Ultrasonic testing of austenitic stainless steel welds is often difficult because the ultrasonic beam is subjected to many perturbations : deviation, partition, distortions and sometimes ghost echoes. These perturbations are due to the anisotropic and heterogeneous metallurgical structure of the welds. We are carrying out a research program in order to evaluate the influence of the main paramet...

Electron beam butt welding of stainless steel (SS 304) and electrolytically tough pitched (ETP) copper plates was carried out according to central composite design of experiments. Three input parameters, namely accelerating voltage, beam current and weld speed were considered in the butt welding experiments of dissimilar metals. The weld-bead parameters, such as bead width and depth of penetrat...

The behavior of steel-concrete composite beams is strongly influenced by the type of shear connection between the steel beam and the concrete slab. For accurate analytical predictions, the structural model must account for the interlayer slip between these two components. In numerous engineering applications e.g., in the fields of structural optimization, structural reliability analysis, and fi...

this article considers the seismic behavior of beam-to-column joints in steel frames for different bolt arrangements by using of finite element modeling. as the most important beam-to-column joint type, the beam-to-column joints with end-plate is chosen for the analysis. four different specimens have been analyzed. these models had some differences such as bolt arrangement and the presence or a...

A significant amount of research has been conducted worldwide on the behavior of concrete filled steel tubes (CFTs) in the past five decades. This report provides a summary of the behavior and experimental work of concrete filled steel tube members, connections, and frames that are reported in detail in the literature. These published studies have been summarized with an emphasis on experimenta...

2 Department of Anatomy and Highway Safety Research Institute, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104. BONE is the material with which the orthopaedic surgeon deals. Consequently, some knowledge of its mechanical properties is of importance for an understanding of the mechanism and management of fractures, as well as the design of prosthetic or orthotic appliances and protective gea...

Whether it be inclusions, precipitates or segregation at grain boundaries, the development of new steel alloys and processes hinges on the chemical quantification of submicrometer features. The combined requirements for high spatial resolution and accurate measurements of several elements make field emission electron microprobes suitable instruments for studying steel alloys. For quantitative a...

A picosecond laser has been used to establish the material removal rate of metals. Varied processing parameters include laser power, pulse frequency and scanning velocity. The laser beam was manipulated using a galvanometric scan head with a 100 mm focusing optic. Maximum power of the laser in the IR was 2 W and 700 mW in the UV. Scanning velocities were varied between 100 to 800 mm/s. Material...

The evolution of plastic deformation and damage in steel frame buildings caused by seismic action is simulated based on a modified damage model. This model combines nonlinear isotropic and kinematic hardening criteria with a damage evolution law expressed in terms of plastic displacement. A nine-story steel frame is chosen as a reference structure, and a nonlinear damage analysis is performed u...

Steel thin-walled beams have been widely used in civil engineering as purlins, ceiling beams or wall substructure beams. There are often planar members such as trapezoidal sheeting or sandwich panels used as roof or wall cladding fastened to the steel beams. The planar members also serve as stabilization of thin-walled beams against buckling due to loss of stability. This paper focuses on probl...