The shear behavior of a single rock joint in limestone specimens,under a constant normal load(CNL),was analyzed in this study.Test specimens with different asperity roughness were prepared and tested.Goodman's mod...The shear behavior of a single rock joint in limestone specimens,under a constant normal load(CNL),was analyzed in this study.Test specimens with different asperity roughness were prepared and tested.Goodman's model of a rock joint's shear behavior,under CNL,was modified to render a better representation of the data obtained.The model's applicability was validated.The proposed model showed better correlation with experimental data.It also,requires fewer variables.The steps to calculate all the necessary variables for the model are discussed.展开更多
Many studies have been conducted by analyzing crash data that included road profile, site conditions, vehicle configurations and weights, driver behavior, etc.. However, limited studies have been conducted evaluating ...Many studies have been conducted by analyzing crash data that included road profile, site conditions, vehicle configurations and weights, driver behavior, etc.. However, limited studies have been conducted evaluating the impact of these factors on crashes and/or rollover through simulations. This is mainly due to lack of availability of verified full vehicle flexible-body models. The verification process is costly as it requires instrumentation of a heavy vehicle, scanning of road surfaces, and collection of data by running the vehicle over different road conditions, performing various maneuvering, etc. This paper presents the reverse engineering process of a class-8 truck and validation of a full flexible-body simulation model of a Wabash 53-foot trailer against the strain data recoded from proving ground testing of an instrumented truck. Simulation results show that, with the exception of the noise from the strain gage data from instrumented test run at 30 mph, there is a good agreement in periodicity and relative amplitude with the ADAMS model. A comparison of strain data from the flex-body model and the instrumented truck shows that the modeling and verification approach presented in this paper can be confidently used to validate the full flexible-body models developed for specific analyses.展开更多
A general model of fatigue crack growth(FCG) in ductile alloys under variable amplitude loading is proposed based on the passivation-lancet theory and the crack closure concept.The model can capture the interactions o...A general model of fatigue crack growth(FCG) in ductile alloys under variable amplitude loading is proposed based on the passivation-lancet theory and the crack closure concept.The model can capture the interactions of single cycle overloading and underloading,sequential loading and spectrum loading effectively.Moreover,the retardation effect due to overloads and the acceleration effect due to underloading can be described quantitatively by a transition function of crack opening stress.The fatigue test data in 2024-T351,2024-T3 and 7075-T6 aluminum alloys under different types of variable amplitude loading and spectrum loading are used to validate the general model and the predictions by the general model are in good agreement with the test data.Furthermore,the predictions are also compared with the existing models,including FASTRAN,AFGROW and the state-space model,and the comparison results show that the general model predicts the FCG process more accurately.展开更多
文摘The shear behavior of a single rock joint in limestone specimens,under a constant normal load(CNL),was analyzed in this study.Test specimens with different asperity roughness were prepared and tested.Goodman's model of a rock joint's shear behavior,under CNL,was modified to render a better representation of the data obtained.The model's applicability was validated.The proposed model showed better correlation with experimental data.It also,requires fewer variables.The steps to calculate all the necessary variables for the model are discussed.
文摘Many studies have been conducted by analyzing crash data that included road profile, site conditions, vehicle configurations and weights, driver behavior, etc.. However, limited studies have been conducted evaluating the impact of these factors on crashes and/or rollover through simulations. This is mainly due to lack of availability of verified full vehicle flexible-body models. The verification process is costly as it requires instrumentation of a heavy vehicle, scanning of road surfaces, and collection of data by running the vehicle over different road conditions, performing various maneuvering, etc. This paper presents the reverse engineering process of a class-8 truck and validation of a full flexible-body simulation model of a Wabash 53-foot trailer against the strain data recoded from proving ground testing of an instrumented truck. Simulation results show that, with the exception of the noise from the strain gage data from instrumented test run at 30 mph, there is a good agreement in periodicity and relative amplitude with the ADAMS model. A comparison of strain data from the flex-body model and the instrumented truck shows that the modeling and verification approach presented in this paper can be confidently used to validate the full flexible-body models developed for specific analyses.
基金supported by the Gas Turbine Establishment of China (Grant No. GTE022006084)
文摘A general model of fatigue crack growth(FCG) in ductile alloys under variable amplitude loading is proposed based on the passivation-lancet theory and the crack closure concept.The model can capture the interactions of single cycle overloading and underloading,sequential loading and spectrum loading effectively.Moreover,the retardation effect due to overloads and the acceleration effect due to underloading can be described quantitatively by a transition function of crack opening stress.The fatigue test data in 2024-T351,2024-T3 and 7075-T6 aluminum alloys under different types of variable amplitude loading and spectrum loading are used to validate the general model and the predictions by the general model are in good agreement with the test data.Furthermore,the predictions are also compared with the existing models,including FASTRAN,AFGROW and the state-space model,and the comparison results show that the general model predicts the FCG process more accurately.
