In this paper, dissimilar resistance spot welding of AISI 1075 eutectoid steel to AISI 201 stainless steel is investigated experimentally. For this purpose, the experiments are designed using response surface methodology and based on four-factor, five-level central composite design. The effects of process parameters such as welding current, welding time, cooling time and electrode force are inv...

in this paper, nonlinear behavior of composite steel plate shear wall systems, in which steel infill plate is strengthened by fiber reinforced polymer (frp) layers, are experimentally investigated. tests are designed to evaluate the effect of glass-frp layers, layers number of gfrp and orientation of gfrp layers on the stiffness, shear strength, cumulative dissipated energy and other seismic pa...

Used tires are unwanted wastes especially in urban areas and their extent is growing every year. With the development of human societies increasing use automobiles, year millions used collected as garbage around world leave consumption cycle. However, they can be by mixing with soil, one basic building materials, to improve mechanical properties. This article discusses effect adding tire chips ...

An innovative type called "butterfly-shaped links steel plate shear wall (BLSPSW)" was proposed as a lateral load resisting system. In this novel system, by creating butterfly-shaped links in the four sides of the web plate, the lateral load resisting mechanism is not the development of a diagonal tension field on the web plate (similar to Conventional SPSWs), but the capacity of the system is ...

This paper investigates the shear strength of municipal solid waste (MSW) using the back analysis of failed waste slopes as well as field and laboratory test results. Shear strength of MSW is a function of many factors such as waste type, composition, compaction, daily cover, moisture conditions, age, decomposition, overburden pressure, etc. These factors together with non-standardized sampling...

to construct copper heap leaching structures, a stepped heap of ore is placed over an isolated sloping surface and then washed with sulphuric acid. the isolated bed of such a heap consists of some natural and geosynthetic layers. shear strength parameters between these layers are low, so they form the possible sliding surfaces of the heaps. economic and environmental considerations call for stu...

The shear strength plays an important role in avalanche formation. However, investigations on shear strength in the field are time-consuming, in particular these measurements require experienced avalanche professionals. Main objective of this study was to estimate shear strength by using indirect methods which are more user-friendly than the traditional tests. We assumed that hardness and densi...