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Multi-Threading Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems.
Full text linkElliptic Curve Cryptosystems (ECC) is being widely used in cryptographic systems due to its unique security features. In many cases, ECC had also been crafted onto specialized processor for performance reason. However, building a specialized ECC processor is not only time consuming but also costly
Shear Behavior of Reinforced Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) Beams
No full textThis paper describes an experimental investigation of the shear behavior of beams consisting of steel reinforced Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC). Based on the strain hardening and multiple cracking behavior of ECC, this study investigates the extent to which ECC can improve the shear capacity of beams loaded primarily in shear and if ECC can partially or fully replace the conventional transverse steel re-inforcement in beams. However, there is a lack of understanding of how the fibers affect the shear carrying capacity and deformation behavior of structural members if used either in combination with conventional transverse reinforcement or exclusively to provide shear resistance. The experimental investigation focuses on the influence of fibers on the shear caring capacity and the crack development in ECC beams subjected to shear. The experimental program consists of ECC with short randomly distributed PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) fiber beams with different stirrup spacing and reinforced concrete (RC) beams for comparison. Displacement and strain measurements taken using the ARAMIS photogrammetric data acquisition system by means of processing at high frame rate captured images of applied a high contrast speckle pattern to the beams surface. The multiple micro cracking resulting from the strain-hardening response of ECC in tension develop in a di-agonal between the load and support point. The formation of multiple micro cracks is highly dependent on the tensile stress-strain behavior of the ECC. The shear crack formation mechanism of ECC is investigated and found to be characterized by an opening of the cracks prior to sliding. Several analytical models on shear de-sign of ECC and concrete beams are evaluated and compared to the experimentally obtained results. The pro-visions of the Eurocode and ACI Code are found to be over-conservative but can be modified by utilizing the tensile strength of ECC. An expression for the load carrying capacity is proposed by expressing the ECC shear strength in terms of the crack angle
Shear transfer mechanism in reinforced engineered cementitious composite (ECC) beams: Quantification of Vs and Vc
No full textTo enhance the structural and seismic resistance, as well as durability of concrete structures, an ultra ductile fiber reinforced cementitious composites called Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC), also known as Strain Hardening Cementitious Composite (SHCC), was developed. ECC has a similar compressive and tensile strength to conventional concrete, but it exhibits a pseudo-strain-hardening behaviour under uniaxial tension with excellent crack control ability. The ultimate tensile strain of ECC can reach 3–12%, which is 300–1200 times higher than that of concrete. It is reported that ECC can also exhibit at least twice as high shear carrying capacity compared to traditional concrete, signifying a potential to use ECC material in shear-resistance elements. However, the shear resisting mechanism of reinforced ECC (R/ECC) members is still not clear. In most existing codes and models, the shear strength of reinforced structural members (Vu) is divided into two parts, i.e., shear resistance coming from the matrix (Vc) and from the transverse reinforcement (Vs). To quantify accurately Vc and Vs and also their development throughout the loading, a well-designed testing method consisting of continuous strain quantification along the stirrups, was used in this research. Six steel reinforced beams incorporating different matrix (ECC, concrete and mortar) were tested under four-point bending. The test results indicated that Vc changed continuously with the propagation of shear crack, whereas the stirrups that crossed the critical shear crack, did not always yield at the ultimate shear resistance.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Concrete Structure
Chloride penetration resistance of engineered cementitious composite (ECC) subjected to sustained flexural loading
No full textThis paper presents a research on the chloride penetration behavior of engineered cementitious composites (ECC) under sustained flexural loads. Three load levels, i.e. 30 %, 60 % and 75 % of the ultimate flexural load were used. Chloride diffusion depth and concentration profile were measured 30, 60 and 150 days after the specimen was exposed to NaCl solution and compared with pre-loaded specimens. Influence of the sustained local bending stress and microcracks were investigated. It shows that under sustained loads, the relationship between the surface chloride content and maximum normal tensile stress can be described using an exponential equation. A binary model was developed to explain the correlation among the chloride ion diffusion coefficient, maximum normal tensile stress and exposure time. Changes of capillary pore structure and phase compositions were measured using mercury intrusion porosimeter and X-ray diffraction, respectively. Unlike mortar, the fiber bridging of ECC helps with limiting crack width and thus the diffusion process, and the measured results were used to explain the observed penetration behavior of ECC. It is believed that the current study provides theoretical foundation for the durable design of the ECC/concrete composite structure.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Materials and Environmen
Repair concrete structures with high-early-strength engineered cementitious composites (HES-ECC): Material design and interfacial behavior
No full textAimed at realizing the effective strengthening and durable repair of concrete structures, particularly in emergencies like traffic interruption triggered by broken roads and damaged bridges, nine groups of specimens were designed and tested in this paper to develop the high-early-strength Engineered Cementitious Composites (HES-ECC) featured as both high early-strength and superior long-term-deformability. The high-early-strength effect of sulphoaluminate cement, silica fume, and Portland cement on HES-ECC was compared, as well as their influence on the deformation ability of HES-ECC. Moreover, the interfacial behaviors between HES-ECC and existing concrete structure were clarified, considering the effects of interfacial agents, interfacial treatment methods, and interfacial roughness. The results indicate that HES-ECC with 6% silica fume mixed could obtain both the high early-strength and superior long-term-deformability. The flexural strength at 3 h could reach 66.67% of that at 28d. The compressive strength could reach up to 28.7 MPa at 3 h, and the ultimate tensile strain could remain 4.21% at 28d. Cement paste interfacial agent could enhance the chemical adhesive bonding between HES-ECC and existing concrete while polymer modified interfacial agent was incompatible. The increased roughness of chiseled interface was beneficial to both the bearing capacity and the deformation ability. Interfacial shear performance of the grooved interface was scarcely deteriorated even if the roughness decreased by 54.18% compared with the chiseled interface. The recommended interfacial treatment is chiseled interface combined with grooved interface, as well as a thickness of 1–2 mm cement paste interfacial agent. This study provides valuable and credible experimental data for promoting the application of HES-ECC in repairing existing concrete structures in practice.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Concrete Structure
ECC alapú elektronikus szavazási séma
Full text linkA dolgozat célja az elliptikus görbék által alkotott kriptorendszer alkalmazásának leírása elektronikus szavazást megvalósító protokollok esetén.M
ECC-ES training activates protein synthesis and the mTORC1 signaling in gastrocnemius muscles from C-26 mice.
No full text(A) Representative western blots for puromycin, total and phosphorylated p70S6K Thr389 (p-p70S6K) and rpS6 Ser240/244 (p-rpS6) in control (CNT) and C-26 mice at 6 hours after one bout of ECC-ES. The expression levels of puromycin was normalized to the whole proteins in stain-free images (B). The levels of p-p70S6K (C) and p-rpS6 (D) were normalized to total p70S6K and rpS6 content, respectively. Data show mean ± SEM for 5–7 muscles per group. Statistical significance was set at P #ECC; difference versus aCNT-untrained and bC-26-untrained.</p
Influence of fiber orientation on the mechanical responses of engineering cementitious composite (ECC) under various loading conditions
No full textThe mechanical performance of engineered cementitious composite (ECC) depends greatly on fiber orientation and distribution. In this paper, the effect of fiber orientation on ECC's mechanical properties was investigated using two different casting methods: a flow-induced casting was used to enhance the fiber orientation within ECC mixture and compared with the conventional casting. The fiber orientation was quantified using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and image processing. Mechanical tests on the specimens with various fiber orientations were performed. The failure processes of ECC specimens under compression and tensile tests were analyzed using digital image correlation (DIC) technique. The proposed flow-induced casting enhanced the fiber alignment in the flow direction. Consequently, ECC's mechanical properties were significantly improved with more finer cracks under uniaxial loading. In conclusion, the proposed flow-induced casting can be adopted as an effective approach to improve fiber bridging efficiency in ECC.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Materials and Environmen
Fatigue life and cracking characterization of engineered cementitious composites (ECC) under flexural cyclic load
No full textThis paper presents a study on cracking characterization of engineered cementitious composites (ECC) under flexural cyclic load using digital image correlation (DIC) technique. Five stress levels, namely 0.65, 0.75, 0.8, 0.85 and 0.9 of the flexural strength, were applied. Strain map at the side surface was obtained by DIC and used to drive evolution of the midspan deflection, damage pattern, maximum crack width, number of cracks, and crack width distribution with respect to the normalized number of cycles. The stress level was found to have a significant influence on the cracking behavior of ECC under flexural cyclic load. Regardless of the applied stress level, most of the crack widths are in the range between 20 and 80 μm. In the end, a two-dimension Gauss function was used to correlate the crack width distribution with normalized number of cycle and shows satisfactory results.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Materials and Environmen
Effect of crack width and wet-dry cycles on the chloride penetration resistance of engineered cementitious composite (ECC)
No full textThe resistance of cracked ECC against chloride ingress is mainly governed by the accumulated crack width of all the cracks rather than the maximum width of multiple cracks. However, most studies focus on the influence of a single fine crackGreen Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Materials and Environmen
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