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Modal analysis of a steel grandstand
PublicationAmong the issues related to the idea of sustainable society is the safety of civil engineering structures devoted to satisfy different needs of people. One of the types of structures devoted to satisfy recreational needs are grandstands, which are used during sport events or music concerts. It is obligatory to consider interaction between structure and crowd load especially when the crowd movement involves rhythmic jumping, dancing,...
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Numerical analysis of a temporary steel grandstand
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of the numerical analysis focused on the response of the temporary steel scaffolding grandstand subjected to human-induced vibrations due to jumping. Shell as well as beam elements have been used in the numerical model. Its first stage has involved conducting modal analysis in order to determine the modes of free vibrations and the corresponding natural frequencies for the empty...
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THE INFLUENCE OF POLYMER STRIPS IN REDUCTION OF A STEEL GRANDSTAND VIBRATIONS
PublicationGrandstands are types of structures commonly used during sport events or music concerts. Dynamic loads generated by crowd movement may have significant influence on human perception as well as may lead to the destruction of a structure. Lighter and more slender structural steel members are more easily excitable by spectators. If the synchronized movement is tuned with the natural frequency of the affected part of the structure,...
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A TEMPORARY STEEL GRANDSTAND UNDER CROWD LOAD
PublicationTemporary structures, such as grandstands, are commonly used during different types of mass events, especially sport and music concerts. In this paper, the results of the experimental study on temporary steel grandstand are presented. The aim of the investigation was to determine modal characteristics of such structures. Modes of free vibrations and corresponding natural frequencies have been obtained for empty and occupied grandstand....
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The Effectiveness of Polymer Damper in Damage Reduction of Temporary Steel Grandstand
PublicationA large number of accidents involving damage of temporary grandstands during different types of events were observed in the past. The aim of the paper is to analyse numerically the effectiveness of a polymer damper in damage reduction of a temporary steel scaffolding grandstand exposed to dynamic load due to jumping. The element has been installed as a diagonal one at the back part of the structure. The method has been compared...
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Application of polymer element in reduction of temporary steel grandstand vibrations
PublicationThe numerical analysis focused on reduction of vibrations of a temporary steel scaffolding grandstand has been conducted in this paper. These types of structures are regularly subjected to dynamic loads which, in conjunction with light and quite slender structural members, may induce dangerous vibrations. To increase their safety, temporary steel grandstands are usually strengthened with the diagonal stiffeners of tubular cross...
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Modal analysis of temporary steel grandstand equipped with different bracing systems
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to present the results of numerical analysis focused on temporary steel scaffolding grandstand. The investigation has been devoted to modal analysis where modes of free vibrations and corresponding natural frequencies have been estimated and compared. The structure was equipped with different types of stiffener members. One on them is a typical tubular stiffener, while the second one is spe-cially designed...
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Experimental study on the effectiveness of polymer damper in damage reduction of temporary steel grandstand
PublicationA large number of accidents, involving collapses of temporary grandstands during different types of events, were observed in the past. If the synchronized movement of people is tuned with the natural frequency of the affected part of the structure, resonance might occur. It may lead to severe damages of grandstands, their collapse or panic among the spectators. The aim of the paper is to assess, through preliminary experimental...
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VIBRATION PROBLEMS OF AN EXAMPLE OF TEMPORARY STEEL GRANDSTAND UNDER HUMAN-INDUCED EXCITATION
PublicationLighter and slender structural members of a typical grandstand leads to a significant reduction in the frequencies, that is why such structures are more easily induced to vibrations. The aim of the present paper is to show the results of our experimental studies and the numerical analyses, focused on the behaviour of a part of a typical temporary steel grandstand under dynamic loads. The peak values of accelerations of a steel...
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Dynamic analysis of temporary steel grandstand equipped with different types of bracing system
PublicationIn the paper, behaviour of a temporary steel grandstand equipped with two different types of bracing system has been analysed through the numerical study. A typical solution concerning application of a diagonal tubular members has been compared with elements proposed by authors and called polymer dampers. A polymer element consists of two L-shape steel members bonded with polymer mass. The aim of the paper is to verify the effectiveness...
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Analysis of temporary steel grandstand with different bracing systems exposed to crowd load
PublicationGrandstands are structures which are regularly subjected to dynamic loads generated by crowd motions. It is a dangerous situation when spectators induce rhythmic jumping, dancing, stamping, etc. If the synchronized movement of spectators excites a natural frequency of the structure, resonant response might occur. To avoid such situations, temporary steel grandstands are commonly strengthened using additional elements that create...
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Experimental and numerical study on polymer element used for reduction of temporary steel grandstand vibrations
PublicationThe purpose of the paper is to analyse the effectiveness of a polymer damper in reduction of a temporary steel grandstand vibrations through the experimental and numerical study. The damper considered in the investigation is constructed out of two L-shape steel members bonded with polymer mass of high damping properties. The element has been installed as a diagonal one at the back part of the structure. The method has been compared...
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Dynamic analysis of temporary steel grandstand subjected to human-induced excitations due to jumping
PublicationSteel grandstands are structures that are frequently used during sport games and many other non-sporting events, such as festivals, music concerts, or even politicians rallies, with participation of a large number of attendees. Unfortunately, the presence of unexpected excessive dynamic loads due to unpredictable behaviour of spectators (e.g. synchronized harmonic jumping or swaying) may lead to...
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Problemy drgań trybun stalowych poddanych oddziaływaniom dynamicznym = Vibration problems of steel grandstands under dynamic loads
PublicationW niniejszym artykule przedstawione zostały wyniki badań eksperymentalnych i analiz numerycznych dotyczące zachowania się trybun stalowych poddanych oddziaływaniom dynamicznym. Z uwagi na coraz bardziej powszechne stosowanie tych konstrukcji jako wyposażenia np. stadionów sportowych oraz na ich obciążenie tłumem ludzi trybuny stalowe są konstrukcjami stale narażonymi na oddziaływania dynamiczne. Lekkie i smukłe elementy z jakich...
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Stainless Steels Sintered Form the Mixture of Prealloyed Stainless Steel and Alloying Element Powders
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Eksperymentalne i numeryczne badania parametrów dynamicznych trybuny stalowej
PublicationTrybuny stalowe to konstrukcje, które odnajdują swoje zastosowanie głównie podczas wydarzeń sportowych, koncertów muzycznych oraz innych wydarzeń, którym towarzyszą rytmiczne aktywności widzów i głośna muzyka. Ze względu na smukłość oraz lekkość elementów z jakich wykonana jest konstrukcja trybuny jest ona bardzo łatwo wzbudzana przez ludzi do drgań. Z przeprowadzonej w pracy [4] analizy modalnej wynika, że masa ludzi prowadzi...
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Resistance to cold cracking of steel joints of P460NL1 steel
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań odporności na zimne pękanie złączy spawanych ze stali przeznaczonej do pracy pod ciśnieniem. Badano równoczesny wpływ zawartości wodoru dyfundującego i energii liniowej na naprężenie krytyczne w próbie implant dla złączy spawanych elektrodami otulonymi i drutem proszkowym w osłonie gazów ochronnych. Stwierdzono wpływ energii liniowej jak i zawartości wodoru dyfundującego na odporność na zimne pękanie...
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On the rehabilitation of steel constructions
PublicationW pracy dokonano krótkiego przeglądu literatury z zakresu rewitalizacji i rehabilitacji konstrukcji stalowych. Omówiono podstawowe aspekty rewitalizacji i odnowy tego typu obiektów.
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Microstructure and corrosion behaviour of carbon steel and ferritic and austenitic stainless steels in NaCl solutions and the effect of p-nitrophenyl phosphate disodium salt
PublicationThe microstructure and corrosion behavior of carbon steel (CSA516) and ferritic (SS410) and austenitic (SS304L) stainless steels were studied and compared. Corrosion tests were carried out in 0.5 M NaCl solutions. Rates of corrosion were monitored based on weight loss, Tafel extrapolation and linear polarization resistance (LPR) methods. Rates of corrosion were ranked following the order: CSA516 >> SS410 > SS304L. The impact of...
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Proposal of Steel weldability quantification.
PublicationPrzedstawiono analizę używanych definicji spawalności i zaproponowano jej zmodyfikowanie. Opracowano metodykę określania wartości względnej spawalności stali stodowanych na konstrukcje spawane. Za podstawę przyjęto uniwersalną skalę jakościową. Dla określenia spawalności uwzględniono szacowanie skłonności do pękania gorącego, zimnego, lamelarnego oraz relaksacyjnego. Ponadto, wzięto pod uwagę wskaźniki eksploatacyjne złącza, takie...
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Joints Of Steel Sandwich Structures
PublicationSteel sandwich structures are perceived as alternatives to single-skin welded structures in the shipbuilding industry due its advantages like significant reduction of mass in relation to typical single skin structure. However, beside problems with their strength properties itself, applications in real structures requires of solving the problem of joining, both for connection sandwich to sandwich as well as sandwiches to single-shell...
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Productivity Enhancement by Prediction of Liquid Steel Breakout during Continuous Casting Process in Manufacturing of Steel Slabs in Steel Plant Using Artificial Neural Network with Backpropagation Algorithms
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The analysis of the influence of the corrosion protection method of selected steel elements on the steel structure life cycle costs
PublicationSteel products are widely used in the construction for the performance of essential and additional elements of engineering structures. They are characterized by high tensile strength, compression and bending, the structure homogeneity, the possibility of assembly regardless of the season and climatic conditions, ease of processing and the possibility of almost any shape. The main disadvantage of steel structures is their high susceptibility...
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Selected problems of stability of steel structures.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań dotyczących stateczności wybranych konstrukcji stalowych. Prezentowane rozważania są oparte na klasycznych założeniach teorii prętów cienkościennych o nieodkształcalnym przekroju poprzecznym. Wyznaczono pierwszą wariację sił krytycznych pręta cienkościennego o bisymetrycznym otwartym przekroju poprzecznym uwzględniając następujące zmienne projektowe: ⎯wymiary przekroju poprzecznego, ⎯ charakterystyki...
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Modal analysis of cylindrical steel tanks
PublicationCylindrical steel tanks are very popular structures used for storage of products of chemical and petroleum industries. Their safety and reliability is crucial because any failure could have serious consequences. The aim of present paper is to show the results of the first phase of investigation of seismic behaviour such structures. Modal analysis using Finite Element Method (FEM) for three models of real tanks used in Poland has...
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Behaviour of steel columns under impact
PublicationOne of import issues related to the idea of sustainable society is the safety of civil engineering structures. The safety and reliability of steel structures under impact loading is among a number of different aims during the design state. The aim of this paper is to present the results of investigation focused on dynamic behaviour of steel columns under impact loading. Modal and transient dynamic analyses using Finite Element...
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Underwater Welding of Duplex Stainless Steel
PublicationThe present work was conducted to assess the weldability of duplex stainless steel at underwater conditions. Interest of underwater welding of this steel grade is connected with necessity of preparing welding repair technologies for subsea pipelines widely used in offshore oil and gas industry. The GMA local cavity welding method was used in the investigations. Welded beads were performed underwater at 0.5 m depth and in the air....
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Review of titanium and steel welding methods
PublicationThe paper presents review of methods of titanium and steel welding. On basis of professional literature it was stated that titanium can be joined with steel by means of explosive welding or brazing.Joining titanium with steel by TIG welding and friction welding methods is possible with the use of copper and tantalum or vanadium interlayer.
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Weldability of S500MC Steel in Underwater Conditions
PublicationWet welding with the use of covered electrodes is one of the methods of underwater welding. This method is the oldest, the most economic and the most versatile. The main difficulties during underwater wet welding are: high cooling rates of the joint, the presence of hydrogen in the arc area and formation of hard martensitic structure in the weld. These phenomena are often accompanied by porosity of welds and large number of spatters,...
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Strength tests of steel sandwich panel.
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań laboratoryjnych paneli SANDWICH, prowadzonych w Kat. Technol. Okr. i Obiekt. Oceanotech. Wydz. OiO, na konstrukcjach w skali rzeczywistej. Dokonano porównania uzyskanych rezultatów z wynikami prezentowanymi w literaturze.
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Strength tests of steel sandwich panel
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań laboratoryjnych elementarnego, teowego złącza spawanego laserowo, których celem było określenie pola odkształceń i naprężeń w strefie przyspoinowej. Uzyskane wyniki wskazują na potrzebę bardzo starannego modelowania konstrukcji spawanych laserowo przy obliczeniach MES. W pracy zaprezentowano wyniki badań konstrukcji rzeczywistej pod statycznym obciążeniem ściskającym, które porównano z rezultatami analizy...
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Strength tests of steel sandwich panel
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań laboratoryjnych elementarnych złączy spawanych laserowo i paneli SANDWICH, prowadzonych w Katedrze Technologii Okrętów i Obiektów Oceanotechnicznych WOiO, na konstrukcjach w skali rzeczywistej. Dokonano analizy zachowania połączenia podczas procesu obciążenia. Przedstawiono wyniki numerycznego zamodelowania własności złącza. Dokonano porównania uzyskanych rezultatów analizy numerycznej z wynikami z badań...
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The resistance of S235JR steel to cavitation erosion
PublicationThe erosion resistance of S235JR steel to flow cavitation was investigated. In order to understand an influence of steel properties and cavitation intensities on the degradation mechanisms, low-carbon S235JR steel was tested in the as-received state and after thermal treatment (annealing) under four different flow velocities. Annealing decreased steel hardness, which made S235JR steel less resistant to cavitation erosion. The performed...
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Investigation of behaviour of metal structures with polymer dampers under dynamic loads
PublicationA large number of accidents concerning structures subjected to dynamic loads have been recently observed. One of the examples of such a structure is a temporary steel grandstand erected using scaffolding system. Dynamic load that is generated by crowd movement has a significant influence on the behaviour of the structure and may lead to excessive structural vibrations. The aim of the study is to consider the idea of using polymer...
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Wire Arc Additive Manufactured Mild Steel and Austenitic Stainless Steel Components: Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Residual Stresses
PublicationWire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is an additive manufacturing process based on the arc welding process in which wire is melted by an electric arc and deposited layer by layer. Due to the cost and rate benefits over powder-based additive manufacturing technologies and other alternative heat sources such as laser and electron beams, the process is currently receiving much attention in the industrial production sector. The gas...
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Damage Detection of Steel-Concrete Composite Beam
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The Laser Surface Remelting of Austenitic Stainless Steel
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Fatigue Behaviour of Sintered Duplex Stainless Steel
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Fatigue life of steel, laser welded panels
PublicationW publikacji przedstawiono zagadnienia dotyczące możliwości analizy trwałości zmęczeniowej stalowyxh paneli spawanych laserowo typu sandwich. Przedstawiono wyniki badań laboratoryjnych w skali naturalnej a także krzywe projektowe uzyskane na podstawie systematycznych badań połączeń elementarnych spawanych laserowo. Na podstawie przedstawionych i uogólnionych wyników pokazano propozycję metodyki szacowania trwałości zmęczeniowej...
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Pitting corrosion in steel and electrochemical noise intensity
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Uniform corrosion monitoring of carbon steel in concrete
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Study on the strength of laminated polyurethane-steel joints
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Grease effect on fretting wear of mild steel
PublicationNa stanowisku laboratoryjnym przeprowadzono badania zużycia frettingowego miękkiej stali smarowanej mineralnymi i syntetycznymi smarami zawierającymi także różne dodatki: grafit dwusiarczek molibdenu ZDDP i ditiocarbamat molibdenu, w różnych stężeniach.Badania wykazały istotny wpływ konsystencji smaru i jego właściwości smarnych na zużycie frettingowe miękkiej stali oraz zróżnicowany wpływ testowanych dodatków. Obecność smaru...
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Protective coatings for stainless steel for SOFC applications
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono badania związane z warstwami antykorozyjnymi stali nierdzewnych stosowanych w tlenkowych ogniwach paliwowych. Warstwy przygotowana z użyciem prekursorów polimerowych na bazie Y i Co. Użyta stal to Crofer 22 APU.
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Attempts to Modify Austenitic Steel with Carbon Nanotubes
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Numerical Simulation of Duplex Steel Multipass Welding
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Guided wave propagation in diagnostic of steel elements
PublicationThis paper is devoted to numerical investigations of elastic wave propagation in steel elements. The aim of this study is to conduct numerical analysis and experimental investigations on the propagation of elastic waves in steel elements in the context of damage detection. In particular, this paper is devoted to detection of damage occurring in the form of notch or changed thickness. This approach utilized the fact that any discontinuities...
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The new steel-glass architecture of buildings in Japan
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Guided wave propagation in diagnostic of steel elements
PublicationThis paper is devoted to numerical investigations of elastic wave propagation in steel elements. The aim of this study is to conduct numerical analysis and experimental investigations on the propagation of elastic waves in steel elements in the context of damage detection. In particular, this paper is devoted to detection of damage occurring in the form of notch or changed thickness. This approach utilized the fact that any discontinuities...
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Uniform corrosion monitoring of carbon steel in concrete.
PublicationW przypadku korozji prętów zbrojeniowych w żelbecie zaobserwowane zostały obszary wzmożonego zaatakowania. Pomiar prądowego i napięciowego szumu elektrochemicznego umożliwia wyznaczenie szybkości korozji ogólnej a zmiany parametrów statystycznych przebiegów szumowych umożliwiają detekcję występowania przestrzennych rejonów intensyfikacji korozji. Przedstawione rezultaty, oparte na wykorzystaniu odpowiedniego układu zastępczego,...