scholarly journals Fatigue Load Spectrum of Highway Bridge Vehicles in Plateau Mountainous Area Based on Wireless Sensing

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Li Rui ◽  
Xie Xiaoyu ◽  
Duan Xueyan
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Highway Bridges ◽  
Equivalent Model ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
Wireless Sensing ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Load Spectrum ◽  
Fatigue Load

In Yunnan and other plateau mountainous areas, hydropower and mineral resources are abundant, and there are relatively many vehicles used for the transportation of large hydropower facilities. The widespread phenomenon of vehicle overload causes severe fatigue among the drivers. However, there is no reference vehicle load spectrum for fatigue analysis in the existing research. The application of wireless sensing technology to bridge health monitoring is favorable for the entire monitoring system’s low-cost and intelligent development. In this study, wireless sensors are used to collect sensing data in the measured area and perform preliminary filtering processing. The data collected by the sensing layer is aggregated at the TD gateway layer to realize local short-term storage of monitoring data, and 3G wireless transmission is used for the effective processing of the data. The clustering method is used to classify the vehicle models based on investigating the most representative expressway traffic flow information in Yunnan Province. Moreover, the weighted probability distribution model of different vehicle models is established through statistical analysis, which simplifies the composition’s fatigue intensity spectrum model. The selection of five vehicles of the equivalent model followed by a six-axle vehicle has the most significant impact on bridge damage as the standard fatigue vehicle. The research results establish a basis for the fatigue design of highway bridges in plateau and mountainous areas and provide data to establish vehicle fatigue load spectra in national highway regions.

scholarly journals The Effect of Vegetation on the Propagation Loss of V2I Network in High Altitude and Mountainous Area

2021 ◽  
pp. 437-443
Author(s):  
Dongjie Xie ◽  
◽  
Rong Guo ◽  
Huafu Li ◽  
Yanmei Jing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Propagation Loss ◽  
Equivalent Model ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Complex Environment ◽  
Internet Of Vehicles ◽  
Transmitting Antenna

With the gradual formation of the commercialization of the fifth-generation communication technology, the Internet of Vehicles technology has developed rapidly, and the vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) network technology is an important part of the Internet of Vehicles. In high-altitude and mountainous areas, the communication quality of the V2I network is not only affected by terrain, but forest vegetation will also cause greater propagation loss. Aiming at the influence of vegetation in high-altitude and mountainous complex environment on the propagation loss of V2I network, this paper establishes an equivalent model of vegetation in high-altitude and mountainous areas, and analyzes the relationship between propagation loss, propagation distance and frequency of transmitting antenna. At the same time, through digital elevation model (DEM) data and triangulated irregular network (TIN), MATLAB was used to simulate the communication coverage of V2I network in the complex area covered by vegetation, and the influence of vegetation on the propagation loss of V2I network in high altitude and mountainous areas was obtained. In the future, constructing the Internet of Vehicles in a complex environment, the results of research in this article will provide a scientific basis for network quality with high reliability and low latency.

scholarly journals Towards Iron-Titanium Oxide Nanostructures from Ecuadorian Black Mineral Sands

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Karina J. Lagos ◽  
Bojan A. Marinkovic ◽  
Alexis Debut ◽  
Karla Vizuete ◽  
Víctor H. Guerrero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Titanium Oxide ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Secondary Phases ◽  
Hydrothermal Route ◽  
Oxide Nanostructures ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Pre Treatment

Ecuadorian black mineral sands were used as starting material for the production of iron-titanium oxide nanostructures. For this purpose, two types of mineral processing were carried out, one incorporating a pre-treatment before conducting an alkaline hydrothermal synthesis (NaOH 10 M at 180 °C for 72 h), and the other prescinding this first step. Nanosheet-assembled flowers and nanoparticle agglomerates were obtained from the procedure including the pre-treatment. Conversely, nanobelts and plate-like particles were prepared by the single hydrothermal route. The nanoscale features of the product morphologies were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses. The ilmenite and hematite molar fractions, within the ilmenite-hematite solid solution, in the as-synthetized samples were estimated by Brown’s approach using the computed values of unit-cell volumes from Le Bail adjustments of X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) patterns. The resulting materials were mainly composed of Fe-rich ilmenite-hematite solid solutions (hematite molar contents ≥0.6). Secondary phases, which possibly belong to lepidocrocite-like or corrugated titanate structures, were also identified. The current study demonstrated the feasibility of employing Ecuadorian mineral resources as low-cost precursors to synthesize high-added-value nanostructures with promising applications in several fields.

scholarly journals Association between the type of physical activity and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and older adult residents of a semi-mountainous area in Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriko Kudo ◽  
Ritsuko Nishide ◽  
Mayumi Mizutani ◽  
Shota Ogawa ◽  
Susumu Tanimura
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Daily Physical Activity ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Type Activity ◽  
Specific Health

Abstract Background Physical activity is reported to prevent metabolic syndrome. However, it is unclear whether exercise or daily physical activity is more beneficial for residents of semi-mountainous areas. This study aimed to identify whether daily physical activity is more beneficial than exercise for the prevention of metabolic syndrome among middle-aged and older residents in semi-mountainous areas. Methods We analyzed secondary data of 636 people who underwent a specific health checkup in a semi-mountainous area of Japan. Physical activity was classified into four types: inactivity (I-type; without exercise and without daily physical activity), only exercise (E-type; with exercise and without daily physical activity), only daily physical activity (D-type; without exercise and with daily physical activity), and full physical activity type (F-type; with exercise and with daily physical activity). We compared the means of risk factors for metabolic syndrome by these four types, followed by logistic regression analysis, to identify whether and to what extent the D-type was less likely to have metabolic syndrome than the E-type. Results The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 28.5% (men 45.7%, women 15.8%). The proportions of men with exercise and daily physical activity were 38.7% and 52.8%, respectively. For women, the proportions were 33.0% and 47.1%, respectively. In women, the D-type had the significantly lowest BMI, smallest waist circumference, highest HDL-C, and lowest prevalence of metabolic syndrome of the four types; the same was not observed in men. Additionally, D-type activity was more strongly associated with a reduced risk of metabolic syndrome than E-type activity in women (adjusted odds ratio 0.24; 95% confidence interval 0.06–0.85, P = 0.028). Conclusions Compared to middle-aged and older women residents with exercise in a semi-mountainous area of Japan, those with daily physical activity may effectively prevent metabolic syndrome.

Ground motion detection in Central South Asturias (N Spain) by using Sentinel-1 SAR data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Cuervas-Mons ◽  
María José Domínguez-Cuesta ◽  
Félix Mateos-Redondo ◽  
Oriol Monserrat ◽  
Anna Barra
Keyword(s):  
Motion Detection ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
Geological Hazards ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Velocity Range ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Sar Images ◽  
Ground Deformations ◽  
Slope Instabilities ◽  
Central South

<p>In this work, the A-DInSAR techniques are applied in a mountainous area located in the Central South of Asturias (N Spain), where there are significant landslide and subsidence phenomena. The main aim of this study is detecting and analysing ground deformations associated to slope instabilities and subsidence processes. For this, 113 SAR images, provided by Sentinel-1A/B between January 2018 and February 2020, were acquired and processed by means of PSIG software (developed by the Geomatics Division of the CTTC). The results show a velocity range between -18.4 and 10.0 mm/year, and minimum and maximum accumulated ground displacements of -35.0 and 17.5 mm. This study has made possible to differentiate local sectors with recent deformation related to landslide incidence, urban/mining subsidence, and land recuperation due to aquifer recharge. This work corroborates the reliability and usefulness of the A-DInSAR processing as a powerful tool in the study and analysis of geological hazards on regional and local scales using Sentinel-1 data collection, showing also the high difficulty of processing mountainous areas with few urban sectors.</p>

Airborne gravity measurements over mountainous areas by using a LaCoste & Romberg air‐sea gravity meter

Geophysics ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 807-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Verdun ◽  
Roger Bayer ◽  
Emile E. Klingelé ◽  
Marc Cocard ◽  
Alain Geiger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Reduction ◽  
Classical Method ◽  
Gravity Data ◽  
Airborne Gravity ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
Vertical Acceleration ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Free Air ◽  
Gravity Measurements ◽  
Free Air Anomaly

This paper introduces a new approach to airborne gravity data reduction well‐suited for surveys flown at high altitude with respect to gravity sources (mountainous areas). Classical technique is reviewed and illustrated in taking advantage of airborne gravity measurements performed over the western French Alps by using a LaCoste & Romberg air‐sea gravity meter. The part of nongravitational vertical accelerations correlated with gravity meter measurements are investigated with the help of coherence spectra. Beam velocity has proved to be strikingly correlated with vertical acceleration of the aircraft. This finding is theoretically argued by solving the equation of the gravimetric system (gravity meter and stabilized platform). The transfer function of the system is derived, and a new formulation of airborne gravity data reduction, which takes care of the sensitive response of spring tension to observable gravity field wavelengths, is given. The resulting gravity signal exhibits a residual noise caused by electronic devices and short‐wavelength Eötvös effects. The use of dedicated exponential filters gives us a way to eliminate these high‐frequency effects. Examples of the resulting free‐air anomaly at 5100‐m altitude along one particular profile are given and compared with free‐air anomaly deduced from the classical method for processing airborne gravity data, and with upward‐continued ground gravity data. The well‐known trade‐off between accuracy and resolution is discussed in the context of a mountainous area.

Risk Planning with Discrete Distribution Analysis Applied to Petroleum Spills

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy L. Nersesian ◽  
Kenneth David Strang
Keyword(s):  
Probability Distribution ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Discrete Distribution ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Discrete Probability ◽  
Nonparametric Statistical ◽  
Spreadsheet Software

This study discussed the theoretical literature related to developing and probability distributions for estimating uncertainty. A theoretically selected ten-year empirical sample was collected and evaluated for the Albany NY area (N=942). A discrete probability distribution model was developed and applied for part of the sample, to illustrate the likelihood of petroleum spills by industry and day of week. The benefit of this paper for the community of practice was to demonstrate how to select, develop, test and apply a probability distribution to analyze the patterns in disaster events, using inferential parametric and nonparametric statistical techniques. The method, not the model, was intended to be generalized to other researchers and populations. An interesting side benefit from this study was that it revealed significant findings about where and when most of the human-attributed petroleum leaks had occurred in the Albany NY area over the last ten years (ending in 2013). The researchers demonstrated how to develop and apply distribution models in low cost spreadsheet software (Excel).

scholarly journals EXTERNAL BALLISTICS TASK MODELLING FEATURES / IŠORINĖS BALISTIKOS UŽDAVINIO MODELIAVIMO YPATUMAI

Aviation ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 112-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albertas Pincevičius ◽  
Vaclovas Jonevičius ◽  
Romualdas Baušys
Keyword(s):  
Computer Control ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Height Difference ◽  
Control Programs

Based on the solutions of an external ballistics task, tables are made for firearms and tables or computer control programs for heavy weapons. If you shoot in a mountainous area where the height difference between gunner and target can be about a hundred meters, defined skills for firing are necessary. We can make specific tables of firing with firearms in mountainous areas. Mortars are relatively simple and inexpensive weapons, and therefore their management has never been computerised. We have shown that this deficiency can be corrected. The programs described above calculate the required parameters very quickly. Santrauka Remiantis išorinės balistikos uždavinio sprendimais, šaulių ginklams sudaromos lentelės, o sunkiesiems ginklams – lentelės arba kompiuterinės valdymo programos. Jeigu šaudoma kalnuotoje vietovėje, kur aukščių skirtumas tarp šaulio ir taikinio siekia net šimtą metrų, reikia konkrečių įgūdžių. Galima sudaryti specifines šaudymo šaulių ginklais kalnuose lenteles. Minosvaidis yra santykinai paprastas ginklas, todėl jo valdymas nebūna kompiuterizuotas. Parodyta, kad šį trūkumą galima pataisyti. Aprašytos programos per kelias dešimtis sekundžių suskaičiuoja reikiamus parametrus.

Analysis of the Effect of Natural Slope Stability due to Tunnel Excavation in Mountainous Areas

2013 ◽  
Vol 690-693 ◽  
pp. 938-942
Author(s):  
Xu Li Liang ◽  
Fei Wang ◽  
Gang Li Hao
Keyword(s):  
Slope Stability ◽  
Influence Function ◽  
Function Method ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Tunnel Excavation ◽  
Natural Slope ◽  
Influence Function Method ◽  
Theoretical Results ◽  
Good Agreement

The effect of natural slope stability due to the tunnel excavation in mountainous areas is studied used influence function method, and one tunnel excavation project in Hebei province was analyzed, the theoretical results obtained are in good agreement with the real monitoring data, therefore, the influence function method can be effectively used to predict the ground displacement caused by tunnel excavation in mountainous area, which could provide the basis for the evaluation of the safety of such works.

Research on the Fatigue Design Load of Orthotropic Steel Box Girder for Long Span Suspension Bridge

2012 ◽  
Vol 178-181 ◽  
pp. 2365-2368
Author(s):  
Ce Chen ◽  
Bo Hai Ji
Keyword(s):  
Suspension Bridge ◽  
Load Spectrum ◽  
Fatigue Load ◽  
Box Girder ◽  
Traffic Loading ◽  
Long Span ◽  
Vehicle Load ◽  
Steel Box Girder ◽  
Traffic Composition ◽  
Matlab Programming

Traffic composition and the vehicle load were statistically analyzed and a fatigue vehicle load model was established according to the law of equivalent fatigue damage. Based on the MATLAB programming language and the Statistics Toolbox, vehicle fatigue load spectrum was simulated for accurately assessing actual fatigue stress of existing bridge under traffic loading. And the fatigue load could be used in the design for suspension bridge steel box girder.

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