Soil nailing is the most popular technique for stabilizing newly formed and existing sub-standard slopes in Hong Kong because of its economic and technical advantages. The nail–soil interface shear resistance is an important parameter in design of soil nailed structures. A three-dimensional finite element model was established and used for simulating soil nail pull-out tests. The finite element model was verified by comparing simulated results with measured data. The agreement between the experimental and simulated results in terms of both average pull-out shear stress and stress variation was very good. Using this finite element model, a parametric study was carried out to study the influences of the overburden pressure and soil dilation angle on the soil nail pull-out resistance. The simulated peak pull-out resistance was not directly related to the overburden pressure, which was coincident with the observations in laboratory pull-out tests. The simulated pull-out resistance increased significantly with the increase in dilation angle of the shearing zone. This analysis indicated that the constrained dilatancy of the nail–soil interface and the soil surrounding the nail contributed a lot to the development of peak pull-out resistance. 相似文献
With the improvement of analytical methods and the development of multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (MC-ICP/MS), research on non-traditional stable isotope (Cu, Zn, Fe, Se, Mo, Cr, Hg) in geochemistry has made tremendous progress in the past decade. Recent studies have demonstrated that both organic and inorganic reactions may cause Hg isotope fractionation, and variations of Hg isotopic composition in the environment have been successfully employed to explain Hg pollution history, Hg sources and tracking Hg pathways in nature. Furthermore, Hg isotopic fractionation studies can be a powerful tool in the calibration of global Hg cycling models. Stable isotope geochemistry of Hg is therefore becoming a new frontier subject in earth sciences. Based on summarizing previous research, this paper outlines the main advances in the study of Hg stable isotopes with particular emphasis placed on a brief explanation of Hg isotope analytical techniques, possible Hg isotope fractionation mechanisms observed in both natural and experimental processes, Hg isotope composition variations in different environmental matrices, and the application prospects of the Hg stable isotopes in environmental geosciences. 相似文献
A special monitoring and warning system has been established and improved in the Three Gorges Reservoir area since 1999. It
is necessary to develop a real-time monitoring system on landslides because there are dense populations centered in the reservoir
area and geo-hazards may be triggered by a 30-m water level fluctuation between 145 and 175 m in elevation during reservoir
operation; the regular monitoring could not be suitable to the early warning on landslides. Since 2003, the authors have carried
out a real-time monitoring and early warning project on landslides at the relocated Wushan town in the Three Gorges Reservoir
area. The monitoring station includes Global Positioning System with high-accuracy double frequency to monitor ground displacement,
time domain reflection technology, and immobile borehole, inclinometer to monitor deep displacement, piezometer to monitor
pore water pressure, and precipitation and reservoir water level monitoring. Compared with traditional methods, the real-time
monitoring is continuous and traceable in the acquisition process, and the cycle of data acquisition is very short, usually
within hours, minutes, or even shorter. Based on the landslide monitoring experience at the Three Gorges Reservoir area, the
early warning criteria on landslide are established in which the critical situation is classified into four levels: blue,
yellow, orange, and red, respectively, expressed by no, slight, moderate, and high risk situation. Comprehensive judgment
from multimonitoring data of Yuhuangge landslide in this area since 2004 suggested that the new Wushan town will be at the
blue early warning level, although some monitoring data of individual displacement at deep borehole showed that the displacement
was increased by 5 mm in 5 months with an average velocity of 1.0 mm/month, and the data of BOTDR also showed an obvious dislocation
along a stairway on the landslide. 相似文献
Offshore wind energy resources are operational in cold regions, while offshore wind turbines will face the threat of icing. Therefore, it is necessary to study icing of offshore wind turbines under different icing conditions. In this study, icing sensitivity of offshore wind turbine blades are performed using a combination of FLUENT and FENSAP-ICE software, and the effects of liquid water content (LWC), medium volume diameter (MVD), wind speed and air temperature on blade icing shape are analyzed by two types of ice, namely rime ice and glaze ice. The results show that the increase of LWC and MVD will increase the amount of ice that forms on the blade surface for either glaze ice or rime ice, and an increase of MVD will expand the adhesion surface between ice and blade. Before reaching the rated wind speed of 11.4 m/s, it does not directly affect the icing shape. However, after reaching the rated wind speed, the attack angle of the incoming flow decreases obviously, and the amount of ice increases markedly. When the ambient air temperature meets the icing conditions of glaze ice (i.e., −5°C to 0°C), the lower the temperature, the more glaze ice freezes, whereas air temperature has no impact on the icing of rime ice. Compared with onshore wind turbines, offshore wind turbines might face extreme meteorological conditions, and the wind speed has no impact on the amount of ice that forms on the blade surface for most wind speeds