civil engineering
Reza Bazrgary; Arian Seilany; Saeideh Ziyadidegan; Seyed Arian Shojaei
Abstract
Today, controlling of structures’ progressive collapse decreases damages while natural and unnatural events happen. This issue requires deliberation and consideration for cable-stayed bridges which their utilization in the country is going to increase, so by taking previous surveys into consideration, ...
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Today, controlling of structures’ progressive collapse decreases damages while natural and unnatural events happen. This issue requires deliberation and consideration for cable-stayed bridges which their utilization in the country is going to increase, so by taking previous surveys into consideration, the best design for the cable-stayed bridge is gained. In this study, the structure’s progressive collapse is investigated by alternative load path method. In this method there is an effort to make certitude about the appropriate joint between vertical and horizontal components, in a way that the structure has the ability of load transfer with the elimination of any components of the structure. In order to control this phenomenon in the potential state, destruction of the bridge’s elements is evaluated by linear and non-linear static and dynamic processes. In this survey, first the mentioned cable-stayed bridge with assumed geometrical characteristics and materials is designed two-dimensional by relevant regulations. This study and design is performed by SAP2000 computer program and then the designed system’s response to the progressive collapse is controlled by static and dynamic methods. But the ultimate purpose of this research is to study geometrical changes of the design such as changes in horizontal distances of cables and changes in pylon altitude or altitude-to-span ratio and the effects of these factors in the mentioned progressive collapse and to compare them. By investigating this research models under dead load, we came to the conclusion that when two cables of the structure are destroyed as a result of breaking away, force redistribution occurs and forces in all the cables are increased. This increase can be up to 1.5 times more and causes forces to exceed the limit which the cables are designed for and therefore it causes destruction of the cable and the structure. But in general the structure is less likely to proceed to the progressive collapse as a result of gravity loads. ***All authors have contributed equally to this work.
civil engineering
Reza Bazrgary; Saeideh Ziyadidegan; Mehdi Bahmanzadeh
Abstract
Today, the role of concrete as the most widely used building material in the development of the civil and economic infrastructure of societies is undeniable. On the other hand, the production of cement requires the consumption of natural resources and the release of a significant amount of carbon dioxide ...
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Today, the role of concrete as the most widely used building material in the development of the civil and economic infrastructure of societies is undeniable. On the other hand, the production of cement requires the consumption of natural resources and the release of a significant amount of carbon dioxide into the environment, so the need to revise and change the ingredients of concrete in such a way as to meet the needs of construction and to minimize risks and damage to the environment. It is necessary that pozzolans are among the materials that can be used to improve this.Iran is one of the countries that can be a leader in this matter due to its diverse geographical areas and the availability of various mines. Therefore, this research presents the effect of using nano-silica (NS) and micro-silica (SF) of Hamadan city on the mechanical properties of ultra-high-strength concrete (UHPCs).For this purpose, two groups of concrete with and without silica fume (SF) were made. Also, nano silica (NS) was used as an additive to cement in amounts of 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 2% and 3%. In general, the results show the appropriate effect of pozzolanic materials produced in Iran in improving the properties of concrete in a way that gives that among the different contents of NS, UHPC containing 2% NS has the best results in terms of compressive strength, tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and bending strength. Showed in 90 days. Also, UHPC samples containing dual cement materials (NS and SF) showed better results than concretes containing only NS
