Cable Replacement Scheme for Low Tower Cable-Stayed Bridges Based on Sensitivity Analysis

Cable replacement is a key technique to solve the problems of cable corrosion and strand breakage. Cable removal causes structural changes. The choice of replacement method affects the safety of the bridge during cable replacement. A sensitivity analysis method was used to evaluate the force and deflection changes of Wohu Bridge. A reasonable method for the number and order of cable replacement was proposed; by comparing different cable removal schemes, it was revealed that the cable force and beam stress changes of the cables closest to the removed cable were the most significant. The results showed that the cable force increment of the surrounding cables was the largest when removing the longest cable. The structural impact change was small when removing the shortest cable. The maximum deflection at the top of the tower decreased with the decrease of the length of the removed cable. It was recommended to replace two cables symmetrically from the center of the tower, and the optimal replacement order was from the shortest cable to the longest cable. Furthermore, this paper also studied the influence of variable load on the cable replacement scheme, and demonstrated that the design scheme of opening part of traffic in this paper was safe and feasible

Preparation of Fe3O4/carbon composites on the basis of cellulose microspheres and their application as anode material for lithium-ion batteries

FeO/carbon microspheres (FeO/C) were prepared by a facile hydrothermal reaction using cellulose and ferric trichloride as precursors. The resultant composite spheres have been investigated as anode materials for the lithium-ion batteries, and they show high capacity and good cycle stability (830mAhg at a current density of 0.1C up to 70 cycles), as well as enhanced rate capability. The excellent electrochemical performance is attributed to the high structural stability and high rate of ionic/electronic conduction arising from the porous character and the synergetic effect of the carbon coated FeO structure and conductive carbon coating

Cable Replacement Scheme for Low Tower Cable-Stayed Bridges Based on Sensitivity Analysis

Cable replacement is a key technique to solve the problems of cable corrosion and strand breakage. Cable removal causes structural changes. The choice of replacement method affects the safety of the bridge during cable replacement. A sensitivity analysis method was used to evaluate the force and deflection changes of Wohu Bridge. A reasonable method for the number and order of cable replacement was proposed; by comparing different cable removal schemes, it was revealed that the cable force and beam stress changes of the cables closest to the removed cable were the most significant. The results showed that the cable force increment of the surrounding cables was the largest when removing the longest cable. The structural impact change was small when removing the shortest cable. The maximum deflection at the top of the tower decreased with the decrease of the length of the removed cable. It was recommended to replace two cables symmetrically from the center of the tower, and the optimal replacement order was from the shortest cable to the longest cable. Furthermore, this paper also studied the influence of variable load on the cable replacement scheme, and demonstrated that the design scheme of opening part of traffic in this paper was safe and feasible

Effect of surfactants on the synthesis of monodisperse silica spheres

In this work, the influence of surfactant including the amount and the nature of the surfactant as well as alcohol solvents with different hydrocarbon chains including methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol and n-butanol on the formation of silica spheres were investigated. The morphologies and the composition of the prepared silica spheres were studied with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) techniques. The results revealed that the size and size distribution of the spheres can be modified by changing the concentration or the nature of the surfactant additives. The influence mechanisms of surfactants additives and the alcohol solvent on the formation of silica spheres were discussed based on nucleation and growing process of the spheres