Buildings & Structures
Physical Modelling to Demonstrate the Feasibility of Screw Piles for Offshore Jacket-supported Wind Energy Structures
Author(s) Craig Davidson* Michael John Brown† Benjamin Cerfontaine‡ Therar Al-Baghdadi§ Jonathan Knappett∥ Andrew Abstract Screw piles potentially offer quieter installation and enhanced axial tensile capacity over straight-shafted driven piles. As such, they...
New Insights into the Failure Mechanisms of Horizontal Plate Anchors in Clay During Pull-out
Author(s) Soroosh Jalilvand* Kenneth Gavin† Vinayagamoothy Sivakumar‡ Robert B. Gilbert§ Aaron Bradshaw∥ Abstract Offshore wind developments are moving towards deep-water regions where energy is abundant, visual impact is minimised and the larger turbine sizes...
Fish Anchor Diving Behaviour: Confirmation Through Field Tests in the Swan River
Author(s) Y. H. Kim* S. H. Chow† M. S. Hossain* J. Zhao* S. Rohan* Abstract This paper reports the results from field tests on a 1/15th scaled fish anchor. The tests were conducted at three locations in the Swan River, Perth, Australia. Two series of tests were...
Robust Performance Analysis of Coastal Wave Energy Converters
Authors Yingguang Wang, PhD Abstract In this paper a new transformed linear simulation method for the robust performance analysis of coastal wave energy converters (WECs) is proposed for the first time. The influences of the bottom effects on the performances...
Stiffening Performance of Cold-Formed C-Section Beam Filled with Lightweight-Recycled Concrete Mixture
Author(s) Ahmed W. Al Zand, Mustafa Farooq Alghaaeb, Mohammed Chyad Liejy, Azrul A. Mutalib and Riyadh Al-Ameri 4ORCID Abstract The aim of this paper is to investigate the flexural performance of a new steel–concrete composite beam system, which is required to...
Shear and Flexural Behavior of Flat Slabs Casted with Polyolefin Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
Author(s) Abdulnasser M. Abbas,Haleem K. Hussain and Mohammed Farhan Ojaimi Abstract This paper presents the influence of polyolefin fiber on the flexural and shear attitude on the flat slabs. Three slab sets (80 cm × 80 cm) were tested, each with a thickness...
Modelling the Strength of Cashew Nutshell Ash-cement-Based Concrete
Authors Solomon Oyebisi Hilary Owamah Thamer Alomayri Anthony Ede Abstract This study models the flexural strength of concrete modified with cashew nutshell ash (CNA) using reactivity index concepts. Cashew nutshell was valorised and its ash was used at 5, 10,...
The Cohesive/Overlapping Crack model for Plain and RC Beams: Scale Effects on Cracking and Crushing Failures
Authors Federico Accornero Renato Cafarelli Alberto Carpinteri Abstract In the present work, cohesive and overlapping crack models are integrated in a comprehensive numerical algorithm in order to investigate both tensile and compressive failures in plain or...
Shear Enhancement in Reinforced Concrete CantileversWwith Multiple Point Loads
Author(s) Abobakr Elwakeel Robert Vollum Abstract The shear resistance of reinforced concrete beams is enhanced by arching action when loads are applied to their top face within around twice the beam effective depth (d) of the supports. Previous experimental...