Bond deterioration of corroded steel in two different concrete mixes

Haijun Zhou,Xuebing Liang,Zeqiang Wang,Xiaolin Zhang,Feng Xing 국제구조공학회 2017 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.63 No.6

This paper investigated the effects of rebar corrosion on bond performance between rebar and two different concrete mixes (compressive strengths of 20.7 MPa and 44.4 MPa). The specimen was designed as a rebar centrally embedded in a 200 mm concrete cube, with two stirrups around the rebar to supply confinement. An electrochemical accelerated corrosion technique was applied to corrode the rebar. 120 specimens of two different concrete mixes with various reinforcing steel corrosion levels were manufactured. The corrosion crack opening width and length were recorded in detail during and after the corrosion process. Three different loading schemes: monotonic pull-out load, 10 cycles of constant slip loading followed by pullout and varied slip loading followed by pull-out, were carried out on the specimens. The effects of rebar corrosion with two different concrete mixes on corrosion crack opening, bond strength and corresponding slip value, initial slope of bond-slip curve, residual bond stress, mechanical interaction stress, and energy dissipation, were discussed in detail. The mean value and coefficient of variation of these parameters were also derived. It was found that the coefficient of variation of the parameters of the corroded specimens was larger than those with intact rebar. There is also obvious difference in the two different concrete mixes for the effects of rebar corrosion on bond-slip parameters.

Self-microemulsifying Drug Delivery System for Improved Oral Bioavailability of Dipyridamole: Preparation and Evaluation

Feng Guo,Haijun Zhong,Jing He, Baogang Xie,Fen Liu, Helin Xu,Minmin Liu,Chunlian Xu 대한약학회 2011 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.34 No.7

Dipyridamole shows poor and variable bioavailability after oral administration due to pHdependent solubility, low biomembrane permeability as well as being a substrate of P-glycoprotein. In order to improve the oral absorption of dipyridamole, a self-microemulsifying drug delivery system (SMEDDS) for dipyridamole was prepared and evaluated in vitro and in vivo. The optimum formulation was 18% oleic acid, 12% Labrafac lipophile WL 1349, 42% Solutol HS 15 and 28% isopropyl alcohol. It was found that the performance of self-microemulsification with the combination of oleic acid and Labrafac lipophile WL 1349 increased compared with just one oil. The results obtained from an in vitro dissolution assay indicated that dipyridamole in SMEDDS dissolved rapidly and completely in pH 6.8 aqueous media, while the commercial drug tablet was less soluble. An oral bioavailability study in rats showed that dipyridamole in the SMEDDS formulation had a 2.06-fold increased absorption compared with the simple drug suspension. It was evident that SMEDDS may be an effective approach to improve the oral absorption for drugs having pH-dependent solubility.

Full-scale test of dampers for stay cable vibration mitigation and improvement measures

Zhou, Haijun,Xiang, Ning,Huang, Xigui,Sun, Limin,Xing, Feng,Zhou, Rui Techno-Press 2018 Structural monitoring and maintenance Vol.5 No.4

This paper reported test of full-scale cables attached with four types of dampers: viscous damper, passive Magneto-Rheological (MR) damper, friction damper and High Damping Rubber (HDR) damper. The logarithmic decrements of the cable with attached dampers were calculated from free vibration time history. The efficiency ratios of the mean damping ratios of the tested four dampers to theoretical maximum damping ratio were derived, which was very important for practical damper design and parameter optimization. Non-ideal factors affecting damper performance were discussed based on the test results. The effects of concentrated mass and negative stiffness were discussed in detail and compared theoretically. Approximate formulations were derived and verified using numerical solutions. The critical values for non-dimensional concentrated mass coefficient and negative stiffness were identified. Efficiency ratios were approximately 0.6, 0.6, and 0.3 for the viscous damper, passive MR damper and HDR damper, respectively. The efficiency ratio for the friction damper was between 0-1.0. The effects of concentrated mass and negative stiffness on cable damping were positive as both could increase damping ratio; the concentrated mass was more effective than negative stiffness for higher vibration modes.

Temporal Information Services in Large-Scale Vehicular Networks Through Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization

Dai, Penglin,Liu, Kai,Feng, Liang,Zhang, Haijun,Lee, Victor Chung Sing,Son, Sang Hyuk,Wu, Xiao IEEE 2019 IEEE transactions on intelligent transportation sy Vol.20 No.1

<P>Temporal information services are critical in implementing emerging intelligent transportation systems. Nevertheless, it is challenging to realize timely temporal data update and dissemination due to an intermittent wireless connection and a limited communication bandwidth in dynamic vehicular networks. Some previous studies have considered the temporal data dissemination in vehicular networks, but they are limited to the service region, which is inside the coverage of roadside units. To enhance system scalability, it is imperative to exploit the synergic effect of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications for providing efficient temporal information services in such an environment. With the above motivations, we propose a novel system architecture to enable efficient data scheduling in hybrid V2I/V2V communications by having the global knowledge of network resources of the system. On this basis, we formulate a temporal data upload and dissemination (<I>TDUD</I>) problem, aiming at optimizing two conflict objectives simultaneously, which are enhancing the data quality and improving the delivery ratio. Furthermore, we propose an evolutionary multi-objective algorithm called <I>MO-TDUD</I>, which consists of a decomposition scheme for handling multiple objectives, a scalable chromosome representation for <I>TDUD</I> solution encoding, and an evolutionary operator designed for <I>TDUD</I> solution reproduction. The proposed <I>MO-TDUD</I> can be adaptive to different requirements on data quality and delivery ratio by selecting the best solution from the derived Pareto solutions. Last but not least, we build the simulation model and implement <I>MO-TDUD</I> for performance evaluation. The comprehensive simulation results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed solution.</P>

Purification of pickling wastewater from the steel industry using membrane filters: Performance and membrane fouling

Jinfeng Zhang,Guanyi Chen,Yanning Ma,Miao Xu,Songyan Qin,Xiaoliang Liu,Haijun Feng,Lian Hou 대한환경공학회 2022 Environmental Engineering Research Vol.27 No.1

A new technique for treating pickling wastewater discharged from the steel industry using membrane filters was developed and membrane fouling was characterized in a full scale membrane filter. The morphological and chemical properties were examined through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) etc. The results showed that inorganic elements such as phosphates, chlorides, and sulfates were severely blocked in membrane surfaces and pores. The porosity, permeability, hydrophilic contact angle, and surface charge capacity of fouled membranes were all lower than those of new membranes, while the optimal neutralization reaction pH region for fouled membranes shifted and narrowed. Charge neutralization is a critical reason to membrane fouling. By increasing the Zeta potential of the pickling wastewater, the membrane fouling could be controlled. This method is proven to effectively improve the separation property of precipitates after pickling wastewater was neutralized. Moreover, Neutralization helped to reduce the unit number of treatment processes. This investigation could assist in obtaining a better understanding of the fouling properties and behavior in the full-scale membrane filters in the pickling wastewater treatment.