High-fidelity control of a seismic shake table

A high-fidelity PC-based control system has been developed to improve the tracking characteristics of a small-scale seismic motion simulator used for testing structural control designs. This work outlines the development and testing of the control system. First, the simulator hardware is described in detail. The process of constructing a mechanistic model of the system and identifying model parameters is then described. Next, a closed-loop feedback/feed-forward control algorithm, based on an optimal receding horizon formulation, is developed. The control design was tested and the results indicate that the seismic shake table precisely tracked reference seismic motions. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Real-time hybrid experimental system with actuator delay compensation and its application to a piping system with energy absorber

A real-time hybrid experimental method, in which output from an actuator-excited vibration experiment and response calculation are combined on-line and conducted simultaneously in real time, is being developed as a new seismic experimental method for structural systems. In real-time hybrid experiments, however, there is an inevitable actuator-response delay, which has an effect equivalent to negative damping. To solve this problem, a real-time hybrid experimental system (including an actuator-delay compensation method) was developed. And seismic experiments were conducted in order to demonstrate the advantages of this system. Experimental results obtained using the developed hybrid experimental system were compared with exact results obtained using shaking-table experiments, and it was found that the two experimental methods gave almost identical results. It can therefore be concluded that the structural response can be obtained precisely by using the developed hybrid experimental system. Comparison of these experiments showed the advantages of the hybrid experiments; that is, they are simple and economical. This is because the hybrid experiment requires only a small structure as the excitation model, while a shaking-table experiment must consider the whole structural system. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Selection of p–y curves for the design of single laterally loaded piles

Two-dimensional finite element analysis has been used to find load–transfer relationships for translation of an infinitely long pile through undrained soil for a variety of soil-constitutive models. It has been shown that these load–transfer curves can be used as p–y curves in the analysis of single piles undergoing lateral pile head loading in undrained soils with non-linear stress–strain laws. Lateral pile response deduced from 2-D analysis input to the subgrade reaction method has been compared to the behaviour of a single pile analysed using three-dimensional finite element analysis. Good agreement between the two methods for non-linear soils suggests that the 2-D analysis may form a useful design method for calculation of p–y curves. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

冲击地压预测和防治

冲击地压严重威胁煤矿生产安全,发生时生产设施遭到破坏,甚至造成人员伤亡。我国是冲击地压最严重的国家之一。针对国内外冲击地压的现状,阐述了国内外冲击地压及其预测、防治的情况,对现有主要的预测技术进行了分析,指出使用电磁脉冲进行预测和水力钻孔割缝进行防治具有的特点。钻屑法是一种简便易行的预测方法,电磁辐射、电脉冲、声发射等也可用于冲击地压的预测。冲击地压防治技术主要有开采解放层、煤层注水、爆破卸压、钻孔卸压等,水力钻孔割缝是一种有待研究的新方法。     

煤层气储层可改造性评价——以郑庄区块为例

我国煤层气资源探明率与动用率“双低”,导致煤层气增产显著放缓,已经成为制约我国煤层气产业发展的瓶颈问题。常规煤储层评价较少考虑煤储层的可改造性潜力,导致发现的优质储量偏少,已发现的储量动用率偏低,因此,迫切需要开展煤储层可改造性评价研究。以沁水盆地南部郑庄区块为例,系统开展了岩心与大样物理模拟实验、测井与地震反演分析等;通过对比分析典型井储层地质特征与微地震水力压裂裂缝监测结果,指出影响煤储层可改造性的关键地质因素为煤体结构、宏观煤岩类型、煤层构造变形、煤层地应力、煤层与顶底板的抗拉强度之差,建立了煤储层可改造性综合定量评价模型;并对郑庄区块煤储层可改造性进行了评价分区,其结果得到了区内千余口产气井的验证。研究成果可用于指导尚未动用储量区的煤层气建产和已动用储量区的开发方案优化调整,根据不同区块储层地质特点选择适应性的工程技术与改造方案,以实现地质工程一体化,是我国煤层气“增储上产”的关键。      

被动大陆边缘盐构造研究进展

内容提要:被动大陆边缘的含盐盆地多在重力作用下发育薄皮盐构造.这些构造不但记录了盆地的演化过程,而且往往富含大量的油气资源.因此,被动陆缘盐构造是学术界与工业界共同关注的热点.在传统的被动陆缘含盐盆地模型中,盆地主要在重力作用下形成上坡的拉张区,下坡的挤压区和两者之间的转移区.近年来,国际学术界围绕重力变形在盆地中的作...     

随机载荷作用下平台结构疲劳寿命预测

海洋等工程结构物在服役过程中的受载历程是一个随机过程。研究裂纹在谱载荷作用下的扩展规律对可靠预报平台等结构物的疲劳寿命具有十分重要的意义。提出了一个由应力比和裂纹尖端约束及塑性区尺寸为主要参数计算裂纹张开比,来考查载荷相互作用下疲劳裂纹扩展寿命的计算模型。用该模型对几种谱载荷作用下疲劳实验结果进行了预测,将预测结果与不考虑裂纹闭合的线性损伤模型及疲劳计算程序FASTRAN的预测结果进行了比较,表明本模型能较好地预测谱载荷作用下的疲劳裂纹扩展。     

新型节能复合混凝土空心砌块砌体抗震性能的试验研究

本文通过2片开窗洞加窗台梁节能复合混凝土小型空心砌块墙体和2片不开窗洞墙体的水平低周反复荷载试验,研究了节能复合混凝土小型空心砌块砌体墙的受力全过程、开裂部位、裂缝发展情况以及破坏形态,分析了墙体的滞回特性、延性、耗能能力,刚度退化曲线等抗震性能,同时,考察了墙体外叶保护层的受力性能、破坏程度以及与墙体的共同工作机理,探讨了不同构造措施以及开窗洞对墙体抗震性能的影响。研究结果表明:复合混凝土小型砌块砌体从开始加载到最终破坏,砌块保护层都没有明显的鼓凸和脱落现象,说明聚苯层及横向拉结筋能够提供可靠的连接,保证外叶保护层在水平剪力和竖向荷载共同作用下和墙体整体工作,此外,开窗洞对墙体的抗震性能削弱较大。     

人类活动和降水变化对嘉陵江流域侵蚀产沙的影响

基于大量实测资料,用经验统计方法研究了人类活动和降水变化对嘉陵江流域侵蚀产沙的影响。结果表明,水利水保措施和20世纪80年代以来的降水减少,共同导致了嘉陵江流域产沙量的减少。分基准期(1956~1982)和措施期(1983~2000)分别建立嘉陵江江流域产沙量与年降水的指数方程,运用这些方程对于降水变化与水利水保导致的产沙量变化进行定量区分,得到了措施期中降水量减小所导致的减沙量、水利水保措施导致的减沙量、总减沙量以及降水减少和水利水保措施各自占总减沙量的百分比。水保减沙效益随降水量的增大而减小。当降水量超过某一临界值,还可能出现负效应。研究表明,水利水保减沙量随年降水量而增大,在年降水量为970mm时达到最大值,然后减小;当年降水量为1180mm时,水利水保减沙量变为0。     

圆不锈钢管混凝土短柱轴压承载力性能研究

为了研究圆不锈钢管混凝土柱轴压承载力性能,在试验的基础上,利用有限元软件ABAQUS建立合理的有限元模型,并进行不同混凝土强度和约束效应系数参数化分析及不锈钢管和核心混凝土的轴力分配研究.结果表明:壁厚相同时,CFSST短柱的极限荷载增大幅度由大到小为:30MPa增加到40 MPa,50 MPa增加到60 MPa,40...