Behaviour of concrete filled steel tubular columns under fire

A three dimensional nonlinear FE program is used to calculate the fire resistances of concrete filled steel tubular columns under fire. The temperature distributions in the circular section fire are decided by solving the Fourier Transfer Equation ,and the mechanical behaviour and failure of concrete filled steel tubular columns under fire are thus investigated, and the effects of several parameters on the fire resistance are analysed. The results obtained are in good agreement with the Eurocode.

An evolving network model with modular growth

In this paper, we propose an evolving network model growing fast in units of module, according to the analysis of the evolution characteristics in real complex networks. Each module is a small-world network containing several interconnected nodes and the nodes between the modules are linked by preferential attachment on degree of nodes. We study the modularity measure of the proposed model, which can be adjusted by changing the ratio of the number of inner- module edges and the number of inter-module edges. In view of the mean-field theory, we develop an analytical function of the degree distribution, which is verified by a numerical example and indicates that the degree distribution shows characteristics of the small-world network and the scale-free network distinctly at different segments. The clustering coefficient and the average path length of the network are simulated numerically, indicating that the network shows the small-world property and is affected little by the randomness of the new module.

Numerical study on the restriction speed of train passing curved rail in cross wind

The results of numerical investigations of aerodynamic forces and moment coefficients of flow passing a simplified train geometry under different wind speeds are summarized. To compute numerically the different coefficients, the three-dimensional Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, combined with the k-ε turbulence model, were solved using finite volume technique. The pres-sure-velocity fields were coupled using the SIMPLE algorithm. At each iteration the pressure correction was obtained by solving a velocity divergence-derived Poisson-like equation. With the computed aerodynamic forces, the formula of the restriction speed at which the train passed curved rail in cross wind was deduced to analyse the influences of aerodynamic forces on the restriction speed. Results of numerical investigations showed that aerodynamic lift and overturn moment increased more and more rapidly with train speed and wind speed. The enhancement trends showed nonlinear phenomena and enhanced risk in the course of train movement. When the train travels at a high speed and encounters a huge cross wind, the influence involved by nonlinear risk increment will extremely impair safety of train. The following conclusion can also be drawn: The effect of aerodynamic lift makes restriction speed reduce, however, the influences of aerodynamic drag to the limit train speed rest on the direction of wind flow. When the wind blows from inner rail to outer rail, aerodynamic forces shall reduce the restriction speed, by contraries, when the wind blows from outer rail to inner rail, aerodynamic forces shall increase the restriction speed.

Engineering management:Global engineering research frontiers

“Engineering Fronts 2019”focuses on the major research and technology directions that are forward-looking,pioneering,and exploratory in the field of engineering science and technology.It has a significant impact on and results in the future development of engineering science and technology(Center for Strategic Studies of Chinese Academy of Engineering et al.,2019).