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Reinforcement (Psychology) is the strengthening of a conditioned response.
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I've been trying to produce result for the paper of Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Resource Allocation in Cooperative UAV-Assisted Wireless Networks. I am having difficulties in understanding logic of Phase2: Transmission from UAVs to UE which I only implemented set of UE group associated to UAV, not randomly distributed as in the paper. I'm wondering if someone can help me. I'd appreciate if I can get source code as a reference. Thank you.
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thank you for your help
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Why and how is this kind of long-term potentiation (LTP) possible?
Is LTP even needed for all sorts of synaptic plasticity and long-term memory formation?
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Long-term potentiation (LTP which is necessary for synaptic plasticity and long-term memory formation) needs repeats and reinforcement of the engrams to be triggered.
However, apparently everybody automatically "absorbs" a lot of information immediately and also permanently, even without needing any extra effort (at least any conscious effort), which seems to be needed for LTP to happen. Everyone seems to have this ability, although it is even stronger in those with better memories.
People simply "learn" many things once; and many of those learned items remain there for a pretty long duration, and in many cases even for the rest of their lives. This seems to happen without any repeats, at least without any apparent or conscious efforts to remember or re-remember those memories. This is the case for a lot of semantic information (especially the information of interest or importance to the person) as well as a large portion of the contents of episodic memory.
Why and how is this kind of LTP possible?
Perhaps attention plays a major role here, e.g., being interesting and important automatically triggers LTP without a further need for repeats.
But such effortless long-term memorization happens also in the case of a lot of semantic information or autobiographical events that are not inherently interesting or significant to the person.
Is LTP even needed for all sorts of synaptic plasticity and long-term memory formation?
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Jerry Waese thanks a lot for your nice software and the image. I will try to play with it and understand what is what.
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Hello everyone,
To produce a composite material, how will I weigh the components mentioned above if I want to make this mixture?
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If you want to go by simple terms then if you know the total amount of material you need like if you want to make 10gm of composite material then PP would be 7gm, fibers will be 1gm and clay will be 2gm.
What is the method you are adopting for the composite preparation? Hopefully, then it will be more clear.
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Recently, I want to study the acoustoelastic effect of Lamb wave in composites, and use this property to measure the stress of carbon fiber reinforced composite T300/QY8911. The third order elastic modulus parameters of materials are required for the acoustic elastodynamics modeling. However, I only found the relevant parameters of T300/5208 in the paper, and did not find any relevant parameters of T300/QY8911. I wonder if anyone knows these parameters and would like to share them, I would appreciate it!
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Harold Berjamin "The effect of applied stress on the phase and group velocity of guided waves in anisotropic plates". It was in this paper that I discovered the third-order elastic constant of T300/5208. In fact, I need the third order elastic constants in order to build the stress measurement model based on the Lamb wave acoustoelastic effect. Because the acoustoelastic effect of Lamb wave has the dispersive and multi-modal characteristics, it is necessary to select the optimized mode-frequency combination to achieve a better measurement effect. Moreover, the consistency between experimental and theoretical analysis results can better illustrate the accuracy of the measurement method.
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During concrete casting works in construction projects, there are several factors that affect the quality of concrete on-site, some of which are related to the supplier concrete, some of them are related to casting workers, and the other is the implementation of wood molds and reinforcing works.which the factor was critical
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The most important factors are ambient temperature, relative humidity, sunlight, wind speed (affects water evaporation), demoulding time, and overall speed of work.
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If I have a reinforced concrete slab with a thickness 1000 mm, containing openings 1.0x2.0m, 0.8x1.2m and 1.0x1.5m, what is the additional reinforcement to be added around the openings and its details, also would it need a beam around it or not? With reference to standard or code if possible, thanks in advance.
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What would be the scenario if there are multiple openings having limited space to provide diagonal reinforcement
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Which textile hardwaste can be reused easily in concrete material?
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Hi Murk, you can see my attachment as a reference about using fiber in woven fabric for concrete.
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Please explain sap 2000 design
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Yes. You may check this using the option Design - selecting IS Code 456:2000-View all members passed
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what properties will get enhanced if we add sic and what properties will we get after adding alumina
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The addition of silicon carbide (SiC) and aluminum oxide (Al2O3) as reinforcements in aluminum metal matrix composites (MMCs) can provide several benefits, including:
  1. Improved strength and stiffness: SiC and Al2O3 are both very hard materials with high strength and stiffness. Adding these reinforcements to the aluminum matrix can significantly improve the overall strength and stiffness of the MMC, making it more suitable for use in structural applications.
  2. Improved wear resistance: SiC and Al2O3 have excellent wear resistance, which can improve the durability and lifespan of the MMC. This is especially useful in applications where the MMC will be subjected to high levels of wear and abrasive forces.
  3. Improved thermal stability: SiC and Al2O3 have high melting points and good thermal stability, which can help to improve the overall thermal stability of the MMC. This is especially important in high-temperature applications, where the MMC may be subjected to thermal cycling or elevated temperatures.
  4. Improved corrosion resistance: SiC and Al2O3 have good corrosion resistance, which can help to improve the overall corrosion resistance of the MMC. This is especially useful in applications where the MMC will be exposed to corrosive environments.
Overall, the addition of SiC and Al2O3 as reinforcements in aluminum MMCs can significantly improve the material's mechanical, thermal, and corrosion properties, making it more suitable for a wide range of applications.
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Hi! I am a little confused about mentioning the reinforcement details in the figure showing the skeleton of my 2D RC frame. It has 32 columns (in which case I can show half the structure since it's symmetric. Thus, 16 columns are shown) and 24 beams. Should I mention the reinforcement details in the figure like the one attached, or is it fine to only mention the dimensions of each member?
Image credits: DOI - 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112789 (Maria G. Flenga and Maria J. Favvata. Probabilistic seismic assessment of the pounding risk based on the local demands of a multistory RC frame structure. Engineering Structures, 245(July), 2021. )
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There is absolutely no need to "mention reinforcement details for all members of a building structure in figures for research papers". Research paper is not an album of the design drawings. In research paper you must draw attention of the readers on the main scientific an engineering findings of your work and in this case you must show the achievements you have reached based on the designed by you building.
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I want to make a biocomposite using chitosan and hydroxyapatite. How can I proceed to make samples to characterize mechanical properties?
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Good day, Gagan Bansal! Hope you are doing well.
I suppose you should follow the next methodology:
Best of luck in your research!
Yours sincerely,
M. Sc. Vadym Chibrikov
Department of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials
Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
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In a mixed-method research study, must we always compare the findings gotten from quantitative data, with that of qualitative data in the same study, or is it appropriate to carry out a mixed-method study where the aim is only to use the outcome of the qualitative study to explain or reinforce the position or outcome of the quantitative study without making comparisons of the two findings?
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It sound like you might be interested in what is known as a sequential explanatory design, QUAN --> Qual, where the goal of the qualitative study is to help you understand the results of the quantitative study.
Creswell and Plano-Clark's textbook on Mixed Methods is a good introduction to this and other mixed methods research designs.
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I want to develop a chitosan matrix-based composite with ceramic powder reinforcement.
how should I proceed? what is the best method for composite development,
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Good day, Gagan Bansal!
As far as I can understand, the most cited researches at that field declare casting method to be the mainstream one. Here is the basic procedure:
"500 mg chitosan powders was dissolved in 25 mL 2% (v/v) acetic acid aqueous solution upon stirring at 200rpm for 3 h. After that, the chitosan suspension was poured into a plastic dish that was placed in a fume hood at room temperature to evaporate water and acetic acid. The as-prepared composite film was dried under vacuum at 40°C until their weight was equilibrated." Apart from methodology, given here, I suppose prolonged stirring to positively affect composite structure (homogeneity).
Procedure cited from:
Best of luck in your research!
Yours sincerely,
M. Sc. Vadym Chibrikov
Department of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials
Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
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The use of punishments and reinforcements by the teacher during teaching-learning process
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In Sweden teachers are not allowed to use any punishments anymore which makes the whole system rather caothic. Corporal punishment was prohibited in gymnasiums (elite secondary schools) in 1918, in state-run secondary schools in 1928, and in all schools, including elementary schools, in 1958. Article 13 of the Act Prohibiting Discrimination and Other Degrading Treatment of Children and School Students 2006 protects students from all degrading treatment by staff members and management. The Education Act 2010  makes no provision for corporal punishment in Chapter 5 (safety and discipline), and Chapter 6 protects children in school from degrading, abusive and offensive treatment by staff.
Yes, teacher's age, experience and good knowledge help to create a good atmosphere and instigate a will to learn. There is though ciltural differences between countries.
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Although basalt fi er reinforced polymers are widely spread all over the world, due to its advantages, still its use is limited, why?
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Good day! As far as I can understand, high concentrations of air borne dust may cause unpleasant deposition of dust in ears, eyes and upper respiratory tract and may also reduce visibility in the workplace. Thus, production problems are kind the same of as for the asbestos, and risks are possibly higher that the profits
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Trying to get an ASTM standard for reinforced plastic tests but can't find it in any ASTM book. Is there no standard yet?
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Dear Achukwu,
I have mentioned all the ASTM standard about XRD analysis.
  1. E0915-96R02 Test Method for Verifying the Alignment of X-Ray Diffraction Instrumentation for Residual Stress Measurement.
  2. E1426-98R03 Test Method for Determining the Effective Elastic Parameter for X-Ray Diffraction Measurements of Residual Stress
  3. D5187-91R02 Test Method for Determination of Crystallite Size (L of Calcined Petroleum Coke by X-Ray Diffraction
  4. D3906-03 Test Method for Determination of Relative X-ray Diffraction Intensities of Faujasite-Type Zeolite-Containing Materials
  5. D5357-03 Test Method for Determination of Relative Crystallinity of Zeolite Sodium A by X-ray Diffraction
  6. D5758-01 Test Method for Determination of Relative Crystallinity of Zeolite ZSM-5 by X-Ray Diffraction
  7. D5380-93R03 Test Method for Identification of Crystalline Pigments and Extenders in Paint by X-Ray Diffraction Analysis
  8. D3720-90R05 Test Method for Ratio of Anatase to Rutile in Titanium Dioxide Pigments by X-Ray Diffraction
  9. D0934-80R03 Practices for Identification of Crystalline Compounds in Water-Formed Deposits By X-Ray Diffraction
  10. D0934-80R03 Practices for Identification of Crystalline Compounds in Water-Formed Deposits By X-Ray Diffraction
  11. F2024-00 Practice for X-ray Diffraction Determination of Phase Content of Plasma-Sprayed Hydroxyapatite Coatings
  12. UOP905-91 Platinum Agglomeration by X-Ray Diffraction
  13. E43-49 (1955) Recommended Practice for Identification of Crystaline Materials by the Hanawalt X-Ray Diffraction Method (Withdrawn 1962)
  14. F35-68(1988) Practice for Identification of Minute Crystalline Particle Contaminants by X-Ray Diffraction (Withdrawn 1994)
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  1. The reinforced solid beam's (300mmx300mm) ultimate load capacity is 150.34 kN
  2. The same beam with 90mm dia hollow at the center's ultimate load capacity is more than that of the solid beam. However, at 20 mm and 50 mm dia hollow, the ultimate loads are 143.61 kN and 138.65 kN, respectively.
  3. Moreover, I'm getting inaccurate results with voided beams with hollow on the top and the bottom portion. Why?
  4. My beam is simply-supported with an impactor on top and I used SOLID65 and customized a rebar material.
  5. Also, I'm not sure if I am doing the right thing on how to get the ultimate load capacity.
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For a beam with hole, the second moment of area will be lower, so more stresses will be generated at a given force. Which explains the reduction in ultimate force for 20 and 50 mm dia.
However, if you increase the dia beyond a certain point, you will approach towards a thin-walled section, in whichs shear stresses become important, and may give certain anomalous observations. Do you observe any section distortion or twisting in 90 mm case?
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although glyerol have more OH group
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Dear Maham Khan, though they have different mechanisms of plasticization (internal and external), it is the size of the molecules that make the difference. Glycerol reduces interchains cohesion with a slight increase in free volume, on the other hand much free volume is introduced with PEG plasticizer, this extra free volume enhanced solubilization as diffusion bocomes easier and faster. My Regards
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I used friction stir processing to reinforce aluminum alloy with nanoparticles and I want to calculate the weight fraction of reinforcement material.
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Volume fraction = (Cross sectional area of the groove/Cross sectional area of the stir zone) * 100
Cross sectional area of the groove = (Width x Depth) for square or rectangular grooves
Cross sectional area of the groove = (Width x Depth) /2 for V shaped grooves
It is assumed that the particles are packed to full density in the groove.
once you know the volume, the weight can be calculated.
when the volume fraction is known you can know amount of reinforcement material by weight or volume.
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I am doing Finite Element Analysis of spirally reinforced concrete columns on ATENA 3D. I am perplexed while defining the spiral reinforcement as there is no option available for it. So far what I have understood is I need to define joints for spiral then connect them using line segments. For this option, I need to calculate the coordinates of joints manually, which is surely a hectic. If you can help me then please do.
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I would highly recommend importing AutoCAD geometry for spiral
It can be done quickly (maybe this answer could help future users)
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How are you?
In ansys apdl ,i want to model smeared reinforcement in solid element in concrete wall, vertical Top and Bottom Reinforcement have to be modeled (top differes than bottom) , and also to model horizontal reinforcement top and bottom
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Lahlou Dahmani thanks professor,
how can you check the stress in reinforced steel?
how can i make sure that the steel yielded before concrete crushes?
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Previous test showed that polypropylene fiber has poor adhesion to epoxy resin. Consequently, the mechanical properties of reinforced resin are reduced. From some literatures, the reason for poor bond properties is that the surface of polypropylene fibers lacks active groups. I know that both the polypropylene fiber and epoxy resin are hydrophobic. I have a question. How to improve the bond between polypropylene fiber and epoxy resin, and related mechanisms.
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Dear Zihao Shen, most two studied strategies are based on the use of silane coupling agents (silanization) and maleic anhydride attaching to PP fiber surface. Please have a look at the following documents. My Regards
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i am trying to do reliability analysis for short rc columns. i am referring a paper "reliability analysis of eccentrically loaded columns" by "Maria M. Szerszen, Aleksander Szwed and Andrzej S. Nowak".
in the end, based on a plot of 'strain' vs 'strength reduction factor', they have proposed a new values of strength reduction factor as a function of strain.
two models have been proposed, the dotted one is for all the points except black
while the solid line is for black points.
black points are depicting reinforcement ratio < 2
green, blue, red colors are showing reinforcement ratios in excess and equal to 2
my question is how they fitted these two lines, or, how they have measured the transition zone from the given scatter plot?
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Steven Prevette that makes two of us. many thanks again for your comment. i have done a similar analysis and will post my result here once done.
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I am in the research and development phase of (integrated doctorate) thesis. My thesis is about Reinforcement of elements exposed to high heat ( I can share the summary information about the project work with the relevant professors who might be interested)
We have done most of the project work, I will carry out my researches and develop the project in Pisa university with a supervisor for one academic year. 
looking for a supervisor support in Materials Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or similar related professors who might be interested in Reinforcement of elements.
Please kindly support/guide me to find the correct contact.
My contact information is as follows. Thank you,
+90 538 780 0818
Skype: rishadazizi
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Perhaps I can help you. Write more specifically what you need here:
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Does Agri waste AMC attains equivalent properties as conventionally reinforced AMCs?
Provide comparison
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Both waste are differ, Agricultural waste refers to the waste produced in agricultural production, mainly including crop straw and livestock manure. Agricultural waste generation is increasing year by year worldwide due to the increasing population. Agricultural waste is waste produced as a result of various agricultural operations. It includes manure and other wastes from farms, poultry houses and slaughterhouses; harvest waste; fertilizer run- off from fields; pesticides that enter into water, air or soils; and salt and silt drained from fields.
While the The utilization of agro‑residues ash as complementary reinforcing materials continues to gain prominence for metal matrix composite (MMCs) development, . However, for the reinforced composites, major phases identified are Al, Fe3Si, SiC, MgO, and SiO2. the particulates reinforcements (SiC and PKSA) were uniformly dispersed in the matrix. The percentage porosity for the composites ranged from 2.06 to 2.39%. In addition, hardness, yield strength and ultimate tensile strength of the composites are about 10.3%, 18.5% and 10.4%, respectively better than for Al 6063. However, the percent elongation and fracture toughness are lower for the hybrid composites than for Al 6063 and SiC reinforced composite with values decreasing with increase in ash content. Hence, the MMCs produced will be applicable for lightweight engineering applications. T he utilization of single or hybrid ceramic reinforcements in AMCS has been the focus of some studies. For the suitability of usage of AMC produced using Al matrix and SiC as reinforcement, the mechanical properties of AMCs produced through stir casting technique using Al-18wt%Si as matrix and SiC as reinforcement. The hardness and tensile strength of the AMC produced were better compared to the unreinforced Al-alloy, though it was the opposite for the toughness of the samples. Hybrid ceramic reinforcements (SiC and B4C) and AA6082-T6 alloy were used for the development of AMCs .Conventional stir casting method is used with varying weight percentages of reinforcement between 5 and 20 wt.% for the production. It was reported that increase in the reinforcement led to an increase in the hardness and tensile strength with decreasing percentage elongation. The mechanical properties of the hybrid AMCs in the study is better compared with the unreinforced alloy.
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We try to make a tensile test of three types of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP); Carbon, Glass and Basalt bars of 14 mm diameter each.
The main problem in tensile test the specimens do not fixed well in the jaws of the tensile machine, as the specimen slips before the force reaches the required ultimate amount.
Could please advise us if there is any mechanism can help for this issue such as using special resins ?
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Dear Dr. Raheem
Specimen slippage from the grip faces may occur not only due the material characteristics of samples, but also due to several reasons associated with the grips selected:
  • The clamping force is not high enough to grip the samples. In order to obtain higher clamping forces.
  • The surface area of the grip jaw faces may not be sufficiently covering a large surface area to hold the samples. Most tensile testing standards suggest gripping at least 3/4th of the specimen surface area in order to ensure that the specimen is firmly gripped and is set to undergo a tensile test.
  • The jaw surface may not be the correct type for the sample material.
i think ASTM D3039 tensile testing is used to measure the force required to break a polymer composite specimen.
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I have found mostly the modulus of elasticity gradually increases with fiber percentage. If it is a must, then why does it happen? Is the reverse of it, I mean, gradually decrement of modulus possible?
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Dear Monishita Deb, not only fiber content but there are other additional deciding parameters, such as the fibers' dimensions and orientation, tight interface and so on. When the elastic modulus increases, it means that the matrix is becoming progressively resisting deformation, and this in turn means that the major stress input is well supported and transmitted by the reinforcing fibers. Please have a look at the following documents. My Regards
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I have a research topic is concerning about the creep rupture of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite Bars, my question is related to D7337/D7337M Standard, specifically is in section 9, subsection no. 9.2.2, where the standard limit the rupture of one of the specimens to be after 8000 h (More than 11 months), can I have an answer for why we need to reach 8000 h, in order to determine the one million hour creep rupture capacity?
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Dear Hussein Dhabaan, these are determined via model statistical estimation equations for each material. Books on composites contain such equations. Please have a look at the following free access document. My Regards
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.84986
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I currently performed an EIS analysis but could not get a semicircle in the Nyquist plot. The material being tested in 1.5% NaCl is aluminum matrix composite (AMC) reinforced with SiC particles and coated with ZrO2 thin film by ALD. In other words, ZrO2 was deposited on AMC as a protection layer against corrosion. The frequency region was set from 100000 to 0.01 Hz. Does the result show poor coating? I wonder how I should interpret the result and what to do next.
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@Panagiotis Michael Mougoyannis absence of semicircle doesnt mean absence of Charge transfer resistance. Generally you will get absence of semicircle in the case of non -uniform distribution of current at electrode surface or minimal distribution of charge storage and Ohmic contact of the metal/fil/solution interfaces. if you can observe the above figure, in the case of presence of coating it is showing half semi circle (0-1 M ohm), which indicates the presence of charge transfer resistance.
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Hello i'm doing my research on hyperbolic Reinforced Concrete cooling tower
i'm searching for a model to use it as my main model and i can verify it with another article but i can't find a complete one that Gives all the detail and the model should be new cooling tower
cause the vgb guild line or other designing codes may have changed over the years.
model should have the function of shell
Radius of different heights
reinforcements
shell thickness
and the measurement of columns and number of them
i'm totally destroyed on this problem
hope someone can help
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For others who may stumble across this thread... You may not know that the shape of these towers has nothing to do with CFD or thermal performance. It's to achieve the least materials or lowest construction cost. The steel sustains the loads. The cement is just thick enough to position and protect the steel. The highest wind gust recorded at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is about 86 mph and the towers didn't fall down so the design is adequate for lateral wind loads. Why natural draft cooling towers are sometimes chosen over mechanical draft is weighing the operating and maintenance costs. Just to give you a sense of proportion and scale, the cooling tower fans at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant require the entire power output of Norris Dam. Even Hoover Dam is small when compared to the demand for power. Nuclear and supercritical coal-fired power plants are the big players in this game.
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I designed a multilayer model of flexible pavement with Geocell in Base layer, but it is not showing significant difference in deformation with and without Geocell in PLAXIS 3D.
Young`s modulus (E) and thickness value for different layers are:
Asphalt (BC + DBM)- 2800MPa & 190mm thick
Granular Layer- 400MPa & 510mm thick
Subgrade Layer- 60MPa.
Poisson Ratio for all layer is 0.35
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For Plaxis, when modeling geosynthetic-reinforced foundations, you need to increase the phi by 5 degrees with respect to your unreinforced phi value (Wu et al., 2006, FWHA report). Then adjust your E values accordingly if you are using hardening soil model using Schanz et al. 1999 manual on HSM.
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I am confused with nano reinforced SMPCs, Can anyone help me in explaining about role of nano reinforcement in SMPCs.
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guess same way as for other polymers - therefore to understand, study the related literature!
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Hi,
My lab plans to start culture some obligate anaerobic strains, the recommended culture media is Modified Reinforced Clostridial medium, and tryptose was one of the components.
Does anyone know is tryptose substitutable by tryptone, or whoever has experience on that?
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Can tryptose be substituted with tryptone
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I am performing strengthening of the reinforced concrete beam using Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polyme (CFRP) strips with different strip widths placed at different intervals along the span of the beam using ABAQUS? What procedure and parameter should I use?
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Thank you Mr. Hamed Hasani.
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If I want to know the reinforcement stress at the maximum moment when testing an interior joint subjected to cyclic lateral loading (beam flexural failure), should I place the gauges at the core of the joint or just at the beam end? and why?
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I think that...
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Hello,
I'm currently making a life cycle assessment for a liquid hydrogen tank.
One of the materials considered is a carbon fibre reinforced PEEK.
However, there is not a lot of data about the environmental impact of the polymer. Indeed, the only article I have found is the one from Daniel GARRAIN (which served as a reference for the Idemat database).
(PDF) The environmental behaviour of PEEK as an innovative material in a new portable hydrogen fuel cell (researchgate.net)
If any of you have data about it, I would be interested in exchanging with you.
Regards,
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Dear Colleagues, we launched the Global Composites Webinar Series to serve the global composites community during the pandemic on Sept 10, 2020. Now, we have delivered a total of 16 lectures by world-renowned experts in composites. The lectures are available at https://cdmhub.org/resources/1890. Feel free to make use of them for your research and education, and share them with your colleagues.
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  13. June 3, 2021, Nancy Sottos, Control of Reaction Fronts for Rapid Energy-Efficient Manufacturing of Multifunctional Polymers and Composites
  14. November 11, 2021, Anthony Waas, A Semi-Discrete Model for Progressive Damage and Failure of Fiber Reinforced Laminates
  15. December 9, 2021, Philippe Boisse, Fibrous Shell Approach and 3D Second Gradient Modeling for Textile Composite Draping
  16. January 27, 2022, Nobuo Takeda, Fiber-Optic-Based In-Process Monitoring of CFRP Structures for Material Quality Assurance
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Which one is better to study the distribution of reinforcement particles in the composite? Optical microscope or Scanning electron microscope?
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It all depends on what you are looking for, since the penetration depth as well as resolutions for the optical microscopy and SEM are very different and depending on the electronic properties of materials those may vary from sample to sample. The resolution of optical microscopy is limited to the lower wavelengths of visible light, while that for SEM depends on the voltage applied, which can be translated as electron wavelengths. Moreover, in SEM you may be dealing with either backscattered electrons or secondary electrons, each of which gives you different depth profiles. However, overall you can achieve much greater resolutions with SEM as compared with optical microscopy.
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Can anyone suggest some useful methods for preparing PEEK based or PEEK reinforced composite materials?
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Dear Gagan,
Its depend on type of reinforcements and end use etc.
for e.g. Injection molding:fiber breakage but In compression molding long fiber based PEEK composite superior.
For short fiber Injection molding technique is leading.
For Nano composite compression molding is good as nano filler is costly and injection molding required threshold amount to fabricate.
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Dear sir
I hope you're doing well and safe...
i have some doubts about the area of the composite material.....
in the composite material making process there are several reinforcement techniques they are using so please share what are the reinforcement methods using and its effectiveness
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Please refer this article. I hope it will be useful
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what are the prerequisites to prepare sample for DMA analysis? i have Fiber reinforced polymer composites to test for vibrational damping?
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thanks a lot Prof. Hatsuo Ishida
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what are the applications of Epoxy resin when used as matrix in any Fiber reinforced composites?
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Dear all, please have a look at the following special issue. My Regards
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For Cylindricity Measurement Apart from the Co-ordinate Measuring Machine, Which one is the best and easiest method for calculating the Cylindricity of the drilled Specimen. (Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites.)
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Please refer to this article, you will get some idea.
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Hello Investigators,
If I have to measure the temperature on a plates : one with reinforcement and another without reinforcement material during Friction Stir Processing.(Consider the temperature measurement at the middle of Friction stir processed workpiece.
Therefore, In which case the temperature will be more and why?
Suggestion and comments will be highly appreciated.
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Dear Dr. Isaac Dinaharan ,
Once again thank you for the insightful research thoughts.
You have cleared my concept very well.
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Inquiry regarding the reduction of hardness value at the center of nugget for friction stir welded SiC particle reinforced Al matrix composite material.
Here I have attached the variation of hardness of samples (hardness taken through out the center of the nugget from one side of the base material to the other side. An unusual observation is made here that at the center of nugget there is a steep decrease in hardness, which is contrary to the general observation with increase in hardness value at the center of nugget. Kindly suggest me some possibilities behind such observation. Your valuable advises will be very much helpful for me to proceed further.
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Dear Uttam Acharya,
The reduction in microhardness values in the center of your sample may be explained by the dilution of the reinforcing particles at the center of nugget, which would lead to the formation of transition zones between a hard matrix and a soft matrix zone (giving rise to a lower hardness). I suggest doing a quantitative analysis of Sic's reinforcing particles in this area and comparing it with the surface of your samples where you found a large fluctuation in the microhardness data.
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Hello researchers, I need your suggestions on an interesting research area in Artificial Intelligence or related field for a 60 credit MSc Dissertation. A topic that is do-able within a short space of time. I look forward to your sharing your experience. Thank you
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I second the answer of Ashish Sachdeva
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I want to increase tensile strength of concrete.as a civil engineer we all desired a safe and economic structures that's why we use reinforcement so that it can take tension but now a days steel is becoming costly material as huge amount of steel is needed in one structure so I thought if I increase tensile strength of concrete then less steel will be used.
I searched ITZ in internet and I found that CH are responsible for less bonding in ITZ zone so how can i replace CH with CSH gel in the ITZ zone? or any other solution regarding this problem
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Tensile strength of concrete can be improved by adding steel and fiber. this will increase the cost also, so as a civil engineer we have to find optimal point for tensile strength against the cost. Despite the increase in tensile strength, but it remains less than compressive strength of the concrete. Remember that we can increase the compressive strength, since the tensile strength has relation with compressive strength so this will increase the tensile strength. Also, the use of propylene fibers and microsilica fume (gel) increases the tensile strength and compressive strength of concrete.
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in sand slope i want to provide geocell reinforcement
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you can take a look at this youtube video, it explains how to model the geocell in plaxis 3D.
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Respected ma'am/sir , I have few queries regarding the modelling of slope reinforced with roots in PLAXIS-2D. I need to model the interaction of soil with roots in plaxis, can anyone please help me in providing suggestions for it.
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here is one case, in which a FRP composite is prepared by adding some nanoparticles into the matrix along with the fibers then how we can examine the proportion of each reinforcement and matrix ?
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Now it is clear. Please check the following documents. My Regards
10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.07.024
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Hello,
I've recently read many articles about fiber reinforced UHPC use in balistics. About 70-80 % of them say that adding fibers to UHPC increases ductility, but I think that this is not accurate because these materials don't behave in a way ductile materials like steel or termoplastics behave. They instead behave more like thermosetting plastics or ceramics. Wouldn't calling it tough be more accurate?
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Yes, but there is no yield strength on the curve so it can't be called ductile?
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I have some experimental results of soil reinforced in large scale with static and static-cyclic loading and i want to verify my result in a numerical study and examine some other parameters and different situations that i've didn't see in my experimental model.
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I'm trying to model a particulate metal matrix composite. I have a bit confused regarding the software. I did not get any module on the particulate composite in the Comsol platform.
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i am modelling a flat slab that is loaded upwards at its centre. the slab is reinforced with two meshes of steel bars ( upper and lower mesh), and it's supported at all it's edges. i found that the steel reinforcement only have stress in for S11, is that normal? isn't S11 supposed to be the stress in X direction? or it's the normal stresses in general? knowing that the mesh element type for steel reinforcement is truss element.
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Gokhan Altintas but i only want the rebars to carry normal stress. I am wondering why it only show stresses for S11, shouldn’t it show s11 for rebars in x-direction and s33 for rebars in z-direction?
but as shown in the picture, s11 shows the stresses for x- and z- rebars, while s33 shwos no stresses at all. why is that? Do I misunderstand the meaning of s11 and s33? i hope you get my point.
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I am modelling a simple 3-m height road embankment, with varying number of geogrid reinforcement. But the settlement values I get from no geogrid scenario, and the case with geogrid is the same. What am I doing wrong in the modelling? Is there any way i can define the interface between the soil and the geogrid?
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I think you need to incorporate interface/structural interface between soil and geogrid top and then between geogrid bottom and below soil. You will need to define shear parameters for these interfaces. This will be there for each geogrid-soil interface.
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Normally, massive structures like RCC bridges , retaining walls are designed for worst combination of loads acting on them. In addition to required reinforcement for resisting internal forces, temperature and shrinkage reinforcement are also provided. After providing these reinforcements, is there any chance to develop additional internal forces due to change in temperature?
Is there a possibility of large change in temperature suddenly in case these structures?
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Normal concretes say M20 to M 35 will easily withstand 3000C. Proper care should be required at the time of casting and curing.
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Dear all Researchers,
I want to fabricate the hybrid surface composites using FSP, but from literature I got to know the reinforcement volume percentage for linear blind holes and for groove method only. My aim is to fabricate the surface hybrid composites using side hole method with two different reinforcements. Therefore, I want to know the volume percentage calculation method to fabricate this using Friction Stir Processing.
Thanks in advance.
For the reference, please find the attached the documents.
#Friction Stir Welding
#Friction Stir Processing
#volume percentage
#reinforcement
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Thanks Dr. Naveen Kumar for your advise.
But as far as i know from the literature:
%Vol=((Total vol occupied by holes)/(Vol of FSP region))*100
The main issue is of length which is to be considered under vol of FSP region.
What length do you suggest?
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Hi sir,
Is there any possibility to use any reinforcement algorithms for feature selection procedure.
Or will it be used for prediction process? Since it is based on action and reward based process, will it take longer time to execute? can you please discuss the merits of reinforcement learning when compared to supervised machine learning?
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Check out the following article, it might be useful for you:
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Good afternoon, I am researching hysteretic dampers as a reinforcement alternative in masonry buildings, for which I need to execute a subroutine created by the user in DIANA FEA and the truth is that I have not been able to achieve it. Maybe someone has worked on something similar? I need help.
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I think you already did, but please go for support@dianafea.com. They have a tutorial explanation in this topic.
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FSW of dissimilar alloys or materials having various defects, therefore by doing FSP on FSW will it make helpful?
Please suggest advantages and disadvantage of above mentioned technique along with field of applications.
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Thank you for the information
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A recent paper of my team at QU on the newly developed near-surface embedded fiber reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) technique for flexural strengthening of beams. NSE is analogous to near surface mounted for fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bars. Your opinion matters!
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Hi,
Congratulations, It's a good idea for increasing the flexural capacity of RC beams.
"The efficacy of hybrid near-surface embedded/externally bonded (NSE/EB) fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) for flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) beams was assessed experimentally"
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Please send me the detailing of FRP reinforcement bar in Concrete
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Hi Sir,
One of the important issues for the implementation of FRP reinforcements is to check the bond strength of longitudinal rebars with concrete. I suggest you read the following article for more information if you have any questions you can ask.
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Now we could characterize the disperion of Al2O3 in AMCs (pure Al reinforced by Al2O3 ) after sintering. But the process of powder metallurgy has a lot of steps, which take long time. The cycle of characterization is so long. So we wonder whether exist a method to characterize the the dispersion of aluminum oxide in Al matrix composite before sintering but after briquetting.
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Thanks, Ok we can only repeat the same process to get the same sample material. And What about element mapping? What topography (conditions, parameters, or scale adjustment) is required to make the highest possibility to achieve the elements present in the sample? Because sometimes they (company by we scan sample) ask about these things. Like I receive a message from the "Hello, do you have any requirements for the topography, that is, for the topography that has been tested, you can choose one as a reference for testing"
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Carbon,basalt,glass are mostly used fiber Reinforced polymers. Even there is incresed in Strength of the concrete ,these materials are not efficient in the point of ductility and crack width when compared to controlled concrete. Any suggestions and updates ?
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Dear Christi Singaram I recommend you to study the review articles related to FRP. Generally, in review papers we can easily find the comparison between different studies published so far.
I hope it will helps you.
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What is the reason that percentage elongation decreases with increase in ultimate tensile strength for Hybrid aluminum metal matrix composites.
Also why the percentage elongation increases upto some wt. % of reinforcement and start increasing with further increase in wt. % of reinforcement.
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As for the first part, this article may be useful
  • Maybe this article can be help: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2013.11.002
It is seen in PMCs, that with the increase in reinforcement, ie with an increase in volume fraction of the reinforcement, the mechanical properties will increase. But after a certain value it will start to decrease owing to the fact that the matrix will not be sufficient to bind the reinforcement together, resulting in the deterioration of mechanical properties.
Santoshi Mohanta I Guess you came across a similar observation for PMCs.
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I am trying to model a soil reinforced with geocells. I used the solid mechanic interface for the soil and the membrane interface for the geocell, but still have problems when solving.
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May be you can try Flac
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Suggest some good coupling agent/treatment type for basalt fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer composite without compromising Impact property. Generally, there is a decrease in notched Izod impact strength reported by many researchers on incorporating basalt fiber.
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My SOLID65 element is reinforced concrete but what modulus of elasticity and material properties do I put? For nonlinear analysis
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I think this article will help you
Genikomsou, Aikaterini S. and Polak, Maria Anna (2015) Finite element analysis of punching shear of concrete slabs using damaged plasticity model in ABAQUS, Engineering Structures, Vol. 98
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i am calculating the effective properties of the knitted textile reinforced composites. i need to calculate the values of the tensile strength E1,E2 and E3 of the composite by impossing pre stress in the knitting loop. you can also consider unidirectional fiber reinforced composite case. i do not know how can i apply pre stress in the fiber.
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My work is related to nylon braided yarn reinforced epoxy composites but could not find any literature on the topic. Can anyone suggest some articles having micromechanics modeling of the said composite?
Thanks for support in advance.
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You can find here:
Effect of hot water on the mechanical performance of unidirectional carbon fiber-reinforced nylon 6 composites
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Considering the corrosion of steel bars, it is not desirable to employ the hybrid reinforcement.
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Using the steel-FRP composite bars? or hybird with stainless steel bars? or using shape memory bars? or using ECC? or confined the bottom of the column with FRP
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