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Non-laminated FRP Strap Elements for Reinforced Concrete, Timber and Masonry Applications
(American Society of Civil EngineersJournal of Composites for Construction, 2010-05-11)
Advances in material technology allow for the exploration of new structural forms and systems. In recent years, fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) have emerged as candidate materials for civil engineering applications, and ...
Time-Dependent Behavior of RC Beams Retrofitted with CFRP Straps
(American Society of Civil EngineersJournal of Composites in Construction, 2010-07-16)
A retrofitting technique that uses prestressed unbonded carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) straps to provide additional shear capacity has previously been shown to be successful under short-term static loading conditions. ...
Water, salt water and alkaline solution uptake in epoxy thin films
(WileyJournal of Applied Polymer Science, 2013-05-10)
As a means of characterizing the diffusion parameters of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites within a relatively short time frame, the potential use of short term tests on epoxy films to predict the long-term behavior ...
On some nonlinear partial differential equations for classical and quantum many body systems
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical PhysicsClare Hall, 2012-11-13)
This thesis deals with problems arising in the study of nonlinear partial differential equations arising from many-body problems. It is divided into two parts: The first part concerns the derivation of a nonlinear diffusion ...
Turbulence ingestion noise of open rotors
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2012-04-10)
Renewed interest in open rotor aeroengines, due to their fuel efficiency, has driven renewed interest in all aspects of the noise they generate. Noise due to the ingestion of distorted atmospheric turbulence, known as ...
Dynamics of quasi-two-dimensional turbulent jets
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical PhysicsChurchill CollegeBP Institute, 2012-11-13)
The study of quasi-two-dimensional turbulent jets is relevant to chemical reactors, the coking process in oil refinement, as well as rivers flowing into lakes or oceans. In the event of a spillage of pollutants into a ...
Differential systems, moving frames, structure-preserving submersions and geometrical problems in physics
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2012-07-03)
The present work applies the theories of exterior differential systems, method of equivalence and moving frames to the study of geometrical problems arising in physics, especially the class of problems that can be described ...
Aspects of higher dimensional Einstein theory and M-theory
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2012-10-09)
This thesis contains two main themes. The first is Einstein's theory of general relativity in higher dimensions, while the second is M-theory.
The first part of the thesis concerns the use of classification techniques ...