简介:AftertheprogressivecollapseofRonanPointapartmentinUKin1968,intensiveresearchefforthadbeenspentondevelopingguidelinesfordesignofneworstrengtheningtheexistingstructurestopreventprogressivecollapse.However,onlyveryfewbuildingdesigncodesprovidesomerathergeneralguidance,nodetaileddesignrequirementisgiven.ProgressivecollapseoftheAlfredP.MurrahFederalbuildinginOklahomaCityandtheWorldTradeCentre(WTC)sparkedagaintremendousresearchinterestonprogressivecollapseofstructures.Recently,USDepartmentofDefence(DoD)andUSGeneralServiceAdministration(GSA)issuedguidelinesforstructureprogressivecollapseanalysis.Thesetwoguidelinesaremostcommonlyused,buttheiraccuracyisnotknown.Thispaperpresentsnumericalanalysisofprogressivecollapseofanexampleframestructuretoblastloads.TheDoDandGSAproceduresarealsousedtoanalysethesameexamplestructure.Numericalresultsarecomparedanddiscussed.Theaccuracyandtheapplicabilityofthetwodesignguidelinesareevaluated.
简介:Planechargeexplosiontechnique(PCET)isoneofthemajortechniquesfrequentlyusedinlarge-scaleblast-resistantstructuretests.AnFEMmodelwasestablished,whichcansimulatetheprocessofairreleasingfromtheblastcavity.Theeffectsofthechargedensity,theintervalofthechargestrip,thedistanceofthechargesfromthestructure,andthemassofbackfillsoilontheoverpressuresappliedonthetestedstructureswereanalyzedbytheFEMmodel.Thequantitativerelationshipsbetweenthepeakvalueandthedurationoftheoverpressureandtheabove-mentionedaffectingparameterswereestablished.Agreementbetweennumericalresultsandthetestdatawasobtained.
简介:Inthispaper,theproblemofParameterestimationinlineardelayedsystemsfromsampleddataistreated.Usingnumericalintegraloperation(NIO),anidentificationmodelwhichisparametrizeddirectlyinthelineardelayedsystempa-rametersisgot.Withtheleastsquare(LS)methodortheinstrumentalvariable(Ⅳ)method,therecursivealgorithmofparameterestimationisgiven.Theresultoftheillustratedexampleshowsthatthisalgorithmissimple,rapidandaccurrate.
简介:Theearthquake-resistantpropertyofreinforcedconcretemembersdependsontheinteractionbetweenreinforcingbarsandsurroundingconcretethroughbondtoalargedegree.Inthispaperageneralsystemaimedatdealingwiththefailureanalysisofreinforcedconcretecolumnsstrengthenedwithcarbon-fiber-reinforcedplastic(CFRP)sheetsincludingbond-slipoftheanchoredreinforcingbarsatthefootofthecolumnsispresented.Itisbasedontheyielddesigntheorywithamixedmodelingofthestructure,accordingtowhichtheconcretematerialistreatedasaclassicaltwo-dimensionalcontinuum,whereasthelongitudinalreinforcingbarsareregardedasone-dimensionalrodsincludingbond-slipatthefootofthecolumns.InshearreinforcedzonesboththeshearCFRPsheetsandtransversereinforcingbarsareincorporatedintheanalysisthroughahomogenizationprocedureandtheyareonlyintension.Theapproachisthenimplementednumericallybymeansofthefinite-elementformulation.Thenumericalprocedureproducesaccurateestimatesfortheloading-carryingcapacityoftheshearmemberstakenasanillustrativeapplicationbycorrelationwiththeexperimentalresults,sotheproposedapproachisvalid.
简介:Thispaperinvestigatesthestabilityandconvergenceofsomeknowndifferenceschemesforthenumericalsolutiontoheatconductionequationwithderivativeboundaryconditionsbythefictitiousdomainmethod.Thediscretevari-ablesatthefalsemeshpointsarefirstlyeliminatedfromthedifferenceschemesandthelocaltruncationerrorsarethenanalyzedindetail.Thestabilityandconvergenceoftheschemesareprovedbyenergymethod.Animprovementisproposedtoobtainbetterschemesovertheoriginalones.Severalnumericalexamplesandcomparisonswithotherschemesarepresented.
简介:Theidentificationofthecriticalinfrastructurehasshownthatthebuildcivilengineeringinfrastructureisalmostinvolvedeverywhere,evenwiththeIT-infrastructure.Therefore,thepassivesafetyofstructuresisdemanded.Securityassociationshaveanalysedthatmostassaultscamealongwithexplosionandimpactscenarios,whichamountin80%ofassaults.Consequently,thesearetheextraordinaryloadsthestructureshavetobeplannedanddesignedfor.Tocarryoutsuchanengineeringjob,theengineerhastobeeducatedinmultipledisciplinesasphysics,materialscience,continuummechanics,numericalmechanics,testing,structuralengineeringandrelatedspecificfieldsaswavepropagationetc.Inthispaperwewillconcentrateonthesubjectsofnumericalsimulationandtesting.
简介:Thispaperprovidesanumericalanalysismodelofunsteadyheattrans-ferinpiston-linersetofaninternalcombustionengine.Themodelsimulatestheun-steadyheattransferprocessamongthecombustionmixture,pistonset,lubricantfilm,linerandcoolantinawholeenginecycle,andcanpredictthetemperaturefluc-tuationanddistributiononpistoncrown,innersurfaceofliner,pistonringandthelubricantfilm.Acomputerprogramisdevelopedtocalculatetheunsteadyheattrans-ferprocessofpiston-linersysteminawater-cooleddieselengine.
简介:AhomogeneoustheoreticalmodelisdevelopedtopredicttheperformanceofR22andR290inadiabaticcapillarytubes.Themodelisbasedonconservationequationsofmass,momentumandenergy.Metastablebothliquidandtwo-phaseflowregionsareconsideredinthemodel.Inmetastabletwo-phaseregion,superheatedliquidisintroducedintothemetastablemixtureviscosityandtwomethodsarepresentedtoevaluateit.Themodelisvalidatedbycomparingthepredictedpressureandtemperatureprofileandmassflowratewithseveralinvestigators′experimentaldataofR22andoneofitsalternativesR290reportedinliterature.Allofthepredictedmassflowratesarewithin±8%ofmeasuredvalues.Comparisonsarealsomadebetweenthepresentmodelandotherinvestigators′modelsorsizingcorrelation.Themodelcanbeusedfordesignorsimulationcalculationofadiabaticcapillarytubes.
简介:CharacteristicsofR22anditsnewalternativerefrigerantR290flowingthroughadiabaticcapillarytubesareinvestigatedbasedonthehomogeneousmodel.Extensiveflowvariablesalongtubelengthsuchaspressure,temperature,viscosity,velocity,Reynoldsnumber,frictionfactorandvaporqualityetcarecomparedbetweenthetwofluidsunderthesameoperatingcondition.Twocasesareconsidered,namely,eitherthesametubelengthorthesamemassflowrateasinletcondition.TheresultsshowthatthemassflowrateinthecapillarytubeofR290is40%lowerthanthatofR22duetothedifferencesofphysicalpropertiesbetweenthetwofluids.Further,aparametricanalysisisperformedanditappearsthateffectsofgeometricandthermodynamicparametersonmassflowrateofR290areweakerthanthatofR22.Whenthecondensingtemperatureisincreasedfrom40℃to50℃,themassflowrateforR22isincreasedby16%,whiletheincreasingrateforR290is13%.