简介:Currently,thereareawiderangeoflinetypesinthefieldofarchdamdesigningandconstruction,andeachofthemmayhavetheirownstrengthandweaknessdisparately.Atrade-offbetweenthesize,stress,aswellastheconstructioncostandcomplexityofthedamneedstobemadeinordertoarriveatanewsolutioncalledthecycloidarchdam.ThroughredevelopmentofVBAusingAutoCAD,thearchringandthecenterofthearchlinehavebeendesigned.Also,thestressanalysisonparabolaandcycloidhavebeendone,whichprovidesatheoreticalprinciplethatthecycloidcouldberegardedasanewlinetypeofthearchdam.
简介:Aseismicstabilityassessmentofarchdam-foundationsystemsispresentedusingacomprehensiveapproach,inwhichthemainfactorsthatsignificantlyinfluencetheseismicresponseofanarchdam-foundationsystemareconsidered.Alargescalefiniteelementmodelwithover1milliondegreesoffreedomisconstructedfortheBaihetanarchdam(289mhigh),whichisunderconstructionintheSouthwestofChina.Inparticular,thecomplicatedgeologicalconditionswithfaultsintersectinginterlayershearweaknesszonesatthedambaseandthedamabutmentresistingforcebodyismodeledintheanalysis.Threeperformanceindicesareadoptedtoassesstheseismicstabilityofthearchdam.TheresultsdemonstratethattheopeningofthejointsoftheBaihetanarchdamissmallandthewaterstopinstalledbetweenthejointswouldnotbetornduringadesignearthquake.Theyieldingformedintheinterfacebetweenthedamandfoundationdoesnotreachthegroutingcurtainthatwouldremaininanelasticstateafteranearthquake.Theyieldingzonesoccurringontheupperportionofthedamfacesextend1/8thicknessofblocksectionintothedambodyandthuscantileverblocksneednotbeconcernedwithslidingstability.Thefaultsandinterlayershearweaknesszonesinthenearfieldfoundationexhibitsevereyielding,andapotentialslidingsurfaceispenetrated.Althoughthefactorofsafetyagainstslidingofthesurfacefluctuateswithadecreasedtrendduringanearthquake,theminimuminstantaneousvaluereaches1.02andisstilllargerthan1.0.Therefore,aconclusionisdrawnthattheBaihetanarchdam-foundationsystemwillremainstableunderthedesignearthquake.
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简介:Shakingtabletestsofa1:10scalearchmodelperformedtoinvestigatetheseismicbehaviorandresistanceofconcretefilledsteeltubular(CFT)archstructuresaredescribedinthispaper.TheEl-CentrorecordandShanghaiartificialwavewereadoptedastheinputexcitation.Theentiretestprocesscanbedividedintothreestagesdependingonthelateralbraceconfigurations,i.e.,fully(five)braced,twobracesremoved,andallbracesremoved.Atotalof46tests,startingfromtheelasticstatetofailurecondition,havebeenconducted.Thenaturalvibrationfrequencies,responsesofacceleration,displacementandstrainweremeasured.Fromthetestresults,itisdemonstratedthattheCFTarchstructuresarecapableofresistingseveregroundmotionsandthatCFTarchesofferacrediblealternativetoreinforcedconcretearches,especiallyinregionsofhighseismicintensity.
简介:Background:Thisprospectivestudyexploredtheeffectsofendurancerunning(ER)inminimalversusstandardrunningshoesonthefoot'ssuperficiallayerintrinsicmusclesandthefunctionofthelongitudinalarch.Ourhypothesiswasthatrunninginminimalshoeswouldcausehypertrophyinthesemusclesandleadtohigher,stronger,stifferarches.Methods:Thehypothesiswastestedusingasampleof33healthyrunnersrandomizedintotwogroups,acontrolgroupshodintraditionalrunningfootwearandanexperimentalgroupshodinminimalsupportfootwear,whosefeetwerescannedinanMRIbeforeandaftera12-weektrainingregime.Runningkinematicsaswellasarchstiffnessandheightwerealsoassessedbeforeandafterthetreatmentperiod.Results:Analysisofanatomicalcross-sectionalareasandmusclevolumesindicatethattheflexordigitommbrevismusclebecamelargerinbothgroupsby11%and21%,respectively,butonlytheminimallyshodrunnershadsignificantarealandvolumetricincreasesoftheabductordigitiminimiof18%and22%,respectively,andsignificantlyincreasedlongitudinalarchstiffness(60%).Conclusion:Theseresultssuggestthatendurancerunninginminimalsupportfootwearwith4mmoffsetorlessmakesgreateruseofthespringlikefunctionofthelongitudinalarch,thusleadingtogreaterdemandsontheintrinsicmusclesthatsupportthearch,therebystrengtheningthefoot.
简介:Becauseofitsgoodconditionwithmechanics,logarithmicspiraldoublecurvearchbamhasbeenwidelyusedinthepracticalengineering.Theintroductionofanewmethodinhowtodividetransversejointinarchdamwillbegivenandthefurtherresearchofitscalculationhasbeendone.TheC++isusedinelectronicprocedureandthe3DsimulationhasbeenfinishedwithAutoCAD,whichwillprovidetheobjectmodelforcomputersimulationofthearchdamandthedivisionoffiniteelementmesh.Meanwhile,thismethodindividingthetransversejointinarchdamalsocanbetakenasthecalculatedbasisforthedesignandcalculationofarchdam,constructionloftingandthecalculationoftheworkamount.
简介:ThecalculationofultimatebearingcapacityisasignificantissueinthedesignofConcreteFilledSteelTubular(CFST)archbridges.Basedonthespacebeamtheory,thispaperprovidesacalculationmethodfordeterminingtheultimatestrengthofCFSTstructures.Theaccuracyofthismethodandtheapplicabilityofthestress-strainrelationshipswerevalidatedbycomparingdifferentexistingconfinedconcreteuniaxialconstitutiverelationshipsandexperimentalresults.Comparisonoftheseresultsindicatedthatthismethodusingtheconfinedconcreteuniaxialstress-strainrelationshipscanbeusedtocalculatetheultimatestrengthandCFSTbehaviorwithsatisfactoryaccuracy.Thecalculationresultsarestableandseldomaffectedbyconcreteconstitutiverelationships.Themethodisthereforevaluableinthepracticeofengineeringdesign.Finally,theultimatestrengthofanarchbridgewithspanof330mwasinvestigatedbytheproposedmethodandthenonlinearbehaviorwasdiscussed.