10795results about "Bridge structural details" patented technology

A collapsible medical device and associated methods of occluding an abnormal opening in, for example, a body organ, wherein the medical device is shaped from plural layers of a heat-treatable metal fabric. Each of the fabric layers is formed from a plurality of metal strands and the assembly is heat-treated within a mold in order to substantially set a desired shape of the device. By incorporating plural layers in the thus-formed medical device, the ability of the device to rapidly occlude an abnormal opening in a body organ is significantly improved.

The present invention discloses one kind of combined beam of laminated steel-concrete plate for highway bridge and building as support member of bridge and building. Shear resistant connecting parts are welded to steel beam, prefabricated solid or hollow reinforced concrete boards are set on the steel beam, the steel bar tails are crossed and welded together, and the post-deposited concrete is deposited to form the combined beam. The combined beam has the advantages similar to those of in-situ deposited combined beam as well as saving in formwork and formwork supported step, simple prefabricated board structure, fast construction speed, etc. The present invention has wide application foreground in bridge structure and building structure fields.

The invention discloses a self-resetting pier column structural system with a built-in energy dissipation assembly and an implementing method for the self-resetting pier column structural system, and belongs to the field of bridge engineering. The self-resetting pier column structural system consists of a pier column, a bridge abutment, energy dissipation steel bars, non-adhesion prestressed steel bars with an elastic resetting function and an embedded part; in the novel pier column structural system capable of effectively reducing residual deformation and ensuring sufficient energy dissipation, a pier is connected with the bridge abutment through the energy dissipation steel bars and the non-adhesion prestressed steel bars. Compared with the conventional pier column node, the self-resetting pier column structural system has the advantages that: the non-adhesion prestressed steel bars are positioned in the axle center of the pier column, a self-resetting restoring force can be generated, and the problem that the conventional pier has large residual deformation under the action of an earthquake load and cannot serve people any longer can be solved well; the self-resetting pier column structural system is flexible in design and definite in structural stress; the pier is ensured to have sufficient strength and rigidity; and the self-resetting pier column structural system can be implemented by a prefabricating or on-site pouring method, is easy and convenient to construct, and is an advanced and practical novel pier column system.

A modular structure construction and repair system for use in new bridge construction and old bridge repair. The invention comprises a plurality of prefabricated modules which have a plurality of longitudinally extending beams and deck portions molded thereto. The modules are positioned over a plurality of girders so that longitudinal joints are formed above the girder. In the repair of an old bridge, an old section of the bridge deck is removed, and the modules are positioned on the existing girders. The modules are attached to the girders such that a shear connection is provided therebetween. Precompression may also be applied to clamp the sides of adjacent deck portions together. Various embodiments disclose this precompression and the shear connections.

An expansion joint design for supporting transfer loads. The system includes an elongated core and at least one longitudinal load-transfer member which are bonded together.

In an immersion lithography process, a pattern is formed by forming a photoresist layer on a wafer, forming a protective coating on the photoresist layer from a resist overcoat material, exposing the layer structure to light in water, and developing. A water-insoluble, alkali-soluble material is used as the resist overcoat material.

A composition for an organic EL element which can form a high precision pattern in a simple manner and in a short time and a method of manufacturing the organic EL element are disclosed. By using the composition, optimum film design and luminescence characteristic can be easily obtained, and an adjustment of a luminescence efficiency can also be easily performed. The composition for an organic EL element comprises a precursor of a conjugated organic polymer compound for forming at least one luminescent layer (106), (107), (108) having a certain color and at least one kind of fluorescent dye for changing the luminescence characteristic of the luminescent layer. The luminescent layer is made from a pattern formed by an ink-jet method. As for the precursor, a precursor of PPV, PPV derivative or the like is preferably used. Further, it is preferable that the composition for the organic EL element satisfies at least one of the conditions including a contact angle of 30 to 170 degrees with respect to a nozzle surface of a nozzle provided in a head of an ink-jet device used for the ink-jet method for discharging the composition, a viscosity of 1 to 20 cp and a surface tension of 20 to 70 dyne/cm.

A compression seal for concrete expansion joints is extruded as a one-piece unit from rubber-like material. The compression seal includes a compressible sealing portion and a pair of load-bearing wings that extend laterally from the compressible sealing portion. The one-piece design facilitates easy installation of the compression seal in an expansion joint. In use, the compressible sealing portion is inserted the expansion joint. Simple zipper-like motion may be used to press fit the compressible portion into the expansion joint. The lateral load-bearing wings are bonded to concrete surfaces adjoining the expansion joint to hold the compressible sealing portion in place.

The invention discloses a steel truss bridge and a method for fabricating the same. The steel truss bridge comprises a steel box girder bridge deck, a main truss composed of two steel trusses, and a steel portal frame. The steel truss comprises an upper chord member, a lower chord member, and a web member which is connected with the upper chord member and the lower chord member through bolts. A sidewalk bracket is arranged outside each steel truss. The lower chord member is connected to the steel box girder bridge deck and the sidewalk bracket, respectively. Besides, the two steel trusses are connected through the steel portal frame. During fabrication, all the sections of the steel trusses, the steel portal frame and the bridge deck are independently fabricated, respectively; all the sections of the upper and lower chord members of the steel truss are pre-assembled circularly with the corresponding web members, and all the sections of the steel box girder bridge deck are pre-assembled with the corresponding lower chord members by an orthotectonic method, respectively; and the steel portal frame is pre-assembled with the steel trusses. The steel truss bridge disclosed by the invention completely meets the design requirements so that the stability and safety factor of the bridge can be enhanced; and by employing the fabricating method, positioning is accurate so that the risks during the field assembling can be reduced; and the construction period can be shortened.

The invention relates to a permanent-magnet type eddy current tuned mass damper which comprises a steel magnetic-conducting baseplate (10), wherein end plates (3) are respectively arranged at two ends of the baseplate (10). The permanent-magnet type eddy current tuned mass damper is characterized by also comprising a circular shaft (4) and a linear bearing seat (5), wherein two ends of the circular shaft (4) are respectively arranged on the corresponding end plates (3), and the linear bearing seat (5) is sleeved on the circular shaft (4) and can slide on the circular shaft (4); the lower part of the bearing seat (5) is connected with a mass block (6), and two ends of the mass block (6) are respectively connected with the corresponding end plates (3) through spiral springs (7); the lower part of the mass block (6) is connected with a permanent magnet (13), and a copper plate (12) is arranged below the permanent magnet (13) and connected with the baseplate (12) through a cushion block (11). By adopting an eddy current damping model with special design, the permanent-magnet type eddy current tuned mass damper realizes the damping adjustability of the damper in a larger range, realizes the complete separation between the system rigidity and the damper, and cancels the mechanical friction energy consumption and stress concentration elements, thereby avoiding the common TMD damage failure.

Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene composite with low molar mass and high friction resistance, preparation and application thereof. Raw materials of 100 parts by weight of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, 0.1-10 parts by weight of wear-resisting agent, 0.1-5.0 parts by weight of processing aid is prepared into highly friction resistant composite by mixing, chill-pressing, heating to melt, compression molding, cooling for shaping and cutting. The mentioned utra high molecular weight polyethylene has a matrix molecular weight of greater than 6 millionl. The mentioned wear-resisting agent is MoS2 surface treated by coupling agent, black lead, lubricating grease of molybdenum, copper powder, or mixture of more than two of them. The mentioned processing agent is organic silicon oil with high boiling point, polytetrafluroethylene, oxidized polyethylene wax, olefin or polyethylene wax with high boiling point, or mixture of more than two of them.

The invention provides a bridge structural health monitoring car. A mechanical hand capable of being bent to extend into the lower part of a bridge is arranged on the bridge structural health monitoring car, wherein at least one camera is arranged on the mechanical hand and used for collecting the image information of the bottom and the side face of the bridge; a high-precision GPS positioning device is arranged and used for determining a current detection position and measuring the line shape of the bridge surface; a bridge structure dynamic information collecting device is arranged and used for collecting the dynamic characteristic information data of the bridge structure; an information processing device is arranged and used for storing the image information collected by the cameras, the GPS data and the dynamic characteristic information data, judging the health conditions and the disease development conditions of the bridge structure according to the analysis and the comparison of the monitoring data of each time and definitely indicating the disease conditions and parts by visual images. The bridge structural health monitoring car can carry out health monitoring on a plurality of bridges at the same time.

The invention discloses a damage-controllable self-resetting section prefabricated assembled steel pipe concrete bridge pier and a manufacturing method thereof, and belongs to the field of bridge engineering. An exposed node connecting piece consists of a foot plate, anchor bolts, end connecting plates and buckling restraining sleeves. A connecting plate is mounted between prefabricated steel pipe concrete sections through high-strength bolts; the exposed node connecting piece is connected with each of a cover beam and a bearing platform by utilizing the anchor bolts, and is connected with a prefabricated steel pipe concrete section through the high-strength bolts relying on the end connecting plates. A pre-stressed tendon penetrates through a section prefabricated steel pipe concrete pier; the two ends of the pre-stressed tendon are respectively anchored to the interiors of the bearing platform and the cover beam by using anchorage devices. The energy consumption-controllable self-resetting section prefabricated assembled steel pipe concrete bridge pier disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of small post-seismic residual displacement, high energy consumption capacity, controllable energy consumption, high assembling degree, convenience and quickness in construction process, greenness, high efficiency, energy conservation, environment friendliness, easiness in factory production, convenience and quickness in construction, and the like; the construction period of the pier can be remarkably shortened.

An expansion joint design for supporting transfer loads. The system includes an elongated core and at least one longitudinal load-transfer member which are bonded together.

A platform module suspendable from a structure for supporting a dynamic load with respect to a support surface of the structure including a first framing member suspended with respect to the structure. A second framing member is suspended with respect to the structure and mounted with respect to the first framing member. A deck panel is positioned between the first framing member and the second framing member and suspended with respect to the structure. At least one adjustable suspension member is attached to each of the first framing member and the second framing member, and removably mounted with respect to the structure. Also disclosed is a modular platform system including a plurality of platform modules and a method for suspending a modular platform system with respect to the structure.

The invention provides a pier column pre-casting splicing construction technique working method, which is characterized in that: on a land construction site, a pier body of the whole bridge pier is pre-cast by segments, pier body end heads of each segment are buried with outwardly-extending reinforcement bars, and all segments are transferred to the pier construction site for pier assembly. The working method has the advantages of having light bridge piers, reducing the number of projects, saving manpower, lowering construction costs, having good construction quality and quick construction, solving the problems of reliability, safety, anti-crack property and durability between pier columns pre-cast by segments and between the pier columns and a bearing platform connecting structure, reducing the influence of natural conditions on construction period, reducing construction cost and construction risk, reducing the number of cast-in-situ concrete and equipment such as a hoisting machine and the like and effectively saving cost. Due to the advantages of the splicing type bridge pier and the development of various high strength concrete materials in recent years, the working method is applied to water bridges with large scale, multiple bridge spans, adverse natural environment, and difficult construction due to the influence of wind, wave, current, rain and fog.

A mounting system is disclosed for mounting structures and equipment such as wind-electric generators on water. The structure is attached to a carrier, which is attached to a foundation through connecting elements. Buoyancy tanks or the inherent buoyancy of the carrier or the connecting elements are used to maintain a stable position of the carrier in the water. Utilizing connecting elements that transfer pushing and pulling force undesirable movements of the carrier are suppressed while requiring only moderate forces on the foundation.

A semiconductor chip production method including the steps of: forming a front side recess in a semiconductor substrate; depositing a metal material in the front side recess to form a front side electrode electrically connected to a functional device formed on the front surface; removing a rear surface portion of the semiconductor substrate to reduce the thickness of the semiconductor substrate to a thickness greater than the depth of the front side recess; forming a rear side recess communicating with the front side recess in the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate after the thickness reducing step; and depositing a metal material in the rear side recess to form a rear side electrode electrically connected to the front side electrode for formation of a through-electrode.

A display controller including a video signal-analyzing unit, a video signal-adjusting unit operable to receive a video signal, to adjust the video signal in accordance with adjustment parameter information, and to feed the adjusted video signal into a display device, and a light source-controlling unit operable to feed a light source-controlling signal into a light source in accordance with light source light-emitting amount information. The video signal-analyzing unit allows timing in which the display device displays a picture in accordance with the adjusted video signal from the video signal-adjusting unit to be synchronized with timing in which the light source changes a light-emitting amount in response to the light source-controlling signal from the light source-controlling unit. As a result, such two different timings are held in a proper relationship with one another, and degradation in image quality is suppressed, which otherwise would result from a change in the light source to become dark and bright. This feature realizes high-quality video display.

The invention discloses a construction method of a marine self-floating type steel soleplate single-wall suspension box cofferdam and a single-wall suspension box cofferdam, wherein the construction method comprises the following steps of: firstly installing a soleplate suspended shoulder pole girder and lowered guiding device of the cofferdam, then installing a steel soleplate, a lateral plate and an inner support, then carrying out the construction of lowering, fixing and bottom sealing by concrete of the cofferdam and finally carrying out the construction of a bearing platform. The cofferdam can be repeatedly used after being dismantled. The marine self-floating type steel soleplate single-wall suspension box cofferdam comprises the steel soleplate, the lateral plate, the inner support and the soleplate suspended shoulder pole girder and lowered guiding device. The steel soleplate of the invention is of a self-floating type assembled structure, an inner inclined strut of the cofferdam is utilized as a distributing girder suspended on the cofferdam when in the construction of bottom sealing by concrete, the lateral plate adopts a massive integral design, and meanwhile, an inner guide girder and the lateral plate are combined into a whole, thereby improving the integral rigidity of the lateral plate and also reducing the assembled working procedures of the cofferdam. The invention has the advantages of effective acceleration of construction schedule, simple and convenient construction operation, high repeated use ratio, safety, reliability and less cost investment.

The invention relates to a horizontal vibration energy-absorbing and vibration-damping device used for large engineering structures such as a longspan foot bridge, belonging to the field of vibration control of civil engineering structures. The horizontal vibration energy-absorbing and vibration-damping device comprises a constant strength cantilever beam consisting of struts at two sides and a cross beam, two ends of the cross beam are respectively and correspondingly connected with the struts at two sides, and the bottom ends of the struts at two sides are fixed on a foundation. The horizontal vibration energy-absorbing and vibration-damping device is characterized in that the upper end of a mass block is connected with the cross beam, the lower end of the mass block is provided with a rectangular permanent magnet; and one side of the lower part of the mass block is provided with a copper plate fixedly arranged on the foundation through a supporting member, and a gap is reserved between the copper plate and the rectangular permanent magnet. The invention ensures that the rigidity and the dampness of the tuned mass damper system realize complete separation, easily realizes that the damping ratio of TMD is continuously adjustable within a larger range though regulating the gap between the permanent magnet and the copper plate, and effectively solves the problems of oil leakage failure in the conventional TMD, difficult regulation of the damping parameters and interference on the frequency.

A fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite panel is described. One use of the panel is to construct bridge decks although the panel may have several other uses. It comprises two flat plates formed of commingled glass fiber reinforced polypropylene secured in spaced parallel relationship to a core. The core is formed by either two corrugated sheets interconnected together along connecting ridge sections or else by a plurality of elongated FRP channel members disposed transversely between the flat plates. The corrugated sheets or channel members form hollow core spaces between the two flat plates and the core material and these hollow spaces are filled with a filler material to add stability to the panel. Both the flat plates and the core material are formed of commingled glass fiber reinforced polypropylene (FRP).

An anchoring device for fixing a structural cable to a building element, the cable comprising a plurality of strands each comprising wires which are themselves enclosed together in a protective sheath, each of the protective sheaths being interrupted at a terminal edge such that the strands have each an exposed end section. The exposed section is inserted in a sealed chamber with a packing box whereof on plate is fixed and the other plate is compressed by threaded rods.

The invention discloses a detecting system of a bridge cable. The detecting system comprises a climbing robot and a signal processing device. The climbing robot comprises a climbing device and a flaw detecting device. The climbing device comprises at least two clamping mechanisms and a supporting mechanism. Each clamping mechanism comprises two motors arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the bridge cable, the motors are fixed on two lateral sides of a herringbone support respectively, and motor shafts are perpendicular to corresponding lateral sides respectively and extend into a casing. Cylindrical rollers are fixedly arranged on the motor shafts, the supporting mechanism is arranged in the casing in rotating mode and matched with the cylindrical rollers to form triangular clamping force to clamp the outer circumferential face of the bridge cable. By adjusting the length of a pull rod, clamping force of the climbing device on the bridge cable is adjusted so as to enable the friction between the climbing robot and the bridge cable to be optimal. Excessive clamping or slippery in an operation process is prevented, the climbing robot is guaranteed to operate stably, and the structure is simple.

An apparatus, method, and system for providing a broadcasting service in a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) system with a Single Frequency Network (SFN). Networks of shadow and non-shadow regions can be distinguished in the digital broadcasting system. A conditional access system can be used in the shadow region. A terminal can select a service network. A broadcasting providing server encrypts broadcasting service data, generates private and public keys into which predetermined encryption keys are divided to decrypt the encrypted broadcasting service data, sets at least one broadcasting transmitter for transmitting the private key and/or at least one broadcasting transmitter for transmitting the public key, and provides the encryption keys along with the encrypted broadcasting service data. Broadcasting transmitters transmit the encrypted broadcasting service data received from the broadcasting providing server and the private key using the SFN. At least one of the broadcasting transmitters further transmits the public key.

A shielded jack assembly is shown having a front cylindrical tube, and a rear ground shell portion. The rear ground shell is stamped and formed from pre-plated metal, and includes a partial cylindrical portion, plate portions extending downwardly therefrom, and printed circuit board portions depending from the plate portions. A rear wall portion is integral with the partial cylindrical portion, and depends therefrom via a hinge. The rear wall portion is bent to cover the end opening in the partial cylindrical portion.

An object model allows code to be developed using a programming environment to access the functionality of an application, in a word processing application, for example. The object model may be used to manipulate one or more data bindings in an application. Code may also be developed using a programming environment for reacting to changes, in either direction, of a content region or a node in XML data associated with one or more data bindings. Code may be developed to define data bindings between file content and content within data in a data store. Additionally, code may be developed that reacts to changes within a bound region of a file or within a data store, trapping or intercepting events, such as edits, additions, deletions, etc.

The invention relates to a three-dimensional tuned mass damper device with a clamping groove. The three-dimensional tuned mass damper device comprises an outer sleeve, an outer bottom plate, an upper clamping plate, an upper tunable mass block, a lower tunable mass block, an upper clamping groove outer ring, an upper clamping groove inner ring, a lower clamping groove outer ring, a lower clamping groove inner ring, a horizontal spring, a vertical spring, a horizontal damper and a vertical damper. The mass of the dampers is adjusted by adjusting the number of the mass blocks so as to achieve the frequency adjustment of the dampers; and due to a three-way limiting device, the frequencies in different directions are not influenced and the purpose of three-dimensional shock/vibration absorption is achieved. The three-dimensional tuned mass damper device can control the influence of the air vibration effect on the structure and reduce the effect of an earthquake on the structure, and can be used for vibration control of building structures such as bridge constructions, ocean platforms, large-span cantilever structures and the like.

The invention discloses an automatic climbing mechanism for a track inhaul cable. The mechanism comprises an outer framework, and a climbing and walking device and compacting and adjusting devices which are arranged on the outer framework; the outer framework is cylindrical, and one surface of the outer framework is made into a hinged mode and can be freely opened and closed; the climbing and walking device comprises n sets of driving wheel groups with track inhaul cable climbing and walking device structures and m sets of guide wheel groups, and the n sets of driving wheel groups and the m sets of guide wheel groups are arranged on the mounting face of the outer framework through a guide core shaft or uniformly or symmetrically; the number of the compacting and adjusting devices is n+m, the compacting and adjusting devices are arranged on the mounting face of the outer framework respectively, n and m are numbers which are between 2 and 20 and can be divided exactly by 2 or 3, and m also can be 0; and a climbing control system of the mechanism consists of an upper computer and a human-computer interface thereof, a radio transceiving device and a lower computer. The climbing mechanism can stably and reliably climb and decline on the surface of the inhaul cable, the walking device is convenient to compact, balance and adjust the inhaul cable, and the control system of the climbing mechanism is advanced, has simple and convenient operation and can realize wireless or wired control.

The invention relates to a method for constructing a segmental prefabricating and assembling swing foundation pier. The pier is assembled by prefabricated segments, and a bearing platform is hinged to a foundation. Except for the uppermost end connected with a cover beam and the bottom end connected with the bearing platform, the middle segments of the pier are same in shape and size. The oblique section of the upper part of the middle pier prefabricated segment slopes and is hollowed into a groove, namely a prefabricated segment groove; the bottom of the middle pier prefabricated segment is manufactured into a bulge with a corresponding shape, namely a prefabricated segment convex slot; the prefabricated segment groove and the prefabricated segment convex slot can realize the assembly of upper and lower pier prefabricated segments and forms the contact connecting surface of the segmental pier. The bottom of the pier is fixedly connected with the bearing platform, and the upper part of the pier is fixedly connected with the cover beam. After the prefabricated segments are assembled, a prestressed cable in a prepared channel is tensioned and anchored. A gap between a pile head and the contact surface of a prepared hole in the bottom of the bearing platform is filled with a rubber material or other elastic materials. The method has the advantages of short construction period, small environmental influence, good vibration isolation effect under earthquake and high anti-seismic property of whole structure.