Banghua Yao^1,2, Jianping Wei¹, Dengke Wang¹, Dan Ma^2,3, Zhanqing Chen²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.91, No.2, pp. 81-100, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.091.081

Abstract Presently, there is an increasing number of water outburst accidents in China as mining activity continues to develop to deeper ground. In these accidents, water outburst caused by karst collapse columns often results in serious damage, involving both the loss of lives and significant economic loss. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to study the seepage property and water outburst mechanism of karst collapse columns. In this paper, based on the seepage theory and the groundwater dynamic theory of porous media, a fluid-solid coupling model for karst collapse columns was built and then imported into… More >

Zhang YG, SX Guo, HY Dai

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.81, pp. 229-232, 2012, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2012.81.229

Abstract The length, dimension and type of the vessel elements in the secondary xylem of columnar and standard apple trees were studied by isolation method and micrograph. Results showed that the shoot xylem vessel cells were reticulate and pitted in columnar and standard apples. Most of the end walls were simple perforation plates. Compared with columnar apple trees, standard apple trees showed more abnormal cells in the xylem vessel cells. The average diameter of the xylem vessel cells of shoots was significantly wider in columnar apple (43.27μm) than in standard apple, (32.64 μm). Length of the More >

Zhang YG, HY Dai

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.80, pp. 119-125, 2011, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2011.80.119

Abstract The photosynthetic and morphological characteristics, and microstructure of roots and shoots, were studied between columnar apple and standard apple trees derived from the crosses of ‘Fuji’ × ‘Telamon’ and ‘Gala’ × ‘Telamon’. The results showed that chlorophyll A, chlorophyll B, the content of chlorophyll A+B, and leaf area index were higher in columnar apple trees than in standard apple trees. In a day cycle, the net photosynthetic (Pn) and transpiration rates (Tr) were higher in the columnar apple trees than in standard apple trees. The daily variations of Pn and Tr were of a double… More >

Kang-Hai TAN

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 73-74, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.020.073

Abstract This paper presents the behaviour and modelling of two experimental programmes, viz. one on typical extended end-plate steel beam-to-column (conventionally deemed as "fully rigid" joints) and another on composite steel beam- to-column (conventionally deemed as ßemi-rigid" joints) under fire conditions. The first programme comprised three beam-column cruciform joints tested at isothermal temperature of 400C, 550C and 700C, and another three specimens at 700C but subjected to different axial restraints. The second programme consisted of six ambient temperature tests (as control specimens) and eight elevated-temperature tests on composite top-and-seat-and-web (TSW) angle joints under vertical loading. It… More >

Brad Regez, Sridhar Krishnaswamy, Kirk Kuehling

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 67-68, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.020.067

Abstract Dr. Brad Regez

Northwestern University, USA More >

Qing Li Wang, Yuan Che, Yong Bo Shao, Rui Lin Li

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 119-120, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.016.119

Abstract Based on analysis of the hysteretic experimental results of the concrete filled circular CFRP-steel tubular (C-CFRP-CFST) beam-columns, it shows that the deflection curves of all the specimens are close to half sinusoidal shape. The steel tube and the CFRP material can work concurrently both in longitudinal and transverse directions. Additionally, the longitudinal strain and the transverse strain at a same point have opposite action. Analysis indicates that there is no strength degradation. The axial compression ratio and strengthening factor of the longitudinal CFRP can enhance the strength and the stiffness of the members and they More >

Zhi-quan Zhang, Jia-xiang Chi, Yu-fen Zhang

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.16, No.3, pp. 95-96, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.016.095

Abstract This paper concentrates on the compressive strength of steel tube in Concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) column. Through an elasto-plastic limit analysis based on Twin Shear Unified Strength Theory (TSUST), the vertical load capacity of the steel tube alone was analyzed by adopting a parameter b, which varies from 0 to 1. And the strength reduction factor has been derived by total theory of plasticity. A new analytical formula, capable of predicting the axial bearing capacity of the CFST stub columns subjected to axial compression, has been developed based on the linear approximation of Mises yield More >

Gongsheng Li¹, De Yao², Hengyi Jiang³, Xianzheng Jia¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 83-108, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.074.083

Abstract This paper deals with an inverse problem of determining a time-depen -dent reaction coefficient arising from a disturbed soil-column infiltrating experiment based on measured breakthrough data. A purpose of doing such experiment is to simulate and study transport behaviors of contaminants when they vertically penetrating through the soils. Data compatibility of the inverse problem is discussed showing a sufficient condition to the solution's monotonicity and positivity with the help of an adjoint problem. Furthermore, an optimal perturbation regularization algorithm is applied to solve the inverse problem, and two typical numerical examples are presented to support More >

E.J. Sapountzakis¹, J.A. Dourakopoulos¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.18, No.2, pp. 121-154, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2010.018.121

Abstract In this paper a boundary element method is developed for the nonlinear flexural - torsional analysis of Timoshenko beam-columns of arbitrary simply or multiply connected constant cross section, undergoing moderate large deflections under general boundary conditions. The beam-column is subjected to the combined action of an arbitrarily distributed or concentrated axial and transverse loading as well as to bending and twisting moments. To account for shear deformations, the concept of shear deformation coefficients is used. Seven boundary value problems are formulated with respect to the transverse displacements, to the axial displacement, to the angle of… More >

G.S. Li¹, D. Yao², Y.Z. Wang³, H.Y. Jiang²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.51, No.1, pp. 53-72, 2009, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2009.051.053

Abstract In this paper, an undisturbed soil-column infiltrating experiment is investigated, and a mathematical model describing multi-components solutes transport behaviors in the column is put forward by combing hydro-chemical analysis with advection dispersion mechanisms, which is a group of advection-dispersion-reaction partial differential equations. Since the model involving six reaction coefficients which can not be obtained directly, an optimal perturbation regularization algorithm of determining these parameters is performed, and numerical simulations under different conditions are carried out. Furthermore, the inversion algorithm is applied to solve the real inverse problem by utilizing the measured breakthrough data. The reconstruction More >