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Publication date: 2 January 2009

Adnan Ibrahimbegovic, Guillaume Hervé and Pierre Villon

The purpose of this paper is to provide the methodology for structural design of complex massive structures under impact by a large airplane.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide the methodology for structural design of complex massive structures under impact by a large airplane.

Design/methodology/approach

Using case studies, the issues related to multi‐scale modelling of inelastic damage mechanisms for massive structures are discussed, as well as the issues pertaining to the time integration schemes in presence of different scales in time variation of different sub‐problems, brought by a particular nature of loading with a very short duration) and finally the issues related to model reduction seeking to provide an efficient and yet sufficiently reliable basis for parametric studies which are an indispensable part of a design procedure.

Findings

Several numerical simulations are presented in order to further illustrate the approaches proposed herein. Concluding remarks are stated regarding the current and future research in this domain.

Originality/value

Proposed design procedure for complex massive engineering structures under impact by a large airplane provides on one side a very reliable representation of inelastic damage mechanisms and external loading represented by the solution of the corresponding contact/impact problem, and on the other side a very efficient basis obtained by model reduction for performing the parametric design studies.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 26 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Publication date: 2 November 2015

Christophe Rouzaud, Fabrice Gatuingt, Olivier Dorival, Guillaume Herve and Louis Kovalevsky

The determination of the vibration induced by an aircraft impact on an industrial structure requires dynamic studies. The determination of the response by using classical finite…

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Purpose

The determination of the vibration induced by an aircraft impact on an industrial structure requires dynamic studies. The determination of the response by using classical finite element method associated with explicit numerical schemes requires significant calculation time, especially during the transient stage. This kind of calculation requires several load cases to be analyzed in order to consider a wide range of scenarios. Moreover, a large frequency range has to be appropriately considered and therefore the mesh has to be very fine, resulting in a refined time discretization. The purpose of this paper is to develop new ways for calculating the shaking of reinforced concrete structures following a commercial aircraft impact (see Figure 1). The cutoff frequency for this type of loading is typically within the 50-100 Hz range, which would be referred to as the medium-frequency range.

Design/methodology/approach

Taking into account this type of problem and assuming that the structure is appropriately sized to withstand an aircraft impact, the vibrations induced by the shock bring about shaking of the structure. Then these vibrations can travel along the containment building, as directly linked with the impact zone, but also in the inner part of the structure due to the connection with the containment building by the raft. So the excited frequency range, due to the impact of a commercial aircraft, contains two frequency ranges: low frequencies (less than ten wavelengths in the structure) and medium frequencies (between ten and 100 wavelengths). The strategy, which is presented in this paper, is inscribed in the context of the verification of inner equipment under this kind of shaking. The non-linear impact zone is assumed to have been delimited with classical finite element simulations. In this paper the authors only focus on the response of the linear part of the structure. This phenomenon induces a non-linear localized area around the impact zone.

Findings

So the medium frequencies can therefore induce significant displacements and stresses at the level of equipment and thus cause damage if the structure is not dimensioning to this frequency range.

Research limitations/implications

In this context the use of finite elements method for the resolution of the shaking implies a spatial discretization in correlation with the number of wavelengths to represent, and thus a long computation time especially for medium frequencies. That is why in the case of a coarse mesh the medium-frequency range is ignored. For example, a concrete structure with a characteristic dimension of about 30 and 1 m of thickness, may not represent frequencies higher than 16 Hz with a mesh size of 1 m (assuming ten elements per wavelength).

Practical implications

The paper includes implications for proper dimensioning civil engineering structures subjected to a load case containing a large frequency range.

Originality/value

This paper shows the gain of the strategy using appropriate method to medium frequencies compared to conventional method such as finite elements.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 32 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Publication date: 1 July 2005

Guillaume Hervé, Fabrice Gatuingt and Adnan Ibrahimbegović

To provide an efficient and robust constitutive equations for concrete ion application to high rate dynamics.

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Purpose

To provide an efficient and robust constitutive equations for concrete ion application to high rate dynamics.

Design/methodology/approach

Develops an explicit‐implicit integration scheme for a concrete model. This robust integration scheme ensures computational efficiency. Comparison between simulations of impact of equivalent aircraft engine projectiles and the tests carried out in Sandia laboratory also demonstrate its efficiency.

Findings

Shows that modeling transient high rate dynamic behavior of concrete is very important to take into account for design concrete structures in the cases of dynamic loading conditions, such as an impact on the structure.

Originality/value

Proposes an original integration scheme for a coupled rate dependent damage plasticity model. Also provides a detailed consideration of the numerical stability of this kind of scheme for rate‐dependent damage model.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 22 no. 5/6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Publication date: 14 May 2018

Anne Chardonnens, Ettore Rizza, Mathias Coeckelbergs and Seth van Hooland

Advanced usage of web analytics tools allows to capture the content of user queries. Despite their relevant nature, the manual analysis of large volumes of user queries is…

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Advanced usage of web analytics tools allows to capture the content of user queries. Despite their relevant nature, the manual analysis of large volumes of user queries is problematic. The purpose of this paper is to address the problem of named entity recognition in digital library user queries.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper presents a large-scale case study conducted at the Royal Library of Belgium in its online historical newspapers platform BelgicaPress. The object of the study is a data set of 83,854 queries resulting from 29,812 visits over a 12-month period. By making use of information extraction methods, knowledge bases (KBs) and various authority files, this paper presents the possibilities and limits to identify what percentage of end users are looking for person and place names.

Findings

Based on a quantitative assessment, the method can successfully identify the majority of person and place names from user queries. Due to the specific character of user queries and the nature of the KBs used, a limited amount of queries remained too ambiguous to be treated in an automated manner.

Originality/value

This paper demonstrates in an empirical manner how user queries can be extracted from a web analytics tool and how named entities can then be mapped with KBs and authority files, in order to facilitate automated analysis of their content. Methods and tools used are generalisable and can be reused by other collection holders.

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Journal of Documentation, vol. 74 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0022-0418

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Publication date: 10 September 2018

Nikos Smyrnaios

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Internet Oligopoly
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ISBN: 978-1-78769-197-1

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Internet Oligopoly
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ISBN: 978-1-78769-197-1

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Publication date: 19 November 2012

Michel Roux

Purpose – This chapter aims to show the similarities and differences that can be found in the destiny of cooperative banks and mutual insurance companies; these two industries…

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Purpose – This chapter aims to show the similarities and differences that can be found in the destiny of cooperative banks and mutual insurance companies; these two industries, for reasons both similar and specific, are now “at a crossroads.” To reinforce this, we begin by tracing the history of cooperative banks and mutual insurance companies to better inform the future. Cooperative banks and mutual insurance gradually secularized and out of corporatism have patiently built-in different ways depending on the network as opposed to companies.

Results – This chapter will pursue these observations by identifying the impacts of recent crises in shaping business models by questioning a central issue which is that the trap values meet performance requirements in a fierce competition. Then, this chapter will end with the discussion on the main challenges faced by the mutual sphere; «She» should be replaced by «it». Could it exert a role in the crisis?

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Recent Developments in Alternative Finance: Empirical Assessments and Economic Implications
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ISBN: 978-1-78190-399-5

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Publication date: 2 November 2015

Tien Phuc Dang, Zhengqi Gu and Zhen Chen

The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the flow field structure around the race car in two cases: stationary wheel and rotating wheel. In addition, this…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the flow field structure around the race car in two cases: stationary wheel and rotating wheel. In addition, this paper also illustrates and clarifies the influence of wheel rotation on the aerodynamic characteristics around the race car.

Design/methodology/approach

The author uses steady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations with the Realizable k-ε model to study model open-wheel race car. Two cases are considered, a rotating wheel and stationary wheel.

Findings

The results obtained from the study are presented graphically, pressure, velocity distribution, the flow field structure, lift coefficient (Cl) and drag coefficient (Cd) for two cases and the significant influence of rotating case on flow field structure around wheel and aerodynamic characteristics of race car. The decreases in Cd and Cl values in the rotating case for the race car are 16.83 and 13.25 per cent, respectively, when compared to the stationary case.

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Understanding the flow field structures and aerodynamic characteristics around the race car in two cases by the steady RANS equations with the Realizable k-ε turbulence model.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 25 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Publication date: 16 November 2018

Masatoshi Muramatsu and Takeo Kato

The purpose of this paper is to propose the selection guide of the multi-objective optimization methods for the ergonomic design. The proposed guide enables designers to select an…

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The purpose of this paper is to propose the selection guide of the multi-objective optimization methods for the ergonomic design. The proposed guide enables designers to select an appropriate method for optimizing the human characteristics composed of the engineering characteristics (e.g. users’ height, weight and muscular strength) and the physiological characteristics (e.g. brain wave, pulse-beat and myoelectric signal) in the trade-off relationships.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper focuses on the types of the relationships between engineering or physiological characteristics and their psychological characteristics (e.g. comfort and usability). Using these relationships and the characteristics of the multi-objective optimization methods, this paper classified them and constructed a flow chart for selecting them.

Findings

This paper applied the proposed selection guide to a geometric design of a comfortable seat and confirmed its applicability. The selected multi-objective optimization method optimized the contact area of seat back (engineering characteristic associated with the comfortable fit of the seat backrest) and the blood flow volume (physiological characteristic associated with the numbness in the lower limb) on the basis of each design intent such as a deep-vein thrombosis after long flight.

Originality/value

Because of the lack of the selection guide of the multi-objective optimization methods, an inappropriate method is often applied in industry. This paper proposed the selection guide applied in the ergonomic design having a lot of the multi-objective optimization problem.

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Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, vol. 17 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1726-0531

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