查看更多>>摘要：The determination of stress distribution is important for the safe use of membrane structures in practical engineering,which is difficult to be obtained by existing measurement methods and analysis methods.This paper proposes a rigid-membrane method to determine the stress distribution of the membrane,which expands the stiffness of the membrane,applies the load of the membrane in equilibrium to the membrane shape of the equilibrium state,and performs nonlinear finite element analysis.The rigid-membrane method inversely acquires the stress distribution of the membrane based only on the shape and load distribution in equilibrium obtained from the numerical simulation of a membrane structure under water loads,and determines the modulus magnitude and mesh size required to rigidize the membrane.The accuracy of the rigid-membrane method is verified by the small differences between the stress distributions obtained from the proposed method and numerical simulations.The equilibrium membrane shape in the actual project can be scanned and reconstructed by the laser scanner system without any pre-processing,and the load is determined by the water level,internal pressure,etc.Based on the actual membrane shape and water load distribution,the rigid-membrane method determines the real stress distribution of the membrane in the test of flat membrane subjected to ponding water,which verifies that the rigid-membrane method is a practical method to determine the stress distribution only by the membrane shape and external load distribution.
查看更多>>摘要：In order to solve the problem of strength instability of cemented tailings backfill(CTB)under low temperature environment(≤20℃),the strength optimization and prediction of CTB under the influence of multiple factors were carried out.The response surface method(RSM)was used to design the experiment to analyze the development law of backfill strength under the coupling effect of curing temperature,sand-cement ratio and slurry mass fraction,and to optimize the mix proportion;the artificial neural network algorithm(ANN)and particle swarm optimization algorithm(PSO)were used to build the prediction model of backfill strength.According to the experimental results of RSM,the optimal mix proportion under different curing temperatures was obtained.When the curing temperature is 10-15 ℃,the best mix proportion of sand-cement ratio is 9,and the slurry mass fraction is 71％;when the curing temperature is 15-20 ℃,the best mix proportion of sand-cement ratio is 8,and the slurry mass fraction is 69％.The ANN-PSO intelligent model can accurately predict the strength of CTB,its mean relative estimation error value and correlation coefficient value are only 1.95％and 0.992,and the strength of CTB under different mix proportion can be predicted quickly and accurately by using this model.
查看更多>>摘要：The cutter layout of a full-face tunnel boring machine(TBM)directly affects its tunneling efficiency.The revolving diameter of the center cutter is small,and the double-edged design results in its rock breaking mechanism and force characteristics being significantly different from those of the single-edged cutter.The gage cutter is installed on the transition arc of the cutterhead,and the installation inclination complicates its movement and force.In this paper,by taking sandstone as the research object,the composite rock breaking models of the center cutter group and the gage cutter group of a compound TBM are separately established based on the three-dimensional particle discrete element method.The numerical models are verified by comparing results with the full-scale rotary cutting laboratory test.From the view point of the force characteristics of a single cutter,the propagation of rock cracks between adjacent cutters,the overall mechanical properties of the cutterhead,the load characteristics and layout form of the double-edged center cutter,and the installation angle range of the gage cutter were studied.Results demonstrate that the use of a cross-shaped center cutter layout can reduce the force of a single cutter ring and the overall load of the cutterhead,which is conducive to TBM stability during tunneling.Therefore,it is recommended that a cross-shaped layout for the double-edged center cutter of a rock formation compound TBM should be used.To improve the stability and service life of the cutter,we recommend setting the installation angle of the innermost gage cutter of the rock formation compound TBM to about 9°,and the installation angle of the outermost gage cutter should not exceed 70°.
查看更多>>摘要：In the actual service process of the tunnel boring machine(TBM)cutter head,the fatigue failure of the disc body is serious.Aimed at the problem of premature failure of cutter head due to the extreme service environment and complicated structure of the TBM cutter head,the previous TBM cutter head failure data are combined to establish a method for calculating the space crack growth in this paper.Based on the structure of the TBM cutter head itself,the law of the shape and parameters of the stiffened panels on the crack propagation resistance is studied to further present the method of anti-damage and anti-crack for the TBM cutter head.The results illustrate that the basis and methods for the structural design of the TBM cutter head are put forward.
BAYOUMI EL-Said Abd-AllahMAHMOUD Mahmoud HassanARIF Mohammed
889-899页
查看更多>>摘要：This paper presents an experimental investigation on the flexural behavior of cross-connected brick masonry infill wall panels supported on reinforced concrete beam grids above and below the walls.The experi-mental program was comprised of six wall systems.The effect of change in lower beam stiffness relative to the wall and the geometry of the main walls were investigated.From the results of the experimental tests,the increase in the depth of the lower beam grid reduces the deflection,resulting in an increase in the load carrying capacity of the wall.Further,the stiffness of the main walls affects the deflection and the failure load of the cross walls.
查看更多>>摘要：The main objective of this study is to optimize the fresh and strength properties of reactive powder concrete incorporated with industrial by-products like ultra-fine ground granulated blast furnace slag as cement substitute and added with coal bottom ash and recycled concrete fines as partial replacement of quartz sand by response surface methodology through design of experiment approach.Totally four responses namely slump,compressive strength(C-28),flexural strength(F-28),and split-tensile strength(S-28)after 28 days of curing period were considered.The statistical study on the reactive powder concrete includes the modeling of regression,normal probability plots,surface plot analysis,and optimization of process variables.The regression models of the considered responses(slump,C-28,F-28,and S-28)were tested.The results obtained from the analysis of variance(ANOVA)and Pareto chart were used to determine the statistical significance of the process variables.The influence of the variables on the responses was studied by means of the surface plot analysis.The optimal proportion of the variables against the responses was obtained through optimization response.The resulted regression equations were in the form of second-order polynomial equation and the prediction of strength properties was found to be in line with the experimental results.The difference of proportion of variance indicated that only 0.43％,6.42％,5.15％,and 9.7％of deviations cannot be expressed by the analysis.The ANOVA and Pareto charts represented the high significance and appropriateness of the linear term of slump response and the two-way interaction term of strength responses.The results of the optimization response revealed the optimal proportions of recycled concrete fines and coal bottom ash as 19.15％and 7.02％,respectively.
查看更多>>摘要：To investigate the effect of the radius of the spherical heads of the indenter on the results of a point load test,this study uses a discrete element model based on the flat joint contact for numerical simulation.Results show that the discrete element model based on the flat joint model can accurately describe the damage process and size effects of rocks under point loads.Damage of rock samples under the loading of different radii of the indenter can be characterized as vertical splitting damage,and the larger the radius of the indenter is,the larger the damage area.Values of the point load strength of rock samples increase with increasing the radius of the indenter and obey a power function relationship.The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for the selection of the spherical heads of indenters in point load tests and tool design for mechanical rock breaking.
查看更多>>摘要：Double-row pile(DRP)retaining systems have been widely used in deep excavations in China.Soil between the front and back-row piles(FBP soil)is often improved to decrease the displacement of DRPs in soft soil areas,but the improvement efficiency has rarely been researched.A large and deep excavation supported by a DRP retaining system is introduced,and the effect of FBP soil improvement is discussed by comparing the finite element analysis and the monitoring results.Then,a parametric study of DRP using the finite element method considering the small strain of soil is conducted to investigate the effect of FBP soil improvement.It was shown that the pile deflection and bending moment decrease when the FBP soil is improved.Moreover,the most efficient way to minimize the pile deflection and bending moment is to improve the FBP soil around the excavation level.The FBP soil improvement 2-4 m below the pile head is not very useful for reducing the pile deflection and can be eliminated when the pile displacement limit is not very strict.
查看更多>>摘要：The swelling process of bentonite is vital for judging the time required for completing the swelling,esti-mating the engineering safety,and organizing the construction plan.Many factors affect the swelling process,and the underlying mechanisms still require to be clearly explained.In this paper,the swelling process of commercial bentonite in different molar concentrations of salt solution was studied by the one-dimensional free swelling test and constant volume swelling pressure test.The curves of swelling over time were fitted using a hyperbolic model,and two parameters were extracted to reflect the swelling rate and the final swelling strain or swelling pressure quantitatively,respectively.The test results show that the final swelling strain or swelling pressure is determined by the swelling ability of the bentonite,while the swelling rate is influenced by the coupled effect of the swelling ability and permeability of soil.The mechanisms of different factors affecting the swelling process of bentonite are summarized as the effects on the permeability and swelling ability of the soil by considering the change process of pore structure during swelling.The proposed mechanism explanation can also reasonably explain the effect of initial water content in the existing literature.The influencing mechanism of the swelling process revealed in this paper from the perspective of pore structure provides a reasonable theoretical basis for analyzing the swelling process of bentonite.
查看更多>>摘要：The dynamic control equation of a new prestressed partially concrete-filled rectangular steel tube(CFRT)beam can be derived based on D'Alembert's principle.It is used to infer the theoretical results of the dynamic characteristics for the prestressed CFRT beam.Additionally,the finite element model is set up by ABAQUS for simulation analysis.The results show that the natural vibration frequencies and mode function of the prestressed CFRT simply supported beam calculated by the theoretical formulas are reliable since the relative errors of the first-order frequencies under different prestressing levels are within 6％compared with the finite element results.Further analysis of the prestressing parameters is carried out using the theoretical formulas,in which factors such as the prestressing level,eccentricity of tendons,and tensile stiffness of prestressed tendons have different influences on the natural vibration frequencies.Finally,it provides a theoretical basis for the dynamic design of the prestressed CFRT beams.
万方数据
维普