建筑英语论文--建筑材料的应用--英汉对照.doc
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Theapplicationofconstructionalmaterial
建筑材料的应用
Theavailabilityofsuitablestructuralmaterialsisoneoftheprincipallimitationsontheaccomplishmentofanexperiencedstructuralengineer.Earlybuildersdependedalmostexclusivelyonwood,stone,brick,andconcrete.AlthoughironhadbeenusedbyhumansatleastsincethebuildingoftheEgyptianpyramids,useofitasastructuralmaterialwaslimitedbecauseofthedifficultiesofsmeltingitinlargequantities.Withtheindustrialrevolution,however,cameboththeneedforironasastructuralmaterialandthecapabilityofsmeltingitinquantity.
JohnSmeaton,anEnglishcivilengineer,wasthefirsttousecastironextensivelyasastructuralmaterialinthemid-eighteenthcentury.After1841,malleableironwasdevelopedasamorereliablematerialandwaswidelyused.Whereasmalleableironwassuperiortocastiron,therewerestilltoomanystructuralfailuresandtherewasaneedforamorereliablematerial. Steelwastheanswertothisdemand.TheinventionoftheBessemerconverterin1856andthesubsequentdevelopmentoftheSiemens-Martinopen-hearthprocessformakingsteelmadeitpossibletoproducestructuralsteelatcompetitivepricesandtriggeredthetremendousdevelopmentsandaccomplishmentsintheuseofstructuralsteeloverthenexthundred years.
Themostseriousdisadvantageofsteelisthatitoxidizeseasilyandmustbeprotectedbypaintorsomeothersuitablecoating.Whensteelisusedinanenclosurewhereafirecould occur,thesteelmembersmustbeencasedinasuitablefire-resistantenclosuresuchasmasonry,concrete.Normally,steelmemberswillnotfailinabrittlemannerunlessanunfortunatecombinationofmetallurgicalcomposition,lowtemperature,andbi-ortriaxialstressexists.
Structuralaluminumisstillnotwidelyusedincivilengineeringstructures,thoughitsuse issteadilyincreasing.Byaproperselectionofthealuminumalloyanditsheattreatment,a widevarietyofstrengthcharacteristicsmaybeobtained.Someofthealloysexhibit stress-straincharacteristicssimilarthoseofstructuralsteel,exceptthatthemodulusofelasticityfortheinitiallinearlyelasticportionisabout10,000,000psi(700,000kgf/cm*cm)oraboutone-thirdthatofsteel.Lightnessandresistancetooxidationare,ofcourse,twoofthemajoradvantagesofaluminum.Becauseitspropertiesareverysensitivetoitsheattreatment,care mustbeusedwhenrivetingorweldingaluminum.Severaltechniqueshavebeendevelopedforprefabricatingaluminumsubassembliesthatcanbereadilyerectedandboltedtogetherinthe fieldtoformanumberofbeautifulandwell-designedshellstructures.Thisgeneralprocedure ofprefabricationandheldassemblybyboltingseemstobethemostpromisingwayofutilizingstructuralaluminum.
Reinforcedandprestessesconcretesharewithstructuralmaterial.Naturalcement concreteshavebeenusedforcenturies.Modernconcreteconstructiondatesfromthemiddleof thenineteenthcentury,thoughartificialPortlandcementwaspatentedbyAspidin,an Englishman,about1825.Althoughseveralbuildersandengineersexperimentedwiththeuseofsteel-reinforcedconcreteinthelasthalfofthenineteenthcentury,itsdominantuseasa buildingmaterialdatesfromtheearlydecadesofthetwentiethcentury.Thelastfiftyyears haveseentherapidandvigorousdevelopmentofprestressedconcretedesignandconstruction,foundedlargelyonearlyworkbyFreyssinetinFranceandMagnelinBelgium.
Plain(unreinforced)concretenotonlyisaheterogeneousmaterialbutalsohasoneveryseriousdefectasastructuralmaterial,namely,itsverylimitedtensilestrength,whichisonlyoftheorderofone-tenthitscompressivestrength.Notonlyistensilefailureinconcreteofa brittletype,butlikewisecompressionfailureoccursinarelativelybrittlefashionwithoutbeingprecededbytheforewarningoflargedeformations.(Ofcourse,inreinforced-concreteconstruction,ductilebehaviorcanbeobtainedbyproperselectionandarrangementofthereinforcement.)Unlesspropercareisusedintheselectionofaggregatesandinthemixingandplacingofconcrete,frostactioncancauseseriousdamagetoconcretemasonry.Concrete creepsunderlong-termloadingtoadegreethatmustbeconsideredcarefullyinselectingthedesignstressconditions.Duringthecuringprocessanditsearlylife,concreteshrinksa significantamount,whichtoadegreecanbecontrolledbyproperlyproportioningthemixandutilizingsuitableconstructiontechniques.
Withallthesepotentiallyseriousdisadvantages,engineershavelearnedtodesignand buildbeautiful,durable,andeconomicalreinforced-concretestructuresforpracticallyallkinds ofstructuralrequirements.Thishasbeenaccomplishedbycarefulselectionofthedesigndimensionsandthear
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