... into a theoryof inventive problem solving which he named TRIZ.3.0 TRIZ: The Theoryof Inventive Problem SolvingThere are a number of laws in the theoryof TRIZ. One of them is the Law of Increasing ... Xerox Corporation 7.0 TRIZ SoftwareBecause TRIZ is built on a database of hundreds of thousands of patents, principles, operators, contradictions, etc. use of software helps engineers with ... nonmoving object 3. Length of moving object 4. Length of nonmoving object 5. Area of moving object 6. Area of nonmoving object 7. Volume of moving object 8. Volume of nonmoving object 9. Speed...
... successful introduction of the Stability Bond. Firstly, Stability Bonds must not be in breach of the Treaty prohibition on the “bailing out” of Member States. The compatibility ofStability Bonds with ... choice of ceiling would also determine the likely credit quality of the Stability Bond. A relatively low ceiling would underpin the credit quality ofStability Bonds by limiting the amount of debt ... maturity of 5 years and an interest rate of 2%). The distribution ofStability Bond issuance would be 50% for each Member State. Part of the funding advantage that Member State B would enjoy from Stability...
... in the field of civil engineer-ing, and a number of design engineers who work daily inthe field of civil engineering. These sources are cited in theAcknowledgments.When using any of the formulas ... 148Water/Cementitious Materials Ratio / 148Job Mix Concrete Volume / 149Modulus of Elasticity of Concrete / 150Tensile Strength of Concrete / 151Reinforcing Steel / 151Continuous Beams and One-Way ... withFasteners / 236Roof Slope to Prevent Ponding / 238Bending and Axial Tension / 239Bending and Axial Compression / 240Chapter 7. Surveying Formulas 243Units of Measurement / 244 Theory of Errors /...
... class of distributions for reliability analysis isbasedonthe statistical theoryof extremevalues. Extreme value distributions are used to describe the distribution of the largest or smallest of ... information on the application of reliability theory to aspects of RBD.26.6.2 Calibration and Selection of Tar get ReliabilitiesCalibration refers to the linking of new design procedures to previous ... probability of taking on some value in no way affects the probability of the other random variable taking on some value. One of the most significant consequences of thisstatement of independence...
... exponentiallystable. Fixed point stabilitytheory is used for the proofs of stability. A generalization of that result isgiven for the case that sampling is not uniform. The boundedness of the state-trajectory ... investigation of the robust s tability of (i.e., that of 2.1 and 2.2 with dynamic state disturbances 2.3 and 2.4)subject to the set of constraints C. For this purpose, the state-trajectory of ... proved.3.2. Stabilityof the Discrete Disturbed Extended System ΣdThe following result gives sufficient conditions for stabilityof the extended discrete system2.10 within a closed ball of the...
... recentearthquakes.30.2 Damage as a Result of Problem SoilsLiquefactionOne of the most common causes of damage to structures is the result of liquefaction of the surroundingsoil. When loose, saturated ... by CRC Press LLC(Figure 30.44). The distance from the top of the deck to the top of the tower is 58 m; from top of thefooting to the soffit, 20 m. All the foundations are supported on driven piles. ... section drawings of the Dakkai Subway Station after the Kobe earthquake. (Courtesy of Japan Society of Civil Engineers [5].)FIGURE 30.53 Flexural damage to columns at lower-level of Dakkai Subway...
... so important that they often dictate the very architecture and layout of the structure; certainly they dominate the design process and are the focus of this chapter. Many of the other factors also ... following modes of general collapse inaddition to ovalizing: beam bending of the chord (in T-connection tests), beam shear (in the gap of K-connections), transverse crippling of the main member ... initial elastic distribution of load transfer across the weld in a tubular connection is highly non-uniform, as illustrated in Figure 29.3, with the peak line load often being a factor of two...
... strength of angleE = Young’s modulus (= 29, 000 ksi)lt= length of top anglett= thickness of top anglekt= k value of top anglegt= gauge of top angle(= 2.5 in., typical)W = width of nut ... bolt, W = 1.4375 in. for 7/8D bolt)d = depthofbeamla= length of web angleta= thickness of web angleka= k value of web anglega= gauge of web angleNote:(1) Top- and seat-angle connections ... degrees of freedom, as shown in Figures 28.34 and 28.35.FIGURE 28.34: Degrees of freedom numbering for the frame element.The element joint forces are obtained by summing the product of the element...
... PassiveEnergyDissipationandActiveControlT.T.SoongandG.F.DargushDepartmentofCivilEngineering,StateUniversityofNewYorkatBuffalo,Buffalo,NY27.1Introduction27.2BasicPrinciplesandMethodsofAnalysisSingle-Degree -of- FreedomStructuralSystemsãMulti-Degree -of- FreedomStructuralSystemsãEnergyFormulationsãEnergy-BasedDesign27.3RecentDevelopmentandApplicationsPassiveEnergyDissipationãActiveControl27.4CodeDevelopment27.5ConcludingRemarksReferences27.1 ... discussion of passively or actively damped structures.27.2.1 Single-Degree -of- Freedom Structural SystemsConsider the lateral motion of the basic SDOF model, shown in Figure 27.2, consisting of a ... structurethrough cracking and the formation of plastic hinges. On the other hand, damage is minimal withthe addition of a set of viscoelastic braced dampers. The energy response of the braced structure,due...
... Row.[41] Timoshenko, S. and J.N. Goodier. 1951. Theory of Elasticity. McGraw-Hill, New York.[42] Watkins, R.K. and M.G. Spangler. 1958. Some Characteristics of the Modulus of Passive Resis-tance of ... 1-0.33 (hw/h)h = height of ground surface above top of pipe (ft)hw= height of groundwater surface above top of pipe (ft)D = diameter of pipe (in.)B= coefficient ofelastic support=11+4e−0.065hE= ... basis of the theory of elasticity. The effects of an arbitrary spatial distribution of surface load can be obtainedby utilizing the well-known Boussinesq solution [41], for a point load on an elastic...
... by the combination of a lack -of- fusion defect and the unfused edge of the backing bar. On across-section at the deepest point of the lack -of- fusion defect, the total depth of the notch, includingthe ... of the weld zone; (4) complex residualstresses; (5) high gradients of stress in the vicinity of the crack due to stress concentrations; and(6) the behavior of cracks in complex structures of ... machine parts, gives an overly optimistic assessment of the fatigue strength of structuraldetails. There are many cases of failures of these types of structures, such as the crane in Figure24.1or...
... IntroductionThevastmajorityofsteelbuildingsbuilttodayincorporateafloorsystemconsistingofcompositebeams,compositejoistsortrusses,stubgirders,orsomecombinationthereof[29].Traditionallythestrengthandstiffnessofthefloorslabshaveonlybeenusedforthedesignofsimply-supportedflexuralmembersundergravityloads,i.e.,formembersbentinsinglecurvatureaboutthestrongaxisofthesection.Inthiscasethemembersareassumedtobepin-ended,thecross-sectionisassumedtobeprismatic,andtheeffectivewidthoftheslabisapproximatedbysimplerules.Theseassumptionsallowforamember-by-memberdesignprocedureandconsiderablysimplifythechecksneededforstrengthandserviceabilitylimitstates.Althoughmoststructuralengineersrecognizethatthereissomedegreeofcontinuityinthefloorsystembecauseofthepresenceofreinforcementtocontrolcrackwidthsovercolumnlines,thiseffectisconsidereddifficulttoquantifyandthusignoredindesign.Theeffectofthefloorslabshasalsobeenneglectedwhenassessingthestrengthandstiffnessofframessubjectedtolateralloadsforfourprincipalreasons.First,ithasbeenassumedthatneglectingtheadditionalstrengthandstiffnessprovidedbythefloorslabsalwaysresultsinaconservativedesign.Second,asoundmethodologyfordeterminingtheM-θcurvesfortheseconnectionsisaprerequisiteiftheireffectisgoingtobeincorporatedintotheanalysis.However,thereisscantdataavailableinordertoformulatereliablemoment-rotation(M-θ)curvesforcompositeconnections,whichfalltypicallyintothepartiallyrestrained(PR)andpartialstrength(PS)category.Third,itisdifficulttoincorporateintotheanalysisthenon-prismaticcompositecross-sectionthatresultswhenthememberissubjectedtodoublecurvatureaswouldoccurunderlateralloads.Finally,thedegreeofcompositeinteractioninfloormembersthatarepartoflateral-loadresistingsystemsinseismicareasislow,withmosthavingonlyenoughsheartransfercapacitytosatisfydiaphragmaction.Researchduringthepast10years[25]anddamagetosteelframesduringrecentearthquakes[22]havepointedout,however,thatthereisaneedtoreevaluatetheeffectofcompositeactioninmodernframes.Thelatterarecharacterizedbytheuseoffewbentstoresistlateralloads,withtheratioofnumberofgravitytomoment-resistingcolumnsoftenashighas6ormore.Inthesecasesthec1999byCRCPressLLC ... extensivetreatment of the general topic of connection design is given in Chapter 6 of Viest et al. [29]. Thelatest information on design of composite and PR connections can also be found in the proceedings of ... area of web angles resisting shear (in.2)AsL= area of seat angle leg (in.2)Arb= effective area of slab reinforcement (in.2)d = depth of steel beam (in.)Y 3 = distance from top of...
... = area of flange connected by the weldy = distance from the neutral axis of the whole section to the center of gravity of the flangeI = moment of inertia of the whole sectionn = number of welds ... a twisting or bending load: Aw=length of weld (in.),Zw= section modulus of weld (in.2), Jw= polar moment of inertia of weld (in.3). (Courtesy of The Lincoln Electric Company. With permission.)can ... length of weld, rather than converted to stresses. Thisfacilitates dealing with combined-stress problems.4. Actual values of welds are given as force per unit length of weld instead of unit...
... isEp=σ2YIL6EC2(21.1)whereEp= maximum elastic capacity (max. absorbed potential energy)σY= yield strength of materialI = moment of inertia of sectionL = length of memberE = modulus of elasticity of materialC ... =AV1δVng(21.7)wherem = mass of oreW = weight of oret = time ore fallsA = cross-sectional area of ore streamδ = density of oreg = acceleration of gravityV1= ore velocity prior ... measure of the resistance of a body to angular acceleration about a givenaxis that is equal to the sum of the products of each element of mass in the body and thesquare of the element’s distance...
... price of some $30 million, including an allowance of $150,000, or about one-half of 1%, for construction engineering of the permanent steelwork (i.e.,not including such matters as design of erection ... must rely heavily on the lessons of past experience in the profession. Some of this experience is embodied in professional papers describing erection processes, often(and particularly to young ... the center of each of the five spans.3. Calculate the “center -of- gravity” position for each guide-str and group in each span.4. Adjust the sag of each strand to bring it to the center -of- gravity...