Research on Bearing Capacity Calculation Method of Large Diameter Cylinder in Soft Clay

A large diameter cylinder inserted in soils is a new type of engineering structures used in offshore and port engineering. The mechanism of its bearing capacity and the analysis of its stability are important to its design and applications. In this paper, the finite element method is used to analyze the reacting forces of the soft soil foundation on the structure under the wave action. A simplified method is proposed, based on the plastic limit method, for the safety and stability analysis. Our analysis shows that the assumptions made in this paper and the mechanism used are reasonable, and the results obtained are appropriate. The calculation method is very efficient and can be used to evaluate main parameters of the structure in its preliminary designs.

Vertical Bearing Capacity of a Partially-Embedded Pipeline on Tresca Soils

Slip-line field solutions are presented for the ultimate load of submarine pipelines on a purely cohesive soil obeying Tresca yield criterion, taking into account of pipe embedment and pipe-soil contact friction. The derived bearing capacity factors for a smooth pipeline degenerate into those for the traditional strip-line footing when the embedment approaches zero. Parametric studies demonstrate that the bearing capacity factors for pipeline foundations are significantly influenced by the pipeline embedment and the pipe-soil frictional coefficient. With the increase of pipeline embedment, the bearing capacity factor Nc decreases gradually, and finally reaches the minimum value (4.0) when the embedment equals to pipeline radius. As such, if the pipeline is directly treated as a traditional strip footing, the bearing capacity factor Nc would be over evaluated. The ultimate bearing loads increase with increasing pipeline embedment and pipe-soil frictional coefficient.

On the Bearing Capacity of Suction Bucket Foundations in Saturated Sand

Abstract: The static bearing capacity of suction caisson with single-and four-caissons in saturated sand foundation is studied by experiments. The characteristics of bearing capacity under vertical and horizontal loadings are obtained ex- perimentally. The effects of loading direction on the bearing capacity of four-caissons are studied under horizontal load- ing. The comparison of the bearing capacity of single-caisson and four-caisson foundation, the sealed condition of cais- son’s top and loading rate are analyzed.

桶形基础极限承载力特性研究

通过有限元计算，分析了不同长径比下横向和竖向承载力、载荷位移曲线以及耦合载荷作用下的极限承载力特性，并与实验结果进行了对照。结果表明：当竖向压力小于某临界值时，基础的横向极限承载力随着竖向压力的增加而增加；但是当竖向压力增大到超过该临界值以后，横向极限承载力反而会随竖向压力的增大而降低。随着长径比的增加，基础承载力，特别是横向承载力有比较明显的提高。

刚性桩横向承载力的三维极限分析

根据试验中观察到的土体破坏模式，建立了相应的破坏机构，用上限法对c-φ土中刚性桩的横向承载力进行了三维极限分析。将破坏土体分为3个塑性变形区，假设了满足运动边界条件的合理速度场，建立了求解光滑刚性桩横向承载力上限解的数学模型。通过极限分析发现光滑刚性桩承载力的上限解与差分解相差不大，并利用由有限差分法得到的规律对光滑桩承载力的上限解进行了修正，得到了粗糙桩承载力的粗略解。三维极限分析为计算刚性桩横向承载力提供了一种简便有效的方法。

饱和砂土中桶形基础承载力的实验研究

桶形基础是近年开发的一种新型的可广泛应用于海洋工程结构的基础形式。由于多种优越性而受到各国石油部门的重视,并引起许多研究人员的关注。通过在饱和砂中的单桶和四桶基础模型实验,研究了桶形基础的静承载特性。分别进行了垂直方向和水平方向的加载实验,其中,四桶基础水平方向加载又分为沿四桶中心构成的正方形的平行边方向和对角线方向施加,得到了载荷位移曲线,对单桶和四桶基础承载力特性,以及加载方向和速率的影响进行了分析和比较。 更多还原

Characteristics of the interface of a laser-quenched steel substrate and chromium electroplate

The interface of a laser-discrete-quenched steel substrate and as-deposited chromium electroplate was investigated by ion beam etching, dissolving-substrate-away and using a Vickers microhardness tester, in an attempt to reveal the mechanism that the service life of the chromium-coated parts is increased by the duplex technique of laser pre-quenching plus chromium post-depositing. The laser quenching of the steel substrate can reduce the steep hardness gradient at the substrate/chromium interface and improve the load-bearing capacity of chromium electroplate. Moreover, the laser quenching prior to plating has an extremely great effect on the morphologies and microstructure of the substrate/chromium interface: there is a transient interlayer at the original substrate/chromium interface while there is not at the laser-quenchedzone/chromium interface; the near-substrate surface microstructure and morphologies of the free-standing chromium electrodeposits, whose substrate was dissolved away with nital 30% in volume, inherit the periodically gradient characteristics of the laser-discrete-quenched substrate surface. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Experimental Study on the Responses of Bucket Foundations in Calcareous Sand under Vertical Dynamic Loading

Abstract: Experiments to determine the vertical static bearing capacity are carried out first in laboratory which is taken as a reference for choosing the amplitudes of vertical dynamic loading. Then a series of experiments are carried out to study the influences of factors, such as the scales of bucket, the amplitude and frequency of loading, the density of soils etc.. According to the experimental results, the responses of bucket foundations in calcareous sand under vertical dynamic loadings are analyzed. It is shown that there exists a limited effected zone under vertical dynamic loading. The scale of this zone is about one times of the bucket’s height. In this zone, the density of soil layer, the deformation and the pore pressure change obviously.

Response of the Bucket Foundation in Calcareous Sand under Horizontal Dynamic Load

Abstract: Experiments to determine the horizontal static bearing capacity are carried out first. The static bearing capacity is a reference for choosing the amplitudes of dynamic load. Then a series of experiments under dynamic horizontal load are carried out in laboratory to study the influences of factors, such as the scales of bucket, the amplitude and frequency of load, the density of soils etc.. The responses of bucket foundations in calcareous sand under horizontal dynamic load are analyzed according to the experimental results. The displacements of bucket and sand layer are analyzed.

基于CDEM的高桩码头承载力数值模拟

主要采用基于连续介质的离散元方法(CDEM)对高桩码头结构进行数值模拟。对CDEM方法在结构分析中应用验证可行的基础上,采用随机网格的方法对不规则抛石棱体进行模拟,根据实际的高桩码头建立数值计算模型,分析了其在不同加载条件下承载力的大小,得出码头结构破坏以及破坏程度的临界荷载。同时提取结构关键点的位移,将其与相对应的不同的加载等级进行详细分析,得出了破坏前后不同的直线型与抛物线型增长方式,为海洋工程结构的设计与分析提供了有价值的参考。

黄土区坡面水肥条件与植被建设

在对黄土区坡耕地资源、坡面水肥资源分布和植被现状分析的基础上 ,指出在坡面上进行植被建设应根据水分和养分的植物承载能力来确定适宜的植物种类和植被建设方案时建议采取综合技术措施进行植树种草 ,最后初步提出了黄土区坡面进行植被建设的技术模式。

Effect of Cl- on the corrosive wear of AISI 321 stainless steel in H2SO4 solution

The effect of Cl- on the corrosive wear behaviour of AISI 321 stainless steel in H2SO4 solution was studied via the corrosive wear rate, the load bearing capacity of passive film and the relationship between pitting and corrosive wear. There is a critical load at natural potential, below which the corrosive wear rate is slightly lowered by Cl-, while above which is increased. At natural potential there are more pits at low load than that at a higher one in the wear tracks and the pits are also deeper. The load bearing capacity is lowered by Cl- at passive region and then the corrosive wear rate increased.