Analytical studies on the vibration and sound radiation characteristics of an asymmetric laminated rectangular plate are carried out in this paper. Theoretical formulations, in which the effects of thermal environment...Analytical studies on the vibration and sound radiation characteristics of an asymmetric laminated rectangular plate are carried out in this paper. Theoretical formulations, in which the effects of thermal environments are taken into account, are derived for the vibration and sound radiation based on both first-order shear deformation plate theory and Rayleigh integral. It is found that the natural frequencies, the resonant amplitudes of vibration response and the sound pressure level decrease with the temperature rising. The natural frequencies of asym- metric plates are smaller than those of symmetric plates and the velocity responses of asymmetric plates are larger than those of symmetric plates.展开更多
The aim of this study is to investigate nonlinear bending for a 3-Dimensional（3D）braided composite cylindrical panel which has transverse loads on its finite length. By refining a micro-macro-mechanical model, the 3...The aim of this study is to investigate nonlinear bending for a 3-Dimensional（3D）braided composite cylindrical panel which has transverse loads on its finite length. By refining a micro-macro-mechanical model, the 3D braided composite can be treated as a representative average cell system. The geometric structural properties of its components deeply depend on their positions in the section of the cylindrical panel. The embedded elastic medium of the panel can be described by a Pasternak elastic foundation. Via using the shell theory of the von Ka′rma′nDonnell type of kinematic nonlinearity, governing equations can be established to get higherorder shear deformation. The mixed Galerkin-perturbation method is applied to get the nonlinear bending behavior of the 3D braided cylindrical panel with a simply supported boundary condition.Based on the analysis of the braided composite cylindrical panel with variable initial stress, geometric parameter, fiber volume fraction, and elastic foundation, serial numerical illustrations are archived to represent the appropriate nonlinear bending responses.展开更多
In order to study the indoor thermal environments in university classrooms in Tianjin,a field study and a questionnaire survey for a main teaching building are carried out.First,the thermal sensations of participants ...In order to study the indoor thermal environments in university classrooms in Tianjin,a field study and a questionnaire survey for a main teaching building are carried out.First,the thermal sensations of participants in the typical classrooms are studied by 180 questionnaires.Then,based on the measured data,the temperature changes in the classrooms during a year are simulated by the DeST software.The results show that the indoor thermal environments in the northern classrooms on the first floor are better than those in other classrooms.And the measurement results accord with the simulation results.These results can be used as a reference for the study of the indoor thermal environments in other seasons.展开更多
Thermal comfort is critical for ensuring the health and productivity of occupants and knowing their thermal demand could help creat a satisfying environment with the least energy waste.Theory of thermal comfort is bui...Thermal comfort is critical for ensuring the health and productivity of occupants and knowing their thermal demand could help creat a satisfying environment with the least energy waste.Theory of thermal comfort is built based on experimental studies in uniform and stable environments,while there is still a gap when applying in evaluating human thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments.Therefore,an insight into human thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments is taken.The fundamental studies of thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments are explicated,including thermal comfort theory applied in non-uniform thermal environments,types of non-uniform thermal environments and corresponding studies,physiological and psychological thermal responses in the environments.Besides,the evaluation indices of non-uniform thermal environments are classified according to their definitions and the comfort models are reviewed.Finally,future works in this research field are discussed.In general,the overall thermal comfort and local thermal comfort should be both taken into account in non-uniform thermal environments where skin temperatures and psychological thermal responses of occupants are different among local body segments.Moreover,as studies of local thermal comfort are mainly conducted in thermally neutral condition,the limits considering the state deviating thermal neutrality(slightly warm or cool),which is frequently found in reality,are encouraged to be studied.Finally,a well-defined comprehensive index should be proposed considering heat exchange of human body with their microenvironments and thus the comfort range of the index could be provided for designing of non-uniform thermal environments.展开更多
Reasonable greening design can effectively alleviate campus heat environment issues.This study uses the ENVI-met numerical model,along with in-situ observations and simulations,to analyze the thermal environment under...Reasonable greening design can effectively alleviate campus heat environment issues.This study uses the ENVI-met numerical model,along with in-situ observations and simulations,to analyze the thermal environment under three different greening schemes in typical areas of the Guangzhou University campus.The results indicate that the outdoor thermal environment is significantly influenced by the underlying surface materials and vegetation.The temperature of brick-paved surface is 0.9℃higher than that of natural soil surfaces under tree shade.Numerical simulations further confirm that increasing vegetation coverage effectively reduces outdoor air temperature.When the greening rate increases to 40%,the outdoor average temperature decreases by 0.7℃and relative humidity increases by approximately 4%,while wind speed remains minimal change.The cooling effect of vegetation is found to extend vertically to an altitude of 13 m.As the greening rate increases from 15%to 40%,the Mean Radiant Temperature(MRT)decreases from 50.6℃to 28.9℃,which is lower than the average ambient temperature,indicating improved thermal conditions.The Physiological Equivalent Temperature(PET)decreases from 40.2℃to 30.0℃,with the proportion of the areas classified as″very hot″reducing by 36.8%,significantly improving thermal comfort across most areas.Therefore,changing the ground material and greening landscape design can effectively alter the outdoor wind and thermal environment of the campus,thereby enhancing the thermal comfort for the campus community.展开更多
The dynamics of functionally-graded(FG) sandwich shells with varied pore distributions in thermal environments is investigated,focusing on their free vibration behaviors and sound transmission loss(STL) characteristic...The dynamics of functionally-graded(FG) sandwich shells with varied pore distributions in thermal environments is investigated,focusing on their free vibration behaviors and sound transmission loss(STL) characteristics.The effective material parameters are calculated by integrating the graded distribution through three distinct pore distribution laws.The dynamic governing equations are derived by means of the first-order shear deformation theory,guided by Hamilton's principle.The solutions for the natural frequency and acoustic transmission loss factor are obtained from the shell's free vibration general solution and the acoustic displacement function,respectively.A detailed numerical analysis is conducted to assess the impacts of the structural and geometric parameters,as well as the ambient temperature,on the vibro-acoustic properties.The results indicate that vibro-acoustic coupling is most significant in shells with a symmetric non-uniform pore distribution,and the resonance frequency shifts towards lower frequencies as the power-law index increases.These findings offer valuable insights for enhancing the design of materials aimed at vibration damping and acoustic management.展开更多
To adapt to national climate change strategies,understanding the thermal vulnerability of urban functional zones(UFZs)is critical for enhancing the livability and sustainable development of cities.We address the limit...To adapt to national climate change strategies,understanding the thermal vulnerability of urban functional zones(UFZs)is critical for enhancing the livability and sustainable development of cities.We address the limitations of existing thermal vulnerability assessments by incorporating human perception into the analysis.Specifically,we introduce the sky openness index to reflect human perception of the thermal environment and examine variations in thermal vulnerability across different UFZs.Using the Extreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost)-SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)model,we analyze the contributions of 2D and 3D urban form indicators to thermal vulnerability and link these contributions to the unique needs and vulnerability characteristics of UFZs of Foshan City,China in 2023.The results reveal that:1)high-value heat-fragile areas(1.74–2.00]constitute 10.42%of Foshan City;2)traffic zone and publiccommercial zone exhibit the highest levels of thermal vulnerability;and 3)building height and the normalized building index are the most influential factors,with contributions of|0.06|and|0.03|,respectively.We provide a scientific foundation for developing governance strategies to promote urban resilience.展开更多
Postbuckling behavior of the 3D braided rectangular plates subjected to uniaxial compression combined with transverse loads in thermal environments is presented.Based on a micro-macro-mechanical model,a 3D braided com...Postbuckling behavior of the 3D braided rectangular plates subjected to uniaxial compression combined with transverse loads in thermal environments is presented.Based on a micro-macro-mechanical model,a 3D braided composite may be treated as a cell system and the geometry of each cell is deeply dependent on its position in the cross-section of the plate.The material properties of the epoxy are expressed as a linear function of temperature.Uniform,linear and nonlinear temperature distributions through the thickness are involved.The lateral pressure(three types of transverse loads,i.e.transverse uniform load;transverse patch load over a central area;and transverse sinusoidal load)is first converted into an initial deflection and the initial geometric imperfection of the plate is taken into account.The governing equations are based on Reddy’s higher-order shear deformation plate theory with a von Kármán-type of kinematic nonlinearity.Two cases of the in-plane boundary conditions are also taken into account.A perturbation technique is employed to determine buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths of simply supported 3D braided rectangular plates.The results reveal that the temperature rise,geometric parameter,fiber volume fraction,braiding angle,the character of the in-plane boundary conditions and different types of initial transverse loads have a significant effect on the buckling and postbuckling behavior of the braided composite plates.展开更多
Thermal and acoustic environments pose severe challenges to find optimal design that exhibits ideal acoustic characteristics the structural design of hypersonic vehicles. One of them is to in a frequency band, which i...Thermal and acoustic environments pose severe challenges to find optimal design that exhibits ideal acoustic characteristics the structural design of hypersonic vehicles. One of them is to in a frequency band, which is discussed in this paper through topology optimization aiming at resonance sound radiation in thermal environments. The sound radiation at resonance fre- quencies is the main component of response, minimization on which is likely to provide a satisfactory design. A bi-material plate subjected to uniform temperature rise and excited by harmonic loading is studied here. Thermal stress is first evaluated and considered as prestress in the following dynamic analysis; radiated sound power is then calculated through Rayleigh inte- gral. Sensitivity analysis is carried out through adjoint method considering the complicated relationship between stress-induced geometric stiffness and design variables. As the resonance frequency is constantly changing during the optimization, its sensi- tivity should be considered. It is also noticed that mode switching may occur, so mode tracking technique is employed in this work. Some numerical examples are finally discussed.展开更多
During the supersonic re-entry of multi-nozzle heavy rockets into the atmosphere,the basic flow state becomes increasingly complex due to the coupling effect between the retropropulsion plumes and the freestream.A num...During the supersonic re-entry of multi-nozzle heavy rockets into the atmosphere,the basic flow state becomes increasingly complex due to the coupling effect between the retropropulsion plumes and the freestream.A numerical method using the hybrid Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes and Large Eddy Simulation(RES)method and discrete coordinate method is developed to accurately estimate the thermal environment.In addition,finite rate chemical kinetics is used to calculate the afterburning reactions.The numerical results agree well with wind tunnel data,which confirms the validity and accuracy of the numerical method.Computations are conducted for the heavy carrier rocket re-entry from 53.1 km to 39.5 km altitude with 180°angle of attack by using three different Supersonic Retro-Propulsion(SRP)modes.The numerical results reveal that these three SRP flow fields are all Short Penetration Models(SPM).As the re-entry altitudes decrease,both the plume-plume interaction and the plume-freestream interaction become weaker.The highest temperatures in the plume shear layers of the three SRP modes increase by 8.36%,7.33%and 6.92%respectively after considering afterburning reactions,and all occur at a reentry altitude of 39.5 km.As the rocket re-enters the atmosphere,the maximum heat flux on the rocket base plate of three SRP modes stabilizes at 290,170 and 200 kW/m^(2) respectively,but the maximum heat flux on the side wall increases significantly.When the altitude declines to 39.5 km,the extreme heat flux of the three modes increase by 84.16%,49.45%and 62.97%respectively compared to that at 53.1 km.展开更多
The thermal environmental characteristics are experim-entally studied in terms of different air supply volumes and outdoor meteorological parameters in a large-space building which is air conditioned with a low sidewa...The thermal environmental characteristics are experim-entally studied in terms of different air supply volumes and outdoor meteorological parameters in a large-space building which is air conditioned with a low sidewall air supply.The experimental results show that the indoor vertical temperature distributions under different condition are similar.The maximum vertical temperature difference（MVTD）is up to about 20 ℃,and it linearly changes with the sol-air temperature.The indoor vertical temperature gradients（VTGs）in the upper,central and lower zones are different.The influence of the sol-air temperature on the VTGs in the upper and the lower zones is greater than that in the central zone.The characteristics of the VTGs in the three zones affected by the air supply volume are the same as those affected by the sol-air temperature.Besides,because of the small air velocity,the predicted mean vote（PMV）on comfort in the occupied zone is slightly high and the air temperature difference between the head and the ankle is usually more than 3 ℃.展开更多
Urban outdoor thermal environment(OTE)plays a crucial role in shaping the comfort and livability of cities,especially in complex urban settings where a variety of factors influence thermal conditions.This study presen...Urban outdoor thermal environment(OTE)plays a crucial role in shaping the comfort and livability of cities,especially in complex urban settings where a variety of factors influence thermal conditions.This study presents a high-resolution,computationally efficient framework for simulating and evaluating OTE,incorporating detailed vegetation modeling and optimized long-term simulations for wind and mean radiant temperature(MRT).The framework utilizes satellite imagery to capture city geometry,identifying buildings,trees,and water bodies.It combines fast fluid dynamics(FFD)and proper orthogonal decomposition(POD)for efficient wind estimations,alongside ParaCore ray-tracing algorithms for MRT calculations.Thermal comfort is quantified through the universal thermal climate index(UTCI).The framework is validated with measured data from Shanghai Jiao Tong University(SJTU)campus,showing robust predictive performance with an R2 value of 0.95 for UTCI estimations.The SJTU campus,covering 3.09 square kilometers and spanning 6,570 hours of outdoor activity over a year,is evaluated in just 5.67 hours,demonstrating the framework’s computational efficiency.The results provide valuable insights for urban planners,including outdoor thermal comfort autonomy(OTCA)maps that highlight areas needing improvement,as well as hourly thermal stress(TS)evaluations to identify critical discomfort periods.These outputs support strategic decisions on functional zoning,campus renewal,and seasonal adaptive design,ultimately enhancing urban sustainability.展开更多
The existing investigations on thermal comfort mostly focus on the thermal environment conditions, especially of the air-flow field and the temperature distributions in vehicle cabin. Less attention appears to direct ...The existing investigations on thermal comfort mostly focus on the thermal environment conditions, especially of the air-flow field and the temperature distributions in vehicle cabin. Less attention appears to direct to the thermal comfort or thermal sensation of occupants, even to the relationship between thermal conditions and thermal sensation. In this paper, a series of experiments were designed and conducted for understanding the non-uniform conditions and the occupant＇s thermal responses in vehicle cabin during the heating period. To accurately assess the transient temperature distribution in cabin in common daily condition, the air temperature at a number of positions is measured in a full size vehicle cabin under natural winter environment in South China by using a discrete thermocouples network. The occupant body is divided into nine segments, the skin temperature at each segment and the occupant＇s local thermal sensation at the head, body, upper limb and lower limb are monitored continuously. The skin temperature is observed by using a discrete thermocouples network, and the local thermal sensation is evaluated by using a seven-point thermal comfort survey questionnaire proposed by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc（ASHRAE） Standard. The relationship between the skin temperature and the thermal sensation is discussed and regressed by statistics method. The results show that the interior air temperature is highly non-uniform over the vehicle cabin. The locations where the occupants sit have a significant effect on the occupant＇s thermal responses, including the skin temperature and the thermal sensation. The skin temperaWa-e and thermal sensation are quite different between body segments due to the effect of non-uniform conditions, clothing resistance, and the human thermal regulating system. A quantitative relationship between the thermal sensation and the skin temperature at each body segment of occupant in real life traffic is presented. The investigation result indicates that the skin temperature is a robust index to evaluate the thermal sensation. Applying the skin temperature to designing and controlling parameters of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning（HVAC） system may benefit the thermal comfort and reducing energy consumption.展开更多
The nonlinear aeroelastic behavior of a folding fin in supersonic flow is investigated in this paper.The finite element model of the fin is established and the deployable hinges are represented by three torsion spring...The nonlinear aeroelastic behavior of a folding fin in supersonic flow is investigated in this paper.The finite element model of the fin is established and the deployable hinges are represented by three torsion springs with the freeplay nonlinearity.The aerodynamic grid point is assumed to be at the center of each aerodynamic box for simplicity.The aerodynamic governing equation is given by using the infinite plate spline method and the modified linear piston theory.An improved fixed-interface modal synthesis method,which can reduce the rigid connections at the interface,is developed to save the problem size and computation time.The uniform temperature field is applied to create the thermal environment.For the linear flutter analyses,the flutter speed increases first and then decreases with the rise of the hinge stiffness due to the change of the flutter coupling mechanism.For the nonlinear analyses,a larger freeplay angle results in a higher vibration divergent speed.Two different types of limit cycle oscillations and a multiperiodic motion are observed in the wide range of airspeed under the linear flutter boundary.The linear flutter speed shows a slight descend in the thermal environment,but the effect of the temperature on the vibration divergent speed is different under different hinge stiffnesses when there exists freeplay.展开更多
In this paper, five national meteorological stations in Anhui province are taken as typical examples to explore the effects of local urbanization on their thermal environment by using Landsat data from 1990 to 2010. S...In this paper, five national meteorological stations in Anhui province are taken as typical examples to explore the effects of local urbanization on their thermal environment by using Landsat data from 1990 to 2010. Satellite-based land use/land cover(LULC), land surface temperature(LST), normalized difference vegetation index(NDVI) are used to investigate the effects. The study shows that LULC around meteorological stations changed significantly due to urban expansion. Fast urbanization is the main factor that affects the spatial-temporal distribution of thermal environment around meteorological stations. Moreover, the normalized LST and NDVI exhibit strong inverse correlations around meteorological stations, so the variability of LST can be monitored through evaluating the variability of NDVI. In addition, station-relocation plays an important role in improving representativeness of thermal environment. Notably, the environment representativeness was improved, but when using the data from the station to study climate change, the relocation-induced inhomogeneous data should be considered and adjusted. Consequently,controlling the scale and layout of the urban buildings and constructions around meteorological stations is an effective method to ameliorate observational thermal environment and to improve regional representativeness of station observation. The present work provides observational evidences that high resolution Landsat images can be used to evaluate the thermal environment of meteorological stations.展开更多
To explore the thermal responses under the non-thermal equilibrium cold environmental conditions,a laboratory study was conducted in climate chamber.The local skin temperatures and thermal sensation of 20 subjects wer...To explore the thermal responses under the non-thermal equilibrium cold environmental conditions,a laboratory study was conducted in climate chamber.The local skin temperatures and thermal sensation of 20 subjects were recorded at 10 min intervals for 90 min under air temperatures of 7.4,9.1,11 and 15 °C.The results show that both local skin temperatures and mean skin temperature decrease not only with the drop of ambient air temperature but also with the exposure time.Local thermal sensation and overall the thermal sensation have the similar temperature-varying and time-varying characteristics.Predicted mean vote(PMV) model cannot correctly predict the thermal sensation under non-thermal equilibrium cold environment.The correlation between local thermal sensation and local skin temperatures shows that thermal sensation is closely related to skin temperature.Skin temperature is an effective indicator of thermal sensation.A linear relationship model between overall thermal sensation and mean skin temperature,considering both ambient temperature and exposure time,was established in the non-thermal equilibrium cold environment,which makes the evaluation of thermal sensation more objective.展开更多
Urbanization,especially urban land expansion,has a profound influence on the urban thermal environment.Cities in Northeast China face remarkably uneven development and environmental issues,and thus it is necessary to ...Urbanization,especially urban land expansion,has a profound influence on the urban thermal environment.Cities in Northeast China face remarkably uneven development and environmental issues,and thus it is necessary to strengthen the diagnosis of thermal environmental pressure brought by urbanization.In this study,multi remote sensing imageries and statistical approaches,involving piecewise linear regression(PLR),were used to explore urban expansion and its effects on the thermal environment of Changchun City in Jilin Province,China.Results show that Changchun experienced rapid urban expansion from 2000 to 2020,with urban built-up areas increasing from 171.77 to 525.14 km^(2).The area of the city’s urban heat island(UHI)increased dramatically,during both day and night.Using PLR,a positive linear correlation of built-up density with land surface temperature(LST)was detected,with critical breakpoints of 70%-80%during the daytime and 40%-50%at nighttime.Above the thresholds,the magnitude of LST in response to built-up density significantly increased with intensifying urbanization,especially for nighttime LST.An analysis of the relative frequency distributions(RFDs)of LST reveals that rapid urbanization resulted in a significant increase of mean LST in newly urbanized areas,but had weak effects on daytime LST change in existing urban area.Urban expansion also contributed to a constant decrease of spatial heterogeneity of LST in existing urban area,especially at daytime.However,in newly urbanized areas,the spatial heterogeneity of LST was decreased during the daytime but increased at nighttime due to urbanization.展开更多
The method for calculating wall surface heat storage coefficient was introduced,and the coefficients of several common walls with light-weight external thermal insulation materials and the traditional solid clay brick...The method for calculating wall surface heat storage coefficient was introduced,and the coefficients of several common walls with light-weight external thermal insulation materials and the traditional solid clay brick wall were calculated.In order to study the impact of light-weight external thermal insulation materials,a contrasting experiment was carried out between an external insulated room and an uninsulated room in August,2010,in Chongqing,China.The result shows that outside surface heat storage coefficient of the insulated wall is much less than that of the traditional wall.However,during sunny time,the surface temperature of external walls of the insulated room is obviously higher than that of the uninsulated room.In different orientations,due to different amounts of solar radiation and being irradiated in different time,the contrasting temperature difference(CTD) appears different regularity.In a word,using light-weight external thermal insulation materials has a negative impact on building surrounding thermal environment and people's health.Finally,some suggestions on how to eliminate the impact,such as improving the surface condition of the building envelop,and plating vertical greening,are put forward.展开更多
In view of the lack of comprehensive evaluation and analysis from the combination of natural and human multi-dimensional factors,the urban surface temperature patterns of Changsha in 2000,2009 and 2016 are retrieved b...In view of the lack of comprehensive evaluation and analysis from the combination of natural and human multi-dimensional factors,the urban surface temperature patterns of Changsha in 2000,2009 and 2016 are retrieved based on multi-source spatial data(Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 satellite image data,POI spatial big data,digital elevation model,etc.),and 12 natural and human factors closely related to urban thermal environment are quickly obtained.The standard deviation ellipse and spatial principal component analysis(PCA)methods are used to analyze the effect of urban human residential thermal environment and its influencing factors.The results showed that the heat island area increased by 547 km~2 and the maximum surface temperature difference reached 10.1℃during the period 2000–2016.The spatial distribution of urban heat island was mainly concentrated in urban built-up areas,such as industrial and commercial agglomerations and densely populated urban centers.The spatial distribution pattern of heat island is gradually decreasing from the urban center to the suburbs.There were multiple high-temperature centers,such as Wuyi square business circle,Xingsha economic and technological development zone in Changsha County,Wangcheng industrial zone,Yuelu industrial agglomeration,and Tianxin industrial zone.From 2000 to 2016,the main axis of spatial development of heat island remained in the northeast-southwest direction.The center of gravity of heat island shifted 2.7 km to the southwest with the deflection angle of 54.9°in 2000–2009.The center of gravity of heat island shifted to the northeast by 4.8 km with the deflection angle of 60.9°in 2009–2016.On the whole,the change of spatial pattern of thermal environment in Changsha was related to the change of urban construction intensity.Through the PCA method,it was concluded that landscape pattern,urban construction intensity and topographic landforms were the main factors affecting the spatial pattern of urban thermal environment of Changsha.The promotion effect of human factors on the formation of heat island effect was obviously greater than that of natural factors.The temperature would rise by 0.293℃under the synthetic effect of human and natural factors.Due to the complexity of factors influencing the urban thermal environment of human settlements,the utilization of multi-source data could help to reveal the spatial pattern and evolution law of urban thermal environment,deepen the understanding of the causes of urban heat island effect,and clarify the correlation between human and natural factors,so as to provide scientific supports for the improvement of the quality of urban human settlements.展开更多
The doubly curved shell(DCS)is a common structure in the engineering field.In a thermal environment,the vibration characteristics of the DCS will be affected by the thermal effect.The research on the vibration charact...The doubly curved shell(DCS)is a common structure in the engineering field.In a thermal environment,the vibration characteristics of the DCS will be affected by the thermal effect.The research on the vibration characteristics of DCS in thermal environment is relatively limited.In this paper,the thermal strain and the change of Young’s modulus caused by the changing of temperature are studied,and the DCS energy equation is established systematically.The displacement tolerance function of the DCS is constructed by the spectral geometry method,and the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the DCS with different structural parameters,such as thicknesses,ratios of R_(a)/R_(b) and a/b,at different temperatures are solved by the Rayleigh-Ritz method.The results show that the natural frequency of the DCS decreases with the increasing temperature,R_(a)/R_(b) and a/b ratios,and increases with the increasing thickness.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11321062,91016008 and 91216107)
文摘Analytical studies on the vibration and sound radiation characteristics of an asymmetric laminated rectangular plate are carried out in this paper. Theoretical formulations, in which the effects of thermal environments are taken into account, are derived for the vibration and sound radiation based on both first-order shear deformation plate theory and Rayleigh integral. It is found that the natural frequencies, the resonant amplitudes of vibration response and the sound pressure level decrease with the temperature rising. The natural frequencies of asym- metric plates are smaller than those of symmetric plates and the velocity responses of asymmetric plates are larger than those of symmetric plates.
基金supported in part by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51375308 and 51775346)
文摘The aim of this study is to investigate nonlinear bending for a 3-Dimensional（3D）braided composite cylindrical panel which has transverse loads on its finite length. By refining a micro-macro-mechanical model, the 3D braided composite can be treated as a representative average cell system. The geometric structural properties of its components deeply depend on their positions in the section of the cylindrical panel. The embedded elastic medium of the panel can be described by a Pasternak elastic foundation. Via using the shell theory of the von Ka′rma′nDonnell type of kinematic nonlinearity, governing equations can be established to get higherorder shear deformation. The mixed Galerkin-perturbation method is applied to get the nonlinear bending behavior of the 3D braided cylindrical panel with a simply supported boundary condition.Based on the analysis of the braided composite cylindrical panel with variable initial stress, geometric parameter, fiber volume fraction, and elastic foundation, serial numerical illustrations are archived to represent the appropriate nonlinear bending responses.
文摘In order to study the indoor thermal environments in university classrooms in Tianjin,a field study and a questionnaire survey for a main teaching building are carried out.First,the thermal sensations of participants in the typical classrooms are studied by 180 questionnaires.Then,based on the measured data,the temperature changes in the classrooms during a year are simulated by the DeST software.The results show that the indoor thermal environments in the northern classrooms on the first floor are better than those in other classrooms.And the measurement results accord with the simulation results.These results can be used as a reference for the study of the indoor thermal environments in other seasons.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52038009)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2682023CX028)Southwest Jiaotong University(R110223H01004).
文摘Thermal comfort is critical for ensuring the health and productivity of occupants and knowing their thermal demand could help creat a satisfying environment with the least energy waste.Theory of thermal comfort is built based on experimental studies in uniform and stable environments,while there is still a gap when applying in evaluating human thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments.Therefore,an insight into human thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments is taken.The fundamental studies of thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments are explicated,including thermal comfort theory applied in non-uniform thermal environments,types of non-uniform thermal environments and corresponding studies,physiological and psychological thermal responses in the environments.Besides,the evaluation indices of non-uniform thermal environments are classified according to their definitions and the comfort models are reviewed.Finally,future works in this research field are discussed.In general,the overall thermal comfort and local thermal comfort should be both taken into account in non-uniform thermal environments where skin temperatures and psychological thermal responses of occupants are different among local body segments.Moreover,as studies of local thermal comfort are mainly conducted in thermally neutral condition,the limits considering the state deviating thermal neutrality(slightly warm or cool),which is frequently found in reality,are encouraged to be studied.Finally,a well-defined comprehensive index should be proposed considering heat exchange of human body with their microenvironments and thus the comfort range of the index could be provided for designing of non-uniform thermal environments.
基金Science and Technology Research Project of Guang-dong Meteorological Bureau(GRMC2022M21)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2023A1515012240)Research Project of Guangzhou Meteor-ological Bureau(M202218)。
文摘Reasonable greening design can effectively alleviate campus heat environment issues.This study uses the ENVI-met numerical model,along with in-situ observations and simulations,to analyze the thermal environment under three different greening schemes in typical areas of the Guangzhou University campus.The results indicate that the outdoor thermal environment is significantly influenced by the underlying surface materials and vegetation.The temperature of brick-paved surface is 0.9℃higher than that of natural soil surfaces under tree shade.Numerical simulations further confirm that increasing vegetation coverage effectively reduces outdoor air temperature.When the greening rate increases to 40%,the outdoor average temperature decreases by 0.7℃and relative humidity increases by approximately 4%,while wind speed remains minimal change.The cooling effect of vegetation is found to extend vertically to an altitude of 13 m.As the greening rate increases from 15%to 40%,the Mean Radiant Temperature(MRT)decreases from 50.6℃to 28.9℃,which is lower than the average ambient temperature,indicating improved thermal conditions.The Physiological Equivalent Temperature(PET)decreases from 40.2℃to 30.0℃,with the proportion of the areas classified as″very hot″reducing by 36.8%,significantly improving thermal comfort across most areas.Therefore,changing the ground material and greening landscape design can effectively alter the outdoor wind and thermal environment of the campus,thereby enhancing the thermal comfort for the campus community.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1934203)。
文摘The dynamics of functionally-graded(FG) sandwich shells with varied pore distributions in thermal environments is investigated,focusing on their free vibration behaviors and sound transmission loss(STL) characteristics.The effective material parameters are calculated by integrating the graded distribution through three distinct pore distribution laws.The dynamic governing equations are derived by means of the first-order shear deformation theory,guided by Hamilton's principle.The solutions for the natural frequency and acoustic transmission loss factor are obtained from the shell's free vibration general solution and the acoustic displacement function,respectively.A detailed numerical analysis is conducted to assess the impacts of the structural and geometric parameters,as well as the ambient temperature,on the vibro-acoustic properties.The results indicate that vibro-acoustic coupling is most significant in shells with a symmetric non-uniform pore distribution,and the resonance frequency shifts towards lower frequencies as the power-law index increases.These findings offer valuable insights for enhancing the design of materials aimed at vibration damping and acoustic management.
基金Under the auspices of Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program(No.XLYC2202024)Basic Scientific Research Project(Key Project)of the Education Department of Liaoning Province(No.LJ212410165084)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.N2111003,N2411001)。
文摘To adapt to national climate change strategies,understanding the thermal vulnerability of urban functional zones(UFZs)is critical for enhancing the livability and sustainable development of cities.We address the limitations of existing thermal vulnerability assessments by incorporating human perception into the analysis.Specifically,we introduce the sky openness index to reflect human perception of the thermal environment and examine variations in thermal vulnerability across different UFZs.Using the Extreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost)-SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)model,we analyze the contributions of 2D and 3D urban form indicators to thermal vulnerability and link these contributions to the unique needs and vulnerability characteristics of UFZs of Foshan City,China in 2023.The results reveal that:1)high-value heat-fragile areas(1.74–2.00]constitute 10.42%of Foshan City;2)traffic zone and publiccommercial zone exhibit the highest levels of thermal vulnerability;and 3)building height and the normalized building index are the most influential factors,with contributions of|0.06|and|0.03|,respectively.We provide a scientific foundation for developing governance strategies to promote urban resilience.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.50909059,51279222)
文摘Postbuckling behavior of the 3D braided rectangular plates subjected to uniaxial compression combined with transverse loads in thermal environments is presented.Based on a micro-macro-mechanical model,a 3D braided composite may be treated as a cell system and the geometry of each cell is deeply dependent on its position in the cross-section of the plate.The material properties of the epoxy are expressed as a linear function of temperature.Uniform,linear and nonlinear temperature distributions through the thickness are involved.The lateral pressure(three types of transverse loads,i.e.transverse uniform load;transverse patch load over a central area;and transverse sinusoidal load)is first converted into an initial deflection and the initial geometric imperfection of the plate is taken into account.The governing equations are based on Reddy’s higher-order shear deformation plate theory with a von Kármán-type of kinematic nonlinearity.Two cases of the in-plane boundary conditions are also taken into account.A perturbation technique is employed to determine buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths of simply supported 3D braided rectangular plates.The results reveal that the temperature rise,geometric parameter,fiber volume fraction,braiding angle,the character of the in-plane boundary conditions and different types of initial transverse loads have a significant effect on the buckling and postbuckling behavior of the braided composite plates.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11321062,91016008 and 91216107)
文摘Thermal and acoustic environments pose severe challenges to find optimal design that exhibits ideal acoustic characteristics the structural design of hypersonic vehicles. One of them is to in a frequency band, which is discussed in this paper through topology optimization aiming at resonance sound radiation in thermal environments. The sound radiation at resonance fre- quencies is the main component of response, minimization on which is likely to provide a satisfactory design. A bi-material plate subjected to uniform temperature rise and excited by harmonic loading is studied here. Thermal stress is first evaluated and considered as prestress in the following dynamic analysis; radiated sound power is then calculated through Rayleigh inte- gral. Sensitivity analysis is carried out through adjoint method considering the complicated relationship between stress-induced geometric stiffness and design variables. As the resonance frequency is constantly changing during the optimization, its sensi- tivity should be considered. It is also noticed that mode switching may occur, so mode tracking technique is employed in this work. Some numerical examples are finally discussed.
基金co-supported by the National Level Project,China and Shanghai Municipal Major Science and Technology Project,China.In addition,the authors gratefully acknowledge the guidance on English writing and numerical methods of Professor Junfeng ZHANG from the Faculty of Engineering at Laurentian University.
文摘During the supersonic re-entry of multi-nozzle heavy rockets into the atmosphere,the basic flow state becomes increasingly complex due to the coupling effect between the retropropulsion plumes and the freestream.A numerical method using the hybrid Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes and Large Eddy Simulation(RES)method and discrete coordinate method is developed to accurately estimate the thermal environment.In addition,finite rate chemical kinetics is used to calculate the afterburning reactions.The numerical results agree well with wind tunnel data,which confirms the validity and accuracy of the numerical method.Computations are conducted for the heavy carrier rocket re-entry from 53.1 km to 39.5 km altitude with 180°angle of attack by using three different Supersonic Retro-Propulsion(SRP)modes.The numerical results reveal that these three SRP flow fields are all Short Penetration Models(SPM).As the re-entry altitudes decrease,both the plume-plume interaction and the plume-freestream interaction become weaker.The highest temperatures in the plume shear layers of the three SRP modes increase by 8.36%,7.33%and 6.92%respectively after considering afterburning reactions,and all occur at a reentry altitude of 39.5 km.As the rocket re-enters the atmosphere,the maximum heat flux on the rocket base plate of three SRP modes stabilizes at 290,170 and 200 kW/m^(2) respectively,but the maximum heat flux on the side wall increases significantly.When the altitude declines to 39.5 km,the extreme heat flux of the three modes increase by 84.16%,49.45%and 62.97%respectively compared to that at 53.1 km.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50478113)the Leading Academic Discipline Project of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(No.J50502)
文摘The thermal environmental characteristics are experim-entally studied in terms of different air supply volumes and outdoor meteorological parameters in a large-space building which is air conditioned with a low sidewall air supply.The experimental results show that the indoor vertical temperature distributions under different condition are similar.The maximum vertical temperature difference（MVTD）is up to about 20 ℃,and it linearly changes with the sol-air temperature.The indoor vertical temperature gradients（VTGs）in the upper,central and lower zones are different.The influence of the sol-air temperature on the VTGs in the upper and the lower zones is greater than that in the central zone.The characteristics of the VTGs in the three zones affected by the air supply volume are the same as those affected by the sol-air temperature.Besides,because of the small air velocity,the predicted mean vote（PMV）on comfort in the occupied zone is slightly high and the air temperature difference between the head and the ankle is usually more than 3 ℃.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology,China,on“National Quality Infrastructure(NQI)”(Grant No.2023YFF0613101)the National Key Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology,China through Grant No.2022YFC3803204.
文摘Urban outdoor thermal environment(OTE)plays a crucial role in shaping the comfort and livability of cities,especially in complex urban settings where a variety of factors influence thermal conditions.This study presents a high-resolution,computationally efficient framework for simulating and evaluating OTE,incorporating detailed vegetation modeling and optimized long-term simulations for wind and mean radiant temperature(MRT).The framework utilizes satellite imagery to capture city geometry,identifying buildings,trees,and water bodies.It combines fast fluid dynamics(FFD)and proper orthogonal decomposition(POD)for efficient wind estimations,alongside ParaCore ray-tracing algorithms for MRT calculations.Thermal comfort is quantified through the universal thermal climate index(UTCI).The framework is validated with measured data from Shanghai Jiao Tong University(SJTU)campus,showing robust predictive performance with an R2 value of 0.95 for UTCI estimations.The SJTU campus,covering 3.09 square kilometers and spanning 6,570 hours of outdoor activity over a year,is evaluated in just 5.67 hours,demonstrating the framework’s computational efficiency.The results provide valuable insights for urban planners,including outdoor thermal comfort autonomy(OTCA)maps that highlight areas needing improvement,as well as hourly thermal stress(TS)evaluations to identify critical discomfort periods.These outputs support strategic decisions on functional zoning,campus renewal,and seasonal adaptive design,ultimately enhancing urban sustainability.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51375170)Open Fund of State Key Lab of Environmental Adaptability for Industrial Products of China
文摘The existing investigations on thermal comfort mostly focus on the thermal environment conditions, especially of the air-flow field and the temperature distributions in vehicle cabin. Less attention appears to direct to the thermal comfort or thermal sensation of occupants, even to the relationship between thermal conditions and thermal sensation. In this paper, a series of experiments were designed and conducted for understanding the non-uniform conditions and the occupant＇s thermal responses in vehicle cabin during the heating period. To accurately assess the transient temperature distribution in cabin in common daily condition, the air temperature at a number of positions is measured in a full size vehicle cabin under natural winter environment in South China by using a discrete thermocouples network. The occupant body is divided into nine segments, the skin temperature at each segment and the occupant＇s local thermal sensation at the head, body, upper limb and lower limb are monitored continuously. The skin temperature is observed by using a discrete thermocouples network, and the local thermal sensation is evaluated by using a seven-point thermal comfort survey questionnaire proposed by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc（ASHRAE） Standard. The relationship between the skin temperature and the thermal sensation is discussed and regressed by statistics method. The results show that the interior air temperature is highly non-uniform over the vehicle cabin. The locations where the occupants sit have a significant effect on the occupant＇s thermal responses, including the skin temperature and the thermal sensation. The skin temperaWa-e and thermal sensation are quite different between body segments due to the effect of non-uniform conditions, clothing resistance, and the human thermal regulating system. A quantitative relationship between the thermal sensation and the skin temperature at each body segment of occupant in real life traffic is presented. The investigation result indicates that the skin temperature is a robust index to evaluate the thermal sensation. Applying the skin temperature to designing and controlling parameters of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning（HVAC） system may benefit the thermal comfort and reducing energy consumption.
文摘The nonlinear aeroelastic behavior of a folding fin in supersonic flow is investigated in this paper.The finite element model of the fin is established and the deployable hinges are represented by three torsion springs with the freeplay nonlinearity.The aerodynamic grid point is assumed to be at the center of each aerodynamic box for simplicity.The aerodynamic governing equation is given by using the infinite plate spline method and the modified linear piston theory.An improved fixed-interface modal synthesis method,which can reduce the rigid connections at the interface,is developed to save the problem size and computation time.The uniform temperature field is applied to create the thermal environment.For the linear flutter analyses,the flutter speed increases first and then decreases with the rise of the hinge stiffness due to the change of the flutter coupling mechanism.For the nonlinear analyses,a larger freeplay angle results in a higher vibration divergent speed.Two different types of limit cycle oscillations and a multiperiodic motion are observed in the wide range of airspeed under the linear flutter boundary.The linear flutter speed shows a slight descend in the thermal environment,but the effect of the temperature on the vibration divergent speed is different under different hinge stiffnesses when there exists freeplay.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41205126 and 41475085)Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(1408085MKL60 and1508085MD64)Meteorological Research Fund of Anhui Meteorological Bureau(KM201520)
文摘In this paper, five national meteorological stations in Anhui province are taken as typical examples to explore the effects of local urbanization on their thermal environment by using Landsat data from 1990 to 2010. Satellite-based land use/land cover(LULC), land surface temperature(LST), normalized difference vegetation index(NDVI) are used to investigate the effects. The study shows that LULC around meteorological stations changed significantly due to urban expansion. Fast urbanization is the main factor that affects the spatial-temporal distribution of thermal environment around meteorological stations. Moreover, the normalized LST and NDVI exhibit strong inverse correlations around meteorological stations, so the variability of LST can be monitored through evaluating the variability of NDVI. In addition, station-relocation plays an important role in improving representativeness of thermal environment. Notably, the environment representativeness was improved, but when using the data from the station to study climate change, the relocation-induced inhomogeneous data should be considered and adjusted. Consequently,controlling the scale and layout of the urban buildings and constructions around meteorological stations is an effective method to ameliorate observational thermal environment and to improve regional representativeness of station observation. The present work provides observational evidences that high resolution Landsat images can be used to evaluate the thermal environment of meteorological stations.
基金Project(50838009) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘To explore the thermal responses under the non-thermal equilibrium cold environmental conditions,a laboratory study was conducted in climate chamber.The local skin temperatures and thermal sensation of 20 subjects were recorded at 10 min intervals for 90 min under air temperatures of 7.4,9.1,11 and 15 °C.The results show that both local skin temperatures and mean skin temperature decrease not only with the drop of ambient air temperature but also with the exposure time.Local thermal sensation and overall the thermal sensation have the similar temperature-varying and time-varying characteristics.Predicted mean vote(PMV) model cannot correctly predict the thermal sensation under non-thermal equilibrium cold environment.The correlation between local thermal sensation and local skin temperatures shows that thermal sensation is closely related to skin temperature.Skin temperature is an effective indicator of thermal sensation.A linear relationship model between overall thermal sensation and mean skin temperature,considering both ambient temperature and exposure time,was established in the non-thermal equilibrium cold environment,which makes the evaluation of thermal sensation more objective.
基金Under the auspices of the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province(No.20200201048JC)。
文摘Urbanization,especially urban land expansion,has a profound influence on the urban thermal environment.Cities in Northeast China face remarkably uneven development and environmental issues,and thus it is necessary to strengthen the diagnosis of thermal environmental pressure brought by urbanization.In this study,multi remote sensing imageries and statistical approaches,involving piecewise linear regression(PLR),were used to explore urban expansion and its effects on the thermal environment of Changchun City in Jilin Province,China.Results show that Changchun experienced rapid urban expansion from 2000 to 2020,with urban built-up areas increasing from 171.77 to 525.14 km^(2).The area of the city’s urban heat island(UHI)increased dramatically,during both day and night.Using PLR,a positive linear correlation of built-up density with land surface temperature(LST)was detected,with critical breakpoints of 70%-80%during the daytime and 40%-50%at nighttime.Above the thresholds,the magnitude of LST in response to built-up density significantly increased with intensifying urbanization,especially for nighttime LST.An analysis of the relative frequency distributions(RFDs)of LST reveals that rapid urbanization resulted in a significant increase of mean LST in newly urbanized areas,but had weak effects on daytime LST change in existing urban area.Urban expansion also contributed to a constant decrease of spatial heterogeneity of LST in existing urban area,especially at daytime.However,in newly urbanized areas,the spatial heterogeneity of LST was decreased during the daytime but increased at nighttime due to urbanization.
基金Project(2011BAJ03B13) supported by the National Key Technologies R&D Program of China
文摘The method for calculating wall surface heat storage coefficient was introduced,and the coefficients of several common walls with light-weight external thermal insulation materials and the traditional solid clay brick wall were calculated.In order to study the impact of light-weight external thermal insulation materials,a contrasting experiment was carried out between an external insulated room and an uninsulated room in August,2010,in Chongqing,China.The result shows that outside surface heat storage coefficient of the insulated wall is much less than that of the traditional wall.However,during sunny time,the surface temperature of external walls of the insulated room is obviously higher than that of the uninsulated room.In different orientations,due to different amounts of solar radiation and being irradiated in different time,the contrasting temperature difference(CTD) appears different regularity.In a word,using light-weight external thermal insulation materials has a negative impact on building surrounding thermal environment and people's health.Finally,some suggestions on how to eliminate the impact,such as improving the surface condition of the building envelop,and plating vertical greening,are put forward.
基金National Social Science Foundation of China,No.15BJY051Open Topic of Hunan Key Laboratory of Land Resources Evaluation and Utilization,No.SYS-ZX-202002Research Project of Appraisement Committee of Social Sciences Research Achievements of Hunan Province,No.XSP18ZDI031。
文摘In view of the lack of comprehensive evaluation and analysis from the combination of natural and human multi-dimensional factors,the urban surface temperature patterns of Changsha in 2000,2009 and 2016 are retrieved based on multi-source spatial data(Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 satellite image data,POI spatial big data,digital elevation model,etc.),and 12 natural and human factors closely related to urban thermal environment are quickly obtained.The standard deviation ellipse and spatial principal component analysis(PCA)methods are used to analyze the effect of urban human residential thermal environment and its influencing factors.The results showed that the heat island area increased by 547 km~2 and the maximum surface temperature difference reached 10.1℃during the period 2000–2016.The spatial distribution of urban heat island was mainly concentrated in urban built-up areas,such as industrial and commercial agglomerations and densely populated urban centers.The spatial distribution pattern of heat island is gradually decreasing from the urban center to the suburbs.There were multiple high-temperature centers,such as Wuyi square business circle,Xingsha economic and technological development zone in Changsha County,Wangcheng industrial zone,Yuelu industrial agglomeration,and Tianxin industrial zone.From 2000 to 2016,the main axis of spatial development of heat island remained in the northeast-southwest direction.The center of gravity of heat island shifted 2.7 km to the southwest with the deflection angle of 54.9°in 2000–2009.The center of gravity of heat island shifted to the northeast by 4.8 km with the deflection angle of 60.9°in 2009–2016.On the whole,the change of spatial pattern of thermal environment in Changsha was related to the change of urban construction intensity.Through the PCA method,it was concluded that landscape pattern,urban construction intensity and topographic landforms were the main factors affecting the spatial pattern of urban thermal environment of Changsha.The promotion effect of human factors on the formation of heat island effect was obviously greater than that of natural factors.The temperature would rise by 0.293℃under the synthetic effect of human and natural factors.Due to the complexity of factors influencing the urban thermal environment of human settlements,the utilization of multi-source data could help to reveal the spatial pattern and evolution law of urban thermal environment,deepen the understanding of the causes of urban heat island effect,and clarify the correlation between human and natural factors,so as to provide scientific supports for the improvement of the quality of urban human settlements.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51805341)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20180843).
文摘The doubly curved shell(DCS)is a common structure in the engineering field.In a thermal environment,the vibration characteristics of the DCS will be affected by the thermal effect.The research on the vibration characteristics of DCS in thermal environment is relatively limited.In this paper,the thermal strain and the change of Young’s modulus caused by the changing of temperature are studied,and the DCS energy equation is established systematically.The displacement tolerance function of the DCS is constructed by the spectral geometry method,and the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the DCS with different structural parameters,such as thicknesses,ratios of R_(a)/R_(b) and a/b,at different temperatures are solved by the Rayleigh-Ritz method.The results show that the natural frequency of the DCS decreases with the increasing temperature,R_(a)/R_(b) and a/b ratios,and increases with the increasing thickness.
