Abstract:A study which focuses on the role of matric suction in the stress strength of roadbed unsaturated soil was presented. Two types of tests were described, namely, the suction controlled shear test and microstructure scanned test. For the former, four sub tests were conducted under different suction and net normal stress conditions. And two unsaturated soil samples that belong to the same type but with different water contents were scanned. In contrast with clay soil, the corresponding results show that the strength of silty sand soil does not always increase as matric suction increases or soil water content decreases; there exists a peak contributed by matric suction that acts on soil stress strength. The main reason for this kind of phenomenon is due to the typical microstructure of this type of soil and the various types of pore water retention. Additionally, the state of stress in which soil sample meets can also exerts important influence on soil strength.

Abstract:Besides the loading applied by the upper building, the piles are often subjected to indirect loading such as side loads. These kinds of loads would cause the pile bear additional force (negative skin friction), which may be large enough to reduce the bearing capacity and cause structural failure of a pile. By establishing the numerical model of pile soil interaction, the bearing capability of pile under side load was analyzed. The joint effect of different magnitude and the distance of the side load on the skin friction were focused. The joint effect of length of the pile and the distance of side load on the skin friction was discussed. The expression of the two combination relationship was obtained. Meanwhile, by using the least square method, the expression of total skin friction on different side load combination was achieved. And based on the statistical analysis of the dispersion coefficient, the function expression was proved to be of high precision. The results show that when k, which indicates the relative relation of side load distance s and the side load magnitude Q, increases to 32, the value of negative skin friction goes to zero. When c, indicating the relative relation between pile length L and side load distance s, increases to 0.5, the value of negative skin friction goes to zero. Beyond limit value of these two relative relationships, the bearing capability of the pile will not be affected by side loads.

Abstract:Sand is a typical particle structure. The effective stress and corresponding deformation are both determined by the particle characteristics of the medium skeleton, and the changeable condition of the particles will further affect the mechanical response of the earth pressure cell in the test process. To correctly measure the earth pressure value, micromechanical method was applied to analyse the force chain formed by the particles contact under loading unloading condition, and the transferring process, the force strain curve and relationship between the cell mechanical response and the ideal response curve were analyzed in detail, which verified the above mechanical response model based on Particle Flow Code (PFC) method. According to the structural characteristics of the sand and above numerical model, the loading condition, porosity, friction coefficient between the particles and stiffness of the earth pressure cell affecting mechanical response of the earth pressure cell were deeply investigated, the numerical results indicated that there were obvious hysteresis and strain irreversibility for the response curve, and the measured value was sensitive to the above factors. Therefore, research on the force chain structure and corresponding evolution law brings forward a scientific base and new research means for understanding its micromechanical characteristics, and different factors influencing the earth pressure cell are also important for cell calibration and practical monitoring to get more correct earth pressure value.

Abstract:Taking the moisture content as main control parameter of shear strength of the soil, we analyze the variational properties of moisture content and shear strength with the change of rainfall time during the small sustained rainfall infiltration, and establish the relationships between total cohesion as well as effective angle of friction and the time of sustained small rainfall infiltration into an unsaturated slope. With the rainfall infiltration, the influence area of slope expands. Through the strength reduction method based on FLAC3D, the dynamic safety factor of slope in different time and the duration time before the failure of the slope are obtained. The results show that the slope critical sliding surface is yet unsaturated during a sustained small rainfall.

Abstract:Forty full scale field tests were conducted on belled pier foundations at seven gravel Gobi sites in Gansu province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China. The uplift load displacement response of belled pier foundations in gravel Gobi almost followed the same pattern and presented three phase behaviors. Under tensile load, the onset of the curve usually started from the elastic linear part resulting from the compression and compaction of gravel Gobi above the enlarged base. And consequently, with the occurrence and further development of a plastic zone around the foundation, the uplift load displacement curve turned into an elasto plastic stage. Finally, the formation of whole rupture surface brought to the entire shearing damage of Gobi soil. The ultimate uplift bearing capacities were obtained by using the slope tangent method for all test foundations. Based on the theory of limiting equilibrium, the Mohr Coulomb yielding criterion and slip line field method, the circle arc rupture surface boundary condition was introduced. And the theoretical calculation equation to determine the ultimate uplift bearing capacity of the belled pier foundation in gravel Gobi was obtained. The theoretical results were compared with those of the tests and they turned out in good agreement.

Abstract:The bending capacity tests on ten simple supported beams were conducted to investigate the damage characteristics, prestress increment, beading capacity and displacement ductility of unbounded prestressed concrete beams with HRBF500 steel bars. The results show that the HRBF500 steel bars has yielded before the limit state. The concrete in compression zone crushes upon the broken of the beams, which shows a sudden damage mode. The measured ultimate stress increments of unbounded tendons are in linear relationship with the comprehensive reinforcement ratio index, while the values of the ultimate stress increments are obviously higher than those values specified in the code GB50010-2010, and the average ratio of predicted values to testing values is about 0.35. The mid span deflection upon yielding of the beams is large, while the displacement ductility is bad and the average value of the displacement ductility ratio is 1.67. The displacement ductility ratio decreases with the increases of the comprehensive reinforcement ratio index. Based on the experimental results, the proposed calculation formula of ultimate stress increments of unbounded tendons was established, and it is in good agreement with the experimental results when the testing value is less than 450 MPa.

Abstract:Because section steel can only be extended to the edge of the support, when a simple support RC beam is reinforced by bonded section steel, a notch comes into being at the end of the beam which is called a secondary dapped end beam, making the stress state of the beam more complex. Through experimental analysis on 21 dapped end beam specimens shear reinforced by steel plate bonded, the deformation process, performing characteristics and failure mechanism of the specimens were investigated. The result shows that two steel bonded forms, including horizontal steel plate and oblique steel plate with angle 45° bonded, delay the appearance of cracks significantly and improve the maximum bearing capacity by 102% and 93%. Due to the impact of stress concentration at the notch, the main modes of damage include concrete tensile or shear failure with the result of bonding failure of a steel plate. By changing the width of steel plates and analyzing different reinforcement effects, formula of bearing capacity of shear reinforcement was proposed based on the method of truss analogue, which provides a reference for engineering application.

Abstract:17 specimens of cold formed steel box built up setion columns were tested under axial compression load. The section forms were divided into two categories: A and B. Load displacement curves and failure characteristics of specimens were obtained. The test results are compared with the caculated results according to “effective ratio of width to thickness” in code of “Technical code of cold formed thin wall steel structures” (GB 50018－2002), “effective section method” and “direct strength method” in AISI specification. The results show that: the failure characteristics of LC and MC series columns are overall flexural buckling, while SC series columns are local buckling and ends confined damage. The ultimate bearing capacity of B categories section columns is three times as great as that of A categories section columns, so it has the effect of “1+1＞2”. The results calculated according to “GB50018” and AISI specification are much conservative for LC series columns of A categories section, while in agreement with test results for MC and SC series columns. For B categories section columns, the calculated results are non conservative for LC and MC series columns, while conservative for SC series columns.

Abstract:To effectively analyze the one way coupled thermoelastic problem for composite laminated shells, a simplified thermoelastic shell model based on the variational asymptotic method (VAM) was developed. The 3 D energy functional for composite laminated shell was established according to the Hamilton extended principle. Then the 3 D energy was asymptotic expanded into a series of 2 D approximation energies by taking advantage of the inherent small parameters. Finally, the approximate energy was converted to the form of Reissner Mindlin model, and the 3 D recovery relationships were deduced to accurately predict the 3 D field distribution along the thickness direction. The cylindrical bending example of a four layer composite laminated shells under the sinusoidal surface load and temperature field shows that the modeling speed is fast (equivalent single layer model, which can reduce two or three order calculations compared to the 3 D finite element method), and the nonlinear approximation ability is excellent (convergent to the exact solution).

Abstract:A novel numerical model for seismic damage analysis of inelastic two degree of freedom (2DOF) system under bi directional excitations was developed by taking the strength degradation, stiffness deterioration and pinching effect into account. The influences of bidirectional excitations, strength degradation, stiffness deterioration and pinching effect on statistical characteristics of seismic damage index of inelastic 2DOF system were investigated using 69 selected earthquake records. The results show that seismic damage index of inelastic 2DOF system can be described as either the Lognormal or the Frechet distribution variable; the seismic damage index of inelastic 2DOF system can be approximated by the square root of sum of square (SRSS) of seismic damage index of single degree of freedom (SDOF) system; an decrease in post yielding stiffness or consideration of strength degradation, stiffness deterioration and pinching effect may increase the seismic damage index remarkably.

Abstract:Earthquake induced dynamic axial force in reinforced concrete (RC) bridge bent columns will not only change the yield strength of the columns but also change their stiffness, which is seldom considered by the common lumped plasticity line model. Based on the fiber element model results that taking into account the influence of dynamic axial force on strength and stiffness simultaneously, the axial force stiffness interaction effect on the seismic responses of RC double column bridges was analyzed. The results show that, axial force stiffness interaction has a large effect on the seismic responses of the double column bridge in the elastic range, and it does not alter the ultimate capacity of the columns. Since the stiffness of the columns under compression and tension dynamic axial forces offset each other, the global displacement of bridge bent with equal columns is relatively unaffected by the axial force stiffness interaction, however, the differences of the column member forces are manifest. For the short column controls the global stiffness, the axial force stiffness interaction has significant influences on both the global displacement and member force responses. The influences become larger as the irregularity of the bridge bent increases, so the interaction between axial force and member stiffness should be sufficiently considered in seismic analyses.

Abstract:Using the software, ABAQUS, accurate simulations of seismic behavior of 2 coupled wall specimens and 2 cantilever structure wall specimens using high performance fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) in plastic hinge under quasi static cyclic loading were carried out. The analysis model proves to be effective with the accordance between results of computation and experiment, then it can be used to analyze the seismic behavior of coupled wall system with FRC coupling beams. By using the verified numerical model, the ability of FRC coupling beams instead of RC coupling beams to provide acceptable performance was discussed. In addition, the impact of coupling ratio on seismic behavior of coupled walls was studied. The results show that coupled walls in which FRC coupling beams are used instead of traditional RC beams have good energy dissipation and ductility, and its initial stiffness is increased and stiffness degradation is slow. And as the coupling ratio of coupled wall structures increases, the stiffness and strength increase. But if the coupling ratio is too large, the ductility and energy dissipation capacity will be significantly reduced.

Abstract:The frost resistance of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) was studied based on the fast freeze thaw tests in water and in a 3.5% sodium chloride solution, with different mass fraction of steel fiber in concrete at 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5% and 2.0%, respectively. The effects of the number of freeze thaw cycles and the volume fraction of steel fiber on the mass lose rate, the splitting strength loss rate and the dynamic modulus of elasticity of SFRC were analyzed. The reinforcement mechanism of the steel fiber under the action of freeze and thaw was also discussed. Moreover, mercury intrusion method and SEM analysis were carried out to study the pore size distribution features and the performance of microstructure on the impact of frost resistance of SFRC. The results show that adding an appropriate amount of steel fiber into concrete can reduce the pore porosity and improve the compactness of concrete. Furthermore, the presence of steel fiber proves to shrink the porosity and improve evidently the frost resistance of concrete. It is also shown that the steel fiber content has a great influence on the frost resisting property of SFRC. The best performance of SFRC can be achieved when the volume fraction of steel fiber is 1.5%.

Abstract:By improving the traditional digital concrete modeling method, the new defective concrete model was established. Three cases were simulated based on this model. The influence of initial defectiveness on the dynamic strength was investigated. The result shows that: 1) At initial stage, the influence of the initial defectiveness on the dynamic strength becomes more obviously with the increasing of the loading speed; 2) Regardless of the same loading speed, the influence becomes less obviously when the load reaches the strength point of the concrete; 3)The simulation result is compared with the test result, and it is deduced that the new model has higher computational accuracy and the result is more rational, and it can take the place of the traditional digital concrete model in practice.

Abstract:The behavior and strength of tube gusset connections with tube 219×6 and 1/4 annular ribbed plate subjected to eccentric force is investigated. Non dimensionalized ultimate strength interaction relations between the wall moment of tube ,vertical axial force ,and eccentric vertical component force of axial brace force of tube gusset connections with 1/4(1/2) and annular ribbed plate subjected to eccentric force is researched based on the model of equivalent forces of tubular joint. The parameters which influence the ultimate strength of tube gusset joint were analyzed and non dimensionalized ultimate strength interaction relationships were proposed. It is shown that the proposal formula has theoretical and practical significance for design because of comparation with experimentation.

Abstract:On account of the characteristics of water in Taihu during high algal period, the pilot investigation was conducted with the combination of ultrafiltration membrane with coagulation, pre oxidation technology or adsorption technology. The results show that the quality of influent water from the three combination processes: coagulation precipitation ultrafiltration membrane, potassium permanganate coagulation precipitation ultrafiltration membrane, potassium permanganate coagulation precipitation power activated carbon ultrafiltration membrane are preferred, with turbidity lower than 0.1 NTU, algae control in the number of 2.5 × 104/L, and other measured targets meet the drinking water standards (GB 5749—2006). The organic matter of high algal water mainly includes hydrophobic organic compounds which are major factors leading to membrane fouling. The effective pre treatment before ultrafiltration membrane can prevent hydrophobic organic compounding into the membrane pore, which will effectively ease the membrane fouling during the high algal period.

Abstract:Phosphorus removal and is mechanisms by horizontal subsurface(HSSF) constructed wetland to treat simulated runoff under stochastic inflow condition have been investigated based on an experiment study. The results indicate that under stochastic inflow condition and with constant inflow rate of nominal hydraulic retention time of 36 h, the removal rate of the experimental HSSF constructed wetland for total phosphorus(TP) and total phosphorus(DTP) are 59.3% and 29.8％ respectively, and the yearly removal load for TP and DTP are 13.826 and 3.310 g·m-2·a-1 respectively. Removal of phosphorus by macrophytes assimilation is 1.816 g·m-2·a-1, which makes up 13.2％ of the TP removal and 54.85％of the TDP removal in the constructed wetland. It is indicated that macrophytes assimilation is not the main mechanism for the removal of total phosphorus while it has significant effect on the removal of dissolved phosphorus. The main mechanism for phosphorus removal by the constructed wetland are phosphorus retention in sediments accumulated in the substrates and adsorption by the substrates. The yearly phosphorus retention in sediments accumulated in the substrates is 5.372 g·m-2·a-1, which contributes to 38.9% of the total phosphorus removal. And yearly phosphorus adsorption by the substrates is 6.640 g·m-2·a-1 , which contributes to 48.0% of the total phosphorus removal.

Abstract:The removal efficiencies of different pollutants in subsurface flow constructed wetland (SSFW), surface flow constructed wetland (SFW) and combination flow constructed wetland(CFW) treating sewage plant effluent were comparatively analysed. The results were analyzed by using a reaction kinetics model. It is shown that COD, TN, TP are more effectively removed in SSFW than in other two types of wetland, and the kinetic constants are 0.29, 0.20, 0.28 m/d respectively. The SFW has higher removal rate on ammonia and the kinetic constant is 0.12 m/d. Temperature change greatly affects the kinetic constants of ammonia and total nitrogen removal reaction, whilst the influence on COD and TP are not significant. The pollutants removal efficiencies decrease greatly with the increase of hydraulic loading and areal loading. The increment of areal removal mass is reduced with the increase of areal loading in three types of wetland. It is strongly recommended that the constructed wetland be operated on low pollutants loading condition.

Abstract:Sampling and monitoring of surface runoff in Bengbu urban area were carried out during rainy seasons in 2009, and 40 rainfall samples from 7 sampling sites were analyzed. Discharge processes of runoff pollutants during rain events and relationships of the processes with rainfall characters were discussed. Then some aspects were analyzed, such as city surface pollutants, land style and system of drains, etc. Finally annual total quantity of runoff pollution from Bengbu urban area was calculated based the method.

Abstract:Batch experiments using sediment mud liquors spiked with 17β estradiol (E2) were performed. The sediment mud liquors were prepared from the sliced surface (SL, 0~2 cm), middle (ML, 14~16 cm) and bottom (BL, 28~30 cm) layers of sediment cores collected in a lake, respectively. By measuring the concentration profiles of E2 and its biotransformation compound, estrone (E1), the great dependency of E2’s degradation behavior upon the vertical position of the sediment and temperature was clearly demonstrated under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions: the degradation rate decreased with the increase of sediment depth and increased with higher temperature. In addition, by assuming a first order rate reaction, the disappearance rate constant (k) of E2 under the aerobic condition was estimated to in the range of 0002~0.120 h-1·g-1·L, while under the anaerobic condition in the range of 0.002~0.057 h-1·g-1·L. Because of microorganism domestication and competition reduction of organic compounds, k was increased by about 34% after re spiking E2. The addition of ammonia to the experiment under aerobic condition seemed to be responsible for promoting disappearance of E2 from solutions.

Abstract:The anaerobic granular sludge was inoculated in an anaerobic reactor, and the simulated wastewater containing glucose and nitrite was used to analyse the process of methanogenesis and dennitrication. The results showed that while the loading rate of COD was increased from 1.5 to 10.5 kg·m-3·d-1 and that of NO2- -N from 0.15 to 1.05 kg·m-3·d-1 during the 50 d operation ofof the reactor, the removal efficiencies of COD and NO2- -N reached more than 80% and 98%, respectively. The reactor was used to treat the animal manure. The removal efficiency of COD was increased from 50% to 80% and that of NO2- -N reached more than 98%, while the loading rate of COD increased from 2 to 7 kg·m-3·d-1, and NO2- -N from 0.2 to 0.7 kg·m-3·d-1. Therefore, the results indicated that it was possible to remove bots nitrogen and organic matter of the animal manure through denitrification and methanogenesis process in the same reactor.

Abstract:The aquatic plant (Ipomoea aquatica), aquatic animal (filter feeding Hyriopsis cumingii), artificial medium for an integrated ecological floating bed (IEFB) were combined, and the contaminant removal rates contributed by different biological units were analyzed. It is shown that, the artificial medium (microorganism) unit acted as the main role of purification of IEFB with approximately 48.5%, 46.7%, and 49.9% of TN, TP and CODMn removed from the water, respectively, much higher than that of aquatic plant unit and aquatic animal unit. Furthermore, the contribution of aquatic animal unit for chlorophyll a removal was 79.1%, which means that the particulate organic matters filter fed by the Hyriopsis cumingii is the main contaminations removal way of aquatic unit. The filter feeding and ammonia emission effect of the Hyriopsis cumingii promotes the solubilization and mineralization of particulate organic matters, which provides advantaged substance condition for the microorganism attached to the artificial medium of IEFB, and resulting in promoting the purification efficiency of the floating bed.

Abstract:Air gap may easily emerge in the progress of backfill in ground heat exchange due to field operation problems. The single U tube three dimensional numerical heat transfer model is set up and there are 3 kinds of backfill air gap assumptions for computational analysis, which are the most common situations in practical projects. Different air gap situations will have considerable effects on soil heat transfer, especially the factor of soil temperature recovery performance, which is investigated in this research, and there is practical project operating data for the comparison confirmation with the theoretical calculation results in inlet and outlet water temperatures. It can be concluded that the backfill air gap will increase the soil average excess temperature in the period of recovery inside the place where the air gap is, and degrade the heat transfer performance of the ground heat exchange.

Abstract:Based on the characteristics of spatial structure of residential units, the effect of building space construction on temperature raise and hot smoke flow in residential fire was analyzed on building model with simulating multiple floors and rooms. The raise and distribution of temperature indoors were mainly tested under varied location of fire sources. And, the rule of smoke flow was discussed by using the law of temperature raise, indirectly. The results indicate that the mode of smoke flows is influenced by three spatial factors which include the form of junction terminal room construction; the height of down stand above the door and the relative locations of each room. The diffusion of hot smoke is prevented effectively by the down stand of the room; the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should be higher than that of the room without down stand. When the open direction of door in non fire room is opposite to that of the door in fire room, there is much more hot smoke.

Abstract:Microencapsulated paraffin insulation mortar (MPIM) was prepared by using low melting point microencapsulated paraffin (MCP) as phase change material. The phase change temperature, enthalpy, thermal conductivity coefficient and phase change thermal storage properties were tested. The result shows phase change temperature and enthalpy of the MPIM are 33 ℃ and 13.42 J/g, respectively. The thermal conductivity coefficient decreases with the increase in the dosage of silane coupling and binder. The thermal conductivity coefficient decreases with the increase in the dosage of the MCP, and then increases. Compared with blank specimens, the heating rate and cooling rate of the MPIM is definitely lagged, and it has good thermal storage properties.

Abstract:Particle shapes of different manufactured sand were tested by several methods such as uncompacted void content (UVC) test, flow time test and image analysis, the effect of particle size distribution and fineness modulus on test results were also studied，and then the correlation was analyzed. It is found that with the increase of particle sizes, flow time prolongs and UVC decreases. The correlation coefficient between flow time and fluidity of cement mortar is only 0.064 while that between UVC and fluidity of cement mortar is 0.719 3.