Fluctuations of Turbulent Bed Shear Stress

With the assumption that the bed shear stress fluctuates in a lognormal fashion, the probability density function (PDF) of the standardized bed shear stress is derived as a function of the relative shear stress intensity. The PDF is more skewed with larger relative intensities, but approaches a Gaussian function when the relative intensity is small. The computed PDF agrees well with the reported experimental data for flows over a smooth boundary. The higher-order moments of the bed shear stress, skewness, and kurtosis, are shown analytically to be also dependent on the relative intensity. The theoretical dependencies are then compared to a number of measurements available in the literature. The Reynolds number effect on the relative intensity is also discussed.     

Plastic Limit, Liquid Limit and Undrained Shear Strength of Soil—Reappraisal

The concept that plasticity index of soils can be defined as a range of water contents producing a 100-fold variation in undrained shear strength has been experimentally verified with the help of a large number of tests on soils of diverse nature. This has led to the redefinition of the plastic limit as the water content at which undrained shear strength is around 170 kN/m2. Undrained shear strength of a soil at the liquid limit can be considered to be around 1.7 kN/m2. Accordingly, both the liquid limit and the plastic limit have been determined in the present work by a single consistent method, i.e., the Swedish fall cone method. The undrained shear strength-water content relationship has been found to be log-linear for a wide range of water contents beginning from lower than the plastic limit to higher than the liquid limit. This resulted in the formulation of an expression for predicting undrained shear strength of a remolded soil at any water content based solely on its liquid limit and plastic limit.     

Schubspannungsbomben in Faserverbunden

Shear Bombs in Fibre Composites Despite an optimum external shape non‐load adapted internal fibre orientation can lead to the formation of shear cracks where crossing tension‐compression principal stress trajectories create localized shear peaks. Trees are subject to those failure because they cannot re‐arrange their fibres after wood formation. Bones can adjust their micro‐structure to changing load conditions and in this way can better control shear failure. The engineer working with fibre composites should be alert to avoid fibre arrangements not following the force flow. Localized shear zones may also form near notches similar to normal notch stresses, however they are not always situated at the contour line of the notch.     

Assessment of Shear Forces on Bridge Abutments: Simplified Method

The conventional application of reduction factors to response spectrum analysis results is inappropriate for the abutment shear forces, which are based on elastic action. On the other hand, adopting the unreduced values from the elastic dynamic analysis does not achieve equilibrium among the abutment shear forces, deck inertia forces, and reduced pier forces. A simplified method is here proposed for the assessment of the shear on the abutments, documented by comparison with response spectrum and time history nonlinear analyses for several bridge configurations. For the analyzed configuration of the bridge with an internal movement joint, the response spectrum analysis underestimates the shear on the abutment for low values of the abutment flexibility and overestimates it when the stiffness of the abutments becomes higher than that of the piers. In all the case studies analyzed, the proposed method approximates the time history results better than the response spectrum.     

Pressure Behavior for Spherical Flow in a Reservoir of Non-Newtonian Power-Law Fluids

The pressure variations during polymer flooding of oil reservoirs for oil recovery projects can be used to analyze the flow in the reservoir which is especially useful for the partially perforated reservoirs. This paper presents a relationship between the viscosity and the shear rate which is similar to forms developed for radial flow (Odeh, A. S., Yang, H. T. ([1979]). SPEJ. AIME (Jun.) 155). The power-law viscosity model is used to give the variation of the fluid viscosity with the spherical radius for a mathematical model of unsteady spherical flow for non-Newtonian fluids with wellbore storage and skin. An analytical solution for the wellbore pressure responses derived in Laplace space is used to analyze the behavior characteristics at early and later times to interpret the well-test parameters. The pressure variations are similar to those for a Newtonian fluid at the early times, but at later times, the variation of the viscosity with the power-law exponent is important, so the pressure response differs from that for a Newtonian fluid. The solution has significance for interpreting well test parameters for non-Newtonian spherical flow.     

双层柱面网壳采用粘滞阻尼器的减震参数分析

研究了粘滞阻尼器对双层柱面网壳减震效果的主要影响参数和影响规律。通过考虑阻尼器不同的设置方式、设置位置和数量、阻尼系数,以及不同的网壳矢跨比,线性阻尼器与非线性阻尼器的比较等,进行了一系列减震参数分析。结果表明,替换方式优于附加方式,替换杆件的数量存在临界值,阻尼系数存在最优范围,网壳矢跨比的影响显著,非线性阻尼器和线性阻尼器的减震效果基本相同等。这些规律对实际工程应用具有一定的参考意义。     

强震区高拱坝抗震措施比较

在拱坝横缝中,设置跨横缝钢筋和阻尼器,可以在一定程度上控制高拱坝在强震作用下的横缝开度,增强拱坝整体性。以国内某高拱坝为例,基于在大型商业有限元分析软件ABAQUS平台上二次开发的拱坝有限元模型,结合已有的计算成果,系统比较了设置跨横缝钢筋和阻尼器的抗震效果,提出了两种措施组合的方案,可供工程应用参考。     

Investigation of Boundary Shear Stress and Pollutant Detachment from Impervious Surface during Simulated Urban Storm Runoff

Pollutant detachment rates have been determined for four chloride salts during simulated urban storm runoff. Under rainfall and/or overland flow conditions, chloride mass flux was measured and related to boundary shear stress of the test surface. Washoff coefficients, presumed to depend only on pollutant characteristics, were computed based on the slopes of dimensionless mass flux versus dimensionless time plots. Washoff coefficients were found to vary among and between the chloride compounds studied. In general, higher overland flow rates produced lower boundary shear and lower washoff coefficients. The combination of simulated rainfall and overland flow resulted in an increased boundary shear and an increased washoff coefficient. An empirical washoff coefficient based on a load characteristic curve derived from an exponential washoff relationship was also computed from the runoff data and compared with the previous washoff coefficient. A linear correlation between these two washoff coefficients was observed. The magnitude of the latter coefficient under simulated rainfall was consistent with reported values obtained from field data.     

空调系统中风阀开度对声学房间噪声的影响

阐述了在一个全空气空调系统服务于多间较小面积声学房间的情况下,风阀开度对声学房间噪声的影响,并用工程实例加以说明,认为风阀开度对录音室和直播室的房间噪声影响很大.此外,对单独控制声学房间温度的几种方法和它们的优缺点也作了阐述.     

Swelling behavior induced by alteration in granite and its implications on underground excavation

Granite is commonly recognized as an ideal medium for underground construction. However, in the site investigation for Heimifeng Pumped Storage Power Station project, it was found that there are swelling behaviors induced by alteration in granite and eventually causing slaking and disintegration of rock blocks. The study shows that hydrothermal alteration in granite is primarily due to the intrusion of multi-phase igneous magma. The clay minerals, such as montmorillonite, chlorite, kaolinite, are the main causes for the swelling behavior of granite. In the exploratory adits, alteration was observed to occur mainly along faults or fractures in the rock masses and resulted in roof caving if water is present. Some of the highly altered borehole cores swell and crack within 24 h in water and eventually disintegrate completely. From the testing results on the samples, the maximum axial free swelling strain is about 1.2%, while the maximum axial confined swelling strain is around 0.1% with swelling stress less than 25 kPa. Under free swelling tests, 80% of swelling is completed within 24 hours. Under confined swelling condition, swelling process is completed within 1 h for some samples, with 80% of maximum swelling strain finished within around 22 h for most of the samples. Contraction of samples occurs after swelling completed. The strength of granite, reflected by deformation and elastic moduli, shear strength, decreases due to alteration. The deformation and elastic moduli are even lower compared to highly weathered rock. The shear strength is between that for highly weathered and slightly weathered rocks. The swelling characteristics of the altered rock present great challenges for support or lining during construction and operation stages. Support or lining shall be in place immediately after excavation. Since the rock may swell when encountering water, the shotcrete shall be designed accordingly. During the construction of access tunnel and caverns, water shall be drained in time. Drainage directly from surface shall be avoided so as to prevent floor heave.