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Advances in structural mechanics of Chinese ancient
architectures
YU Maohong, ODA Yoshiya, FANG Dongping, ZHAO Junhai
Front. Struct. Civ. Eng.. 2008, 2 (1): 1-25.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-008-0002-1
Chinese ancient architectures are valuable heritage of ancient culture of China. Many historical building have been preserved up to now. The researches on the structural mechanics of ancient architectures show the different aspects of structure and mechanics. Systematical studies on the structural mechanics of ancient architectures have been carried out at Xi’an Jiaotong University since 1982. It is related with the need of repair of some national preservation relics in Xi’an. These studies include: 1) Ancient wooden structures including three national preservation relics Arrow Tower at North City Gate, City Tower at East City Gate, and Baogao Temple in Ningbao, Zhejiang province. 2) Ancient tall masonry building, the Big Goose Pagoda and Small Goose Pagoda in Xi’an. 3) Mechanical characteristics of ancient soil under foundation and city wall; the influence of caves in and under the ancient City Wall on the stability of the wall. 4) The typical Chinese ancient building at the center of city: the Bell Tower and Drum tower. 5) The behavior of Dou-Gong and Joggle joint of Chinese ancient wooden structure. 6) The mechanical behavior of ancient soils under complex stress state. A new systematical strength theory, the unified strength theory, is used to analyze the stability of ancient city wall in Xi’an and foundation of tall pagoda built in Tang dynasty. These researches also concern differential settlements of Arrow Tower and resistance to earthquake of these historical architecture heritages. Some other studies are also introduced. This paper gives a summary of these researches. Preservation and research are nowadays an essential requirement for the famous monuments, buildings, towers and others. Our society is more and more conscious of this necessity, which involves increasing activities of restoration, and then sometimes also of repair, mechanical strengthening and seismic retrofitting. Many historical buildings have in fact problems of structural strength and stability; the need for further studies on structural mechanics and materials is definitely growing.
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Strength of tubular welded joints of roof trusses
in Shanghai Qizhong Tennis Center
TONG Lewei, GU Min, CHEN Yiyi, ZHOU Liying, SUN Jiandong, CHEN Yangji, LIN Yingru, LIN Gao
Front. Struct. Civ. Eng.. 2008, 2 (1): 30-36.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-008-0010-1
Static strength of multi-planar welded joints with seven brace members and one chord member made of circular hollow sections is investigated in the paper, based on the engineering practice of moveable roof trusses of Shanghai Qizhong Tennis Center. Firstly, comparative experiments were carried out on two model joints with a scale of 1:3. One joint was not reinforced, whereas the other was reinforced with ring stiffeners inside the chord member. Failure mode, stress distribution, plastic-zone development and ultimate load capacity of the joints were investigated, and effects of the ring stiffeners on the joint behavior were observed through the experiments. Secondly, finite element analysis of both the tested model joints was performed. The calculation results are in a good agreement with the experimental results, which indicated that the numerical analysis was quite effective. Finally, the strategy for enhancing strength of the complicated joint is discussed. Parameters study on the constructional details of ring stiffeners was carried out using FE method. The present research shows the multi-planar circular hollow section joint with high ratio of diameter to thickness of the chord and multiple braces is liable to chord plasticity under axial tension and compression on the braces. For the design of the joint, it is suggested that the ring stiffeners are installed insider the chord to meet needs of enough stiffness and strength. Both position and number of the stiffeners should be carefully determined based on the axial forces on the braces and their diameters. The stiffener thickness should not be less than the chord thickness, and the diameter of the hole at the center of the stiffener should not be greater than half of the chord diameter.
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Lifting installation and prestressed cable construction
of suspendome roof for Wuhan Gymnasium
GUO Zhengxing, SHI Kairong, LUO Bin, TIAN Qiliang, WU Julong, BI Shuiyong
Front. Struct. Civ. Eng.. 2008, 2 (1): 87-92.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-008-0005-y
The steel roof of Wuhan Gymnasium is a long-span suspendome structure system. According to the structural characteristics of the roof, the lifting installation of upper latticed shell and the installation and tension of lower prestressed cables are introduced in detail. The cable tension is completed successfully on June 27, 2006, while the test results of cable forces and structural deformation are comparatively consistent with the theoretical analysis results. Moreover, Strut-adjustment Method is innovated and applied successfully in the construction of long-span suspendome structure for the first time, and the theoretical and practical experiences can be used for the research and application of similar new-type spatial structures.
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Displacement-based seismic design of high-strength
concrete frame columns
ZHANG Guojun, LIU Jianxin, LU Xilin
Front. Struct. Civ. Eng.. 2008, 2 (1): 93-101.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-008-0006-x
Based on the testing results of 108 high-strength concrete columns under constant axial loading and horizontal cyclic loading, the relations between the drift ratio at yield, the maximum displacement drift, the limiting displacement drift, the ductility ratio of testing columns and shear span-to-depth ratio, axial compression ratio, confining reinforcement characteristic values, the ratio of cover area to confined core area as well as longitudinal reinforcement ratio are discussed in this paper. Then the relations between limiting displacement drifts and axial compression ratio, confining reinforcement characteristic values and the ratio of cover area to confined core area are analytically regressed. Subsequently the relations between confining reinforcement characteristic values and axial compression ratio, the limiting displacement drift, and the practical formula used to calculate confining reinforcement characteristic values are put forward. In the end the minimum confining reinforcement characteristic values in the dense hoop regions of high-strength concrete columns are presented by comparatively analysis, and compared with ones in the design code (GB 50010-2002, P. R. China).
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