Research on the Full Life Cycle Deformation, Stress Response, and Dynamic Fatigue Performance of Concrete Structures in Pump Stations

Concrete structures are subjected to static and fatigue loads during long-term service, and temperature changes can cause changes in the volume of concrete, leading to stress changes and fatigue damage, which affect the mechanical properties and service life of a structure. In response to the current lack of three-dimensional analysis and the exploration of the mechanical behavior and damage evolution processes of concrete structures under variable temperature environmental conditions, this paper relies on the Fenghuangjing Pump Station project involving the Yangtze River and Huaihe River and constructs a concrete thermo-mechanical-fatigue-damage model based on the power exponent function damage constitutive model. By using multiple coupled simulation calculations to predict the performance of concrete structures; analyzing the stress, deformation, and fatigue damage of structures from construction to operation; comparing measured data; dynamically optimizing inversion to obtain concrete thermal parameters; proposing key control parameters; and warning indicators and thresholds, the research results can provide reference for the long-term safe operation of similar projects.

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