Adaptive model-based tracking control for real-time hybrid simulation     

Pei-Ching Chen  Chia-Ming Chang  Billie F. Spencer Jr.  Keh-Chyuan Tsai 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2015,13(6):1633-1653

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Maneuvering modeling and simulation of AUV dynamic systems with Euler-Rodriguez quaternion method   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

C.W.Chen  J.S.Kouh  J.F.Tsai 《中国海洋工程》2013,27(3):403-416

The purpose of this study is to develop maneuvering models and systems of a simulator to improve the motion performance of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) at the preliminary design stages in advance. The AUVs simulation systems based on the standard submarine equations of motion in six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) integrated with the Euler-Rodriguez quaternion method for representing singularity-free AUV attitude and time-saving calculation, and with a nonlinear control model for maneuvering and depth control simulations, time-marching in the fourth-order Runge-Kutta scheme. For validation of the simulation codes, results of the ISiMI AUV open-loop tests including turning test and zigzag test as well as an AUV simulator on the basis of Euler-angle method were used to compare with the quaternion-based AUV simulator. The computational results from the proposed simulator agree well with those from both the ISiMI AUV experiments and the Euler-angle based simulations. Additionally, a new maneuvering procedure, namely "put-out" was implemented to test directional stability for a large-scale AUV in the proposed AUV simulator that can be considered for vehicles in space as well as in constrained planes.  相似文献   

Modeling scale effects on consequent slope deformation by centrifuge model tests and the discrete elementmethod     

Meng-Chia Weng  Ta-Chun Chen  Shang-Jyun Tsai 《Landslides》2017,14(3):981-993

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Higher-mode effect on the seismic responses of buildings with viscoelastic dampers     

Meng-Hao Tsai  Kuo-Chun Chang 《地震工程与工程振动(英文版)》2002,1(1):119-129

In conventional modal analysis procedures, usually only a few dominant modes are required to describe the dynamic behavior of multi-degrees-of-freedom buildings. The number of modes needed in the dynamic analysis depends on the higher-mode contribution to the structural response, which is called the higher-mode effect. The modal analysis approach, however, may not be directly applied to the dynamic analysis of viscoelastically damped buildings. This is because the dynamic properties of the viscoelastic dampers depend on their vibration frequency. Therefore, the structural stiffness and damping contributed from those dampers would be different for each mode. In this study, the higher-mode effect is referred to as the response difference induced by the frequency-dependent property of viscoelastic dampers at higher modes. Modal analysis procedures for buildings with viscoelastic dampers distributed proportionally and non-proportionally to the stiffness of the buildings are developed to consider the higher-mode effect. Numerical studies on shear-type viscoelastically damped building models are conducted to examine the accuracy of the proposed procedures and to investigate the significance of the higher-mode effect on their seismic response. Two damper models are used to estimate the peak damper forces in the proposed procedures. Study results reveal that the higher-mode effect is significant for long-period viscoelastically damped buildings. The higher-mode effect on base shear is less significant than on story acceleration response. Maximum difference of the seismic response usually occurs at the top story. Also, the higher-mode effect may not be reduced by decreasing the damping ratio provided by the viscoelastic dampers. For practical application, it is realized that the linear viscous damping model without considering the higher-mode effect may predict larger damper forces and hence, is on the conservative side. Supported by: Science Council, Chinese Taipei, grant no. 88-2625-2-002-006  相似文献   

Results of Two Pumping Tests in Wisconsin Age Weathered Till in Iowa   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

LaDon Jones  Tracy Lemar  Chin-Ta Tsai 《Ground water》1992,30(4):529-538

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Modelling and comparing 3-D soil stratigraphy using subsurface borings and cone penetrometer tests in coastal Louisiana,USA     

An Li  Frank T.-C. Tsai 《Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards》2020,14(2):158-176

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Estimating relative bed-load contributions by lithology counts     

Hugh H. Mills  Paul J. Tsai 《Mathematical Geology》1982,14(3):241-247

In gravel-bedded streams where bed material of a tributary differs distinctly in lithology from that of the main stream, rock-type percentages can be used to estimate bed-load contributions of the two streams. The rock type that shows the greatest difference in abundance between the two streams is selected as the indicator lithology. Percentages of this lithology are estimated in both the main stream and tributary stream above their junction, and also in the main stream at a distance sufficiently downstream from the junction to allow complete mixing. The fraction of bed load contributed by the main stream, p,is estimated by ,where is an estimate of the proportion of indicator rock fragments in the bed of the main stream above the junction, is an estimate of the proportion in the bed of the tributary above the junction, and is an estimate of the proportion in the bed of the main stream below the junction. The variance of is obtained as var ( )= [p₁q₁(p_r – p₂)²/n(p₁ – p₂)⁴] + [p₂q₂(p_r – p₁)²/n(p₁ – p₂)⁴] + [p_rq_r/n(p₁ – p₂)²].Although no estimate of actual quantity of bed load is provided, the indicator rock technique supplies data that can serve as a check on data obtained by means of empirical formulas or actual transport measurements.  相似文献   

Variation of the oxygen content and point defects in olivines, (Fe x Mg 1−x )2SiO4, 0.2 ≤ x ≤ 1.0     

T.-L. Tsai  R. Dieckmann 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2002,29(10):680-694

 The variation of the oxygen content in olivines, (Fe _x Mg_{1− x} )₂SiO₄, with 0.2 ≤ x ≤ 1.0, was investigated by thermogravimetric measurements. Mass changes occurring upon oxygen activity changes were measured as a function of oxygen activity and cationic composition at 1130 and 1200 °C. During the measurements the samples were in direct contact with gases containing CO, CO₂ and N₂ and, at a few spots at the bottom of the sample stack, also with SiO₂. By fitting experimental data of mass changes to equations derived using point defect thermodynamics, it was shown for olivines with 0.2 ≤ x ≤ 1.0 at 1130 °C and 0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.7 at 1200 °C within the oxygen activity ranges investigated that the observed variations in the oxygen contents are compatible with cation vacancies and Fe³⁺ ions on M sites and Fe³⁺ ions on silicon sites as majority defects if it is assumed that only three types of point defects occur as majority defects. Different cases were considered, closed systems, taking into account that ξ=[Si]/([Si]+[Fe]+[Mg]) is not necessarily equal to 1/3, and olivines in equilibrium with SiO₂ or pyroxenes. The oxygen content variations observed in this study are significantly smaller than those reported previously in the literature. It is proposed that these differences are related to the dissolution of Fe into noble metal containers used as sample holders in earlier studies and/or to the presence of secondary phases. Received: 1 November 1995 / Accepted: 15 September 2002 Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR), a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center of the National Science Foundation (DMR-0079992). The authors thank Mr. Daniel M. DiPasquo and Mr. Jason A. Schick for helping in experimental work.  相似文献   

Optimum tuned-mass dampers for minimizing steady-state response of support-excited and damped systems     

Hsiang-Chuan Tsai  Guan-Cheng Lin 《地震工程与结构动力学》1993,22(11):957-973

A numerical searching procedure to find the optimum tuning frequency and damping ratio of the tuned-mass damper which can reduce the steady-state response of damped main systems to a minimum level is developed and applied to the two different harmonic excitation sources, support motion of fixed-displacement amplitude and support motion of fixed-acceleration amplitude. The explicit formulae for these optimum parameters are then derived through a sequence of curve-fitting schemes. It has been found that, as the error of the explicit formulae is negligible, they provide a convenient tool to compute the optimum parameters in engineering applications. The numerical results show that the tuned-mass damper is less effective in reducing the system's response when there is a high level of damping incorporated into the system. It is also found that the optimum tuning frequency is strongly influenced by the damping level of a system, especially in regard to the fixed-acceleration support motion, but the optimum damping ratio of the tuned-mass damper is not sensitive to the damping level of a system. The response of the damped system using the undamped optimum value as the damping of the tuned-mass damper is not much different from the response using the damped optimum value.  相似文献   

Green's function of support-excited structures with tuned-mass dampers derived by A perturbation method     

Hsiang-Chuan Tsai 《地震工程与结构动力学》1993,22(11):975-990

A tuned-mass damper is a small damped spring-mass system which vibrates in resonance with the main structure to which it is attached so as to be able to dissipate vibration energy and reduce the structural response. In this paper, explicit forms of Green's function for the transient response of main structures equipped with the tuned-mass damper and subjected to support excitation are derived by perturbation techniques and provide an insight into the characteristics of the damper. It is found that there exists a critical damping level for the tuned-mass damper. If the damper damping is higher than this critical damping level, increasing the damper damping will enhance the structural response. When the damper damping is below this critical value, something called ‘beat phenomenon’ occurs where the structure will have a smaller response in the first beat cycle, but have a higher rebound in the following beat cycles.  相似文献