小型高效气动立式预混装置异形桨叶工作特性研究

为解决某交联剂在预混时溶解慢、易挥发、对操作人员危害大等问题,开发了一套采用单轴异形桨叶的可远程控制的小型高效立式气动预混装置。通过有限元方法计算了四种搅拌叶片的流场特性,分析了异形桨叶和其他三种常用桨叶的总体流型、速度流线分布。结果表明,在预混转速为45 rpm时,异形叶片可实现交联剂径向流动,使旋转中心的交联剂充分混合,有效防止中心死区的出现,展现出良好的预混性能,预混时间由人工预混的6 h缩短为2 h,乙腈溶液挥发量减少了60.8%,有效解决了交联剂挥发和挂壁析出问题,提高了交联剂的预混效率。

Experimental study of pre-cracked concrete subjected to cryogenic freeze-thaw cycles based on an LNG concrete tank

To investigate the mechanical properties of concrete under the leakage condition for a liquefied natural gas storage tank,cryogenic freeze-thaw cycle tests were performed under liquid nitrogen refrigeration and water immersion melting.The effects of the cryogenic temperature,freeze-thaw cycle,pre-crack,and addition of steel fiber on the compressive strength,flexural strength,and splitting tensile concrete strength were analyzed.The experimental results show that the width of pre-cracks tends to expand after freeze-thaw cycles.When the freezing temperature is -80℃,the relative width of the pre-cracks expands by 1 to 2 times.However,when the freezing temperature is -120℃,the relative width of the pre-cracks expands by 2 to 5 times.Compared with the specimens without steel fibers,the specimens with steel fibers can still maintain a relatively complete appearance structure after the mechanical property tests.The compressive strength,flexural strength,and splitting tensile concrete strength decrease with the drop in the freezing temperature.After adding steel fibers,all of the three strengths increased.

Behavior and Flexural Prediction of Special Cementitious Bonding Material for Fiber Reinforced Strengthening Systems

Strengthening of RC structures with externally bonded FRP （fiber reinforced polymers） has become an important challenge in civil engineering. Epoxy is the main bonding agent used so far, but in the case of a fire, it is subjected to complete loss of his bonding capabilities. Mineral based composites strengthening systems consist of FRPs and a cementitious bonding agent which form a repair or strengthening system that is more compatible with the concrete substrata, and roved its efficiency. The current research introduces the use of a special cementitious material ＂Grancrete＂ as a bonding agent. Test results of 32 T-section RC beams strengthened with various FRG （fiber reinforced Grancrete） strengthening systems are presented. The results demonstrated that most of the specimens were likely to fail by debonding of the FRP from the concrete either at the ends or at intermediate flexural cracks. This paper presents an in-depth study aimed at the development of a better understanding of debonding failures in RC beams strengthened with externally bonded FRP systems. Different analytical models, published in the literature for plate end debonding, are reviewed and compared to test results. The results also demonstrated that when using U-wraps, the specimens were likely to fail by FRP sheet rupture.

Prediction method of impeller performance and analysis of loss mechanism for mixed-flow pump

A loss model for the mixed-flow pump impellers was developed by summarizing a variety of loss calculation formulas systematically.The internal flow field of the impeller was obtained by employing the iterative calculation for S 1 and S 2 stream surfaces to solve the continuity and motion equations of fluid.Based on the calculation method of the flow field and the loss model,it is achieved to predict the impeller performance of the mixed-flow pump and the performance curves of a mixed-flow pump model with adjustable blades.Compared with the test data,the loss model of the mixed-flow pump based on the iterative calculation can predict the impeller performance quickly and accurately,which has a high value on the engineering applications.Based on the test verification,curves of various kinds of losses varied for the flow rate were analyzed under different blade angles.In addition,the mechanisms of various kinds of losses inside the mixed-flow pump impeller were discussed in-depth.

Experimental investigation on dynamic mechanical characteristics and microstructure of steam-cured concrete

Steam-cured concrete is widely used to manufacture prefabricated units of high-speed railway foundation structure such as girder and track slab.The dynamic mechanical property of steam-cured concrete is one of the key properties affecting service performance of high-speed railway foundation structure.In the present paper,serial macro/micro-experiments were carried out to investigate the dynamic elastic modulus,shear modulus,damping ratio,and microstructure of steam-cured concrete.The relationships between compositions,curing regime,microstructure,and dynamic properties of steam-cured concrete as well as the corresponding mechanisms were discussed.The results indicate that steam-cured concrete in early age has a larger dynamic elastic modulus and shear modulus as well as a smaller damping ratio compared with standard-cured concrete.On the contrary,at a later age a slightly smaller dynamic elastic modulus and a larger damping ratio of steam-cured concrete are observed.Addition of mineral admixture results in a bit lower dynamic elastic modulus and damping ratio of concrete than that of the control specimen without mineral admixtures.The achievements can provide some fundamental suggestions for materials parameters selection during structural design of steam-cured concrete precast element.