Seismic spatial effects on dynamic response of long-span bridges in stationary inhomogeneous random fields

The seismic analysis of long-span bridges subjected to multiple ground excitations is an important problem.The conventional response spectrum method neglects the spatial effects of ground motion, and therefore may result in questionable conclusions. The random vibration approach has been regarded as more reliable. Unfortunately, so far,computational difficulties have not yet been satisfactorily resolved. In this paper, an accurate and efficient random vibration approach -- pseudo excitation method (PEM), by which the above difficulties are overcome, is presented. It has been successfully used in the three dimensional seismic analysis of a number of long-span bridges with thousands of degrees of freedom and dozens of supports. The numerical results of a typical bridge show that the seismic spatial effects, particularly the wave passage effect, are sometimes quite important in evaluating the safety of long-span bridges.     

Effects of balanced impact damper in structures subjected to walking and vertical seismic excitations

This study investigates whether a balanced impact damper (BID) with a vertically suspended impact body colliding with shock absorbing rubber can suppress vibrations of a floor slab subjected to walking and vertical seismic excitations. The impact body is suspended by coil springs to sustain its deadweight and centralize it within the gap, and collides with the stopper when its amplitude exceeds the specified gap width. The stopper is covered by a shock‐absorbing rubber made of polyurethane gel. The installed BID was evaluated in a single degree‐of‐freedom model of a floor slab subjected to vertical excitations. Simulations revealed that the installed BID properly controls the vibrations. Next, the effects of the BID installed on a steel plate were investigated in shaking table tests. The BID effectively suppressed vertical vibrations of the plate subjected to sinusoidal waves, seismic motions, and walking excitations. In addition, the shaking table tests were accurately simulated by the developed mathematical model of the damper. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Frequency domain substructural identification for arbitrary excitations

Structural identification based on analysis of vibration signals is usually formulated as an optimization problem. Nevertheless, identifying a structural system as a whole often involves a great number of unknowns and degrees of freedom, resulting in considerable convergence difficulty and expensive evaluation of objective function. To handle these issues, this paper aims to propose a frequency domain substructural identification method applicable to arbitrary excitations. This is done by introducing the exponential window method in the formulation so that the effect caused by initial condition is alleviated without using zero padding. The proposed identification method is verified through both numerical and experimental studies. It is shown that significant reduction in computer time can be achieved in addition to remarkable identification accuracy. The experimental study also indicates that the proposed strategy is effective in identifying small structural changes. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

地理学发展的战略方向探讨

《了解正在变化的星球：地理科学的战略方向》是美国国家研究理事会最新的一部颇富创建性和前瞻性的研究报告,反映了地理学发展的集成研究战略方向.尽管受其任务和受众的影响,报告话语表现出过度重视技术和工具,但其提出的建设地理科学这一议题切中了当前地理学发展的战略方向,也在技术和工具这个“任务”方面尝试相应的建构工作,相伴的重要工作是给出了地理科学未来10 年的11 个优先研究领域.报告后来的评论则重新发掘并弥补了该报告的某些不足,说明了该报告“深度”的一面,尤其是地理科学的方法论问题.与该报告及其评论相比,中国建设地理科学的主张具有如下特点：① 学科体系庞大、层次分明、范畴严密;② “学科”与“任务”明显平衡;③ 有系统论和整体论的方法论;④ 初步显现深远的、连锁的影响.《了解正在变化的星球》及其评论,以及中国地理科学建设表明--跨学科的地理科学是地理学发展的战略方向：① 地理学正走向或走入集成研究的“大科学”阶段;② “学科”与“任务”平衡是地理学自身发展及应对了解正在变化的星球的必然要求;③ 未来地理科学建设应当是具有科学人文主义的学科体系、方法论、技术和工具的“三元”结构.     

山东省“十二五”基础测绘技术进展概述

以1∶1万基础地理信息为重点的"十二五"基础地理信息更新,关乎山东省经济社会发展,如何高效、低成本做好基础测绘更新,为国民经济、社会发展提供空间定位优质服务,十分重要。综述了山东省"十二五"基础测绘更新思路、新技术应用、质量控制方法等技术进展。     

基于三维有限元软件的经颅磁刺激仿真研究

为了寻求一种能够真实有效的反应经颅磁刺激下头部组织磁场分布的方法,根据经颅磁刺激的产生原理,设计了激励源仿真电路,然后利用三维有限元软件Ansoft建立了4层球头模型,仿真出此模型在单线圈和“8”字形线圈刺激下头组织内部磁场的分布,并对比分析了两种线圈下磁场的聚焦性能,头部各组织磁场随时间的变化以及刺激深度.仿真结果表明:Ansoft软件在经颅磁刺激研究工作中具有可行性,从而提出一种准确有效的经颅磁刺激研究新方法.     

Numerical models for the dynamic response of submerged floating tunnels under seismic loading

The modeling of tethering elements of seabed anchored floating structures is addressed, with particular reference to the so‐called Archimedes Bridge (submerged floating tunnel, SFT) solution for deep water crossing; attention is devoted to the design solution encompassing slender bars as anchor elements. Two numerical tools are proposed: firstly, a geometrically nonlinear finite element (NWB model), developed in previous work, has been refined in order to capture the effect of higher flexural modes of anchor bars. Secondly, a 3D beam element, based on the classical corotational formulation (CR model), has been developed and coded. Both elements are implemented in a numerical procedure for the dynamic time domain step‐by‐step analysis of nonlinear discretized systems; seismic loading is introduced by generating artificial time histories of spatially variable seismic motion. An example of application of the NWB element is shown regarding the behavior of the dynamic model of a complete SFT. The model was subjected to extreme multiple‐support seismic loading. The seismic behavior is here illustrated and commented, especially in light of the effect of higher local vibration modes of the anchor bars. Finally, a comparison between the performances of the two modeling approaches is presented. Both harmonic and seismic excitations are considered in the test; the results justify the use of the simpler NWB approach, especially in the SFT design phase. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Investigations into the benefits of base isolation for non‐symmetric rigid blocks

In this paper the influence of base isolation on the behaviour of a work of art has been analysed. To make things more realistic, the work of art has been modelled with a non‐symmetrical rigid body, sitting on a base that is connected to a visco‐elastic device, which represents the passive control system. To prevent the breaking of the isolation device, security stops have been introduced to limit the displacement of the oscillating base to a maximum safety value. All analyses have been carried out comparing the behaviour of the non‐isolated and the isolated non‐symmetric rigid body subject to impulsive and seismic excitations. The analysis is particularly focused on the effects of the eccentricity of the rigid body and on the presence of the security stops. Generally, base isolation improves the behaviour of the system while the presence of an eccentricity makes the performance of the system worse with respect to the symmetric rigid body. Moreover the security stops, although they preserve the isolator devices, cause a worsening in the performance of the systems. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

天文观测极移运动周期变化的原因解析

宋贯一（1991,2006）相继发现日-地之间存在一种奇特的能量（动量）相耦合的自然现象:当太阳辐射光压作用于地表之后,地球表面物质的特殊物理性质会自然地把太阳辐射光压立刻分解为两部分,即P₁和P₂.其中P₁为全球各纬度带内单位海洋和陆地表面接收到的等值光压（P₁为随时间和纬度而变化的变量）.在一个回归年的时段内,由P₁在北、南两半球上的不平衡分布激发自转轴摆动,引起转动惯量的变化（该变化是目前所了解到的地球转动惯量的最大变化）并产生极移,该项极移运动的周期为12个月左右.由于P₁在北、南半球上的分布相对赤道是基本对称的和规则的,P₁对自转轴摆动的激发可称谓“规则性激发”;P₂为全球各纬度带内单位陆地和海洋表面接收到的光压值之差（P₂为随时间和纬度而变化的变量）.在一个回归年的时段内,由 P₂在北、南两半球上的不平衡分布激发自转轴摆动而产生的极移运动周期为14个月附近.由于P₂在北、南两半球上的分布相对赤道是不对称和不规则的, P₂对自转轴摆动的激发可称谓“不规则性激发”.这种天然存在的力源,恰恰是近百年来世界各国研究地球自转的地球物理学家渴望寻找的那种既能激发自转轴产生自由章动、又使其摆动含有两个不同周期（12个月和14个月）的激发力源.正是这一奇特自然现象的发现,才使长期以来困扰地球物理学领域内的极移、极移所包含两个周期的涨落变化及由此引起的地球自转速度变化等自然之谜得以破解成为可能. 本文作者仅对天文观测的极移运动周期及其极移运动所包含的两个周期分量在一定的范围内变化的成因作出了详细的解析,并得出如下结论： （1）极移运动主要是由太阳光压P₁ 和P₂共同激发引起的.天文观测的极移摆动周期的涨落变化是太阳光压（P₁＋P₂）激发自转轴摆动过程中,在空间上自转轴的摆动中心相对自转轴中心（地心）移动造成的,涨落范围在395～403±2天之间,即天文观测的极移运动的实际计算周期应在13.0～13.3个月之间变化.（2）极移所含的周年期摆动是由太阳光压P₁激发的.天文观测的周年期摆动周期涨落很小,变化于365.24～365.53天之间.在一个回归年内,由于日-地间距离的变化,使地球表面接受到的太阳辐射光能产生微小差异则是造成观测的周年摆动周期稍有拖长的原因.（3）极移所含的钱德勒摆动周期是由太阳光压P₂激发的.天文观测的钱德勒周期涨落较大,变化于426～437±2天之间,即实际计算周期应在14.0～14.4个月之间变化.观测的钱德勒摆动周期的变化是太阳光压P₂激发自转轴摆动过程中,在空间上自转轴的摆动中心相对自转轴中心（地心）移动造成的.上述的定量解析数据均得到实际观测资料的验证,为极移光压成因理论的正确性提供了具体详实的证据.