简介:-Thetemperaturedistributionsobtainedbydifferentmethodsofanalysisforsolvingthermaltransferofreinforcedconcrete(R.C.)submarineoiltanks(RCSOT),includingflatwallmethod,cylinderwallmethodandfiniteelementmethod,arecomparedwiththeexperimentaldataofthermaltransferofRCSOT.Theprecisionandscopeofapplicabilityofdifferentmethodsarediscussed.TheprincipleforselectinganalysismethodforsolvingthermaltransferofRCSOTisgiven.TheanalyticalandexperimentaltemperaturedistributionsshowthatthewallofRCSOTshouldconsistofdoublewallsandemptyspacebetweenthemshouldbefilledwithsandorotherheatinsulationmaterialstoreducethetemperaturedifferenceofthewallandtopreventconcretefromcracking.
简介:Thispaperdiscussestheresultsoftestsontheshearcapacityofreinforcedconcretecolumnsstrengthenedwithcarbonfiberreinforcedplastic(CFRP)sheet.ThesheartransfermechanismofthespecimensreinforcedwithCFRPsheetwasstudied.ThefactorsaffectingtheshearcapacityofreinforcedconcretecolumnsstrengthenedwithCFRPsheetwereanalyzed.Severalsuggestionssuchasthenumberoflayers,widthandtensilestrengthoftheCFRPsheetareproposedforthisnewstrengtheningtechnique.Finally,asimpleandpracticaldesignmethodispresentedinthepaper.Thecalculatedresultsofthesuggestedmethodareshowntobeingoodagreementwiththetestresults.ThesuggesteddesignmethodcanbeusedinevaluatingtheshearcapacityofreinforcedconcretecolumnsstrengthenedwithCFRPsheet.
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简介:Adesignmethodofreinforcedconcrete(R.C.)offshoreplatformswithnonlinearfiniteelementanalysisisproposed.Accordingtothemethod,acomputerprogramisdeveloped.Inthisprogramnonlinearconstitutiverelationshipsandstrengthcriteriaofconcreteandsteelbarsareincluded,andtheprogressivecrackingandcrushingoftheconcretearetakenintoaccount.Basedonthestressdistributionobtainedbythenonlinearfiniteelementanalysis,theamountofreinforcementinthecontrolsectionscanbecomputedandadjustedautomaticallybytheprogramtosatisfytherequirementofthedesign.Theamountofreinforcementrequiredinthecontrolsections,whichareobtainedwiththenonlinearfiniteelementanalysis,isagreeabletothatobtainedintheexperiment.ThisshowsthatthedesignmethodofR.C.offshoreplatformwiththenonlinearfiniteelementmethodproposedbytheauthorsisreliableforpracticaluse.
简介:Inthispaper,thestabilityofaconcavesphericalstembulkheadunderthepumpingloadwhenstilllyingattheslipwayisanalyzed.Thestabilityofthesphericalstembulkheadwithdifferentshellthicknessandreinforcingformsisdiscussed.Accordingtotheresultsofstabilityanalysis,theoptimizationdesignofthesphericalstembulkheadstabilityisperformed.Onthebasisofconsideringthemachiningtechnicalrequirementsofthebulkhead,arationaldesignofthesphericalstembulkheadstructureisobtained.Thispaperhasacertainvaluetothedesignofsubmarine'ssphericalstembulkhead.
简介:Thepolypropylene(PP)nanocompositesfilledwithpretreatedhalloysitenanotubes(HNTs)werepreparedbythemelt-blendingmethod.Beforefilling,theas-receivedHNTspowderwasatfirstpurifiedandthenmodified.ThecharacterizationtestsshowedthatthepurifiedHNTshadlessimpurityandmoreuniformporesizedistributionandthesurfacehydrophobicityofthemodifiedHNTswasobviouslyimproved.ThemechanicalandtribologicalpropertiesofthePP/HNTsnanocompositeswereextensivelyinvestigated.Theresultsshowedthatthetensile,bendingandnotchedimpactstrengthofthePP/HNTsnanocompositeswassomewhatimproved,butthewearresistanceofthePP/HNTsnanocompositeswasobviouslyenhanced.
简介:<正>London24November2004MotheristhemostbeautifulwordintheEnglishlanguage,accordingtoasurveyofover40,000overseasvotersandlearnersofEnglishatBritishCouncilteachingcentres.ThesurveywasconductedbytheBritishCounciltocoincidewithits70thanniversarycelebrations.TheBritishCouncilaskedover7,000learnersin46countrieswhattheyconsideredtobethemost
简介:Speakervariabilityisanimportantsourceofspeechvariationswhichmakescontinuousspeechrecognitionadifficulttask.Adaptingautomaticspeechrecognition(ASR)modelstothespeakervariationsisawell-knownstrategytocopewiththechallenge.AlmostallsuchtechniquesfocusondevelopingadaptationsolutionswithintheacousticmodelsoftheASRsystems.Althoughvariationsoftheacousticfeaturesconstituteanimportantportionoftheinter-speakervariations,theydonotcovervariationsatthephoneticlevel.Phoneticvariationsareknowntoformanimportantpartofvariationswhichareinfluencedbybothmicro-segmentalandsuprasegmentalfactors.Inter-speakerphoneticvariationsareinfluencedbythestructureandanatomyofaspeaker'sarticulatorysystemandalsohis/herspeakingstylewhichisdrivenbymanyspeakerbackgroundcharacteristicssuchasaccent,gender,age,socioeconomicandeducationalclass.Theeffectofinter-speakervariationsinthefeaturespacemaycauseexplicitphonerecognitionerrors.Theseerrorscanbecompensatedlaterbyhavingappropriatepronunciationvariantsforthelexiconentrieswhichconsiderlikelyphonemisclassificationsbesidespronunciation.Inthispaper,weintroducespeakeradaptivedynamicpronunciationmodels,whichgeneratedifferentlexiconsforvariousspeakerclustersanddifferentrangesofspeechrate.Themodelsarehybridsofspeakeradaptedcontextualrulesanddynamicgeneralizeddecisiontrees,whichtakeintoaccountwordphonologicalstructures,rateofspeech,unigramprobabilitiesandstresstogeneratepronunciationvariantsofwords.EmployingthesetofspeakeradapteddynamiclexiconsinaFarsi(Persian)continuousspeechrecognitiontaskresultsinworderrorratereductionsofasmuchas10.1%inaspeaker-dependentscenarioand7.4%inaspeaker-independentscenario.
简介:SurfacePenetratingRadar(SPR)isarecentlydevelopedtechnologyfornon-destructivetesting.Itcanbeusedtoimageandinterprettheinnerstructureofthereinforcedconcrete.ThispapergivesthedetailsaboutacompactandhandheldSPRdevelopedrecentlyforreinforcedconcretestructuredetection.Thecenteroperationfrequencyoftheradaris1.6GHz.Notonlyithasfastacquisitionability,butalsoitcandisplaythetestingresultontheLCDscreeninreal-time.Thetestingresultsshowthattheradarhasapenetratingrangeofmorethan30cm,andalateralresolutionbetterthan5cm.Theperformancevalidatesthattheradarcanmeettheapplicationrequirementsforreinforcedconcretestructuredetection.
简介:Onebranchofstructuralhealthmonitoring(SHM)utilizesdynamicresponsemeasurementstoassessthestructuralintegrityofcivilinfrastructures.Inparticular,modalfrequencyisawidelyadoptedindicatorforstructuraldamagesinceitssquareisproportionaltostructuralstiffness.However,ithasbeendemonstratedinvariousSHMprojectsthatthisindicatorissubstantiallyaffectedbyfluctuatingenvironmentalconditions.Inordertoprovidereliableandconsistentinformationonthehealthstatusofthemonitoredstructures,itisnecessarytodevelopamethodtofilterthisinterference.Thisstudyattemptstomodelandquantifytheenvironmentalinfluenceonthemodalfrequenciesofreinforcedconcretebuildings.Dailystructuralresponsemeasurementsofatwenty-twostoryreinforcedconcretebuildingwerecollectedandanalyzedoveraone-yearperiod.TheBayesianspectraldensityapproachwasutilizedtoidentifythemodalfrequenciesofthisbuildinganditwasclearlyseenthatthetemperatureandhumidityfluctuationinducednotablevariations.Amathematicalmodelwasdevelopedtoquantifytheenvironmentaleffectsandmodelcomplexitywastakenintoconsideration.BasedonaTimoshenkobeammodel,thefullmodelclasswasconstructedandotherreduced-ordermodelclasscandidateswereobtained.Then,theBayesianmodalclassselectionapproachwasemployedtoselecttheonewiththemostsuitablecomplexity.Theproposedmodelsuccessfullycharacterizestheenvironmentalinfluenceonthemodalfrequencies.Furthermore,theestimateduncertaintyofthemodelparametersallowsforassessmentofthereliabilityoftheprediction.Thisstudynotonlyimprovestheunderstandingaboutthemonitoredstructure,butalsoestablishesasystematicapproachforreliablehealthassessmentofreinforcedconcretebuildings.
简介:Asystematicalsimulationhasbeencarriedoutontheindentationcreeptestonparticle-reinforcedcomposites.Thedeformation,failuremechanismsandlifeareanalyzedbythreereasonablemodels.Thefollowingfivefactorshavebeenconsideredsimultaneously:creeppropertyoftheparticle,creeppropertyofthematrix,theshapeoftheparticle,thevolumefractionoftheparticleandthesize(relativesizetotheparticle)oftheindentationindenter.Forallthecases,thepowerlawrespectingtotheappliedstresscanbeusedtomodelthesteadyindentationcreepdepthrateoftheindenter,andthedetailexpressionshavebeenpresented.Thecomputersimulationprecisionisanalyzedbythetwo-phasemodelandthethree-phasemodel.Twoplacesofthestressconcentrationarefoundinthecomposites.Oneisaheadoftheindentationindenter,wherethehighstressstateisdeducedbytheedgeoftheindenterandwilldecreaserapidlyneartoasteadyvaluewiththecreeptime.Theotheroneisattheinterface,wherethehighstressstateisdeducedbythemisfitofmaterialpropertiesbetweentheparticlesandmatrix.Ithasbeenfoundthatthecreepdissipationenergydensityotherthanastressparametercanbeusedtobethecriteriontomodelthedebondingoftheinterfaces.Withthecriterionofthecriticalcreepdissipationenergydensity,apowerlawtotheappliedstresswithnegativeexponentcanbeusedtomodelthefailurelifededucedbythedebondingofinterfaces.Theinfluencesoftheshapeoftheparticlesandthematchingofcreeppropertiesofparticleandmatrixcanbediscussedforthefailure.Withacrackmodel,thefurthergrowthofinterfacecrackisanalyzed,andsomeimportantexperimentalphenomenacanbepredicted.Thefailuremechanismwhichtheparticlewillbepunchedintomatrixhasbeenalsodiscussed.Thecriticaldiflerencesbetweenthecreeppropertiesoftheparticlesandmatrixhavebeencalculated,afteraparameterhasbeendefined.Intheviewofcompetitionoffailure
简介:AnewtypeofSiO_2-MgO-CaO(SMC)whiskerwasusedtomodifyhighdensitypolyethylene(HDPE).Themeltingbehaviorandcrystallinitywereinvestigatedbydifferentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC).ThedispersionofwhiskersandinterfacialadhesioninthepreparedHDPE/SMCwhiskercompositeswereinvestigatedbyscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM).Themechanicalpropertieswereevaluatedbymechanicaltestsanddynamicmechanicalanalysis(DMA).DSCdataindicatedthatthemeltingtemperatureandthecrystall...
简介:Withrespecttoobtainingtheeffectiveelasticmoduliofthecomposite,thepresenttheorydif-fersfrombothEshelby’sequivalentinclusionmethodandHill’sself-consistentone,bothofwhichonlyconsid-erthemechanicalpropertiesofthematrixandinclusions(fibers).Infact,theinclusion-inclusioninteractionismorepronouncedwhenthevolumefractionofinclusionsofthecompositeincreases.Hence,inthispapertheeffectiveelasticmoduliofthecompositearederivedbytakingintoaccounttheshapes,sizesanddistributionofinclusions,andtheinteractionsbetweeninclusions.Inaddition,itismoreconvincingtoassumeshort-fibersascylindricalinclusionsasinthepresentpaperthanasellipsoidalonesasinothers.Finally,numericalre-sultsaregiven.
简介:Electrochemicalandcorrosionbehaviourofreinforcedsteelembeddedincementpastesincorporatingdifferentamountsofsilicafumeasapartialreplacementofcementhasbeenstudiedinchlorideandsulphatesolutionsbyusingdifferentelectrochemicaltechniques.Theresultsindicatethat,whilesteelpassivitydegreeislowinthecontrolsamples'uponsoakinginthecorrosivemedia,ithasbeenhighihsamplesincorporatingsilicafumeandincreasedwithincreasingsilicafumecontent.Theimprovementeffectofsilicafumemaybeattributedtotheporesolutionstructureofthecementpaste,whichlimitsthemobilityofaggressiveionsnearthesurfaceofthesteel.Themechanismofsteelcorrosionduetochlorideandsulphateattackandpassivationeffectofsilicafumearediscussed.