A Comparative Experimental Study on the Blast-Resistant Performances of Single and Multi-Layered Thin Plates Under Close-Range Airblast Loading

The performance of multilayered thin steel plates subjected to close-range air blasts has been experimentally studied and compared with that of monolithic plates made of the same material and having equal mass. In present experiments, multilayered plates are in-contact four-layered thin steel plates and two types of deformation/failure modes were observed for them. Comparisons concerning deformation/failure modes, strain distributions and energy absorptions between the multilayered plate and its monolithic counterpart were conducted. It is found that the multilayered plate is much superior to its monolithic counterpart in the ability to deform against blast loading. Furthermore, under intense airblast loading, the multilayered plate can not only absorb much more energy but also effectively reduce the secondary destruction ability of structural fragments in comparison with its monolithic counterpart.

Parametric study on contact sensors for MASW measurement-based interfacial debonding detection for SCCS

Steel-concrete composite structures(SCCS)have been widely used as primary load-bearing components in large-scale civil infrastructures.As the basis of the co-working ability of steel plate and concrete,the bonding status plays an essential role in guaranteeing the structural performance of SCCS.Accordingly,efficient non-destructive testing(NDT)on interfacial debondings in SCCS has become a prominent research area.Multi-channel analysis of surface waves(MASW)has been validated as an effective NDT technique for interfacial debonding detection for SCCS.However,the feasibility of MASW must be validated using experimental measurements.This study establishes a high-frequency data synchronous acquisition system with 32 channels to perform comparative verification experiments in depth.First,the current sensing approaches for high-frequency vibration and stress waves are summarized.Secondly,three types of contact sensors,namely,piezoelectric lead-zirconate-titanate(PZT)patches,accelerometers,and ultrasonic transducers,are selected for MASW measurement.Then,the selection and optimization of the force hammer head are performed.Comparative experiments are carried out for the optimal selection of ultrasonic transducers,PZT patches,and accelerometers for MASW measurement.In addition,the influence of different pasting methods on the output signal of the sensor array is discussed.Experimental results indicate that optimized PZT patches,acceleration sensors,and ultrasonic transducers can provide efficient data acquisition for MASW-based non-destructive experiments.The research findings in this study lay a solid foundation for analyzing the recognition accuracy of contact MASW measurement using different sensor arrays.

Squat,Stoop,or Semi-squat:A Comparative Experiment on Lifting Technique

There are actually no sufficient data for lifting technique assessment.A laboratory study was undertaken to determine the effect of 3 regular lifting techniques on erector muscle activation,cardiovascular strain and subjective response.Thirty student volunteers participated in the study,and were required to lift a weight with different techniques.Stoop-,squat-,semi-squat-lifting resulted in 3,2 and 1 time of the highest percentage of the maximum voluntary electrical activation(MVE%) respectively.In the same order,the lowest median frequency(MF) existed 1,1 and 2 times.Muscle fatigue was 4 times in squat,36 in semi-squat and 43 in stoop lifting.Heart rate was the highest in squat and lowest in stoop respectively,with a middle level in semi-squat lifting.It may be recommended to adopt mainly the semi-squat technique for daily lifting works.For heavy lifting,it should use the squat technique.Stoop lifting may also be used alternatively but for light things.

Comparative Experiment of Ground Cucumber Varieties for Open Field Cultivation

Seven ground cucumber varieties were cultivated in open field for the comparative experiment. The results showed that Texuan cucumber and Yantai ground cucumber had good commodity characters,good taste and high yield,and their output value exceeded 16 000 yuan/666. 7 m2,so they are more suitable for open cultivation in Yantai region. The next ones are Meiyu Diguawang and Aweishi ground cucumber.

A Comparative Study on Two Techniques of Reducing the Dimension of Text Feature Space

With the development of large scale text processing, the dimension of text feature space has become larger and larger, which has added a lot of difficulties to natural language processing. How to reduce the dimension has become a practical problem in the field. Here we present two clustering methods, i.e. concept association and concept abstract, to achieve the goal. The first refers to the keyword clustering based on the co occurrence of

THE APPLICATION OF HOMEMADE FY-2 SATELLITE INFRARED DATA TO MM5

1 INTRODUCTION In the end of 1980＇s, an operational system for 3-D variation and assimilation of meteorological data was set up in the U.S.A that supplemented data assimilation, retrieval of satellite data and numerical prediction each other. NWP was thus improved. Towards the end of 1990＇s, satellite observations were extensively used in NWP at ECMWF to upgrade the quality of analysis and forecasting. Subsequently, Chinese meteorologists also made some studies on the analysis and assimilation of satellite data. Jiang et al. were the first to apply satellite imagery in numerical simulation of typhoon-inflicted heavy rain. Shen et al. and Min et al. conducted variational analysis and numerical simulation of conventional soundings and unconventional cloud imagery for limited areas and found that inclusion of cloud imagery could greatly improve rainfall forecast by the model. Zhu et al. suggested that the introduction of satellite-retrieved humidity field could better depict horizontal mesoscale structure of the real world. All of the studies above have achieved lots of meaningful results.

Cable flexural rigidity influence on suspension bridges static properties

In order to figure out the cable flexural rigidity influence on suspension bridges,a contrast model experiment is made:a chain cable model with no flexural rigidity and a wire cable model with some flexural rigidity.And then,four finite element models of a same long-span suspension bridge with different cable element are set up to be analyzed.Both experimental and numerical simulation results show that,with the increase of the span and the decrease of sag-span ratio,the influence of the cable flexural rigidity is significant.The difference of nodes displacement reaches more than 10 cm in construction analysis,which will bring some trouble to the construction.And the difference of the maximum section edge normal stress may reach 15%,which may have an adverse impact onto the bridge.Therefore,considering the cable flexural rigidity is necessary on some analysis of suspension bridges.

Mass transfer mechanisms in fixed-bed adsorption of erythromycin

The equilibrium and kinetic characteristics of the adsorption of erythromycin to Sepabeads SP825 were determined.The equilibrium data in a batch system was well described by a Langmuir isotherm.The separation performance was investigated in a fixed-bed system with respect to the adsorption superficial velocity,ionic strength and pH.A mathematical model was used to simulate the mass transfer mechanism,taking film mass transfer,pore diffusion and axial dispersion into account.The model predictions were consistent with the experi-mental data and were consequently used to determine the mass transfer coefficients.