Towards a direct collapse–load method of design for concrete frames subjected to severe ground motions

Most current methods of design for concrete structures under earthquake loads rely on highly idealized ‘equivalent’ static representations of the seismic loads and linear‐elastic methods of structural analysis. With the continuing development of non‐linear methods of dynamic analysis for the overload behaviour and collapse of complete concrete structures, a more direct and more accurate design procedure becomes possible which considers conditions at system collapse. This paper describes an evaluation procedure that uses non‐linear dynamic collapse–load analysis together with global safety coefficients. A back‐calibration procedure for evaluating the global safety coefficients is also described. The aim of this paper is to open up discussion of alternative methods of design with improved accuracy which are necessary to move towards a direct collapse–load method of design. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

循环荷载特征对焊接工字形钢支撑低周疲劳性能的影响

通过14根铰支焊接工字形支撑在不同特征的循环轴向位移荷载下的低周疲劳试验，研究了循环轴向位移荷载的位移幅值、平均位移幅值及加载次序等因素对钢支撑低周疲劳及耗能性能的影响。研究发现，对称循环荷载中幅值越小，支撑翼缘局部屈曲发展越晚，其耗能及承载力退化也越平缓。文中提出了支撑在幅值6δ≤Δδ≤12δy的对称循环荷载下的疲劳寿命经验公式。试验表明，循环荷载的位移幅值是支撑疲劳损伤及耗能退化的最主要影响因素，过载峰效应及适当的平均压位移幅值改善了钢支撑低周疲劳及耗能性能。     

Gaseous Jets in Comet Hale-Bopp (1995 O1)

We report the identification of gas jets in comet Hale-Bopp in OH, NH, CN, C₂ and C₃. This is the first time OH and NH jets without an obvious optical dust jet counterpart have been identified in narrowband comet images. We also confirm the existence of CN jets as reported by Larson et al. (1997) and Mueller et al. (1998). Jet features can be seen in the March and April 1997 datasets, approximately a month before and after perihelion. Our results contribute to the understanding of both the chemical properties of the comet as well as the physical mechanisms necessary to produce these features. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

建筑物超载对深基坑周边地表沉降影响分析

结合理论推导和对工程实测数据的整理分析,对天然场地和存在邻近建筑物时2种情况下的墙后地表沉降形态进行了对比分析,采用上海软土地区墙后地表沉降经验公式,对存在建筑物超载情况下的地表沉降曲线进行了良好的拟合,直观地表示出地表沉降槽的大小及形状、墙后最大沉降点的位置等。结果表明,邻近建筑物的存在能显著改变天然场地的地表沉降曲线形态,是否考虑建筑物存在的影响,将影响到对基坑及周边环境安全状态进行正确的评价和预测。     

Observation and study on the whole process of cloud-to-ground lightning using narrowband radio interferometer

A narrowband radio interferometer has been developed and used to locate the entire sources of VHF radiations from a negative cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning discharge which contains 19 strokes. This system uses five antennas to form an array consisting of short- and long-baselines along two or- thogonal directions. The system error which comes from frequency conversion is reduced by phase detection through direct high frequency amplifying. An interactive graphic analysis procedure is used to remove the fringe ambiguities which exist inherently in interferometry and to determine the direction of lightning radiation sources in two dimensions (azimuth and elevation) as a function of time at a time resolution of microsecond orders. With the developed system, the whole progression process in time and space of a lightning flash can be reconstructed. In this paper, combining the synchronous data of electric filed change and VHF radiation, the whole processes of an example negative CG flash have been studied in detail. It is found that the preliminary breakdown event of the CG flash started from negative charge region and exhibited firstly a downward pregression and then an upward propagation. There were very intense and continuous radiations during stepped leaders which became much stronger when the first return stroke began. In contrast, there were less and only discrete radiations during dart leaders. Stepped leader and dart leader may transform to each other depending on the state of the ionization of the path. The progression speed of initial stepped leaders was about 105 ms?1, while that was about 4.1×106 and 6.0×106 ms?1 for dart leaders and dart-stepped leaders, respectively. M events produced hook-shaped field changes accompanied by active burst of radiations at their begin- nings. Followed these active radiation processes, M events appeared to contact finally into conducting main discharge channels. The mean progression speed of M events was about 7×107 ms?1, greater than that of the dart leaders and dart-step leaders. K events and attempted leaders were essentially the same as dart leaders except that they could not reach the ground and initiate return strokes.     

改进的岩质凸块的超载储备极限平衡法

脱离模式是块体理论提出的有限可动块体的失稳模式之一。虽然直接塌落是地下工程中最常见的失稳现象,但是目前依然缺少适用的定量分析方法,这使得地下工程的开挖和加固设计缺乏必要的理论支撑。为此,提出了一种改进的考虑渐进破坏的岩块稳定分析方法。主要改进了3处：(1)引入超载基数和超载方向两个参数来量化描述储备荷载;(2)提出了Tan和Scal两种超载基数设定方式;(3)超载方向设定在节理锥的边界扇面上。算例验证结果表明,改进方法完全兼容现有双面滑模式的安全系数算法,实现了脱离模式的定量稳定性分析。最后,讨论了改进方法的刚度参数取值方法及其敏感性。     

压缩感知窄带自旋目标雷达成像

对于高速自旋目标而言,为了获得聚焦效果良好的图像,通常要求雷达系统具有较高的脉冲重复频率(PRF)。当PRF不满足采样要求时,雷达接收到的通常是方位欠采样的回波数据,从而影响目标识别。本文根据压缩感知理论,结合自旋目标回波信号稀疏性的特点,建立方位欠采样的成像模型,并提出了基于压缩采样匹配追踪的窄带雷达高速自旋目标成像算法。该算法在对信号进行重构迭代中,采用回退策略,并结合回波信号稀疏性的具体参数,选取最优的支撑集,提高了算法的重构质量。仿真实验表明新算法在回波欠采样的情况下能很好地重构图像,尤其是在低信噪比的情况下。采用"误选数"和"均方误差"两个指标对CoSaMP算法重建信号的性能进行评价,结果表明该算法受雷达PRF和信噪比SNR的影响较小,算法稳定性好。     

Photometry and Imaging of Comet C/2000 Wm1 (Linear)

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吹填场区双层软黏土地基超载比与卸载控制试验研究

对于围海造陆工程所开展的超载预压处理方法,地基处理效果通常采用后续变形大小来评价,其大小与超载比和卸载控制时间密切相关。针对天津滨海地区围海造陆工程所形成的典型的上软、下硬的双层软黏土地基,采用改装的固结仪进行了多种超载比和卸载控制时间的试验研究,提出了适宜的超载比和最佳超载作用时间。试验表明：双层软黏土地基超载比大于0.375,超载作用时间超过主固结时间时,超载卸除后地基变形以回弹变形为主,后续的工后沉降将明显减小,减小幅度可高达70%以上;超载卸除后的土体次固结系数明显减小,减小的幅度随超载比的增大、超载作用时间的增加而减小;不同于均质地基和上硬下软的双层地基,上软、下硬双层地基的工后沉降以上部软土层沉降为主,约占总沉降量的73%以上。根据不同超载比和超载作用时间下土体的变形时程曲线,建议适宜天津滨海地区围海造陆工程软黏土地基的超载比控制在0.5以下,超载作用时间控制在1～3倍的主固结时间内。     

缓倾角层理各向异性岩体隧道稳定性的物理模型试验研究

层状岩体的广泛分布是地下工程无法回避的现实。以渝湘高速公路共和隧道为工程背景,采用自行研制的弹脆性模型相似材料,制作出层状岩体隧道模型。采用大型真三轴岩土工程模型试验机进行加载试验,采用围岩应变监测、洞室内窥摄影、试件破坏形态的研究与分析,从而对缓倾角层理岩体中隧道的二次应力分布特征及破坏机制进行研究。试验中还通过超载系数,提供了一个安全储备的定量评估指标。试验的破坏特征与隧道实际破坏一致,说明了模型试验的正确性,同时也为顺层偏压隧道的加固机制研究及加固设计提供了试验基础。