Reliability Evaluation of Compressor Systems Based on Universal Generating Function Method

At present, universal generating function (UGF) is a reliability evaluation technique which holds the bare-looking and easily program-realized merits in multi-state system. Thus, it is meaningful to apply this method to an actual industry system. Compressor systems in natural gas pipelines are series-parallel multi-state systems, where the compressor units in each compressor station work in a parallel way and these pressure-boosting stations in the pipeline are series connected. Considering the characteristic of gas pipelines, this paper develops two different UGFs to evaluate the system reliability. One (Model 1) establishes a system model from every compressor unit while the other (Model 2) considers the whole system as a combination of multi-state components. Besides, all the parameters of “weight” in UGFs are obtained from thermal-hydraulic models based on the actual engineering and “probability” from Monte Carlo simulation. The results show that the system reliabilities calculated by different UGFs are approximately equal. In addition, the demand of gas and the gas pipeline transportation system show a reverse trend. Because the number of parameters needed in Model 2 is far less than that needed in Model 1, Model 2 is simpler programming and faster solved.     

洞庭湖区淤泥质黏土水泥土力学性能试验研究

结合湖南洞庭湖区某高速公路淤泥质黏土软基处理工程,进行淤泥质黏土水泥改良土的无侧限抗压强度试验,研究水泥土无侧限抗压强度的影响因素、水泥土的应力应变关系和变形模量的变化规律以及试样的破坏模式。研究结果表明：淤泥质黏土水泥土的无侧限抗压强度随着养护龄期和水泥掺入比的增加而增加,随着含水率的增大而减小;无侧限抗压强度增长速率随着养护龄期的增大而减小,随着水泥掺入比的增大而增大;水泥土应力应变全过程曲线可以分为加载初始阶段、塑性上升阶段、应力～应变下降阶段和残余强度阶段等4个阶段;水泥土的变形模量随着水泥土的无侧限抗压强度的增大而增大;含水率高、水泥掺入比低和龄期短的试件呈现塑性破坏,而含水率低、水泥掺入比高和龄期长的试件呈现脆性破坏。