Rescue Operations and Demolition Works: Automating the Pneumatic Removal of Small Pieces of Rubble and Combination of Suction Plants with Demolition Machines

The main problem in the rescue of people buried alive in damaged buildings are pieces of rubble with a diameter less than 150 mm. Since they cover the whole site, it is neither possible to scrutinize the structure of the rubble nor to estimate the dimensions of beams, columns, and parts of ceilings. The central idea of a project at the University of Karlsruhe, Institute for Technology and Management in Construction, is the automatic removal of small pieces of rubble by a suction unit. The computer-controlled pipe which is fastened to the boom of an excavator automatically follows the structure of the heap of rubble. Therefore, it can also work in areas which are out of the driver’s visible range. The suction plant replaces the dangerous manual removal which is current standard. Furthermore, a pneumatic extraction system has been designed and constructed in combination with demolition machinery, e.g. crushers and dry wire-saw technologies, to immediately suck off the crushed material (reinforced concrete, masonry).     

云南东川区播卡金矿地球化学分带模式及深部隐伏矿体预测

为了探索播卡深部的找矿空间及找矿方向,本文在播卡矿区钻孔样品分析数据的基础上,研究了播卡金矿床的元素富集规律、元素组合、元素异常在地表及空间的分布特征,建立了播卡金矿的原生晕分带模型、地球化学勘查模式,提出了不同深度的原生晕判别指标,在此基础上对播卡金矿的深部隐伏矿体进行了预测。结果显示播卡金矿的深部及邻区具有寻找隐伏矿体的良好前景。     

Three dimensional numerical simulation of residential building on shrink–swell soils in response to climatic conditions

Shrink–swell soils can cause distresses in buildings, and every year, the economic loss associated with this problem is huge. This paper presents a comprehensive system for simulating the soil–foundation–building system and its response to daily weather conditions. Weather data include rainfall, solar radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed, all of which are readily available from a local weather station or the Internet. These data are used to determine simulation flux boundary conditions. Different methods are proposed to simulate different boundary conditions: bare soil, trees, and vegetation. A coupled hydro‐mechanical stress analysis is used to simulate the volume change of shrink–swell soils due to both mechanical stress and water content variations. Coupled hydro‐mechanical stress‐jointed elements are used to simulate the interaction between the soil and the slab, and general shell elements are used to simulate structural behavior. All the models are combined into one finite element program to predict the entire system's behavior. This paper first described the theory for the simulations. A site in Arlington, Texas, is then selected to demonstrate the application of the proposed system. Simulation results are shown, and a comparison between measured and predicted movements for four footings in Arlington, Texas, over a 2‐year period is presented. Finally, a three‐dimensional simulation is made for a virtual residential building on shrink–swell soils to identify the influence of various factors. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

三维激光扫描技术在桥梁构件模拟预拼装中的应用

提出了一种以三维激光扫描仪为主要数据获取手段,针对大型桥梁构件的模拟预拼装方法,用于装配化施工生产项目中大型构件的质量控制,并取代传统的、需要在构件加工场内搭建脚手架进行现场立体拼接来检验构件加工质量的方法。项目实践结果表明:该模拟预拼装方法建模方法快捷、有效,模型配准精度较高,建立的三维模型真实,能有效检验构件的质量,指导构件的场内修正,为推动装配化施工的市场进程提供技术支撑。     

Assessing the Vibrational Frequencies of the Holweide Hospital in the City of Cologne (Germany) by Means of Ambient Seismic Noise Analysis and FE modelling

Ambient seismic noise measurements were conducted inside the Holweide Hospital (Cologne) for checking whether its frequencies of vibration fall into the range where soil amplification is expected. If this is the case, damage might increase in case of an earthquake due to an amplified structural response of the building. Two different techniques were used: the ratio between the horizontal and vertical components of the spectra recorded at stations located inside the building and the ratio between the corresponding components of the spectra recorded simultaneously inside the building and at a reference station placed outside. While the former method might be preferred because of less equipment involved, the latter has the advantage of producing more stable results and deleting automatically the influence of the sedimentary cover, which might obscure some eigenfrequencies of vibration of the building. An independently performed finite-element analysis of the hospital showed a good correlation between measured and calculated eigenmodes.     

基于GIS的山地林道网优化配置系统

应用系统选择永安元沙国有林业采育场的部分林班为示范,建立森林资源空间数据库.以ARC/INFO为开发平台,以山地林道网理论为指导,应用G IS技术、DBMS技术与数学规划集成技术,使用AML语言进行二次开发设计山地林道网优化配置系统,实现计算机辅助林道网配置,提高决策的科学性。     

基于潜力模型的广东城市可达性度量及经济联系分析

以城市中心职能强度指数分析为基础,应用和改进潜力模型对广东省各地级市的可达性进行综合测算和空间差异分析。结果表明,广东城市可达性及由此反映出来的经济联系的空间格局呈现同心圈层结构,并以佛山市禅城区和顺德区为中心向外辐射。广东珠三角城市群表现出最优的可达性和经济联系强度,而北部和东、西两翼城市在交通网络结构缺乏横向关联、远离经济中心的地理位置和过于依赖珠三角城市群的带动作用等因素的综合影响下,可达性程度和经济联系最差。通过城市可达性和经济联系强度的空间分异规律分析,揭示出广东区域空间结构和交通网络结构存在的问题,诠释城市经济水平、发展模式和地理区位对可达性空间分异的作用,从而为广东省城镇网络体系发育、区域经济协调及珠三角产业转移规划优化提供科学支撑。     

多水平/尺度的驱动力变化与沙漠化之间的关系——以内蒙古乌审旗为例

沙漠化是土地退化形式之一,它是自然因素和人类活动相互作用的结果。本文以内蒙古乌审旗为研究区,在多种空间数据基础上,基于等级理论,使用多水平统计模型构建了从局地到区域的模型,揭示不同尺度的影响因素与该地区沙漠化的关系。对遥感影像的分析表明该地区1977—2007年沙漠化扩展的趋势减缓并逆转;多水平统计模型分析表明,多尺度的驱动因素可以解释该地区近30年的沙漠化变化,特别是政策因素对该地区沙漠化逆转影响较大。本研究可为乌审旗及类似地区沙漠化变化机理研究提供参考。     

中国外资星级宾馆区位研究

本文研究了外资星级宾馆的地理分布与区位。整体而言,外资星级饭店集聚在少数省区和城市,尤其是珠三角、长三角以及京津冀地区。基于服务业外资区位理论,本文采用负二项回归模型检验了追随国外客户、市场规模、集聚经济、对外经济联系及基础设施等对外资星级宾馆区位选择的影响。统计分析表明外资星级宾馆在区位选择上,倾向于追随国外客户在中国布局,同时通过与国内宾馆的共聚而获得成本节约与竞争力提升。城市的对外联系强化涉外市场潜力,进一步吸引外资星级宾馆;而交通通讯基础设施强化宾馆业集聚经济,引导外资星级宾馆的区位选择。     

Model study of the relationship between sediment yield and river basin area

The SHETRAN physically based, spatially distributed model is used to investigate the scaling relationship linking specific sediment yield to river basin area, for two contrasting topographies of upland and more homogeneous terrain and as a function of sediment source, land use and rainfall distribution. Modelling enables the effects of the controls to be examined on a systematic basis, while avoiding the difficulties associated with the use of field data (which include limited data, lack of measurements for nested basins and inability to isolate the effects of individual controls). Conventionally sediment yield is held to decrease as basin area increases, as the river network becomes more remote from the headwater sediment sources (an inverse relationship). However, recent studies have reported the opposite variation, depending on the river basin characteristics. The simulation results are consistent with these studies. If the sediment is supplied solely from hillslope erosion (no channel bank erosion) then, with uniform land use, sediment yield either decreases or is constant as area increases. The downstream decrease is accentuated if rainfall (and thence erosion) is higher in the headwaters than at lower elevations. Introducing a non‐uniform land use (e.g. forest at higher elevations, wheat at lower elevations) can reverse the trend, so that sediment yield increases downstream. If the sediment is supplied solely from bank erosion (no hillslope erosion), the sediment yield increases downstream for all conditions. The sediment yield/basin area relationship can thus be inverse or direct, depending on basin characteristics. There still remains, therefore, considerable scope for defining a universal scaling law for sediment yield. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.