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1. A Preliminary Study on Biopolymerised Concrete with Sawdust as an Admixture Shobana K .S, Gobinath R., Saravanan S. P., Sivakumar V., Dinesh J., Krishnaviraj S., Sangeetha 1

2. NDT Studies on Geopolymer Concrete with Addition of Natural Fibers Asha Mohan, Shobana K. S., Gobinath R., Subramanian 5

3. Development of a Program for the Design of Steel Structure in Visual BasicGovardhan, Deepanshu Mandhata, Meena Murmu, Mohit Sharma 11

4. Performance of Offshore Steel Jacket Platforms under Near-source Ground Motion Type PulsesM. Zeinoddini, S. A. Hossini, H. Matin Nikoo 17

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A Preliminary Study on Biopolymerised Concrete with

Sawdust as an Admixture

Shobana K .S*, Gobinath R., Saravanan S. P., Sivakumar V., Dinesh J.,

Krishnaviraj S., Sangeetha

Department of Civil Engineering, Jay Shriram Group of Institutions, Avinashipalayam, Tirupur,

Tamilnadu, India

Abstract In this study bio polymer obtained from Tapioca starch and sawdust in fine form were assessed for the use as partial replacement of cement materials for an application in

lightweight concrete. Physical and chemical characteristics of bio polymer and sawdust

were analyzed initially. Properties of concrete that has been investigated were

compressive, tensile and flexural strength. The cement has been replaced by bio polymer

and saw dust accordingly in the range of 1 and 2–5%, respectively for M-20 concrete

mix. The concrete specimens were tested in three series as compression test, split tensile test and flexural test. These tests were carried out to evaluate the mechanical properties

of concrete after 28 days curing.

Keywords: Bio polymer saw dust, Compression test, Replacement

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NDT Studies on Geopolymer Concrete with Addition

of Natural Fibers

Asha Mohan1, Shobana K. S.

2, Gobinath R.

3, Subramanian

3

1NPR Polytechnic College, Natham, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India

2Kongu Engineering College, Erode, Tamilnadu, India

3Jay Shriram Group of Institutions, Tirupur, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract Modern day construction activities are not proved to be enviro-friendly and most of the

building materials we use for the construction purpose consumes lot of natural resources

and have huge carbon foot print. Innovations in civil engineering industry is also taking place apart from usage of regular materials, once such innovative material that has

potential to reduce the carbon foot print is Geopolymer. In our country the research in Geopolymer concrete is rapidly picking up and many materials were tested as

impregnation for Geopolymer concrete. This study is an attempt made by authors to test

the NDT study based strength of Geopolymer concrete with and without addition of various natural fibers. It is found in the study that impregnation of various fibers in

Geopolymer adds more strength to the concrete and also increases the density of concrete.

Keywords: NDT studies, Geopolymer concrete, Coir fiber, Fiber reinforce concrete

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Development of a Program for the Design of Steel

Structure in Visual Basic

Govardhan1*, Deepanshu Mandhata

2, Meena Murmu

1, Mohit Sharma

1

1Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Raipur, India

2Coal India Pvt. Ltd., India

Abstract Design of the steel structure is the basic requirement in the construction field. If design is safe then only the structure will be erected. While designing the tall structures, time

consumptions is large because of large numbers of elements. There are many software

programs available for exact analysis of structures. Some software programs have been developed for the design of individual element for Indian Standard Code IS 800:2007 [1],

The Visual Basic Software Programs are used to analyse the beam, column and joint with

inputs like maximum shear force, bending moment and preliminary dimensions. This can easily check all the parameters for safe design. The use of this Visual Basic Program

saves time and minimizes human error.

Keywords: visual basic, steel structures, beam, design

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Performance of Offshore Steel Jacket Platforms under

Near-source Ground Motion Type Pulses

M. Zeinoddini*, S. A. Hossini, H. Matin Nikoo Department of Civil Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract Behaviour of jacket type offshore structures under ordinary ground excitations has already been addressed by a number of researchers. However, their performance under

near-source ground excitations has not been particularly addressed in the literature.

Records from recent earthquakes, such as the Kobe Japan (1995) and Chi-Chi Taiwan (1999), have revealed that the dynamic excitations in near-source are dominated by a

large, narrow band and long period pulse caused by rupture directivity effects. Failure and sever damages were reported to occur in specific bridges, quay walls and multistory

buildings near to the shaking fault. The dynamic characteristics of the damaged

structures were close to the traits of the rupture directivity and fling pulses. This paper deals with the behaviour of jacket offshore structures under near-source strong ground

excitations. A finite element approach has been chosen for this study. The numerical

model has first been verified against available experimental data on tubular frames from other researchers. The verified model has then been used to examine the response of the

jacket platform models, typical to those in the Persian Gulf, under harmonic, near-source and far-source excitations. To get an insight into both the pre and post failure zones of

the structure response, an Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) method has been

employed. In general, it has been found that with some jacket models the near-source excitations appear quite critical as compared with those from the corresponding far-

sources. Conversely, with other some models, the far-source excitations have been found to be more unfavorable.

Keywords: Offshore Steel Platforms, Near-field Earthquakes, Incremental Dynamic

Analysis (IDA)