爆炸荷载下桩基竖向动承载力研究

针对地面抗爆工程建设中桩基设计问题,采用动三轴试验、动力有限元方法等手段,开展了爆炸作用下地基土的动力特性及桩基抗爆承载力研究,结果表明桩基竖向极限抗爆承载力为其竖向极限静承载力2倍以上,高于按照现行桩基规范得到的1.25 ～1.5倍范围值,表明将常规抗震设计的办法直接用于抗爆炸冲击荷载的桩基设计时偏保守.     

辽西地区风积砂土振动液化特性的试验研究

本文对辽西地区风积砂土地震液化特性进行了实验研究,对围压、固结比、密度和细粒含量进行了分析,得出了它们对抗液化强度的影响规律,同时分析了不同细粒含量和干密度对砂土振动孔压发展模式的影响规律.在偏压固结情况下,振动孔压的发展趋势可以用双曲线对其进行模拟;在均压固结条件下,振动孔压的发展趋势和H.B.Seed、张建民等人研究的振动孔压发展趋势的曲线形态相一致.通过实验分析表明细粒含量、密度等都会对孔压的增长规律有一定影响.     

砂浆-花岗岩界面动态轴向拉伸力学性能试验研究

骨料-砂浆界面过渡区的力学性能对混凝土宏观受力特性有很重要的影响。在MTS试验机上对40个砂浆-花岗岩交界面试件进行了动态轴向拉伸力学性能试验研究,分析不同应变率（10-6～10-2 s-1）、不同程度预静载（30%、50%、70%静载强度）以及往复荷载（1、5 Hz）对交界面动态轴向拉伸力学性能的影响,并对其动态破坏机制进行了初探。研究结果表明：①交界面动抗拉强度随应变率增加有明显增加趋势;②较小预静载（不超过50%）不仅没有使动抗拉强度降低,反而有可能提高动抗拉强度,较大的预静载对损伤弱化效应起主导作用,从而使动抗拉强度降低;③往复荷载作用下会出现明显的低周疲劳损伤,而且残余变形随往复荷载的频率增加而减小;④不同应变率下的交界面应力-应变曲线上升段类似,约50%强度后呈现非线性变化,但非线性程度随应变率增加趋向不明显。另外,尝试性地进行了交界面试件轴向拉伸应力-应变全曲线的试验,得到了稳定断裂的全过程曲线。     

Analysis and discussion of different methods of artificial ice-high specimen preparation

Because ice-high foundation soil is widely distributed in permafrost regions,the correct preparation of ice-high specimens is of critical interest in engineering design for foundation stability.Past research has shown that the uniaxial compression strength of ice-high frozen soils changes as the ice or total water content increases; the differences of different methods of specimen preparation are analyzed here and the advantages and disadvantages of them are presented.It is confirmed that the role of crushed ice is significantly different from that of naturally frozen ice in frozen soils,and the size and amount of crushed ice will influence the strength and deformation mechanism of frozen soils.Therefore,it is strongly recommended that when a ice-high specimen is artificially prepared,the ice should be frozen through natural means and not be replaced with crushed ice.     

不同加载方式下黄土累积变形特征研究

土体动力特性主要与其受力状态、土体加载类型、试验控制方式以及荷载等参数有关。以往非饱和黄土累积变形试验研究通过单向动应力加载方式开展相关研究,并不能真实反映土体受力状态。现运用WF-12440型动三轴-空心圆柱扭剪试验系统,通过单向荷载和双向荷载两种不同的动应力加载方式,进行黄土的长期重复载荷试验,对比不同动应力加载方式对非饱和黄土累积变形发展特征的影响。试验结果发现：黄土在单向荷载或双向荷载作用下,其软化指数均随着循环次数的增加,呈非线性减小的趋势,在相同循环振次时,土体软化指数随着动应力幅值的增大而减小;黄土在不同加载方式作用下,软化指数减小速率在循环振次100次以内较快,后期随振次增加,土体软化速率逐渐趋于平稳;黄土在双向荷载作用下,当轴向动荷载较小时,径向荷载的施加,将加速黄土的软化程度,随着轴向动荷载的增大,径向荷载对黄土软化的影响逐渐减弱,其对于黄土变形的影响存在一临界轴向循环动应力。本研究的开展,可更准确地进行不同荷载耦合变化下,黄土场地震陷评估或路基土体变形计算,实现有效控制路基的整体稳定和工后沉降量,以期根据路基土参数预测后期沉降,极具重要的科研和工程意义。     

俄罗斯伊尔库茨克地区黄土动力特性实验研究

利用动三轴实验系统,对俄罗斯伊尔库茨克地区黄土的动力特性进行了研究。获得了该地区黄土的动力特性参数。分析结果表明,该地区黄土的动应力－应变关系符合双曲线模型;动剪模比与剪应变关系曲线具有良好的归一化特性;影响该地区黄土震陷的主要因素是含水量。     

Quaternary Fourier stratigraphy: Orbital templates and Milankovitch anomalies

A simple template-generating algorithm using summer insolation at 65°N as input provides a timeseries for the last 2 million years that can be compared directly with the oxygen isotope record in deep-sea sediments. Discrepancies between template and record are diminished by representing both series as Fourier expansions, and importing the power spectrum of the record to the template, without changing phase. The remaining differences between the hybrid template and the record contain messages about time spans of unusual behavior of the system. The most striking anomalies in the Quaternary are the unusually cold period following the mid-Pleistocene climate shift at 900 ka (Stage 22) and much of Stage 11 near 400 ka, representing excess warming. The present interglacial also is too warm, compared with expectations. Anomalies are thought to be the result of stabilization of unusually cold periods (by albedo feedback) and unusually warm periods (by carbon dioxide feedback). It is proposed that there is a connection between surplus ice buildup (after the mid-Pleistocene climate shifi at 900 ka) on marine shelves and subsequent extra-large transgressions, which stabilize warm periods by shallow-water carbonate production (coral reef hypothesis).     

Evaluating performance of post‐tensioned steel connections with strands and reduced flange plates

The seismic performance of post‐tensioned steel connections for moment‐resisting frames was examined experimentally and analytically. Cyclic tests were conducted on three full‐scale subassemblies, which had two steel beams post‐tensioned to a concrete‐filled tube (CFT) column with high‐strength strands to provide recentring response. Reduced flange plates (RFPs) welded to the column and bolted to the beam flange were used to increase the dissipation of energy. Test results indicated that (1) the proposed buckling‐restrained RFP could dissipate energy in axial tension and compression, (2) the subassemblies could reach an interstorey drift of 4% without strength degradation, and (3) buckling of the beam occurred towards an interstorey drift of 5%, causing a loss of the strand force, the recentring response, and the moment capacity. A general‐purpose non‐linear finite element analysis program (ABAQUS) was used to perform a correlation study. The behaviour of the steel beam under both post‐tensioning and flexural loadings was compared to the test results and predictions. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the influence of the polarization and the shape of the strain loop on strain accumulation in sand under high-cyclic loading

This paper presents results of cyclic triaxial (CT) tests on sand with a simultaneous variation of the axial and the lateral stresses. Furthermore, a cyclic multidimensional simple shear (CMDSS) device and corresponding test results are discussed. For in-phase cycles with a constant strain amplitude it is demonstrated that the accumulation rate is independent of the polarization of the cycles in the strain space. Polarization changes lead to a temporary increase of the accumulation rate: they increase the effectiveness of compaction. For out-of-phase (e.g. elliptical) cycles the shape of the strain loop significantly influences the residual strain. A circular strain loop generates twice larger accumulation rates than a one-dimensional strain loop with identical span. The accumulation rate is not influenced by the circulation of the strain loop. It is shown that the direction of accumulation (so-called “cyclic flow rule”) is only moderately affected by the polarization and the shape of the cycles.     

Effects of soil structure on soil behaviour: Illustrated with loess, glacially loaded clay and simulated flaser bedding examples

Soil structure is considered to be a systematic homogeneously repetitive heterogeneity of properties and conditions of soil. For upscaling and homogenisation of properties and conditions it is necessary to understand the ways in which soil structures occur, and to obtain understanding of the ways in which it influences soil behaviour. Using three case studies, different aspects of the effects of soil structure in soil mechanics are discussed. The very loose grain scale packing of loess deposits, held together by weak structural bonds between particles, results in dramatic propagating failure when the strength of the bonds is exceeded by deformations, as illustrated in the first case. Nonhorizontal stresses induced in the subsurface below moving continental ice sheets result in rotated stress fields within the affected soil. The rotated stress field is stored in the structure of the soil, as is shown in the second case, and influences present day properties and behaviour of these clays. It is shown in the third case that there is a large difference in the behaviour of clayey sand depending on whether the clay occurs in the form of the common clay flasers or whether the clay is homogeneously dispersed in the sand. The deformation and stress propagation in the case of sand with clay flasers results in local failures and shear planes due to the large contrast in the properties of the materials making up the sedimentary structure. The result is that many of the properties of sand with flasers are rather more like the clay of the flasers than the sand. Incorporation in the engineering practice of effects of common types of soil structure is made possible with the widespread availability of techniques such as numerical modelling. These techniques enable the development of appropriate tools for practical application.