Abstract : Due to the weak integrity of the damaged masonry pagodas, it is easily to be destroyed heavily for the pagodas affected by earthquake again, even are collapsed. Using rigid hoops to restrain and strengthen the masonry can improve the mechanical properties of ancient masonry pagodas. To study the seismic performance of damaged masonry pagoda reinforced with rigid hoop, three sub-structure models of the masonry pagoda were designed and constructed, and the pseudo-static tests were carried out. The Full article
Abstract : The mechanical properties of the interface between soil and structure have always been a hot topic in geotechnical engineering. In order to explore the interfacial shear characteristics of non-water reaction polymer and concrete, the effects of vertical stress and shear rate on shear strength and shear modulus of polymer concrete interface were studied based on monotonic direct shear test. The experimental results showed that: under the given vertical stress and shear rate, with the increase of Full article
Abstract : As the controlling reservoir that possesses a large storage capacity in Yellow River, the operation of Xiaolangdi Reservoir (XLD) is of great importance to the reservoir maintenance and the downstream channel shaping. Considering the integrated economical profit of power generation and sediment discharge, an operation model of XLD was established by coupling the calculations of water-sediment balances with the calculation of power generation. There were two types of optimization objectives: the Full article
Abstract : Thermal error prediction and compensation of CNC machine tools is an important technology to improve the machining accuracy and reliability of CNC machine tools. The thermal error of machine tool is time-varying and nonlinear. To improve the accuracy and robustness of thermal error prediction, a numerical control machine tool thermal error prediction model based on attention mechanism and deep learning network was proposed. Using the data conversion strategy, the original temperature data of CNC Full article
Abstract : Deflection is the basic data of bridge health monitoring. It can provide quantitative information for both structural safety evaluations and maintenance purposes. By analyzing the relationship between the displacement and its first and second derivatives (inclination and curvature), a method to detect the local stiffness damage of the structure by using the area difference of curvature of the deflection curve before and after the damage was proposed. The area enclosed by the curvature curves bef Full article
Abstract : Exploring the fluid flow mechanism in rock masses is of great significance for preventing water inrush during excavation of underground constructions such as tunnels. Quantitative descriptions of the hydraulic properties of single rock fracture subject to normal stresses and shear displacement are the basis for understanding the coupled hydro-mechanical processes in fractured rock masses; however, the quantitative relationships among stress, deformation, aperture, inertial coefficients have not Full article
Abstract : The secondary fly ash problem in the application process of fly ash of municipal solid waste incineration (shorter form, fly ash) melting treatment technology has become a constraint. It is beneficial to the development of harmless and resource utilization technology of secondary fly ash by mastering the distribution law of salt in the gas phase product of fly ash melting, and it can be used as a reference for the design of tail gas purification equipment and operation. The fly ash released from Full article
Abstract : Frequency diverse array (FDA) radar applies a small frequency offset between the adjacent elements to synthesize a range-angle-dependent beampattern. It is difficult to control the beam steering for the coupled time-variant beampattern. For this problem, the time-variant characteristic and point beam forming of FDA radar were mainly studied in the paper. Firstly, the characteristic of transmit beampattern of FDA using linearly increasing frequency increment was analyzed. Secondly, two signal mod Full article
Abstract : High entropy alloys break through the traditional alloy design concept with one or two elements as basic elements, and have a simple phase structure and excellent comprehensive performance prepared by equimolar ratio or near equimolar ratio, which is expected to further expand the performance limit and application of metal materials. In order to study the effect of element doping on phase structure, microstructure and wear resistance, CoCrCuFeMn and CoCrCuFeMnZr high entropy alloys with equal mo Full article
Abstract : China is one of the countries with the most serious disasters of dammed lakes, where the dammed lakes pose a great threat to the safety of people’s lives and properties among the upstream inundated area and the downstream outburst flood routing area. A deep understanding of the scouring and breaching processes of landslide dam can provide important scientific and technological basis for the design of emergency discharge channel and the formulation of downstream emergency measures. Accordin Full article
Abstract : Three kinds of magnesium-based foamed concrete with dry density grade A05 were prepared by chemical foaming with magnesium oxychloride cement, magnesium oxysulfide cement and magnesium phosphate cement as cementing materials respectively. By designing orthogonal tests, the influences of water/cement ratio, magnesium cement component ratio, retarder content, fly ash content and polypropylene fiber content on the compressive strength of three kinds of magnesia-based foamed concrete were determined Full article
Abstract : With the rise of development and utilization of marine resources, inclined pile foundation with good horizontal bearing capacity has been widely used as marine structures such as cross-sea bridge, offshore platform and high pile wharf. Under the action of strong nonlinear superposition of wave and current, severe local scour will occur around the inclined pile, which will reduce the safety of the structure and even lead to structural damage. In order to understand the influence of inclination an Full article
Abstract : A deep understanding of the loading and unloading rate effect of rock mass mechanical response under mining stress path is an important basis for defining the optimal advancing rate of actual working face. Based on the initial crustal stress environment of Pingdingshan mining area, the evolution law of stress under the condition of protective layer mining with the depth of kilometer was analyzed quantitatively. The research on the mechanical behavior of coal and rock mass under different unloadi Full article
Abstract : In order to alleviate the burden of continuous increasing energy consumption falling on the power system and solve the complex calculation problem in the joint dispatching of large-scale electrical equipment, a hybrid decentralized optimization of dispatching the large-scale controllable appliances and energy storage equipment considering demand side response was proposed in this paper. Firstly, two mathematical models of controllable electrical equipment load and energy storage equipment were e Full article
Abstract : To effectively evaluate the loss of axial force for the bolts in cable clamp of suspension bridge, the influence factors analyses and application of ultrasonic identification method for cable clamp blot axial force in suspension bridge were carried out. Firstly, the axial force calculation formula was established based on the acoustic elastic effect, and the accuracy of this formula was verified by experiments. Then, effects of the non-stress acoustic time difference and stress coefficient diffe Full article
Abstract : Microwave-assisted concrete aggregate recycling is a new green technology, with little pollution and low energy generated during the heating process. The influence of moisture content on the microwave heating effect and concrete strength weakening was explored, and the separation effect of aggregate and mortar in concrete after microwave heating was analysed. Different heating paths were utilized to heat the concrete test blocks to obtain their temperature rise characteristics, and the compressi Full article
Abstract : Mountain rivers often carry a large amount of sediment in the process of flash floods and cause severe deformation of the riverbed. In particular, the riverbed of the wide and narrow rivers is adjusted sharply and the water level rises sharply, which can easily increase the risk of flood inundation in the widened rivers. The study of water and sediment transport and riverbed deformation in the evolution of mountain torrents is of great significance for flood control and disaster mitigation. In t Full article
Abstract : Transition metal Fe2+ is the most economical, effective and environmentally friendly PS activation substance, but Fe2+ is prone to be oxidized and loses its activation ability, resulting in poor continuous effect of the Fe2+/PS system. In order to improve the efficiency of the Fe2+/PS system in oxidizing and degrading organic pollutants, iohexol, a commonly used iodinated X–ray contrast media in medical field, was taken as the target pollutant?and its degradation in four advanced oxidation Full article
Abstract : Landslide dams are usually formed instantaneously by natural forces, the accumulation bodies have the characteristics of complex space structure, wide gradation of dam materials, poor dam stability, and they are easy to fail under the flow erosion. As a major natural disaster of flood and drought, safety evaluation and disaster prediction of landslide dams have been the focus of attention by the scholars around the world, but many questions remain unanswered, which are mainly manifested in: 1) A Full article
Abstract : Surface quenching of the rail steel using the laminar plasma jet can increase its service life, but the treatment parameters can only be determined by the experimental methods currently, which is time-consuming and laborious. If a simulation model for the surface quenching process can be established to quickly predict the variation of the temperature field in the surface quenching process and the hardness distribution within the hardened zone, the optimal treatment parameters can then be obtaine Full article