Schubspannungsbomben in Faserverbunden

Shear Bombs in Fibre Composites Despite an optimum external shape non‐load adapted internal fibre orientation can lead to the formation of shear cracks where crossing tension‐compression principal stress trajectories create localized shear peaks. Trees are subject to those failure because they cannot re‐arrange their fibres after wood formation. Bones can adjust their micro‐structure to changing load conditions and in this way can better control shear failure. The engineer working with fibre composites should be alert to avoid fibre arrangements not following the force flow. Localized shear zones may also form near notches similar to normal notch stresses, however they are not always situated at the contour line of the notch.     

Tragverhalten von geschichteten Deckenelementen aus Normal‐ und Porenleichtbeton

Load bearing behaviour of layered ceiling elements made of regular and porous lightweight concrete Lightweight and efficiently bearing steel reinforced elements may be achieved through the application of regular and porous concrete in a three‐layer cross‐section. While exterior layers of higher strength carry bending moments, a lightweight core layer material holds up to shear stresses. In order to quantify the potential of this construction method, the bearing behaviour of 18 layered ceiling elements with six different geometries was investigated. The goals were both to identify different failure modes, as well as evaluate the suitability of commonly used calculation procedures. The following paper shows that an optimal usage of cross‐sections of ceiling elements can already achieved by using concrete with strengths between 5 MN/m² and 20 MN/m². The efficiently bearing elements are characterized by the fact, that both the concrete, the reinforcing steel and the layer's interface are highly stressed both under pressure and tension. The tested specimens showed both a tensile bending and interface failure with a partly very high utilization of the flexural compressive zone.     

Modellgestützter Reaktorentwurf auf Basis der optimalen Reaktionsführung

A novel methodology for the model‐based design of chemical reactors is presented. The aim of the method is the identification of the optimal reaction route and its technical realization. As an important characteristic of this novel approach, at the beginning a fluid element is considered on an abstract level. The fluid element is tracked over the reaction time and its state is optimally adjusted at any time. The advantage of this approach is that at the early design stage no constraints owing to predefined apparatus specific limitations are narrowing the solution space. That way it is possible to quantify the maximum potential of the reaction system.