Abstract:Starting from the non-continuum mechanics, a meso element equivalent model was proposed to simulate the failure process of concrete. The equivalent mechanical behaviors of concrete meso element were deduced theoretically and verified by numerical simulation. Based on the meso element equivalent model, the failure process and macro mechanical properties of wet-screened concrete under uniaxial tensile were simulated with the extended-finite element method. And the results of meso element equivalent model were compared with those of random aggregate model. The results indicate that, compared with random aggregate model, the degrees of freedom of the structural system decrease greatly, and the crack propagation path and the macroscopic mechanical properties obtained from the meso element equivalent model are consistent with the random aggregate model, which reflects the accuracy and efficiency fully of the mechanical model.

Abstract:High strain and low cycle fatigue(HSLCF)life of anti-seismic behaviors of rebars was investigaoted. Reliable theoretical basis was provided for data analysis on high strain and low cycle fatigue life of anti-seismic behaviors of rebars. The low cycle fatigue life of the HRB400 anti-seismic behaviors of rebars by quenching and self tempering (QST) process was tested. Because the low cycle fatigue life data was disperse, some kinds of mathematical statistics methods, such as Weibull double parameters probability function, normal distribution, lognormal distribution function and t-distribution function were used to statistically analyze the low cycle fatigue life data. The results indicate that in all of the probability functions, the low cycle fatigue life has the highest reliability by the t-distribution function method; the low cycle fatigue life has the lowest reliability by the normal distribution method; and the low cycle fatigue life has the highest safety by Weibull maximum likelihood method.

Abstract:A new composite structure which is composed of steel beam and concrete girder is introduced in fuel electric plant construction. With different height of concrete girders with or without anchor bar, two scale models from an actual project were designed and tested. It is shown that the maximum restraining moment of ends of steel beams is approximately 60kN*m; influence of anchor bar is little; the one with 600mm high concrete beam is damaged by shear, and the others steel beam is damaged by bending failure. Finite element models were built for supplementary analysis, and the result indicates that critical value of the height of concrete beam of different failure modes is 700mm; stiffness of shear key and thickness of floor have great influence on the structure; size of anchor bar has little influence; and width of the end of the steel beam has certain influence.

Abstract:Diaphragm through connection is a new kind of connection between steel beam and concrete-filled steel tubular column. Quasi-static test and numerical simulation had been carried out to investigate the behaviors of diaphragm through connection used in Zhonghai Square. The results show that, the bearing capacity, rigid and ductility of the diaphragm through connection are excellent, and the seismic principle, i.e., ‘strong column but weak beam’ and ‘strong connection but weak component’, is reached. The numerical model of diaphragm through connection was provided, and the results drawn from the model agreed with the test results. Influences of diaphragm dimension on the behaviors of the diaphragm through connection with praposed the numerical model had been investigated, and the design suggestion was provided based on the analysis.

Abstract:Based on a three-story RC frame, the analysis of the structure with various layouts of infill walls under frequent earthquake was conducted. The results indicate that when the infill walls and their different layouts are incorporated into the structural model, the seismic performance, such as dynamic properties, characteristics of regularity, and internal force distributions would change significantly. It should be also mentioned that because of the constraint of infill walls, the sum of moments at column ends is much larger than that at beam ends at the frame column-beam joints. It is suggested that infill walls should be adequately considered in the mechanical models during seismic analysis.

Abstract:The dynamic finite element model (FEM) of a prestressed concrete continuous girder bridge (PCCGB), named Zhangjiagang river main bridge, was established and updated based on the results of field ambient modal testing using real-coded accelerating genetic algorithm (RAGA), which objective function was defined based on frequency index and correlation coefficient index for evaluating the updated FEM. The dynamic FEM of the bridge was updated based on seven experimental modal parameters. The prediction ability of the updated FEM were evaluated based on three experimental modal parameters. The updated results and prediction ability of updated FEMs indicated that they can reflect adequately the dynamic characteristics of actual PCCGB by using the above objective function and RAGA.

Abstract:How to determine the diameter of cables is one of key problems in mega steel frame and pre-stressed composite brace structure. Firstly, through analysis of work mechanism of composite brace under horizontal load, the deciding factor of diameter value was found, and furthermore its rule was proposed. Finally, the determination equations were acquired through theoretic deduction and were proved with numerical example. The results indicate that the unbalance in composite brace resulted from antisymmetric load can be eliminated only by antisymmetric way. Thus the diameter value is decided only by antisymmetric horizontal load, and its rule is to keep the balance of composite brace under horizontal load. The influencing factor iterative leveling method can consider the influence from upper and lower floor, and is relatively accurate and feasible.

Abstract:In order to improve the accuracy of simulation in which k-ε EARSM turbulent model was employed, the influence of grids thickness Δy on the turbulent variables in flow field around building was researched. Coupled with real data of Texas Tech University experimental building, Δy as the main parameter was studied in the numerical wind tunnel simulation. Equation of k-ε EARSM and simplified equation of Δy were analyzed and deduced. Quasi-steady State Marching-on-in-time Approximation technology was employed to simulate the average flow in five working conditions, in which y is 0.001m, 0.005m, 0.01m, 0.05m, and 0.1m, respectively. And based on the results, the comparison of characteristic of flow around building, turbulent kinetic energy coefficient, fluctuating pressure coefficient along axis and mean pressure coefficient was conducted. The results indicate that very small Δy will make fluid with high Reynolds number penetrate into near-wall zone, and the calculation stability worsens; on the other side, very large Δy will lower simulated accuracy of main variable results in the turbulent region near the cornice with high Reynolds number. Accordingly, Δy near the wall ranging from 0.01m～0.05m meets the requirements for accuracy and stability, then the experiential formula of Δy upper limit is given.

Abstract:In order to investigate the conditions of damage and failure of concrete-filled steel tube(CFST) arch bridges, considering the structural and mechanical characteristics of CFST arch bridges, the dual damage criteria assessment models of the various components based on deformation or strength and energy were developed. The nonlinear seismic response of CFST arch bridges was analyzed by finite element method and the fuzzy evaluation method of seismic damage based on fuzzy theory and analytic hierarchy process was studied. Finally, taking a long-span CFST arch bridge as example, the damage index of the bridge was 0.150, 0.152, 0.172 and 0.318 respectively when the seismic peak acceleration was respectively 0.1g, 0.2g, 0.4g and 0.8g. The results show that the CFST arch bridge is slightly damaged under the earthquake when the seismic peak acceleration is 0.4g, and the bridge is damaged moderately when the peak acceleration is 0.8g.

Abstract:Treatment of waste drilling slurries has become one of the important problems encountered in urban construction. The application of pressure filtration technology brings significant advantages in slurries treatment. In order to give a better insight into the mechanism of pressure filtration, a model was introduced to analyze the relationship between filtration pressure, time and treatment results. The proposed model was validated using existing data. The parametric studies of the model show that the increase of the filtration pressure can reduce the filtration time and the permeability coefficient of the filter cake, While filtration time decreases very slowly beyond a certain extent. In addition, the relationship among filtration pressure, time and treatment results is further validated by test results.

Abstract:The degradation characteristics of geogrids have important influence on the stability of reinforced embankments and retaining walls. A series of unidirectional cyclic load-extension tests under stress control were carried out on plastic geogrids. The influence of cyclic tension, pretension and load frequencies on strain and degradation characteristics of geogrids was studied. It is observed that, with the increase of cyclic tension and pretension and the decrease of load frequencies, the accumulative plastic strain and degradation index of geogrids increase, and the stiffness of geogrids decreases. Based on experimental data, the empirical equation for softening of geogrids was proposed. A modified Iwan model was put forward to describe the stress-strain relationship of the geogrids subjected to cyclic tensile load. The proposed model was proved to be reasonable by comparing the experimental data with the numerical results.

Abstract:According to the characteristics of interfacial stress between surrounding rock and shotcrete support, mechanical model of composite curved beame for support system of tunnel surrounding rock and shotcrete lining was established, considering the interfacial deformation coordination and the effects of bearing arch of surrounding rock. Then from static equilibrium of two differential elements, the differential equations for the radial displacement of composite curved beam were obtained. All analytic formulas of both interfacial stress and internal forces between surrounding rock and shotcrete lining by arbitrary distribution load were derived. And thus the mechanical condition of interface zone and the stress concentration position were obtained, which is convenient to assess the stability of surrounding rock and predict the safety. Finally, the analysis of tunnel project excavated by bench method showed that shotcrete lining made the formation of compressive stress zone in surrounding rock by transferring stress from the interface between surrounding rock and shotcrete, which is beneficial to improve the stability of surrounding rock.

Abstract:The effect of gravel content and shape on shear strength of sand-gravel mixtures was investigated through a series of direct shear tests under different stress states (σ = 50,100,150 and 200 kPa) in laboratory. Mixtures were made up of sand with rounded and angular gravels, respectively. The gavel contents of 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% were used in sample preparation. The results indicate that the dilatancy and shear strength of sand-gravel mixture increase with increasing gravel content and irregular degree of gravel shape. The gravel content has a more visible effect on the shear strength rather than that of the gavel shape. The minimum void ratio of the mixture is a characteristic parameter to investigate the relationship between gravel content & shape and the shear strength of sand-gravel mixture.

Abstract:Compared with conventional tunneling methods, ground movements behave some different patterns, such as surface heave induced by tail grouting. Through the analysis of ground surface heave due to tail grouting in three cases, the applicability of Gaussian equation and six analytic methods (including Mindlin's problem, Sagaseta method, Verruijt-Booker method, Loganathan-Poulos method, Chi method and Park method) to predict ground surface heave induced by tail grouting were verified. Based on case studies, one modified Peck equation was proposed to calculate ground surface movements, including grouting heave due to shield tunneling. The results show that the Gaussian equation and Chi method are applicable to calculate surface heave due to shield tail grouting, and the Modified Peck Equation can predict the total transversal ground surface movements rationally.

Abstract:When shield crossed the sandy cobble stratum in Chengdu metro line 1, ground subsidence reached as high as dozens of times. The losing stability of excavation face caused excessive ground loss. Conditions of engineering geology and hydrogeology about sandy cobble stratum in Chengdu were analyzed. Mechanical characteristics of sandy cobble were obtained via large-scale triaxial test. According to the low cohesion and heavily discrete characteristics of sandy cobble, numerical computation was conducted by discrete element method. Based on numerical simulation of the large scale triaxial test, the micro parameters of the sandy cobble were calibrated. The influence of support pressure on shield excavation face deformation, surface settlement, max horizontal displacement and stress of soil was analyzed. The results show that: 1) Collapse pattern of excavation face by numerical simulation coincides with result of centrifuge model test in sand. 2) When supporting pressure is small, contact forces of particle in front of excavation face is low. The tendency of particle flow is apparent. Since over-excavation is easily brought out, cavity in the ground is caused after shield tunneling. 3)Soil arching effect in shield construction is obvious. Shield excavation forms cavity in deep ground and obvious earth surface collapse is not observed. This is main reason for lagged settlement phenomena of shield tunneling in Chengdu.

Abstract:To study the characteristic of soil-water characteristic curves (SWCC) of several different types of soils, a number of data sets of matric suction-volume water content were studied for UNSODA clay, UNSODA sand, Guangxi expansive soil and Hefei expansive soil. Three types of Fredlund-Xing models and three types of van Genuchten models were used to study the influence of SWCC models, and three types of functions in the scientific programming language MATLAB were applied to analyze the effect of different fitting methods. Through the data fitting and statistic analysis, the probabilistic characteristics of the fitting parameters of SWCCs for the four types of soils were obtained. For analyzing the relative sensitivity of the normalized volume water content to the three fitting parameters of SWCC, a formula which considers the correlation of parameters was proposed. Through the data fitting of many data sets, it is found that the fitting methods influence the value of parameters of SWCC, while the influence is less than that of fitting models from the statistical point of view. The SWCCs of all the models are nearly the same when the suction is low. With the increase of the suction, the SWCCs of FX2 and VG2 are very close, and the SWCCs of FX3 and VG3 are the same. The sensitivity analysis shows that the normalized volume water content is more sensitive to parameters n and m than to parameter a.

Abstract:The technology of splitting grouting for earth dam is one of the important technical measures to improve the quality of dam. However, the consolidation mechanism of slurry in the dam is not clear, which can not evaluate the effects of seepage control of the dam after grouting. Therefore, assuming that the construction technology does not change and with the consideration of interaction between the layout of hole-boring distance and the effects of seepage control, the Mohr-Coulomb Hardening model and fluid-solid coupling method were used to analyze the rule of pore pressure, stress and strain in the dam during splitting grouting based on the finite element simulation. The consolidation mechanics was discussed and stability of the dam was evaluated.

Abstract:A dynamic mathematical model for simulating the coupled heat and moisture transfer through walls was proposed with variable material properties. Relative humidity and temperature were chosen as the driving potentials. The temperature and relative humidity and heat flux of wall surface were calculated under varying boundary conditions and compared with those without taking moisture transfer into account. The results show that without and with absorption and desorption processes, the wall interior surface temperature amplitude of the former case is lager than that of the latter, and the average difference temperature of two cases is 0.9℃. The phase change latent heat caused by absorption and desorption of wall surface takes up 27.5% of the total heat transfer quantity, which cant be neglected.

Abstract:The simulation model of hybrid radiant cooling floor and displacement ventilation air conditioning system was built and analyzed by software EnergyPlus. By comparing the simulation results and experimental data, it is shown that the simulated indoor air temperature and cooling capacity provided by radiant floor was ±7% deviated from the experimental data. Based on the model, with the change of supply air parameters or supply water parameters, the cooling capacity provided by radiant floor and displacement ventilation, surface temperature of radiant floor, indoor air average temperature, AUST temperature were obtained. Combined with the indoor thermal comfort model, when indoor thermal comfort index PMV varied between -0.5 and 0.5, the recommended supply air and supply water parameters were obtained to provide reference for engineering design and application.

Abstract:According to the algae outbreak (the dominant species was synedra acus belonging to Diatoms) in source water, the effects of PAFS, PAC, and PFC coagulants on algae removal and turbidity removal were compared. PAFS was chosen as the optimal coagulant. In addition, different pro-oxidations and coagulant aids were added to enhance flocculation removal effects of algae. The experimental results show that PDMDAAC combined with PAFC shows the best effect, and the order of other promoting coagulation effect was PPC>ClO2>PAM>H2O2>HCA-1. Based on the box-Behnken Design(BBD) experiment design principle, the effects of pH, stirring rate and stirring time on algae removal using PAFS+PDMDAAC were investigated. The results show that the three factors play significant effect on the removal of synedra acus, and the influence degree is pH>stirring rate>stirring time, while the interactive influence of the three factors is not significant. Moreover, the optimum condition of enhanced coagulation is obtained, in which pH is of 7.5, stirring rate is 75r/min and stirring time is 15 min, and the alga removal effect is 98.75%.

Abstract:Stable short-cut nitrification was achieved through the selective inhibition of free ammonia (FA), free nitrous acid (FNA) on the nitrifying bacteria and a real-time control strategy which used pH, DO and ORP as parameters in an SBR reactor. The effects of C/N ratio and initial pH value on the short-cut biological nitrogen removal were studied. It is found that: when influent NH4 +-N concentration was 108~177.3 mg/L, the nitrite accumulation rate was around 90%. The reasons for the favorable nitrite accumulation rate were both the inhibition of FA and FNA on the NOB and the real-time control strategy through detecting the “ammonia valley” and “nitrite knee” two feature points in pH and ORP profiles, respectively. The optimal C/N ratio was 3 when acetate was used as the carbon source. When the denitrification rate with respect to the concentration of mixed liquor suspended solids was 19.8 mg·g -1·h -1 NOx --N,NH4 +-N, NO2 --N, NO3 --N, TN of the effluent were less than 6, 2, 1 and 30 mg/L, respectively. When initial pH value was 8.5, the denitrification rate was maximum. However the differences of denitrification rate were small when pH was in the range of 7.5~8.5.

Abstract:The use of CO2 air-source heat pump for heating feasibility in low temperature was analyzed. A static simulation model for the CO2 heat pump was developed, and component models of the gas cooler, evaporator, compressor and expansion valve were constructed with careful consideration of the heat transfer performances. To validate the simulation model, experiments were carried out with an actual CO2 heat pump system for heating. By comparing the simulated and experimental data, the effects of the inlet water temperature and outside air temperature on the characteristics of the system were discussed. Furthermore, an analysis on the effect of a recuperator on the performance of the system was analyzed. It is shown that when the outside temperature is -20℃, the COPh is 2.25, which indicates that this system works well in low temperature, and the efficiency of system COPh is improved by 5% when recuperator is used.

Abstract:A two-chamber membraneless microbial fuel cell (MFC) was constructed, in which denitrifying bacteria attached on the cathode performed as denitrification by using electrons and protons supplied by anaerobic bacteria on the anode oxidizing organic pollutant and stainless steel meshes (the pitch of holes was 180μm) was adopted as the electrode. During the stable operation of the MFCs, the highest open cell voltage was 126.6 mV, and the maximum removal rate of COD, NH4 +-N, and NO3 --N was 88.9%, 99.7%, and 98.2%, respectively. However, the content of NO 2--N in the effluent was always lower than 1.25mg/L. The total and maximal removal rate for COD, NH4 +-N and NO3 --N in separate anode chamber and cathode chamber was 67.0%, 76.9%, and 84.0%, respectively, which were lower than that in the MFC. It is indicated that the two-chamber membraneless MFC has the collaborative and efficient capacity for COD and nitric pollutant removal by coupling oxidation on the anode and disoxidation on the cathode.

Abstract:As for optimizing performance of chlorine and trihalomethane (THM) in water distribution systems, an expression measuring THM performance and a derivation of THM-I/O model were proposed. And a multi-objective optimization model considering maximizing level of chlorine performance, maximum level of THM performance and minimizing cost of chlorination was also established. Four factors, including bulk chlorine decay coefficient, coefficient of proportionality between THM and chlorine consumption, initial THM concentration in treated water and number of boosters, were evaluated to study their effects on Pareto front of the multi-objective optimization model. Chlorine decay and THM generation were simulated using EPANET_MSX. An improved non-dominated sorted genetic algorithm-Ⅱwith integer code was proposed to optimize the model, and Pareto fronts could be obtained under different conditions. Results show that with the decrease of bulk chlorine decay coefficient, cost of chlorination can be reduced and level of THM performance will be improved. Diminishing coefficient of proportionality between THM and chlorine consumption and initial THM concentration out of reservoir can both improve the level of THM performance, but can not affect the cost of chlorination. Increasing number of boosters can reduce dosage of chlorine, but booster station construction will increase total cost of chlorination. There-fore, reducing the bulk chlorine decay coefficient is the most economical and effective method.

Abstract:To predict pressure drop of ice slurry flow in horizontal pipes, a mixture CFD model was applied to simulate the two-phase flow without considering ice melting. Based on the specific flow features, the Newtonian and non-Newtonian rheological expressions were employed respectively. It is found that in high speed the Thomas viscosity equation behaves well in representing the mixture fluid viscosity; whereas in low speed the Bingham model is more suitable for describing the mixture fluid rheology. Compared with the published pressure drop correlations, the current numerical model can involve with various factors and has a good balance between precision and suitability. The results of numerical model are in excellent agreement with the experimental data and the relative errors are limited to ±15%.