A reliability analysis method for rock slope controlled by weak structural surface

Jia-wen Zhou,Ming-yuan Jiao,Hui-ge Xing,Xing-guo Yang,Yu-chuan Yang 한국지질과학협의회 2017 Geosciences Journal Vol.21 No.3

Catastrophic landslides maybe occur in rock slope due to the effect of strong earthquakes or heavy rainfall. The stability of rock slope is usually controlled by different scales of weak structural surfaces, which are uncertain and randomly exist in the rock slope. According to the geological characteristics of rock slope, two typical failure modes – plane and wedge are possible. A second-order second-moment (SOSM) method is presented to calculate the reliability index and the failure probability of rock slope, which is an improvement over the first-order second-moment (FOSM) method, and performance functions are built up with the classic limit equilibrium method. The presented method is applied to analyze the failure probability of two rock slopes at the Jinping I Hydropower Station and is compared with the Monte Carlo method and the FOSM method. The computed results show that for plane failure, the reliability index and the failure probability determined by the presented method are 0.563 and 28.7%, respectively, and the reliability index and the failure probability determined by Monte Carlo method are 0.677 and 24.9%, respectively. However, for the FOSM method, the reliability index and failure probability are –0.025 and 51.0%, respectively. For both plane failure and wedge failure, the difference between the presented method and the Monte Carlo method is very small, but the failure probability of plane failure determined by FOSM method is larger than that of the other two methods. The presented method can provide a useful tool to evaluate the failure probability of rock slope.

Research on the Preparation, Properties and Mechanism of Plant Fiber Flame Retardant Board

Wen-Jia Han,Chuan-Shan Zhao,Yi-Fei Jiang 한국펄프·종이공학회 2016 한국펄프·종이공학회 학술발표논문집 Vol.2016 No.10

Three Dimensional Nylon Cushioning Composite Fabrics: Manufacturing Technique and Property Evaluations

Jia-Ci Jhang,Ting Ru Lin,Yu-Chun Chuang,Ching-Wen Lou,Jia-Horng Lin 한국섬유공학회 2020 Fibers and polymers Vol.21 No.3

It is trendy to use polymers with different forms in a diversity of fields. This study uses nylon fibers and lowmelting-point polyester (LMPET) fibers or low melting point polylactic acid (LMPLA) fibers to fabricate three-dimensionalnylon/LMPET and nylon/LMPLA cushioning composite fabrics employing the nonwoven manufacturing. The employmentof needle punching process and thermal treatment reinforce the cushioning composite fabrics, and the subsequent thermalbonding points strengthen the mechanical properties effectively. In comparison to pure nylon nonwoven fabrics, the nyloncushioning composite fabrics exhibit higher tensile strength by 2.3 times regardless of whether it is a nylon/LMPET or nylon/LMPLA cushioning composite fabric. Similarly, based on the hammer rebound rate measurement, when the 3D cushioningcomposite fabrics are composed of 20 wt% of LMPLA fibers or 80 wt% of LMPET fibers, the hammer rebound rate reaches20 %, which is 1.4 times greater than that of the control group. Additionally, the composite fabrics that are composed of80 wt% of LMPLA fibers or 40 wt% of LMPET fibers also demonstrate higher compression recovery than the control group.

Synthesis, Structures and Properties of Two Metal-organic Frameworks Derived from 3-Nitro-1,2-benzenedicarboxylic Acid

Wen-Jia Xu,Ling-Yu Zhang,Jin-Niu Tang,Dai-Yin Wang,Gang-Hong Pan,Yu Feng 대한화학회 2013 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.34 No.8

Two metal-organic frameworks based on the connectivity co-effect between rigid benzenedicarboxylic acid and bridging ligand have been synthesized [Zn2(3-NO2-bdc)2(4,4'-bpy)2H2O]n (1), [Co(3-NO2-bdc)(4,4'- bpy)H2O]n (2) (where 3-NO2-bdcH2 = 3-nitro-1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 4,4'-bpy = 4,4'-bipyridine). The two novel complexes were characterized by IR spectrum, elemental analysis, fluorescent properties, thermogravimetric analysis, single-crystal X-ray diffraction and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD). X-ray structure analysis reveals that 1 and 2 are two-dimensional (2D) network structures. Complex 1 and complex 2 belong to triclinic crystal with P-1 space group. The luminescence measurements reveal that two complexes exhibit good fluorescent emissions in the solid state at room temperature. Also, thermal decomposition process and powder X-ray diffraction of complexes were investigated.

Identification of people with high risk of osteoporosis in Asia

Jia Wen Chong,Tik S. Chan,Joseph C. Lee 대한골다공증학회 2023 Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia Vol.9 No.3

U.S. INTEREST RATES AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA

Jia wen Yang People&Global Business Association 1997 Global Business and Finance Review Vol.2 No.1

This paper analyzes the relationship between U.S. interest rates and portfolio investments in four Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. The paper finds that U.S. interest rate fluctuations have a significant negative impact on capital flows to these countries, including direct investment and other capital as well as portfolio capital flows. Differences do exist across countries and they relate to country-specific macroeconomics policies and financial reforms. The findings of this study have important implications for international monetary and financial issues and macroeconomic policies in emerging markets.

Decomposition of Interference Hyperspectral Images Based on Split Bregman Iteration

( Jia Wen ),( Lei Geng ),( Cailing Wang ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2018 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.12 No.7

Images acquired by Large Aperture Static Imaging Spectrometer (LASIS) exhibit obvious interference stripes, which are vertical and stationary due to the special imaging principle of interference hyperspectral image (IHI) data. As the special characteristics above will seriously affect the intrinsic structure and sparsity of IHI, decomposition of IHI has drawn considerable attentions of many scientists and lots of efforts have been made. Although some decomposition methods for interference hyperspectral data have been proposed to solve the above problem of interference stripes, too many times of iteration are necessary to get an optimal solution, which will severely affect the efficiency of application. A novel algorithm for decomposition of interference hyperspectral images based on split Bregman iteration is proposed in this paper, compared with other decomposition methods, numerical experiments have proved that the proposed method will be much more efficient and can reduce the times of iteration significantly.

3-Hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A reductase is required for ovarian development in the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)

Wen-Jia Yang,Kang-Kang Xu,Wei Dou,Can Li,JinjunWang 한국응용곤충학회 2018 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.21 No.3

3-Hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) is an important rate-limiting enzyme in the mevalonate pathway, which is critical for the synthesis of juvenile hormone and insect development. In this study, a full-length cDNA encoding HMGR (BdHMGR) was cloned from the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). The open reading frame of BdHMGR encoded 928 amino acids and shared a high degree of identity with other known HMGRs. The expression levels of BdHMGR were high during the early and lately pupal stages, and were low at the larval and mid pupal stages. In the adult stages, the highest level of BdHMGR was detected on day-10 of the adult lifecycle, and the expression levels in females were greater than those in males. The highest tissuespecific expression was in the ovary, followed by fat body and other tissues. Injection of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) of BdHMGR into adult females significantly reduced BdHMGR transcript levels, and inhibited ovarian development and affected the expression of two yolk protein genes. After dissection, we found that one or two of the spheroids of ovaries from the BdHMGR dsRNA-injected flies were amorphous and reduced in size as compared with the controls. The results suggest that BdHMGR is required for ovarian development in B. dorsalis and may be a potential target for pest control.

A Series of Transition-metal Coordination Complexes Assembled from 3-Nitrophthalic Acid and Thiabendazole: Synthesis, Structure and Properties

Wen-Jia Xu,Qi-Jun Xue,Peng Liang,Ling-Yu Zhang,Yan-Feng Huang,Yu Feng 대한화학회 2014 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.35 No.1

In order to explore new coordination frameworks with novel designed 3-nitrophthalic acid and the same N– donor ancillary ligand, a series of novel coordination complexes, namely, [Cd 2 (3-NPA) 2 (TBZ) 2 (H 2 O) 2 ]·2H 2 O (1), [Zn 2 (3-NPA) 2 (TBZ) 2 ] (2), [Zn 2 O(3-NPA)(TBZ)(H 2 O)] n (3), [Co(3-NPA)(TBZ)(H 2 O)] n (4) (3-NPAH 2 = 3- nitrophthalic acid), have been hydrothermally synthesized through the reaction of 3-nitrophthalic acid with divalent transition-metal salts in the presence of N-donor ancillary coligand (TBZ = thiabendazole). As a result of various coordination modes of the versatile 3-NPAH 2 and the coligand TBZ, these complexes exhibit structural diversity. X-ray structure analysis reveals that 1 and 2 are 0D molecular rings, while 3 and 4 are one- dimensional (1D) infinite chain polymers. And the weak O-H…O hydrogen bonds and C-H…O nonclassical hydrogen bonds as well as π-π stacking also play important roles in affecting the final structure where complexes 1, 3 and 4 have 3D supramolecular architectures, while complex 2 has a 2D supramolecular network. Also, IR spectra, fluorescence properties and thermal decomposition process of complexes 1-4 were investigated.

Modified beluga whale optimization with multi-strategies for solving engineering problems

Jia Heming,Wen Qixian,Wu Di,Wang Zhuo,WANG YUHAO,Wen Changsheng,Abualigah Laith 한국CDE학회 2023 Journal of computational design and engineering Vol.10 No.6

The beluga whale optimization (BWO) algorithm is a recently proposed metaheuristic optimization algorithm that simulates three behaviors: beluga whales interacting in pairs to perform mirror swimming, population sharing information to cooperate in predation, and whale fall. However, the optimization performance of the BWO algorithm still needs to be improved to enhance its practicality. This paper proposes a modified beluga whale optimization (MBWO) with a multi-strategy. It was inspired by beluga whales’ two behaviors: group gathering for foraging and searching for new habitats in long-distance migration. This paper proposes a group aggregation strategy (GAs) and a migration strategy (Ms). The GAs can improve the local development ability of the algorithm and accelerate the overall rate of convergence through the group aggregation fine search; the Ms randomly moves towards the periphery of the population, enhancing the ability to jump out of local optima. In order to verify the optimization ability of MBWO, this article conducted comprehensive testing on MBWO using 23 benchmark functions, IEEE CEC2014, and IEEE CEC2021. The experimental results indicate that MBWO has a strong optimization ability. This paper also tests MBWO’s ability to solve practical engineering optimization problems through five practical engineering problems. The final results prove the effectiveness of MBWO in solving practical engineering optimization problems.