The effect of weld residual stress on fracture toughness at the intersection of two welding lines of offshore tubular structure

Due to the spatial complexity and fabrication characteristics of offshore platforms, it is inevitable to encounter overlaps or proximity of weld lines in tubular joints. Several international standards such as American Petroleum Institute (API), American Welding Society (AWS), and American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) regulate the minimum distance between primary weld beads; however, any logical and detailed background of this limitation has not been presented. For a non-compliant weld joint where the regulation is not met, fracture toughness calculation is a typical index to verify the structural integrity.This research consists of two parts. First, weld residual stress distributions are calculated by a 3D thermo-mechanical nonlinear Finite Element Analysis. Two crossing welds, a T-weld crossing on a butt weld, are simulated in one model. A separate tee and a butt welding simulations are also performed for a comparative purpose. Second, SIFs and J-integral values are calculated at the surface and deepest crack tip locations for four different types of semi-elliptical surface cracks. Four cracks are embedded into the weld model and the residual stress distribution from the 3D thermo-mechanical FEA are mapped to a 3D FE crack model as initial conditions. An additional axial tensile load is also imposed. SIF values are compared with those using the weighting function method for the butt weld model subject to three load cases, i.e., tensile stress only, weld residual stress only, and both of them. From the simulation, a tubular joint containing a chord girth weld intersected with weld beads of brace is found to show lower the SIF values than that having only a girth weld on chord.     

等效间隙元在钢拱架施工中的应用

根据剩余荷载增量的迭代演算法求解受正弦荷载作用的有间隙连接杆件,并用温度力等效间隙对比计算,二者结果一致,再根据桑坝大桥拱架模型,用两种方法对比计算,二者结果也一致,证明了用温度力等效计算间隙元的正确性和实用性。     

Strength analysis of fillet welds under longitudinal and transverse shear conditions

In support of the development of improved fillet weld sizing criteria for lightweight shipboard structures, a comprehensive static strength test program using longitudinal and transverse shear specimens according to AWS B4.0 Standards has been conducted. This test program covers base material with strength ranging from 71 ksi (490 MPa) to 96 ksi (660 MPa) and weld size ranging from 1/8″ (3 mm) to 3/8″ (10 mm). This paper focuses on a traction stress based analysis of the test data as an effort to establish a unified shear strength definition for load-carrying fillet weld specimens regardless of shear loading conditions. The proposed shear strength definition proves to be effective in correlating the fillet weld strength test data of the longitudinal and transverse shear specimens. The results of this investigation demonstrate that existing shear strength definitions used by various weld sizing criteria such as those given by Class Societies have two major limitations: (1) it cannot be related to a critical stress state on experimentally observed failure plane in transverse shear specimens; (2) it underestimates shear stress at failure due to severe stress concentration at weld end in typical longitudinal shear specimens. These two limitations have been shown to be the major cause for having two significantly different shear strength values: one is transverse shear strength obtained from transverse shear specimens and the other is longitudinal shear strength obtained from longitudinal shear specimens.     

施工及环境因素诱发污水处理池差异沉降及渗漏风险

针对地基变形特征及其引发的大型污水处理池混凝土结构破裂渗漏风险，研究人工降水、开挖与桩基加固、滨海潮汐地下水渗透等条件下的地基变形特性，并建立地基变形基本方程及多因素综合影响下的统一函数表达式。结合上海白龙港污水处理厂工程，分析了工程区域施工及环境因素可能产生的地基变形及其对结构受力的不良影响。结果表明：i）地基变形曲率对结构受力产生直接影响，曲率半径越小，结构的附加应力越大、致裂风险越高；ii）结构高度越大，对地基弯曲变形的反应越敏感；iii）结构抗弯刚度突变处，应力集中程度高、局部应力超限风险增大。     

框架结构钢筋混凝土面板裂缝分析与防治

对重庆果园港区码头现浇钢筋混凝土面板裂缝进行理论分析，找出产生裂缝的原因，并针对性地采取措施。这些措施包括：提高混凝土本身抗拉强度；采用混凝土后浇带方式在施工期间解除束缚面板混凝土的约束；通过对混凝土原材料、配合比的优化和采取施工措施来减少混凝土的自生收缩、塑性收缩、干缩及温度变化和内外温差引起的收缩，从而大大降低混凝土的收缩应力。     

高速公路路堤基底承载力计算方法分析

基于高速公路路基基底应力的三种计算方法，即比例荷载法、等效荷载法、三维数值分析软件FLAC3D，对高速公路路堤基底承载边进行计算。通过计算结果的对比分析，归纳了路基基底应力随着路堤高度和基底软土厚度变化的分布规律，并提出了路基基底应力的计算公式，可作为路基基底承载力或软基清淤的量化评定，避免人为地判断地基处理合格性。     

对沉入式大圆筒结构岸壁受力状态的分析

描述了沉入式整体大圆筒结构的工作介质与变形受力状态的自身特征 ,在此基础上 ,分析了抗倾计算中的三种受力状态。     

Review and Outlook of Roundabout Capacity

Capacity is an important part of the operation efficiency at roundabouts. Through analyzing existing capacity models of roundabout, this paper focuses on the problem research principles and methods such as empirical regression model, gap acceptance model and model based on simulation software. The key technologies of modeling are also analyzed. Then the general approaches of modeling roundabout capacity are proposed, combined with some problems easily overlooked in previous study. Determining the interaction mechanism among each traffic flow and considering the significant impact factors, the capacity model is established on the whole. Finally, combing with the control objectives of roundabouts, an outlook is proposed for future studies on roundabout capacity.     

温度梯度作用对开裂后预应力混凝土箱梁桥性能影响

温度梯度作用是引发预应力混凝土箱梁桥开裂非常重要的一个原因。全国许多学者都积极参与此领域的研究,得出许多有价值的结论,但普遍的分析模型中并未考虑裂缝引起部分部位刚度降低的影响,而很多裂缝在施工过程就已经出现。研究温度梯度作用下箱梁桥不带裂缝工作状态与带裂缝工作状态的内力变化,分析裂缝对结构刚度的影响及其引起的内力变化。