Railway and highway traffic projects inevitably require a large number of tunnels to pass through hills or mountains due to the complex topographic conditions. Accordingly, tunnel construction increases in proportion, scale, and number and becomes increasingly important. In this study, we reviewed the key factors of the monitoring system for the working environment in tunnel construction. The evaluation criteria for the procurement of environment monitoring equipment for tunnel construction were established and summarized on the basis of engineering cases and a literature review. Then, an evaluation scale to assess the weights of key factors was established through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which includes four evaluation dimensions, 13 sub-level evaluation criteria, and their weights. Finally, three suppliers of construction environment monitoring equipment were selected for empirical analysis. The research results verified the effectiveness of the evaluation scale, which can provide a systematic evaluation mode for government engineering units to select the environment monitoring equipment for future construction.
Concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) column have remarkable mechanical properties and are widely used in engineering. In order to avoid repeated work, this paper introduces a concrete model based on Python, which is used for automatic simulation of CFST columns under different loads. The pre-treatment and finite element analysis of CFST columns are carried out by using the model software. Finally, examples were cited to illustrate that the simulation results of the model are similar to the test results, and the purpose of engineering application is achieved.
The preservation and restoration of historic sites is of great significance to the continuation of a city’s historical heritage and high-quality development. However, the conservation management of historic sites is still in the stage of exploration and improvement. The current states of development and preservation have been facing many problems, such as fragmented and poor states of preservation. It is crucial to retain and revitalize the authenticity of historic sites. A multi-criteria decision-making approach to an innovative evaluation model is proposed. Based on the cultural, social, and economic characteristics of the historical sites, an evaluation index system is constructed and weighted to judge its importance. The results suggest that the statuses of the historic relics at the facet layer have the most significant effect on the preservation of the authenticity of historic sites. The completeness of historic relics ranks first in weight among the evaluation indexes, which suggests that emphasis should be not only on their protection, but also on the preservation of their overall styles. The results will enable urban decision makers to effectively set the priorities of preservation and restoration by regions and stages. Huai’an, a major ancient city along the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal in China, was taken as an empirical case study to validate the feasibility of the evaluation index system and its ability to provide references for the preservation and restoration of historic sites.
Because of the serious impact on the seismic performance, the joint connection form becomes a critical problem in the prefabricated building. Built on the dry connection, this paper proposes a detachable and recyclable bolt-steel plate connection design for the fabricated structure. Compared to the cast-in-situ method, the biggest advantage of the proposed design scheme lies in convenient construction. The construction process shows that the joint devices both are detachable and recyclable. Adopting a supported beam, the proposed form is simulated with the finite element method (FEM). The deformation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed connection design. The work provides a novel idea for further test research on the fabricated structure.
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