The influence of water retention curve hysteresis on the stability of unsaturated soil slopes

Hysteresis is a common feature exhibited in hydraulic properties of an unsaturated soil. The movement of wetting front and the hysteresis effect are important factors which impact the shear strength of the unsaturated soil and the mechanics of shallow landslides. These failures are mainly triggered by the deepening of the wetting front accompanied by a decrease in matric suction induced by infiltration. This research establishes a method for determining a stability analysis of unsaturated infinite soil slopes, integrating the influence of infiltration and the water retention curve hysteresis. Furthermore, the present stability analysis method including the infiltration model and the advanced Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion calculates the variations of the safety factor (FS) in accordance with different slope angle, depth and hydrological processes. The experimentally measured data on the effect of hysteresis are also carried out for comparison. Numerical analyses, employing both wetting and drying hydraulic behaviour of unsaturated soil, are performed to study the difference in soil‐water content as observed in the experiments. The simulating approximations also fully responded to the experimental data of sand box. The results suggest that the hysteresis behaviour affect the distribution of soil‐water content within the slope indeed. The hysteresis made the FS values a remarkable recovery during the period of non‐rainfall in a rainfall event. The appropriate hydraulic properties of soil (i.e. wetting or drying) should be used in accordance with the processes that unsaturated soil actually experience. This method will enable us to acquire more accurate matric suction head and the unsaturated soil‐shear strength as it changes with the hysteretic flow, in order to calculate into the stability analysis of shallow landslides. An advanced understanding of the process mechanism afforded by this method is critical to realizing a reliable and appropriate design for slope stabilization. It also offers some immediate reference information to the disaster reduction department of the government. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comparison of genetic algorithms and shuffled complex evolution approach for calibrating distributed rainfall–runoff model

Three methods, Shuffled Complex Evolution (SCE), Simple Genetic Algorithm (SGA) and Micro‐Genetic Algorithm (µGA), are applied in parameter calibration of a grid‐based distributed rainfall–runoff model (GBDM) and compared by their performances. Ten and four historical storm events in the Yan‐Shui Creek catchment, Taiwan, provide the database for model calibration and verification, respectively. The study reveals that the SCE, SGA and µGA have close calibration results, and none of them are superior with respect to all the performance measures, i.e. the errors of time to peak, peak discharge and the total runoff volume, etc. The performances of the GBDM for the verification events are slightly worse than those in the calibration events, but still quite satisfactory. Among the three methods, the SCE seems to be more robust than the other two approaches because of the smallest influence of different initial random number seeds on calibrated model parameters, and has the best performance of verification with a relatively small number of calibration events. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

“翻台法”提高地震定位精度的数学原理

对于震中偏离台网情况下的地震定位，常规方法定位效果较差。“翻台法”有效地提高了其定位精度。从均匀地壳模型的走时方程组出发，分析了“翻台法”定位中方程组系数的变化特点，推导了选取最佳翻转台站的方法，并得出如下结论：（１）“翻台法”增加了原定位方程组的约束方程，翻台数与已知条件和所求参数个数有关，从理论上讲，翻转台数超过独立的约束方程数时对增加定位精度不再有意义；（２）考虑到具体的台网布局和台站资料质量，翻转不同台站对提高地震定位精度所起的作用大小各不相同，因而存在选取最佳翻转台站问题。     

Siderophores from Marine Microorganisms and Their Applications

1　Introduction　Ironisanessentialelementwhichisdifficulttoob tainduetoitslowsolubilityunderthephysiologicalconditions ,anditisalsothemostimportanttransitionmetalionfornearlyalllivingsystems.Manypatho genicbacteriausuallyobtainironfromtheiron bind ingprot…     

联合多源重力数据反演菲律宾海域海底地形

对比分析重力-海深的“理论导纳”和实际数据的“观测导纳”,获得研究海域有效弹性厚度理论值为10 km。联合重力异常和重力异常垂直梯度数据,应用自适应赋权技术,采用导纳函数方法构建菲律宾海域1'×1'海底地形模型。试验发现,当重力异常垂直梯度反演海深结果与重力异常反演海深结果的权比为2∶3时,所构建的海深模型检核精度最高。同时,联合多源重力数据反演海深能够综合重力异常和重力异常垂直梯度在对待不同海底地形上的反演优势,生成精度优于单独使用重力异常数据和重力异常垂直梯度数据反演的海底地形模型。以船测数据作为外部检核条件,反演模型检核精度略低于V18.1海深模型,而相较于ETOPO1海深模型和DTU10海深模型检核精度分别提高了27.17%和39.02%左右;反演模型相对误差的绝对值在5%范围内的检核点大约占检核点总数的94.25%。     

鄂尔多斯盆地庆城地区延长组7段致密油特征及油源分析

鄂尔多斯盆地三叠系延长组7段(长7段)半深湖—深湖相优质油源岩是油气的重要来源,包括黑色页岩和暗色泥岩,作为盆地重要的供烃源岩一直是研究的热点。为了明确不同烃源岩的贡献及油气来源,通过对庆城地区长7段致密油特征进行分析,对原油进行精细划分,并对源岩有效性进行分析,进一步明确油源对应关系,研究表明,庆城地区长7段黑色页岩和暗色泥岩均对油气成藏有贡献,其中黑色页岩贡献最大,长7₃段暗色泥岩次之,长7₂和长7₁段暗色泥岩贡献较小;原油为低密度、中—低黏度和低凝固点的轻质油。根据生标物特征将原油划分为3类,A类原油具有低C₃₀重排藿烷/C₂₉藿烷、低C₂₉Ts/C₂₉藿烷、低Ts/Tm的特征,由黑色页岩贡献,主要分布于长7₁段;C类原油具有高C₃₀重排藿烷/C₂₉藿烷、高C₂₉Ts/C₂₉藿烷、高Ts/Tm的特征,主要由暗色泥岩贡献,...     

煤样渗透率有效应力与基质收缩双重耦合效应及其与煤阶关系

为研究煤层气在排采过程中不同煤阶煤储层渗透率动态变化规律,利用煤岩三轴应力应变（基质收缩膨胀）测试系统,对褐煤、气煤和无烟煤样开展了有效应力与基质收缩双重效应物理模拟实验。固定轴压和围压不变,改变气体平衡压力,模拟开发过程中储层压力变化特征,测试其动态渗透率。利用实验结果,分析了不同煤阶煤岩在排采过程中动态渗透率反弹特征,并对比分析煤岩动态渗透率改善效果的差异性。研究表明：气体平衡压力从5 MPa降至1 MPa过程中,在有效应力和基质收缩双重效应作用下,褐煤样的归一化渗透率依次为1. 00、0. 60、0. 57、0. 57、0. 52,气煤样依次为1.00、0. 64、0. 50、0. 54和0. 55,无烟煤样依次为1.00、0. 74、0. 58、0. 50和0. 56。随气体平衡压力下降,中阶及高阶煤样动态渗透率先下降后上升,整体呈不对称“V”型变化规律,但拐点略有不同;低阶煤样动态渗透率呈先下降后基本稳定的趋势,整体呈斜“L”型变化规律。在有效应力和基质收缩双重效应影响下,中阶及高阶煤样动态渗透率改善效果优于低阶煤样。     

广西三江县土壤硒含量分布特征及其影响因素研究

以广西三江县土壤为研究对象,采集了表层土壤样2 751件和土壤垂向剖面样180件,测定了土壤中硒的含量。利用多元统计分析、地统计学法、GIS空间分析技术和Pearson相关性分析法研究了土壤硒的含量特征和影响因素。结果表明:研究区表层土壤硒平均含量为0.63 mg/kg,变化范围为0.10~14.41 mg/kg。研究区土壤硒资源丰富,足硒和富硒土壤面积为95.87%。土壤硒含量的分布主要受到地质背景的控制,不同成土母岩形成的表层土壤硒含量存在较大差异,寒武系以黑色岩系为母质的土壤硒含量最高,平均含量达2.58 mg/kg,变化范围为0.31~14.41 mg/kg。不同土壤类型中,黄壤硒含量最高,平均含量达0.75 mg/kg,变化范围为0.24~2.07 mg/kg,水稻土硒含量最低,平均含量为0.51 mg/kg;不同土地利用类型土壤硒含量差异较大,除水田为基本自然状态以外,其余地类均呈现富集。研究区表层土壤硒含量总体上受控于深层土壤硒含量,成土过程中表层土壤硒含量发生了次生富集。同时土壤pH、Corg、P、S、Al₂O₃、TFe₂O₃含量和CIA等对土壤硒含量的分布也有一定的影响。