A new type of bridge called "butterfly web bridge" is under construction in Japan. In a butterfly web bridge, the butterfly-shaped web forms a structure that exhibits behavior similar to a double Warren truss. The 8...A new type of bridge called "butterfly web bridge" is under construction in Japan. In a butterfly web bridge, the butterfly-shaped web forms a structure that exhibits behavior similar to a double Warren truss. The 80 MPa concrete is used for the butterfly web which has a precast plate with a thickness of 150 mm. As butterfly web is a concrete material, reinforcement provided by prestressing tendons is needed on the tension side. Moreover, the 150 mm plate has no re-bars but is reinforced by steel fibers. This bridge, named Takubogawa Bridge, is a highway bridge and has 10 spans including the 87.5 m maximum span length. Takubogawa Bridge is constructed by flee cantilevering method. The butterfly web enables the construction speed of cantilevering to be advanced about 50% compared with conventional cast-in-situ method and can meet the requirement of light weight and low maintenance.展开更多
Dynamical cavitation and oscillation of an anisotropic two-family fiber-reinforced incompressible hyper-elastic sphere subjected to a suddenly applied constant boundary dead load are examined within the framework of f...Dynamical cavitation and oscillation of an anisotropic two-family fiber-reinforced incompressible hyper-elastic sphere subjected to a suddenly applied constant boundary dead load are examined within the framework of finite elasto-dynamics.An exact differential equation between the radius of the cavity and the applied load is obtained.The curves for the variation of the maximum radius of the cavity with the load and the phase diagrams are obtained by vibration theories and numerical computation.It is shown that there exists a critical value for the applied load.When the applied load is larger than the critical value,a spherical cavity will suddenly form at the center of the sphere.It is proved that the evolution of the cavity radius with time follows that of nonlinear periodic oscillation,and oscillation of the anisotropic sphere is not the same as that of the isotropic sphere.展开更多
文摘A new type of bridge called "butterfly web bridge" is under construction in Japan. In a butterfly web bridge, the butterfly-shaped web forms a structure that exhibits behavior similar to a double Warren truss. The 80 MPa concrete is used for the butterfly web which has a precast plate with a thickness of 150 mm. As butterfly web is a concrete material, reinforcement provided by prestressing tendons is needed on the tension side. Moreover, the 150 mm plate has no re-bars but is reinforced by steel fibers. This bridge, named Takubogawa Bridge, is a highway bridge and has 10 spans including the 87.5 m maximum span length. Takubogawa Bridge is constructed by flee cantilevering method. The butterfly web enables the construction speed of cantilevering to be advanced about 50% compared with conventional cast-in-situ method and can meet the requirement of light weight and low maintenance.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.10772104 and 10872045)the innovation project of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (Grant No.09YZ12)Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (Grant No.S30106)
文摘Dynamical cavitation and oscillation of an anisotropic two-family fiber-reinforced incompressible hyper-elastic sphere subjected to a suddenly applied constant boundary dead load are examined within the framework of finite elasto-dynamics.An exact differential equation between the radius of the cavity and the applied load is obtained.The curves for the variation of the maximum radius of the cavity with the load and the phase diagrams are obtained by vibration theories and numerical computation.It is shown that there exists a critical value for the applied load.When the applied load is larger than the critical value,a spherical cavity will suddenly form at the center of the sphere.It is proved that the evolution of the cavity radius with time follows that of nonlinear periodic oscillation,and oscillation of the anisotropic sphere is not the same as that of the isotropic sphere.