Reduction of phosphorus release from high phosphorus soil by red mud

The high phosphorus levels cause the release of phosphorus from soils, thereby increasing the potential for phosphorus export to adjacent water bodies. The loss of phosphorus from soils to surface waters is a major source of water quality impairment. Therefore, soil phosphorus immobilization seems necessary. In this study, red mud (RM) was employed to immobilize phosphorus in a typical agricultural soil. It was found that phosphorus was effectively immobilized by RM. Batch leaching experiments showed that RM reduced phosphorus release from 14.38 to 2.56 mg/kg when soil was amended with 1% RM. Column leaching experiments showed that RM reduced the total amount of phosphorus released from 36.73 to 18.79 mg/kg during the investigated period. Sequential chemical extraction results indicated that RM amendment transformed H₂O-P into more stable fractions. The results suggested that application of RM amendment to soils could significantly immobilize soluble phosphorus, reducing phosphorus release to the environment.     

Characterizing soil properties by the meshless local Petrov-Galerkin method

This study presents a preliminary development of a direct back analysis procedure by the meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method and its application to characterize soil properties using in-situ test results. As compared to a direct back analysis based on the finite element method (FEM), it is intended to show that doing a direct back analysis by the MLPG method may reduce the computation costs or treat with the non-homogeneity of characterized soil properties more easily. Taking a two-dimensional (2D) solute transport problem as an illustration, an MLPG1 model of such a problem is derived to predict the solute concentration with trial coefficients of dispersion. To account for the non-homogeneity of these coefficients, variation of them is described by the moving least-squares interpolation. The Akaike information criterion is then introduced to find those coefficients of dispersion with which errors between predicted and measured data are minimized. A benchmark problem is studied to test the precision of numerical results provided by the proposed MLPG1 model. Another example illustrates the experiences of doing an MLPG-based direct back analysis. Comparison of MLPG-based and FEM-based direct back analyses is taken.     

A comparison between heavy metals released from soil and its efficient speciation extracted by sequential extraction procedure

A simulating experiment was carried out on the interaction between natural precipitation and soil. The results demonstrated that the contents of heavy metals （V, Co, Cr, and Ni） released from soil into the solution under Earth＇s surface conditions are higher than the contents of those metals bonded to exchangeable species, which were extracted by sequential extraction procedure recommended by Tessier and others in 1979. It is demonstrated that the metals bonded to other 3 species （carbonate, Fe-Mn oxide, and organic matter） except those bonded to the exchangeable species in efficient speciation can be released under the Earth＇s surface conditions, when pH=4 in the reaction system, and the higher correlation coefficient indicated that the concentrations of heavy metals released from soil into the solution vary approximately with reaction time in terms of index regulations.     

滇池内源磷释放潜力的区域差异:来自沉积物磷形态的证据

采集了7组滇池近代沉积物柱芯,测定了其中总P(TP)、Fe、Al、Ca的含量,并首次获得了埋深大于25 cm的沉积物的不同形态磷的数据,分析了TP与不同形态磷的时空分布特征及TP与总Fe、Al、Ca含量的关系,探讨了滇池内源磷释放潜力的区域差异和制约因素。结果表明,自北向南,TP含量出现随深度先升高后降低的变化特征,各形态P之间的关系为:碎屑磷(DP)>有机磷(OP)≈铁结合态磷(Fe-P)>闭蓄态磷(Oc P)>钙结合态磷(Ca-P)>铝结合态磷(Al-P)>可交换态磷(SRP)。纵向上Fe-P随深度逐渐升高,Oc P逐渐降低,其它形态P的变化规律不明显;区域上TP、DP、OP、Fe-P、Ca-P和Al-P南部高于北部。在滇池南部DP通量较高的区域,TP与Fe、Al呈正相关关系,与Ca呈负相关关系,其它区域无相关性。分析表明,滇池南部内源磷的释放潜力大于中部和北部,而南部内源磷受DP输入的影响,风浪扰动对北部内源磷的释放有更强的抑制作用。     

草根加筋土的室内三轴试验研究

用室内三轴试验方法研究了草根加筋土的应力-应变及强度特性,探讨了在不同加筋情况下草根加筋土抗剪强度指标的变化规律,分析了素土和草根加筋土的变形破坏模式以及筋材在土体剪切过程中的阻抗机理。试验结果表明：（1）草根加筋土的强度和抵抗变形的能力较素土有显著的增强;（2）对于抗剪强度指标,与素土相比草根加筋土的内摩擦角变化较小（相对变化率绝对值在11 %以内）,但黏聚力增长较大（最大可达9倍）;（3）在草根加筋层数一定的情况下,随着加筋量的增加,草根加筋土的主应力差值、抗剪强度值以及黏聚力值呈现先增加后降低的趋势,亦即加筋层数相同时存在最佳含根量。本研究结果对于深入认识植被护坡机理和合理选择植被密度具有指导意义。     

水泥砾质土三轴试验研究

对某水泥砾质土进行了三轴固结排水剪切试验,研究在不同水泥掺入比下水泥砾质土应力-应变关系和强度特性。结果表明：随水泥掺入比的增加,水泥砾质土试样在不同围压下应力-应变关系曲线均表现出不同程度的软化和剪胀现象,尤其在低围压（200 kPa）和高水泥掺入比（8%）下,剪胀性比较明显;在相同水泥掺入比下,峰值强度 随围压的增加近似呈线性增长;与不掺水泥砾质土相比,水泥砾质土的内摩擦角 因掺入不同量的水泥而得到不同程度的提高,黏聚力 随水泥掺入比的增加呈增长趋势,且增幅显著;割线模量 和 均随围压和水泥掺入比的增加而增加。不同高度的心墙堆石坝三维有限元算例的计算结果表明：水泥砾质土作为心墙材料可以显著降低土石坝心墙沉降。     

土壤修复过程中重金属形态的研究综述

重金属污染土壤的修复是现阶段污染土壤治理中的难点之一,在土壤修复过程中对重金属的形态研究已在多个领域中开展,并且在重金属形态及其与生物有效性和毒性等研究领域取得了一定的成果。本文综述了现阶段在污染土壤修复过程中对重金属形态研究的主要领域,分析研究重金属形态的必要性,总结出土壤修复过程中重金属形态方面应当从重金属在土壤与植物中的存在形态入手,研究重金属元素在不同界面间的迁移转化规律,通过阻断重金属元素在污染源、土壤、生物之间的传递链条,以阻止重金属对生物体造成危害,从而为土壤重金属污染的治理修复提供理论基础。     

Vertical variation of phosphorus forms in surface sediments from Wuli Bay, Taihu Lake, China

1IntroductionPhosphorus,an essential nutrient for the primaryproductivity in freshwater systems,is an important fac-tor controlling lacustrine eutrophication.Although ex-ternal input of phosphorus has been assumed as the vi-tal responsibility for the eutrophication of lakes(ZhuJun et al.,2005),the remobilization of phosphorus insediments has a distinct influence on it as well(Bostr m et al.,1982).The concentrations of totalphosphorus(Ptotal)in the sediments are often related tothe trophic st…     

土工格栅加筋土地基平板载荷试验研究

在近年来的岩土工程实践中,土工合成材料加筋土技术得到越来越广泛的应用。采用平板载荷板试验方法,进行了多组加筋砂土地基模型试验,监测和分析了不同加筋材料（双向格栅与四向格栅）和加筋层数对土工格栅加筋土地基承载特性的影响。研究结果表明：土工格栅加筋土地基与无筋地基相比,承载性能得到改善,双层加筋明显优于单层加筋;土工格栅加筋限制了浅层地基的侧向变形,相同荷载下地基沉降减小,可恢复变形增大;模型试验中测得加筋材料应变和拉力很小,与土工格栅强度相比,拉伸模量对加筋土地基承载力的贡献更大。     

Nitrogen,phosphorus and sulfur mineralization as affected by soil depth in rangeland ecosystems

The potential mineralization and immobilization of soil nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) are relatively high in natural ecosystems. This study was conducted to investigate the changes in essential plant macronutrients; N, P, and S status in response to different soil depth in rangeland ecosystems in vitro. The net nutrient mineralization was measured during 90 days at different depths (0–15, 15–30, 30–45 and 45–60 cm), using kinetic models to estimate the release rate. The net ammonification and mineralization of P and S were described using parabolic diffusion equation, while the power function equation was used to describe the net nitrification. The results indicated that the amount of released ammonium (NH₄ ⁺) decreased with time and depth and the rates of net ammonification were negative in all samples. Conversely, nitrification increased with time and depth and the rates were all positive. The net mineralization for both P and S reduced with time. The concentration of mineralized SO₄ ^2? increased with depth like nitrate (NO₃ ^?). Accumulation of SO₄ ^2? and NO₃ ^? in subsurface soils and NH₄ ⁺ and P at surface horizons can increase the potential of their loss by leaching or volatilization.     

土钉与土体相互作用的仿真试验分析

运用快速拉格朗日元(FLAC3D)数值法,考虑土钉的加固作用及土钉与土体的相互作用,模拟土钉支护施工过程.选择能够反映开挖特点的土的本构关系、开挖支护模拟过程及双弹簧土钉单元,建立数值分析模型.分析了基底、基坑壁土体的变形响应及土钉在开挖、使用阶段的力学响应.结果表明:①开挖引起基坑壁变形,并导致拉伸与剪切破坏;对于拉伸破坏,应使土钉长度超过滑移面;对于剪切破坏,可增大土钉在剪出口位置的密度;②开挖完毕后,各层土钉轴力沿长度方向的分布不均匀,土钉轴力最大值位置可表征潜在滑动面的位置.FLAC3D能够对基坑分步开挖及支护进行模拟,建立的数值模型能够反映土钉支护基坑的真实情况,为基坑土钉支护技术的设计与施工提供指导.     

利用地震动强度指标评价场地液化的离心模型试验研究

场地地震液化灾变(液化触发与震后变形)评价对基础设施抗震设计和安全服役有重要意义。为研究目前常用地震动强度指标IM的液化灾变评价能力,开展水平饱和砂土场地离心机振动台模型试验,对模型在50 g离心加速度下进行了20次不同幅值的振动,得到了液化与非液化响应数据。基于振动台台面输入建立峰值加速度a_(max)、地震剪应力比CSR、阿里亚斯强度I_a和累积绝对速度CAV_5的算法,并利用模型试验数据检验了这几种IM与液化触发和震后变形的相关性。分析表明,几类IM对液化触发的评价能力接近,且从超静孔压产生到初始液化触发都存在明显的IM阈值;几类IM对震后沉降评价能力有一定差异,其中I_a和CAV_5优于a_(max)和CSR,并对造成上述差异的原因做了初步分析。文中研究为选择合理的地震动强度指标评价场地液化灾变提供了科学依据。     

软弱土层复合土钉支护试验研究

复合土钉支护是从土钉支护基础上发展起来的、应用范围更广的一项基坑支护新技术。笔者通过模型试验，研究了复合土钉支护的作用原理，为其设计和施工提供了参考依据，促进了这项技术快速发展。基坑模型采用“相似模型的长度与变形的时间成反比”的相似法则设计，相似比为1:10。试验模拟现场分步开挖与支护的过程，测试内容包括土体位移、地表沉降、基底隆起、地面裂缝及超挖引起的破坏形态。试验结果表明：复合土钉支护能够充分调动周围土体共同作用，有效地控制基坑变形；复合土钉支护中止水帷幕的插入深度和强度对控制边坡变形与失稳有较大作用；复合土钉支护效果明显优于一般的土钉支护。     

Application of allochthonous organic carbon and phosphorus forms in the interpretation of past environmental conditions

Organic matter in sediments, for instance, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, can be used to reconstruct the paleoecological and pollution history of lakes and their catchment basins. In this paper, the contents of allochthonous organic carbon (allochthonous OC) and autochthonous organic carbon (autochthonous OC) in sediment cores taken from Wuliangsuhai Lake and Daihai Lake in northern China are quantified by using a binary model, and phosphorus forms in the sediment cores from the two lakes are extracted by sequential extraction techniques. The results indicate that the palaeoenvironment and paleoclimate of Daihai Lake and its catchment basin in the recent 250 years can be well reconstructed based on the content of allochthonous OC. The climate was relatively humid and warm in the period of 1865–2005, while relatively dry and cold in the period of 1765–1865. The sedimentary information of allochthonous OC in the 22–42-cm portion of the sediment cores in Daihai Lake corresponds to the final cold fluctuation of the Little Ice Age that occurred since the Middle Holocene. The difference of phosphorus forms in the sediment cores between the two lakes indicates that phosphorus input to the lakes and the correlation between phosphorus forms and distribution and the changes of environment are influenced by the eutrophication mechanisms and environmental conditions of the two lakes.     

砂土中隧洞开挖引起的地面沉降试验研究

利用离心模型试验研究隧洞开挖中支护压力P与地层位移S的关系以及地面沉降槽的形态。得到归一化P-S曲线和沉降槽计算参数。还分析了土类、密度和含水量对地层位移的影响。     

被动桩侧土体位移场的透明土模型试验

常规室内模型试验中,土体侧向位移作用下桩身变形特性能够获得,而桩周土体内部的位移很难量测。因此,结合透明土材料、粒子图像测速(PIV)技术和光学测量系统,设计了侧向位移作用下被动桩桩周土体变形测量试验系统。通过非插入式测量,得到桩不同埋置深度下桩周土体的位移场。试验结果表明:相同侧向位移模式下,桩埋置深度越大,桩对桩前土体的遮拦效应越明显,中间与两侧土体的相对位移越大。基于模型试验的结果建立了数值模型,参数敏感分析表明土体侧向位移形状对桩前土体位移遮拦效应的影响程度依次为矩形、抛物线形和三角形,且遮拦效果随着桩径的增加而更加明显。     

The impact of acid rain on phosphorus leaching from a sandy loam calcareous soil of western Iran

Simulated acidic precipitation (1:1 equivalent basis H₂SO₄:HNO₃) at pH values of 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 and 7.0 were conducted using column leaching to determine impacts of simulated acid rain on phosphorus (P) leaching from a calcareous sandy loam soil over a 40-day period. Soil columns were irrigated every day to make a total of 1,061 mm, equivalent to 3.5 years of rainfall (based on average annual rainfall). Leachates were collected and analyzed for anions and cations. There was significant nonlinear correlation between the amount of P leached and the simulated acid rain (R ² = 0.61). Losses of P from the pH 2.5 and 7.0 treatments were 1.23, and 1.32 mg kg⁻¹, respectively. The results showed that the amount of P leached from pH 4 (1.46 mg kg⁻¹) and 5 treatments (1.52 mg⁻¹ kg⁻¹) were significantly larger than other treatments. Linear equation adequately described leaching of P in different treatments. The slope (mg kg⁻¹ day⁻¹) in the linear equation was defined as the leaching rate and for the pH 2.5 was 0.0354, and 0.0382 and 0.0406 for pH 4.5 and 7.0, respectively. The geochemical code Visual MINTEQ was used to calculate saturation indices. Leaching of P in different treatments was controlled by rate-limited dissolution of hydroxyapatite, β-tricalcium phosphate and to some extent octacalcium phosphate. The results indicate that acid rain in calcareous sandy loam soils may pose a risk in terms of groundwater contamination with P.     

三峡水库水位消落区典型土壤磷释放特征及其环境效应

由于三峡水库水位消落区具有特殊的水文特征和发达的农业耕作管理,该地区成为库区磷释放的一个敏感地带.对消落区土壤磷释放特征的研究对保护水库水质有着重要的意义.模拟三峡水环境的磷浓度,对消落区中典型土壤类型进行淹水模拟实验,研究发现,在0.1～1.6 mg/L的水体磷浓度范围内,土壤磷释放特征呈现出3种模式,即释放型、吸附型和释放/吸附型.水土界面的磷行为主要取决于土壤EPC₀与水体中磷浓度的关系.当土壤EPC₀高于初始磷浓度时则以释放为主;低于初始浓度则以吸附为主.借助土壤磷素水平与EPC₀的相关关系,以Olsen-P为评价指标,可确定三种模式的阈值.当土壤Olsen-P含量高于123 mg/kg时,土壤为释放型,这类土壤的分布区是磷污染源区;当土壤Olsen-P含量低于14.4 mg/kg时,土壤为吸附型,这类土壤分布区不易成为磷释放源;当土壤的Olsen-P含量介于二者之间时,土壤属于释放/吸附型,这类土壤存在源-汇之间的动态转化.