Effect of thickness and reinforcement on concrete plates under high speed projectiles

Abdalla S. Tais,Omer F. Ibraheem,Saad M. Raoof 국제구조공학회 2022 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.82 No.5

Behavior of concrete elements under the effect of high-speed projectiles has gain increasing interest recently. It’s necessary to understand how far the concrete can absorb the effect of bullets in order to save the occupants when design security and military infrastructures. This study presents a total of 18 concrete slabs casted and tested under reinforcement ratios, 0%, 0.35% and 0.7%. Parameters interested were slab thickness, (50 mm, 100 mm, and 150 mm) and type of weapon. All specimens tested to investigate their response under the effect of attacking by two common types of weapon. In general, it was found that projectile penetration was controlled by their thickness regardless the steel reinforcement ratio. However, the steel reinforcement controls the damage.

Shear strengthening of deficient concrete beams with marine grade aluminium alloy plates

Abu-Obeidah, Adi S.,Abdalla, Jamal A.,Hawileh, Rami A. Techno-Press 2019 Advances in concrete construction Vol.7 No.4

In this study, high strength aluminum alloys (AA) plates are proposed as a new construction material for strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) beams. The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate AA plate's suitability as externally bonded reinforcing (EBR) materials for retrofitting shear deficient beams. A total of twenty RC beams designed to fail in shear were strengthened with different spacing and orientations. The specimens were loaded with four-points loading till failure. The considered outcome parameters included load carrying capacity, deflection, strain in plates, and failure modes. The results of all tested beams showed an increase up to 37% in the load carrying capacity and also an increase in deflection compared to the control un-strengthened beams. This demonstrated the potential of adopting AA plates as EBR material. Finally, the shear contribution from the AA plates was predicted using the models available in the ACI440-08, TR55 and FIB14 design code for fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) plates. The predicted results were compared to experimental testing data with the ratio of the experimentally measured ultimate load to predicted load, range on the average, between 93% and 97%.

Mechanical analysis of cutout piezoelectric nonlocal nanobeam including surface energy effects

Mohamed A Eltaher,Fatema-Alzahraa Omar,Waleed S. Abdalla,Abdallah M. Kabeel,Amal E. Alshorbagy 국제구조공학회 2020 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.76 No.1

This manuscript tends to investigate influences of nanoscale and surface energy on a static bending and free vibration of piezoelectric perforated nanobeam structural element, for the first time. Nonlocal differential elasticity theory of Eringen is manipulated to depict the long–range atoms interactions, by imposing length scale parameter. Surface energy dominated in nanoscale structure, is included in the proposed model by using Gurtin–Murdoch model. The coupling effect between nonlocal elasticity and surface energy is included in the proposed model. Constitutive and governing equations of nonlocal-surface perforated Euler–Bernoulli nanobeam are derived by Hamilton’s principle. The distribution of electric potential for the piezoelectric nanobeam model is assumed to vary as a combination of a cosine and linear variation, which satisfies the Maxwell’s equation. The proposed model is solved numerically by using the finite-element method (FEM). The present model is validated by comparing the obtained results with previously published works. The detailed parametric study is presented to examine effects of the number of holes, perforation size, nonlocal parameter, surface energy, boundary conditions, and external electric voltage on the electro-mechanical behaviors of piezoelectric perforated nanobeams. It is found that the effect of surface stresses becomes more significant as the thickness decreases in the range of nanometers. The effect of number of holes becomes significant in the region 0.2≤α≤0.8. The current model can be used in design of perforated nano-electro-mechanical systems (PNEMS).

Spectroscopic needs for imaging dark energy experiments

Newman, J.A.,Abate, A.,Abdalla, F.B.,Allam, S.,Allen, S.W.,Ansari, R.,Bailey, S.,Barkhouse, W.A.,Beers, T.C.,Blanton, M.R.,Brodwin, M.,Brownstein, J.R.,Brunner, R.J.,Carrasco Kind, M.,Cervantes-Cota, North-Holland 2015 Astroparticle physics Vol.63 No.-

Ongoing and near-future imaging-based dark energy experiments are critically dependent upon photometric redshifts (a.k.a. photo-z's): i.e., estimates of the redshifts of objects based only on flux information obtained through broad filters. Higher-quality, lower-scatter photo-z's will result in smaller random errors on cosmological parameters; while systematic errors in photometric redshift estimates, if not constrained, may dominate all other uncertainties from these experiments. The desired optimization and calibration is dependent upon spectroscopic measurements for secure redshift information; this is the key application of galaxy spectroscopy for imaging-based dark energy experiments. Hence, to achieve their full potential, imaging-based experiments will require large sets of objects with spectroscopically-determined redshifts, for two purposes:*Training: Objects with known redshift are needed to map out the relationship between object color and z (or, equivalently, to determine empirically-calibrated templates describing the rest-frame spectra of the full range of galaxies, which may be used to predict the color-z relation). The ultimate goal of training is to minimize each moment of the distribution of differences between photometric redshift estimates and the true redshifts of objects, making the relationship between them as tight as possible. The larger and more complete our ''training set'' of spectroscopic redshifts is, the smaller the RMS photo-z errors should be, increasing the constraining power of imaging experiments. Requirements: Spectroscopic redshift measurements for ~30,000 objects over >~15 widely-separated regions, each at least ~20arcmin in diameter, and reaching the faintest objects used in a given experiment, will likely be necessary if photometric redshifts are to be trained and calibrated with conventional techniques. Larger, more complete samples (i.e., with longer exposure times) can improve photo-z algorithms and reduce scatter further, enhancing the science return from planned experiments greatly (increasing the Dark Energy Task Force figure of merit by up to ~50%). Options: This spectroscopy will most efficiently be done by covering as much of the optical and near-infrared spectrum as possible at modestly high spectral resolution (λ/Δλ>~3000), while maximizing the telescope collecting area, field of view on the sky, and multiplexing of simultaneous spectra. The most efficient instrument for this would likely be either the proposed GMACS/MANIFEST spectrograph for the Giant Magellan Telescope or the OPTIMOS spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope, depending on actual properties when built. The PFS spectrograph at Subaru would be next best and available considerably earlier, c. 2018; the proposed ngCFHT and SSST telescopes would have similar capabilities but start later. Other key options, in order of increasing total time required, are the WFOS spectrograph at TMT, MOONS at the VLT, and DESI at the Mayall 4m telescope (or the similar 4MOST and WEAVE projects); of these, only DESI, MOONS, and PFS are expected to be available before 2020. Table 2-3 of this white paper summarizes the observation time required at each facility for strawman training samples. To attain secure redshift measurements for a high fraction of targeted objects and cover the full redshift span of future experiments, additional near-infrared spectroscopy will also be required; this is best done from space, particularly with WFIRST-2.4 and JWST. Calibration: The first several moments of redshift distributions (the mean, RMS redshift dispersion, etc.), must be known to high accuracy for cosmological constraints not to be systematics-dominated (equivalently, the moments of the distribution of differences between photometric and true redshifts could be determined instead). The ultimate goal of calibration is to characterize these moments for every subsample used in analyses - i.e., to minimi

Mechanical behaviors of piezoelectric nonlocal nanobeam with cutouts

Mohamed A. Eltaher,Fatema-Alzahraa Omar,Azza M. Abdraboh,Waleed S. Abdalla,Amal E. Alshorbagy 국제구조공학회 2020 Smart Structures and Systems, An International Jou Vol.25 No.2

This work presents a modified continuum model to explore and investigate static and vibration behaviors of perforated piezoelectric NEMS structure. The perforated nanostructure is modeled as a thin perforated nanobeam element with Euler.Bernoulli kinematic assumptions. A size scale effect is considered by included a nonlocal constitutive equation of Eringen in differential form. Modifications of geometrical parameters of perforated nanobeams are presented in simplified forms. To satisfy the Maxwell's equation, the distribution of electric potential for the piezoelectric nanobeam model is assumed to be varied as a combination of a cosine and linear functions. Hamilton's principle is exploited to develop mathematical governing equations. Modified numerical finite model is adopted to solve the equation of motion and equilibrium equation. The proposed model is validated with previous respectable work. Numerical investigations are presented to illustrate effects of the number of perforated holes, perforation size, nonlocal parameter, boundary conditions, and external electric voltage on the electro-mechanical behaviors of piezoelectric nanobeams.

Anthraquinones with Antibacterial Activities from Crucianella maritima L. Growing in Egypt

Abdalla M. El-Lakany,Maha A. Aboul-Ela,Maged S. Abdel-Kader,Jihan M. Badr,Nawal N. Sabri,Yousry Goher 한국생약학회 2004 Natural Product Sciences Vol.10 No.2

From the extracts of Crucianella maritima L. (Rubiaceae), five new anthraquinones namely; 1-hydroxy- 2-methyl-6-methoxy anthraquinone, 6-methoxy-2-methyl quinizarin, 6-methyl-anthragallol-2,3-dimethyl ether, 6-methyl-anthragallol-2-methyl ether, and 1-hydroxy-2-carbomethoxyanthraquinone were isolated and identified. In addition, deacetyl asperulosidic acid 6'-glucoside sodium salt, a new iridoid diglucoside, along with twelve known anthraquinones, three flavonols, three sterols, and one triterpene were also isolated and identified for the first time from this plant. Their chemical structures were established by physical, chemical and spectroscopic data, including UV, MS, ID- and 2D-NMR analyses. The antimicrobial, cytotoxic activities and a preliminary clinical trial of the crude extracts and some isolates are also presented. Chemotaxonomical aspects are briefly discussed.

Sensitivity studies in spent fuel pool criticality safety analysis for APR-1400 nuclear power plants

Abdulrahman S. Al Awad,Abdalla Habashy,Walid A. Metwally 한국원자력학회 2018 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.50 No.5

A criticality safety analysis was performed for the APR-1400 spent fuel pool region-II to ensure the safestorage of spent fuel, with credit taken for depletion and in-rack neutron absorbers (Metamic panels). PLUS7 fuel assembly was modeled using TRITON-NEWT of SCALE-6.1. The burnup-dependent crosssectionlibrary was generated under limiting core-operating conditions with 5%-w U-235 initialenrichment. MCNP5 was used to evaluate the neutron multiplication factor in an infinite array of rackcells with the axially nonuniformly burnt PLUS7 assemblies under normal, abnormal, and accidentconditions; including all biases and uncertainties. The main purpose of this study is to investigatereactivity variations due to the critical depletion and reactor operation parameters. The approach, assumptions,and modeling methods were verified by analyzing the contents of the most important fissileand the associated reactivity effects. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) guidance on k-eff beingless than 1.0 for spent fuel pools filled with unborated water was the main criterion used in this study. Itwas found that assemblies with 49.0 GWd/MTU and 5.0 w/o U-235 initial enrichment loaded in Region-IIsatisfy this criterion. Moreover, it was found that the end effect resulted in a positive bias, thus ensuringits consideration

Brain correlates to facial motor imagery and its somatotopy in the primary motor cortex

Soliman, Ramy S.,Lee, Sanghoon,Eun, Seulgi,Mohamed, Abdalla Z.,Lee, Jeungchan,Lee, Eunyoung,Makary, Meena M.,Kathy Lee, Seung Min,Lee, Hwa-Jin,Choi, Woo Suk,Park, Kyungmo Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams Wilkin 2017 NEUROREPORT - Vol.28 No.5

<P>Motor imagery (MI) has attracted increased interest for motor rehabilitation as many studies have shown that MI shares the same neural networks as motor execution (ME). Nevertheless, MI in terms of facial movement has not been studied extensively; thus, in the present study, we investigated shared neural networks between facial motor imagery (FMI) and facial motor execution (FME). In addition, FMI somatotopy within-face was investigated between the forehead and the mouth. Functional MRI was used to examine 34 healthy individuals with ME and MI paradigms for the forehead and the mouth. The general linear model and a paired t-test were performed to define the facial area in the primary motor cortex (M1) and this area has been used to investigate somatotopy between the forehead and mouth FMI. FMI recruited similar brain motor areas as FME, but showed less neural activity in all activated regions. The facial areas in M1 were distinguishable from other body movements such as finger movement. Further investigation of this area showed that forehead and mouth imagery tended to lack a somatotopic representation for position on M1, and yet had distinct characteristics in terms of neural activity level. FMI showed different characteristics from general MI as the former exclusively activated facial processing areas. In addition, FME and FMI showed different characteristics in terms of BOLD signal level, while sharing the same neural areas. The results imply a potential usefulness of MI training for rehabilitation of facial motor disease considering that forehead and mouth somatotopy showed no clear position difference, and yet showed a significant BOLD signal intensity variation. NeuroReport 28: 285-291 Copyright (C) 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.</P>

Cosmology from cosmic shear with Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data

Abbott, T.,Abdalla, F. B.,Allam, S.,Amara, A.,Annis, J.,Armstrong, R.,Bacon, D.,Banerji, M.,Bauer, A. H.,Baxter, E.,Becker, M. R.,Benoit-Lé,vy, A.,Bernstein, R. A.,Bernstein, G. M.,Bertin, E.,Bl American Physical Society 2016 Physical Review D Vol.94 No.2

<P>We present the first constraints on cosmology from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), using weak lensing measurements from the preliminary Science Verification (SV) data. We use 139 square degrees of SV data, which is less than 3% of the full DES survey area. Using cosmic shear 2-point measurements over three redshift bins we find sigma(8)(Omega(m)/0.3)(0.5) = 0.81 +/- 0.06 (68% confidence), after marginalizing over 7 systematics parameters and 3 other cosmological parameters. We examine the robustness of our results to the choice of data vector and systematics assumed, and find them to be stable. About 20% of our error bar comes from marginalizing over shear and photometric redshift calibration uncertainties. The current state-of-the-art cosmic shear measurements from CFHTLenS are mildly discrepant with the cosmological constraints from Planck CMB data; our results are consistent with both data sets. Our uncertainties are similar to 30% larger than those from CFHTLenS when we carry out a comparable analysis of the two data sets, which we attribute largely to the lower number density of our shear catalogue. We investigate constraints on dark energy and find that, with this small fraction of the full survey, the DES SV constraints make negligible impact on the Planck constraints. The moderate disagreement between the CFHTLenS and Planck values of sigma(8)(Omega(m)/0.3)(0.5) is present regardless of the value of w.</P>

Modified Direct Torque Control using Algorithm Control of Stator Flux Estimation and Space Vector Modulation Based on Fuzzy Logic Control for Achieving High Performance from Induction Motors

Hassan Farhan Rashag,S. P. Koh,Ahmed N. Abdalla,Nadia M. L. Tan,K. H. Chong 전력전자학회 2013 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.13 No.3

Direct torque control based on space vector modulation (SVM-DTC) protects the DTC transient merits. Furthermore, it creates better quality steady-state performance in a wide speed range. The modified method of DTC using SVM improves the electrical magnitudes of asynchronous machines, such as minimizing the stator current distortions, the stator flux with electromagnetic torque without ripple, the fast response of the rotor speed, and the constant switching frequency. In this paper, the proposed method is based on two new control strategies for direct torque control with space vector modulation. First, fuzzy logic control is used instead of the PI torque and a PI flux controller to minimizing the torque error and to achieve a constant switching frequency. The voltages in the direct and quadratic reference frame (Vd ,Vq) d q are achieved by fuzzy logic control. In this scheme, the switching capability of the inverter is fully utilized, which improves the system performance. Second, the close loop of stator flux estimation based on the voltage model and a low pass filter is used to counteract the drawbacks in the open loop of the stator flux such as the problems saturation and dc drift. The response of this new control strategy is compared with DTC-SVM. The experimental and simulation results demonstrate that the proposed control topology outperforms the conventional DTC-SVM in terms of system robustness and eliminating the bad outcome of dc-offset.