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The validity of the equivalent circuit model (ECM), which is crucial for the development of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and state evaluation, is primarily dependent on the precision of the findings of parameter identification. In this study, the commonly used first-order RC (1-RC) circuit and second-order RC (2-RC) circuit models were selected for parameter identification. A time series of voltage with different sample intervals were used for function fitting based on the least square method, which were extracted from the hybrid pulse power characteristic (HPPC) test data of a commercial square punch LIB, and the sample intervals were set to be 0.1 s, 0.2 s, 0.5 s, and 1.0 s to evaluate the effect of sample interval on the parameter identification results. When the sample interval is more than 0.5 s, the results reveal that the 2-RC circuit model's goodness of fit marginally declines, and for some data scenarios, the bias between the fitted terminal voltage curve and test curve increases obviously. With all of the sample intervals under consideration, the 1-RC circuit model's imitative effect is satisfactory. This work demonstrates that the sample interval of data samples, in addition to the method itself, affects the accuracy and robustness of parameter identification, with the 1-RC circuit model showing larger advantages under low sample frequency compared to the 2-RC circuit model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Piers and bearings influence each other in earthquakes, and the failure of any component will affect the whole function of bridges. Thus, it is critical to consider the correlations between multiple components in the seismic vulnerability analysis of the overall bridge system. In this paper, a method of overall seismic vulnerability analysis with nested copula model was proposed to model the correlations between multiple components. The components were combined according to their types to construct the hierarchical structure of the system. The correlation of components was modeled with copula functions, and the nested copula model of the system was eventually developed. Maximum likelihood estimation and goodness-of-fit test were used to select and optimize the copula functions. The overall seismic vulnerability of the multispan bridge system was established using the nested copula model. A four-span continuous rigid frame bridge was used to illustrate the application of the proposed method. The results show that the nested copula model accurately simulated the correlations between multiple components, which would eliminate the overestimation or underestimation by the first-order boundary method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]