2D rotation of rigid inclusions in confined bulk simple shear flow: a numerical study     

Fernando O. Marques  Rui M. Taborda  Jos V. Antunes 《Journal of Structural Geology》2005,27(12):2171-2180

We have used incompressible Navier–Stokes in 2D finite element modelling to investigate rigid inclusion rotation under confined bulk simple shear flow. Confinement is defined as the ratio (S) between the channel width (H) and the inclusion's least axis (e₂)(S=H/e₂). The numerical results show that (i) inclusion rotation is strongly influenced by S and, when the confinement is effective, aspect ratio (R) and shape also play an important role. (ii) Back rotation is limited because inclusions reach a stable equilibrium orientation (_se). (iii) There is also an unstable equilibrium orientation (_ue), which defines an antithetic rotation field with _se, and both _se and _ue depend on S, and inclusion R and shape.  相似文献   

Drying of salt-contaminated masonry: MRI laboratory monitoring     

Teresa Diaz Gonçalves  Leo Pel  José Delgado Rodrigues 《Environmental Geology》2007,52(2):293-302

Drying of masonry specimens was monitored by means of a two-dimensional (2D) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique. The external surfaces stayed wet for longer if NaCl was present instead of pure water only. This corroborates many practical observations that salts aggravate dampness in masonry. A slower evaporation process and not hygroscopicity was the cause. That suggests that salt-induced dampness may, in general, arise simply from changes in the drying process of masonry materials. That also implies that the height and depth at which crystallization occurs in walls may depend on the relative equilibrium humidity (RHeq) and other properties of salts that influence drying of porous materials. Evaporation rates of free surfaces of pure water and saturated NaCl solution were measured by a gravimetric technique. The results indicate that slow drying of salt-contaminated materials is not due only to the lower RHeq of salt solutions. The effective surface of evaporation is likely to be reduced perhaps due to blocking of pores by salt crystals. Final salt-distribution maps of the specimens show that: (a) salts may affect the inner materials of the masonry, even in evaporation-induced processes that lead crystallization to occur predominantly on the external surface; (b) distinct internal distribution patterns occur if masonry composition varies. Electronic supplementary material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at and is accessible for authorized users.  相似文献   

The structure of reactive grain-boundaries under stress containing confined fluids     

D. Koehn  A. Malthe-Srenssen  C.W. Passchier 《Chemical Geology》2006,230(3-4):207-219

We present numerical experiments on structure development in grain-boundaries during dissolution–precipitation creep. Two solids that are represented by an elastic spring configuration are pressed together with a compressible fluid in the grain-boundary. The solid can dissolve or precipitate depending on elastic and surface energy as well as fluid pressure and concentration of dissolved material in the fluid. We perform a number of numerical experiments with different starting configurations that represent a large-scale island-channel interface with solid–solid contacts across the islands, a rough grain-boundary interface with a fluid along the whole interface and a smooth thin-film interface. The simulations suggest that the solid–solid islands become unstable by necking and anti-cracking so that the island-channel interface will develop into a grain-boundary interface. The rough interface of the grain-boundary will coarsen with time so that in the extreme case a smooth thin-film interface will emerge. However the thin-film interface is also not necessarily stable but may develop into a rough grain-boundary where the roughness is initiated by heterogeneous dissolution of the solid. Our numerical experiments suggest that interface structures during dissolution–precipitation creep are transient and that the dominance of one interface structure depends on material properties, the displacement rate, purity of the reacting solid and the scale of observation.  相似文献   

Effectiveness of superelastic bars for seismic rehabilitation of clay‐unit masonry walls     

Kshitij C. Shrestha  Yoshikazu Araki  Takuya Nagae  Toshihiro Omori  Yuji Sutou  Ryosuke Kainuma  Kiyohito Ishida 《地震工程与结构动力学》2013,42(5):725-741

This paper presents the results on shaking table tests of half‐scale brick walls performed to investigate the effectiveness of newly developed Cu–Al–Mn superelastic alloy (SEA) bars in retrofitting of historical masonry constructions. Problems associated with conventional steel reinforcing bars lie in degradation of stiffness and strength, or pinching phenomena, under cyclic loading, and presence of large residual cracks in structures during and after intense earthquakes. This paper attempts to resolve the problems by applying newly developed Cu–Al–Mn SEA bars, characterized by large recovery strain, low material cost, and high machinability, as partial replacements for steel bars. Sets of unreinforced, steel reinforced, and SEA‐reinforced specimens are subjected to scaled earthquake excitations in out‐of‐plane direction. Whereas steel‐reinforced specimens showed large residual inclinations, SEA‐reinforced specimens resulted in stable rocking response with slight residual inclinations. Corresponding nonlinear finite element (FE) models are developed to simulate the experimental observations. The FE models are further used to examine the sensitivity of the response with respect to the variations in experimental conditions. Both the experimental and numerical results demonstrate the superiority of Cu–Al–Mn SEA bars to conventional steel reinforcing bars in avoiding pinching phenomena. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Practice‐oriented probabilistic seismic performance assessment of infilled frames with consideration of shear failure of columns     

Daniel Celarec  Matjaž Dolšek 《地震工程与结构动力学》2013,42(9):1339-1360

The objective of the study presented in this paper is to investigate the effects of masonry infills on the shear demand and failure of columns for the case when reinforced concrete frames with such infills are modeled by means of simplified nonlinear models that are not capable of the direct simulation of these effects. It is shown that an approximate simulation of the shear failure of columns can be achieved through an iterative procedure that involves pushover analysis, post‐processing of the analysis results using limit‐state checks of the components, and model adaptation if shear failure of columns is detected. The fragility parameters and the mean annual frequency of limit‐state exceedance are computed on the basis of nonlinear dynamic analysis by using an equivalent SDOF model. The proposed methodology is demonstrated by means of two examples. It was shown that the strength of the four‐story and seven‐story buildings and their deformation capacity are significantly overestimated if column shear failure due to the effects of masonry infills is neglected, whereas the mean annual frequency of limit‐state exceedance for the analyzed limit states is significantly larger than that estimated for the case if the shear failure of columns is neglected. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Seismic reliability assessment of classical columns subjected to near‐fault ground motions     

Ioannis N. Psycharis  Michalis Fragiadakis  Ioannis Stefanou 《地震工程与结构动力学》2013,42(14):2061-2079

A methodology for the performance‐based seismic risk assessment of classical columns is presented. Despite their apparent instability, classical columns are, in general, earthquake resistant, as proven from the fact that many classical monuments have survived many strong earthquakes over the centuries. Nevertheless, the quantitative assessment of their reliability and the understanding of their dynamic behavior are not easy, because of the fundamental nonlinear character and the sensitivity of their response. In this paper, a seismic risk assessment is performed for a multidrum column using Monte Carlo simulation with synthetic ground motions. The ground motions adopted contain a high‐ and low‐frequency component, combining the stochastic method, and a simple analytical pulse model to simulate the directivity pulse contained in near source ground motions. The deterministic model for the numerical analysis of the system is three‐dimensional and is based on the Discrete Element Method. Fragility curves are produced conditional on magnitude and distance from the fault and also on scalar intensity measures for two engineering demand parameters, one concerning the intensity of the response during the ground shaking and the other the residual deformation of the column. Three performance levels are assigned to each engineering demand parameter. Fragility analysis demonstrated some of the salient features of these spinal systems under near‐fault seismic excitations, as for example, their decreased vulnerability for very strong earthquakes of magnitude 7 or larger. The analysis provides useful results regarding the seismic reliability of classical monuments and decision making during restoration process. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Out‐of‐plane behaviour of a full scale stone masonry façade. Part 1: specimen and ground motion selection     

Alexandre A. Costa  António Arêde  Alfredo Campos Costa  Andrea Penna  Aníbal Costa 《地震工程与结构动力学》2013,42(14):2081-2095

The out‐of‐plane response of walls in existing stone masonry buildings is one of the major causes of vulnerability commonly observed in post‐earthquake damage surveys. In this context, a shaking table (ST) test campaign was carried out on a full‐scale masonry façade mainly focusing on the characterization of its out‐of‐plane overturning behaviour. The structure tested on the ST is a partial reproduction of an existing building from Azores, damaged during the 9 July 1998 Faial earthquake. The definition of the tested specimen as well as the selection of the input ground motion is reported in this paper. A specific emphasis is given to the definition of the time‐history to be applied during the tests because it was felt as an essential and crucial part of the work to obtain the desired overturning behaviour. The accelerogram to be imposed was selected from a large set of accelerograms (74) by means of a step‐by‐step procedure on the basis of several numerical analyses resorting to the rocking response of rigid blocks. A companion paper (Part 2) focuses on the ST test results and detailed data interpretation. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

基于立体视觉的砌体房屋模型振动试验研究     

单宝华  申宇 《地震工程与工程振动》2013,33(3)

针对结构动态响应监测三维变形的需求,研究立体视觉三维测量算法,建立基于结构测面的世界坐标系,得到结构振动响应三维位移公式.研究圆形标识点边缘检测、中心拟合及匹配约束算法,编译基于MATLAB平台的立体视觉结构振动测试分析软件.使用本文集成的立体视觉测量系统完成不同加速度峰值Taft波及El Centro波作用下砌体房屋模型振动台试验,同时测得结构三维位移时程曲线.面内位移时程曲线表明立体视觉方法与位移计数据吻合非常好,证实立体视觉测量方法的有效性.离面位移时程曲线表明砌体房屋模型在地震动作用下发生扭转,且随地震动加速度峰值增大,扭转反应加剧,充分验证立体视觉方法用于监测结构三维振动响应的可靠性及实用性.  相似文献   

基于BP神经网络的有限特征参数砌体结构震害等级推演          下载免费PDF全文

施唯  王东明 《世界地震工程》2022,38(2):160-168

详细的建筑结构特征参数是得到合理地震易损性分析结果的基础。本文给出了一种结合已有地震易损性分析成果,在具备有限特征参数的情况下,利用BP神经网络进行单体或群体结构震害等级推演的方法。以陕西省渭南市607栋设防砌体易损性评估结果为样本构建了一个3层BP神经网络模型,并对北京市海淀区近2万栋设防砌体不同地震烈度下的可能破坏状态进行推演,结果能够反映区域本地化特征,也与抗震设计目标和震害案例相符。该方法适用于少量特征参数下单体或群体结构的快速震害等级推演,可为相似烈度地区的建筑结构风险评估提供参考。  相似文献