Effects of bending on heat transfer performance of axial micro-grooved heat pipe

Heat pipe is always bent in the typical application of electronic heat dissipation at high heat flux,which greatly affects its heat transfer performance. The capillary limit of heat transport in the bent micro-grooved heat pipes was analyzed in the vapor pressure drop,the liquid pressure drop and the interaction of the vapor with wick fluid. The bent heat pipes were fabricated and tested from the bending angle,the bending position and the bending radius. The results show that temperature difference and thermal resistance increase while the heat transfer capacity of the heat pipe decreases,with the increase of the bending angles and the bending position closer to the vapor section. However,the effects of bending radius can be ignored. The result agrees well with the predicted equations.

Bending performance of TRC-strengthened RC beams with secondary load under chloride erosion

Textile reinforced concrete(TRC)has good bearing capacity,crack resistance and corrosion resistance and it is suitable for repairing and reinforcing concrete structures in harsh marine environments.The four-point bending method was used to analyze the influence of the salt concentration,the damage degree and the coupled effect of the environment and load on the bending performance of TRC-strengthened beams with a secondary load.The results showed that as the salt concentration increased,the crack width and mid-span deflection of the beam quickly increased,and its bearing capacity decreased.As the damage degree increased,the early-stage crack development and mid-span deflection of the beam were less affected and the ultimate bearing capacity significantly decreased.In addition,the coupled effect of the environment and load on the beams with a secondary load was significant.As the sustained load increased,the ultimate bearing capacity of the strengthened beam decreased,and cracks developed faster in the later stage.In addition,the mid-span deflection of the beam decreased at the same load level because of the influence of the initial deflection due to the sustained load corrosion.

Experimental Study on the Influence of Cross-Section Type of Marine Cable Conductors on the Bending Performance

Through the development of marine energy,marine cables are the key equipment for transmission of electrical energy between surface platforms and underwater facilities.Fatigue failure is a critical failure mode of marine cables.The bending performance of the cable conductor has a major influence on both bending and fatigue performances of the overall cable structure.To study the influence of different types of the conductor cross-section on the bending performances of marine cable conductors,three types of copper conductors with the same cross-sectional area,i.e.,noncompressed round,compressed round,and shaped wire conductors,were selected.The experimental results demonstrated that the cross-section type significantly affects the bending performances of copper conductors.In particular,the bending stiffness of the shaped wire conductor is the highest among the three conductor types.Four key evaluation parameters,i.e.,the bending stiffness,maximum bending moment,envelope area,and engineering critical slip point,were selected to compare and analyze the bending hysteresis curves of the three copper conductors.The differences in the key evaluation parameters were analyzed based on the structural dimensional parameters,processing methods,and classical bending stiffness theoretical models of the three copper conductor types.The results provide an important theoretical guidance for the structural design and engineering applications of marine cable conductors.

Experimental study of hollow rectangular bridge column performance under vertical and cyclically bilateral loads

To investigate the seismic performance of hollow reinforced concrete （RC） bridge columns of rectangular cross section under constant axial load and cyclically biaxial bending, five specimens were tested. A parametric study is carried out for different axial load ratios, longitudinal reinforcement ratios and lateral reinforcement ratios. The experimental results showed that all tested specimens failed in the flexural failure mode and their ultimate performance was dominated by flexural capacity, which is represented by the rupture/buckling of tensile longitudinal rebars at the bottom of the bridge columns. Biaxial force and displacement hysteresis loops showed significant stiffness and strength degradations, and the pinching effect and coupling interaction effect of both directions severely decrease the structural seismic resistance. However, the measured ductility coefficient varying from 3.5 to 5.7 and the equivalent viscous damping ratio varying from 0.19 and 0.26 can meet the requirements of the seismic design. The hollow RC rectangular bridge columns with configurations of lateral reinforcement in this study have excellent performance under bidirectional earthquake excitations, and may be considered as a substitute for current hollow RC rectangular section configurations described in the Guideline for Seismic Design of Highway Bridges （JTG/T B02-01-2008）. The length of the plastic hinge region was found to approach one sixth of the hollow RC rectangular bridge column height for all specimen columns, and it was much less than those specified in the current JTG/T. Thus, the length of the plastic hinge region is more concentrated for RC rectangular hollow bridge columns.

OBSERVATIONS ON DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBERS BY POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY

By means of polarizing optical microscopy (POM), deformation behavior of four kinds of fibers, i.e, ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) fiber, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fiber, and wholly aromatic (rho-hydroxybenzoic acid/2-hydroxy-6-naphthoic acid) copolyester [P(HBA/HNA)]/PET (ACPET blend) fiber, in axial compression, axial impacting, and bending was observed. In compression, kink bands formed at an angle of 55-60 degrees ro the fiber axis in 10-times-drawn UHMW-PE fiber, 75-80 degrees in 40-times-drawn sample, 80 degrees in PVA fiber, and 90 degrees in the ACPET blend fiber. In impacting and bending, band angles of UHMW-PE, PVA and PET fibers are nearly the same as those formed in compression, indicating that slip systems do not change. For any of the four kinds of fiber, band spacing exhibits great differences in compression, in impacting, and in bending, which may be attributed to the differences in the degrees of strain or stress concentration.

Performance enhancement of sandwich panels with honeycomb–corrugation hybrid core

The concept of combining metallic honeycomb with folded thin metallic sheets （corrugation） to construct a novel core type for lightweight sandwich structures is proposed. The honeycomb-corrugation hybrid core is manufactured by filling the interstices of aluminum corrugations with precision-cut trapezoidal aluminum honeycomb blocks, bonded together using epoxy glue. The performance of such hybrid-cored sandwich panels subjected to out-of-plane compression, transverse shear, and three-point bending is investigated, both experimentally and numerically. The strength and energy absorption of the sandwich are dramatically enhanced, compared to those of a sandwich with either empty corrugation or honeycomb core. The enhancement is induced by the beneficial interaction effects of honeycomb blocks and folded panels on improved buckling resistance as well as altered crushing modes at large plastic deformation. The present approach provides an effective method to further improve the mechanical properties of conventional honeycomb-cored sandwich constructions with low relative densities.

Fabrication and Statics Performance of Pyramidal Lattice Stitched Foam Sandwich Composites

In this study,the pyramidal lattice stitched foam sandwich composite materials were manufactured by integrating top and bottom panels with pyramidal lattice core to overcome the weak interface between the core and the skins of the sandwich structure.The influence of the reinforcing core rods on the mechanical properties including compressive,shear,and three-point bending performances of the foam sandwich compositematerialswere revealed through theoretical analysis and comparative experiments.The theoretical predictions were consistent with the experimental results.Compressive test,shear test and three-point bending test were performed.The experimental results show that the core rods can significantly improve the compressive performance and energy absorption efficiency of the pyramidal lattice stitched foam sandwich structure.The effect is related to the diameter of the core rod.The core rod with large diameter has better effect.Compared with the foamsandwich structure,the pyramidal lattice reinforcing foam composites have stronger shear and bending resistance.The failure modes and failure mechanisms of the pyramidal lattice stitched foam sandwich structure under the shear load are given.The failure modes and failure mechanisms of the pyramidal lattice stitched foam sandwich structure under the three-point bending load are also given.The study concludes that compared with the foam sandwich structure,the overall mechanical properties of the lattice stitched foam sandwich structure composites are significantly improved.

A Study on the Flexural Performance of UHPC Precast Deck-Joint Interface by the Exposure of Steel Fiber

As a solution against the serviceability problem caused by the cracks occurring at the UHPC precast deck-joint interface, this study proposes a method exposing the steel fiber at the interface and evaluates the corresponding flexural performance of the lap spliced construction joint. After having slowed down the strength development of the concrete placed in the joint of the precast deck by means of a curing retardant, the concrete at the interface is crushed so as to expose the steel fibers and the change in the flexural performance is observed experimentally according to the exposure of the steel fibers. The results show that, even if the ultimate strength and stiffness of the UHPC precast deck including the joint are mostly determined by the arrangement details of the rebar lap splice, the exposure of the steel fibers can secure stable ductile behavior and reduce the width of the cracks generated at the precast deck-joint interface under service load.

A review on evaluation of crack resistance of asphalt mixture by semi-circular bending test

Although there are many kinds of fracture tests to choose from in evaluating the crack resistance of asphalt mixture,the semi-circular bending(SCB)test has attracted a lot of attention in the academic road engineering community because of its simplicity,stability,and flexibility in testing and evaluation.The SCB test has become a common method to study the cracking resistance of asphalt mixture in recent years.This paper mainly summarizes the overview of the SCB test,summarizes some research results and common characterization parameters of the SCB test method in monotone test and fatigue test in recent years,and predicts and suggests the research direction of the SCB test in the future.It is found that the research on the monotonic SCB test is more comprehensive,and the research on the SCB fatigue test needs to be further improved in the aspects of loading mode,characterization parameter selection,and so on.Researchers can flexibly adjust the geometric dimensions and the test parameters of semi-cylindrical specimens,and conduct comprehensive analysis combined with the results of numerical simulation.The crack resistance of asphalt mixture can be comprehensively evaluated by fracture energy,fracture toughness,stiffness,flexibility index and other fracture indicators,combined with the crack propagation of the specimen.The analysis of numerical simulation can confirm the test results.In order to standardize the setting of fatigue parameters for future application,it is necessary to standardize the setting of bending performance.

Flexural behavior of in-plane bending glass structures for design method

Experimental study was carried out on the in-plane bending behavior of glass plates without lateral supports, and the effects of the factors, such as height-to-span ratio, on the stability of glass panels were studied. Results show that the in-plane bending glass plates with both ends simply supported and their upper edge free lose overall stability under loads, which belongs to the limit-point type of instability. It is found that the buckling load increases linearly with the increase of height-to-span ratio of the glass plates. The lateral stress of in-plane bending glass plates without lateral supports increases linearly under loads; while the large-area stress increases nonlinearly and the lateral stress is not the controlling factor of instability. In finite element analysis, the first buckling mode is regarded as the initial imperfection and imposed on the model as 1/1000 of the span of the components. The numerical buckling load according to the theory of large deflection is less than the experiment result, which is more conservative and can provide some reference for design. For the design method, when the in-plane load is imposed on the glass plate, its lateral strength and the deflection should be verified. Considering the stability of the in-plane bending glass plate without reliable lateral support, buckling is another possible failure mode and calls for verification.

P-FEMOL ANALYSIS OF PLATE BENDING PROBLEMS

In this paper, the p- version of the finite element method of lines (FEMOL) for the analysis of the Mindlin-Reissner plate bending problems is presented and a class of p-FEMOL elements with polynomial degrees as high as nine is developed. Numerical examples given in this paper show tremendous performance of the present method: namely, rapid convergence rate, high accuracy for both displacements and stress resultants, removal of shear-locking trouble, capability of dealing with difficult problems such as the boundary layer behavior near a free edge and stress concentration around a hole.

CFRP布增强仿木梁的受弯性能试验研究

为研究粘贴CFRP布增强仿木梁的受弯性能,对3根分别粘贴1、2和4层CFRP布的增强仿木梁及1根未增强原梁进行了四点弯曲试验,分析了CFRP布粘贴层数对仿木梁破坏形态、受弯承载力、变形及应变发展规律的影响。研究表明:粘贴CFRP布改变了仿木梁的破坏形式,未增强仿木梁和粘贴1层CFRP布的仿木梁发生了受弯破坏,而粘贴2和4层CFRP布的仿木梁发生了剪切破坏;粘贴CFRP布可有效提高仿木梁的受弯承载力和抵抗变形的能力,改善效果随CFRP布粘贴层数的增加而增大,但提升幅度逐渐减小;CFRP布使得仿木梁的抗压强度充分发挥,且仿木梁横截面应变符合平截面假定,此研究可为CFRP布增强仿木梁的理论推导提供试验依据。

Numerically controlled bending performance of medium strength TA18 titanium alloy tubes under different die sets

The rapid development of aviation and aerospace technologies has led to increased interest in the application of numerically controlled(NC) technology for bending light-weight titanium alloy tubes.In order to study and develop advanced NC bending technology,it is necessary to understand the bending performance of medium strength TA18(Ti-3Al-2.5V,ASTM Gr.9) titanium alloy tubes during NC bending under different die sets.This paper focuses on the bending performance of medium strength TA18 tubes under different NC bending die sets,including the variations in the stress,strain,wall thickness,cross sectional deformation,and defects.The results show that adding a wiper die to the base die set decreases the radial,hoop,and tangential compressive stress and the tangential compressive strain,and adding a mandrel to the base die set also decreases these stresses,but increases the radial and hoop tensile stress and decreases the hoop compressive strain obviously,and brings about a three-dimensional tensile stress concentration where the mandrel provides support.For the NC bending of medium strength TA18 tubes,the flattening of cross section is more sensitive index than the thinning of wall thickness.Introducing a mandrel can improve the flattening of cross section obviously but it has a little worse effect on the thinning of wall thickness,and adding a wiper die to the base die set can inhibit the occurrence of the inside bulge but worsen the flattening of the cross section remarkably.Considering the above effects of the mandrel and wiper die on bending performance,it is reasonable to apply the die set comprising a bending die,clamp die,and pressure die for tubes with a small diameter and the die set including an appropriate mandrel additionally for tubes with a larger diameter,in order to bend the medium strength TA18 tubes with high quality and at low cost.

Bending performance of composite bridge deck with T-shaped ribs

This paper proposes a new type of steel-concrete composite deck, which is composed of orthotropic steel deck (OSD) with T-shaped ribs, concrete plate and studs connecting OSD and concrete plate. The OSD can act as framework for concrete plate and contribute to load bearing capacity at the same time, which could save construction time. Compared with conventional OSD system, this new type of composite bridge deck can also improve fatigue performance.?Considering that this type of composite deck is not yet applied in practical engineering and its mechanical performance is not revealed in previous literatures, two full-scale specimens were designed and manufactured in this research. The mechanical performance, particularly, bending capacity in positive and negative region was carefully tested and analyzed. The load-deflection curve, load-slip relation, strain distribution in concrete and steel were obtained. The test results showed that the plastic performance of this kind of composite bridge deck was satisfying and the bending capacity was high.

Bending performance analysis on YBCO cable with high flexibility

In order to utilize high‐temperature superconducting Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide(YBCO)tapes to develop superconducting cables for high magnet field applications,it is critical to ensure the stable operation of the YBCO cable under challenging mechanical and thermal conditions.A new type of cable featuring the winding of YBCO and copper tapes around a spiral stainless steel tube has been proposed to increase flexibility and cooling.Experiments are performed to confirm that its critical current varies with the bending diameter.The cables wound with nine YBCO tapes in three layers show a critical current degradation of less than 5%for a bending diameter of 30 mm.The performance of the cable degrades as the number of wound layers increases.The critical current degradation of cable specimens wound from 15 tapes in five layers reached approximately 12%for a bending diameter of 30 mm.In addition,when compared to traditional CORC cable specimens,the developed cable specimens show better‐bending flexibility and achieve a lower critical bending diameter.The finite element models show that the higher elasticity coefficient and lower plasticity of the stainless steel spiral tube results in a lower strain on the YBCO tapes of the HFRC cable than that of the CORC cable,and the maximum strain on the YBCO tapes of the HFRC cable was only about 10%of that of the CORC cable.Therefore,it is less likely that the YBCO tape in this type of cable will reach the irreversible strain limit during bending,resulting in a degradation in current carrying performance.Furthermore,the cooling efficiency can be improved by flowing the cooling medium inside the central core,which can significantly improve its thermal stability.These advantages indicate the possibility of using it in future high‐field magnets with high current carrying capacity at fields greater than 15 T.

钢筋增强钢夹板-螺栓连接胶合木梁受力性能试验研究

为改善钢夹板-螺栓连接胶合木梁的刚度在到达极限荷载55%~70%区间内存在减小的问题,设计制作了3组共12根钢筋增强钢夹板-螺栓连接胶合木梁,通过改变配筋率进行三分点加载试验,并与相同设计参数的胶合木梁和钢夹板-螺栓连接胶合木梁进行对比试验。观察记录试件的受力过程和破坏现象,实测各组试件的极限承载力、荷载位移曲线和应变曲线,对比分析增强筋对各组试件破坏机理、抗弯刚度和极限承载力的影响规律。试验结果表明:与钢夹板-螺栓连接胶合木梁相比,钢筋增强钢夹板-螺栓连接胶合木梁的抗弯承载力和整体弯曲刚度在增强筋的作用下均有显著提高,钢夹板-螺栓连接试验梁在到达极限荷载55%~70%区间内刚度减少问题得到明显改善。钢筋增强钢夹板-螺栓连接试验梁的破坏形式随着配筋率的增大,逐渐由受拉脆性破坏向受拉延性破坏再到受压延性破坏进行转变。增强梁截面应变沿高度方向的分布基本符合平截面假定。依据试验数据和理论推导,得出了钢筋增强钢夹板-螺栓连接试验梁抗弯计算公式,其理论结果与试验结果吻合较好。研究表明,在钢夹板-螺栓连接胶合木梁受拉区配置增强筋可以有效改善其后期刚度减少的问题,并提升其抗弯性能,可为此类连接木梁的增强提供理论依据和试验支撑。

纤维增强复合材料增强胶合木受弯构件研究综述与展望

针对纤维增强复合材料(FRP)增强胶合木受弯构件研究进行综述,系统梳理了现有增强技术,详细阐述了界面黏结性能、抗弯性能、蠕变性能的影响因素与分析方法。研究表明:FRP增强技术能更有效地利用胶合木受弯构件中木材的强度,提高构件抗弯承载力、控制弯曲变形并改善脆性破坏模式。针对FRP增强胶合木受弯构件在工程应用上的制约因素,提出了在预应力增强技术、长期性能、抗火性能和可靠性方面研究中亟需解决的关键问题。

简支变结构连续小箱梁桥负弯矩区UHPC-NC组合桥面板抗裂性研究

针对当前简支变结构连续小箱梁桥负弯矩区钢束易堵孔、运营中桥面开裂病害等问题,提出一种无负弯矩钢束的UHPC-NC组合桥面板结构。以一座3×30 m简支变结构连续小箱梁桥为研究对象,以正常使用极限状态梁体不开裂为控制准则确定UHPC合理构造尺寸,对所提出的负弯矩组合桥面板结构进行1∶2的缩尺模型试验。试验显示:裂缝首先出现于UHPC-NC交界面处的普通混凝土部分,随后逐渐向UHPC层沿伸,且C50混凝土开裂、梁体破坏对应的截面弯矩分别为3 520,9 152 kN·m(考虑1∶8弯矩缩尺比),大于正常使用极限状态、承载能力极限状态梁体截面弯矩3 300,5 838 kN·m,即该组合桥面板结构满足小箱梁的抗裂与承载能力要求。基于试验结果建立精细化有限元模型,采用参数分析法研究UHPC厚度对梁体开裂荷载、极限承载力等方面的影响。结果表明:梁体开裂弯矩主要由UHPC上覆层厚度决定,相较于普通钢筋混凝土梁,5 cm厚的UHPC上覆层可将梁体开裂弯矩提高28.9%,7.5 cm厚的UHPC上覆层可将梁体开裂弯矩提高41.6%;在配筋率不变的情况下,增大UHPC层厚度对梁体承载力无显著提升。综合考虑梁体受力性能以及施工便利性,建议背景工程UHPC厚度取10 cm。

重组竹内置钢筋后受弯性能有限元分析

重组竹是通过将竹束热压胶合而成的新型工程材料,具有强度高、韧性好以及固碳能力强等优点,为提高重组竹的受弯性能,通过热压工艺在重组竹中内置钢筋形成增强重组竹受弯构件。在四点弯曲试验的基础上,通过ABAQUS有限元模拟研究配筋率及配筋形式对重组竹受弯性能的影响。分析结果表明,与纯重组竹相比,内置钢筋后重组竹的受弯力学性能得到明显提高;当配筋形式相同时,随配筋率的增加,重组竹的承载力及抗弯刚度逐渐提高,与纯重组竹相比,配筋率为1.0%~8.2%的单筋重组竹承载力和抗弯刚度分别提高5.6%~48.36%和10.57%~71.81%;当钢筋直径相同时,重组竹顶部和底部同时配筋的双筋重组竹与重组竹底部配筋的单筋重组竹相比,其承载力及抗弯刚度分别提高21.78%和95.98%。

叠合板底板弯折钢筋与附加钢筋连接试验研究

为研究边缘叠合板U型钢筋和叠合区域预制底板钢筋弯折高度的影响,进行了1个现浇板和4个叠合板受弯性能试验,对比分析了试验板的裂缝发展、破坏模式、挠度、承载力以及钢筋应变情况.结果表明:配置U型钢筋的叠合板承载能力和变形能力与现浇板接近,U型钢筋的销栓作用限制了裂缝沿叠合斜面的发展;预制底板钢筋采用90°弯折措施的叠合板在叠合区域根部开裂以后,随着荷载的加大,叠合板的裂缝宽度沿叠合斜面发展很快,不利位置出现在板的叠合斜面处,导致叠合板承载能力和刚度降低;预制底板90°弯折钢筋叠合板在破坏时,叠合斜面根部位置钢筋达到了屈服强度,表明底板钢筋弯折构造措施可以让钢筋充分发挥性能.最后,提出了采用预制底板90°弯折钢筋边缘叠合板的设计建议.