Sources: Hayder Rasheed, 785-532-1589, hayder@k-state.edu
Pronouncers: Hayder is Hay-der and Rasheed is Rah-sheed
News release prepared by: Jennifer Tidball, 785-532-0847, jtorline@k-state.edu
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Crossing the gap: Civil engineers develop improved method for detecting, measuring 1xbet online sports betting damage
MANHATTAN -- A ratings system developed by a group of Kansas State University researchers could keep 1xbet online sports betting safer and help prevent catastrophic collapses.
Hayder Rasheed, associate professor of civil engineering, and Yacoub Najjar, professor of civil engineering, are collaborating to better detect and measure damage in concrete 1xbet online sports betting . Ahmed Al-Rahmani, doctoral student in civil engineering, United Arab Emirates, has also been involved in the project.
The researchers have created a 1xbet online sports betting health index, which is a rating system that more accurately describes the amount of damage in a 1xbet online sports betting . Additionally, the health index can extend beyond bridges and apply to other structures, such as gas pipelines, dams, buildings and airplanes.
The engineers have developed ways to take 1xbet online sports betting measurements and use finite element analysis and neural network modeling to back-calculate and detect 1xbet online sports betting damage. The researchers combined this process of inverse problem solving with Najjar's expertise in neural networks to create the 1xbet online sports betting health index.
Current methods of inspecting bridges are very subjective, Rasheed said. Experienced inspectors from the Federal Highway Administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation visually inspect bridges and determine damage amounts. Problems can arise because one inspector may determine a 1xbet online sports betting to be 70 percent damaged, while another inspector maybe determine the same 1xbet online sports betting to be 80 percent damaged.
"It varies from inspector to inspector," Rasheed said. "They measure the cracks in the 1xbet online sports betting , but they have no objective way to calculate how much it is damaged. Because the inspectors decide which bridges are repaired first, it's very important to make the process objective across the board."
The 1xbet online sports betting health index provides a more objective way to determine and compare 1xbet online sports betting damage to decide which bridges most need repairs. The network allows inspectors to input parameters, such width, depth and location of cracks in a 1xbet online sports betting , and the network will tell the health index of the 1xbet online sports betting .
According to the 1xbet online sports betting health index, a new, undamaged 1xbet online sports betting has a health index of 100. The health index of a 1xbet online sports betting goes down as it gets older or as damage occurs.
"The health index is one systematic approach in a sense," Najjar said. "Inspectors gather information about the 1xbet online sports betting , put in the information and they receive the health index of the 1xbet online sports betting . It makes it easier to study the 1xbet online sports betting because you bring all of these dimensions into one number. But when you have multiple dimensions, it is difficult to rate them."
Currently, the researchers and several graduate students have been building and training 1xbet online sports betting system with synthetic bridges, which can simulate how bridges will act under certain conditions. The researchers have built the network based on thousands of simulations.
"We take these measurements and we run them through two cycles of analysis," Rasheed said. "We come up with damage detection of where we expect the cracks to be and how deep and how wide they are. It's a very intelligent 1xbet online sports betting ."
The next step is to build 1xbet online sports betting beams. The engineers will create cracks in the beams and then enter measurements into their network modeling system to determine how well the system can detect and predict cracks. After working with 1xbet online sports betting beams, the researchers will test bridges throughout the state.
The researchers said the health index system could lead to safer bridges and prevent catastrophic events, like the 2007 collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River 1xbet online sports betting in Minneapolis, from reoccurring.
"If a system like this had existed, inspectors might have foreseen there would be a problem with the Minneapolis 1xbet online sports betting ," Najjar said. "It might have been weak in certain areas, but other elements might have been very healthy. If you don’t have a health index to reflect that, you won't be able to rate it."
The engineers have also discovered numerous applications of 1xbet online sports betting because the same network modeling system can be applied to other structures -- including dams, buildings and airplanes.
"Using this system on airplanes is especially effective because you deal with specific material and you can understand its behavior even better," Najjar said. "You can test the wing of an airplane and find its 1xbet online sports betting ."
The researchers have received financial support from the Kansas Department of Transportation and want to develop the network model into a tool that can be used by the Department of Transportation.
