This novel research also highlights the difficulties of undertaking transient flow at model scale and drawing conclusions which are applicable to full-scale, i.e., where no two events are the same.
With the derived scaling laws shown to be credible, they are then applied to the measured strain and displacement values of the scaled-down I-beam to predict the corresponding values of the full-scale I-beam.
The set of scaling laws is treated as a criterion to design a scaled-down laminated I-beam that is partially similar to a full-scale I-beam that is representative of what is used in a utility-scale wind turbine rotor blade.
A total of 66 full-scale I-beams were tested under constant amplitude loading.
A systematic approach is proposed to design partially similar scaled-down models with totally different layup from those of the full-scale I-beam.
Moreover, applicability of the scaled beam in predicting the displacement field of the full-scale I-beam using experimental data is demonstrated.
The numerical model has then been used to simulate the fire response of a number of full-scale I-shape beam-to-CHS column connections in existing offshore platforms.
Flexural tests on six full-scale I-shaped beams, three with hybrid sections and three with homogeneous sections, built up from high-strength steels (Q345 and Q460), subjected to constant moment about their major axis were carried out to verify numerical models.
Gillespie et al. (1996) studied two full-scale I-girders.
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