Sulphate Attack Resistance of the Concrete with Additives and Its Assessment

The influence of three kinds of additives: silica fume,slag and fly ash on the sulphate attack resistance of concrete were studied.The experiment results show that these three kinds of additives can improve sulphate attack resistance of the concrete and the order of their efficiency from high to low is silica fume,slag and fly ash;the development of mortar expansion value is closely related to the degree of sulphate attack resistance of the concrete;integrated assessing two concrete properties: mortar expansion value and compressive strength ratio can more exactly assess the sulphate attack resistance of the concrete.     

Performance Comparison of High Strength Concrete Prepared with Metakoalin and Silica Fume

This paper makes a comparison of high strength concrete prepared with Metakoalin and that prepared with silica fume in terms of their workability, compressive strength , shrinkage and resistance to sulphate attack. The research results indicate that high strength concrete prepared with Metakoalin is better than that prepared with silica fume in terms of workability. When the water to binder ratio is high, concrete prepared with Metakoalin has a greater compressive strength than that prepared with silica fume. In contrast, when the ratio is low, it is the concrete prepared with silica fuma has a higher strenth. Concrete prepared with Metakoalin has a smaller auto -shrinkage and dry-shrinkage than that prepared with silica fume. And concrete prepared with Metakoalin will be just as good as concrete prepared with silica fume in terms of resistance to sulphate attack. It is indicated by the research that Metakoalin has same high activity as silica fume in the preparation of high strength concrete.     

CARBONATION OF THE AUTOCLAVED SILICATE CONCRETE

The carbonation of the concrete in the air is an unavoidable natural process,Itmakes the volume and strength of the concrete change and the alkality reduce,So the structure in-side concrete and the durability both become worse. The carbonation resistance of the autoclaved sil-icate concrete is tested by the means of speeding up the carbonation artificially and also with the ex-periment of the natural carbonation for 6 years. It is very good for recognizing it correctly andspreading.The carbonation of the new concrete material is discussed.     

Pre-emptive breeding to control wheat rusts

Summary Pre-emptive or anticipatory breeding for resistance is breeding for resistance to future pathotypes. It is assumed that these will be derivatives of currently frequent pathotypes that need to mutate with respect to single host resistance genes in order to attack widely-grown cultivars. Success in this approach depends on relevant knowledge of the pathogenicity phenotypes and host resistance genes that occur throughout the wheat-growing areas. Because durability of resistance cannot be assumed, resistance breeding strategies are usually supported with the maintenance of genetic diversity to provide buffering against extreme crop losses in the event of significant pathogenic changes.     

Experimental Research on Concrete Strength under Freeze-thaw Recycle Action with Ultra-low Temperature

The concrete structure has been used in low and ultra-low temperature environment. But few researches are experienced on its properties under freeze-thaw recycles with ultra-low temperature. Based on the standard for test methods of long-term performance and durability of ordinary concrete, considering the influence of the times and minimum temperature of recycles, water-cement ratio and the external environment humidity, compressive and tensile strength of cubic concrete and scanning electron microscopy on the residual sample are experimented to explore the impact of freezing and thawing cycles under ultra-low temperature on its strength and microstructure. The results show that the role of cryogenic temperature for freeze-thaw cycles has a greater effect on concrete performance. With the temperature decreasing and water-cement ratio increasing, the damage tends to grow up. Consistent with the results of the strength tests, electron microscopy tests show that the pore size of mortar increases and the material becomes looser.     

Effect of Reinforced-Concrete Deterioration on Structures

s:It is proposed that the research of the structural durability is necessary considering the structural damages under the effect of deterioration of reinforced concrete. The most common reasons, which cause the deterioration of structures in China, are reinforcement corrosion and freeze thaw cycles of concrete. Based on the summarizing of research works of the effect of reinforced concrete deterioration on structures, it is indicated that the structural durability research should be carried out either in view of material science or that of structural science, and should be also considered the interaction of several factors with uncertain nature instead of the determined individual factor analysis. The structural durability of serviceable should be paid much more attention while researching the durability of structural capacity. The effect of reinforced concrete deterioration on structural capacity, rigidity and durability should be researched henceforth.     

Study on Influence of Fiber to Stability of Asphalt Concrete Pavement

The effect of fiber in asphalt mixtures has attracted general concern. For study of this problem, four kinds of fibers are chosen in this test. Asphalt and modified asphalt are adopted in asphalt mixtures AC-16I. The road performance influenced by additional fiber was analyzed impersonally,i, e. the stability of asphalt concrete under high temperature condition, anti-crack ability under low temperature condition, the water resistance and fatigue performance. It was shown through the research that the optimum asphalt content, air void rate, clearance rate of the mineral powder, saturation degree, and the flow value were increased and the density was decreased after adding the fiber. The road performance, such as the stability of asphalt concrete under high temperature condition, anti-crack ability under low temperature condition, water resistance and fatigue performance, was obviously improved,and the high temperature stability and fatigue performance improved most evidently. The fiber asphalt mixture performance reached and even exceeded the modified asphalt mixture performance. The modified asphalt performance after adding fiber would be improved more greatly.     

Simulation Analysis of Flexural Performance of Reinforced Concrete Beam in Salt-frost Environment

Considering the damage of concrete mechanical properties and bonding behavior between the steel bar and concrete after the freezing and thawing function in the numerical simulation, the nonlinear analysis on flexural performance of reinforced concrete beam which experiences different salt-frost cycles is conducted, and the evolution law of resistance performance of reinforced concrete beam is studied. It is shown that, in the salt-frost environment, the decrease of concrete mechanical properties is the main reason that causes the degeneration of RC beam on flexural performance, while the reduction of bonding property has an unobvious effect on the beam resistance performance. When the salt-frost cycles reach a certain level, the beam failure pattern would change from the under-reinforced failure to over-reinforced failure. The freeze-thaw damage of bonding property in the beam-ends anchorage zone has a certain effect on the beam resistance behavior, especially for the more serious freeze-thaw degree, the resistance performance of the beam reduces about 4% than the perfect anchor beam.     

Practical breeding for durable resistance to rust diseases in self-pollinating cereals

Summary The rust pathogens of cereals exist as populations of races that differ in their ability to attack various varieties. Varieties that are resistant when first released often become susceptible later due to the spread of previously undetected races but the time taken for this to occur in very variable. It often occurs so rapidly as to curtail the commercial use of otherwise satisfactory varieties.Some varieties, however, are widely grown for many years and remain adequately resistant to the prevalent rust diseases. They may aptly be described as having durable resistance. This durable or long-lasting resistance can be detected without any assumptions about, or detailed knowledge of, whether durability depends on any particular mechanisms of resistance, on various degrees of racespecificity or on many or few genes. Cappelle-Desprez is given as an example of a wheat variety with durable resistance to yellow rust.The most powerful test for the detection of durable resistance occurs when a variety is widely grown commercially for several years. A much weaker test is obtained by growing varieties in small disease nursery plots even when the test is repeated for several years. Usually, resistance which is durable is also partial or incomplete. Often, however, partial resistance of wheat to yellow rust has not been durable. Thus the observation that resistance is partial is not, of itself, a satisfactory criterion for the detection of durable resistance.It is suggested that the most obvious sources of durable resistance for use in breeding programmes are varieties which have been widely grown and have displayed this character. The transfer of such resistance during breeding may be achieved if the creation or incorporation of higher levels of resistance that have not been tested for durability is avoided. It should then be possible to derive resistance from the durably. resistant parent. Methods of achieving this are discussed.     

A STUDY ON REINFORCED BEAMS OF HIGH STRENGTH ALKALI-SLAG CONCRETE

In This paper,the characteristics and mechanical prop-erties of high strength and super-high strength concrete(60-120MPa)based on slags and alkaline components are presented.This type ofconcrete can be produced as rapid hardening or super rapid hardeningwith high durability,energy saving and low cost.Based on experimentswith reinforced beams of this type of concrete,its deformation properties,process and characteristics of disruption are described.     

高温下钢管约束型钢混凝土柱的受力性能

火灾下无防火保护的结构构件温度会迅速上升，从而造成钢材和混凝土的强度明显下降。为了研究火灾下钢管约束型钢混凝土柱的受力性能，考虑火灾下钢管约束型钢混凝土柱的不均匀温度分布及温度对材料力学性能的影响，提出了火灾下受轴心荷载作用的钢管约束型钢混凝土柱承载力的计算方法。利用有限元软件ABAQUS对提出的计算方法进行了验证，结果吻合较好。进而采用该计算方法对影响高温下承载力的参数进行了分析，研究表明：随着构件截面尺寸的增加以及混凝土强度和钢材强度的提高，构件的承载力逐渐增加，而钢管壁厚的改变对承载力并无太大影响。利用有限元软件ABAQUS分析了荷载比、构件尺寸、钢管壁厚等因素对构件耐火极限的影响，发现耐火极限随着荷载比和钢管壁厚的增加而减小，随着构件尺寸的增加而增大。     

Construction and Application of DBMS About Concrete Durability

Factors affecting concrete durability are various and complex. And the number of parameters that characterize the status of durability is large. It's not easy to eliminate error from numerous data and find out the internal law among them. However, it's convenient for one database management system to manage and dispose of data so as to evaluate and forecast concrete durability. This paper briefly discusses the virtues of the object-oriented programming-VB6.0 for database and factors resulting in damage of concrete durability, introduces carefully the structure and function of DurDBMS. At the end of the paper, an instance is set up to transact carbonate and the result reveals that the error of prediction meets with request of experiment, quantitative analysis accords with that of qualitative.     

带裂缝混凝土氯离子扩散作用试验研究及数值模拟

为了准确评估带裂缝工作混凝土结构的耐久性能，针对氯离子在带裂缝混凝土中的扩散过程进行研究。提出了无损制备裂缝的方法，可高效易行地在混凝土侧面及内部产生裂缝。对带裂缝的水泥砂浆试件进行氯盐溶液浸泡试验，深入研究了单缝和双缝试件中氯离子的扩散作用，修正了氯离子的扩散系数，并对带裂缝混凝土的氯离子扩散过程进行了数值模拟。研究结果表明：氯离子会沿裂缝发展方向及垂直于裂缝发展方向扩散，随着水灰比的减小，砂浆试件的抗氯离子扩散性能明显提高，在一定范围内，当裂缝间距增大，双缝间的氯离子扩散交互影响作用明显减小，ANSYS软件的模拟结果与试验数据吻合良好。     

Tests on Cracking Behaviors of Reinforced Concrete Beams Underlong- Term Sulphate Attack

In this paper,six reinforced concrete beams dismounted from their worksites under long-term sulphate attack are studied.The authors analyzed the working properties and cracking moment of the reinforced concrete beams under long-term sulphate attack,suggesting that the reinforced concrete beams under long-term sulphate attack may have more favorable cracking-resistant behavior in some circumstances.     

Influence of fine aggregate on initial shrinkage of high performance concrete

The type and percentage of sand affect the gradation of coarse fine aggregate and the amount of spare mortar in concrete, which further affects the resistance of fresh concrete to initial plastic shrinkage. Taking into account the engineering characteristics of sand in the area of Chongqing, P. R. China, three fine aggregates composed of superfine, medium, mixed and manufactured sand, are used to prepare high performance concrete (HPC). The effects of these three fine aggregates on initial plastic shrinkage crack are investigated. The results show that the HPC prepared with superfine sand possesses a higher initial shrinkage value than HPC prepared with mixed or medium sand. An optimal sand percentage is necessary to reduce the initial shrinkage cracking of HPC prepared with mixed or medium sand.     

Influence of Fine Recycled Aggregate on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Concrete

Based on a series of recycle process, waste concrete can be made into fine recycled aggregate which can be used completely or partly to compound concrete as a substitute for natural sand. But the special properties of fine recycled aggregate make the performance of concrete with fine recycled aggregate different from normal concrete. Characteristics of fine recycled aggregate and its influence on physical and mechanical properties of concrete are studied. On this basis, the influence of fine recycled aggregate on gas permeation properties, chloride permeability, and carbonation resistance of concrete are also studied. It is found that fine recycled aggregate produces a lot of defects in crushing preparation. And the compressive strength, the chloride permeability and the carbonation resistance of the concrete with fine recycled aggregate as substitution show difference from that of normal concrete.     

Parameters design of powertrain system of electric vehicle with two-speed gearbox

The Brilliouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) is a newly developed technique adopted to measure and monitor the strain and temperature generated along optical fibers. The BOTDA has the characteristics of distributed measurement, long distance, high precision and durability, so it is suitable to structural health monitoring. Then a new optical fiber sensor embedded method based on air-blowing and vacuum grouting is introduced. It can lay the long distance distributed optical fiber into the concrete easily in short time. An experiment has been set up to study the validity of the new method, which shows that the embedded optical fiber can measure the concrete strain accurately, and it can realize the comprehensive, long-term, stable and real-time health monitoring to the civil structure.     

杂交稻抗白叶枯病的遗传机制

8种不同胞质类型的不育系及其保持系与9个恢复系按P×Q交配设计分别配制不育系杂种和保持系杂种, 接种白叶枯病(Xoo)“强”致病力菌系ZHE-173和“弱”致病力菌系KS-6-6, 研究杂交稻抗白叶枯病的遗传机制。 结果表明： (1) 不育系或保持系、 恢复系以及不育系或保持系与恢复系间的互作对不育系杂种或保持系杂种抗性的影响均     

Inheritance of several sources of resistance to Phomopsis stem canker (Diaporthe helianthi Munt.-Cvet.) in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

The hybrids from 2 factorial crosses involving a total of 7 female lines and 11 restorers, representing the known range of reaction of sunflower to Phomopsis stem canker and most of the resistance sources used in breeding programmes, were studied in multilocational semi-natural attack trials and by artificial infections on leaves and stems in 1996, 1997 and 1998. The results confirm that resistance is quantitative, with predominantly additive effects, although there were some female × male interactions when individual trials were analysed. For lines used in both crosses, relative general combining abilities were stable. Some lines not bred for Phomopsis resistance showed good or intermediate levels of resistance. Lines from or including Yugoslavian, Rumanian and Russian sources of resistance and interspecific hybrids all provided good levels of resistance. The majority of parental lines showed the same relative reactions to semi-natural attack and artificial infections on leaves or stems indicating that their resistance is characterised by a slow rate of mycelial extension. However, one genotype showed resistance to passage of Phomopsis stem canker from the petiole to the stem and two genotypes appeared susceptible to tests but resistant to semi-natural attack, indicating that their resistance is controlled by factors not measured by the mycelium tests. The use of combinations of these resistance sources to give high levels of stable resistance to Phomopsis stem canker is discussed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Continuous Rigid Frame Beam Construction Crack Prevention and Control Methods

Mass concrete structures exist inevitable cracks because of the effect of internal and external factors, and cracks in concrete structures is the main reason that bearing ability, durability and waterproof reduce. Concrete crack is mainly divided into pla