrmas de polipropileno e unidirecionais pré-fabricadas treliçadas. Inicialmente, realizou-se um estudo paramétrico comparativo de esforços, deslocamentos e de custo de lajes com geometrias quadradas e retangulares em função de suas dimensões em planta. Em seguida, desenvolveu-se uma análise comparativa de um estudo de caso, onde se adotou um edifício modelo localizado na cidade de Caruaru-PE, o qual foi dimensionado empregando os dois sistemas construtivos de lajes abordados nesta pesquisa. Na análise do referido estudo de caso observou-se o comparativo de esforços, deslocamentos verticais e horizontais e estabilidade da estrutura, bem como, os custos dos elementos estruturais que compõem a estrutura do edifício analisado para os dois modelos de sistemas construtivos utilizados. As simulações das estruturas foram efetuadas utilizando modelos gerados em computador no software CYPECAD versão 2012a. Os cálculos dos esforços e deslocamentos, assim como o dimensionamento da estrutura, foram obtidos através do referido programa. Após o dimensionamento e a análise dos resultados, foram extraídos do programa os quantitativos referentes aos esforços cortantes, momentos fletores, deslocamentos, consumos de fôrmas, concreto e armadura. Em seguida, fez-se a composição do custo total da estrutura para cada sistema estrutural e efetuou-se a comparação entre os dois sistemas construtivos de lajes analisados neste trabalho. / With the development of civil construction in recent years and the increased competition between the companies in this sector, is made necessary provide structural and constructive alternatives that allowing greater efficiency and cost savings in the execution of works. The development of the technologies in computer science area comes increasingly providing conditions for structural analysis of high complexity, which are materialized in commercial programs of structural calculation, which make the sizing of more productive structures and are increasingly important in the structural engineer's routine. This work presents a comparative technical study between ribbed slabs bidirectional molded on site with polypropylene molds and lattice slabs unidirectional prefabricated in reinforced concrete. Initially was held a comparative parametric study of efforts, displacements and cost of slabs with square and rectangular geometries according to their dimensions in plant. Then developed a comparative analysis of a case study, which adopted a model building located in the city of Caruaru-PE, which has been sized using the two building systems of slabs covered in this research. In analysis of this study of case was observed the comparative of efforts, vertical and horizontal displacements and stability of the structure, as well as the costs of structural elements comprising the building structure analyzed for the two types of construction systems used. The simulations of the structures were made using computer generated models in CYPECAD software version 2012a. The calculations of the efforts and displacements, as well as the sizing of the structure, were obtained through this program. After the sizing and analysis of the results, were extracted from the program the quantitatives relating to shear efforts, bending moments, displacements, molds consumption, concrete and armor. Then, was made the composition of the total cost of the structure for each structural system and was executed the comparison between the two building systems of slabs examined in this work.

<p>  </p> <p>Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) rebars are frequently used to construct offshore structures, bridges, and airport terminals due to their high tensile strength, lightweight, and non-corrosive nature. GFRP rebars are also non-magnetic, electrically non-conductive, and have a higher strength-to-weight ratio than steel rebars. Consequently, many studies have been conducted to investigate the bond behavior of cast-in GFRP rebars, leading to the formulation of ACI 440. </p> <p>Post-installed rebar technology has become increasingly popular due to its flexibility in retrofitting and extending existing structures. Given the growing demand for post-installed technology and the superior qualities of GFRP rebars, there is a keen interest in understanding the behavior of post-installed GFRP rebars. Post-installed connections involve inserting a rebar in a pre-drilled hole in hardened concrete using an injectable epoxy. The post-installed system allows for construction between existing and new concrete for structural extension and rehabilitation purposes.</p> <p>Currently, only limited work has been performed on post-installed GFRP rebars at relatively small embedment depths. The adhesive mortars used for post-installation generally have a high bond strength. Most of the connections with post-installed rebars are made close to the edges of the members. Due to edge proximity, concrete-related failure modes (concrete splitting) govern, and the high bond strength of the post-installed system is not utilized. </p> <p>This study aims to understand the bond-splitting behavior of GFRP rebars post-installed using epoxy-based adhesive (DeWalt Pure200+). Experimental and Numerical investigations were conducted with various parameters that influence the bond-splitting. These parameters include but are not limited to, concrete cover, embedment depth, concrete strength, rebar diameter, and transverse confinement. </p> <p>An optimal experimental program was designed to test the minimum concrete cover, relative concrete cover, rebar diameter, rebar surface characteristics, and rebar embedment depth. The experimental investigation was carried out in two phases to determine the local bond strength by conducting confined pullout tests away from the edges at shallow embedment depths and the bond-splitting tests at varying parameters. Due to its low transverse strength, a unique grip using a steel pipe grouted with epoxy grout was used for the pullout tests. A new test specimen and test setup were designed to execute the experimental program at deeper embedment depths successfully.</p> <p>Numerical simulations were then performed using the macroscopic space analysis (MASA) program to investigate additional parameters and cases. The numerical models were first validated using results obtained from experimental investigation. Solid tetrahedral elements were used for modeling concrete elements with microplane models to simulate the damage in concrete. GFRP rebars were modeled using solid hexahedral elements with linear elastic material properties. The connection between concrete-to-GFRP rebar was modeled using 2-node bar elements embedded in the contact layer. The bond-slip curve gives the characteristic properties of the bar elements.</p> <p>The influence of individual parameters on the bond strength of the post-installed GFRP rebars was calculated, and comparisons were made with existing bond-splitting models for post-installed steel rebars. This thesis presents the details of the experimental program, the test specimen, the test setup, numerical modeling, and the results obtained on the GFRP bars post-installed with different sets of parameters. The studies prove the feasibility of using GFRP bars as post-installed for structural extensions/retrofitting and highlight certain aspects that must be considered while designing such connections.</p>

Lightweight cellular concrete (LCC) is a cement, water, and air entrained mixture that consists of 25-80% voids. The air voids reduce the material strength but also decrease the material weight. Due to its lightweight properties LCC is an attractive alternative to soil backfill for retained structures, such as mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls. Although LCC is widely used behind MSE walls, limited information exists regarding the pullout strength of MSE wall reinforcements in LCC backfill. This research attempts to fill the knowledge gap through performing pullout tests on welded wire and ribbed strip reinforcements in MSE walls to determine the pullout friction coefficient (F*), reinforcement pullout behavior, and LCC properties. A large-scale test box (10 feet wide x 12 feet long x 10 feet high) supported by a steel resisting frame, was constructed, and filled with LCC backfill. Both the west and east MSE wall faces consisted of concrete walls. The west wall was supported by 16 ribbed strip reinforcements, while the east wall was supported by nine short, welded wire reinforcements. After backfilling the MSE wall, pullout tests were performed of the 12 ribbed strip reinforcements and all nine welded wire reinforcements. To determine different pullout friction coefficients (F*), different surcharge loads were applied through LCC self-weight, concrete reaction beams, and hydraulic jacks at the top of backfill. After performing the pullout tests on the large-scale test box, additional pullout tests were performed in two smaller (10 feet wide x 6 feet deep x 30 in. tall) MSE walls, each containing four ribbed strip reinforcements to determine the F* of ribbed strip reinforcements at moderate surcharge pressures. Results from these tests produced F* recommendations for ribbed strip and welded wire reinforcements. Additionally, a total of 130 LCC cylinder specimens were used to identify LCC material properties. Results of these tests show that the unconfined compressive strength of LCC is greatly dependent on the cast and cured unit weight, as well as the sample maturity. Comparing the UCS results to other work reveals a wide variation of UCS versus cured density, even though the same ASTM standard was applied for all tests. An equation for the secant modulus of LCC was created using UCS data from this thesis and other research conducted at Brigham Young University (BYU). Direct shear tests were also conducted on LCC cylinders cut to fit the confinement of a direct shear machine. The direct shear test results from this thesis agree with other research conducted at BYU.

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Detached Eddy Simulations (DES) is a hybrid URANS-LES technique that was proposed to obtain computationally feasible solutions of high Reynolds number flows undergoing massive separation with reliable accuracy. Since its inception, DES has been applied to a wide variety of flow fields, but mostly limited to unbounded external aerodynamic flows. This is the first study to apply and validate DES to predict the internal flow and heat transfer in non-canonical flows of industrial relevance. The prediction capabilities of DES in capturing the effects of Coriolis forces, which are induced by rotation, and centrifugal buoyancy forces, which are induced by thermal gradients, are also authenticated. The accurate prediction of turbulent flows is sensitive to the level of turbulence predicted by the turbulence scheme. By treating the regions of interest in LES mode, DES allows the unsteadiness in these regions to develop and hence predicts the turbulence levels accurately. Additionally, this permits DES to capture the effects of system rotation and buoyancy. Computations on a rotating system (a sudden expansion duct) and a system subjected to thermal gradients (cavity with a heated wall) validate the prediction capability of DES. The application of DES is further extended to a non-canonical, internal flow which is of relevance in internal cooling of gas turbine blades. Computations of the fully developed flow and heat transfer shows that DES surpasses several shortcomings of the RANS model on which it is based. DES accurately predicts the primary and secondary flow features, the turbulence characteristics and the heat transfer in stationary ducts and in rotating ducts, where the effects of Coriolis forces and centrifugal buoyancy forces are dominant. DES computations are carried out at a computational cost that is almost an order of magnitude less than the LES with little compromise on the accuracy. However, the capabilities of DES in predicting the transition to turbulence are inadequate, as highlighted by the flow features and the heat transfer in the developing region of the duct. But once the flow becomes fully turbulent, DES predicts the flow physics and shows good quantitative agreement with the experiments and LES. / Ph. D.

Increasing the turbine inlet temperature of gas turbine engines significantly increases their power output and efficiency, but it also increases the likelihood of thermal failure. Internal passages with tiny ribs are typically cast into turbine blades to cool them, and the ability to accurately predict the flow and heat transfer within these channels leads to higher design reliability and prevention of blade failure resulting from local thermal loading. Prediction of the flow through these channels is challenging, however, because the flow is highly turbulent and anisotropic, and the presence of rotational body forces further complicates the flow. Large Eddy Simulations are used to study these flows because of their ability to predict the unsteady flow effects and anisotropic turbulence more reliably than traditional RANS closure models. Calculations in a stationary duct are validated with experiments in the developing flow, fully developed, and 180° bend regions to establish the accuracy and prediction capability of the LES calculations and to aid in understanding the major flow structures encountered in a ribbed duct. It is found that most flow and heat transfer calculations come to within 10-15% of the measurements, typically showing excellent agreement in all comparisons. In the developing flow region, Coriolis effects are found to destabilize turbulence and increase heat transfer along the trailing wall (pressure side), while decreasing leading wall heat transfer by stabilizing turbulence. Coriolis forces improve flow turning in the 180° bend by shifting the shape of the separated recirculation zone at the tip of the dividing wall and increasing the mainstream flow area. In addition, turbulence is attenuated near the leading wall throughout the bend, while Coriolis forces have little effect on trailing wall turbulence in the bend. Introducing and increasing centrifugal buoyancy in the developing flow region increases trailing wall heat transfer monotonically. Along the leading wall, buoyancy increases the size of the recirculation zones, shifting the peak heat transfer to a region upstream of the rib, which decreases heat transfer at low buoyancy parameters but increases it as the buoyancy parameter is increased beyond a value of 0.3. Centrifugal buoyancy in the 180° bend initially decreases the size of the recirculation zone at the tip of the dividing wall, increasing flow area and decreasing flow impingement. At high buoyancy, however, the recirculation zone shifts to the middle of the bend, increasing flow resistance and causing strong flow impingement on the back wall. The Boussinesq approximation is used in the buoyancy calculations, but the accuracy of the approximation comes into question in the presence of large temperature differences. A variable property algorithm is developed to calculate unsteady low speed flows with large density variations resulting from large temperature differences. The algorithm is validated against two test cases: Rayleigh-Bénard convection and Poiseuille-Bénard flow. Finally, design issues in rotating ribbed ducts are considered. The fully developed assumption is discussed with regard to the developing flow region, and controlling the recirculation zone in the 180° bend is considered as a way to determine the blade tip heat transfer and pressure drop across the bend. / Ph. D.

Gas turbines for military applications, when operating in harsh environments like deserts often encounter unexpected operation faults. Such performance deterioration of the gas turbine decreases the mission readiness of the Air Force and simultaneously increases the maintenance costs. Some of the major factors responsible for the reduced performance are ingestion of debris during take off and landing, distorted intake flows during low altitude maneuvers, and hot gas ingestion during artillery firing. The focus of this thesis is to study ingestion of debris; specifically sand. The region of interest being the internal cooling ribbed duct of the turbine blade. The presence of serpentine passages and strong localized cross flow components makes this region prone to deposition, erosion, and corrosion (DEC) by sand particles. A Lagrangian particle tracking technique was implemented in a generalized coordinate multi-block Navier-Stokes solver in a distributed parallel framework. The developed algorithm was validated by comparing the computed particle statistics for 28 microns lycopodium, 50 microns glass, and 70 microns copper with available data [2] for a turbulent channel flow at Ret=180. Computations were performed for a particle-laden turbulent flow through a stationary ribbed square duct (rib pitch / rib height = 10, rib height / hydraulic diameter = 0.1) using an Eulerian-Lagrangian framework. Particle sizes of 10, 50, and 100 microns with response times (normalized by friction velocity and hydraulic diameter) of 0.06875, 1.71875, and 6.875 respectively are considered. The calculations are performed for a nominal bulk Reynolds number of 20,000 under fully developed conditions. The carrier phase was solved using Large Eddy Simulation (LES) with Dynamic Smagorinsky Model [1]. Due to low volume fraction of the particles, one-way fluid-particle coupling was assumed. It is found that at any given instant in time about 40% of the total number of 10 micron particles are concentrated in the vicinity (within 0.05 Dh) of the duct surfaces, compared to 26% of the 50 and 100 micron particles. The 10 micron particles are more sensitive to the flow features and are prone to preferential concentration more so than the larger particles. At the side walls of the duct, the 10 micron particles exhibit a high potential to erode the region in the vicinity of the rib due to secondary flow impingement. The larger particles are more prone to eroding the area between the ribs and towards the center of the duct. At the ribbed walls, while the 10 micron particles exhibit a fairly uniform propensity for erosion, the 100 micron particles show a much higher tendency to erode the surface in the vicinity of the reattachment region. The rib face facing the flow is by far the most susceptible to erosion and deposition for all particle sizes. While the top of the rib does not exhibit a large propensity to be eroded, the back of the rib is as susceptible as the other duct surfaces because of particles which are entrained into the recirculation zone behind the rib. / Master of Science

Gas turbine blades operate in very high temperatures to achieve a high thermal efficiency of the engine. For this reason, the blades have to be cooled to prevent degradation or even melting. The blades can be cooled using various techniques, both by cooling the inside of the blade with cooling channels, and by protecting the outside of the blade from the hot environment. One way to cool the blades from the inside is with rib turbulated channels. Straight square channels lined with 90◦, 45◦ and V-shaped ribs in a staggered configuration are investigated in this thesis.  Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), among other methods, can be used to predict important parameters such as heat transfer and pressure loss for different ribbed channel geometries. In this thesis a CFD model using RANS simulations with the turbulence models Lag Elliptic Blending k − ε, Realizable k − ε two-layer and SST k − ω is established and validated against experimental data by Taslim et al [1]. This is done by comparing the Nusselt number between a pair of ribs as well as the channel friction factor for 90◦, 45◦ and V-shape ribs. Different sensitivities are also investigated to get an understanding of the uncertainties found during the CFD implementation. These include the effect of mesh resolution, inlet turbulence intensity, rounded rib edges, wall roughness and temperature used for Reynolds number calculations. The Nusselt number and friction factor predictions of the turbulence models are also compared with existing empirical correlations.  The results of the investigation show that the CFD results for 90◦ ribs deviate the most from experimental results, while closer results are seen for the 45◦ and V-shape ribs.  In conclusion, the Lag Elliptic Blending k−ε model generally produces results closest to experimental data, especially for 90◦ ribs, but it shows some differences in Reynolds number trends. It proves to predict heat transfer and pressure loss closer to the experiment than the other models in flows where recirculation and reattachment has a significant impact. The Lag EB model is relatively stable and mesh independent. The SST k − ω model produces results rather similar to experimental data, but is unstable and sensitive to mesh resolution. The Realizable k − ε two-layer model produces results that are slightly less consistent with experimental data, but is very stable and insensitive to mesh resolution. The Nusselt number and friction factor from the investigated empirical correlations are closer to experimental results than the turbulence models for 90◦ inline ribs.