Arch Axis Optimization of New Type Arch Bridge with Diagonal Web Cables Based on Geometric Nonlinear Mechanical Analysis

There are obvious geometric nonlinear mechanical characteristics in new type arch bridge with diagonal web cables. Meanwhile, the convergence of the existing arch axis iterative optimization method is not good. In order to solve new type arch bridge axis iteration convergence problem considering geometric nonlinear mechanical analysis, an arch axis iteration optimization method was proposed based on the iteration basis finite element model with two hinge arch model in main arch ring. A 600m span arch bridge with diagonal web cables was selected as an example to test the convergence performance and applicability of proposed method. The results showed that the bending moment of proposed method had better distribution along arch span, and it is about 35% smaller in maximum bending moment, 17% smaller in minimum bending moment and 23% smaller in bending strain energy compared to the results of linear iteration optimization method. Convergence analysis results demonstrated that proposed method had better iteration performance than the existing method. Meanwhile, different initial arch axis can converge to stable results.     

Spatial Calculation Methods of Three Main Trusses Continuous Plate truss Composite Bridge

According to the structural features of three main trusses continuous plate truss composite bridge, two composite beam methods are presented by constructing the displacement mode of composite beam elements and deriving the stiffness matrix of composite beam elements. The characteristic of composite beam method one is that the bridge slab is taken as the top flange of the chord of main truss and combined with the chord of main truss to form a steel concrete composite beam; the characteristic of composite beam method two is that the bridge slab is taken as the top flange of longitudinal and traverse beam and form a steel concrete composite beam with longitudinal and traverse beams. And as for the conventional plate beam composite method, the slab is characterized by forming bridge slab system with continuous isotropic sheets and longitudinal and traverse beams to bear load. Also, the comparison between theoretical results and experimental ones verifies the effectiveness of the above three methods.     

GBT-based Buckling Loads Formula of Non-linear Thin-walled Compressed Members

A buckling loads formula based on Generalised Beam Theory (GBT) was proposed, which could be used in non-linear elastic metallic materials thin-walled compressed members, such as stainless steel. By introducing non-linear stress-strain relations and instantaneous elastic modulus, the modifications were incorporated in the conventional GBT, and the expressions were formulated to calculate buckling loads of stainless steel members buckling in local, distortional and global modes. Compared with the existed test results, it is shown that linear elastic method cannot deal with stainless steel, while the results of proposed method are much more reliable. Moreover, the modified GBT method with deformation plasticity theories produces safer results, which could be used in determining buckling loads of non-linear metallic materials thin-walled members in compression, as well as structural design and further researches.     

Fatigue Maintenance Probabilistic Optimization of Cable-girder Welded Anchorage Zones in Suspension Bridges

it is necessary to balance the failure risk and the maintenance expensive. A methodology for reliability based maintenance optimization of steel bridge welded joints subjected to fatigue is proposed considering linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM), the structure reliability, life cycle cost method and maintenance strategies. The maintenance cost is divided into inspection, repair and failure sections according to the whole life cycle cost methodology. And the maintenance strategy is transformed to the minimum expected lifetime costs with a constraint of the minimum acceptable reliability index. An case concerning to a transverse stiffener of bottom flange welded joint of Qingcaobei bridge is studied with a certain number of simplifications. Some sensitivity analysis is provided. Among all the parameters, discount rate is the most remarkable.     

Coupling Effect Analysis Between Background and Resonant Components for Equivalent Static Wind Loadings

Aimed at the limitations of total fluctuating wind-induced response with combination of background and resonant components using Square Root of the Sum of Squares (SRSS) method, the theoretical combination formulas of fluctuating wind-induced responses and ESWLs are derived based on structural dynamics and random vibration theory. Meanwhile, the refined analysis method is firstly presented by four components formula to compensate the coupling component between background and resonant modes. The proposed procedure avoids the integration process of calculating elastic restoring force and completely considers the modal coupling effects, which can be used to calculate the ESWL for any complex structures. Taking the steel grid roof structure of a large museum as an example, the new method was used to calculate its wind-induced response. Compared with results of complete quadratic combination (CQC), the effectiveness and accuracy of the present approach has been revealed.     

Nonlinear numerical simulation of steel reinforced concrete truss joints

This paper analyzes the steel reinforced concrete large span transfer truss joints using the finite element analysis software ANSYS, and get the joints deformation and the mechanics increase, such as deformation properties, stress distribution. The monitoring results during construction phase show that nonlinear numerical simulation analysis, which is in good agreement with the test results, is an effective method for the mechanical property analysis on this kind of structural components.     

Experiments on heat loss characteristics in a fully opened cylindrical cavity receiver

The climate has a great impact on highway bridge rubber bearings than on building rubber bearings. In order to study the change of the mechanical properties during the life of the plain chloroprene rubber bearings of highway bridge under freeze-thaw cycle condition, the plain chloroprene rubber bearings were processed 25, 50, 75, 100 times by freeze-thaw cycle in the standard freeze-thaw chamber, then the axial compression tests were carried. The changes of the performance indicators in the bearing capacity , the ultimate compressive strength, vertical stiffness, elastic modulus under different freeze-thaw cycles were analyzed comparatively. The results show that the plain chloroprene rubber bearings are more prone to brittle failure after the freeze-thaw cycle, and the failure phenomena of steel plate exposing or cracks is more serious than the phenomena of the standard specimen. With the increase of the number of freeze-thaw cycle, the ultimate bearing capacity, ultimate compressive strength and compressive elastic modulus of the plain chloroprene rubber bearings decrease. The attenuation formula and decay curve in 50 years of ultimate compressive strength and elastic modulus of compression are analyzed by least square method, the trends of change are both in line with the exponential function. The mechanical properties of plain chloroprene rubber bearings of highway bridge significantly decreased under freeze-thaw cycle condition. therefore, the temperature ranges of plain chloroprene rubber bearings of highway bridge should be strictly controlled, and some suggestions, such as increasing its minimum applicable temperature, usng the natural rubber bearings as much as possible in cold regions, have been given.     

Nonlinear Aerostatic Stability of Suspension Bridge with Spatial Main Cables

The three component coefficients of section model of You Cha Bridge were obtained by using two five component balances.And the three dimensional aerostatic stability of You Cha Bridge was analyzed based on the modified increment and inner outer iteration method implemented in ANSYS.It is indicated that the aerostatic stability of You Cha Bridge with spatial main cables is more excellent compared with those of suspension bridges which have two parallel main cables.A full aero elastic model with geometrical scale of 1:90.35 was designed and used to experimentally determine the wind velocity inducing aerostatic divergence in smooth wind.And it is found that the critical wind velocity for attendant bridge is higher than the design wind velocity.     

Uncertainty Analysis of Long-term Deformation for Prestressed Concrete Beam

Owing to the randomness of shrinkage and creep of concrete, random analysis method should be adopted to give a reasonable result with probabilistic guarantee. Stochastic variables for long-term analysis with GL2000 model about creep and shrinkage of concrete were presented. Combining Monte Carlo sampling with the response surface method, the stochastic analysis model was performed which is on time-variant deflection of prestressed concrete bridge. The long-term deflection of a prestressed concrete bridge was analyzed by this model. Sensitivity analysis and parametric study were carried out. And the uncertainty of creep model, elastic modulus of concrete, magnitude of sustained load, and prestress forces are the most important factors for long-term deflection. Furthermore, controlling accuracy of prestress forces and delaying the loading time are helpful to inhibit long-term deflection.     

A New Method to Measure Cable Force and Its Application in Cable Structures

In cable structures cables are very important components. The magnitude of cable pretensioning is a vital parameter in the design of cable structures and a crucial component in controlling the construction of such structures. Developing a new sensor type is an innovative theme in the monitoring and control of cable structures construction. Based on the elastic magnetic characteristics of ferromagnetic material, we introduce a theory of an elastic magnetic method to measure cable force and developed a new flux sensor. Applying this method in the model test of an hyperbolic cable net demonstrates that it can acquire the accurate cable force value conveniently. This study can provide scientific references for structural engineering.     

Static Load Test and Calculation on Multi-tower Cable-Stayed Bridge with Tie-down Cables

The static load test and the finite element analysis of the multi-tower cable-stayed bridge with tie-down cables are carried out. The test and analysis model of the bridge is created by referencing to the actual structure of a Changjiang River bridge. The static mechanical behaviors of such bridge with tie-down cables and the normal multi-tower cable-stayed bridge are comparatively analyzed by the static load test and the finite element analysis. It is shown that the structural system of the cable-stayed bridge with tie-down cables can effectively improve the structural rigidity and reduce the bending moment of the main beams, pylons and piers. According to the results, the best scheme about the location and number of tie-down cables is proposed.     

Analysis of ultimate load and mechanismsof failure in large cast steel joints

Based on a project of pipe truss roof framing in Chengdu, the ultimate limit state analysis is performed on cast steel joints by using FEM, in which Linear hardening elastic-plastic constitutive model is considered. The results show that, the joint has a great accumulation of plastic strain in ultimate loads, and the point of maximum stress is different from that in elastic with the development of the yielding zone. The paper propoes to use rate-type tensor for the large strain geometric nonlinear problem, shows the criterion of failure formation , and indicates that its essential to apply limit state analysis to the determination of the weakest location on cast steel joint design, which provides basis for understanding the failure modes and failure mechanism of cast steel joint and the cast steel joint design.     

Fuzzy Assessment Method for Seismic Damage of CFST Arch Bridges

In order to investigate the conditions of damage and failure of concrete-filled steel tube(CFST) arch bridges, considering the structural and mechanical characteristics of CFST arch bridges, the dual damage criteria assessment models of the various components based on deformation or strength and energy were developed. The nonlinear seismic response of CFST arch bridges was analyzed by finite element method and the fuzzy evaluation method of seismic damage based on fuzzy theory and analytic hierarchy process was studied. Finally, taking a long-span CFST arch bridge as example, the damage index of the bridge was 0.150, 0.152, 0.172 and 0.318 respectively when the seismic peak acceleration was respectively 0.1g, 0.2g, 0.4g and 0.8g. The results show that the CFST arch bridge is slightly damaged under the earthquake when the seismic peak acceleration is 0.4g, and the bridge is damaged moderately when the peak acceleration is 0.8g.     

Full-Scale Test and Analysis of Mechanical Behavior of Concrete Filled Steel Tubular Column Node in Space Truss Structure

To investigate mechanical behavior and seismic behavior of concrete filled steel tubular column node (CFSTCN) in space truss structure, both full-scale test and Finite Element Method (FEM) were employed. The test load was 1.6 times of design load and by incremental step loading. Meanwhile, stress and deformation in CFSTCN were observed to monitor bearing capacity of the node. The results show that steel tubular works in elastic state and a small part of concrete beyond of compressive stress limits; steel tube and concrete adhesive well. The hysteretic energy dissipation capacity and failure mode under cyclic loading were revealed by nonlinear FEM. weakest position and ultimate bearing capacity of the node were obtained from FEM results. The method of combining full-scale test and FEM can well reveal the mechanical behavior and the seismic behavior of the node.     

Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Test of Full-scale Bamboo Scrimber Flexural Components

The bending tests and theoretical analysis of five full-scale bamboo scrimber components were conducted and the flexural behavior of bamboo scrimber was researched in detail. Results show that the typical failure modes of bamboo scrimber flexural components are the bamboo fiber fracture at the bottom and interlaminar shear failure near the neutral axis. The sectional stiffness control the design for the bamboo scrimber flexural components, the ratio of PL/250 of the load corresponding to the deflection limit value of L/250 and ultimate load Pmax has good stability. The relationship model of bending tensile strength fm and elastic modulus E was established by regression, which shows that the sectional stiffness expressed by the elastic modulus could predict the bearing capacity well. The plane-section assumption is still valid. The bamboo calculation methods of scrimber flexural components were proposed considering the materials properties of bamboo scrimber based on wood structure design methods. The design value of bamboo bending strength, shear strength parallel to grain and the elastic modulus E were presented preliminarily.     

24米跨双曲薄壳板设计及其在粮库建设中的应用

２４ｍ跨双曲薄壳板是集数学模型，高强钢材，高标号砼为一体的空间薄壳壁结构，是板架合一的新型屋面构件。近年来在粮食行业的库房建设中开始使用。实践证明，这种新型屋面构件具有结构合理，技术经济指标先进等特点，使用效果良好。     

Dynamic signatures method for analysis of vehicle bridge resonance

The dynamic behavior of railway bridges (dynamic deflection and acceleration) is one of the running safety control indices for high speed trains. Therefore, the dynamic behavior of railway bridges is studied based on the concept of the dynamic signatures of the train and the bridge. By simplifying the train excitation as a series of moving concentrated forces, the mathematical expressions of the dynamic signatures of the train are obtained through theoretical derivations, and then a method is presented for calculating the resonance speed of trains and the maximum vertical acceleration of the bridge. With this method, the dynamic responses of the simple supported bridge can be calculated quickly. The feasibility of this method is validated through some examples, in which the resonance mechanism of train bridge system and the influencing factors are investigated. In addition, the effect of high frequency components to the bridge acceleration is also analyzed.     

Practical Method of Form-finding of Semi-rigid Structures

Based on the discussion of the simulation for the cable prestress, the rigidity theory was used to identify the geometrical dimensions of semi-rigid structures in zero state. When the structural geometry in initial state is given, the geometrical dimension in zero state is determined by the initial prestress distribution. The contribution-matrix method is firstly applied to get the initial lack of fit. However, the influencing factor of initial lack of fit on the displacement of control point is linear superposition, that is, the structural response is linear, and it is irreconcilable with the geometry nonlinear of semi-rigid structure. In order to reduce the error of nonlinear structural response, the influencing factor in the contribution-matrix method is revised, and modified contribution-matrix method is put forward. Programs by ANSYS parameter design language APDL are worked out for the form-finding analysis of beam-string structure of a practical project. The numerical results show that the modified contribution-matrix method reduces the errors of the assumption of structural linear response. And it can be applied to the form-finding of semi-rigid structures with small stiffness.     

Numerical Simulation of Microcrack Toughening in Particulate Composite

The crack tip region in an elastic composite can be divided into three different zones. The constitutive equations corresponding to these zones and the extent of the saturated damage zones are derived. The damage isotropy in the largest saturated damage zone is expressed by utilizing the Monte Carlo technique to create uniform distribution microcracks. The interaction between the main crack and microcracks can be evaluated by an alternating iteration scheme. In the assumption of a dilute concentration of microcracks, the interaction among microcracks is neglected, and the stress intensity factor produced by interaction between the main crack and each microcrack can be superposed. Two sources of loading are analyzed: one is for the main crack microcrack interaction under an applied remote load, and the other is for the main crack microcrack interaction accompanied by the relief of residual stresses on the microcrack surfaces. The results show that two sources of loading can shield the main crack tip, and microcracks behind the main crack tip can create the most shielding whereas the micro cracks ahead of the main crack tip play no role in shielding.     

Service Life Prediction of Concrete Structures under Chloride Environment

The problems rendered from the conventional time marching, referring to stepwise time marching scheme (STMS) adopted in boundary element method (BEM) for chloride diffusion in concrete structures, were investigated, and a new time marching, referring to initial time marching scheme (ITMS) in BEM, was developed for evaluation of service life of the concrete structures under chloride environment. Results of the numerical examples show that the ITMS-BEM proposed can eliminate domain integral and simplify the computational model, so that the stability in iteration process can be improved, resulting in better efficiency and accuracy, compared with the STMS-BEM. It can also be concluded that the dimensions of the diffusion of chloride can affect the service life of the concrete structure significantly, which should be taken into account in structural design.