Research on the Interstitial Fluid Load Support Characteristics and Start-Up Friction Mechanisms of PVA-HA-Silk Composite Hydrogel

Hydrogel has been extensively studied as an articular cartilage repair and replacement material. PVA-HA-Silk composite hydrogel was prepared by freezing-thawing method in this paper. Mechanical properties were determined by experiments and the friction coefficient of PVA-HA-Silk composite hydrogel against steel ball was verified using micro-tribometer. Finite Element Method （FEM） was used to study the lubrication mechanism of PVA-HA-Silk composite hydrogel and the relation between the interstitial fluid load support and the start-up friction resistance. The results show that the elastic modulus and the permeability are 2.07 MPa and 10^-15m^4N^-1s^-1, respectively, and the start-up friction coefficients of PVA-HA-Silk composite hydrogel are in the range of 0.154）.2 at different contact loads, contact time and sliding speeds. The start-up friction resistance of PVA-HA-Silk composite hydrogel increases with the contact load and contact time. With the increase in sliding speed, the start-up friction resistance of PVA-HA-Silk composite hydrogel decreases. There is an inverse relation between the start-up friction resistance and the interstitial fluid load support. The change of fluid flow with the increase in sliding displacement has an important effect on the interstitial fluid load support and friction resistance. The interstitial fluid load support decreases with the increase in contact load and contact time, while the interstitial fluid load support reinforces with the increase in sliding speed. Moreover, PVA-HA-Silk composite hydrogel has mechanical properties of recovery and self-lubricating.

CALCULATION OF ELASTIC DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF ROTOR SUPPORT MADE OF METAL RUBBER MATERIAL UNDER VARIABLE LOADS

A metal rubber（MR） dry friction damper was designed based on the load supported by the rotor. An experimental apparatus for obtaining hysteresis loops of support under the precession load was designed. The elastic-damping characteristics of the ring-shaped MR damper used as a rotor support under variable loads were presented by studying the hysteresis loops of the damper. The vibration rigidity and the energy dissipation coefficient were calculated from the hysteresis loops, based on the description of the deformation process of the MR element with simple structure in a dimensionless coordinating system. The calculation results showed that the energy dissipation coefficient in the inner of MR element and on the boundary between the damper and the frame of the rotor support were approximately equal. The comparison of the hysteresis loops for a precession load and a one-axial load indicated a large difference when the coefficient of the energy dissipation and the stiffness of the MR damper were concerned.

Experimental study of a technique for load measurement of powered supports

Despite the increasing popularity of mechanized coal mining, there are no convenient and accurate means available to measure the loads of powered supports. The measurement of such loads is important for monitoring mine pressure and ensuring production safety. The load-carrying features of a powered support were used to develop a method for load measurement using the mag-netoelastic principle. A cross bridge-type magnetoelastic stress sensor was designed for the support structures to measure the different parts of the supports. Tests on single-body hydraulic cylinders and simulated linkages showed that an approximately linear relationship between the values of the sensor output signal and the loads borne by the hydraulic cylinders or linkages. The results were used to analyze the load-carrying measurements of powered supports with the cross bridge-type magnetoelastic stress sensor.

Deep cover bleeder entry performance and support loading: A case study

Several questions have emerged in relation to deep cover bleeder entry performance and support loading:how well do current modeling procedures calculate the rear abutment extent and loading? Does an improved understanding of the rear abutment extent warrant a change in standing support in bleeder entries? To help answer these questions and to determine the current utilization of standing support in bleeder entries, four bleeder entries at varying distances from the startup room were instrumented,observed, and numerically modeled.This paper details observations made by NIOSH researchers in the bleeder entries of a deep cover longwall panel—specifically data collected from instrumented pumpable cribs, observations of the conditions of the entries, and numerical modeling of the bleeder entries during longwall extraction.The primary focus was on the extent and magnitude of the abutment loading experienced by the standing support.As expected, the instrumentation of the standing supports showed very little loading relative to the capacity of the standing supports—less than 23 Mg load and 2.54 cm convergence.The Flac3D program was used to evaluate these four bleeder entries using previously defined modeling and input parameter estimation procedures.The results indicated only a minor increase in load during the extraction of the longwall panel.The model showed a much greater increase in stress due to the development of the gateroad and bleeder entries, with about 80% of the increase associated with development and 20% with longwall extraction.The Flac3D model showed very good correlation between expected gateroad loading during panel extraction and that expected based on previous studies.The results of this study showed that the rear abutment stress experienced by this bleeder entry design was minimal.The farther away from the startup room, the lower the applied load and smaller the convergence in the entry if all else is held constant.Finally, the numerical modeling method used in this study was capable of replicating the expected and measured results near seam.

Long Term Load Forecasting and Recommendations for China Based on Support Vector Regression

Long-term load forecasting (LTLF) is a challenging task because of the complex relationships between load and factors affecting load. However, it is crucial for the economic growth of fast developing countries like China as the growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to be 7.5%, according to China’s 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010). In this paper, LTLF with an economic factor, GDP, is implemented. A support vector regression (SVR) is applied as the training algorithm to obtain the nonlinear relationship between load and the economic factor GDP to improve the accuracy of forecasting.

Heating load interval forecasting approach based on support vector regression and error estimation

As the existing heating load forecasting methods are almostly point forecasting,an interval forecasting approach based on Support Vector Regression (SVR) and interval estimation of relative error is proposed in this paper.The forecasting output can be defined as energy saving control setting value of heating supply substation;meanwhile,it can also provide a practical basis for heating dispatching and peak load regulating operation.By means of the proposed approach,SVR model is used to point forecasting and the error interval can be gained by using nonparametric kernel estimation to the forecast error,which avoid the distributional assumptions.Combining the point forecasting results and error interval,the forecast confidence interval is obtained.Finally,the proposed model is performed through simulations by applying it to the data from a heating supply network in Harbin,and the results show that the method can meet the demands of energy saving control and heating dispatching.

Analytical Solutions to Strain Rates of Reinforced Concrete Simply Supported Slabs under Blast Loads

Based on the Duhamel integral, a couple of analytical solutions are derived to predict the strain rates of concrete and steel reinforcement in reinforced concrete slabs under blast loads and to estimate their variation over depth of a cross-section along the entire length of the member. The analytical approach utilizes the single-degree-of-freedom mode for the analysis of reinforced concrete simply supported one-way panels subjected to blast loads. These analytical solutions can give the strain rate profile for any cross-section at any time and permit variations of strain rate in each time step of numerical iteration method, thus making it possible to directly incorporate strain rate effects into non-linear dynamic response analysis of structural members subjected to blast loads.

Enhanced Adherence Counselling, Support Groups and Viral Load Suppression amongst HIV-Positive Adolescents in a Tertiary Health Care Facility in Cameroon

Background: Globally, HIV viral load suppression rate, which is an indirect measure of the efficacy of antiretroviral (ART) medication, is 47% and 52% in Africa. In Cameroon, the viral load (VL) suppression rate is 44.7% and poor adherence is widely documented as being responsible for the large gap in VL Suppression. Enhanced adherence counselling (EAC) sessions, and enrolment and participation in support groups are specific interventions to improve ART adherence and improve viral load suppression. Purpose: This study assesses the uptake and contribution of support groups and EAC sessions in the management of adolescents with unsuppressed VL results at Centre Hospitalier d’Essos, Yaounde. Methods: A retrospective correlational quantitative patient files review was conducted for 138 files of HIV positive adolescents aged between 10 - 19 years with HIV VL above 1000 copies/ml enrolled in care between January 2009 and December 2019. Data from the questionnaire was entered into CSPRO version 7.4. and analyzed by using SPSS version 25.0. Results: A total of 138 participants (75 females and 63 males) with a mean age of 15 ± 3 years were included in our study. Sixty-nine (50%) participants were in World Health Organization (WHO) stage I;32.6% were in Stage II;13.0% and 4.3% were in stages III and IV, respectively. Thirty (21.7%) had a history of tuberculosis and 76% of the adolescents were being cared for primarily by their parents. The charts of the adolescents revealed that there was an association between completion of EAC sessions in adolescents with unsuppressed VL and eventual VL suppression (R.R = 2.5;CI 0.848 - 6.162;p = 0.033). However, there was no significant association between support group enrolment and active participation, and eventual VL Suppression. Furthermore, combining EAC and support group interventions was strongly associated with eventual VL Suppression in this group of initially unsuppressed adolescents (R.R = 7.5;C.I 2.544 - 22.360;p Conclusion: Suppression rates were good after completion of EAC sessions and participation in support group enrolment for adolescents with a high VL. As we move towards having 95% of ART-treated adolescents achieve and maintain viral suppression, there is a need to reinforce EAC sessions and support group enrolment in ART clinics targeting this priority group.

Methods for measuring and calculating the external load of powered supports

Taking the chock shield supports as the object of study, methods formeasuring and calculating the external load of powered supports were discussed. Selecting the angleparameters as variables, the simple formulae of interactive computation with respect to the workangles of a powered support were deduced and verified by an example. Furthermore, the formulaedetermining the magnitude, direction and action point of the external load were put forward. Theinvestigation results have provided a sound basis for the software design of the intelligentinstrument for load measuring of powered supports.

Influence of load capacity on hydrostatic journal support deformation in finite element calculation

Based on the application of the four-oil-pad radial hydrostatic bearing in heavy equipments, the deformation of the four-oil-pad radial hydrostatic bearing was calculated by using the finite element method. The formula of film stiffness, film thickness and carrying capacity were established; the influence of the main parameters, such as load, load area and deformation on the supportability was analyzed; and the capacity of the two kinds of bearings was compared. The result shows that the carrying capacity of typeⅠ is prior to that of type Ⅱ . Calculations provide a theoretical basis for the bearing choosing and structure designing in the actual project.

车辆载荷作用下桩后黏性土主动土压力分析

针对现有设计规范进行桩后主动土压力计算时未考虑车辆载荷的动力效应对支护结构影响的问题,在平面滑裂面假定的基础上,结合拟动力学分析方法,考虑车辆动载荷作用下桩后土体受惯性力的影响,推导出车辆载荷作用下主动土压力的计算式,将主动土压力分为动土压力分量和静土压力分量。分析土体容重、桩-土外摩擦角对主动土压力的影响,以及水平振动加速度系数、内摩擦角、行车速度、车桩间距对动土压力的影响,对比分析不同黏聚力情况下的主动土压力分布规律。研究结果表明:桩后动土压力呈非线性分布;在车辆载荷作用下,一个振动周期内桩后主动土压力随滑动面倾角的增大和时间的持续先增大后减小;动土压力幅值随车桩间距的增大而减小,振动周期随车速的增大而增大。

托顶煤巷道锚固“梁-拱”结构分类及顶板冲击失稳机制

我国煤矿托顶煤巷道冲击地压频发,且冲击动载下顶板灾害尤为严重。为探究托顶煤巷道顶板锚固结构类型和冲击失稳机制,以陕西某矿301工作面回风巷道大面积冲击垮顶为工程背景,运用相似实验、理论分析及数据统计等方法,分析了托顶煤巷道围岩应力、位移和巷表加速度的动载响应特征,研究了顶煤厚度与支护构件影响下顶板锚固结构的分类特征,探究了弹性波下托顶煤巷道的应力响应机制,提出顶板锚固“梁-拱”结构的冲击失稳机制,评估了301工作面回风巷道的抗冲能力,并提出了相应的抗冲支护优化方案。结果表明:①冲击动载下托顶煤围岩应力和位移等监测数据验证了顶板存在内、外层的梁或拱形锚固结构,因顶煤厚度增加,顶板内层锚固结构存在由“梁”向“拱”的转换;②基于顶煤厚度与支护构件相对关系,将顶板锚固结构划分为薄顶煤的“叠加梁-拱”、厚顶煤的“组合梁-拱”和特厚顶煤的“组合拱”,建立了厚煤梁由“梁”向“拱”转化的临界厚度指标;③顶板锚固梁结构和锚固拱结构的冲击失稳机制为动静载荷下分别达到其拉伸、剪切强度极限后破坏,锚固“梁-拱”结构对冲击载荷的放大效应受其尺寸影响明显;④特厚顶煤的“组合拱”结构中内层拱承载强度较低,可增加锚杆长度提升内层拱厚,对应的“组合拱”结构的承载能力上升明显,与抗冲能力评估结果相符。

极地船型冰区强弱构件冰载荷分配

为了探究极地船型冰区结构横骨架式次要构件(骨材)与主要支撑构件(PSM)之间连接构件处的冰载荷分配规律,提出适用于骨材与PSM间连接构件处载荷的工程实用化计算方法。基于国际船级社协会极地船级规范中的设计冰载荷,提出横骨架式构件在设计冰载作用下由骨材承载分配至PSM处的载荷的工程实用化计算方法;将《散货船和油船共同结构规范》(HCSR)中的强弱构件间载荷分配方法拓展应用于极地船型冰区骨材与PSM间冰载荷分配中,在某极地科考船舯部冰带区有限元模型外板上施加设计冰载荷,根据舷侧横骨架式典型节点的应力计算出骨材与PSM间连接构件处的冰载荷值。计算结果表明,通过数值计算得到的载荷值与采用工程实用化计算方法得到的载荷值基本一致,HCSR中强弱构件间载荷分配方法可应用于极地船型中,横骨架式由骨材承载分配至PSM处的冰载荷工程实用化计算方法有效,研究结果可为后续极地船型冰区结构连接构件结构设计提供设计输入。

恒力支吊架性能指标研究及标准修改建议

高温汽水管道是发电厂的重要部件,由于管道垂直高差和水平跨距较大,为协调管道热膨胀和降低管道热胀应力,在管道设计时配置了较多恒力弹簧支吊架(恒力吊架)。由于存在转轴摩擦力矩等原因,恒力吊架并非恒力,其荷载偏差会造成管道运行时偏离设计冷态、热态线及管道应力升高。为控制恒力支吊架质量,国内相关标准中有恒定度和荷载偏差度2个质量性能控制指标。分析研究荷载偏差度可得:由于存在摩擦力矩等,恒力吊架在测试荷载偏差度时,不同加载方向测得的拔销荷载差异较大,导致其荷载偏差度差异较大,因此拔销荷载不宜作为代表性参数;平均荷载可表征位移-荷载曲线的位置,是恒力支吊架的代表性参数,并给出了新的平均荷载偏差度计算公式。建议对相关标准进行修订,提高恒力吊架性能。

海上移动平台直升机甲板圆管支撑结构安全评估

圆管支撑结构是海上移动式平台直升机甲板设计的重要部分,由于海上恶劣的风浪环境,使结构整体受风载荷的影响较大.现有直升机甲板圆管支撑结构的安全评估内容主要集中于圆管的静强度分析,缺乏风振响应分析,文中以海洋石油163平台直升机甲板为例,研究圆管支撑结构的静力和动力载荷输入,通过有限元强度分析和理论经验公式计算对比静力、风载荷作用下直升机甲板圆管支撑结构的受力情况,考虑风振涡激效应的准静态分析,在此基础上提出了直升机甲板圆管支撑结构的安全评估方法,探究了风载荷对结构整体安全的影响.

海上风机支撑结构承载性能试验研究

基于波流水槽开展的模型试验,设计了风机支撑结构受到水流、循环荷载、无水和静水环境条件等工况,获得了单向流作用、循环荷载作用以及单向流与循环荷载共同作用等不同荷载组合下风机支撑结构的承载性能.结果表明:循环荷载作用下风机支撑结构在无水条件下的产生的累积位移是静水条件下的46.12%,单向流和循环荷载共同作用时,支撑结构累积位移较单独荷载作用效果叠加时增加了60.84%.在有水的环境和多种荷载共同作用下,风机支撑结构承载性能有明显降低,因此,在海上风机结构设计和安全评估时应考虑多种荷载共同作用的影响.

基于RLLE算法的脑力负荷分类

近年来,随着人工智能领域技术的不断发展,脑机接口(brain-computer interface,BCI)吸引了更多学者的关注。实时监测高强度脑力工作者的脑力负荷水平并根据其任务做出动态调整是保护国家财产和操作人员安全的重要手段。研究表明由脑电图(electroencephalogram,EEG)提取的特征功率谱密度对于脑力负荷的变化比较敏感,但由于其维数过高,容易造成数据灾难。传统的主成分分析降维(principal component analysis,PCA)算法会损失数据的部分非线性特征。局部线性嵌入(locally linear embedding,LLE)是常用的非线性降维算法,但该算法对噪声的敏感性高,降维结果受参数影响较大。稳健局部线性嵌入算法RLLE(robust locally linear embedding),在LLE优化权重矩阵时添加了正则项优化,不仅增强了模型的抗噪能力,也解决了解模型过程中可能会出现的矩阵病态和奇异性问题。实验结果表明,经过RLLE降维后的数据使用支持向量机(support vector machine,SVM)分类精度普遍高于经过PCA和LLE的降维方式,具有更强的抗干扰能力。

非对称载荷作用下倾斜区段煤柱稳定性分析及控制技术

为解决工作面回采及巷道掘进影响下倾斜区段煤柱稳定性劣化的复杂问题,运用弹性力学半逆解法及摩尔-库伦准则建立力学模型,结合三维有限元数值模拟,深入分析了倾斜区段煤柱一侧受载结构形态特征,明确了倾斜煤柱失稳致灾力源及载荷的分布特性,探究了采掘扰动下倾斜区段煤柱塑性变形-失稳-破坏的动态演化过程,揭示了非对称载荷作用下倾斜区段煤柱临界失稳致灾机理,以此为基础优化了倾斜煤柱及周围巷道稳定性控制技术。结果表明:区段煤柱因煤层倾角导致的倾斜形态是煤柱所承受载荷呈非对称状的关键诱因,这一特性致使倾斜煤柱最底端区域覆载最大,且当此区域失稳破坏时,呈现由煤柱下端底角塑性区向煤柱上端底角塑性区扩展的运移过程,并因此得出倾斜区段煤柱临界尺寸随煤层倾角增大而增加的演化规律。由此,针对大南湖一矿倾斜区段煤柱及周围巷道变形失稳的问题,采用支护优化及注浆加固等措施,降低了倾斜区段煤柱侧巷道的变形速率,为类似矿井的煤柱稳定性控制提供了借鉴。

基于切比雪夫拟谱法的移动荷载作用下简支梁动力响应计算

采用切比雪夫拟谱法求解移动荷载作用下简支梁的动力响应问题,该方法通过重新选取插值点的方式并借助转换矩阵对边界条件进行施加,对集中荷载采用高斯函数法进行正则化处理。将本文方法计算结果与解析解和有限元解进行比较,结果表明,在划分较少单元数量时,采用本文方法计算结果与解析解吻合良好,求解效率高于有限元方法。采用本文方法对Dirac函数的正则化参数σ_(n)进行敏感性分析,结果表明,当在±3σ_(n)范围内布置配点数6~10个时,计算结果能取得较好的精度。