scholarly journals A Fatigue Reliability Assessment for Rail Tension Clamps Based on Field Measurement Data

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 624
Author(s):  
Ji-Hyeon Kim ◽  
Yeun-Chul Park ◽  
Mancheol Kim ◽  
Hyoung-Bo Sim
Keyword(s):  
Field Measurement ◽  
Reliability Index ◽  
Reliability Assessment ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Measured Data ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Fatigue Reliability ◽  
Statistical Parameters ◽  
Train Operation ◽  
Number Of Cycles

Tension clamps play an important role in maintaining the track gauge by fixing the rails to the sleepers. Damage to the tension clamps was observed on an urban railway. The cause of the fracturing of the tension clamps was identified and reliability analyses on the fatigue failure of the tension clamps were performed. The stress ranges were estimated by measuring the strain at the locations where most of the fractures occurred during train operation. Afterward, a statistical model of the stress ranges was developed using the measured data. The statistical parameters of the stress ranges for the reliability analysis were estimated based on the field measurement data. The reliability indexes were calculated for the inner and outer rails and for the inside and outside track gauges of each rail. The variations of the reliability index for the years in service and the number of cycles were investigated. The results of the reliability analyses showed a consistency with the field observations.

Computational Reconstruction of Fluctuating Flow Field in the Ocean

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kei Sato ◽  
Toru Sato
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Spatial Scale ◽  
Field Measurement ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Measured Data ◽  
Computational Domain ◽  
Computational Reconstruction

Two methods for computational reconstruction of fluctuating flows in the ocean based on field measurement data are suggested. Here full-3D treatment with the spatial scale of O(100m)–O(1000m) is taken into account. In the first method, the fluctuating flow based on measurement data is generated at inflow boundary and introduced into computational domain. In the second method, small wavenumber components of fluctuation in the ocean are forced in computational domain, and large wavenumber components are generated automatically. The results of each method are discussed with comparing with measured data, and effectiveness of each method is shown.

Separation Method of Strain Caused by Concrete Shrinkage and Creep in Bridge Health Monitoring

2014 ◽  
Vol 668-669 ◽  
pp. 1421-1425
Author(s):  
Ya Feng Gong ◽  
Xiao Bo Sun ◽  
Xiang Hui Li ◽  
Yu Bo Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Field Measurement ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Measured Data ◽  
Bridge Health Monitoring ◽  
Concrete Shrinkage ◽  
Shrinkage And Creep

The strain caused by concrete shrinkage and creep is separated through the field measurement data in this paper. Then D62 model and ACI model of finite element model is established to predict shrinkage and creep. Compared with the measured data, the feasibility and practicability of these two models can be proved.

Multi-peaked directional wave spectra based on extensive field measurement data in the Gulf of Oman

2021 ◽  
Vol 230 ◽  
pp. 109057
Author(s):  
Mohammad Adibzade ◽  
Mehdi Shafieefar ◽  
Hassan Akbari ◽  
Roozbeh Panahi
Keyword(s):  
Field Measurement ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Wave Spectra ◽  
Gulf Of Oman ◽  
Extensive Field ◽  
Directional Wave

Detection and Analysis of Rats’ Bioelectromagnetic Signal

2014 ◽  
Vol 536-537 ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Hong Long Cao ◽  
Fen Ju Qin ◽  
Xue Guan Liu ◽  
He Ming Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Automatic System ◽  
Measurement Method ◽  
Measurement Accuracy ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Measured Data ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Frequency Window ◽  
Window Effects

In this paper, we designed an automatic system and automatic test software, and they can carry out Kunming rats bioelectromagnetic measurement in standard status and anesthesia automatically in anechoic chamber where the electromagnetic field outside is shielded, the reflection wave is absorbed, and the measurement accuracy will be improved. We get a great number of measurement data with frequency-sweep measurement method. The mean and standard deviation of amplitudes vs. frequencies is calculated and analyzed. The results show the measurement method is feasible. We have plotted the means of measured data as multiple sets of Y values in a series of bars with standard deviations bars included and distributed in the frequency axis of X. It is found that the fluctuation of the mean and standard deviation in some frequencies is not evident which may explain frequency window effects, while in other frequencies, such a fluctuation can be obviously observed, which may suggest that bioelectromagnetic signal is influenced by biological activities (standard and anaesthesia status) in these frequency points.

In Situ Stress Measurement and Inversion in Deep Roadway

2013 ◽  
Vol 734-737 ◽  
pp. 759-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Li ◽  
Yun Yi Zhang ◽  
Ren Jie Gao ◽  
Shuai Tao Xie
Keyword(s):  
Field Measurement ◽  
Stress Measurement ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Back Analysis ◽  
In Situ Stress ◽  
Deep Mine ◽  
Accuracy Requirement ◽  
Initial Stress Field ◽  
In Situ Stress Measurement

Jixi mine area is one of the early mined areas in China and it's a typical deep mine. Because of large deformation of underground roadway and dynamic disasters occurred frequently in this mine, five measurement points of in-situ stress in this mine was measured and then analyzed with inversion. Based on these in-situ stress measurement data, numerical model of 3D in-situ stress back analysis was established. According to different stress fields, related analytical samples of neural network were given with FLAC program. Through the determination of hidden layers, hidden nodes and the setting of parameters, the network was optimized and trained. Then according to field measurement of in-situ stress, back analysis of initial stress field was conducted. Compared with field measurement, with accuracy requirement satisfied, it shows that the in-situ stress of rock mass obtained is basically reasonable. Meanwhile, it proves that the measurement of in-situ stress can provide deep mines with effective and rapid means, and also provide reliable data to optimization of deep roadway layout and supporting design.

FATIGUE RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT OF WELDED JOINTS OF VERY FAST FERRY ACCOUNTING FOR VEHICLE LOADS

2021 ◽  
Vol 153 (A4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Garbatov ◽  
C Guedes Soares
Keyword(s):  
Hot Spots ◽  
Reliability Assessment ◽  
Stress Distributions ◽  
Structural System ◽  
Fatigue Reliability ◽  
Welded Steel ◽  
Longitudinal Stiffener ◽  
Hull Structure ◽  
Vehicle Loads ◽  
Wave Induced

This work deals with the fatigue reliability assessment of a welded joint in a longitudinal stiffener of trapezoidal shape in a very fast ferry. Based on the analysis of wave and cargo induced loads the ship hull structure is evaluated. The local structure is represented by a longitudinal stiffener with a trapezoidal transverse section. The critical hot-spots and the stress distributions are defined by FEM. The fatigue damage assessment of considered hot spots is analysed accounting for the combination of wave induced and car-breaking transient loadings. The formulation for the assessment of the welded steel joint is based on the S-N approach and FORM/SORM techniques are applied to evaluate the reliability against fatigue failure accounting for corrosion deterioration. The structural system composed by several hot spots is evaluated as a series system based on second order reliability bounds.

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