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A numerical study on the effect of the interface material model on the tensile behaviour of FRCM strips

2019

Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) composites are becoming increasingly popular for strengthening masonry structures for which the compatibility of the inorganic matrix with the chemical and physical properties of the support makes it advantageous to adopt such systems. However, despite the large use of FRCMs for strengthening applications, the characterization and modelling of the mechanical response in tension of these systems is an open issue. In fact, the constitutive tensile law of the composite shows to be affected by different variables, such as the clamping system adopted during tensile test, the gauge length used for recording strains, the monitoring of the number of yarns…

Advances in experimental characterization and modelling of FRCM composites for structural retrofitting

2023

Questa tesi presenta i risultati di una campagna sperimentale incentrata sulla caratterizzazione della trazione dei basalt e glass FRCM e della caratterizzazione del legame di aderenza composito-Calcarenite. Il lavoro sperimentale è completato dalla proposta di due modelli numerici sia per prove di trazione che per quelle di aderenza. L'indagine sperimentale è stata condotta considerando l'influenza di diversi rinforzi, matrici e metodi di prova. I risultati sperimentali consentono di valutare l'effetto della malta sulle curve sforzo-deformazione, la resistenza, la duttilità e le modalità di crisi. Inoltre, la tesi fornisce un importante contributo per valutare l'influenza di diversi metodi…

Pictorial information retrieval with uncertain knowledge

1990

In the paper an integrated pictorial database is described. The design of the data management requires many efforts to preserve consistency and integrity. The retrieval operations are designed to support a uniform view of heterogeneous information including uncertain ones; in this last case, non-standard techniques have to be developed. Applications to astronomical images and an outline of the implementation status are given.

A mesh less approch based upon Radial basis function Hermite collocation method for predicting the cooling and the freezing times of foods

2005

This work presents a meshless numerical scheme for the solution of time dependent non linear heat transfer problems in terms of a radial basis function Hermite collocation approach. The proposed scheme is applied to foodstuff's samples during freezing process; evaluation of the time evolution of the temperature profile along the sample, as well as at the core, is carried out. The moving phase-change zone is identified in the domain and plotted at several timesteps. The robustness of the proposed scheme is tested by a comparison of the obtained numerical results with those found using a Finite Volume Method and with experimental results.

Calculation of the Electromechanical Properties of CNTs Under Deformation by Means of a Novel Numerical Model

The effects of mechanical deformation on the electron transport behavior of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are of primary interest due to the enormous potential of nanotubes in making electronic devices and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). Moreover it could help to evaluate the presence of defects or to assess the type of CNTs that were produced. Conventional atomistic simulations have a high computational expense that limits the size of the CNTs that can be studied with this technique. Here we present a novel numerical approach able to simulate the electromechanical behavior of SWNTs and MWNTs of the dimensions used in nano-electronic devices. The numerical model was designed to realize orde…

Electrical Properties of Single and Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Under Mechanical Deformations

2004

Electronic and Transport Properties of Single and Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes under Mechanical Deformations

2009

Electronic Transport in carbon nanotubes under traction, bending, torsion and misalignment of the two ends

2013

Studio delle proprietà meccaniche di compositi rinforzati con nanotubi in carbonio mediante un nuovo approccio numerico misto

2012

I CNTs primeggiano in rigidezza, resistenza a rottura, resilienza, allungamento a rottura, conducibilità termica e conducibilità elettrica. Un modo di avvantaggiarsi delle loro singolari proprietà consiste nell’incorporarli in una matrice per costruire materiali compositi nanostrutturati. Questo articolo presenta un nuovo modello misto, numerico-analitico, che consente di prevedere le caratteristiche elastiche di nanocompositi con distribuzione random dei CNTs, tenendo conto della curvatura che gli stessi mostrano quando sono immersi nel polimero. L’approccio ibrido rappresenta un’apprezzabile evoluzione della modellazione micromeccanica e può essere applicato a qualsiasi composito nanostru…

Electrical conductance in carbon nanotubes under mechanical deformation

2013