On physical criteria for the selection of wood for soundboards of musical instruments

In order to develop criteria for the physical evaluation of wood for soundboards of musical instruments, measurements were made of dynamic Young's modulusE, static Young's modulusE, internal frictionQ ^–1 in longitudinal direction, and specific gravity for numerous species of broad-leaved wood. From the results obtained, including those of our previous paper on coniferous wood [1], it was found that the suitability of wood for soundboards could be evaluated by the quantity ofQ ^–1/(E/), and that there were very high correlations betweenQ ^–1/(E/) andE/, and betweenE andE, regardless of wood species. Consequently, it becomes possible to select practically any wood suitable for soundboards by using the value ofE/, which can be measured easily, and it was derived that the relation betweenE/ andQ ^–1 of wood could be expressed by an exponential equation regardless of wood species.     

Disk-shaped compact tension test for asphalt concrete fracture

A disk-shaped compact tension (DC(T)) test has been developed as a practical method for obtaining the fracture energy of asphalt concrete. The main purpose of the development of this specimen geometry is the ability to test cylindrical cores obtained from in-place asphalt concrete pavements or gyratory-compacted specimens fabricated during the mixture design process. A suitable specimen geometry was developed using the ASTM E399 standard for compact tension testing of metals as a starting point. After finalizing the specimen geometry, a typical asphalt concrete surface mixture was tested at various temperatures and loading rates to evaluate the proposed DC(T) configuration. The variability of the fracture energy obtained from the DC(T) geometry was found to be comparable with the variability associated with other fracture tests for asphalt concrete. The ability of the test to detect changes in the fracture energy with the various testing conditions (temperature and loading rate) was the benchmark for determining the potential of using the DC(T) geometry. The test has the capability to capture the transition of asphalt concrete from a brittle material at low temperatures to a more ductile material at higher temperatures. Because testing was conducted on ungrooved specimens, special care was taken to quantify deviations of the crack path from the pure mode I crack path. An analysis of variance of test data revealed that the prototype DC(T) can detect statistical differences in fracture energy resulting for tests conducted across a useful range of test temperatures and loading rates. This specific analysis also indicated that fracture energy is not correlated to crack deviation angle. This paper also provides an overview of ongoing work integrating experimental results and observations with numerical analysis by means of a cohesive zone model tailored for asphalt concrete fracture behavior.     

大体积混凝土结构随机温度徐变应力计算方法研究

首次尝试将随机有限元法引入大体积混凝土结构随机温度徐变应力的计算．综合考虑各种随机因素，对于由材料物理参数随机性引起的随机温度场的影响，本文给出了相应于初应变隐式解法的随机有限元计算方法；对于周期平稳随机温度场对徐变应力场的影响，本文提出了复模量隐式解法，并首次视复频响应函数为材料参数的随机函数，给出了相应的复频响应－随机有限元列式；而对于一般非平稳绝热温升温度场的影响，本文提出了参数调幅逐段简化的方法．本文方法有效地克服了前人不能考虑材料参数随机性或需弹模不随时间变化的局限性     

钢纤混凝土裂纹尖端应变场的实验研究

本文应用散斑干涉技术在四组含纤量分别为０，０．５％，１％，１．５％的钢纤混凝土三点弯曲裂纹试件的裂纹尖端位移场进行了测试，并换算为应变场。对钢纤混凝土开裂的基理进行了探讨；验证了最大位应变准则；并测定断裂韧度Ｊｉｃ．     

桥梁空间分析中预应力效应分析方法研究

预应力技术在桥梁中的广泛使用,使得桥梁结构受力状况复杂,对预应力混凝土桥梁进行空间分析是必要的;但由于预应力筋数量庞大且形状复杂,对预应力空间效应的模拟是预应力混凝土桥梁空间分析的难点。从预应力筋的实际作用机理出发,提出在预应力张拉阶段用等效节点荷载来模拟预应力对结构的作用;而在预应力管道灌浆后,将预应力筋作为结构的一部分,用实体退化单元进行结构分析,并用两算例对本文的方法进行了验证。结果表明,该方法能真正模拟预应力的空间效应,可用于预应力混凝土桥的空间分析。     

负温钢纤维混凝土受压损伤过程的实验研究

利用岩石力学试验系统(RMT)对负温下钢纤维混凝土进行了单轴压缩实验,测得了-5℃、-10℃、-15℃、-20℃下钢纤维混凝土的应力-应变曲线、杨氏模量、极限应力、泊松比等。实验结果表明材料的强度、杨氏模量随温度的下降而上升,尤其是当温度由-10℃下降至-15℃时,这些物理量变化特别显著,之后它们将逐渐趋于某一稳定值。本文对钢纤维混凝土力学性能的温度效应进行了分析并对实验结果进行了细观上的讨论。最后针对负温钢纤维混凝土应力-应变曲线的特点,基于塑性力学和损伤力学理论,建立了负温钢纤维混凝土的含损伤本构方程。该方程物理概念清晰,形式简单,具有一定的应用参考价值。     

Prediction of the penetrated rust into the microcracks of concrete caused by reinforcement corrosion

Consider a steel-rust-concrete composite consisting of a circular cylindrical concrete cover and a coaxial uniformly corroding steel reinforcement. Prediction of the amount of rust penetrated into the microcracks of concrete cover from a set of data measured at the surface of the concrete is of particular interest. The steel is assumed to be linear isotropic and rust follows a power law stress–strain relation. For the concrete, anisotropic behavior and post-cracking softening model is employed. The formulations lead to a nonlinear boundary value problem which is solved analytically. A key parameter β, defined as the ratio of the volume of corrosion products inside the cracks to the volume of the cracks, is calculated. With some efforts, this parameter is also extracted from the available theoretical and experimental studies for the purpose of comparison. The effects of the mechanical properties of rust and concrete on β is addressed.     

EFFECT OF DAMAGE EVOLUTION ON POISSON’S RATIO OF CONCRETE UNDER SULFATE ATTACK

Experimental results about concrete under sulfate attack are summarized,which include the variation of mass density of samples and velocity of ultrasonic wave propagating in samples.The evolution damage is analyzed in terms of the experimental results,and close attention is paid to the effect of damage evolution on Poisson’s ratio.This study shows that Poisson’s ratio is significantly affected by the concentration of solution and water-cement ratio.Poisson’s ratio of concrete changes very little when the water-cement ratio is selected as 0.6 or 0.8,so that such change may be neglected.If water-cement is 0.4,however,the Poisson’s ratio of the sample significantly changes.When the concrete sample of 0.4 water-cement ratio is immersed in sodium sulfate solution of 8% concentration for 285 days,Poisson’s ratio increase 10.14% compared with its initial value.There exist a sensitive region and a non-sensitive region for the change rate of Poisson’s ratio with respect to corrosion time.The change rate of Poisson’s ratio monotonously decreases with corrosion time in the sensitive region;in the non-sensitive region,the change rate of Poisson’s ratio is almost equal to zero.     

THE USE OF VISCO-ELASTOPLASTIC DAMAGE CONSTITUTIVE MODEL TO SIMULATE NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE

A visco-elastoplastic damage constitutive model is proposed for simulating nonlinear behavior of concrete. Based on traditional plastic theory, the irreversible deformation is simulated in effective stress space. In order to reflect different stiffness degradation mechanism of concrete under tensile and compressive loading conditions, both tensile and compressive damage variables are introduced, and then on the basis of energy release rate, the model is firmly derived within the concept of irreversible thermodynamics. The rate-dependent model is considered by introducing viscous regularization into the inelastic strain and damage variable, and combined with an additional elastic condition. Fully implicit backward-Euler algorithm is used to perform constitutive integration. Results of numerical examples using the proposed model agree well with test results for specimens under uniaxial tension and compression, biaxial loading and triaxial loading. Failure processes of single-edge-notched (SEN) beam and double-edge-notched (DEN) specimen are also simulated to further validate the proposed model.     

混凝土损伤本构模型下梁承载力研究

为解决混凝土非线性特性难以描述的难题,通过MTS815.02岩石电液伺服系统,对圆柱体混凝土试件施加定围压比为0.2的围压,得出C25、C35、C45混凝土在＂理想无损伤＂状态下的应力-应变曲线;用Ramberg-Osgood公式描述其应力-应变关系,引入损伤变量演化方程,进而得出混凝土一维受压损伤本构模型。通过与实验数据的对比证明了模型的有效性和准确性;详细地分析了无初始损伤条件下配筋梁受弯破坏时的损伤演化过程;计算C25、C35、C45钢筋混凝土梁的受弯承载力。分析结果显示：随着混凝土强度由C25提高到C45,按此模型计算与按规范公式计算所得梁承载力的差异由1.9%升高至2.84%;下降段损伤累积量占总体损伤度的比例由46.26%升高至86.04%。研究表明,本文的分段曲线损伤模型可以较好地模拟梁混凝土的非线性受压过程,并能够给出损伤程度的预测。