Trang: 737-745 Hong Lam DangTóm tắtCracking propagation in elastic and porous media is still challenge topics in mechanical, energy, and environmental engineering. In this paper, the phase field method will be used to model the cracking propagation at the small scale for elastic media. This method is doing well in DEAL.II with the help of local refinement technique which allows studying the tensile strength of fractured rock mass behavior without prior knowledge of cracking propagation path and reduction of computational consumption. This implementation is applied to model a fractured rock mass in which a plenty of explicit fractures are distributed though total energy released by Griffith's criterion. Through these applications, we demonstrate and highlight the performance of the phase field method with local refinement technique in modeling crack propagation as well as investigate the tensile strength of fractured rock mass dependency its crack orientation
Evaluation of methods for analyzing early-age cracking risk in concrete walls of tunnel structures
Trang: 746-759 Tu Anh Do, Luan Minh Ha, Quang Thac Nguyen, Tam Duc Tran, Thang Quoc ThamTóm tắtThis paper is concentrated on investigating the modern methods to evaluate the probability of cracking in urban tunnel structures during construction. The study considers the current standard methods for assessing reinforced concrete walls of an urban tunnel, which experienced early-age cracking. The results obtained using guidelines were compared with actual observations of crack widths in the urban tunnel wall. Examples of using specifications in wall design were also described. The proper method is highlighted with suggestions for a possible path for considering early-age thermal and shrinkage effects in urban reinforced concrete tunnel walls
Overview of BIM application for bridge - highway and infrastructure projects in Viet Nam
Trang: 760-774 Ngo Thanh Thuy, Do Minh Truyen, Huynh Xuan TinTóm tắtIn recent years, the industrial revolution 4.0 has been strongly happening and affecting many industries and fields thanks to the rapid development of science and technology. Many new technologies have been developed and applied in the construction industry, increasing labor productivity and work efficiency, and reducing construction waste. One of these new technologies is Building Information Modeling (BIM), which is being strongly developed and evaluated as a key technology for the construction industry. BIM defines all property information related to a full lifecycle of a target structure, from planning and design to construction, operation, and maintenance. In Vietnam, BIM has been effective for certified projects using state budget, private capital, or foreign investment, and gradually there is a positive change. The goal of this paper is to provide a comprehensive, up to date literature review, analysis of research areas regarding BIM for bridge, highway, infrastructure, and some applications in this domain in Vietnam
Trang: 775-788 Truong Van Quyet, Nguyen Thanh SangTóm tắtThe utilisation of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) is widespread in the concrete industry because of the performance benefits and economic. Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) and fly ash (FA) have been used as the SCMs in concrete for reducing the weight of cement and improving durability properties. In this study, GGBFS at different cement replacement ratios of 0%, 20%, 40% and 60% by weight were used in fine-grained concrete. The ternary binders containing GGBFS and FA at cement replacement ratio of 60% by weight have also evaluated. Flexural and compressive strength test, rapid chloride permeability test and under-water abrasion test were performed. Experimental results show that the increase in concrete strength with GGBFS contents from 20% to 40% but at a higher period of maturity (56 days and more). The chloride permeability the under-water abrasion reduced with the increasing cement replacement by GGBFS or a combination of GGBFS and FA
Trang: 789-801 Ahmed T.O., Ogunleye O.O., Abdulrahaman A.Y., Alu N.Tóm tắtWe report the successful application of reduced graphene oxide–titania (rGO–TiO2) nanocomposite as an efficient photoelectrode and an inexpensive polyaniline (PANI) synthesized by in-situ polymerization on graphite foam as a platinum substitute for tri-iodide reduction for dye‐sensitized solar cell (DSC). The bulk carrier concentration and conductivity of the PANI was measured to be 3.02x1017cm-3 and 4.89x10-1 W-1cm-1 respectively. Subsequently, three DSCs were assembled with rGO–TiO2 nanocomposite photoelectrode and PANI as counter electrode for one and the other two assembled using unmodified TiO2 photoelectrode with PANI and platinum as counter electrodes, respectively. The rGO loading allows more dye to be adsorbed due its large surface area thus improving the light harvesting efficiency (LHE). This improvement in LHE increases the short circuit current density (JSC). The JSC increase is more substantial compared to the reduction in VOC; thus, the increase in the efficiency of the cell with rGO-TiO2 nanocomposite electrode. The short circuit current density for the rGO-TiO2 DSC with PANI counter electrode is 0.45mAcm-2 while that for the unmodified TiO2 DSCs with PANI counter electrode and platinum counter electrode are 0.11mAcm-2 and 0.10 mAcm-2 respectively. This corresponds to 76% increase in the current density and it increases collection rate at the photoelectrode leading to enhanced power conversion efficiency of 0.13% compared with 0.04% and 0.02% for the DSCs assembled with unmodified TiO2 under full sunlight illumination (100 mW/cm2, AM 1.5G) as a result of the better charge collection efficiency of rGO, which reduces the back electron transfer process. This represent 69% enhancement of energy conversion efficiency in the DSC consisting of rGO modified TiO2
Trang: 802-813 Bui Thi LoanTóm tắtThis article focuses on the uniaxial compression behavior of concrete hollow brick masonry assembly. This study was performed both by experimental and analytical approaches. In the first experimental part, the compression tests were done according to the European standard EN1052-1. It is highlighted from the tests that this concrete hollow brick masonry is a very high dispersive material and that the compression behavior of this masonry is similar and depends principally on that of bricks. In addition, the vertical splitting failure modes reflect the effect of "expanding/restraining" for this type of masonry and the elastic properties determined from these tests are comparable with the values found in the literature. Then, in the analytical approach, the simple calculations were done by different existed models to predict the compressive strength of masonry prism. A comparison of the results obtained by using these models with those of experimentation shows that only the model which takes into account the effect of vertical joints is mostly adapted for the safe design of this masonry prism under uniaxial compression load.
Development of ANN-based models to predict the bond strength of GFRP bars and concrete beams
Trang: 814-827 Thuy Anh Nguyen, Hai Bang LyTóm tắtThe use of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) has gained increasing attention over the past decades, aiming at replacing traditional steel rebar in concrete structures, especially in corrosion or magnetic conditions. Understanding the working mechanism between the reinforcements and concrete is crucial in many practical applications, in which the corresponding bond strength is considered as a critical element. In this study, a database including 159 experimental beam results gathered from the available literature was used for the development of an artificial neural network (ANN) model in an effort to predict the bond strength between GFRP bars and concrete. Two ANN models using BFGS quasi-Newton backpropagation and conjugate gradient backpropagation with Polak-Ribiére algorithms were constructed and evaluated in terms of bond strength prediction accuracy. The considered database consisted of five input parameters, including the bar diameter, concrete compressive strength, minimum cover to bar diameter ratio, bar development length to bar diameter ratio, the ratio of the area of transverse reinforcement to the product of transverse reinforcement spacing, the number of developed bars and bar diameter. The evaluation of the models was conducted and compared using well-known statistical measurements, namely the correlation coefficient (R), root mean square error (RMSE), and absolute mean error (MAE). The results demonstrated that both ANN models could accurately predict the bond strength between GFRP bars and concrete, paving the way for engineers to possess a useful alternative design solution for reinforced concrete structures
Trang: 828-839 Hoang Dinh Thinh, Le Thi Hong HieuTóm tắtAutonomous landing of rotary wing type unmanned aerial vehicles is a challenging problem and key to autonomous aerial fleet operation. We propose a method for localizing the UAV around the helipad, that is to estimate the relative position of the helipad with respect to the UAV. This data is highly desirable to design controllers that have robust and consistent control characteristics and can find applications in search – rescue operations. AI-based neural network is set up for helipad detection, followed by optimization by the localization algorithm. The performance of this approach is compared against fiducial marker approach, demonstrating good consensus between two estimations
An approximate formula to calculate the critical depth in circular culvert
Trang: 840-852 Hoang Nam BinhTóm tắtCritical depth is a depth of flow where a specific energy section is at a minimum value with a flow rate. Critical depth is an essential parameter in computing gradually varied flow profiles in open channels and in designing culverts. If cross-sections are rectangular or triangular, the critical depth can be computed by the governing equation. However, for other geometries such as trapezoidal, circular, it is totally difficult to find a solution, because the governing equations are implicit. Therefore, the approximate solution could be determined by trial, numerical or graphical methods. These methods tend to take a long time to find an approximate solution, so a simple formula will be more convenient for consultant hydraulic design engineers. The existing formulas are simple, but the relative error between the approximate solutions and true values can reach 9% or greater. This article presents new explicit regression equations for the critical depth in a partially full circular culvert. The proposed formula is quite simple, and the relative maximum error is 3.03%. It would be very useful as a reference for design in conduit engineering
Trang: 853-867 Pham Minh PhucTóm tắtThe paper researches the free vibration of a rectangular plate with one or more cracks. The plate thickness varies along the x-axis with linear rules. Using Shi's third-order shear deformation theory and phase field theory to set up the equilibrium equations, which are solved by finite element methods. The frequency of free vibration plates is calculated and compared with the published articles, the agreement between the results is good. Then, the paper will examine the free vibration frequency of plate depending on the change of the plate thickness ratio, the length of cracks, the number of cracks, the location of cracks and different boundary conditions
A unified framework for automated person re-identification
Trang: 868-880 Hong Quan Nguyen, Thuy Binh Nguyen, Duc Long Tran, Thi Lan LeTóm tắtAlong with the strong development of camera networks, a video analysis system has been become more and more popular and has been applied in various practical applications. In this paper, we focus on person re-identification (person ReID) task that is a crucial step of video analysis systems. The purpose of person ReID is to associate multiple images of a given person when moving in a non-overlapping camera network. Many efforts have been made to person ReID. However, most of studies on person ReID only deal with well-alignment bounding boxes which are detected manually and considered as the perfect inputs for person ReID. In fact, when building a fully automated person ReID system the quality of the two previous steps that are person detection and tracking may have a strong effect on the person ReID performance. The contribution of this paper are two-folds. First, a unified framework for person ReID based on deep learning models is proposed. In this framework, the coupling of a deep neural network for person detection and a deep-learning-based tracking method is used. Besides, features extracted from an improved ResNet architecture are proposed for person representation to achieve a higher ReID accuracy. Second, our self-built dataset is introduced and employed for evaluation of all three steps in the fully automated person ReID framework.
