楼板开角缝实现RC框架“强柱弱梁”效果的有限元分析

利用有限元软件ADINA对一栋6层现浇钢筋混凝土框架结构的梁柱节点做了拟静力分析与地震动力反应分析,并对普通梁柱节点与周围楼板设角缝节点的结果对比。分析计算结果表明,对于普通梁柱节点,在梁柱节点处采用开角缝的措施之后,梁受力主筋屈服明显提前,柱混凝土裂缝明显减少,梁、柱塑性铰出现时间间隔增加。首层柱柱脚处塑性铰的出现延后,更加接近总体机制破坏。     

混凝土轴压柱的抗火可靠指标初探

火灾作用下混凝土构件的承载能力总体不断下降且具有明显随机性,采用抗火可靠指标可较好地评估构件的火灾安全性。本文针对混凝土轴压柱的高温承载能力极限状态,考虑材料强度变异性导致的柱高温极限承栽力的随机性,以及高温下柱荷栽效应组合的随机性,采用JC法计算给出了ISO834标准升温曲线作用下不同受火时间对应的柱抗火可靠指标,讨论了主要参数对该可靠指标的影响规律;并根据我国现行建筑防火规范,通过分析和参照对比,初步提出了混凝土轴压柱抗火可靠指标的目标建议值。研究认为：（1）截面尺寸越小,柱抗火可靠指标随受火时间增加而下降的速率越快;（2）现行规范给出的截面（200×200）mm、（240×240）mm、（300×300）mm 3种柱在各自耐火极限时刻的抗火可靠指标较为接近,但截面（370×370）mm柱的抗火可靠指标却明显偏低;（3）混凝土轴压柱的目标抗火可靠指标建议取为1.6。     

考虑火灾全过程的钢管混凝土组合框架力学性能初步研究

为进一步研究真实火灾工况下钢管混凝土组合框架的抗火性能,基于有限元软件ABAQUS建立了单层单跨圆形钢管混凝土柱-组合梁平面框架经历火灾全过程的数值分析模型。通过合理选取热工参数,进行了组合框架在ISO-834标准升降温曲线下的热传分析,研究了组合框架钢管混凝土柱与组合梁截面温度场的变化规律;在热传模型的基础上,通过合理选取材料本构模型、单元类型、边界条件以及网格划分等,对经历常温加载、升温、降温以及火灾后的钢管混凝土柱-组合梁平面框架的力学性能进行初步探讨。结果表明,由于钢筋混凝土楼板在受火过程中的吸热与约束作用使组合框架在受火后仍具有较高承栽力。该方法可进一步完善钢管混凝土结构抗火分析理论,也可供实际工程应用参考。     

火灾下约束钢柱临界温度的简化计算方法

在火灾条件下,约束钢柱轴力由于升温而增加,会导致在较低的温度下发生屈曲;但屈曲后,钢柱的轴向温度膨胀得到释放,轴力下降,因此屈曲后钢柱仍能继续承栽。本文通过计算长度系数将转动约束钢柱转换为铰支钢柱,给出了一种轴向约束钢柱在火灾升温条件下的临界温度的简化计算方法——轴力放大系数设计方法。此法通过轴力放大系数将轴向约束钢柱转化为无约束钢柱,再按无约束钢柱计算得到钢柱的临界温度。用验证过的有限元模型对简化计算方法进行了验证,计算结果表明简化方法吻合较好。     

Optimum geometry of tuned liquid column-gas damper for control of offshore jacket platform vibrations under seismic excitation

In this study, the effectiveness of a tuned liquid column-gas damper, TLCGD, on the suppression of seismic-induced vibrations of steel jacket platforms is evaluated. TLCGD is an interesting choice in the case of jacket platforms because it is possible to use the structural elements as the horizontal column of the TLCGD. The objective here is to find the optimum geometric parameters, namely orientation and configuration of vertical columns, length ratio, and area ratio of the TLCGD, considering nonlinear damping of the TLCGD and water-structure interaction between the jacket platform and sea water. The effects of different characteristics of ground motion such as PGA and frequency content on the optimum geometry are also investigated and it is observed that these features have some influence on the optimum area ratio. Finally it is observed that pulse arrangement of ground acceleration is one of the most important parameters affecting the efficiency of a TLCGD. In other words, it is found that the TLCGD’s capability to reduce the RMS responses depends only on the frequency content of the ground acceleration, but its capability to reduce the maximum responses depends on both the frequency content and the pulse arrangement of the ground acceleration.     

Automating conceptual models to easily assess trap integrity and oil preservation risks associated with fault reactivation

Extensive Neogene fault reactivation and leakage in the Timor Sea, Australian North-West Shelf, has long been identified as the likely cause for traps in the region being dry or underfilled, despite widespread evidence for hydrocarbon charge and larger palaeo-hydrocarbon columns than those preserved today. A structural model has been previously proposed (Gartrell et al., 2005) to explain the distribution of palaeo- and live hydrocarbon columns. This basic geometrical model is used to define the volume of closure that is protected from fault reactivation, thereby providing the potential for preserving hydrocarbons. Although the model is retrospectively successful in identifying which traps contain hydrocarbons, application to other areas is subjective. To assess the application of the Gartrell et al. (2005) concept a computational model has been generated and applied to a regional 3250 km² seismic interpretation, allowing sensitivity testing of the critical input parameters.The automation has allowed us to demonstrate that the model successfully identifies dry traps and derives reasonable approximations of hydrocarbon-water contacts in commercial accumulations. Therefore, the basic geometrical model is deemed valid to apply to other hydrocarbon provinces, both frontier and mature, that are adversely impacted by fault reactivation after hydrocarbon charge.     

Accuracy of nonlinear static procedures for the seismic assessment of shear critical structures

The nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) members represents a key issue in the seismic performance assessment of structures. Many structures constructed in the 1980s or earlier were designed based on force limits; thus they often exhibit brittle failure modes, strength and stiffness degradation, and severe pinching effects. Field surveys and experimental evidence have demonstrated that such inelastic responses affect the global behavior of RC structural systems. Efforts have been made to consider the degrading stiffness and strength in the simplified nonlinear static procedures commonly adopted by practitioners. This paper investigates the accuracy of such procedures for the seismic performance assessment of RC structural systems. Refined finite element models of a shear critical bridge bent and a flexure‐critical bridge pier are used as reference models. The numerical models are validated against experimental results and used to evaluate the inelastic dynamic response of the structures subjected to earthquake ground motions with increasing amplitude. The maximum response from the refined numerical models is compared against the results from the simplified static procedures, namely modified capacity spectrum method and coefficient method in FEMA‐440. The accuracy of the static procedures in estimating the displacement demand of a flexure‐critical system and shear‐critical system is discussed in detail. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A comparison of material damping measurements in resonant column using the steady-state and free-vibration decay methods

The study reports results associated with the small to medium strain range material damping of quartz sand. The experiments were conducted in a fixed-free type resonant column and the samples were subjected to torsional mode of vibration at their first natural frequency. A comparison between the derived damping values using two different methods is presented: the steady-state vibration method (SSV) and the free-vibration decay method (FVD). Within the scatter of the data the two different methods in measuring material damping provided comparable results with a scatter, in most cases, of less than ±15% for the working strain range of the resonant column method. The damping values derived from the FVD and SSV methods were also compared with proposed models in the literature by means of stiffness degradation–damping increase correlation.     

包气带黏性土层对氮素污染地下水的防污性能试验研究

包气带土层是保护地下水的天然屏障,在阻控、拦截氮素污染源的过程中起到了重要作用。通过对北京市典型地区包气带土体进行定水位入渗的土柱淋溶试验,研究土体对于氮素的去除能力和包气带的截污容量。试验中采用了蒸馏水、再生水和河水3种不同的水源。试验结果显示,张家湾包气带土层对氮素污染地下水具有较强的截留和防护能力。对氮素的去除过程具有分段性特征,经历了较稳定和波动下降两个不同的阶段,其中稳定阶段是计算柱体去除能力的关键,提出了考虑滞后区间的时段去除率计算公式。水源对柱体的渗流速度及初期的吸附解析效应有明显影响。土体对氮素的去除作用受环境温度变化的影响,温度15 ℃左右时所达到的稳定阶段对氮素有极强的去除能力。     

Seismic performance of square,thin-walled steel tube/bamboo plywood composite hollow columns with binding bars

A thin-walled steel tube/bamboo plywood composite hollow column with binding bars (SBCCB) was developed using transverse binding bars to reinforce a thin-walled steel tube and bamboo plywood composite hollow column. Low reversed cyclic loading tests were performed on 9 SBCCB specimens to observe the damage process and morphology in the SBCCBs. The effects of the slenderness ratio, the net cross-sectional area of the bamboo plywood, the assembly patterns of the cross sections, and the binding bars on the stress and seismic performance were investigated. The results show that the main failure modes of the SBCCBs were cracking of different adhesion interfaces at the base of the column and fracturing of the bamboo plywood. The cross-sectional assembly pattern has a significant effect on the failure modes; increasing the cross-sectional area and the slenderness ratio of the composite column will dramatically improve the seismic performance of the SBCCBs. SBCCBs have excellent elastic deformation and seismic energy consumption characteristics. The binding bars ensure the integrity of the specimen and inhibit the failure of the adhesion interface at the base of the column. Finally, based on the measurement of the axial pressure and the stress-strain curve within elastic range of the composite columns, a simplified mechanical model and a calculation method for bearing capacity was formulated. The calculation values of bearing capacity agree well with the experimental ones, and calculation method can be used to provide guidance for engineering applications of a SBCCB.