ABSTRACT The task was to design and assess the supporting structure of the lookout tower. Material steel and wood. The lookout tower is 27.22 m high and decreases in height from the base of the srka. Construction system with continuous columns and horizontal reinforcement.

To better understand the behavior of composite beams in buildings, push-out tests were conducted to study the behavior of welded shear studs. Forty-eight solid slab push-out tests were conducted to study how stud tensile strength and concrete properties affect the strength of shear connections. It is shown that raising the tensile strength of a shear connector actually has an adverse effect on the connector's performance and strength. It is also shown that the upper limit for shear strength used in the current AISC specification (Load 1993) is unconservative and a lower upper limit is proposed. Eighty-seven pushout tests utilizing steel deck were also conducted. It is shown how the placement, height, and arrangement of shear studs, as well as the height and gage of steel deck affects the strength of shear connections when stiffened steel deck is used. It is shown that the current AISC specification is unconservative and does not account for the many failure mechanisms associated with connections using steel deck. It is shown how tension within the stud shank, friction at the slab/beam interface, and steel deck strength affect the strength of shear connections. / Master of Science

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and, (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING / Includes bibliographical references. / by John Emmanuel Agapakis. / M.S.

Esta tese investiga o efeito do fechamento de trinca sobre as previsões da vida à fadiga em materiais homogêneos e juntas soldadas. É apresentada uma metodologia para a simulação numérica do fenômeno de fechamento de trinca induzido por plasticidade utilizando o método dos elementos finitos. Ensaios laboratoriais de propagação de trinca por fadiga do aço ASTM A516 Gr. 70 à temperatura ambiente foram realizados usando corpos de prova típicos da mecânica da fratura nas condições soldada e homogênea. Estes resultados foram usados para validar a metodologia numérica do cálculo da carga de abertura de trinca. Comparações entre a vida de propagação experimental e as estimativas obtidas por meio da integração da lei de propagação, incluindo o efeito do fechamento de trinca, foram feitas usando vários critérios para o cálculo da carga de abertura. As análises numéricas permitem estimar a carga de abertura de trinca analisando a evolução do campo de tensões, deformações e deslocamentos na região próxima à trinca, que está influenciada pelo contato das faces da trinca. Menores níveis de proteção da trinca devido ao fechamento foram obtidos para o corpo com heterogeneidade mecânica quando comparado ao corpo homogêneo na modelagem numérica. Durante o ensaio de propagação o corpo homogêneo apresentou taxas de propagação de trinca relativamente menores quando comparadas ao espécime soldado. A não inclusão do efeito do fechamento de trinca resulta em previsões da vida à fadiga conservadoras em aproximadamente 20% para todos os casos estudados neste trabalho. Análises tridimensionais do fenômeno de fechamento de trinca revelam que o crescimento da trinca por fadiga no estagio II parece estar controlado pelo retardo que acontece na superfície do corpo de prova. Incluído o efeito do fechamento de trinca nas previsões, as estimativas da vida à fadiga foram bastante próximas das obtidas experimentalmente, com diferenças conservadoras entre 1% e 15% dependendo do método de cálculo da carga de abertura. Os resultados apresentados mostram que vidas à fadiga mais acuradas e, ainda, conservadoras são feitas incluindo o efeito do fechamento de trinca na metodologia de cálculo da vida remanescente de componentes estruturais. / This thesis investigates the effect of crack closure on fatigue life predictions in homogeneous material and welded joints. It presents a methodology for numerical simulation of the phenomenon of plasticity-induced crack closure by using the finite element method. Experimental tests of fatigue crack propagation on ASTM A516 Gr 70 steel at room temperature were performed using typical specimens of fracture mechanics in two conditions: welded and homogeneous; these results were used to validate the numerical methodology for calculating the crack opening load. Comparisons between experimental propagation life and estimations obtained by numerical integration of propagation law, including the effect of crack closure, have been made using various criteria to calculate the opening load .The numerical analyses allow to predict the opening load by analyzing the evolution of stresses, deformations and displacements fields in the region near the crack which is growing and is influenced by the contact of the crack flanks. Lower levels of protection due to crack closure were obtained for the specimen with mechanical heterogeneity when compared to the homogeneous specimen in the numerical analyses. During the test of fatigue crack propagation the homogeneous specimen had smaller crack growth rates when compared to the welded specimen. Fatigue life predictions without including the effect of crack closure result in conservative estimations around 20% for all studied cases. Three-dimensional analysis of the phenomenon of crack closure shows that the fatigue crack growth in stage II appears to be controlled by the delay that occurs on the specimen surface. Including the effect of crack closure in life predictions, the estimates of fatigue life were quite close to those obtained experimentally, with conservative differences between 1% and 15% depending on the method of opening load calculation. The results show that the fatigue life predictions can be made more accurate and yet remain conservative when the effect of crack closure is included on the methodology for calculating the remaining life of structural components.

Este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um microtribômetro linear, do tipo esfera sobre chapa, capaz de analisar o comportamento tribológico de materiais em linhas até 5 mm de comprimento, frequências de até 2 Hz e cargas até 10 N, com ou sem meio úmido, características que o tornam uma ótima ferramenta para observar o comportamento tribológico, ou a resistência ao desgaste de diferentes zonas de uma junta soldada. Durante o projeto do microtribômetro, houve a preocupação de desenvolver um equipamento seguro, fácil de operar e robusto, visando a utilização do mesmo por alunos de graduação e pós-graduação, e na indústria. O trabalho de desenvolvimento compreendeu todas as tecnologias usadas, ou seja, placa de leitura da célula de carga, célula de carga, aparato mecânico responsável pelo movimento da amostra e xação da mesma, braço de suporte do conjunto célula de carga e esfera, carenagem protetora, sistema de segurança e placa de comando. Ensaios foram feitos para a validação do equipamento e demonstrar a capacidade de analisar o comportamento tribológico das diversas zonas de uma junta soldada. / This work presents the development of a linear micro tribometer, sphere over sheet type, capable of analyzing the tribological behavior of materials in lines up to 5 mm in lengh, frenquencies up to 2 Hz and loads up to 10 N, with or without moist enviroment, characteristics that makes it a great tool to observ the diferents regions of a welded joints. During the project there was the concern of developing a secure, easy to operate and robust, aiming it's use by students of gradution, postgraduation and by industry. The development work comprised all the technologies used, reading board of load cell, load cell, mechanical device responsible for moviment and xation of the sample, support arm of the set load cell and sphere, protective cowling, sefety system and board control. Tests have been done to validate the equipment and demonstrate the capacity of analyzing the tribological behavior of the various regions of a welded joint.

Welding, as one of the most effective joining methods for metals, has been extensively applied in engineering usage for a long time. When cracks occur in the vicinity of weldments, weld repairs are frequently considered for crack repair to extend service life. In order to evaluate to what extent the weld repair has improved the fatigue life of a cracked welded structure, it is necessary to be able to determine the residual life of the cracked welded joint, as well as the life of the weld repaired joint. Both these assessments require that the fatigue crack growth data be available. The determination of crack propagation rates of welded and weld repaired structures is thus of paramount importance to implement a damage tolerant approach to structural life extension. However, since most studies on welded joints so far have concentrated on fatigue life evaluation, at the present time only limited information is available on crack propagation rates in welded joints, and virtually none on fatigue behaviour and crack propagation in weld repaired joints. This thesis has focused on examination of fatigue and crack propagation behaviour in as welded and weld repaired aluminium alloy 5083, a weldable marine grade alloy extensively used in construction of high speed ferries and aerospace structures. Crack growth rates were measured during constant amplitude fatigue testing on unwelded, as-welded and weld repaired specimens of 5083-H321 aluminium alloy. A 3-D finite element analysis was conducted to determine the stress intensity factors for different lengths of crack taking into account the three-dimensional nature of the weld profile. The effects of crack closure due to weld residual stresses were evaluated by taking measurements of the crack opening displacements and utilised to determine the effective stress intensity factors for each condition. Metallurgical examinations and fractography of the fracture surface were conducted using an optical microscope and SEM. It was found that crack growth rates in welded plates are of the same order of magnitude as those of parent material when effective stress intensity factors were applied. However weld repaired plates exhibit higher crack growth rates compared to those of unwelded and once-only welded plates.

"February, 2004." / Bibliography: leaves 231-249. / xxvii, 261 leaves : ill. (some col.), plates, photos (col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Examines ways of reducing the risk of hydrogen assisted cold cracking in pipeline construction by modifying the construction procedure to reduce residual stress and hydrogen concentration. A numerical model of the pipeline construction procedure capable of modelling the process in a transient sense was created. Experimental validation of the model involved using the "blind hole drilling" strain gauge method of residual stress measurement. The diffusion of hydrogen during welding was modelled using a scheme based on Fick's Second Law of Diffusion, finding that the parameters which dominate the rate of diffusion are the timing of the weldment process, joint geometry, pre-heating and post-heating. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Mechanical Engineering, 2004

Thesis (M.S.) -- Mississippi State University. Department of Mechanical Engineering. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

This research evaluated the ethics competencies which were determined to be important to the curriculum of an ethics course for students studying Nondestructive Testing and Welding Inspection. Data were gathered from samples of American Society of Nondestructive Testing Nationally Certified Level III's (N = 268), American Welding Society Nationally Certified Welding Inspectors CWI's (N = 212) and American Welding Society Nationally Certified Associate Welding Inspectors - CAWI's (N = 101) who are currently licensed by their respective societies. The twenty-nine (29) item instrument utilized a six-point Likert type scale for the data collection. The scale, which was validated by consensus using a DELPHI panel procedure, utilized the Hoyt-Stunkard method for assessing reliability. The computed reliability for the instrument was determined to be +0.970. Analysis of variance tests were completed for each of the twenty-nine (29) competencies to ascertain differences between ASNT Level III's, AWS CWI's and AWS CAWI's samples. Factor analysis, using the R-mode, provided for the clustering of competencies and constituted the major analysis procedure for the study. The results of the study indicated the presence of three (3) clusters of content which were considered necessary to curriculum inclusion in an ethics course for nondestructive testing and welding inspection. The identified clusters include: I. Ethical issues and personal integrity (18 competencies), II. Ethics and the legal aspects of inspection (8 competencies), and III. Ethical theory and professional conduct (4 competencies). Overall competency means ranged from 3.929 to 5.594; significance tests showed only five (5) rejected hypotheses for the twent-ynine (29) primary competencies. Standard errors of the mean were found to be lower for the ASNT Level III's sample. The results of the study present a valid pattern for the development of objectives which should be included in an ethics curriculum for nondestructive testing personnel and welding inspectors. / Graduation date: 1993

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-238).