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    • An investigation on the design of steel storage rack columns via the direct strength method 

      Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Pastor Artigues, María Magdalena; Roure Fernández, Francisco; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Peköz, Teoman (2012-04-11)
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      The paper presents an attempt to predict the load carrying capacity of perforated rack columns by means of the Direct Strength Method (DSM). The investigation is focused on two different issues: the prediction of the ...
    • Analysis of pallet rack beam members through a nonlinear GBT formulation with sectional constraints 

      Bonada Bo, Jordi; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Roure Fernández, Francisco; Pastor Artigues, María Magdalena (2021)
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      Thin-walled open cross-sections are commonly used in steel storage pallet rack structures. In some cases, open sections are employed as beam members. These beam members usually have weld spots along their length in order ...
    • Analysis of printing parameters for metal additive manufactured parts through Direct Ink Writing process 

      Bonada Bo, Jordi; Xuriguera Martin, Elena; Calvo Duarte, Laura; Poudelet, Louison; Cardona, Roger; Padilla, Jose Antonio; Niubó Eslava, Maria (2020-03-09)
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      Direct Ink Writing is an Additive Manufacturing process in which a metal ink is continuously extruded to built-up a green metal part. Therefore, a debinding and sintering process is required to obtain the final metal part. ...
    • Analysis of the Compression Behaviour of Reinforced Photocurable Materials Used in Additive Manufacturing Processes Based on a Mask Image Projection System 

      Bonada Bo, Jordi; Barcelona Pons, Pol; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Pons Poblet, Josep Maria; Padilla, Jose Antonio; Xuriguera Martin, Elena (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-08-16)
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      Mask image projection based on stereolithography is an additive manufactured technology based on a Frontal Photopolymerization Process. Therefore, photocurable resins are used to build-up parts layer by layer. In this ...
    • Anàlisi del comportament a compressió de perfils prims oberts d'acer conformats en fred 

      Bonada Bo, Jordi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-01-23)
      Doctoral thesis
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      Cold-formed thin-walled steel sections are frequently used in pallet rack structures. This type of cross-sections are normally used as a columns and contains perforations uniformly distributed enabling the connection between ...
    • Circular economy in practice: the fenix project 

      Ahlers, Reinhard; Aionesei, Cristian; Bianchin, Alvise; Birloaga, Ionela; Bonada Bo, Jordi; DeMichelis, Ida; Kopacek, Bernd; Koutretsos, Konstantinos; Lehne, Markus; Ntalaperas, Dimitris; Panou, Maria; Pantelopoulos, Stelios; Rosa, Paolo; Smyrnakis, George; Spiliotis, Aristotelis; Stanescu, Nicolae; Terzi, Sergio; Vegliò, Francesco (2018)
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      Circular economy is a concept even more exploited by governments and companies to share green principles. However, its real adoption at industrial level remains limited to either small-scaled pilot plants or appositely ...
    • Comparison between numerical models for unbraced multiple bay pallet racks 

      Bové Tous, Oriol; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Bonada Bo, Jordi; López Almansa, Francisco (John Wiley & sons, 2023)
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      Unbraced conventional pallet racks are structures intended for the storage of goods (commonly palletized); they are composed of vertical uprights, horizontal beams, and braces, connected together to form a steel skeleton-like ...
    • Concrete-filled cold-formed chord studs to improve the seismic performance of steel framing buildings 

      Navarro Granados, Jordi; Bové Tous, Oriol; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Bonada Bo, Jordi; López Almansa, Francisco (University of Sydney, 2023)
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      Light gauge steel framing is increasingly used, mainly for low-rise buildings. However, for mid-rise buildings, their lateral strength is rather low; therefore, seismic effects can be highly demanding. Steel bracing has ...
    • Cost-effectively 3d-printed rigid and versatile interpenetrating polymer networks 

      Konuray, Ali Osman; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Tercjak, Agnieszka; Fabregat Sanjuan, Albert; Fernández Francos, Xavier; Ramis Juan, Xavier (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-08-02)
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      Versatile acrylate–epoxy hybrid formulations are becoming widespread in photo/thermal dual-processing scenarios, especially in 3D printing applications. Usually, parts are printed in a stereolithography or digital light ...
    • Cross-aisle stiffness analysis of industrial welded cold-formed steel rack upright frames 

      Roure Fernández, Francisco; Peköz, Teoman; Somalo Coarasa, María Rosa; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Pastor Artigues, María Magdalena; Segura Torres, Amadeu (2019-08-01)
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      In general, industrial cold-formed steel pallet racks consist of upright frames and pallet beams. In the United States, typically, the upright frames are made welding the braces to the uprights. If the brace to upright ...
    • Cross-sectional optimization of perforated pallet rack columns against distortional and global buckling 

      Bonada Bo, Jordi; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Bové Tous, Oriol (2023-11)
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      This paper presents a cross-sectional optimization procedure to increase the load carrying capacity of a perforated rack column under a compression load. The optimization method is based on a Genetic Algorithm (GA) combined ...
    • Customary light-gauge steel framing construction with flat strap bracing. Seismicity limits for short to mid-rise buildings in Europe 

      Navarro Granados, Jordi; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Bové Tous, Oriol; Bonada Bo, Jordi; López Almansa, Francisco (Springer, 2023-11-20)
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      Ordinary (customary) light gauge steel framing is a convenient construction technology; however, given the studs low axial capacity, it has been considered mainly for low-rise buildings in low seismicity regions. This paper ...
    • Determination of beam-to-column connection characteristics in pallet rack structures: a comparison of the EN and ANSI methods and an analysis of the influence of the moment-to-shear ratios 

      Roure Fernández, Francisco; Somalo Coarasa, María Rosa; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Pastor Artigues, María Magdalena; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Peköz, Teoman (2013-05-14)
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      he beam-to-column connections in most of the pallet rack structures made of thin-walled steel sections are of the clip-on type. These connections are of a semi-rigid nature and have a non-linear moment–rotation relationship, ...
    • Development of a multi-material additive manufacturing process for electronic devices 

      Muguruza Blanco, Asier; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Gómez, Agustin; Minguella Canela, Joaquim; Fernandes, Joana; Ramos, Francisco; Xuriguera Martin, Elena; Varea Espelt, Aida; Cirera Hernandez, Albert (2017-10-06)
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      In order to increas e the versatility of additive manufacturing multimaterial processes, a hybrid system has been developed, which is capable of combining 3D printing technology by DLP (Digital Light Processing) with a two ...
    • Development of a multimaterial additive manufacturing process for electronic devices 

      Muguruza Blanco, Asier; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Gómez Fernández, Agustín; Minguella Canela, Joaquim; fernandes, joana; Ramos, Francisco; Xuriguera Martin, Elena; Varea Espelt, Aida; Cirera Hernandez, Albert (2017)
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      In order to increase the versatility of additive manufacturing multimaterial processes, a hybrid system has been developed, which is capable of combin ing 3D printing technology by DLP (Digital Light Processing) with a two ...
    • Development of a multimaterial additive manufacturing process for electronic devices 

      Muguruza Blanco, Asier; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Gómez Fernández, Agustín; Minguella Canela, Joaquim; Fernándes, Joana; Ramos, Francisco; Xuriguera Martin, Elena; Varea Espelt, Aida; Cirera Hernandez, Albert (2017-10-06)
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      In order to increase the versatility of additive manufacturing multimaterial processes, a hybrid system has been developed, which is capable of combining 3D printing technology by DLP (Digital Light Processing) with a ...
    • Distortional influence of pallet rack uprights subject to combined compression and bending 

      Bonada Bo, Jordi; Pastor Artigues, María Magdalena; Roure Fernández, Francisco; Casafont Ribera, Miguel (Elsevier, 2016-05-24)
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      A pallet rack is a structure in which the beams and uprights are cold-formed steel sections. The beam-upright connections are normally clipped in order to select the beam levels required and for ease of assembly. For this ...
    • Dual-curable stereolithography resins for superior thermomechanical properties 

      Konuray, Ali Osman; Di Donato, Fabio; Sangermano, Marco; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Fernández Francos, Xavier; Serra Albet, Maria Àngels; Ramis Juan, Xavier (2020-09-01)
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      Stereolithography (SL) stands out as a relatively fast additive manufacturing method to produce thermoset components with high resolutions. The majority of SL resins consist of acrylate monomers which result in materials ...
    • Dynamic analysis with point-masses of perforated pallet rack structural members by means of the Generalized Beam Theory 

      López Rull, Ignasi; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Bové Tous, Oriol; Casafont Ribera, Miguel (2024-06)
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      This paper presents two different formulations for introducing point-masses into a dynamic problem using the Generalized Beam Theory (GBT) method. The first one implies placing a point-mass at a beam-node (with or without ...
    • Elastic asymmetry of PLA material in FDM-printed parts: considerations concerning experimental characterisation for use in numerical simulations 

      Pastor Artigues, María Magdalena; Roure Fernández, Francisco; Ayneto Gubert, Javier; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Pérez Guindal, Elsa; Buj Corral, Irene (MDPI AG, 2019-12-18)
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      The objective of this research is to characterise the material poly lactic acid (PLA), printed by fused deposition modelling (FDM) technology, under three loading conditions—tension, compression and bending—in order to get ...