. This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation on shear strength enhancement of reinforced concrete deep beams externally reinforced with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. A total of six deep beam specimens of two different classes, as-built (unstrengthened) and retrofitted were tested in the experimental evaluation program. Two composite systems namely carbon/epoxy...

A time-dependent moment tensor inversion technique is applied to 20 seismic events recorded ahead of an advancing tunnel excavation at the Underground Research Laboratory (URL) in Canada. The data are recorded on a 16-sensor triaxial accelerometer array, and the events are chosen from a section of the tunnel such that the event-sensor paths are unaffected by the presence of the tunnel. Factoriz...

Measurements of the yield behaviour of a cohesive bulk solid in the Jenike shear tester are normally done in two steps. First, pre-shearing to a steady state yielding, and secondly, shearing under a lower normal stress to establish the shear stress at incipient failure. Due to the limited strain of the sample in this apparatus, the material must be consolidated in an earlier stage. This is done...

The mechanical characteristics of rock salt have an important influence on the safety of the salt cavity. The acoustic emission (AE) technique was used to analyze the generation of microcracks in rock salt under uniaxial compression condition. By monitoring acoustic emission in whole process of stress strain curve under uniaxial compression test, the damage characteristic of rock salt is obtain...

AIM Adhesion of composite resin and pulp capping biomaterials remarkably influences treatment outcomes. This in vitro study aimed to compare the shear bond strength of composite resin to calcium enriched mixture (CEM) cement, mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and resin modified glass ionomer (RMGI) with or without acid etching. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 90 cylindrical acrylic blocks con...

Sun, Jianzhuo. M.S.A.A., Purdue University, May 2014. Biaxial Shear/Tension Failure Criteria of Spectra single fibers. Major Professor: Weinong Chen. An experimental study was conducted to develop the biaxial failure surface criteria of single Spectra 130d and 100d filaments in a torsion-tension environment. The crosssectional profiles of single Spectra fibers were investigated using scanning e...

PURPOSE This study evaluated the shear bond strengths of light-polymerized urethane dimethacrylate (Eclipse) and heat-polymerized polymethylmethacrylate (Meliodent) denture base polymers to intraoral and laboratory-processed reline materials. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty disks measuring 15 mm diameter and 2 mm thick were prepared for each denture base material following the manufacturers' rec...

Failure of solder joints under shear frequently occurs along a path near and parallel to, but not necessarily exactly at, the interface between the alloy and the bonding material. A numerical finite element analysis was employed to simulate the deformation in solder during cyclic lap-shear testing. High magnitudes of equivalent plastic strain were seen to initiate from the corner regions and sp...

In the present work we present a systematic experimental investigation of the generation and subsequent evolution of dynamic failure modes in sandwich structures subjected to low-speed impact. Model sandwich specimens involving a compliant polymer core sandwiched between two metal layers were designed and subjected to impact loading to simulate failure evolution mechanisms in real sandwich stru...