Structural vibration control by shape memory alloy damper

A damper device based on shape memory alloy (SMA) wires is developed for structural control implementation. The design procedures of the SMA damper are presented. As a case study, eight such SMA dampers are installed in a frame structure to verify the effectiveness of the damper devices. Experimental results show that vibration decay of the SMA damper controlled frame is much faster than that of the uncontrolled frame. The finite‐element method is adopted to conduct the free and forced vibration analysis of the controlled and uncontrolled frame. The experimental and numerical results illustrate that the developed SMA dampers are very effective in reducing structural response and have great potential for use as efficient energy dissipation devices with the advantages of good control of force and no lifetime limits, etc. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一种基于几何特征的面状地理要素变化检测方法

利用分类方法快速更新基础地理信息数据是保持其现势性的一种重要方法,分类后变化检测是其中一个难点.文章提出一种基于几何特征的面状地理要素变化检测方法,将提取的面状地理要素与待更新要素对比,计算两者多边形质心距离、形状系数、周长和面积相似程度等几何特征来判断要素是否发生变化,从而进行更新.实验结果表明,该方法能处理分类后多...     

颗粒形态对离散介质剪切强度的影响

自然条件下,颗粒介质大多以非规则单元形态存在。非规则几何形态对颗粒介质的宏观力学性能有很大影响。针对颗粒单元的不同几何形态,采用团颗粒单元对离散介质的直剪试验过程进行了离散元数值计算,详细地讨论了颗粒形态对离散介质剪切强度的影响。该非规则颗粒由不同形态、不同数目、镶嵌尺寸、组合方位和颗粒大小的球形颗粒进行随机构造,其在局部与整体坐标之间的转动、力矩和方位关系通过4元素方法进行确定,基本球体颗粒之间的作用力采用具有Mohr-Coulomb摩擦定侓的Hertz-Mindlin非线性接触模型,并考虑了非线性法向粘滞力的影响。通过构造7种具有相同的质量概率分布的不同形态的团颗粒,在不同法向应力下,对团颗粒的直剪试验进行了离散元模拟,分析了不同形态颗粒的剪切强度。通过对不同形态颗粒介质剪切强度的数值分析,进一步揭示了非规则颗粒间的咬合互锁效应,为分析非规则颗粒的宏观动力特性提供了依据。     

Extraction of real modes and physical matrices from modal testing

A technique to extract real modes from the identified complex modes is presented in this paper, which enables the normalized real mode shapes, modal masses, and full or reduced mass and stiffness matrices to be obtained. The theoretical derivation of the method is provided in detail. An 11-DOF vibration system is used to validate the algorithm, and to analyze the effects of the number of modes utilized and measurement DOFs on the extraction results. Finally, the method is used to extract real modes from both experimental modal analysis and operational modal analysis.     

深地震反射剖面揭示的海原断裂带深部几何形态与地壳形变

由于活动的青藏高原不断的隆升和推挤作用,在西南向东北的推挤作用和周缘块体的阻挡以及东北缘内部块体挤压形变的作用下,形成了多个走向不同的青藏高原东北缘构造体系.新生代构造变形和地震活动强烈,区内分布多条大型深断裂带.海原断裂是青藏高原东北缘发育的弧形活动断裂带中规模最大、活动最为强烈的一条左旋走滑型断裂带,是重要的大地构造区边界,也是控制现今强震活动的活断层.本文利用2009年完成的高分辨率深地震反射剖面的北段资料,对其进行初步构造解释,揭示出海原断裂带的深部几何形态和其两侧地壳上地幔细结构.结果显示海原断裂并不是简单的陡立或者较缓,其几何形态随着深度变化.在海原断裂之下的Moho并未错断的反射特征显示海原断裂并不是直接错断莫霍面的超壳断裂.海原断裂带及两侧岩石圈结构和构造样式的研究为探讨青藏高原东北缘岩石圈变形机制提供地震学依据.     

Ductility‐dependent intensity measure that accounts for ground‐motion spectral shape and duration

The calculated nonlinear structural responses of a building can vary greatly, even if recorded ground motions are scaled to the same spectral acceleration at a building's fundamental period. To reduce the variation in structural response at a particular ground‐motion intensity, this paper proposes an intensity measure (IM_comb) that accounts for the combined effects of spectral acceleration, ground‐motion duration, and response spectrum shape. The intensity measure includes a new measure of spectral shape that integrates the spectrum over a period range that depends on the structure's ductility. The new IM is efficient, sufficient, scalable, transparent, and versatile. These features make it suitable for evaluating the intensities of measured and simulated ground motions. The efficiency and sufficiency of the new IM is demonstrated for the following: (i) elastic‐perfectly plastic single‐degree‐of‐freedom (SDOF) oscillators with a variety of ductility demands and periods; (ii) ductile and brittle deteriorating SDOF systems with a variety of periods; and (iii) collapse analysis for 30 previously designed frames. The efficiency is attributable to the inclusion of duration and to the ductility dependence of the spectral shape measure. For each of these systems, the transparency of the intensity measure made it possible to identify the sensitivity of structural response to the various characteristics of the ground motion. Spectral shape affected all structures, but in particular, ductile structures. Duration only affected structures with cyclic deterioration. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Information theory measures for the engineering validation of ground‐motion simulations

This short communication introduces a quantitative approach for the engineering validation of ground‐motion simulations based on information theory concepts and statistical hypothesis testing. Specifically, we use the Kullback‐Leibler divergence to measure the similarity of the probability distributions of recorded and simulated ground‐motion intensity measures (IMs). We demonstrate the application of the proposed validation approach to ground‐motion simulations computed by using a variety of methods, including Graves and Pitarka hybrid broadband, the deterministic composite source model, and a stochastic white noise finite‐fault model. Ground‐motion IMs, acting as proxies for the (nonlinear) seismic response of more complex engineered systems, are considered herein to validate the considered ground‐motion simulation methods. The list of considered IMs includes both spectral‐shape and duration‐related proxies, shown to be the optimal IMs in several probabilistic seismic demand models of different structural types, within the framework of performance‐based earthquake engineering. The proposed validation exercise (1) can highlight the similarities and differences between simulated and recorded ground motions for a given simulation method and/or (2) allow the ranking of the performance of alternative simulation methods. The similarities between records and simulations should provide confidence in using the simulation method for engineering applications, while the discrepancies should help in improving the tested method for the generation of synthetic records.     

利用稳态坡形类比法预测基岩岸坡的库岸再造

水库库岸再造是水利水电工程中经常遇到的工程地质问题之一.依据库岸地质结构和岩性组合, 划分出工程地质条件相近的库岸段, 与工程地质条件相类似的稳态坡形进行类比, 确定出再造后的稳态坡形的坡角大小, 从而进行库岸再造预测.利用稳态坡形类比法对三峡库区迁建新址的基岩库岸进行了再造预测, 定量预测出三峡水利枢纽工程建成蓄水后, 巫山县城新址基岩库岸最终再造带宽度在40166m之间, 预测结果可以用来指导新城的规划与建设.      

铁磁形状记忆合金研究进展与展望（Ⅰ）：材料、力学特性

综述了铁磁形状记忆合金（Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy,简写为FSMA）在材料研制和热磁力学特性方面的研究现状,对其存在的问题进行了分析并指出其发展方向。在材料研发方面,介绍了新型合金、Ni-Mn-Ga-X系列合金、复合材料和Ni_2MnGa系列合金;在热磁力学特性方面,介绍了形状记忆效应、应力一应变特性和磁致形状记忆效应,总结了当前研究的现状和不足。通过对FSMA材料本身特性和应用需求的综合分析,指出适于应用的新型FSMA在加工和连接性能以及复杂加载下的材料热磁力学性能等方面还需要进一步研究。     

交通模式对城市空间形态影响的实证分析--以南京都市圈城市为例

该文以南京都市圈城市为例,通过纵向和横向比较,提出了南京都市圈中城市在水运时期的单侧带状和散点状布局、陆路时期的星状或块状布局以及综合高速交通时期的都市连绵带三种空间布局形式,并分析了交通模式对城市空间布局的作用机制,即交通产业的自身推动力、产业连锁循环动力、辐射集聚动力以及环境动力。笔者认为,今后交通模式仍将是影响城市形态发展变化的重要因素,继续通过其各种关联效应形成城市的发展轴线。对南京都市圈而言,强化其内外交通,扩大其集聚和辐射的腹地范围是健康发展的先行因素。