Influential factors in volume change measurements for cementitious materials at early ages and in isothermal conditions

Early age deformations, when restrained, lead to an increase of cracking risk of the material, especially in the case of high strength materials to which we apply modern high energy mixing techniques which accelerate initial hydration rate. The experimental campaign aims to investigate and understand the differences not yet explained between several autogenous measurement techniques, such as the initial swelling measured by the linear devices that is not observed in the case of volumetric measurements. The differences between the results obtained by means of devices when values are zeroed at setting time can be imputed to the intrinsic behaviour of the material within the well-defined boundary conditions imposed by the molds, and not only to the measurement artefact.     

Numerical investigations on the mechanical properties of metallic hollow spheres structure with perforations under compression

This paper numerically investigates the compressive mechanical properties of the perforated hollow spheres structures with different geometrical and physical properties. In these structures, the metallic hollow spheres are perforated regularly with several holes, which open the inner sphere volume and surface and are bonded in simple cubic, body-centered cubic and face-centred cubic patterns. The 5×5 cells finite element models under uniaxial compression are established by ABAQUS 6.14 software for simulation. The influence of the spheres’ spatial pattern, as well as base materials for the spheres and bonding necks on the structural mechanical properties are evaluated. By changing the wall thickness, hole diameter and bonding radius in the body-centered cubic packing finite element model, the elastic modulus, Poisson's ratio and initial yield stress are calculated and discussed as functions of these geometrical parameters and their average densities.     

Formulation of a numerical process for acoustic impedance sensitivity analysis based on the indirect boundary element method

The objective of the work presented in this paper is the formulation, implementation and validation of an algorithm for computing the acoustic sensitivity with respect to the unequal impedance boundary conditions in an indirect boundary element method (IBEM). The IBEM integral equations are considered for all possible acoustic boundary conditions including velocity, pressure, unequal impedance, and simultaneous velocity and unequal impedance boundary conditions. The numerical system of equations is developed using a variational approach. The sensitivity formulation is based on analytically differentiating the system of equations formed by the variational approach with respect to the unequal acoustic impedance boundary conditions. Numerical sensitivity results obtained using the formulation developed in this paper are compared to analytical solutions in order to validate the new formulation.     

柠条塔煤矿大采高工作面切顶沿空留巷围岩变形机理研究

以柠条塔煤矿大采高工作面预裂切顶沿空留巷为工程背景,采用有限元数值模拟方法分析预裂切顶对沿空留巷围岩应力分布的影响。介绍了沿空留巷支护和爆破施工参数,根据围岩表面位移、顶板离层、恒阻锚索受力、液压支架工作阻力监测数据,分析了从开始留巷到变形稳定矿压显现规律。现场试验表明:切顶卸压自动成巷技术能够切断采动应力传递路径,明显降低了浅埋大采高工作面沿空留巷围岩受到的动压扰动,有效抑制了巷道围岩变形,成巷断面尺寸满足生产要求。     

Eigensolutions of multiply connected membranes using the method of fundamental solutions

In this paper, the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) of single and double-layer potential approaches for solving the eigenfrequencies of multiply connected membranes is proposed. By employing the fundamental solution, the coefficients of influence matrices are easily determined. The spurious eigensolution accompanied by the true eigensolution appears. It is found that the spurious eigensolution using the MFS depends on the location of the inner boundary where the sources are distributed. To verify this finding, the true and spurious eigenvalues in an annular domain are analytically studied using the degenerate kernels and circulants for an annular membrane. In order to obtain the true eigensolution, the singular value decomposition (SVD) updating techniques and the Burton and Miller method are utilized to filter out the spurious eigensolutions. Two examples are demonstrated analytically and numerically to see the validity of the present method.     

Dechlorinating ability of TCE-fed microcosms with different electron donors

The main objective of the work presented herein is to assess the effect of different electron donors (butyric acid and methanol) on the dechlorinating activity of two microbial cultures where active methanogenic populations are present, in an effort to evaluate the importance of the electron donor selection process. The ability of each anaerobic culture to dechlorinate TCE, when enriched with either butyric acid or methanol, was verified based on the results of gas chromatography. In addition, the fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods gave positive results for the presence of Dehalococcoides spp. According to results of the batch tests conducted in this study, it appears that the selection of the electron donor for stimulating TCE dechlorination depends on microbial culture composition; therefore, the decision on the appropriate electron donor should be based on site-specific microcosm studies.     

城市的印迹——徐州展览馆街区现状调研与发展策略研究

为了了解展览馆街区的过去,让人们更好地认识展览馆的历史,因此展开了关于徐州展览馆街区现状调研与发展策略研究工作。调研工作以保护历史文化的原则作为指导思想,以调查研究的方式对现存街区的现状、历史、未来等各个方面进行综合评析,希望该项工作对于延续展览馆街区的历史以及以后的发展有所贡献。     

INFLUENCE OF GAPS BETWEEN 3-D MULTIPLE FLOATING STRUCTURES ON WAVE FORCES

In the present investigation, influence of gaps between multiple floating structures on wave forces is examined. Strong and complicate hydrodynamic interactions between the floating bodies are observed and the numerical computations have proved the existence of the sharp peak force response on each floating body at some special resonant wave numbers. The resonant wave number is also proved to be around kL =nπ(n = 1, 2, …, ∞) with a corresponding frequency shift. A small yet finite gap width will also give influence on the resonant frequency and resonant amplitude of the wave forces, but when the distance between two aligned boxshaped floating bodies becomes big enough, the hydrodynamic interaction can be neglected. The strong hydrodynamic interaction feature has its own important practical significance for the design of module structures and the links (connection) in the whole floating body system. Moreover, the importance is closely related to the hydro-elasticity analyses of a multiple box-shaped floating body system, in which local loads may be as important as the integrated loads.