Australian researchers burn down the house

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Researchers at BHP Research-Melbourne Laboratories set on fire a scale model of a non-asbestos-protected building to find out if its steel beams and floor slabs can withstand fires. The structure being modeled is a 41-story office building which is being reconstructed with no asbestos sprayed in its beams and floor slabs. The model is a three-story structure with all the important details of the building. Realistic gravity and fire loads were applied to the steel beams and floor slabs. The structure of the scale model was not damaged during the experiment even if air temperatures reached 1,228 degrees Centigrade and steelwork temperatures reached 632 degrees Centigrade.

Design and construction, Office buildings, Fire prevention

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Kentucky researchers complete composite foot bridge

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Graduate engineering students have constructed a plastic composite foot bridge spanning Clear Creek with the help of a bridge engineer from Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Beams, made up of three sections of varying lengths are joined using stainless steel plates. The plastic composites are lightweight and are made up of carbon- and glass-fibers coated with resins. This gives corrosion-free beams that are easy to transport and erect.

Analysis, Reports, Plastic building materials, Plastics in building, Footbridges

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Texas researchers develop simulators for underground fluids

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A technique in modeling underground oil deposits and aquifers has been developed by a group of programmers at the Texas University. The modeling method is envisioned to improve subterranean pollution remediation techniques as well as petroleum recovery. The researchers modelled two-phase and three-phase flows using the Integrated Parallel Accurate Reservoir Simulator and the Parallel Subsurface Simulator structures.

Models, Aquifers, Oil wells, University of Texas at El Paso

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