Response surface-based robust geotechnical design of supported excavation – spreadsheet-based solution

ABSTRACT

The robust geotechnical design (RGD) approach which involves optimization to obtain a design that is safe, cost-efficient, and robust in the face of uncertainties, can be computationally challenging for complex geotechnical structures. In this study, the RGD approach has become practical by introducing a response surface as a surrogate to finite element- or finite difference-based computer code that is used for analyzing the system, and developing a fast algorithm for the optimization process. For demonstration purposes, a real-world supported excavation project is designed using this modified RGD approach and it is compared with the one designed by a local expert.     

大深度救生钟耐压结构的优化设计

针对某型救生钟的救生舱耐压壳体,推导出典型水下耐压结构的计算公式,建立结构优化数学模型,并编制计算程序以求解结构最优尺寸,在此基础上确定耐压结构的设计尺寸.对设计结果采用有限元计算和规范计算比对分析,结果证明采用程序计算设计的优化尺寸满足工程要求.本文提供的计算方法可为水下环肋耐压壳体结构工程设计提供参考.     

超高层建筑设计地震动参数的研究

本文以沈阳市世纪华丰文化广场工程场地为例,在地震危险性分析的基础上,进行土层地震反应分析,对超高层建筑设计地震动参数的确定进行研究,为抗震设计提供可靠依据。     

近年日本的隧道施工与抗震设计

根据日本国家TC28委员会提交的一份当前日本地下工程施工技术报告,介绍了当前盾构工法、NATM工法在日本城市隧道施工中的应用。同时还介绍1995年阪神大地震以后,在日本隧道结构中的抗震设计。     

基于LabVIEW的预应力孔道压浆质量检测仪的软件设计

本文提出了一种预应力孔道压浆质量检测仪的硬件方案,在此基础上介绍了基于LabVIEW的仪器软件设计,重点讨论了软件实现的关键技术,实现了参数设置,多通道超声信号采集,文件管理等功能.软件界面友好,操作简单,适应仪器的野外工作,且升级维护方便.     

Uncertainty,entropy, scaling and hydrological stochastics. 1. Marginal distributional properties of hydrological processes and state scaling / Incertitude,entropie, effet d'échelle et propriétés stochastiques hydrologiques. 1. Propriétés distributionnelles marginales des processus hydrologiques et échelle d'état

Abstract

The well-established physical and mathematical principle of maximum entropy (ME), is used to explain the distributional and autocorrelation properties of hydrological processes, including the scaling behaviour both in state and in time. In this context, maximum entropy is interpreted as maximum uncertainty. The conditions used for the maximization of entropy are as simple as possible, i.e. that hydrological processes are non-negative with specified coefficients of variation (CV) and lag one autocorrelation. In this first part of the study, the marginal distributional properties of hydrological variables and the state scaling behaviour are investigated. Application of the ME principle under these very simple conditions results in the truncated normal distribution for small values of CV and in a nonexponential type (Pareto) distribution for high values of CV. In addition, the normal and the exponential distributions appear as limiting cases of these two distributions. Testing of these theoretical results with numerous hydrological data sets on several scales validates the applicability of the ME principle, thus emphasizing the dominance of uncertainty in hydrological processes. Both theoretical and empirical results show that the state scaling is only an approximation for the high return periods, which is merely valid when processes have high variation on small time scales. In other cases the normal distributional behaviour, which does not have state scaling properties, is a more appropriate approximation. Interestingly however, as discussed in the second part of the study, the normal distribution combined with positive autocorrelation of a process, results in time scaling behaviour due to the ME principle.     

桩基优化设计经济效益分析

分析岩土工程勘察报告中所揭示的地基土层特性,根据所掌握的大量桩基工程检测试验数据、沉降观测实测数据,对桩周（端）地基土的受荷性能以及基桩工作性状进行研究,通过静载荷试验的实际桩基承载能力,分析推导出优化地基土桩基设计参数。据此优化带来了一定的经济效益。     

浅析山区高等级公路中的边坡工程岩体

随着山区高等级公路建设的飞速发展,各类边坡工程岩体问题也日益增多。从卸荷岩体力学的基本观点入手,探讨了边坡工程岩体的变形破坏特性、稳定性评价方法以及开挖设计理论。研究表明,边坡工程岩体的变形破坏特性完全符合卸荷岩体力学行为,不同于常规的加载岩体行为;边坡工程岩体的稳定性分析计算中必须重视水力学因素和卸荷作用的影响,并得到了有意义的表达式;边坡工程岩体的开挖设计应在充分认识其工程力学性状的基础上,针对边坡岩体地质特性,结合已有各类稳定边坡的资料,进行既经济又可靠的优化设计。     

探测冰盖和多年冻土层的融冰探头研发

The exploration of ice sheets by melting vertical holes into the ground has some tradition in terrestrial glaciology. Such probes have been used since the 1960's to investigate the vertical structure of the ice in Greenland and Antarctica and in alpine glaciers. In this paper we look into the possibility to develop similar devices for use on extraterrestrial icy bodies, like e.g. the polar areas on Mars or the icy satellites of the outer solar system. We report on some basic experiments performed in the cryo-vacuum laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz. In these experiments the penetration of a simple melting probe into compact and porous water ice (with a snow-like texture) was monitored, both under vacuum conditions and under air pressure. The observed penetration speeds for a given power supply are compared with a simple mathematical model. We conclude that a miniature melting probe with small overall dimensions and a reasonable power demand could well be part of the payload of a future planetary mission, for example to the poles of Mars. Such missions are currently under discussion in several space agencies. Moreover such probes could also e? ectively be used in terrestrial environments. A possible design is presented at the end of the paper.