A nonlinear damage model based on the combination of deformation and hysteretic energy and its validation with experiments are presented.Also,a combination parameter is defined to consider the mutual effect of deforma...A nonlinear damage model based on the combination of deformation and hysteretic energy and its validation with experiments are presented.Also,a combination parameter is defined to consider the mutual effect of deformation and hysteretic energy for different types of components in different loading stages.Four reinforced concrete (RC) columns are simulated and analyzed using the nonlinear damage model.The results indicate that the damage evolution evaluated by the model agrees well with the experimental phenomenon.Furthermore,the seismic damage evolution of a six-story RC frame was analyzed,revealing four typical failure modes according to the interstory drift distribution of the structure;the damage values calculated using the nonlinear damage model agree well with the four typical failure modes.展开更多
By catching the so-called strictly critical points,this paper presents an effective algorithm for computing the global infimum of a polynomial function.For a multivariate real polynomial f ,the algorithm in this paper...By catching the so-called strictly critical points,this paper presents an effective algorithm for computing the global infimum of a polynomial function.For a multivariate real polynomial f ,the algorithm in this paper is able to decide whether or not the global infimum of f is finite.In the case of f having a finite infimum,the global infimum of f can be accurately coded in the Interval Representation.Another usage of our algorithm to decide whether or not the infimum of f is attained when the global infimum of f is finite.In the design of our algorithm,Wu’s well-known method plays an important role.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant 51578058)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Grant 8172038).
文摘A nonlinear damage model based on the combination of deformation and hysteretic energy and its validation with experiments are presented.Also,a combination parameter is defined to consider the mutual effect of deformation and hysteretic energy for different types of components in different loading stages.Four reinforced concrete (RC) columns are simulated and analyzed using the nonlinear damage model.The results indicate that the damage evolution evaluated by the model agrees well with the experimental phenomenon.Furthermore,the seismic damage evolution of a six-story RC frame was analyzed,revealing four typical failure modes according to the interstory drift distribution of the structure;the damage values calculated using the nonlinear damage model agree well with the four typical failure modes.
基金partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10761006, 11161034)
文摘By catching the so-called strictly critical points,this paper presents an effective algorithm for computing the global infimum of a polynomial function.For a multivariate real polynomial f ,the algorithm in this paper is able to decide whether or not the global infimum of f is finite.In the case of f having a finite infimum,the global infimum of f can be accurately coded in the Interval Representation.Another usage of our algorithm to decide whether or not the infimum of f is attained when the global infimum of f is finite.In the design of our algorithm,Wu’s well-known method plays an important role.
