In order to investigate isolation effectiveness on seismic performance of the continuous rigid frame bridge, shaking table test with nine sub-tables on 1/10 scaled reinforced concrete rigid frame bridge specimen was performed. The experimental results demonstrate that isolation devices provide flexibility to transform natural period of the scaled model, and additional it can improve the ability of energy dissipation when lead is used. The initial first frequency is 8.17Hz for plate-type rubber bearing and 9.12Hz for leading rubber bearing. The plate rubber bearing and lead-rubber bearing are quite sensitive to seismic wave frequency. The use of various isolation devices affects response of the bridge model. The results show that the more difference in the isolation devices, the more difference in response. Moreover, isolation effect of lead-rubber bearing show obviously more advantage than the one of plate-type rubber bearing, especially in controlling responses of the bridge during major earthquakes.

To investigate the seismic response of long-span rigid frame bridges with high-pier, the shaking table test of a 1/10 scaled rigid frame bridge model is introduced in this paper. Details about test equipment, model design, test arrangement, input ground motion waves and test principle are provided. The response of bridge model under the seismic excitation included the uniform excitation and the multi-support excitation is observed. The influence of the soil-structure interaction on the bridge is considered through the real-time dynamic hybrid testing method. The impact effect for different ground motion input during the test is discussed. The influence of multi-support excitation, soil-structure interaction and impact effect on structural seismic responses are studied based on the test results. The isolation effectiveness and the damping effect are discussed as well.

Pretreatment processes are essential for the preparation of biofuels from lignocellulosic feedstocks. Based on alkaline H2O2 pretreatment, photocatalytic alkaline H2O2 pretreatment (U-AHP) was investigated to examine the effects of reaction time, alkali concentration, and H2O2 concentration on the enzymatic digestion of corn stover. The optimum process conditions were determined by orthogonal tests: 1% NaOH, 2% H2O2, and reaction time of 8 h. Under these conditions, the lignin removal efficiency of UH-AHP was 90.2% and the saccharification yield was 94.7%. Furthermore, FT-IR, XRD, and SEM analyses showed that U-AHP pretreatment caused structural damage to the maize straw and increased the crystallinity of the cellulose, and it was speculated that the U-AHP pretreatment reaction was a complex mechanism, which might be a multiple synergistic reaction. This study shows that U-AHP pretreatment is a simple, green and effective method to promote lignin removal.

To investigate the response of the bridge pounding, shaking table test was performed using 1/10 scaled reinforced concrete rigid frame bridge specimen. The influence of traveling effect on pounding and the anti-impact capability using dampers were discussed. The experimental results demonstrate that the acceleration responses of the girder and bridge piers, the frequency and the impact force are increased when the traveling wave excitation is considered. Moreover, relatively displacement of the adjacent bridge frames increased magnitudely. Dynamic responses, the frequency and the impact force are decrease when the dampers are installed.Therefore, installation of the dampers is a sustainable and effective way to improve the anti-impact capability.

Zirconyldichloride modified polycarbosilazane (PZrSZO) has been synthesized from two-component dichlorosilanes (methyldichlorosilane and methylvinyldichlorosilane), zirconyldichloride, and ethylenediamine using triethylamine as acid-absorbing agent and tetrahydrofuran as solvent. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of the as-synthesized PZrSZO suggest a structure of ethylene-bridged polycarbosilazane having –Si–N–C–C–N– as backbone chain with –CH=CH2, –H and –CH3 attached to Si as side groups, which is similar to that of non-modified PSZO precursor. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy shows Zr–N stretching vibration peak appears at 532 cm-1 suggesting the incorporation of Zr into PSZO through aminolysis reaction between zirconyldichloride and ethylendiamine. SiZrCNO ceramic with the ceramic yield of 63 wt% is obtained through subsequent pyrolysis treatment at 1000 °C for 1 h under argon flow. EDS analysis shows its composition of SiZr0.01C1.03N0.25O0.84 with the Zr percentage of 1.45 wt%. X-ray diffraction analysis shows SiZrCNO ceramics are of mixed amorphous silicon carbonitride oxygen phase embraced with SiO2 nanocrystalline.