Based on strength reduction theory,the stability numbers of shallow tunnels were investigated within the framework of upper and lower bound theorems of limit analysis. Stability solutions taking into account of water ...Based on strength reduction theory,the stability numbers of shallow tunnels were investigated within the framework of upper and lower bound theorems of limit analysis. Stability solutions taking into account of water seepage were presented and compared with those without considering seepage. The comparisons indicate that the maximum difference does not exceed 3.7%,which proves the present method credible. The results show that stability numbers of shallow tunnels considering seepage are much less than those without considering seepage,and that the difference of stability numbers between considering seepage and without considering seepage increase with increasing the depth ratio. The stability numbers decrease with increasing permeability coefficient and groundwater depth. Seepage has significant effects on the stability numbers of shallow tunnels.展开更多
The commonly used Mohr-Coulomb(M-C) failure condition has a limitation that it overestimates the tensile strength of cohesive soils. To overcome this limitation, the tensile strength cut-off was applied where the pred...The commonly used Mohr-Coulomb(M-C) failure condition has a limitation that it overestimates the tensile strength of cohesive soils. To overcome this limitation, the tensile strength cut-off was applied where the predicted tensile strength is reduced or eliminated. This work then presented a kinematical approach to evaluate the active earth pressure on subgrade retaining walls in cohesive backfills with saturated seepage effects. An effective rotational failure mechanism was constructed assuming an associative flow rule. The impact of seepage forces, whose distribution is described by a closed-form solution, was incorporated into the analysis. The thrust of active earth pressure was derived from the energy conservation equation, and an optimization program was then coded to obtain the most critical solution. Several sets of charts were produced to perform a parameter analysis. The results show that taking soil cohesion into account has a distinct beneficial influence on the stability of retaining walls, while seepage forces have an adverse effect. The active earth pressure increases when tensile strength cut-off is considered, and this increment is more noticeable under larger cohesion.展开更多
A 2nd order numerical manifold method(NMM) based method is developed to simulate the hydraulic fractures propagating process in rock or concrete. The proposed method uses a weak coupling technique to analyze the fluid...A 2nd order numerical manifold method(NMM) based method is developed to simulate the hydraulic fractures propagating process in rock or concrete. The proposed method uses a weak coupling technique to analyze the fluid phase and solid phase. To study the seepage behavior of the fluid phase, all the fractures in solid are identified by a block cutting algorithm and form a flow network. Then the hydraulic heads at crack ends are solved. To study the deformation and destruction of solid phase, the 2-order NMM and sub-region boundary element method are combined to solve the stress-strain field. Crack growth is controlled by the well-accepted criterion, including the tension criterion or Mohr-Coulomb criterion for the initialization of cracks and the maximum circumferential stress theory for crack propagation. Once the crack growth occurs, the seepage and deformation analysis will be resolved in the next simulation step. Such weak coupling analysis will continue until the structure becomes stable or is destructed. Five examples are used to verify the new method. The results demonstrate that the method can solve the SIFs at crack tip and fluid flow in crack network precisely, and the method is effective in simulating the hydraulic facture problem. Besides, the NMM shows great convenience and is of high accuracy in simulating the crack growth problem.展开更多
The structural, electronic and magnetic properties of La0.55Ca0.45MnO3 were measured. A rapid change of lattice parameters appeared around 190 K associated with the az2 orbital ordering and charge ordering (CO) stat...The structural, electronic and magnetic properties of La0.55Ca0.45MnO3 were measured. A rapid change of lattice parameters appeared around 190 K associated with the az2 orbital ordering and charge ordering (CO) states that were reflected by both magnetization and resistivity. Great difference of magnetizations between the field-cooling (FC) and zero-field-cooling (ZFC) modes below the charge ordering temperature Too in high magnetic field (H〉4 T) was clearly seen. A field of 5 T (threshold field) is sufficient to completely destroy the antiferromagnetic (AFM) CO state for FC mode in magnetization while it is not the case for ZFC mode. A much larger field (larger than 10 T from ZFC resistivity data) is needed to destroy the CO state for ZFC mode. This could be explained by the coexistence and transformation of two phases reported by Huang et al. For ZFC mode, with increasing H, Tco gradually moves to low temperature regime and the relationship between the critical field Hc (0) to destroy CO state and Tco conforms to a power law Hc = Hc(0)(1 - T/Tco(0))^γ, where Hc (0) is the critical field to destroy the CO state at 0 K, and Too (0) is the CO temperature in zero field.展开更多
基金Project(200550) supported by the Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of ChinaProject(09JJ1008) supported by Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(200631878557) supported by West Traffic of Science and Technology of China
文摘Based on strength reduction theory,the stability numbers of shallow tunnels were investigated within the framework of upper and lower bound theorems of limit analysis. Stability solutions taking into account of water seepage were presented and compared with those without considering seepage. The comparisons indicate that the maximum difference does not exceed 3.7%,which proves the present method credible. The results show that stability numbers of shallow tunnels considering seepage are much less than those without considering seepage,and that the difference of stability numbers between considering seepage and without considering seepage increase with increasing the depth ratio. The stability numbers decrease with increasing permeability coefficient and groundwater depth. Seepage has significant effects on the stability numbers of shallow tunnels.
基金Projects(51538009,51674115,51804113) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China。
文摘The commonly used Mohr-Coulomb(M-C) failure condition has a limitation that it overestimates the tensile strength of cohesive soils. To overcome this limitation, the tensile strength cut-off was applied where the predicted tensile strength is reduced or eliminated. This work then presented a kinematical approach to evaluate the active earth pressure on subgrade retaining walls in cohesive backfills with saturated seepage effects. An effective rotational failure mechanism was constructed assuming an associative flow rule. The impact of seepage forces, whose distribution is described by a closed-form solution, was incorporated into the analysis. The thrust of active earth pressure was derived from the energy conservation equation, and an optimization program was then coded to obtain the most critical solution. Several sets of charts were produced to perform a parameter analysis. The results show that taking soil cohesion into account has a distinct beneficial influence on the stability of retaining walls, while seepage forces have an adverse effect. The active earth pressure increases when tensile strength cut-off is considered, and this increment is more noticeable under larger cohesion.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51439005&51209235)the National Basic Research Program of China("973"Project)(Grant Nos.2013CB035904,2013CB-036406)
文摘A 2nd order numerical manifold method(NMM) based method is developed to simulate the hydraulic fractures propagating process in rock or concrete. The proposed method uses a weak coupling technique to analyze the fluid phase and solid phase. To study the seepage behavior of the fluid phase, all the fractures in solid are identified by a block cutting algorithm and form a flow network. Then the hydraulic heads at crack ends are solved. To study the deformation and destruction of solid phase, the 2-order NMM and sub-region boundary element method are combined to solve the stress-strain field. Crack growth is controlled by the well-accepted criterion, including the tension criterion or Mohr-Coulomb criterion for the initialization of cracks and the maximum circumferential stress theory for crack propagation. Once the crack growth occurs, the seepage and deformation analysis will be resolved in the next simulation step. Such weak coupling analysis will continue until the structure becomes stable or is destructed. Five examples are used to verify the new method. The results demonstrate that the method can solve the SIFs at crack tip and fluid flow in crack network precisely, and the method is effective in simulating the hydraulic facture problem. Besides, the NMM shows great convenience and is of high accuracy in simulating the crack growth problem.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50772111)the 211 Project of Anhui University (Grant No. 06130221)
文摘The structural, electronic and magnetic properties of La0.55Ca0.45MnO3 were measured. A rapid change of lattice parameters appeared around 190 K associated with the az2 orbital ordering and charge ordering (CO) states that were reflected by both magnetization and resistivity. Great difference of magnetizations between the field-cooling (FC) and zero-field-cooling (ZFC) modes below the charge ordering temperature Too in high magnetic field (H〉4 T) was clearly seen. A field of 5 T (threshold field) is sufficient to completely destroy the antiferromagnetic (AFM) CO state for FC mode in magnetization while it is not the case for ZFC mode. A much larger field (larger than 10 T from ZFC resistivity data) is needed to destroy the CO state for ZFC mode. This could be explained by the coexistence and transformation of two phases reported by Huang et al. For ZFC mode, with increasing H, Tco gradually moves to low temperature regime and the relationship between the critical field Hc (0) to destroy CO state and Tco conforms to a power law Hc = Hc(0)(1 - T/Tco(0))^γ, where Hc (0) is the critical field to destroy the CO state at 0 K, and Too (0) is the CO temperature in zero field.