The reflection and transmission of elastic waves at a interface between a transversely isotropic elastic soils and saturated soils

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The formation of deep topsoils in Orkney

The Soil Survey for Scotland, in their mapping of the soils in Orkney, identified a deep top phase of the Bilbster Series. This soil is distinguished by having a topsoil usually in excess of 75 cm and it occurs almost exclusively on the Mainland of Orkney, especially in the west round Marwick and Skaill Bays. An anthropogenic origin to this soil is proposed and the present study is designed to investigate the particular processes of formation which have led to the increase in soil depth. Results from transect and grid surveys indicate how the soil is thickest adjacent to old farms. The historical literature suggests a wide range of possible inputs from seaweed and calcareous sand to turves after they had been used as bedding for cattle. Analytical results support the last process as the dominant one and an accumulation rate of c.1 mm/yr is proposed.     

Reflection and transmission of seismic waves at an interface betwen two saturated soils

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Particle-size analysis of aeolian dusts,soils and sediments in very small quantities using a Coulter Multisizer

The Coulter Multisizer has clearly defined strengths and weaknesses as a particle-sizing instrument. It is easier to operate than its Coulter predecessors, though less so than several of its competitors. The Multisizer is best suited to handle very small samples with a narrow particle-size range, such as aeolian dusts and other sediments available only in small quantities. For such samples, Multisizer analysis times are short, resolution is very high (256 size classes) and reproducibility is good. The Multisizer is less well suited to soils and other samples available in large quantities and with a broad particle-size range. For soil particle-size analyses a composite method is proposed involving: Multisizer (2–75 μm), Pipette (<2 μm) and Sieve (>75 μm). © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Obtaining basic simulation data for a heterogeneous field with stratified marine soils

Thinly stratified sedimentary deposits in a heterogeneous field were investigated to obtain basic physical data for the simulation of water flow. A procedure is described which translates a thinly stratified soil profile into a number of functional layers using functional hydrological properties. A functional layer is defined as a combination of one or more soil horizons and should (i) be recognizable during a soil survey using an auger and (ii) show significantly different functional hydrological properties when compared with another functional layer. This procedure gave three easily recognizable functional layers. Sets of hydrological characteristics of these three functional layers were obtained by physical measurements of the soil and by estimation, using textural data for classification into a standard Dutch series. The performance of several combinations of these sets was tested by comparing simulated and measured soil matric potentials for seven plots during one year. The best simulation results were obtained if measured soil hydraulic characteristics were used for relatively homogeneous functional layers and if the soil hydraulic characteristics were estimated at each location for the most heterogeneous layer.     

Soil hydraulic properties for moisture redistribution in a large-scale heterogeneous landscape

Abstract

Guidelines of effective soil hydraulic parameters were developed to be applicable in simulating average infiltration and subsequent moisture redistribution over a large-scale heterogeneous field. Average large-scale infiltration and redistribution in heterogeneous soils were quantified through multiple simulations of local-scale processes. The effective hydraulic parameters were derived to simulate the average amount of infiltrating water, and to capture the subsequent surface soil moisture redistribution averaged over the large heterogeneous landscape. The results demonstrated that the effective hydraulic parameters typically exhibited a step change from infiltration to redistribution, with the size of the step change being related to the degree of hydraulic parameter heterogeneity and the correlations among the hydraulic parameters. However, the effective hydraulic parameters did not change significantly over time for the moisture redistribution. It was further demonstrated that the size of the step change was smallest for effective saturated hydraulic conductivity.

Editor Z.W. Kundzewicz; Associate editor Y. Guttman

Citation Zhu, J.T. and Sun, D.M., 2012. Soil hydraulic properties for moisture redistribution in a large-scale heterogeneous landscape. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 57 (6), 1196–1206.     

Sensitivity of Mesoscale Surface Dynamics to Surface Soil and Vegetation Contrasts over the Carolina Sandhills

A region of contrasting soils exists over the Carolinas region of the southeastern United States. Previous research has shown an increase in mesoscale summertime precipitation over this region. Numerical simulations are analyzed to investigate the relationships between mesoscale surface dynamics and the transition from clay to sandy soils over this region. Numerical modeling experiments using four different soil and vegetation patterns suggest that the presence of the clay-to-sand transition zone produces a surface heat flux gradient and enhanced convergence. The soil contrasts appear to dominate over vegetation contrasts in affecting local surface heating and convergence in the model atmosphere.     

砂井软土地基大变形非线性固结分析的虚拟时间法

本文提出了虚拟时间概念，克服了太沙基等人理论与方法的局限性，提出了砂井软土地基大变形非线性固结分析方法。     

一种测试动三轴试样泊松比的方法

利用非接触式位移传感器研制了一套测量动三轴试样径向变形的装置。针对试样两端透水石对试样径向变形的约束,推导了对实测径向变形的修正关系。利用径向与轴向变形测量装置,就可以依据实测动三轴试样的轴向与径向变形确定其泊松比。通过橡胶、饱和细砂、饱和软粘土试样固结不排水动三轴试验与结果分析,说明利用这里提出的方法可以比较客观地确定动三轴试样的泊松比。这里的研究结果还表明,固结后的饱和三轴土样在不排水条件下受振动应力作用时,当其轴向动应变从10-5增大至10-3时,泊松比的变化基本为一常数,且与固结压力的大小无关,将其取为接近0.5是合理的。     

砂土地震液化危害及地基处理研究

砂土在地震荷载作用下极易发生液化，液化土地基对建筑物造成的危害不可忽视。分析了液化的机理、影响因素及现行的研究、处理方法。通过实例说明：CFG桩和碎石桩共用，对处理内蒙古地区砂土液化，具有明显的抗液化效果。最后，提出CFG桩和碎石桩抗液化需进一步研究的问题。     

Transect study on solute transport in a macroporous soil

Solute transport experiments using a non-reactive tracer were conducted on short, undisturbed, saturated columns of a sandy loam soil. All columns, 20 cm in diameter and 20 cm long, were collected along a transect of 35 m. Most of the soil columns had pre-existing macropores. The columns were leached at a steady flow-rate under ponding conditions. The resulting breakthrough curves (BTCs) showed a large heterogeneity. Several of the BTCs displayed early breakthrough and long tailing. All the data were interpreted in terms of dimensional time moments, the classical convection-dispersion equation (CDE) and the mobile-immobile transport model (MIM). Experimental time moments were found to vary significantly among the different BTCs. Analysis of the time moments also revealed that the variance of the field-scale BTC was several times larger than the average of the local-scale variance. The pore water velocity v and dispersion coefficient D were obtained by fitting the CDE to the local-scale BTCs, resulting in an average dispersivity of 7·4 cm. Frequency distributions for the CDE parameters v and D were equally well described by a normal or log-normal probability density function (pdf). When a log-normal pdf for D is considered, the variance of the log_e transformed D values (σ_{ln D}²) was found to be 2·1. For the MIM model, two additional parameters were fitted: the fraction of mobile water, θ_m/θ, and the first-order mass transfer coefficient, α. The MIM was more successful in describing the data than the CDE transport model. For the MIM model, the average dispersivity was about 2 cm. The MIM parameters v, D and θ_m/θ were best described by a log-normal pdf rather than a normal pdf. Only the parameter α was better described by a normal pdf. Mobile water fractions, θ_m/θ ranged from 0·01 to 0·98, with a mean of 0·43 (based on a log-normal pdf). When the CDE and MIM were applied to the data, the fitted pore water velocities, v, compared favourably with the effective pore water velocities, v_eff, obtained from moment analysis.     

A simple method for the determination of ionic diffusion coefficients in flooded soils

Soil cores from river marginal wetlands from the Torridge and Severn catchments in the UK were collected to study rates of soil denitrification at different sites and at two stations (levee and backplain depression) at the river margin. Half the cores were sterilized prior to flooding to destroy the denitrifying bacteria. After flooding and equilibration, monitoring the concentration of amended nitrate in the supernatant of the sterile cores over a period of 7 days provided a simple procedure for the estimation of the diffusion coefficient of the nitrate ion in the flooded soils. An expression was developed that permitted this diffusion coefficient to be extracted from the slope of a plot of supernatant concentration versus (time)^1/2. The values obtained, at 15 °C, varied from 2·4 to 6·8 × 10^?10m²s^?1. Sterile cores are usually treated as controls in denitrification experiments; this work develops a procedure whereby they may yield useful soil process information. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The cyclic behaviour of soils and effects of geotechnical factors in microzonation

Geotechnical site conditions that can be very different due to changes in thickness and properties of soil layers, depth of bedrock and water table are among the main factors controlling earthquake characteristics on the ground surface. Soil layers subjected to cyclic stresses may lead to degradation of stress–strain and shear strength properties. The laboratory tests were conducted to evaluate the changes in the stress–strain and shear strength characteristics in terms of threshold cyclic shear stresses and cyclic yield stress. The effects of local site conditions are assessed based on geotechnical site conditions and earthquake source characteristics.     

Moisture characteristics and their point pedotransfer functions for coarse‐textured tropical soils differing in structural degradation status

The effect of soil structure on hydraulic pedotransfer functions (PTFs) in tropical soils with similar mineralogy and texture has not been well documented. Structurally contrasting soils from representative locations in southeastern Nigeria were analyzed for moisture retention at 0, 6, 10, 33, 100, 300 and 1500 kPa among other properties. They were grouped by depth (topsoils or subsoils) and also by their structural degradation status into low‐ and high‐stability soils, corresponding to organic matter (OM):[silt + clay] of <7.5 and >7.5%, respectively. Soil depth and structural stability influenced the soil moisture characteristic curves. The data were fitted to three tropical point PTFs, but none of them proved appropriate for predicting moisture retention in the soils. We therefore derived new ones using multiple linear stepwise regressions before and after the dataset grouping and compared their performances by means of cross‐validation. Moisture retention in the soils (sand content, 73.2–93.8%) could not be calibrated from texture and OM concentration alone, until when bulk density, total porosity and microporosity were included among the regressors. Microporosity's role was particularly outstanding at all matric potentials but the 1500 kPa. The ensuing PTFs represent a good fit for the soil moisture retention data. The two grouping strategies resulted in lower SE of the estimates in some cases, but this did not enhance the performances of the concerned PTFs. At the 1500 kPa, however, the PTF incorporating all datasets performed better than separate PTFs for topsoils/subsoils but worse than the one for high‐stability soils. Information on soil structure can therefore benefit PTF derivation for kaolinite‐dominated, coarse‐textured tropical soils at all the matric potentials considered. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

关于砂土液化判别的若干意见

简要回顾了我国抗震规范中液化判别方法的发展历史,并对我国若干规范中的液化初步判别的条文进行了比较,提出了修改意见;对我国有代表性的几种液化判别方法及基于Seed简化方法修正的美国NCEER法进行了评述和综合对比,指出了我国现行若干规范中有关液化判别规定方面的错误;此外,还将GB50011－2001《建筑抗震设计规范》液化判别公式转变为类似于NCEER法的表达式,拓宽了该规范方法的应用范围。最后,结合某长江大桥工程的地基液化判别工作,探讨了深层土液化判别的可能性,结果表明,本文建议的方法是可行的。     

二相介质饱和土中群桩动力阻抗分析

用流体饱和多孔介质材料描述土体，由饱和土和群桩及承台系统的位移协调条件和力平衡条件建立饱和土和群桩及承台系统动力相互作用的控制方程，分析饱和土中群桩动力阻抗。结果表明：孔隙流体对饱和土中桩基础动力阻抗有一定的影响；在饱和土具有不同的流体渗透系数时，饱和土中群桩动力阻抗也有一定差别。在地基上与基础结构动力相互作用研究中应该考虑地基土中孔隙流体的影响。     

Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Soils and Sediments of the Herbert and Burdekin River Regions, North Queensland – Implications for Contamination of the Great Barrier Reef

Organochlorine pesticides were widely used in the Australian sugarcane industry from the early 1950s until the late 1980s. Erosion of sugarcane soils and subsequent transport of sediment bound contaminants in river run-off to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon is a growing concern as the cane industry continues to expand. Organochlorine pesticide residues can be used as tracers to examine the worst-case scenario of the spatial extent to which currently used, though less persistent, organic agricultural pesticides might extend. The coastal alluvial flood-plains of the Herbert and Burdekin Rivers in North Queensland have sugarcane growing as the major coastal land-use. Sediment cores and surface sediment samples were collected from near-shore coastal regions of the Herbert and Burdekin Rivers. In addition, soil samples from cane-fields in the two catchments were collected. Analyses of the marine surface sediment samples and three sediment cores revealed the absence of detectable concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (<5 pg/g). However, easily detectable concentrations were found in the sugarcane soil samples (0.01–45 ng/g).     

饱和土液化的判别方法

本文对我国TJ11—74规范的液化判别方法进行了讨论,指出它在很多情况下,判别结果偏于保守。根据唐山地震饱和土液化现场勘察资料,对上述液化判别方法进行了修正,给出了基准N值与地震烈度及震级的关系,确定了地下水位及饱和土埋深的影响系数,探讨了土中粘粒的影响。修正后的液化判别式,在一般情况下,都可以给出符合实际的结果。