A state quantity acquisition unit acquires a state quantity of a target apparatus including a temperature of the target apparatus. A load specification unit specifies a load history of the target apparatus, based on the state quantity. A remaining life calculation unit calculates a parameter related to a remaining life of the target apparatus for each of a plurality of degradation types, based on the load history specified by the load specification unit.

The present invention discloses a landslide experimental device for remotely controlling and simulating a constant seepage flow and weight load and an experimental method thereof in centrifuge test. The landslide experimental device includes a model box, a landslide device, a near-constant water flow control box, remote control devices and a water outlet pipe. The landslide device comprises a landslide model, a load balancing device, a weight storage device, an angle control panel and a tension bar. The remote control devices are arranged at the control box water outlet, at the control box water inlet, on the tension bar, on telescoping control sensors and on the weight storage device, respectively. With the present invention, the influences on the stability of landslide model with different landslide angles under the condition of the seepage flow and weight load can be simulated.

Provided is an apparatus for evaluating high-temperature creep behavior of metals, the apparatus including a chamber configured to fix a metal sample in an inner space sealed from an external environment, and including, at a lower portion, a metal tube stretchable in a length direction by a pressure of a gas, wherein the apparatus is configured in such a manner that a load received by the chamber in the length direction due to the pressure of the gas injected into the chamber is applied to the metal sample.

A method for evaluating long-term durability of a resin for piping is provided. Unlike the conventional FNCT evaluation method requiring a long period of time, the method disclosed herein is capable of predicting long-term durability of a resin for piping in a short time, by a simple calculation using a content of tie molecules, an entanglement molecular weight (M.sub.e) and a content of ultrahigh molecular weight components. In addition, the olefinic polymer is configured to have a predetermined relationship in relation to the content of tie molecules, the entanglement molecular weight (M.sub.e) and the content of ultrahigh molecular weight components, whereby the polymer of the present application can be used in the manufacture of a heating pipe requiring excellent long-term durability.

A device for testing overall anchorage performance of a basalt fiber reinforced plastic (BFRP) anchor cable includes an anchor cable anchoring system and a data acquisition system. The anchor cable anchoring system includes a test bed, BFRP arranged over the test bed, and a distributed optical fiber bonded to a surface of the BFRP, the test bed being provided with an anchoring section at one end and an outer anchoring section at the other end, the anchoring section anchors one end of the BFRP, and the outer anchoring section anchors the other end of the BFRP. The data acquisition system includes a modem and a grating connected to two ends of the distributed optical fiber in series, and a center hole jack and a dynamometer arranged between the outer anchoring section and an end of the test bed, and the BFRP penetrates the center hole jack and the dynamometer.

The present invention discloses a multiaxial creep-fatigue prediction method based on ABAQUS, which comprises: S1: establishing an ABAQUS finite element model, and defining the viscoplastic constitutive equation of the material to be tested by means of the user subroutine UMAT; S2: determining the model parameters required by the viscoplastic constitutive equation; S3: establishing the fatigue damage calculation model and creep damage calculation model of the multiaxial stress-strain state of the material to be tested; S4: establishing an ABAQUS finite element model under the multiaxial stress-strain state, and calculating the stress-strain tensor of each cycle based on the defined viscoplastic constitutive equation and the model parameters; S5: calculating the equivalent stress and equivalent plastic strain by means of the user subroutine USDFLD, and superimposing the fatigue damage and creep damage of each cycle according to the linear cumulative damage criterion to obtain the crack initiation life of the material to be tested based on the fatigue damage calculation model and creep damage calculation model in combination with the stress-strain tensor.

An apparatus and a method for measuring a creep crack growth property using a small specimen with a micro groove are provided. The apparatus for measuring a creep crack growth property includes a lower die on which an edge of the specimen is mounted and which includes a lower die hole formed in the center thereof, an upper die coupled to an upper portion of the lower die so as to fix the specimen, and a punching unit inserted into an upper die hole formed in the center of the upper die so as to press an upper surface of the specimen, wherein a semielliptical micro groove is formed in a lower surface of the specimen to measure a creep crack growth property.

A method for identifying prestress force in single-span or multi-span PCI girder-bridges is provided. The method includes non-destructive steps for obtaining a set of parameters of the PCI girder-bridge under investigation, and combines various analyses to identify the change of prestress force. Therefore, the losses of prestress force are tracked and predicted. The method does not cause structural damages along the PCI girder-bridge, and the cost of the identification is significantly decreased.

Disclosed is a method for compiling an equivalent acceleration spectrum of creep under variable temperatures and loads. The method includes following steps: respectively carrying out a material high-temperature tensile test, material high-temperature creep tests and creep tests under two-stage variable temperatures and loads, and calculating values of a parameter p in a creep damage accumulation model under two-stage variable temperatures and loads; based on a nonlinear damage accumulation model under multi-stage variable temperatures and loads, calculating a damage D caused by a multi-stage variable temperatures and loads creep load spectrum by utilizing values of parameter p; based on the principle of consistency of damage D, transforming the multi-stage variable temperatures and loads creep load spectrum into an equivalent acceleration spectrum of a first-order maximum creep load, and finally compiling the equivalent acceleration spectrum of creep under variable temperatures and loads.

A tensile testing machine comprising a test specimen whose elongation is to be measured along a tensile axis, slide plates, an intermediate plate, and first and second parallel guide rods, which freely guide the slide plates axially past them.