Salah Rohaima Al-Zaidee
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering-University of Baghdad, Baghdad,

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Experimental Investigation for Non and Partially Composite Cold-Formed Steel Floor Beams Tuka Mohammed Qasim; Salah Rohaima Al-Zaidee
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 5, No 6 (2019): June
Publisher : Salehan Institute of Higher Education

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In this study, six full-scaled models of RC floors supported by cold-form steel sections have been tested. Each model consists of RC 75mm thick slab supported on two parallel cold-formed steel beams with a span of 3m and spacing of 500mm. The slab has an overhang part of 250mm on each side. In the first and fourth models, the slab has been casted directly on the top flanges with no shear connector to simulate the effectiveness of friction in resisting of the lateral-torsional buckling. Shear studs have been drilled in the second and fifth models to ensure the composite action. Finally, the flanges have been embedded for the third and sixth models. A single channel beam is used in the first, second, and third models while a built-up beam is used in the fourth, fifth, and sixth models. Each model has been loaded up to failure under a pure bending with two-line loads located at the third points. Data for loads, deformations, and strains have been gathered. Except the fourth and the sixth models that failed in local buckling modes, all other models failed in global lateral-torsional buckling modes. For the single beam models; the load carrying capacity of the non-composite model is 82.9% less than the capacity of the composite models with shear studs and embedded flange. For the built-up models; the load carrying capacity of the non-composite model is 44.2 % less than the loads of the composite model with shear stud and 48.7% less than the model with the embedded flange.
Experimental Investigation for Effects of Mini-piles on the Structural Response of Raft Foundations Huda Hussein Ahmed; Salah Rohaima Al-Zaidee
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 5, No 5 (2019): May
Publisher : Salehan Institute of Higher Education

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Mini-piles made their debut as a cost-effective way to stabilize the historical structures. Recently, mini-piles have increased in popularity all over the world and are being used for bridges, buildings, slope stability, antenna towers, and residential construction. This paper presents the preparing, executing, data acquisition, and result presentation for an experimental work concerns with five scale-down mini-piled raft foundation models. All models were prepared to study the effectiveness of the mini-piled raft foundation in reducing the settlement and the bending moments. Five tests have been achieved. The reference first test includes a raft foundation with 15mm thickness. Second, third, and fourth tests are mini-piled raft foundations with five mini-piles and with thicknesses of 15 mm, 10 mm, and 8mm respectively. Finally, the fifth test dealt with a single mini-pile 178mm in length and 6mm in diameter. It has been adopted to investigate the reference behavior of the single mini-pile. When they were used, the piles have 42 mm center to center distances. A scale-down factor of , a sandy soil with with  of , and relative density of 60% have been considered in all tests. Test results indicated a 45% decrease in settlement for 15mm mini-piled raft foundation comparing with the reference 15mm raft foundation. Moreover, there is no significant difference in settlement between 15mm mini-piled raft foundation comparing with the 10mm and 8mm thick mini-piled raft foundations. Regarding to the bending moments, they decrease at the mid and edge of the 15mm mini-piled raft foundation comparing to those of the reference raft foundation. It has also been noted that the moments are inversely proportional to the thickness of the piled raft foundations. With respect to the mini-piles, it has been found that most of the pile axial loads are transferred to the underneath soil through friction and this friction increases as the raft thickness decreases.
Non-deterministic Approach for Reliability Evaluation of Steel Portal Frame Hawraa Qasim Jebur; Salah Rohaima Al-Zaidee
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 5, No 8 (2019): August
Publisher : Salehan Institute of Higher Education

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.28991/cej-2019-03091363

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In recent years, more researches on structural reliability theory and methods have been carried out. In this study, a portal steel frame is considered. The reliability analysis for the frame is represented by the probability of failure, P_f, and the reliability index, β, that can be predicted based on the failure of the girders and columns. The probability of failure can be estimated dependent on the probability density function of two random variables, namely Capacity R, and Demand Q. The Monte Carlo simulation approach has been employed to consider the uncertainty the parameters of R, and Q. Matlab functions have been adopted to generate pseudo-random number for considered parameters. Although the Monte Carlo method is active and is widely used in reliability research, it has a disadvantage which represented by the requirement of large sample sizes to estimate the small probabilities of failure. This is leading to computational cost and time. Therefore, an Approximated Monte Carlo simulation method has been adopted for this issue. In this study, four performances have been considered include the serviceability deflection limit state, ultimate limit state for girder, ultimate limit state for the columns, and elastic stability. As the portal frame is a statically indeterminate structure, therefore bending moments, and axial forces cannot be determined based on static alone. A finite element parametric model has been prepared using Abaqus to deal with this aspect. The statistical analysis for the results samples show that all response data have lognormal distribution except of elastic critical buckling load which has a normal distribution.