Experimental Analysis of Simply-Supported Concrete Box Girder with Web Openings model Under Double Uniformly Distributed Load

In order to satisfy the demand of the double-deck traffic in city, a concrete box girder model with rectangular web openings was designed with ratio of 1:6. Experimental study was carried out to investigate the flexural capacity of the model girder with double uniformly distributed load. The finite element model was established based on the experiment and the results agreed with measurement results. The effect of the web openings on the girder was explored. The results demonstrated that the deflection caused by load on bottom plate of box girder was 9.7% more than that of load on the top plate. The deflection of girder with web opening is 22.9%~28.1% greater than that of girder without web opening. Compared with girder without web opening, the shear lag of girder with web opening increased, of which the maximum value was 62.0% in various working conditions. simply-supported concrete box girder with web openings under double uniformly distributed load affect the flexural capacity.     

Experimental Analysis on Beam-column Behavior of Steel-concrete Composite Pylon

Ten specimens with perforated ribs, which can be divided into two series, were made to observe the behavior of steel-concrete composite pylon under axial load and cyclic load respectively. The experiment reveals the ultimate capacity and failure mode of two types of specimens under the cyclic load with different actual axial load level. Furthermore, it can be concluded from the results that the failure mode can be divided into two types, that is compression failure and tension failure. And the behavior of those specimens under cyclic load is influenced significantly under high axial load or without axial load at all. In addition, perforated ribs will prevent the plates under compression from overall buckling effectively based on the observation that the wavelength of plate is limited between two neighboring perforated ribs. At last, comparison on the interaction behaviors of the axial load (N) versus moment (M) is made between the results of experiment and calculation according to the criteria.     

T形板肋对预制带肋底板混凝土叠合板弯曲疲劳性能的影响

为研究T形板肋对预制带肋底板混凝土叠合板弯曲疲劳性能的影响,对3块T形肋底板叠合板和1块整浇板进行弯曲疲劳性能对比试验,主要考察T形板肋与疲劳荷载幅值对试件疲劳破坏形态及疲劳损伤程度的影响,得到了在不同疲劳循环加载次数下的跨中动位移、混凝土应变、预应力筋应变、残余变形等,分析了在不同疲劳循环加载次数下的刚度退化情况、荷载-应变分布规律、裂缝分布规律及剩余承载力等。研究结果表明,经历200万次疲劳循环加载后,T形肋底板叠合板无明显的刚度和强度退化,增设T形板肋的叠合板能达到与整浇板相同的弯曲疲劳性能;T形肋底板叠合板正截面弯曲疲劳强度计算可采用普通预应力混凝土受弯构件正截面疲劳应力验算的4个假定,最终以此建立了其正截面弯曲疲劳强度验算方法。     

考虑滑移和剪切变形的单箱双室组合箱梁剪力滞效应

为准确分析单箱双室组合箱梁的剪力滞效应,考虑钢混凝土的界面滑移效应和钢腹板的剪切变形,针对顶底板和翼板定义不同的剪力滞翘曲位移函数,基于能量变分法推导出单箱双室组合箱梁剪滞效应的控制微分方程及其闭合解。以单箱双室组合箱梁算例为基础,利用该方法分析其剪力滞效应的规律,结果表明：在同时考虑滑移和剪切变形时,组合箱梁的挠度比初等梁理论解大,且其挠度随界面滑移刚度的增大而减小;组合箱梁在均布荷载作用下,滑移量与荷载值近似成正比关系;在相同条件下,钢箱梁底板的剪力滞效应较混凝土顶板显著。     

Experimental Investigation of Steel Frames with Infill Prefabricated Reinforce-Concrete Shear Walls

In order to improve seismic performance of steel frame with prefabricated reinforce-concrete infill shear walls (SFCW), the ear bar device was used in the connection between the steel frame and the infill wall. Two one-bay, two story and one-third scaled models of SFCW were tested with low cyclic load. The working performance of ear bar connection, the cracks development in infill walls and deformation performance of SFCW were investigated. And the failure mode, hysteretic behavior,stiffness degradation,deformation and ductility and energy dissipation of composite structure were analyzed. The comparison study of steel frame with prefabricated, cast-in-place and silt reinforce-concrete infill shear walls was carried out. The results show that no failure occurs in the connection between the steel frame and the infill wall because ear plates below and up the beam-to-column connections are added in the specimens, and the connection device of ear plate presents good working performance. The properly designed SFCW has good ductility.     

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.     

钢砼组合结构PBH剪力键的疲劳性能

为了研究钢箱-砼组合结构中PBH剪力键在反复荷载作用下的疲劳性能,设计制作了PBH剪力键试验模型,进行了24万次疲劳推出试验。在疲劳破坏形态和试验滑移及应变数据分析的基础上,利用数值工具开展肋板开孔孔径、穿入钢筋直径、混凝土强度3个参数的PBH剪力键疲劳寿命影响因素分析。研究表明：PBH剪力键的疲劳破坏形态与静载破坏相似,表观表现为混凝土面多处斜向劈裂裂缝、内部榫孔混凝土压碎、穿入钢筋局部屈服;疲劳破坏演化过程分为疲劳损伤开始、发展、破坏3个阶段,其中疲劳发展阶段占整个疲劳阶段的91.7%,结构刚度在疲劳损伤开始和发展阶段退化较慢,在疲劳破坏阶段退化较快;肋板开孔孔径、穿入钢筋直径、混凝土强度3个参数对PBH剪力键疲劳寿命影响均有明显影响,其中穿入钢筋直径对疲劳寿命的影响尤为突出。     

Effect of welding on high strain and low cycle fatigue behavior of hot-rolled H-beam

Low cycle fatigue(LCF)properties of H-beam as hot-rolled and welded are studied, and the cyclic stress-strain relationship and cyclic response characterization are determined. Based on the Coffin-Manson formula, the strain-fatigue life relationship is obtained. Finally, the cyclic toughness, which is the product of strain range at LCF life of 100 cycles and the stress amplitude, are calculated. The test results show that the cyclic toughness as welded H-beam is 62% of that as hot-rolled. Hot-rolled materials exhibit cyclic stability, and welded materials show cyclic softening followed by fracture. The scanning electron microscope(SEM) micrograph of fracture surfaces reveals that the fatigue crack initiates from the coarse grain area of welding joint, and the fine dimple is observed in the fracture surface, which indicates the welding joint remains a good ductility.     

Experimental analysis of the deformation of sandstone under cyclic pore water pressure and wavelet transformation

To explore the characteristics of deformation of sandstone under cyclic pore water pressure, the experiments with different axial stresses (60%, 70% and 80% of peak intensity) of sandstone subjected to cyclic pore water loading are investigated by using MTS815 rock mechanics testing system, and irregular small deformation in deformation curve of sandstone are also processed by wavelet transformation of Matlab. The results show that with the increase of constant axial stress, fatigue deformation under cyclic pore water pressure will accelerate the failure of the sandstone. With the increase of the number of cyclic pore water pressure, the deformation evolution of the plastic-loop is illustrated as sparse-dense-sparse. The deformation curves of sandstone under cyclic pore water pressure affected by many factors are decomposed, reconfigurable processed and evaluated by using wavelet transformation, which indicates that the basic curve with optimal decomposition scale fits well with the experimental curves and reveals the deformation evolution of sandstone.     

Experimental Analysis on Seismic Performance of Steel Bracing Bound-Column Component

The seismic resistant performance and failure mechanism of the steel bracing Bound-Column were analyzed with tests and the finite element method. Two-story steel bracing Bound-Column test specimen was selected. The braces adopt long leg back-back double angle. Tests were divided into three groups, including one monotonic loading test and two cyclic tests. Lateral load-bearing capacity, stiffness and hysteretic behavior of the steel bracing Bound-Column were obtained by the comparison of test results and the finite element method. Results show that the steel brace of Bound-Column contributes a lot to its load capacity and stiffness, while the external frame provides little lateral rigidity and capacity. Bound-Column failure occurs only in the steel braces, while the external frame is with no damage.     

A RESEARCH OF THE INFLUNCE OF RARE-EARTH ELEMENT ON THE THERMAL FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF CAST IRON

It is known that cylinder heads, exhaust manifoids, ingot molds, etc. are often failed resulting from thermal fatigue. For this reason, the influence of RE on the thermal fatigue behavior of cast iron was studied by measn of a thermal fatigue test unit with completely constrained strain developed by ourselves. The test results shown that RE can improve the thermal fatigue resistance of cast iron greatly when residual RE contents surpass a critical value. This value is 0.04-0.045% for light Rare-Earth, and 0.045-0.05%; for heavy Rare-Earth. Further more, the relationship between RE and the thermophysical and mechanical properties of cast iron which have influence on thermal fatigue resisteance was also discussed.     

Partial Pressure Problem About Continuous Rigid Frame Bridge Anchorage Zone of Thin Concrete Box Girder Webs Carrying Large Tonnage

With continuous rigid frame bridge span increasing,cantilever construction of large tonnage anchor are also becoming more common,but local stress distribution is complicated on prestressed anchorage zone of thin concrete box girder webs by the large tonnage,which reveals its distribution of post-tensioned concrete bridge structure to be solved in the future.Based on the theory,some key points such as pressure factors,destruction and the reasons for the compression type crack were discussed in the paper.By using the North Approach continuous rigid frame concrete bridge of Yangtze River Bridge project example,the local compression strength,crack resistance and the smallest protective layer thickness of the first segment of one continuous rigid frame box girder bridge under design value Rally 4882.5 kN of No.T2 tendom,according to the local pressure formulas of Code for Design of Highway Reinforced Concrete and Pre-stressed Concrete Bridges and Culverts of China(JTG D62-2004) and Finite Element Method,were checking.Both the results verify that meets the standard requirements.The results reveal that the design of a web-Laced with horizontal steel mesh sealed off side stirrup can solve the partial pressure problem.     

Application of DFT In the 2-D DOA Evaluation of MUSIC

In many special filtering system, the direction of arrival(DOA) should be evaluated for the received signal. MUSIC algorithms is a classic one and is applied widely, but its computing load is very large because there exist many transforms of matrix. As the number of uniform circle is, the data are cyclic in the searching of peak in MUSIC algorithm for 2-D evaluation of DOA. The authors discuss how to use DFT to reduce the computation load. At the same time, the simulation of performance shows that the proposed algorithm improves the efficiency by fifty percent, that is important for the project reality.     

EFFECT OF HIGH LOADS IN THE BRIDGE LOAD SPECTRUM ON FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH OF 16 Mn STEEL

This paper studies an effect of high loads in Rayleigh distribution random load-ing on fatigue crack growth wi th 16 Mn steel compact tenion specimen,The results show that thehigh loads in the load spectrum close to service load of steel bridges accelerate crack growth and re-duce crack growth life,Lives predicted with constant amplitude da/dn data and equivalent loads arequite in agreement with test lives.     

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.     

Numerical Simulations and Design Method of Coupled Wall System with FRC Coupling Beams

Using the software, ABAQUS, accurate simulations of seismic behavior of 2 coupled wall specimens and 2 cantilever structure wall specimens using high performance fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) in plastic hinge under quasi static cyclic loading were carried out. The analysis model proves to be effective with the accordance between results of computation and experiment, then it can be used to analyze the seismic behavior of coupled wall system with FRC coupling beams. By using the verified numerical model, the ability of FRC coupling beams instead of RC coupling beams to provide acceptable performance was discussed. In addition, the impact of coupling ratio on seismic behavior of coupled walls was studied. The results show that coupled walls in which FRC coupling beams are used instead of traditional RC beams have good energy dissipation and ductility, and its initial stiffness is increased and stiffness degradation is slow. And as the coupling ratio of coupled wall structures increases, the stiffness and strength increase. But if the coupling ratio is too large, the ductility and energy dissipation capacity will be significantly reduced.     

Analysis of accelerated fatigue test technology for wind turbines gearbox

In order to satisfy the high reliability requirements of wind turbines gearbox, a method of accelerated fatigue test is proposed to verify the fatigue reliability of the gearbox. According to the design load spectrum, the equivalent load and the number of stress cycles of parts in gearbox are deduced. Based on Miner linear cumulative damage theory, the fatigue degree of the gears and bearings are calculated. A linear accelerated load spectrum with the equivalent fatigue ratio of design load spectrum is provided to check the reliability of the gearbox. The results show that this method can verify the reliability of wind turbine gearbox within about 800 h.     

Degradation of Geogrids under Cyclic Tensile Load

The degradation characteristics of geogrids have important influence on the stability of reinforced embankments and retaining walls. A series of unidirectional cyclic load-extension tests under stress control were carried out on plastic geogrids. The influence of cyclic tension, pretension and load frequencies on strain and degradation characteristics of geogrids was studied. It is observed that, with the increase of cyclic tension and pretension and the decrease of load frequencies, the accumulative plastic strain and degradation index of geogrids increase, and the stiffness of geogrids decreases. Based on experimental data, the empirical equation for softening of geogrids was proposed. A modified Iwan model was put forward to describe the stress-strain relationship of the geogrids subjected to cyclic tensile load. The proposed model was proved to be reasonable by comparing the experimental data with the numerical results.     

Simulation and analysis of mechanics of coal and gas delay outburst

The buried box girders in the mountain city sewage pipeline system would be turned into simple-supported girders because of the removal of the foundation caused by landslide.This change of supporting would result in the failure risk of pipeline structure.The static properties of the buried box girders with small depth-to-span ratio in simple-supported condition are experimentally analyzed.The failure pattern,shear behavior and shear lag effect of the buried box girders in simple-supported condition are studied.The shortages in the present design codes for the calculation of shear capacities of the box girders are also discussed.It is shown that under the vertical uniformly distributed load,the crack distribution of the box girders is uniform,and no major critical diagonal crack is formed,and the box girders lose the bearing capacity in the form of concrete diagonal rod crushing.As the main shear-bearing components,the stirrups devote much to shear capacity of the box girder after concrete cracking.The strains of the longitudinal rebars are affected by those factors such as the redistribution of internal force and cracks,so only few areas of the box girders show the shear lag effect.The change of supporting form leads to the premature cracking of concrete and affects the serviceability of the sewage pipeline.     

Strain rate effects on dynamic behavior of reinforcement concrete columns with various reinforcement ratio

The mechnical characteristics of concrete is sensitive to the strain rate and it is crucial to consider the effect of load rates on the behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) structures subjected to dynamic loads such as severe earthquakes. In this study, numerical simulations on the dynamic behavior of typical RC column specimens under dynamic loadings with different load rates were performed. Concrete constitutive model considering the strain rate effects proposed by the CEB code was employed with a fiber model to characterize the nonlinear strain rate dependent behavior of RC columns. The developed dynamic fiber element model was validated by comparing the simulated results of four RC column specimens with the fast loading test results. Results show that the developed fiber element model can predict the behavior of RC columns with acceptable accuracy. After valiating the proposed fiber elemen model considering the strain rate effect, the load carrying capacity of different RC columns with various longitudinal reinforcement ratios and volumetric stirrup ratios were simulated. Results show that the trends of the influences of longitudinal reinforcement ratios and volumetric stirrup ratios on the load carrying capacity of the RC columns under dynamic loadings are different.