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Composite action of FRP bridge decks adhesively bonded to steel main girders

Up until today reinforced concrete has been used in most cases for the manufacturing of bridge decks. Depending on the quality of the work carried out, defects can already occur after only a few years. These defects mostly appear in the form of corrosion o ...

EPFL2005

Combined On-Line and Run-to-Run Optimization of Batch Processes with Terminal Constraints

Dominique Bonvin, Carsten Welz

This paper describes the optimization of batch processes in the presence of uncertainty and constraints. The optimal solution consists of keeping certain path and terminal constraints active and driving the sensitivities to zero. The case where the termina ...

2004

A constitutive formulation of arterial mechanics including vascular smooth muscle tone

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Martin Zulliger, Alexander Rachev

A pseudo-strain energy function (pseudo-SEF) describing the biomechanical properties of large conduit arteries under the influence of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) tone is proposed. In contrast to previous models that include the effects of smooth muscle co ...

2004

Tragverhalten und Bemessung von Holz-Glas-Verbundträgern unter Berücksichtigung der Eigenspannungen im Glas

Klaus Kreher

The construction principles of "Timber-Glass-Composite-Girders" demand practical and theoretical research to ensure reliable designs. Toward this objective the mathematical description of load-bearing and the non-rigid bond is the subject of this work, i.e ...

EPFL2004

Behavior of a dual-purpose pile as foundation and heat exchanger

Lyesse Laloui, Laurent Vulliet

The behaviour of a pile subjected to thermo-mechanical loads was studied in situ with the aim of quantifying the thermal influence on the bearing capacity of heat exchanger piles. To accomplish this, a pile situated in a building under construction was equ ...

National Research Council Canada2003

Novel Pulp Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites

Yves Leterrier

The reinforcement potential of pulp fibres is presently not fully explored in thermoplastic composites. One of the reasons is that currently used processing methods comprise several severe thermomechanical steps inducing premature degradation of the fibres ...

2003

Cavitation Erosion Tests on a 2D Hydrofoil using surface-mounted Obstacles

François Avellan, Mohamed Farhat, Eduard Egusquiza

Anewcavitation erosion testing procedure in high-speed cavitation tunnel is presented. The method is based on surface-mounted obstacles on a plane-convex hydrofoil leading edge. This experimental set-up is able to accelerate the accumulation of damage on s ...

2003

Flexible bearings for high precision mechanisms in accelerator facilities

Simon Nessim Henein

While in conventional mechanical bearings motion is obtained by sliding or rolling between solid bodies with the resulting mechanical non-linearities, flexible bearings rely on the elastic properties of matter allowing several advantages to be obtained. Co ...

2002

Finite-element modeling of dry sliding wear in metals

Jean-François Molinari, Raul Radovitzky

This paper is concerned with the calibration and validation of a finite-element model of dry sliding wear in metals. The model is formulated within a Lagrangian framework capable of accounting for large plastic deformations and history-dependent material b ...

2001

Noncemented total hip arthroplasty: influence of extramedullary parameters on initial implant stability and on hone-implant interface stresses

Lalaonirina Rakotomanana Ravelonarivo, Pierre-François Leyvraz

Purpose of the study After total hip replacement, the initial stability of the cementless femoral stem is a prerequisite for ensuring bone ingrowth and therefore long term fixation of the stem. For custom made implants, long term success of the replacement ...

2000

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