H型钢梁与矩形钢管柱平齐端板单向螺栓节点承载力性能

对H型钢梁与矩形钢管柱平齐式端板单向螺栓连接节点承载性能进行试验和理论分析研究.通过对3种不同形式的平齐式端板单向螺栓连接节点进行单调静力加载试验,获得了各试件的破坏模式和弯矩-转角曲线,讨论了螺栓破坏、端板破坏、柱壁破坏等3种破坏模式.基于试验现象提出了节点螺栓力理论分布模式,并给出了螺栓强度控制的节点抗弯承载力计算公式.通过将端板和钢梁腹板等效为T形件,得出了端板屈服控制的节点抗弯承载力计算公式.基于试验现象并利用屈服线理论提出了钢管柱壁的屈服线模型,运用虚功原理得出由柱壁强度控制的节点抗弯承载力计算公式.研究表明螺栓、端板、柱壁间的相对强弱关系直接影响节点的破坏模式,理论计算值与试验相比结果偏安全.给出了H型钢梁与矩形钢管柱平齐式端板单向螺栓连接节点的设计准则和建议.     

H型钢梁与矩形钢管柱端板单向螺栓连接节点

进行了6组平齐式、外伸式端板单向螺栓连接节点试验,并在现有研究成果的基础上,分别推导了单向螺栓抗拉刚度、受拉端板抗弯刚度、柱壁抗拉刚度、柱壁抗压刚度和受压外伸式端板抗压刚度的计算式.利用组件法推导了平齐式、外伸式连接节点在弯矩作用下初始转动刚度的理论计算公式.结果表明：给出的节点初始转动刚度的计算式与试验结果吻合较好,精度可满足工程设计的要求.最后,提出了H型钢梁与矩形钢管(RHS)柱端板单向螺栓连接节点的设计建议.     

截流钢筋石笼起动流速计算方法研究

以工程截流中的单体钢筋石笼作为研究对象,深入探讨了其起动机理.通过对单体钢筋石笼受力分析,推导出其起动流速计算公式,分析了公式中拖曳力系数C_D、上举力系数C_L的影响因素.通过水槽模型试验,研究了不同摩擦因数条件下多种尺寸的正六面体钢筋石笼、条形六面体钢筋石笼、扁形六面体钢筋石笼起动流速变化规律;定量地分析了C_D和C_L与钢筋石笼扁度系数λ以及沙粒雷诺数Re*的相关关系,绘制了(λ,Re*,C_D)与(λ,Re*,C_L)的分布云图.经验证表明,起动流速计算公式和C_D、C_L分布云图二者结合的钢筋石笼起动流速计算方法的计算值与试验值基本一致,较好地反映了钢筋石笼的起动情况.     

Native agarose gel electrophoresis and electroelution: A fast and cost‐effective method to separate the small and large hepatitis B capsids

Hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) expressed in Escherichia coli is able to self‐assemble into large and small capsids comprising 240 (triangulation number T = 4) and 180 (triangulation number T = 3) subunits, respectively. Conventionally, sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation and SEC have been used to separate these capsids. However, good separation of the large and small particles with these methods is never achieved. In the present study, we employed a simple, fast, and cost‐effective method to separate the T = 3 and T = 4 HBcAg capsids by using native agarose gel electrophoresis followed by an electroelution method (NAGE‐EE). This is a direct, fast, and economic method for isolating the large and small HBcAg particles homogenously based on the hydrodynamic radius of the spherical particles. Dynamic light scattering analysis demonstrated that the T = 3 and T = 4 HBcAg capsids prepared using the NAGE‐EE method are monodisperse with polydispersity values of ～15% and ～13%, respectively. ELISA proved that the antigenicity of the capsids was not affected in the purification process. Overall, NAGE‐EE produced T = 3 and T = 4 capsids with a purity above 90%, and the recovery was 34% and 50%, respectively (total recovery of HBcAg is ～84%), and the operation time is 15 and 4 times lesser than that of the sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation and SEC, respectively.     

A simple and efficient algorithm for fused lasso signal approximator with convex loss function

We consider the augmented Lagrangian method (ALM) as a solver for the fused lasso signal approximator (FLSA) problem. The ALM is a dual method in which squares of the constraint functions are added as penalties to the Lagrangian. In order to apply this method to FLSA, two types of auxiliary variables are introduced to transform the original unconstrained minimization problem into a linearly constrained minimization problem. Each updating in this iterative algorithm consists of just a simple one-dimensional convex programming problem, with closed form solution in many cases. While the existing literature mostly focused on the quadratic loss function, our algorithm can be easily implemented for general convex loss. We also provide some convergence analysis of the algorithm. Finally, the method is illustrated with some simulation datasets.     

Oscillatory interaction between two like‐charged nanoparticles induced by polyelectrolyte brush–solvent interface

We use two‐dimensional (2D) self‐consistent field theory to study the effective interactions between two like‐charged cylindrical nanoparticles mediated by an oppositely weakly charged polyelectrolyte brush in a solvent solution. In a poor solvent, where a sharp brush–solvent interface forms, an oscillatory interaction is observed when two nanoparticles are both located at the brush–solvent interface. This oscillatory interaction depends on the penetration depths of the particles and their geometric orientations with respect to the substrate. When the particles are both immersed in the brush and/or the particles are oriented vertically or diagonally with large angles to the substrate, the oscillatory behavior disappears. We interpret our findings by analyzing in detail the contributions to the free energy from electrostatic interaction, nonelectrostatic interaction, and entropies, separately. Briefly, the deformations of the interface and the ion layers formed in the vicinity of the interface are responsible for this oscillatory behavior. In a good solvent, where the narrow brush–solvent interface vanishes, the effective particle–particle interactions behave like that for both particles immersed into the brush with poor solvent. They are found to be repulsive. The influences of the particle size, grafting density, and amount of charges and ions are also briefly discussed. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016 , 54, 1458–1468     

Synthesis,crystal structures and DNA/human serum albumin binding of ternary Cu(II) complexes containing amino acids and 6‐(pyrazin‐2‐yl)‐1,3,5‐triazine‐2,4‐diamino

Two water‐soluble 6‐(pyrazin‐2‐yl)‐1,3,5‐triazine‐2,4‐diamino (pzta)‐based Cu(II) complexes, namely [Cu(l ‐Val)(pzta)(H₂O)]ClO₄ ( 1 ) and [Cu(l ‐Thr)(pzta)(H₂O)]ClO₄ ( 2 ) (l ‐Val: l ‐valinate; l ‐Thr: l ‐threoninate), were synthesized and characterized using elemental analyses, molar conductance measurements, spectroscopic methods and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. The results indicated that the molecular structures of the complexes are five‐coordinated and show a distorted square‐pyramidal geometry, in which the central copper ions are coordinated to N,N atoms of pzta and N,O atoms of amino acids. The interactions of the complexes with DNA were investigated using electronic absorption, competitive fluorescence titration, circular dichroism and viscosity measurements. These studies confirmed that the complexes bind to DNA through a groove binding mode with certain affinities (K_b = 4.71 × 10³ and 1.98 × 10³ M^?1 for 1 and 2 , respectively). The human serum albumin (HSA) binding properties of the complexes were also evaluated using fluorescence and synchronous fluorescence spectroscopies, indicating that the complexes could quench the intrinsic fluorescence of HSA in a static quenching process. The relevant thermodynamic parameters revealed the involvement of van der Waals forces and hydrogen bonds in the formation of complex–HSA systems. Finally, molecular docking technology was also used to further verify the interactions of the complexes with DNA/HSA.     

A Resettable Keypad Lock with Visible Readout Based on Closed Bipolar Electrochemistry and Electrochromic Poly(3‐methylthiophene) Films

A closed bipolar electrode (BPE) system was developed with electrochromic poly(3‐methylthiophene) (PMT) films electropolymerized on the ITO/rGO electrode as one pole of BPE in the reporting reservoir and the bare ITO electrode as another pole of BPE in the analyte reservoir, in which rGO represents reduced graphene oxide. Under a suitable driving voltage (V_tot), the electrochemical reduction/oxidation of electroactive probes, such as H₂O₂/glutathione (Glu), in the analyte reservoir could induce the reversible color change of PMT films in the reporting reservoir between blue and red. Based on this, a keypad lock with H₂O₂, Glu, and V_tot=?3.0 V as the three inputs and the color change of PMT films as the visible output was established. This system was easily operated and did not need to synthesize the complex compounds or DNA molecules. The security system was easy to reset and could be used repeatedly.     

Telaprevir fragments as organocatalysts in asymmetric direct aldol reactions of aldehydes

We have demonstrated that the fragments of Telaprevir can act as organocatalysts for asymmetric aldol reactions between aromatic aldehydes and acetone under mild conditions. The reaction conditions have been optimized in terms of the catalyst nature, choice of temperature, solvent, additive, and the catalyst loading. Under proper conditions, fairly good yield and enantioselectivity have been achieved.