This work investigates and discusses the effectiveness of seesaw system when installed in an older, non-ductile reinforced concrete (RC) building for seismic upgrading purposes. In particular, two different configurations are assumed a two-storey 3D RC framed which was designed according to older provisions and, thus, is susceptible flexural shear failures. To check if there any merit employing...

in this paper, a higher order continuum model is presented based on the cosserat continuum theory in 3d numerical simulation of shear band localization. as the classical continuum models suffer from the pathological mesh-dependence in strain softening models, the governing equations are regularized by adding the rotational degrees-of-freedom to conventional degrees-of-freedom. the fundamental r...

Venous stenosis is a significant problem in arteriovenous fistulae, likely due to anatomical configuration and wall shear stress profiles. To identify linkages between wall shear stress and the magnitude and pattern of vascular stenosis, we produced curved and straight fistulae in a pig model. A complete wall stress profile was calculated for the curved configuration and correlated with luminal...

OBJECTIVES It has been postulated that in the arterial system mean wall shear stress is maintained at a constant value. The present study was performed to investigate the level of wall shear stress in the common carotid artery (CCA) as function of age and possible interactions between diameter and storage capacity, defined as the absolute area change per heart beat, with mean wall shear stress....

Abstract: Shear deformation is the most principal deformation in the lateral deformation of shear wall built with precast hollow slab which is designed to be strong shearing and weak bending. The special mechanical characteristic of the shear wall is the relative deformation of the concrete on both sides of vertical and inner joint respectively. The study introduces the measuring scheme of shea...

ABSTRACT: Shear wall is commonly employed as a principal element to resist lateral loads due to wind or earthquake forces. An accurate model for a shear wall system needs to consider the effect of all components for analyses i.e. shear wall, foundation, and subsoil. This investigation presents the modeling of a shear wall structure foundation and soil system using the super element, finite and ...

The small vortex generation is a key issue of the mechanism for late flow transition and turbulence generation. It was widely accepted that small length vortices were generated by large vortex breakdown. According to our recent DNS, we find that the hairpin vortex structure is very stable and never breaks down to small pieces. On the other hand, we recognize that there are strong positive spike...

In control engineering and structural dynamics, mathematical models such as the state-space representation, equation of motion, phase plane are matrix equations describing system equilibrium. This paper develops novel for linear/nonlinear dynamic analysis reinforced concrete (RC) buildings with cantilever elements lateral load resisting systems (e.g., RC shear wall, core). The offer a new appro...

BACKGROUND In vivo studies have demonstrated that reasonable exercise training can improve endothelial function. To confirm the key role of wall shear stress induced by exercise on endothelial cells, and to understand how wall shear stress affects the structure and the function of endothelial cells, it is crucial to design and fabricate an in vitro multi-component parallel-plate flow chamber sy...