Opalinus clay (OPA) is currently being investigated as a potential host rock for radioactive waste repository. The construction of this repository will lead to an excavation-damaged zone (EDZ) in the surrounding. Its sealing ability is crucial for the safety assessment of the geological repository. The sealing ability of OPA has a close relationship with its water retention and gas permeability behaviours. For this purpose, the water retention and gas permeability of OPA and its comparison with the artificial barrier (i.e. bentonite) were investigated in this study. The results show that OPA absorbed less water than granular bentonite material with equal suction. Compared with the other two similar materials (Boom clay and COx argillite), which were selected as natural engineering barriers for nuclear waste storage in Belgium and France, the suction behaviours of OPA are similar to those of COx argillite but notably different from those of Boom clay. The gas permeability tests show that OPA sample is quite sensitive to the changes in confining pressures but is less sensitive to applied gas pressures. Further, it is found that the OPA is more permeable than bentonite barrier after 10.5 years of hydration. Then, the OPA samples were artificially water-saturated. We find that the sealing ability can be recovered after long-time water saturation. However, when comparing with bentonite barrier, it is still a weak zone. This indicates that the EDZ should be paid more attention for the assessment the performance of the nuclear repository. 相似文献
Exact knowledge for ground stress field guarantees the construction of various underground engineering projects as well as prediction of some geological hazards such as the rock burst. Limited by costs, field measurement for initial ground stresses can be only conducted on several measure points, which necessitates back-analysis for initial stresses from limited field measurement data. This paper employed a multioutput decision tree regressor (DTR) to model the relationship between initial ground stress field and its impact factor. A full-scale finite element model was built and computed to gain 400 training samples for DTR using a submodeling strategy. The results showed that correlation coefficient r between field measurement values and back-analysis values reached 0.92, which proved the success of DTR. A neural network was employed to store the global initial ground stress field. More than 600,000 node data extracted from the full-scale finite element model were used to train this neural network. After training, the stresses on any location can be investigated by inputting corresponding coordinates into this neural network.
The Co-Seismic Ionospheric Disturbance of the 2015 Nepal earthquake is analyzed in this paper. GNSS data are used to obtain the Satellite-Station TEC sequences. After removing the de-trended TEC variation, a clear ionospheric disturbance was observed 10 min after the earthquake, while the geomagnetic conditions, solar activity, and weather condition remained calm according to the Kp, Dst, F10.7 indices and meteorological records during the period of interest. Computerized ionosphere tomography (CIT) is then used to present the tridimensional ionosphere variation with a 10-min time resolution. The CIT results indicate that (1) the disturbance of the ionospheric electron density above the epicenter during the 2015 Nepal earthquake is confined at a relatively low altitude (approximately 150–300 km); (2) the ionospheric disturbances on the west side and east sides of the epicenter are precisely opposite. A newly established electric field penetration model of the lithosphere–atmosphere–ionosphere coupling is used to investigate the potential physical mechanism. 相似文献
GPT2w(global pressure and temperature 2 wet)是目前应用较为广泛的对流层延迟经验模型之一,可提供气压、温度、水汽压等气象参数。为验证和分析GPT2w模型在南极地区的精度,本文利用分布在南极区域的探空站数据和中国第33次南极科考期间的实测探空气球数据对模型气压、温度、水汽压参数进行分层精度检验。与探空站数据比较发现,在南极地区地面高度上,GPT2w模型精度较高,与全球其他区域精度较为一致;进一步通过对比1月和7月统计结果,发现Bias和RMS呈现出季节特性;同时发现模型在垂直方向存在较大误差,表现为随着高度的增加,精度随之下降并逐步趋于稳定。实测数据对比方面,首先利用ECMWF(European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts)气压分层数据对实测数据的可靠性进行验证,结果显示,实测数据与ECMWF分层数据符合得较好;同时通过比对发现,GPT2w天内精度在地面高度上仍与月平均精度相当,但垂直方向随着高度的增加精度相比于暖季精度会有所下滑,说明未考虑日周期项变化对模型精度存在一定影响。用探空数据计算的对流层延迟(zenith tropospheric delay,ZTD)来分析GPT2w的计算精度,结果表明GPT2w在南极区域ZTD计算精度在厘米级,与全球其他位置计算精度相当。 相似文献
In order to reduce roadway excavation and effectively control roadway surrounding rock deformation, different combinations of roadway width (4.5 m, 4.8 m, 5 m, 5.2 m), roadway height (3 m, 3.3 m, 3.5 m, 4 m), and arch height (0.3 m, 0.5 m, 0.8 m, 1 m) are selected. Through L16(34) three-factor four-level orthogonal test and numerical simulation, the surrounding rock deformation and plastic zone area evolution after roadway excavation are studied based on FLAC3D. The results show that arch height is negatively correlated with plastic zone area in roadway roof surrounding rock and positively correlated with failure of roadway sides and corners. Further investigation finds the optimal combination to be roadway width 4.5 m, roadway height 3 m, and arch height 1 m. Compared with the original scheme, the new straight-wall arched section reduces plastic zone area by 35.07%, roof subsidence by 19.2% and side displacement by 22.4%. The optimized roadway section effectively reduces the failure range of surrounding rock plastic zone and contributes to long-term roadway stability.