Evaluation of the response modification coefficient and collapse potential of special concentrically braced frames

Special concentrically braced frames (SCBFs) are commonly used for seismic design of buildings. Their large elastic stiffness and strength efficiently sustains the seismic demands during smaller, more frequent earthquakes. During large, infrequent earthquakes, SCBFs exhibit highly nonlinear behavior due to brace buckling and yielding and the inelastic behavior induced by secondary deformation of the framing system. These response modes reduce the system demands relative to an elastic system without supplemental damping using a response modification coefficient, commonly termed the R factor. More recently, procedures put forth in FEMAP695 have been made to quantify the R factor through a formalized procedure that accounts for collapse potential. The primary objective of the research in this paper was to evaluate the approach for SCBFs. An improved model for SCBFs that permits simulation of brace fracture was used to conduct response history analyses. A series of three‐story, nine‐story and 20‐story SCBFs were designed and evaluated. Initially, the FEMAP695 method was conducted to estimate collapse and the corresponding R factor. An alternate procedure for scaling the multiple acceleration records to the seismic design hazard was also evaluated. The results show significant variation between the two methods. Of the three variations of buildings studied, the largest vulnerability was identified for the three‐story building. To achieve a consistent margin of safety against collapse, a significantly lower R factor is required for the low‐rise SCBFs (three‐story), whereas the mid‐rise and high‐rise SCBFs (nine‐story and 20‐story) may continue to use the current value of 6, as provided in ASCE‐07. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multidegrees‐of‐freedom effective force testing: a feasibility study and robust stability assessment

This paper presents a feasibility study of multidegrees‐of‐freedom effective force testing (MDOF‐EFT). The study is intended to facilitate the development of a force feedback controller and investigation of performance as well as robustness of MDOF‐EFT. First, the dynamics of MDOF‐EFT systems are analytically investigated. Analytical transfer functions of the control plant, the valve‐to‐force relations, showed that the plant is dynamically coupled and the natural frequencies of test structures are the transmission zeros of the plant. Using a set of model parameters from a previous study, a case study that includes controller design, numerical simulations and robust stability assessment is performed. A decoupling loop shaping (DLS) controller consisting of a pseudo inverse of the plant and second‐order loop shaping controllers is adopted as the force feedback controller. It is shown that the DLS controller provides a stable control system while successfully decoupling the control loops and compensating the control‐structure interaction. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the DLS controller enables tracking of static and dynamic forces for multiple actuators. Robust stability of MDOF‐EFT with the DLS controller is assessed using Monte Carlo simulation. The stochastic simulation results show that the DLS controller is stable and robust, providing sufficient stability margins for uncertain models with maximum 50% errors in the estimated system parameters. This paper demonstrates that MDOF‐EFT is feasible with the DLS controller and can be implemented in experimental laboratories. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Modified fish-bone model: A simplified MDOF model for simulation of seismic responses of moment resisting frames

This paper presents a simplified Multi-Degree-Of-Freedom (MDOF) model through modification of fish-bone model (or generic frame). Modified Fish-Bone (MFB) model is developed through three enhancements: (i) the moment of inertia for half-beams is reduced slightly to modify the assumption of equal rotation at each story joints, (ii) a number of truss elements are inserted to the fish-bone model to simulate flexural deformation of moment frames due to axial elongation and contraction of columns, and (iii) moment–rotation relationship of representative rotational springs is supposed to be bilinear instead of trilinear in order to consider simultaneous yielding at both ends of the beam in moment frames. The proposed model is evaluated with respect to nonlinear dynamic analysis results of three classic moment resisting frames subjected to 94 records of FEMA-440 ground motion data set. Moreover, the adequacy of this model is compared with the fish-bone model and two predictors of nonlinear seismic demand. The statistical study of predicted interstory drift demonstrates the superiority of the proposed model over the fish-bone model and both seismic demand predictors.     

An advanced process for evaluating a linear dielectric constant–bulk electrical conductivity model using a capacitance sensor in field conditions

Abstract

The Hilhorst model was used to convert bulk electrical conductivity (σ_b) to pore water electrical conductivity (σ_p) under laboratory conditions by using the linear relationship between the soil dielectric constant (ε_b) and σ_b. In the present study, applying the linear relationship ε_b–σ_b to data obtained from field capacitance sensors resulted in strong positive autocorrelations between the residuals of that regression. We were able to derive an accurate offset of the relationship ε_b–σ_b and to estimate the evolution of σ_p over time by including a stochastic component to the linear model, rearranging it to a time-varying dynamic linear model (DLM), and using Kalman filtering and smoothing. The offset proved to vary for each depth in the same soil profile. A reason for this might be the changes in soil temperature along the soil profile.

Editor D. Koutsoyiannis; Associate editor M.D. Fidelibus     

震源动力学破裂过程数值模拟研究

首先阐述了震源动力学过程研究的重要意义, 在此基础上, 研究了复杂的断层几何形态及介质模型对动力学破裂过程的影响, 并对常用的有限元方法、 离散元方法、 有限差分方法和边界积分方程方法等进行了相应介绍. 讨论了这些数值模拟方法各自的优缺点, 建议在方法的选择上应视具体问题及计算的精度而定. 最后对动力学数值模拟的关键部分, 滑动摩擦准则进行了论述. 常用的滑动摩擦准则有滑动弱化准则、 速率弱化准则和速率-状态依赖摩擦准则. 在单纯考虑某个地震的动力学破裂传播过程时, 滑动弱化准则较为常用, 其中滑动弱化距离的选取至关重要. 但若考虑整个地震循环, 速率-状态依赖摩擦准则更为合适.      

On the Seddon speed formula

Abstract

The Seddon speed formula expressed mathematically as c = dQ/dA (or alternatively, as c = (1 + m)u_o; where Q is the discharge, A is the area of cross-section, c is the wave speed, u_o is the normal flow velocity, and m is a dimensionless parameter) is revisited in the context of elasticity and thermodynamics. Its link with the linearized solution of St Venant's equations for wave celerity, which does not appear to have been reported in the hydrological literature, is established. The rating exponent m is shown to be equivalent to the dimensionless relative celerity and is found to be the ratio of two specific heats, viz. c_p and c_v which are the specific heats at constant pressure and volume, respectively. The use of the parameter m as a complex variable helps describe shallow wave characteristics, the damping capacity of a wave, and the mechanism of occurrence of the hysteretic phenomenon. The damping capacity is found to describe the magnitude of wave subsidence, whereas the hysteresis also describes the speed of subsidence.     

基于GIS的矿产资源专题图制作

结合编制矿产资源专题图,探讨了基于GIS的矿产专题地图的设计流程以及制作方法 ;针对ArcGIS自带符号库不能满足专业需要的现状,重点研究了矿产资源类型符号库的设计与实现方法,并通过绘制徐州市矿产资源分布图进行了验证。     

陕西省某钼矿区矿山地质环境动态变化研究

以ArcGIS为平台,根据陕西省某钼矿区矿山自然地理、地质背景、矿山开发影响等实际因素,选取对2008年和2011年两期与矿山地质环境有关的影响因子作为基础数据,进行定量分析,从而确定人类采矿活动对矿山环境变化趋势的影响。通过对两期矿山地质环境评价结果相叠加和统计分析,得到矿山地质环境动态监测结果数据,由此分析两个时期的矿山地质环境变化趋势,实现对其动态监测的目的。     

无人机遥感技术在江苏海域和海岛动态监视监测中的应用研究

本文介绍了传统海域动态监视监测存在的问题,分析了无人机遥感系统在海域动态监视监测中的应用优势,提出将我省海域无人机在海域和海岛监视监测中应用解决方案,同时对该系统在海洋其他领域中的应用前景进行了展望.