Technical gazette, Vol. 28 No. 2, 2021.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20190720135522
High-efficiency Algorithm for the Most Unfavourable Load Case Combinations of Multilayered Frame-Type Wharf Structure
Linjian Wu
; National Engineering Research Center for Inland Waterway Regulation, School of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, 66 Xuefu Road, Nan'an District, Chongqing, 400074, China
Li Guan
; National Engineering Research Center for Inland Waterway Regulation, School of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, 66 Xuefu Road, Nan'an District, Chongqing, 400074, China
Xueli Ju
; National Engineering Research Center for Inland Waterway Regulation, School of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, 66 Xuefu Road, Nan'an District, Chongqing, 400074, China
Mingwei Liu
; National Engineering Research Center for Inland Waterway Regulation, School of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, 66 Xuefu Road, Nan'an District, Chongqing, 400074, China
Yuanfei Ma
; National Engineering Research Center for Inland Waterway Regulation, School of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, 66 Xuefu Road, Nan'an District, Chongqing, 400074, China
Erdi Abi
; National Engineering Research Center for Inland Waterway Regulation, School of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, 66 Xuefu Road, Nan'an District, Chongqing, 400074, China
Abstract
The wharf, which was built in the Three Gorges Reservoir of China, is constructed as a layered frame-type structure for adapting to large water level fluctuations that exceed 30 m. These large fluctuations cause the frame-type structure to exhibit a considerably higher number of load case combinations than traditional marine high-piled wharfs. To estimate the most adverse combined internal force and the corresponding unfavourable load case combinations of significant components for multilayered frame-type wharf structures in the Three Gorges Reservoir of China, a high-efficiency algorithm is developed in this study. This algorithm can skilfully transform the computational mode of load case combinations into a matrix operations process by computer programming. By applying the proposed algorithm, the number of load case combinations for eight significant components of frame-type wharf, including piles, columns, beams, braces and berthing components, are resolved to a total of 21 from the original quantity of more than six billion. This high-efficiency algorithm can provide powerful technical support for evaluating the bearing capability of multilayered frame-type wharfs in the Three Gorges Reservoir of China.
Keywords
high-efficiency algorithm; most unfavourable load combinations; multilayered frame-type wharf; SAP 2000; Three Gorges Reservoir of China
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255880
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Publication date:
17.4.2021.
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