A new approach to the determination of the critical slip surfaces of slopes

A new method for the determination of the critical slip surfaces of slopes is proposed in this paper.In this paper,the original critical slip field method is extended in terms of the total residual moment,values of residual work as well as the unbalanced thrust force at the exit point for a given non-circular slip surface.The most critical slip surface with the maximum representative value for a prescribed factor of safety will be optimized and located using the harmony search algorithm.The prescribed factor of safety is modified with certain tiny interval in order to find the critical slip surface where the maximum representative value is zero.The aforementioned approach to the location of the critical slip surface is greatly different from the traditional limit equilibrium procedure.Three typical soil slopes are evaluated by use of the proposed method,and the comparisons with the classical approaches have illustrated the applicability of the proposed method.     

An Effective Control System of Thrust and Moment Modulation for a Dynamically Positioned Vessel

Dynamic positioning (DP) is an operation method whereby the position of a surface vessel is maintained in close proximity to a required position in the horizontal plane through the controlled application of forces and moments generated by purposely installed thrusters. When estimating thrust, this kind of conventional control system often uses many acceleration sensors, velocity sensors, environment sensors, and filters. Usually, these sensors have measured electrical errors. To reduce the number of sensors used and to decrease the measurement errors, this article presents an effective control system for estimating thrust and moment commands, which is based on energy and impulsemomentum principles. Donha and Brinati's example is followed to verify the feasibility of the present control system, which performs semisubmersible platform positioning using an LQG controller, and the results are feasible and economical. A simulated coring vessel marine positioning in southern Taiwan is presented, which can estimate the counterthrust and moment commands, and the complex environmental forces and moments are described. The results can provide a valuable control system for dynamically positioned vessels.     

Hydromechanical behavior of radially multilayered cylinders under time-varying loads

ABSTRACT

Geotechnical strata are often treated as horizontally homogeneous for hydromechanical analysis due to the vertical deposition of geological layers; however, such a treatment becomes no longer valid when vertical drilling or construction causes the localized disturbance of subsurface, which would result in radial heterogeneity of geomaterials. This paper presents a poroelastic solution for the saturated multilayered cylinder where multilayer is used to represent radial heterogeneity. After the application of Laplace transform, the governing equations in cylindrical coordinates are derived to obtain the stiffness matrix between stresses, displacements, and pore water pressure. The global matrix is assembled by the boundary conditions and the compatibility of interfaces between adjacent layers. Under time-dependent horizontal compression loads, a parametric study is performed for a cylinder comprised of two layers with distinct properties, and the results show that the load frequency and radial heterogeneity play a significant role in hydromechanical behavior of geomaterials: (1) the time-varying loading can induce a negative pore pressure, and the influence of cyclic loading with a high frequency is limited near the outer surface; (2) the radial heterogeneity due to permeability and compressibility affects the development of pore pressure.     

长江中游城陵矶河段2016-2020年汛期水位非正常波动:影响因子及滤波修正

长江经济带的人口和经济总量均超过全国的40％,长江中游城市群受地理位置与水文条件的综合影响更易遭受洪涝灾害的威胁.莲花塘水位站作为长江中游城陵矶河段蓄滞洪区启用指标控制站,当三峡水库水位达155.0 m后,如莲花塘站水位达到34.40 m并继续上涨,则城陵矶附近区蓄滞洪区需采取分洪措施.然而受河流形态和江湖关系(长江与...     

缝合线成因新认识

传统观点认为,碳酸盐岩中的缝合线是在岩石负载或构造应力作用下压溶形成的,是一种化学压实作用的产物。对缝合线进行综合研究,发现其具有“四性特征”,即完整性、亲烃性、排孔性及胀裂汇聚性。综合以上“四性”认为,缝合线主要是岩石在负重或构造应力作用下烃类（或泥质）使岩石发生胀裂形成的一种锯齿状裂缝,是烃类（或泥质）开辟的排烃通道,压溶作用对缝合线的贡献还有待研究。与碳酸盐岩相比,泥岩不发育缝合线,主要在于泥岩优势孔隙半径较大,烃类可以通过微孔以渗透方式向外排放,不需要形成缝合线。通过缝合线形成机理探讨,查明了碳酸盐岩与泥岩排烃方式的区别,进而对碳酸盐岩与泥岩封盖性进行对比。     

盆地深部穹隆构造发育特征、成因机制及石油地质意义——以塔里木盆地顺北地区为例

塔里木盆地顺北地区奥陶系碳酸盐岩中广泛发育穹隆构造.为研究盆地深部穹隆构造的发育特征、成因机制及石油地质意义,基于顺北地区高精度三维地震资料,对穹隆构造开展几何学定量解析,确定其空间分布规律及内部结构样式;结合区域构造背景及盆内构造发育特征,明确其成因机制;在此基础上,结合生产动态数据探讨穹隆构造的控储—控藏作用.研究...     

桂林会仙岩溶湿地典型水生植物δ13C特征与固碳量估算

为促进目前岩溶碳汇稳定性和速率等科学问题的深入研究,在分析桂林会仙岩溶湿地主要水生植物碳同位素的基础上,利用基于碳酸酐酶活性与植物碳同位素值显著正相关的二端元模型,估算了不同植物利用光合作用固定HCO3-的比例。结果表明,湿地核心区沉水植物光合作用固定HCO3-碳量在4.86~64.73 tC/（a?km2）之间,挺水植物为15.68~453.01 tC/（a?km2）,平均值为76.74 tC/（a?km2）。按平均值计算会仙湿地水生植物光合作用固定HCO3-碳量为4 466.27 tC/a,即在会仙湿地岩溶地下河补给的HCO3-中约47 %被水生植物光合作用固定。水生植物光合作用固碳效果明显,是碳汇研究中不容忽视的一个十分重要的问题。      

地球物理勘探中几种二维插值方法的误差分析

为了研究采样和网格化方法对地球物理数据成图精度的影响,为野外数据采集布设提供一定的依据,采用数值模拟确定重力异常场场值,通过不同采样间距和不同插值方法计算重力异常绝对误差均方根值和节点处的绝对误差值,对比不同插值方法的误差,得到了如下认识：1）对于同一插值方法而言,存在小间距绝对误差均方根值小于大间距绝对误差均方根值的关系。2）对不同的插值方法而言:当采样间距小于最小异常地质体尺度时,绝对误差均方根值由小到大的顺序是径向基函数法、改进的谢别德法、克里金插值法、自然邻点法、反距离加权插值法、最近邻点法、最小曲率法,并且线性插值三角网法与自然邻点法具有几乎相同的数值;当采样间距大于最小异常地质体尺度时,绝对误差均方根值由小到大的顺序是径向基函数法、改进的谢别德法、克里金插值法、自然邻点法、最小曲率法、最近邻点法、反距离加权插值法,并且线性插值三角网法和自然邻点法具有几乎相同的数值。3）从绝对误差均方值看,径向基函数方法、改进的谢别德方法和克里金方法数值较小,其中径向基函数值绝对误差均方根值最小。4）从节点处绝对误差值来看,径向基函数方法、克里金方法、改进的谢别德方法相对其他插值方法具有更小的误差,不存在局部误差较小或较大的情况,是相对较好的插值方法,并且径向基函数方法是最好的。     

基于TIN的LiDAR数据滤波算法研究

研究利用区域生长滤波算法将原始激光点云数据直接构建不规则三角网(TIN),并选择地面最低高程点作为初始种子点,根据设定的高差阈值对种子点的邻域进行区域生长滤波处理。通过对试验区机载LiDAR点云数据的滤波处理结果与基于坡度滤波和基于移动窗口的高程滤波算法进行对比分析,结果显示该方法具有一定的优越性。     

考虑土石料颗粒破碎和密度变化的次塑性本构模型建模方法

试验和现场观测都发现高土石坝的坝料在高压及湿化作用下会发生显著的颗粒破碎,颗粒破碎会改变土石料的级配曲线和密度,因而影响其后继力学行为,因此,土石料的颗粒破碎是当前岩土工程领域的研究热点。为了模拟土石料在高压及湿化作用下发生显著的颗粒破碎现象,以及循环加载中的颗粒破碎与应力诱导各向异性随动硬化共同影响下土石料的变形,本文提出了一个建模方法,考虑土石料颗粒破碎和密度变化的影响。所建议的次塑性本构模型在经过试验资料的验证后可用于动力有限元数值计算。