...Robert A. Dameron, PE, MSCE Highly accurate prediction of post-failure structural condition is increasingly essential for high-risk, pressure-retaining structures such as nuclear reactor and containment vessels, dams, tunnels and tanks. After a severe loading event occurs, determining exactly where...

... load is modelled and its damage resistance under a set of composite failure criteria is investigated. The composite pole is made of glass fibre-reinforced polyester and is manufactured by filament winding. By focusing on fibre orientation angles in the pole layers, a computer experiment (simulation...

... is substituted for a fictitious macroscopic homogeneous material. Masonry macroscopic mechanical properties are obtained by means of a recently presented equilibrated limit analysis approach performed on a suitable unit cell, which generates the entire structure by repetition. Masonry homogenised failure...

... friction. The present study concentrates instead on the structural limits of domes with no reliance on tensile strength. 29 3 2010 22 10 2009 © 2010 Thomas Telford Ltd 2010 brickwork & masonry buildings, structures & design failures Despite centuries...

... was recorded and presented in a graphical form. The reduction in stiffness of the units owing to cracks was estimated from these graphs. The predominant mode of failure was found to be cracking initiated at the soffit of the units (tension zone) and mainly around the symmetry line (where maximum bending...

... 2008 Thomas Telford Ltd 2008 failures mechanical engineerign NOTATION b tooth width C_m motor torque [C] proportional damping matrix E_pal potential energy from misalignment {F_pal} external force from...