深覆盖层上面板堆石坝的圆弧型防渗墙

覆盖层的防渗设施大都采用混凝土防渗墙。防渗墙在靠近两岸部位及靠近顶部常存在较大的拉应力,易导致混凝土开裂并产生渗漏,影响大坝的安全。采用平面上防渗墙轴线呈圆弧型的防渗墙来改善防渗墙的应力性状,并用三维有限元法数值分析对圆弧型防渗墙与直线型防渗墙的应力变形性状进行分析比较,论证了以圆弧型防渗墙替代直线型防渗墙的技术合理性,建议面板堆石坝坝基防渗采用圆弧型防渗墙更为有利。

Variation of hydraulic gradient in nonlinear finite strain consolidation

In the research field of ground water, hydraulic gradient is studied for decades. In the consolidation field, hydraulic gradient is yet to be investigated as an important hydraulic variable. So, the variation of hydraulic gradient in nonlinear finite strain consolidation was focused on in this work. Based on lab tests, the nonlinear compressibility and nonlinear permeability of Ningbo soft clay were obtained. Then, a strongly nonlinear governing equation was derived and it was solved with the finite element method.Afterwards, the numerical analysis was performed and it was verified with the existing experiment for Hong Kong marine clay. It can be found that the variation of hydraulic gradient is closely related to the magnitude of external load and the depth in soils. It is interesting that the absolute value of hydraulic gradient(AVHG) increases rapidly first and then decreases gradually after reaching the maximum at different depths of soils. Furthermore, the changing curves of AVHG can be roughly divided into five phases. This five-phase model can be employed to study the migration of pore water during consolidation.

Press cutting of thin-walled round pipe for producing curvilinear end

In order to obtain a basic understanding of the unwanted distortions in the pipe wall during the press cutting process, the deformation of a thin-walled round pipe to form a curvilinear end was numerically and experimentally studied. Vector analysis was used to study the relationship between the punch shape and the collapse of the cut-end. Stamping experiments on AISI 1020 steel pipe were conducted using different angles a and β defining the shape of the punch. The elasto-plastic finite element method that allows consideration of a ductile fracture was also employed to study the process. The results show that the deformation of the pipe end after press cutting is inβuenced mostly by the shape of the punch. A satisfactory quality of the curvilinear end of the pipe can be obtained if the appropriate geometric parameters of the punch are chosen. The pipe-wall collapse in the upper part of the section is decreased when a and β increase. The recommended values for a and β lie within 30°-50°. The hole on the underside of the punch has less inβuence on the quality of the cut-end, and the wall distortion and the generation of burr on the cut-end can be satisfactorily simulated using the fracture criterion of Brozzo or the normalized criterion of Cockcroft and Latham.

Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Vibration Characteristics of a Loaded Ship Model

In this paper, the vibration characteristics of the structure in the finite fluid domain are analyzed using a coupled finite element method. The added mass matrix is calculated with finite element method （FEM） by 8-node acoustic fluid elements. The vibration characteristics of the structure in the finite fluid domain are calculated combining structure FEM mass matrix. By writing relevant programs, the numerical analysis on vibration characteristics of a submerged cantilever rectangular plate in finite fluid domain and loaded ship model is performed. A modal identification experiment for the loaded ship model in air and in water is conducted and the experiment results verify the reliability of the numerical analysis. The numerical method can be used for further research on vibration characteristics and acoustic radiation problems of the structure in the finite fluid domain.

Numerical Homogenization of the Elliptic Problem with Rapidly Varying Tensor or Boundary Condition

Homogenization is concerned with obtaining the average properties of a material. The problem on its own has no easy solution, except in cases like the periodic case, when it can be obtained in closed form. In this paper we consider a numerical solution of the elliptic homogenization problem for the case of rapidly varying tensor or boundary conditions. The method makes use of an adaptive finite element method to correctly capture the rapid change in the tensor or boundary condition. In the numerical experiments we vary the mesh size and do a posteriori error analysis on test problems.

A simplified testing method for stress-induced of tunnel surrounding rock

A simple testing method for secondary or induced stress of surrounding rockwas presented by laboratory experiment, numerical simulation and in situ testing based onthe basic principle of the historical stress restoring method.First, stress equivalent coefficient,which key coefficient of stress restored testing, was obtained by laboratory experiment.Second, experimental results were examined using 3D finite element numericalanalysis and the influence factors were analyzed by 2D finite element numerical analysis.The correctness of induced stress measuring results in situ for highway tunnel wereproved by elastic mechanics theory solution and single-hole stress rescission method.Thenew simple method of induced stress measuring has important practical value for undergroundengineering induced stress field analysis.

The Settlement Characteristic of Underground Urban Complex in Shanghai

The effects of excavation unloading, construction reloading and underground water on basal heave of excavation projects were presented and analyzed based on the measurement results of an underground urban complex which was located in Shanghai. The effects on water pressure and building settlements were analyzed as well. The numerical analyses by finite element method (FEM) were conducted. It showed that the soil under the excavation base continued to heave during the following certain construction stage. It also found that the bearing capacity of uplift piles which supported the buildings affected the structure quality significantly. The conclusions can be applied in future projects.

Analysis of thin plates by the weak form quadrature element method

The recently proposed weak form quadrature element method （QEM） is applied to flexural and vibrational analysis of thin plates The integrals involved in the variational description of a thin plate are evaluated by an efficient numerical scheme and the par- tial derivatives at the integration sampling points are then approximated using differential quadrature analogs. Neither the grid pattern nor the number of nodes is fixed, being adjustable according to convergence need. The C~ continuity conditions char- acterizing the thin plate theory are discussed and the robustness of the weak form quadrature element for thin plates against shape distortion is examined. Examples are presented and comparisons with analytical solutions and the results of the finite element method are made to demonstrate the convergence and computational efficiency of the weak form quadrature element method. It is shown that the present formulation is applicable to thin plates with varying thickness as well as uniform plates.

A novel high birefringence equal diameter circular-hole photonic crystal fiber

A novel equal diameter circular-hole photonic crystal fiber(PCF) with high birefringence is proposed and numerically analyzed by employing the finite-element method. The proposed PCF's birefringence is 10^(-3), which can reach 2 orders higher than that of traditional high birefringence fiber, and this equal diameter circular-hole structure reduces the difficulty of the actual drawing process. The effect of different parameters on the birefringence of this PCF is investigated, and the application of the Sagnac interferometer based on fiber filling technology in temperature sensing is studied. The result shows that the high birefringence PCF can be used in both optical communication and optical sensing fields.