Effect of specimen size and loading conditions on spalling of concrete

Different qualities of concrete have been fire tested using different geometries of the specimens as well as different load levels and load configurations. The main objective with the study was to examine a test methodology consisting of a full‐scale test and different small scale‐tests for determining the probability of spalling and the amount of spalling of fire exposed concrete structures. A reference specimen was defined as a one‐sided fire exposed slab with the dimensions 1800 × 1200 mm² giving an exposed area of 1500 × 1200 mm². A number of concrete qualities with different probabilities for spalling, were tested using the reference specimen. These tests showed that the reference specimens worked well giving the expected test results. Small specimens were manufactured in different shapes with the same concrete as the one used in the reference tests. These small specimens were tested either at the same time as the reference specimens in the large furnace or afterwards on a small‐scale furnace where the fire exposed surface was 450 × 360 mm². The test results clearly show the increased probability and the increased amount of spalling by using external compressive loading. The results also show that by using pre‐stress through bars or wires the load can be lost due to heating of the bars/wires which results in a decreased amount of spalling. The boundary of the specimen also affects the amount of spalling. The spalling around the edges was in all tests less than the spalling on the central parts of the exposed area. It could also be noted that the spalling did not pass completely through any of the specimens. The reason for this is probably that the water/vapour could migrate out from the unexposed surface of the specimen. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A limit analysis of nonlinear elastic lateral displacements of thin-walled reinforced and prestressed beams

An incremental iterative process based on direct energy minimization is presented for a limit analysis of nonlinear elastic lateral displacements and twists of reinforced and prestressed beams. Problems encountered with the constitutive relations are discussed and two possible material models are presented.     

单桩腿有限元分析

为保证桩腿在冬季冰区海域的安全使用,对桩腿结构进行冰载荷作用下的强度分析。应用ANSYS软件建立桩腿、地基、冰相互作用的仿真计算模型,实现桩腿的力学分析。对桩腿进行了强度校核,计算出冰载荷作用下桩腿的变形及其应力状态。计算结果表明,桩腿在此冰载荷作用下强度满足安全要求。     

Failure of greenstone, jasper and cataclasite aggregate in bituminous concrete due to studded tyres: Similarities and differences

In wintertime, the use of studded tyres is common in the Nordic countries, steeply in creasing road wear. Apart from reducing surface quality and durability, the airborne dust presents a potential health hazard. To reduce road wear and dust release, there is a tendency to use harder and more wear-resistant aggregate materials.On the roads in and around Trondheim, mid-Norway, three types of aggregate material are common: greenstone, jasper and ‘mylonite’, in fact a cataclasite. Extensive laboratory testing suggests that cataclasite aggregate has better wear resistance than greenstone, but less than jasper [Erichsen E, Schiellerup H, Gautneb, H, Ottesen RT, Broekmans M. Road dust in Trondheim — analysis of the mineral content of airborne dust. (In Norwegian.) Geological Survey of Norway, NGU-report 2004. 037; 2004. p. 73]. However , observations on fluorescence-impregnated plane and thin sections demonstrate that in practice, cataclasite wears faster than greenstone, which may be attributed to its oriented fabric, as opposed to the random fabric in greenstone and jasper. The original article by Rosiwal from 1896 [Rosiwal A. Neue Untersuchungser gebnisse über die Härte von Mineralien und Gesteine. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen geologischen Reichsanstalt, vol. 17/18; 1896. p. 475–491] on abrasion hardness and anisotropy provides an elegant explanation for the field observations.     

冲切成槽法在薄壁砼防渗墙施工中的应用

冲切成槽法施工薄壁砼防渗墙,是一种新型防渗墙施工方法,它是利用特制的扁钻头对风化基岩或卵石层进行冲切成槽的施工方法,在工艺上有着较强的优越性.     

WSP特殊螺纹接头油井管的研制

介绍了WSP特殊螺纹接头的基本结构和设计思想,运用有限元方法,重点论述了密封设计和连接强度设计的方法和准则,并通过全尺寸试验进行了验证。计算和试验结果表明,该接头具有先进的螺纹形式、合理的扭矩台肩和金属/金属密封结构,有效地克服了API圆螺纹和偏梯形螺纹的不足,螺纹达到了与管体等强度,气密封能力达到了管体的内壁屈服压力。研究结果可以为开发更多适合油气田实际的特殊螺纹接头油井管提供参考。     

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.     

可焊性高强度钢筋的开发与生产

为进一步开发国际钢材市场，研制开发了符合加拿大可焊性高强度钢筋标准要求的高强度钢筋．制定了化学成分及力学性能内控标准，分析了生产工艺各环节对成分和性能的影响，依据试验结果，在全面统计分析的基础上，调整了冶炼成分，生产的531批钢筋全部合格．通过直方图及回归分析，说明了制定的产品生产工艺可行，也为今后的生产提供了理论依据。     

套管钻井用套管外表面磨损后剩余强度分析

在分析讨论套管钻井管柱磨损形态的基础上,结合API5C5实物试验尺寸要求,通过有限元计算分析方法,对钻井套管完钻后含有外表面磨损缺陷的套管柱的极限剩余抗挤强度和极限剩余抗拉强度进行了研究,分别获得了均匀磨损和偏磨条件下,套管钻井套管柱外表面磨损缺陷的临界长度尺寸数值,以及不同破坏失效准则条件下的剩余抗挤强度和剩余抗拉强度的计算方程,为套管钻井中套管柱的设计、计算奠定了理论基础。     

Extremes of random fields over arbitrary domains with application to concrete rupture stresses

To find the exact probability distribution of the global maximum or minimum of a random field within a bounded domain is a pending problem even for Gaussian fields. Except for very special examples of fields, recourse must be taken to approximate reasoning or asymptotic considerations to be judged with respect to accuracy by simulations. In this paper, the problem is addressed through a functional equation that leads to the definition of a class of distribution functions that depend solely on process or field characteristics and domain quantities that can be calculated explicitly. This distribution function class is studied for Gaussian processes in earlier works by the author and it has been obtained explicitly for Gaussian fields on rectangular domains in the plane. Simulation studies show that rather good predictions are obtained for sufficiently smooth wide band Gaussian processes and fields. In this paper, the distribution function is obtained in general for Gaussian fields over arbitrary bounded domains with piecewise continuous and differentiable boundaries, and as in earlier works the distribution function is tested against empirical distribution functions obtained by simulation of sample functions of a smooth approximately Gaussian field, herein called a broken line Hino field. For completeness this particular field type is defined in appendix a and appendix b. The paper concludes with a statistical application on data for plain concrete tensile strength.