Full-scale model testing on a ballastless high-speed railway under simulated train moving loads     

《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2014

Model testing in laboratory, as an effective alternative to field measurement, provides valuable data to understand railway׳s dynamic behaviors under train moving loads. This paper presents comprehensive experimental results on track vibration and soil response of a ballastless high-speed railway from a full-scale model testing with simulated train moving loads at various speeds. A portion of a realistic ballastless railway comprising slab track, roadbed, subgrade, and subsoil was constructed in a larger steel box. A computer-controlled sequential loading system was developed to generate equivalent vertical loadings at the track structure for simulating the dynamic excitations due to train׳s movements. Comparisons with the field measurements show that the proposed model testing can accurately reproduce dynamic behaviors of the track structure and underlying soils under train moving loads. The attenuation characteristics of dynamic soil stresses in a ballastless slab track is found to have distinct differences from that in a ballasted track. The model testing results provide better understanding of the influence of dynamic soil–structure interaction and train speed on the response of track structure and soils.  相似文献   

Simulating stiffness degradation and damping in soils via a simple visco-elastic–plastic model     

《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2014

Stiffness degradation and damping represent some of the most well-known aspects of cyclic soil behavior. While standard equivalent linear approaches reproduce these features by (separately) prescribing stiffness reduction and damping curves, in this paper a multiaxial, 3D, viscoelastic – plastic model is developed for the simultaneous simulation of both cyclic curves over a wide cyclic shear strain range.The proposed constitutive relationship is based on two parallel resisting/dissipative mechanisms, purely frictional (elastic–plastic) and viscous. The frictional mechanism is formulated as a bounding surface plasticity model with vanishing elastic domain, including pressure-sensitive failure locus and non-associative plastic flow – which are essential for effective stress analysis. At the same time, the use of the parallel viscous mechanism is shown to be especially beneficial to improve the simulation of the overall dissipative performance.In order to enable model calibration from stiffness degradation ($G/G_{\mathit{max}}$) and damping curves, the constitutive equations are purposely kept as simple as possible with a low number of material parameters. Although the model performance is here explored with reference to pure shear cyclic tests, the 3D, multiaxial formulation is appropriate for general loading conditions.  相似文献   

Inelastic seismic behavior of soil–pile raft–structure system under bi-directional ground motion     

《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2014

Performance based design of structure requires a reasonably accurate prediction of displacement or ductility demand. Generally, displacement demand of structure is estimated assuming fixity at base and considering base motion in one direction. In reality, ground motions occur in two orthogonal directions simultaneously resulting in bidirectional interaction in inelastic range, and soil–structure interaction (SSI) may change structural response too. Present study is an attempt to develop insight on the influence of bi-directional interaction and soil–pile raft–structure interaction for predicting the inelastic response of soil–pile raft–structure system in a more reasonably accurate manner. A recently developed hysteresis model capable to simulate biaxial interaction between deformations in two principal directions of any structural member under two orthogonal components of ground motion has been used. This study primarily shows that a considerable change may occur in inelastic demand of structures due to the combined effect of such phenomena.  相似文献   

Out‐of‐plane stability of buckling‐restrained braces including moment transfer capacity          下载免费PDF全文

Toru Takeuchi  Hitoshi Ozaki  Ryota Matsui  Fatih Sutcu 《地震工程与结构动力学》2014,43(6):851-869

Buckling‐restrained braces (BRBs) are widely used as ductile seismic‐resistant and energy‐dissipating structural members in seismic regions. Although BRBs are expected to exhibit stable hysteresis under cyclic axial loading, one of the key limit states is global flexural buckling, which can produce an undesirable response. Many prior studies have indicated the possibility of global buckling of a BRB before its core yields owing to connection failure. In this paper, BRB stability concepts are presented, including their bending‐moment transfer capacity at restrainer ends for various connection stiffness values with initial out‐of‐plane drifts, and a unified simple equation set for ensuring BRB stability is proposed. Moreover, a series of cyclic loading tests with initial out‐of‐plane drifts are conducted, and the results are compared with those of the proposed equations. © 2013 The Authors. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.  相似文献   

An advanced numerical model of elastomeric seismic isolation bearings   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

Manish Kumar  Andrew S. Whittaker  Michael C. Constantinou 《地震工程与结构动力学》2014,43(13):1955-1974

The nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi in March 2011 has led the nuclear community to consider seismic isolation for new large light water and small modular reactors to withstand the effects of beyond design basis loadings, including extreme earthquakes. The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sponsoring a research project that will quantify the response of low damping rubber (LDR) and lead rubber (LR) bearings under loadings associated with extreme earthquakes. Under design basis loadings, the response of an elastomeric bearing is not expected to deviate from well‐established numerical models, and bearings are not expected to experience net tension. However, under extended or beyond design basis shaking, elastomer shear strains may exceed 300% in regions of high seismic hazard, bearings may experience net tension, the compression and tension stiffness will be affected by isolator lateral displacement, and the properties of the lead core in LR bearings will degrade in the short‐term because of substantial energy dissipation. New mathematical models of LDR and LR bearings are presented for the analysis of base isolated structures under design and beyond design basis shaking, explicitly considering both the effects of lateral displacement and cyclic vertical and horizontal loading. These mathematical models extend the available formulations in shear and compression. Phenomenological models are presented to describe the behavior of elastomeric isolation bearings in tension, including the cavitation and post‐cavitation behavior. The elastic mechanical properties make use of the two‐spring model. Strength degradation of LR bearing under cyclic shear loading due to heating of lead core is incorporated. The bilinear area reduction method is used to include variation of critical buckling load capacity with lateral displacement. The numerical models are coded in OpenSees, and the results of numerical analysis are compared with test data. The effect of different parameters on the response is investigated through a series of analyses. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

模型试验柔性均布压力加载系统研制及其应用     

王汉鹏  王琦  李海燕  李为腾  张敦福 《岩土力学》2012,33(7):1945-1950

地质力学模型试验均布压力精确加载是保证试验精度的前提。为此研制了一种新型柔性均布压力加载系统,该系统主要包括液压自动控制系统和柔性均布压力加载装置。液压自动控制系统操作方便,可实现计算机自动控制12路压力精确伺服加、卸载和长期稳压。柔性均布压力加载装置由液压油缸、球铰、刚性推力器和柔性传力橡胶垫块等组成,采用数值方法确定柔性橡胶的厚度为50 mm。该系统应用到表面不平的模型加载中并与刚性加载进行了对比。试验结果表明,柔性均布压力加载系统相对于刚性加载效果显著,模型内应力场均匀程度取决于橡胶传力垫块的邵氏硬度、加载应力大小和距表面深度。邵氏硬度小的橡胶柔性加载模型内应力场更均匀;且模型应力场随加载应力增大趋于均匀。模型内应力场距加载表面越远越均匀,柔性加载使距加载表面130 mm以下应力场基本保持均匀状态。试验表明,柔性均布压力加载系统有利于提高模型试验加载精度,具有广泛的应用前景。  相似文献   

长期循环荷载作用下排水条件对饱和软黏土动力特性影响   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

郭林  蔡袁强  王军 《岩土力学》2013,34(Z2):94-99

由于软黏土渗透系数很小,目前针对饱和软黏土的循环荷载试验绝大多数都是在不排水条件下进行的。但对交通荷载而言,软黏土承受经年累月的长期循环荷载作用,实际的排水条件应该是部分排水的。基于此,通过对温州原状饱和软黏土进行不同循环应力比下的不排水和部分排水大周数（50 000次）循环三轴试验,分析了长期循环荷载作用下排水条件对饱和软黏土动力特性的影响。研究结果表明与不排水条件相比,部分排水条件下软黏土试样的动力特性表现出很大的不同。随着循环次数的增加,部分排水条件下的孔压随先增加后降低,存在一个峰值;经过较大的循环次数后,回弹应变逐渐减小,应力-应变滞回圈逐渐缩短,面积也明显减小。为了准确预测交通荷载作用下的长期沉降,采用部分排水条件进行试验是十分必要的。  相似文献   

循环荷载下双曲线模型修正土体一维固结解     

张磊  孙树林  龚晓南  张杰 《岩土力学》2010,31(2):455-460

假定土体的应力-应变关系满足双曲线模型、渗透系数的降低与压缩系数的减小成正比以及初始有效应力沿深度均匀分布,推导出任意荷载下单层地基的非线性一维固结方程。结合具体的定解条件采用分离变量法求出土体有效应力的通解,并进一步求出超静孔隙水压力、按沉降定义的平均固结度Us以及按孔隙水压力定义的平均固结度Up的通解。根据通解求出梯形低频循环荷载作用下的解,并找出循环荷载作用下土体固结性状的影响因素。基于循环荷载作用下的解,采用FORTRAN语言编制了计算程序,计算并分析考虑土体本构关系非线性时的固结性状,以及反映土体本构特征的参数E和n对固结性状的影响。计算结果表明：①Us稍大于Up;②距排水平面越近,附加有效应力受加载方式的影响越明显,距排水平面越远则相反;③E和n对Us的影响很小,可以忽略不计;④E和n对Up和附加有效应力的影响较大且不容忽略。  相似文献   

不同频率循环荷载作用下岩石阻尼比试验与变形破坏机制细观分析   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

朱珍德  孙林柱  王明洋 《岩土力学》2010,31(Z1):8-12

通过对取自海南昌江核电厂一期工程主厂区的黑云母花岗岩,在RMT－150B多功能全自动刚性岩石伺服试验机进行单轴不同频率的循环加卸载试验,研究花岗岩动应变-应力滞回曲线、动弹性模量和阻尼比同循环频率之间的规律,然后对破坏断裂断口进行细观电镜扫描试验,分析了不同频率下花岗岩断口细观形貌与结构特征。结果表明,花岗岩在循环荷载作用下的加卸应力-应变曲线并不重合,而是形成一个封闭的滞回环;当循环频率在0.01～1.0 Hz范围内变化时,随着频率增大,花岗岩滞回环面积、动弹模和阻尼比都增大;通过细观数字图像试验分析发现,循环荷载作用下,随着频率的增大,岩石断口细观裂纹总的数目、面积、分形维数均变大。文中给出不同频率循环荷载作用下岩石破裂的细观损伤力学机制,研究成果对海南昌江核电厂的地震反应分析和场地安全性评价有着重要参考价值。  相似文献   

红黏土地基承载力和变形参数的空间分布特征分析     

柏巍  孔令伟  郭爱国  万智 《岩土力学》2010,31(Z2):164-169

为了获得红黏土地基承载力和变形参数在横向和垂向上的定量数据及分析它们的变化规律,选取厦门至成都高速公路湖南省郴州段典型横纵断面上的红黏土地层作为试验点,采用平板载荷试验、旁压试验等技术手段进行了原位测试。试验结果表明：红黏土地基承载力和变形模量在横向较小的范围内呈现较大幅度的变化,在垂向上则呈现先增大再减小的变化趋势,与红黏土赋存厚度、地形地貌、含水率等相关;旁压试验所测得的承载力特征值和平板载荷试验测得的承载力特征值之间存在一定的差异性;旁压模量与变形模量可以通过结构性系数联系起来,所得的结构性系数与Menard根据大量黏土试验资料对比所得到的结论较为一致。  相似文献