Sound reflection from layered solid medium with rigid and slip interfaces

In this paper, a general model on sound reflection from a layered solid medium with rigid and slip interfaces is proposed by using matrix method. Analytical expressions for reflection coefficients of both longitudinal and transverse waves from the layered solid medium with one or two slip interfaces are derived. Numerical results of sound reflection coefficients from some typical adhesive joints with slip and rigid interfaces are presented, which may be useful for correct choice of technical parameters in ultrasonic evaluation of their interface properties.

Effects of interface slip and semi-rigid joint on elastic seismic response of steel-concrete composite frames

The stiffness matrix of semi-rigidly connected composite beams considering interface slip was established and the calculation method for elastic seismic response of composite frame was derived.The corresponding calculation programs were developed.Introducing the dimensionless quantities that were related to the connector shearing stiffness and the joint rotation stiffness,the influences of interface slip and semi-rigid joint on composite frame were transferred to quantitative parameter analysis,taking account of cross sectional properties,materials and linear stiffness of composite beam synthetically.Based on the calculation programs,free vibration frequencies and seismic responses of semi-rigid joint steel-concrete composite frame considering interface slip were calculated.The influences of interface slip and semi rigid joint on dynamic characteristics and seismic response were analyzed and the seismic design advices were presented.The results show that the interface slip decreases the free vibration frequencies and increase the seismic responses of composite frame.The semi-rigid joint reduces the free vibration frequencies and increases seismic responses of composite frame compared with rigid joint.With the increase of joint rotational stiffness,the elastic seismic responses of composite frame increase firstly and then decrease.The effects are related to the ratio of joint rotation stiffness to linear stiffness of composite beam.

GREEN'S FUNCTIONS FOR ANISOTROPIC PIEZOELECTRIC BIMATERIALS WITH A SLIPPING INTERFACE

An explicit full-field expression of the Green's functions for anisotropic piezoeleetric bimateri- als with a slipping interface is derived.When the electro-elastic singularity reduces to a pray dislocation in displacement and electric potential,interaction energy,between the dislocation and the bimaterials is obtained explicitly while the generalized force on the disloeation is given in a real form whieh is also valid for degener- ate materials.The investigation demonstrates that the houndary conditions at lhe slipping interface between two piezoelectric materials will exert a prominent influence on the mobility of the dislocation.

Performance of interface between TRC and existing concrete under a chloride dry-wet cycle environment

Textile-reinforced concrete(TRC)is suitable to repair and reinforce concrete structures in harsh environments.The performance of the interface between TRC and existing concrete is an important factor in determining the strengthening effect of TRC.In this paper,a double-sided shear test was performed to investigate the effects of the chloride dry-wet cycles on the average shear strength and slip at the interface between the TRC and existing concrete,also considering the existing concrete strength,bond length,textile layer and short-cut fiber arrangements.In addition,X-ray diffraction(XRD)technology was used to analyze the microscopic matter at the interface in the corrosive environment.The experimental results indicate that the interface performance between TRC and existing concrete would decrease with continued chloride dry-wet cycles.Compared with the specimen with a single layer of textile reinforcement,the specimens with two layers of textile with added PVA or AR-glass short-cut fibers could further improve the properties of the interface between the TRC layer and existing concrete.For the TRC with a single layer of textile,the average shear strength tended to decrease with increasing bond length.In addition,the strength grade of the existing concrete had a minor effect on the interface properties.

Atomistic simulations of the lubricative mechanism of a nano-alkane lubricating film between two layers of Cu-Zn alloy

We describe simulations of lubrication by a hexadecane molecular lubricating film during the shearing process of a Cu-Zn alloy performed using the atomistic method.The results indicate that with increasing Zn contents,the interface slip between the alloy wall and the lubricating film first decreases and then increases,according to variations of the radius distribution function(RDF),while the interface slip reaches its lowest value of 0.12 during the shearing of CuZn30 alloy.We also discuss the relationship between interface roughness and the lubricating film.During film lubrication,the interface's roughness effectively inhibits interfacial slip.For the convex contact model,the presence of the hexadecane lubricating film reduces the interfacial contact pressure from 11.9 GPa to 8.7 GPa and the friction coefficient from 0.81 to 0.52.

Theoretical and experimental study on multiscale coupled Mohr-Coulomb shear strength criterion of fibre-reinforced sand

Fibre-reinforced sand(FRS)is a multiphase and multiscale geo-material,which is widely used in geotechnical engineering as supporting structure of excavation of underground space and reinforcement of foundation of underground structures,and its strength is determined by the properties of the heterogeneous substances of the FRS and their coupling mechanical responses.In order to investigate the influence of fibre characteristics and mechanical properties on the shear strength of the FRS,according to the microscopic interface slip effect generated by the interaction between sand particles and the interaction between these particles and fibre,the material phase of the FRS is divided to conceptualize a micro cell element of the FRS that is capable of reflecting the internal material characteristic information of the FRS.Moreover,based on the coordinated deformation condition between fibres and sand particles at the microscale and the couple stress theory that is capable of effectively describing the discontinuous mechanical responses at the sand-fibre interface,a mesomechanism-based multiscale Mohr–Coulomb shear strength criterion of the FRS is derived,and the yield locus of the FRS is also drawn on the p plane.Furthermore,a series of FRS samples with different fibre content and fibre length were prepared by adopting the freezing method,and consolidated and drained triaxial compression tests were conducted on these samples to validate the proposed multiscale coupled Mohr–Coulomb shear strength criterion.Results show that the multiscale coupled Mohr–Coulomb shear strength criterion is capable of effectively reproducing and predicting the yield strength of the FRS.The yield locus of the FRS extends outwards as fibre content and fibre length increase.The yield stress of the FRS predicted by the proposed multiscale coupled Mohr–Coulomb shear strength criterion is in good agreement with that of the test result.