Numerical simulations of fatigue crack initiation and propagation based on re-tensile plastic zone generating load criterion for in-plane gusset welded joints

Many accidents are caused by fatigue in welded built-up steel structures, and so it is important to estimate the fatigue lives of such structures quantitatively for safety reasons. By assuming that fatigue cracks cannot grow without an accumulation of alternating tensile/compressional plastic strain, one of the authors identified an improved effective stress intensity factor range ΔK _RPG based on the re-tensile plastic zone generating (RPG) load, which represents the driving force for fatigue cracks, and suggested that ΔK _RPG should be used as the parameter to describe fatigue crack growth behavior. The “FLARP” numerical simulation code in which ΔK _RPG is implemented as the fatigue crack growth parameter, was developed in order to predict fatigue crack initiation and propagation behavior. In this paper, it is demonstrated that FLARP gives accurate estimates for fatigue life by comparing the estimated fatigue crack growth curves and S–N curves with the experimental results for in-plane gusset welded joints, which are used in many welded steel structures. Moreover, the effect of induced bending moment due to the linear misalignment in the out of plane direction on the fatigue strength of in-plane gusset welded joints is investigated through numerical simulations.     

Analysis of velocity fluctuations and their intermittency properties in the surf zone using empirical mode decomposition

We consider here surf zone turbulence measurements, recorded in the Eastern English Channel using a sonic anemometer. In order to characterize the intermittent properties of their fluctuations at many time scales, we analyze the experimental time series using the Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) method. The series is decomposed into a sum of modes, each one narrow-banded, and we show that some modes are associated with the energy containing wave breaking scales, and other modes are associated with small-scale intermittent fluctuations. We use the EMD approach in association with a newly developed method based on Hilbert spectral analysis, representing the probability density function in an amplitude–frequency space. We then characterize the fluctuations in a stochastic framework using a cumulant generating function for all scales, and compare the results obtained from direct and classical structure function analysis, to EMD–Hilbert spectral analysis results, showing that the former method saturates at large scales, whereas the latter method is more precise in its scale approach. These results show the strength of the new EMD–Hilbert spectral analysis method for data presenting a strong forcing such as found in shallow water, wave dominated situations.     

杭州湾跨海大桥南航道桥钢锚箱施工技术

杭州湾跨海大桥南航道桥为A形独塔双索面钢箱梁斜拉桥,索塔锚固区采用混凝土结合钢锚箱结构,此结构形式在我国尚属新工艺。文章主要介绍了南航道桥钢锚箱安装施工工艺、施工难点及解决措施。结果表明,其轴线偏位、高程、垂直度等全部满足规范要求。     

静载锚固性能试验影响因素分析

结合铁路工程钢绞线一锚具组装件的静载锚固性能试验检测,对影响试验结果的各种因素进行了分析,并指出相应的解决措施。提出试验过程的有效控制是试验科学性和数据结果可靠性的有力保证。     

京福高速公路徐州绕城西段煤矿采空区处治研究

京福高速公路徐州绕城西段穿越徐州市北部和西部,要通过富水倾斜的复杂煤矿采空区,经过采用注浆立填法进行处治取得了成功,可为今后类似复杂采空区处理的勘察设计和治理工程提供技术借鉴和指导作用。     

长江中游生态护岸工程的岸坡植被分布特征研究

近年来长江中游河道治理和航道整治工程中采用大量的生态护岸技术,且取得较大生态效益,但是经过现场调查发现在生态护岸岸坡存在一条明显的青黄线.针对此问题,以长江中游航道整治工程新厂护岸工程和桃花洲护岸工程为例,以青黄线为界将岸坡分为青绿带和青黄带,分析岸坡上青绿带和青黄带狗牙根分布特征及其形成的原因,并通过统计水位累计频率...     

植筋技术在旧桥加固改造中的应用

植筋技术工艺简单,施工方便,具有较高的可靠性和灵活性,被广泛地应用于桥涵、房建等的加固、改造工程中。三明市列东大桥采用ZL—JGN型结构胶的植筋新技术,解决旧桥加固改造中的锚固连接问题,取得了良好的工程效果。结合列东大桥加固改造的工程实例,介绍了植筋的设计、施工方法及施工过程的注意事项。     

基于区内出行比例的城市交通小区半径计算方法

针对国内城市交通小区划分多靠定性分析的情况,分析了国内外交通小区划分方法,提出了基于区内出行比例的交通小区半径定量计算方法。基于交通小区半径和出行距离的三种不同组合,推导出了相应的区内出行比例计算模型,利用Excel软件的VBA编程功能,进行了三者之间的数量关系计算,通过对区内出行比例的控制,得出交通小区半径的合理范围。实例计算结果表明:当区内出行比例范围为5%～10%时,西安中心市区交通小区的合理半径在0.7～1.1km之间,而实际调查区内出行比例为9.28%,交通小区半径为0.9km,调查值与计算值接近,小区半径定量计算方法可行。     

溶洞区钻孔桩成孔施工关键技术

通过工程实践对福银高速邵三段下村特大桥石灰岩溶洞区桩基钻孔施工中遇到的一些问题加以探讨,可以加深和交流溶洞区钻孔桩成孔关键技术的认识,从中得到有益的参考和帮助.     

ZPW-2000A调谐区SVA阻抗值对调谐区品质因数的影响分析

ZPW-2000A无绝缘轨道电路调谐区由1型调谐单元、钢轨、空心线圈、2型调谐单元构成,本区段所连接的调谐单元显容性,钢轨、空心线圈和邻区段连接的调谐单元呈感性,这两部分形成并联谐振.分析普速铁路Z P W-2000A空心线圈S V A阻抗值对整体谐振电路的影响,提出调谐区小轨道电路品质因数的计算方法,通过提高调谐区品...