Mechanical Properties of Moso Bamboo Connections with External Clamp Steel Plates

The Moso bamboo,a renewable green building material used in various new green buildings,have received exten-sive attention with the promotion of the concept of green buildings.To explore the mechanical properties of Moso bamboo connections with external clamp steel plates,the 16 specimens were designed by changing the bolt diameters and the end distances of the bolt holes.Their static tension tests were conducted to investigate bearing capacities and failure modes of different connection configurations.Based on test results,three failure modes of these connections were obtained,including the shear failure of bolt shank,bearing failure of bolt hole and punch-ing shear failure of the Moso bamboo.The influence of bolt diameters and end distances of bolt holes on bearing capacities of the connections was quantitatively analyzed.Based on a simplified mechanical model,the analytical models were deduced for the bolt shear failure and the bearing failure of bolt holes.The results showed that the predictive values are in substantial agreement with the experimental results.Finally,the design and manufacturing suggestions are recommended for this Moso bamboo connections.

THE METHOD OF THE RECIPROCAL THEOREM OF FORCED VIBRATION FOR THE ELASTIC THIN RECTANGULAR PLATES(Ⅰ)—RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH FOUR CLAMPED EDGES AND WITH THREE CLAMPED EDGES

In this paper the method of the reciprocal theorem (MRT) is extended to solve the steady state responses of rectangular plater under harmonic disturbing forces. A series of the closed solutions of rectangular plates with various boundary conditions are given and the tables and figures which have practical value are provided.MRT is a simple, convenient and general method for solving the steady stale responses of rectangular plates under various harmonic disturbing forces.The paper contains three parts: (I) rectangular plates with four damped edges and with three clamped edges; (II) rectangular plates with two adjacent clamped edges; (III) cantilever plates.We arc going to publish them one after another.

Quasi-Green’s function method for free vibration of clamped thin plates on Winkler foundation

The quasi-Green＇s function method is used to solve the free vibration problem of clamped thin plates on the Winkler foundation. Quasi-Green＇s function is established by the fundamental solution and the boundary equation of the problem. The function satisfies the homogeneous boundary condition of tile problem. The mode-shape differential equation of the free vibration problem of clamped thin plates on the Winkler foundation is reduced to the Fredholm integral equation of the second kind by Green＇s formula. The irregularity of the kernel of the integral equation is overcome by choosing a suitable form of the normalized boundary equation. The numerical results show the high accuracy of the proposed method.

THE BENDING OF A THICK RECTANGULAR PLATE WITH THREE CLAMPED EDGES AND ONE FREE EDGE

The exact solution of the bending of a thick rectangular plate with three clamped edges and one free edge under a uniform transverse load is obtained by means of the concept of generalized simply-supported boundary[1] in Reissner's theory of thick plates. The effect of the thickness h of a plate on the bending is studied and the applicable range of Kirchhoffs theory for bending of thin plates is considered.

Eigenvalues for the Clamped Plate Problem of L_(ν)^(2) Operator on Complete Riemannian Manifolds

L_(ν)operator is an important extrinsic differential operator of divergence type and has profound geometric settings.In this paper,we consider the clamped plate problem of L2νoperator on a bounded domain of the complete Riemannian manifolds.A general formula of eigenvalues of L_(ν)^(2)operator is established.Applying this general formula,we obtain some estimates for the eigenvalues with higher order on the complete Riemannian manifolds.As several fascinating applications,we discuss this eigenvalue problem on the complete translating solitons,minimal submanifolds on the Euclidean space,submanifolds on the unit sphere and projective spaces.In particular,we get a universal inequality with respect to the L_(II) operator on the translating solitons.Usually,it is very difficult to get universal inequalities for weighted Laplacian and even Laplacian on the complete Riemannian manifolds.Therefore,this work can be viewed as a new contribution to universal estimate.

ESTIMATES ON EIGENVALUES FOR THE BIHARMONIC OPERATOR ON A BOUNDED DOMAIN IN H^n(-1)

In this paper, we consider eigenvalues of the Dirichlet biharmonic operator on a bounded domain in a hyperbolic space. We obtain universal bounds on the （k ＋ 1）th eigenvalue in terms of the first kth eigenvalues independent of the domains.

GREEN QUASIFUNCTION METHOD FOR FREE VIBRATION OF CLAMPED THIN PLATES

The Green quasifunction method is employed to solve the free vibration problem of clamped thin plates.A Green quasifunction is established by using the fundamental solution and boundary equation of the problem.This function satisfies the homogeneous boundary condition of the problem.The mode shape differential equation of the free vibration problem of clamped thin plates is reduced to Fredholm integral equation of the second kind by Green formula.Irregularity of the kernel of integral equation is overcome by choosing a suitable form of the normalized boundary equation.Two examples demonstrate the validity of the present method.Comparison with both the series solution and ANSYS finite-element solution shows fine agreement.The present method is a novel and effective mathematical one.

Eigenvalue inequalities for the clamped plate problem of L_(ν)^(2) operator

The ■ operator is introduced by Xin(2015), which is an important extrinsic elliptic differential operator of divergence type and has profound geometric meaning. In this paper, we extend the ■ operator to a more general elliptic differential operator ■, and investigate the clamped plate problem of the bi-■ operator,which is denoted by ■ on the complete Riemannian manifolds. A general formula of eigenvalues for the ■ operator is established. Applying this formula, we estimate the eigenvalues on the Riemannian manifolds. As some further applications, we establish some eigenvalue inequalities for this operator on the translating solitons with respect to the mean curvature flows, submanifolds of the Euclidean spaces, unit spheres and projective spaces. In particular, for the case of translating solitons, all of the eigenvalue inequalities are universal.