ANALYSIS OF A TOW－SUPPLEMENTAL EQUIPMENT COLD STANDBY REPAIRABLE SYSTEM ON LARGE POWER STATION

This paper considers a cold standby repairable system consisting of twosupplemental equipments and a single repoirman. In the system, the failure distribu-tions and repair distributions of the two-supplemental equipments are assumed to beexponential distributions, but one supplemental equipment after repair will be “asgood as new” and the other one not. Under these assumptions, seme reliability in-dices are derived by using the geometric process and the method of supplementaryvariable.

ANALYSIS ON PSEUDO-STEADY INDENTATION CREEP

Theoretical analysis and finite element （FE） simulation have been carried out for a constant specific load rate （CSLR） indentation creep test. Analytical results indicate that both the representative stress and the indentation strain rate become constant after a transient period. Moreover, the FE simulation reveals that both the contours of equivalent stress and equivalent plastic strain rate underneath the indenter evolve with geometrical self-similarity. This suggests that pseudo-steady indentation creep occurs in the region beneath the indenter. The representative points in the region are defined as the ones with the equivalent stress equal to the representative stress. In addition, it is revealed that the proportionality between indentation strain rate and equivalent plastic strain rate holds at the representative points during the pseudo-steady indentation creep of a power law material. A control volume （CV） beneath the indenter, which governs the indenter velocity, is identified. The size of the CV at the indented surface is approximately 2.5 times the size of the impression. The stress exponent for creep can be obtained from the pseudosteady indentation creep data. These results demonstrate that the CSLR testing technique can be used to evaluate creep parameters with the same accuracy as conventional uniaxial creep tests.

Geometric state transfer method for construction control of a large-segment steel box girder with hoisting installation

This paper aims to address the problem of geometric state control of large-segment steel box girders in offshore hoisting during the construction of large-span bridges. First, the geometric state control indexes of a large-segment steel box girder are determined, such as the manufacturing parameters of the top and bottom slabs, the width of the annular joint, and the support position. Second, the geometric state equations and state transfer matrixes of large-segment steel box girders under different conditions are deduced by taking the mileage and elevation of control points as basic state variables. In application of the geometric state transfer method in the construction control of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the width of the annular joint and the position parameters for the support of the large-segment steel box girder are predicted precisely. Moreover, the manufacturing parameters of the top and bottom slabs of the steel box girders are calculated reliably. The measured values show that the width of the annular joint is basically the same with the difference of less than 2 mm, the eccentricity of bridge support is less than 20 mm, and the elevation error of the bridge deck is within-10 mm to +15 mm, which meets the construction accuracy. Using the geometric state transfer method, the rapid and accurate installation of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has been realized, demonstrating that the precise control of the geometric state of a steel box girder with ectopic installation and multi-state transition can be realized by using the geometric state transfer method.

On geometric interpretation of extended state observer: a preliminary study

Borrowing the framework of the geometric approach, this paper tries to analyze and explain why it is possible for the extended state observer (ESO) to estimate the state vector and total disturbance accurately. The geometric approach has provided an elegant and rigorous framework to redefine some key concepts in modern control theory, such as controllability and observability. Moreover, those concepts can be extended to deal with systems in the presence of inaccessible disturbances, such as controlled invariants and conditioned invariants. It is shown in this paper that the augmented system of the ESO is unknown-state unknown-input completely reconstructable in finite time interval. A numerical simulation is given to verify the state vector and total disturbance can be estimated accurately by the ESO if the augmented system is unknown-state unknown-input completely reconstructable.