简介:Asimplifiedmultisupportresponsespectrummethodispresented.Thestructuralresponseisasumoftwocomponentsofastructurewithafirstnaturalperiodlessthan2s.Thefirstcomponentisthepseudostaticresponsecausedbytheinconsistentmotionsofthestructuralsupports,andthesecondisthestructuraldynamicresponsetogroundmotionaccelerations.Thismethodisformallyconsistentwiththeclassicalresponsespectrummethod,andtheeffectsofmultisupportexcitationareconsideredforanymodalresponsespectrumormodalsuperposition.Iftheseismicinputsateachsupportarethesame,thesupportdisplacementscausedbythepseudostaticresponsebecomerigidbodydisplacements.Theresponsespectruminthecaseofmultisupportexcitationsthenreducestothatforuniformexcitations.Inotherwords,thismultisupportresponsespectrummethodisamodificationandextensionoftheexistingresponsespectrummethodunderuniformexcitation.Moreover,mostofthecoherencycoefficientsinthisformulationaresimplifiedbyapproximatingthegroundmotionexcitationaswhitenoise.Theresultsindicatethatthissimplificationcanreducethecalculationtimewhilemaintainingaccuracy.Furthermore,theinternalforcesobtainedbythemultisupportresponsespectrummethodarecomparedwiththoseproducedbythetraditionalresponsespectrummethodintwocasestudiesofexistinglong-spanstructures.Becausetheeffectsofinconsistentsupportdisplacementsarenotconsideredinthetraditionalresponsespectrummethod,thevaluesofinternalforcesnearthesupportsareunderestimated.Theseregionsareimportantpotentialfailurepointsanddeservespecialattentionintheseismicdesignofreticulatedstructures.
简介:Thepurposeofthisstudyistodevelopasimplifiedmathematicalmodeltosimulatesuspendedsolidsandtotalphosphorusconcentrationsinawetlandordetentionpond.Fielddatacollectedfromawetdetentionpondduringstormswereusedtodemonstratetheapplicationofthismodel.Favorableagreementsbetweenthemodelresultsanddatawereachieved.Theratioofaverageoutletmethodandsummaryofloadsmethodwereusedtoquantifytheremovalefficiencyofpollutants,reflectingtheefficienciesareveryclose.Theresultsofthisstudycanbeusedfornonpointsourcepollutioncontrol,wastewatertreatmentorbestmanagementpractices(BMPs)throughthewetland.
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简介:Domainswitchingisthemainsourceofnonlinearcharacteristicsinferroelectrics.Accordingtocrystalplasticitytheory,thedomainsanddomainswitchingsystemsforperovskitetypestructureferroelectricsaredefined.Consideringthetraversemotionperformanceofdomainwall,arathersimplifiedformofevolutionlawaboutincrementalofvolumefractionduringdomainswitchinghasbeendeveloped.Themainfactors,whichexertaninfluenceondomainswitching,suchasmaterialparameters,domainwallmotionhistory,kindofdomainswitching(180°or90°)andvolumefraction,couldbeaddressed.Thehysteresisloopsofspontaneouselectricpolarizationasafunctionofelectricfield,thebutterflyshapedstrainversuselectricfieldcurveandtheplatformrelationsbetweenspontaneouspolarizationandstress,aswellasthelongitudinalstrainandstress,arewellsimulatedanddiscussed.
简介:Thelastdecadeorsohasseenthedevelopmentofrefinedperformance-basedearthquakeengineering(PBEE)approachesthatnowprovideaframeworkforestimationofarangeofimportantdecisionvariables,suchasrepaircosts,repairtimeandnumberofcasualties.ThispaperreviewscurrenttoolsforPBEE,includingthePACTsoftware,andexaminesthepossibilityofextendingtheinnovativedisplacement-basedassessmentapproachasasimplifiedstructuralanalysisoptionforperformanceassessment.Detailsofthedisplacement-baseds+eismicassessmentmethodarereviewedandasimplemeansofquicklyassessingmultiplehazardlevelsisproposed.Furthermore,proposalsforasimpledefinitionofcollapsefragilityandrelationsbetweenequivalentsingle-degree-of-freedomcharacteristicsandmulti-degree-of-freedomstorydriftandflooraccelerationdemandsarediscussed,highlightingneedsforfutureresearch.Toillustratethepotentialofthemethodology,performancemeasuresobtainedfromthesimplifiedmethodarecomparedwiththosecomputedusingtheresultsofincrementaldynamicanalyseswithinthePEERperformance-basedearthquakeengineeringframework,appliedtoabenchmarkbuilding.Thecomparisonillustratesthatthesimplifiedmethodcouldbeaveryeffectiveconceptualseismicdesigntool.Theadvantagesanddisadvantagesofthesimplifiedapproacharediscussedandpotentialimplicationsofadvancedseismicperformanceassessmentsforconceptualseismicdesignarehighlightedthroughexaminationofdifferentcasestudyscenariosincludingdifferentstructuralconfigurations.
简介:ThisarticleinvestigatestransmitterdesigninRayleighfadingmultipleinputmultipleoutput(MIMO)channelswithspatialcorrelationwhentherearechanneluncertaintiescausedbyacombinedeffectofchannelestimationerrorandlimitedfeedback.Toovercomethehighcomputationalcomplexityoftheoptimaltransmitpowerallocation,asimpleandsuboptimalallocationisproposedbyexploitingthetransmissionconstraintanddifferentiatingaboundbasedonJenseninequalityonthechannelcapacity.Thesimulationresultsshowthatthemutualinformationcorrespondingtotheproposedpowerallocationcloselyapproachesthechannelcapacitycorrespondingtotheoptimaloneandmeanwhilethecomputationalcomplexityisgreatlyreduced.
简介:Asimplifiedfatigue-lifemodelisproposedforassessingtheseismicinelasticrotationalcapacityofsteelconnections.Firstrelationsaredevelopedforrigidsteelconnectionsunderlateralloading.Nextthisisextendedtoaccountfortheeffectsoftheweldedsteelmomentframe(WSMF)connectionsoftheso-calledpre-Northridgetype.Theseismicfatiguetheoryisvalidatedagainstexperimentalresults.Theexperimentswereconductedunderincreasingductilityamplitudcsuntiltheonsetoffracture.Miner'rulewasusedtoconvertthetestresultstogivenanequivalentconstantamplitudecyclicfatiguelife.Satisfactoryagreementisobtainedwhencomparingtheexperimentalobservationswiththetheoreticalpredictions.
简介:AsimplifiedfragilityanalysisoffantypecablestayedbridgesusingProbabilisticRiskAnalysis(PRA)procedureispresentedfordeterminingtheirfailureprobabilityunderrandomgroundmotion.Seismicinputtothebridgesupportisconsideredtobeariskconsistentresponsespectrumwhichisobtainedfromaseparateanalysis.Fortheresponseanalysis,thebridgedeckismodeledasabeamsupportedonspringsatdifferentpoints.Thestiffnessesofthespringsaredeterminedbyaseparate2Dstaticanalysisofcable-tower-decksystem.Theanalysisprovidesacoupledstiffnessmatrixforthespringsystem.Acontinuummethodofanalysisusingdynamicstiffnessisusedtodeterminethedynamicpropertiesofthebridges.Theresponseofthebridgedeckisobtainedbytheresponsespectrummethodofanalysisasappliedtomultidegreeoffreedomsystemwhichdulytakesintoaccountthequasi-staticcomponentofbridgedeckvibration.Thefragilityanalysisincludesuncertaintiesarisingduetothevariationingroundmotion,materialproperty,modeling,methodofanalysis,ductilityfactoranddamageconcentrationeffect.ProbabilityoffailureofthebridgedeckisdeterminedbytheFirstOrderSecondMoment(FOSM)methodofreliability.Athreespandoubleplanesymmetricalfantypecablestayedbridgeoftotalspan689m,isusedasanillustrativeexample.Thefragilitycurvesforthebridgedeckfailureareobtainedunderanumberofparametricvariations.Someoftheimportantconclusionsofthestudyindicatethat(i)notonlyverticalcomponentbutalsothehorizontalcomponentofgroundmotionhasconsiderableeffectontheprobabilityoffailure;(ii)groundmotionwithnotimelagbetweensupportexcitationsprovidesasmallerprobabilityoffailureascomparedtogroundmotionwithverylargetimelagbetweensupportexcitation;and(iii)probabilityoffailuremayconsiderablyincreaseforsoftsoilcondition.
简介:Throughnumericalmodeling,akindofsimplifiedcalculatingmethodforstandingwavepressureonverticalfacebreakwaterhavebeenputforward.Notonlytheformulasproposedinthispaperaresimpleinformandveryeasyinuse,butalsotheypossesscontinuityonthefullrangeofstandingwave.Andmore,theprecisionrequiremenntsofcalculationcanbesatisfiedtoacertainextentinengineeringpractice.
简介:Theaveragebondenergymethodispopularizedandappliedtostudybandoffsetsatstrainedlayerheterojunctions.BycarefulexaminationofhydrostaticanduniaxialstrainactionsonthebandoffsetparameterEmv,itisfoundthattheaveragebandoffsetparameterEmv,av=Em-Ev,avremainsbasicallyunchangedunderdifferentstrainconditions.Therefore,providedthebandoffsetparameterbeforestrainEmv,0ofbulkmaterialiscalculated,andtheexperimentvaluesofdeformationpotentialbandspin-orbit(SO)splittingenergy△0arequoted,theEmvatstrainedlayercanbeobtainedbyasimpleandconvenientalgebraiccalculation.Thusthevalencebandoffset△Evatstrainedlayerheterojunctincanalsobepredictedconveniently.Thissimplifiedcalcultationmethodischaracterizedbydecreasedcalculationamountandincreasedconvictionduetouseasmanyaspossibletheexperimentvalues.
简介:Asimplifiedwaytocomputemultiplecoherencefunction,partialcoherencefunction,partialmultiplecoherencefunction,aswellasalltypesofcoherentoutputspectraarededucedinthispaperbyapplyingmultivariatelinearregressiontheorytomultiplecoherenceanalysis.Theconceptof"residualcrossspectrum"isavoided.Theformulasaresimpleandeasytobeprogrammed.Theproblemsinnoisesourceidentificationbypartialcoher-encefunctionarediscussed.Theresultsfornoisesourceidentificationinasimulatedmodelaregiven.
简介:Asimplifiedmodalmethodtoexplaintheresonancephenomenoninguidedmoderesonance(GMR)gratingswithasymmetriccoatingsispresented.Theresonanceobservedisduetotheinteractionoftwopropagationmodesinsidethegrating.Thereflectivityspectraandelectricfielddistributionscalculatedfromthesimplifiedmodalmethodarecomparedusingrigorouscoupled-waveanalysis(RCWA).Theinfluencesofhigh-orderevanescentmodesontheresonancepeakareanalyzed.AmatrixFabry-Perot(FP)resonanceconditionisdevelopedtoevaluatetheresonancewavelength.AnexplanationfortheresonancephenomenonobservedbasedontheFPresonancephaseconditionisalsoproposedanddemonstrated.ThesimplifiedmethodprovidesclearphysicalinsightsintoGMRgratingsthatareusefulfortheanalysisofavarietyofotherresonancegratings.
简介:为有未知结构的非线性的系统的一个系统鉴定方法用短输入产量数据被介绍。方法简化原来的NARMAX方法。它为非线性的系统介绍更一般的模型结构。方法被采用获得模型术语的数据处理的组方法(GMDH);参数。建议方法的有效性被一个典型非线性的系统与未知结构说明;缺乏的输入产量数据。
简介:Asimplifiedclosed-formanalyticsolutionforUWBimpulsesignaltransmittingthroughafinitelyconductingslabisproposed.Theapproachfirstrequiresevaluatingtheimpulseresponseoftheslabandthenconvolvingitwiththespecifiedincidentfieldwaveform.Toobtaintheimpulsivetransmittingfield,eitherforverticalorhorizontalpolarization,approximationstotherefractioncoefficientsandpropagationlossaremade,whichcanbeprovedtobeaccurateenough,comparingwiththeirfrequencydomainsolutions.Thereby,itpermitssimplifiedclosed-formexpressionsinthetimedomainforbothterms.Theresultingtransientresponseforthetransmittingimpulsefieldisthengivenbyconvolutionofthetimedomainrefractioncoefficientsandtimedomainpropagationloss.Anumericalexampleofanincidentmonocycletransmittingthroughaslabusingthistechnique,ispresented,toillustratetheeffectiveuseofthemethod.
简介:Asimplifiedmethodforthesimulationoftheergodicspatiallycorrelatedseismicgroundmotionisproposedbasedonthecommonlyusedoriginalspectralrepresentationmethod.Torepresentthecorrelationinthegroundmotion,thephaseanglesaregivenbyexplicittermswithaclearphysicalmeaning.Bytheseexplicitterms,thecomputationalefficiencycanbeimprovedbyconvertingthedecompositionofthecomplexcross-spectralmatrixintothedecompositionoftherealincoherencecoefficientmatrix.Double-indexingfrequenciesareintroducedtosimulatetheergodicseismicgroundmotion,andtheergodicfeatureoftheimprovedmethodisdemonstratedtheoretically.Subsequently,anexplicitsolutionoftheelementsofthelowertriangularmatrixundertheCholeskydecompositionisgiven.Withthisexplicitsolution,theimprovedmethodissimplified,andthecomputationalefficiencycanbeimprovedgreatlybyavoidingtherepetitiveCholeskydecompositionofthecross-spectralmatrixineachfrequencystep.Finally,anumericalexampleshowsthegoodcharacteristicoftheimprovedmethod.