Effects of frictional forces acting on sidewalls of buried box culverts

The effects of frictional forces acting on the sidewalls of buried box culverts are presented as determined with finite element method (FEM) and detailed soil modelling. The possibility of reducing earth pressure on deeply buried concrete box culverts by the imperfect trench installation (ITI) method has been contemplated during the last several decades. There have been limited research results published primarily regarding the qualitative aspect of load reduction in ITIs. It was found during the course of this study that significant frictional forces develop along the sidewalls of box culverts and adjacent sidefills in ITIs. Current American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials provisions do not consider these frictional forces, but they cannot be neglected in ITIs, as their effect is dominant. An optimum geometry for the soft zone in ITIs is presented to maximize earth load reductions. The soil–structure interaction at the box culvert–soil interface was found to have a significant effect on total earth pressure acting on the bottom slab. Predictor equations for earth load reduction rates were formulated for ITIs incorporating the optimum soft zone geometry based on the FEM. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A spectral mixture model analysis of the Kuroshio variability and the water exchange between the Kuroshio and the East China Sea

For understanding more about the water exchange between the Kuroshio and the East China Sea,We studied the variability of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea(ECS) in the period of 1991 to 2008 using a three-dimensional circulation model,and calculated Kuroshio onshore volume transport in the ECS at the minimum of 0.48 Sv(1 Sv ;106 m3/s) in summer and the maximum of 1.69 Sv in winter.Based on the data of WOA05 and NCEP,The modeled result indicates that the Kuroshio transport east of Taiwan Island decreased since 2000.Lateral movements tended to be stronger at two ends of the Kuroshio in the ECS than that of the middle segment.In addition,we applied a spectral mixture model(SMM) to determine the exchange zone between the Kuroshio and the shelf water of the ECS.The result reveals a significantly negative correlation(coefficient of-0.78) between the area of exchange zone and the Kuroshio onshore transport at 200 m isobath in the ECS.This conclusion brings a new view for the water exchange between the Kuroshio and the East China Sea.Additional to annual and semi-annual signals,intra-seasonal signal of probably the Pacific origin may trigger the events of Kuroshio intrusion and exchange in the ECS.     

基于个体行为的多尺度城市空间重构及规划应用研究框架

中国城市转型面临多尺度的空间重构,从社区、中心城市到都市区、城市群等不同空间尺度。一方面,每个尺度上的空间组织特征及居民行为模式彻底改变;另一方面,一系列社会环境和自然环境问题出现并累积。面对城市发展的新格局和新问题,需要依托行为研究,梳理多尺度城市空间的概念体系,揭示其形成机理,判断其环境响应,并以低碳和和谐城市为导向,提出规划策略。具体内容包括:整合GPS、手机、网络、问卷和访谈等多种行为数据,建立中国城市多时空尺度居民行为数据库;分析城市、都市区和城市群尺度的城市空间组织模式和居民行为特征,创建基于个体行为的中国城市空间理论体系和研究范式;解析多尺度城市空间组织及居民行为模式与社会矛盾和碳排放之间的关系;以社会公正、和谐和低碳为导向,提出不同尺度城市空间调整优化策略和居民行为引导策略,面向居民生活质量和城市发展可持续性的提升,推动形成多尺度的居民生活圈和城市空间单元。     

敦煌雅丹国家地质公园地质资源调查及地学意义

敦煌雅丹国家地质公园集雅丹和沙漠湖泊地貌类型于一体,是极端干旱区大型地貌景观类地质公园的典型代表。公园内地质遗迹资源典型,保存系统、完整,类型多样,可分为地质剖面、地质构造、地貌景观、水体景观和环境地质遗迹景观5大类。以雅丹和鸣沙山月牙泉等为代表的地貌景观与享誉国内外的古丝绸之路遗迹、敦煌文化等人文历史资源相结合,是敦煌雅丹国家地质公园的优势。敦煌雅丹与其他区域的雅丹地貌相比,除具有一定的相似性外,还具有类型多、密度大、走向变化明显形态丰富、反映了多个形成演化阶段等独特性。实施地质资源调查对保护地质遗迹、开展地质科学研究和普及地学等科学知识都有重要意义。同时,对提升景区品位,进而带动敦煌旅游业的发展都将起到积极的推动作用。     

冰雹天气过程的综合分析

选取发生在邯郸辖区内的5次冰雹天气过程,应用常规观测资料并结合雷达回波资料,从天气形势、物理量场和雷达回波演变特征等几方面进行了综合分析。结果表明:冰雹天气出现在对流性不稳定层结条件下,中高层干冷低层暖湿,地面有中尺度辐合切变线配合,0℃层、-20℃层和强垂直风切变的高度适宜。多普勒雷达能很好地监测中尺度天气系统的发展演变过程,回波强度和回波顶高度的变化、速度对和逆风区的出现、1 h降水累积值和垂直积分液态水含量的急剧增加等都对冰雹的出现具有指示意义。     

Modeling the long-term variability of phytoplankton functional groups and primary productivity in the South China Sea

Primary productivity (PP) and phytoplankton structure play an important role in regulating oceanic carbon cycle. The unique seasonal circulation and upwelling pattern of the South China Sea (SCS) provide an ideal natural laboratory to study the response of nutrients and phytoplankton dynamics to climate variation. In this study, we used a three-dimensional (3D) physical–biogeochemical coupled model to simulate nutrients, phytoplankton biomass, PP, and functional groups in the SCS from 1958 to 2009. The modeled results showed that the annual mean carbon composition of small phytoplankton, diatoms, and coccolithophores was 33.7, 52.7, and 13.6 %, respectively. Diatoms showed a higher seasonal variability than small phytoplankton and coccolithophores. Diatoms were abundant during winter in most areas of the SCS except for the offshore of southeastern Vietnam, where diatom blooms occurred in both summer and winter. Higher values of small phytoplankton and coccolithophores occurred mostly in summer. Our modeled results indicated that the seasonal variability of PP was driven by the East Asian Monsoon. The northeast winter monsoon results in more nutrients in the offshore area of the northwestern Luzon Island and the Sunda Shelf, while the southwest summer monsoon drives coastal upwelling to bring sufficient nutrients to the offshore area of southeastern Vietnam. The modeled PP was correlated with El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) at the interannual scale. The positive phase of ENSO (El Niño conditions) corresponded to lower PP and the negative phase of ENSO (La Niña conditions) corresponded to higher PP.     

Neutron activation studies of the geochemical behaviours of 26 elements in deep-sea drill core sediments from the Indian Ocean

The geochemical behaviours of 26 elements in deep-sea drill core sediments from the Indian Ocean have been investigated with INAA, including Na, K, Ca, Sc, Cr, Fe, Co, Rb, Sr, Zr, Sb, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Yb, Lu, Hf, Ta, Au, Th and U. Their distribution patterns with depth are also discussed. In terms of the enrichment factors of the respective elements, their residence times in the sea have been calculated by the least squares fitting and are compared with the previous results.     

通勤时间、社区活动对社区社会资本的影响：基于北京26个社区的调查研究

城市扩张和郊区化显著增加居民的通勤时间,减少居民在社区内及周边开展的日常活动,进而可能对居民的社区社会资本产生消极影响。基于2017年北京市26个社区居民的社区融合与活动日志问卷调查数据,通过构建结构方程模型,探讨通勤时间、社区活动对社区社会资本的影响机制。结果发现,控制居民社会经济属性和社区区位后,长时间通勤会减少居民在社区及周边1 000 m范围内开展的活动,并进一步对社区社交网络结构、社会信任和共同价值等社区社会资本的不同维度产生负面影响。此外,社区活动中社交娱乐活动的中介效应显著,而个人和家庭事务活动中介效应不显著。最后,证实了促进职住平衡、减少职住分离的规划政策对于增加居民社区活动及培育社区社会资本的重要意义。     

Analysis of effects of active sources on observed phase velocity based on the thin layer method

In the wave field induced by active sources, the observed phase velocity of surface waves is influenced by both mode incompatibility (i.e. non-planar spread of surface waves is idealized as plane waves) and body waves. Effects of sources are usually investigated based on numerical simulations and physical models. Several methods have been proposed to mitigate the effects. In application, however, these methods may also have difficulties since the energy of the body waves depends on soil stratification and parameters. There are multiple modes of surface waves in layered media, among which the higher modes dominate the wave field for soils with the irregular shear velocity profiles. Considering the mode incompatibility and the higher modes, we derive analytical expressions for the effective phase velocity of the surface waves based on the thin layer stiffness method, and investigate the effects of the body waves on the observed phase velocity through the phase analysis of the vibrations of both the surface waves and the body waves. The results indicate that the effective phase velocity of the surface waves in layered media varies with the frequency and the spread distance, and is underestimated compared to that of the plane surface waves in the spread range less than about one wavelength. The oscillations that appeared in the observed phase velocity are due to the involvement of the body waves. The mode incompatibility can be ignored in the range beyond one wavelength, while the influence range of the body waves is far beyond one wavelength. The body waves have a significant influence on the observed phase velocity of the surface waves in soils with a soft layer trapped between the first and the second layers because of strong reflections.     

乌加河地震台地电阻率干扰形态识别

选取乌加河地震台2015-2018年地电阻率观测资料,分析数据异常变化,结合观测环境及实地调查,发现存在降雨、雷电、金属管线、农田灌溉、设备漏电等影响因素,对比分析并总结各类干扰曲线形态、变化幅度、影响时间、干扰频次等特征,以便正确认识并排除地电阻率干扰,为地震异常信息识别提供帮助。