i-manager's Journal on Structural Engineering (JSTE)


Volume 8 Issue 1 March - May 2019

Research Paper

Strength, Flow and Abrasion Characteristics of Cement Mortar Produced from Copper Slag

Nataraja M. C.* , Rajeeth T. J.**
* Department of Civil Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davanagere, India.
** Department of Civil Engineering, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysore, India.
Nataraja, M. C., & Rajeeth, T. J. (2019). Strength, Flow and Abrasion Characteristics of Cement Mortar Produced from Copper Slag, i-manager's Journal on Structural Engineering, 8(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.26634/jste.8.1.15784

Abstract

Across the globe river sand have been traditionally used for the production of cement mortar and concrete. The environmental limits to the utilization of sand from river beds have resulted in search for unconventional materials. Manufactured sand and industrial by-products then appear as an attractive substitute to river sand. Copper slag is an industrial by-product used as a substitute to river sand which is also recommended by IS 383: 2016. In the present work a mortar mix of 1:3 proportions is prepared with the replacement of river sand by copper slag at various proportions. The importance of its heavy specific gravity is also addressed. The microscopic and surface features of copper slag revealed its crystalline structure. The flow, strength, durability, and abrasion resistance characteristics of mortar at various water cement ratios are also studied and discussed. From the results, it can be determined that the use of copper slag as fine aggregate in cement mortar is appropriate and technically feasible.

Research Paper

Laboratory Investigations of Building Materials in the Vicinity of Nit Srinagar

Nadeem Gulzar Shahmir* , Manzoor Ahmad Tantray**
*_**Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, Jammu, and Kashmir, India.
Shahmir, N. G., & Tantray, M. A. (2019). Laboratory Investigations of Building Materials in the Vicinity of Nit Srinagar, i-manager's Journal on Structural Engineering, 8(1), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.26634/jste.8.1.15534

Abstract

This study is undertaken based on the different tests performed on the building materials in the region of National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. A number of developments is done in the area where all the building materials get utilized on everyday schedule and most imperative being an engineering college in the civil engineering department part of casting for research motivation of beams, slabs, cylinders, cubes, columns,, and so forth is performed by B.Tech, M.Tech, and Ph.D., investigate researchers. Thus it was important to know the nature of the materials accessible at neighborhoods. No name of brand or merchant is referenced in this paper to stay away from any commercialization. The four fundamental building materials are cement, fine aggregates, coarse aggregates, and water. All the important tests on all the fundamental development materials were performed by rules given by Indian standard codes. The strategy and the instruments utilized for testing were, in accordance with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), that are accessible in NIT research labs. The cement was brought from the neighborhood market of Hazratbal close to NIT Srinagar while as the fine aggregates and coarse aggregates were taken from the river (nallah) Sindh of area Ganderbal 10 kms from NIT Srinagar and the water tried was the accessible faucet water at research laboratory at NIT. All the materials tried was found reasonable to use for development. The experiments were performed in the mid months of year 2017.

Research Paper

Cost Optimization of Reinforced Concrete Structure Elements

Siddhant Lakkad* , V. R. Panchal**
* Department of Structural Engineering, Chandubhai S. Patel Institute of Technology, Charotar University of Science and Technology, Changa, Gujarat, India.
** Department of Civil Engineering, Chandubhai S. Patel Institute of Technology, Charotar University of Science and Technology, Changa, Gujarat, India.
Lakkad, S., & Panchal, V. R. (2019). Cost Optimization of Reinforced Concrete Structure Elements, i-manager's Journal on Structural Engineering, 8(1), 18-28. https://doi.org/10.26634/jste.8.1.15876

Abstract

Now in current practice, the whole world is in the race of looking forward to earn maximum profit. A structural engineer’s goal is to prepare an ideal solution for the design of structurewhich istaken in use. In this paper, the present work deals with the aim of achieving the optimal and ideal design of reinforced concrete structures, reducing size and reinforcement for beam members and column members in multi - bay and multi - storey structures. Generally, in current practice to optimize cost, trial and error method has been used in which numbers of models are developed in software likes STAAD PRO, ETABS, STRUDS, etc. But this method is quite complex and having less accuracy thus there is a need to adopt one proper optimization technique which enables engineer to find and to prepare the ideal design for the structure which gives more accuracy. So, in this paper, for cost optimization of reinforced concrete (RC) framed structure, MINLP (Multi-Integer Non-Linear Programming) technique is adopted. Without changingthe functional criteria of beams and columns as per provisions given in IS456-2000, the structure is designed safely and economically. Programming of the design of structural elements beam and column has been done using MATLAB program. At the end of the study, the results of the optimized model using MINLP technique and manually optimized method are compared.This optimization task reduces 24.76% of the total approximate cost in beams and 13.79% in columns.

Research Paper

Effect of Geometry over the Fundamental Period of Vibration

S. G. Joshi* , Naveen Kwatra**
*Department of Civil Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India.
**Department of Civil Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Joshi, S. G., & Kwatra, N. (2019). Effect of Geometry over the Fundamental Period of Vibration, i-manager's Journal on Structural Engineering, 8(1), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.26634/jste.8.1.15440

Abstract

Two techniques are employed to study the effect of geometry of the building over the fundamental period of vibration. Fundamental period is determined using Stodola method for eighty reinforced concrete buildings of different configurations and a linear relationship is observed between the period and the height of the building. The relation between, constant of proportionality and aspect ratio of the building, is observed to be nonlinear. A data driven technique in the form of Genetic Programming (GP) is used to obtain the equations of the fundamental period and a linear relationship is observed between the period value and the height of the building along shorter direction of building. It is observed that GP technique gives the equations similar to those suggested by other researchers and different codes. It is also noticed that up to 40 m height of the building the equation given is exactly similar to the one recommended by many building codes. Empirical equations are suggested to determine the fundamental period of vibration using GP technique.

Research Paper

Optimal Design of Roof-Truss using GA in Matlab

Krishna Amaraneni Venkata* , Chandramouli Sangamreddi**, Markandeya Raju Ponnada***
*-*** Department of Civil Engineering, MVGR College of Engineering (A), Vizianagram, India.
Venkata, K. A., Sangamreddi, C., & Ponnada, M. (2019). Optimal Design of Roof-Truss using GA in Matlab, i-manager's Journal on Structural Engineering, 8(1), 39-51. https://doi.org/10.26634/jste.8.1.15132

Abstract

An attempt has been made to design a roof truss optimally using Genetic Algorithms (GAs) and stiffness method in Matlab. The GAs tool kit functions in Matlab and the program developed in Matlab by NewCivil.com for 2D truss analysis using stiffness method are combined to design the tubular truss. The adaptive penalty function is used as the external penalty function for the constraints violation. The objective is to minimize the total weight of the truss, subjected to satisfaction of stress and displacement constraints. The cross sectional area of the truss elements is considered as decision variables. The method is tested on a 10-bar truss. The material properties of the truss such as density, Young’s modulus, allowable axial stresses (both in compression and tension) and allowable nodal displacement are taken as 2770 kg/m3, 6.89 x105 kg/cm2,1500 kg/cm2, and 5.08 cm respectively. The optimal solution with a total weight of 2472.67 kg is considered as the best in case-1 and 2288.88kg in the case-2 and the corresponding results are presented and compared with the previous research. After validation, the method is applied on a real truss. The optimal weight of the truss obtained is 138.89 kg.