Vulnerability of timber in ground contact to fungal decay under climate change

Attack of decay fungi on wood-based material depends primarily on the natural durability of wood, the local climatic conditions, and the likely climatic change. This study investigates the vulnerability of wood and structural timber in ground contact to decay fungi under high and medium emissions scenarios specified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and a future scenario in which the global emissions have been limited to 550?ppm through a range of successful intervention schemes. Nine general circulation models are applied to project the local climates of Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne in Australia. It was found that, under the three emissions scenarios, the median decay rate of wood by 2080, relative to that in 2010, could increase up to 10?% in Brisbane and Sydney, but could decrease by 12?% in Melbourne. For timber of less durable wood species 50?years after installation, the residual strength under climate change could be almost 25?% less than that without climate change. The coefficients of variation (COVs) of decay rate of wood are in the vicinity of 1.0 regardless of wood species. For residual strength of timber pole after 50?years of installation, the COVs range from 0.2 to 1.1, depending on the natural durability of timber and the site location. The high COVs due to the variability of natural durability of wood and of climate change, in combination with the likely changes in median residual strength of structural elements, will cause significant structural reliability issues of wood construction and need to be addressed in engineering design codes.     

Changes in equilibrium-line altitude and implications for glacier evolution in the Asian high mountains in the 21st century

Science China Earth Sciences - In the context of global warming, glaciers in the Asian High Mountains (AHMs) are shrinking at an accelerating rate. Projecting their future change is helpful for...     

湖北西部恩施断裂活动性评价

通过分析恩施断裂的变形结构、运动学和动力学特征以及新活动和几何分形结构特征,结合断裂的活动时间测定,对湖北西部恩施断裂的活动特征进行了全面的研究,认为恩施断裂变形分段特征明显,活动具有多期次,且新构造期曾有活动,但现今活动极其微弱。同时,确定恩施断裂的活动时间上限为２０万ａ以上,重复活动的周期较长,对附近水电工程建设不会产生重大危害     

MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR LIQUID-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW

I INTRODUCTIONTurbulence models for single-phase fluid flows have been developed and widely applied in mechanical,aeronautical, environmental and hydraulic engineering, and other fields. The closure techniques for theReynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations for various levels of models including the simple turbulencemodel, one-equation turbulence model, k-s turbulence model and turbulence stress/flux model have beenverified to be physically reasonable and have acceptable accuracy in app…     

Seismic prediction method of multiscale fractured reservoir

Common prestack fracture prediction methods cannot clearly distinguish multiplescale fractures. In this study, we propose a prediction method for macro- and mesoscale fractures based on fracture density distribution in reservoirs. First, we detect the macroscale fractures (larger than 1/4 wavelength) using the multidirectional coherence technique that is based on the curvelet transform and the mesoscale fractures (1/4–1/100 wavelength) using the seismic azimuthal anisotropy technique and prestack attenuation attributes, e.g., frequency attenuation gradient. Then, we combine the obtained fracture density distributions into a map and evaluate the variably scaled fractures. Application of the method to a seismic physical model of a fractured reservoir shows that the method overcomes the problem of discontinuous fracture density distribution generated by the prestack seismic azimuthal anisotropy method, distinguishes the fracture scales, and identifies the fractured zones accurately.     

元数据管理在空间信息共享中的应用

空间信息共享一直以来阻碍着GIS的发展,元数据是解决其共享的技术手段之一。本文在分析元数据和元数据管理存在问题的基础上提出了建立元数据库管理元数据,详细分析了元数据库中元数据定义、元数据查询和元数据编辑这三大管理模块,最后在信息共享平台中,对外建立统一的元数据库访问接口,对内建立针对每个数据源的数据访问引擎,实现实现多源异构分布的空间数据的集成。     

自我决定论下的高中地理探究活动设计——以"火星基地应该是什么样子"为例

与传统地理课堂相比,基于自我决定论(SDT)的课堂教学更加重视学生的心理健康以及内部学习动机的培养。本研究以2019年人教版高中地理必修一“火星基地应该是什么样子”为例,基于自我决定论的自主、能力、关系三个心理需要的视角,进行探究活动的设计,将理论具体落实到地理教学过程的各个环节,建立起基于自我决定论的地理教学路径与框架。     

从昭通地震破坏实例看山区地震地面破坏特点

1974年5月11日3时25分,东经104度,北纬28.2度我国云南省昭通境内发生M=7.1地震。宏观震中为大关县以北,木杆公社钟(杜)家坪附近。震中烈度为IX度。震区为拔海2000米的滇东北高原地区,地面经受强烈切刻,山高坡陡,尤其震区西部,地形尤显陡峻。地形的坡度一般均在30°以上,主要河流的坡降平均为2.53%。该区地质情况比较复杂。地层分布主要为二迭纪阳新统灰岩,峨眉山玄武岩,三迭纪飞仙关砂页岩等等。     

Late Cretaceous paleoclimate and paleoenvironment in the Songliao Basin,China

Journal of Paleolimnology - The Songliao Basin, northeast China, possesses an excellent Cretaceous lake sediment record that provides an opportunity to investigate Cretaceous terrestrial climate...