THE FAILURE MODES OF CONCRETE BEAMS STRENGTHENED WITH NEAR SURFACE MOUNTED FRP BARS

为研究不同参数下表面内嵌纤维筋加固后T 形混凝土梁的破坏模式, 对5 根不同梁端锚固、FRP(fiber reinforced polymer) 筋表面特征和FRP 筋类型的T 形混凝土梁进行受弯性能试验. 结果表明, 无梁端锚固、光圆GFRP (glass fiber reinforced polymer) 筋和CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer) 筋加固梁试件发生粘结破坏. 梁端锚固和FRP 筋表面特征影响加固梁试件的极限载荷, CFRP 筋加固梁试件的屈服载荷和极限载荷较大. 螺纹FRP 筋和有梁端锚固加固梁试件FRP 筋利用率较高. 因此, 有梁端锚固的表面内嵌螺纹GFRP 筋加固是最为有效的加固方式.     

Energy-efficient actuation in infinite lattice structures

Buildup of internal self-stresses in hyperstatic adaptive structures resists actuation. A recent paper by Guest and Hutchinson (2003) shows that periodic infinite truss structures cannot be both statically and kinematically determinate structures; therefore, a rigid infinite lattice bar framework must be hyperstatic. This paper shows that it is possible to design adaptive periodic infinite truss structures that can achieve any state of uniform strain without energy cost by actuating only a subset of the bars in a coordinated fashion. We show that actuation of only 3 bars in two dimensions or 6 bars in three dimensions per unit cell is required. A mathematical apparatus is developed and an example of such a bitriangular lattice structure is given, along with accompanying illustrations. Supporting animations can be found at the authors’ website.     

Empirical assessment of ductile fracture initiation in steel bars with notch and three-point bend specimen with edge crack

Proposed is a parameter defined to characterize the onset of macrocrack initiation in notched steel bars and cracked three-point bend specimens. It accounts for stress triaxiality and damage by plasticity reflected via the effective plastic strain. Results are obtained for notched round bars made of 20#, A3, DE36I and DE36II steel by assuming that the stress triaxiality increases with increasing effective plastic strain; they are compared with the results by letting the stress triaxiality to be constant. Use are made of experimental data on the necking of tensile bars. The parameter corresponding to the onset of ductile fracture were found to be nearly constant. Since the local effective plastic stress can be related to the crack tip opening (COD) distance, the same procedure can be applied to evaluate fracture initiation in three-point bend specimens with an edge crack. It is found that the COD in AS1204-350 and AS1405-180 structural steels decreased with increasing stress triaxiality.     

Comparison of seismic performance of three restrainers for multiple-span bridges using fragility analysis

Steel restrainer cables for multiple-frame bridges in California in the United States showed the effectiveness to prevent the unseating at the internal hinges during the past several earthquakes. After that, the steel restrainer cables are being tried to apply for multiple-span-simply-supported (MSSS) bridges in the central and the southeastern regions in the United States. In addition, shape memory alloy (SMA) bars in tension are being studied for the same application. In multiple-frame bridges, the developed seismic forces are transferred to piers through the restrainers; however, in MSSS bridges, the seismic forces are transferred to abutments by the restrainers. Therefore, the abutment’s behavior should be investigated as well. This study assesses the seismic performance of the three types of restrainers—steel restrainer cables, SMA bars in tension, and SMA bars in bending for MSSS bridges—due to moderate to strong ground motions using a deterministic seismic analysis. Also, a fragility analysis is conduced to assess the seismic resistance for the overall bridge system. For these analyses, the bending test of an SMA bar is conducted and its analytical model is determined. Then, nonlinear time history analyses are conducted to assess the seismic responses of the as-built and the retrofitted bridges. The deterministic analysis illustrates how the restrainers influence the components of the bridge. However, it could not explain the effects on the whole bridge system. The fragility analysis shows the effects of the three restrainers on the overall bridge system. The fragility analysis indicates that the SMA bars in bending are the most effective ones.     

New exact results for the effective electric, elastic, piezoelectric and other properties of composite ellipsoid assemblages

In this paper we present a unified treatment of composite ellipsoid assemblages in the setting of uncoupled phenomena like conductivity and elasticity and coupled phenomena like thermoelectricity and piezomagnetoelectricity. The building block of this microgeometry is a confocal ellipsoidal particle consisting of a (possibly void) core and a coating. All space is filled up with such units which have different sizes but possess the same aspect ratios. The confocal ellipsoids may have the same orientation in space or may be randomly oriented. The resulting microgeometry simulates two-phase composites in which the reinforcing components are short fibers or elongated particles. Our main interest is in obtaining information of an exact nature on the effective moduli of this microgeometry whose effective tensor symmetry structure depends on the packing mode of the coated ellipsoids. This information will sometimes be complete like the full effective thermoelectric tensor of an assemblage which contains aligned ellipsoids in which the coating is isotropic and the core is arbitrarily anisotropic. In the majority of the cases however the maximum achievable exact information will be only partial and will appear in the form of certain exact relations between the effective moduli of the microgeometry. These exact relations are obtained from exact solutions for the fields in the microstructure for a certain set of loading conditions. In all the considered cases an isotropic coating can be combined with a fully arbitrary core. This covers the most important physical case of anisotropic fibers in an isotropic matrix. Allowing anisotropy in the coating requires the fulfillment of certain constraint conditions between its moduli. Even though in this case the presence of such constraint conditions may render the anisotropic coating material hypothetical, the value of the derived solutions remains since they still provide benchmark comparisons for approximate and numerical treatments. The remarkable feature of the general analysis which covers all treated uncoupled and coupled phenomena is that it is developed solely on the basis of potential solutions of the conduction problem in the same microgeometry.     

非线弹性平面杆系的应力应变分析

以指数函数近似表示非线弹性材料的应力－应交关系,推导出了非线弹性材料平面杆系结构应力应变计算的普遍表达式,编制了通用程序,使这一类问题有了一个通用的解题方法．     

Coupled thermo-mechanical analysis of shape memory alloy circular bars in pure torsion

Pure torsion of shape memory alloy (SMA) bars with circular cross section is studied by considering the effect of temperature gradient in the cross sections as a result of latent heat generation and absorption during forward and reverse phase transformations. The local form of energy balance for SMAs by taking into account the heat flux effect is coupled to a closed-form solution of SMA bars subjected to pure torsion. The resulting coupled thermo-mechanical equations are solved for SMA bars with circular cross sections. Several numerical case studies are presented and the necessity of considering the coupled thermo-mechanical formulation is demonstrated by comparing the results of the proposed model with those obtained by assuming an isothermal process during loading–unloading. Pure torsion of SMA bars in various ambient conditions (free and forced convection of air, and forced convection of water flow) subjected to different loading–unloading rates are studied and it is shown that the isothermal solution is valid only for specific combinations of ambient conditions and loading rates.     

线弹性幂强化材料平面杆系弹塑性分析的数值解

各杆任意铰接在一个刚体上的平面杆系是一种比较复杂的杆系结构,某些其它类型的平面杆系常常可以看作是它的特例。本文将材料的本构关系描述为线性幂强化形式,推导出了该类平面杆系结构弹塑性分析的普遍表达式,编制了通用程序,使这一类问题有了一个通用的解题方法。     

结构信息熵与极大熵原理

文中首先从数学上证明了由结构应变能描述的信息熵是定义在凸集上的凸函数；又以静定杆系结构为对象，论证并讨论了极大熵原理。最后通过对静定与静不定杆系结构的数值模拟，揭示了结构的熵函数与杆系截面积之间的关系。     

基于构件层次的铰接杆系结构几何稳定性讨论

考察构件刚度和构件撤除对杆件系统几何稳定性的影响.从常规结构稳定理论的角度审视铰接杆件系统几何稳定性问题.基于结构稳定的能量准则和刚度矩阵的构成分析,重新考察了Maxwell准则和平衡矩阵准则的充分必要性.解释了构件零刚度和构件撤除对体系几何稳定性影响的一致性.利用自应力矩阵的特性,提出并证明了一种快速识别杆系结构中“必需杆”的方法.一种多根构件撤除后体系几何稳定性的判别准则进而被发展.该判别准则的数值效率体现在仅利用原结构平衡矩阵一次分解后的信息,杆件撤除后体系平衡矩阵的秩可通过两小规模矩阵秩之间的关系来表示.     

主应力迹线的自动绘制

主应力迹线是代表主应力方向的曲线簇。在土木建筑工程中主应力迹线是布筋方向的依据,但是在工程中通常都是徒手或用曲线板近似绘制主应力迹线。作者提出一种新的主应力迹线自动的绘制方法。该方法是根据主应力迹线满足过任意三条等倾线的主应力都可以用二次曲线来描述这一条件,再利用主应力迹线本身所具有的性质列出方程组解算出描述主应力迹线的一元二次方程,然后根据方程描绘出所求的主应力迹线。实验证明这种方法对于工程上进行主应力迹线的绘制很有效。     

On the longitudinal impact of two phase transforming bars. Elastic versus a rate-type approach. Part I: The elastic case

Longitudinal impact experiments of thin bars are proposed as an effective mean for understanding the kinetics of stress-induced phase transformations. We consider on one side the elastic model and on the other side an augmented theory, which includes the Maxwellian rate-type viscoelasticity with finite instantaneous response and as a limiting case the Kelvin–Voigt viscoelasticity with infinite instantaneous response. By using the chord criterion, we investigate the complete set of Goursat and Riemann problems which could arise as a result of dynamic interactions when we consider a piecewise linear elastic model corresponding to a three phase material. Subsequently we use our Riemann solvers to construct solutions for the longitudinal impact of two elastic phase transforming bars for a variety of impact conditions. We focus on the results which can be measured in laboratory experiments like the time of separation of the two bars after impact, the profile of the particle velocity at the rear end of the target and the stress history at the contact point. In Part II of this paper we continue with a theoretical and numerical comparative analysis on the wave structure predicted by our general rate-type approach for the same impact problem.     

随机连续梁弯曲振动系统的频率可靠性分析

根据随机连续梁弯曲振动系统的固有频率与激振频率差的绝对值不超过规定值的关系准则,定义了随机连续梁弯曲振动系统的可靠性模式和系统的可靠度,提出了避免共振的频率可靠性分析方法,对随机连续系统共振问题的准失效分析方法进行了探索。     

An optimisation method for separating and rebuilding one-dimensional dispersive waves from multi-point measurements. Application to elastic or viscoelastic bars

When using a classical SHPB (split Hopkinson pressure bar) set-up, the useful measuring time is limited by the length of the bars, so that the maximum strain which can be measured in material testing applications is also limited. In this paper, a new method with no time limits is presented for measuring the force and displacement at any station on a bar from strain or velocity measurements performed at various places on the bar. The method takes the wave dispersion into account, as must inevitably be done when making long time measurements. It can be applied to one-dimensional and single-mode waves of all kinds propagating through a medium (flexural waves in beams, acoustic waves in wave guides, etc.). With bars of usual sizes, the measuring time can be up to 50 times longer than the time available with classical methods. An analysis of the sensitivity of the results to the accuracy of the experimental data and to the quality of the wave propagation modelling was also carried out. Experimental results are given which show the efficiency of the method.     

材料细观结构与构件宏观响应间直接关联分析

本文探讨一种用于材料细观结构与构件宏观响应之间的直接关联分析方法。该方法应用宏现计算,给出细观力学量,并可反映材料细观结构特征,适用于具有细观结构材料制成构件的力学分析。     

钢筋混凝土结构改进型分离式数值模型

提出一种考虑粘结滑移效应的钢筋混凝土改进型分离式数值模型。在混合物理论基础上,该模型兼顾混凝土基体和钢筋的力学行为,且基于钢筋混凝土界面粘结滑移模型,获得了钢筋等效模型。改进型分离式数值模型由于对钢筋及其界面无显式离散要求,使得钢筋的运用完全独立于其几何形状,同时对混凝土网格没有约束,并且不增加计算成本,因此该模型可适用于钢筋混凝土宏观结构层面分析。通过钢筋混凝土构件-结构的爆炸实验,对改进型分离式数值模型进行层次化验证。对比结果表明,考虑粘结滑移效应的有限元模型能够更好地预测钢筋混凝土结构的宏观力学行为。     

随机参数智能桁架结构动力特性分析

文中针对随机参数压电智能桁架结构研究了基于概率的结构动力特性分析方法。建立了压电主动檑和被动杆结构材料的质量密度、弹性模量同时具有随机性时结构的刚度矩阵和质量矩阵；从结构振动的瑞利商表达式出发，利用代数综合法推导出结构特征值随机变量数字特征的计算表达式。最后通过两个算例考察了智能桁架结构物理参数的随机性对其动力特性的影响，并获得了一些有意义的结论。     

Inspection of interfaces between corroded steel bars and concrete using the combination of a piezoelectric zirconate-titanate transducer and an electromagnetic acoustic transducer

We have conducted an inspection of the interface between a steel bar and concrete using the combination of a piezoelectric zirconate-titanate transducer (PZT) and an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT). The PZT is used for generating elastic waves by mechanical vibration and then the EMAT is used for receiving the transmitted ultrasonic guided waves. This arrangement is made in order to overcome the major shortcomings of the PZT, i.e., the requirement of a couplant, and of the EMAT, i.e., relatively low transmitted ultrasonic energy. To investigate the applicability of this technique in the field, outside the laboratory environment, the experiments are conducted on different types of steel bars: corrosion-free, naturally corroded, and zinc-coated as well as corroded bars. It is shown that the PZT-EMAT combination is very effective for inspecting the steel bar-concrete interface. Using this technique, small separation at the steel bar-concrete interface can be effectively detected for corroded as well as corrosion-free specimens. This method can be applied in the field to pre-stressed tendons and soil nails, where one side of the reinforcement is exposed.     

单向纤维增强复合材料中纤维断裂及其发展

纤维增强复合材料中某根纤维断裂后，断口作为裂纹向何处发展？它可以向纤维和基体的界面发展形成界面脱粘，也可向基体发展，造成基体开展，从而殃及邻近纤维。另外，一根纤维的断裂会在其邻近纤维中造成应力集中。本文采取轴对称边界元法对这些问题进行仔细研究。本文假定纤维在基体中成六角形分布，即每根纤维周围有六根纤维，均匀地分布在以该纤维为中心的圆周上。     

光纤传感器对机敏复合材料结构性能的影响

本文通过实验研究了光纤传感器对埋光纤机敏复合材料机械性能的影响，详细分析了埋光纤机敏复合材料层板在外载作用下的应力分布，针对三种不同铺层方式，研究了六种树脂填充区对机敏复合材料层板应力集中的影响，得出了减小应力集中的有效方案。