In southern China, there are a great amount of red clay(laterite) which contains some free ferric oxide. Owing to its composition and microstructure developed under hot, wet soil-forming conditions, the clay has several special characteristics. Although the water content and void ratio of laterite are greater than similar clay soils, its strength is still higher than the others. There seems to be a contradiction between its physical parameters and mechanical properties. In this paper, the effect of free ferric oxide in laterite on its engineering properties, such as strength, swelling properties and others is discussed. The research result shows that special properties of laterite are the result of various conditions of formation, loss and crystallization degree of free ferric oxide, and its physical and mechanical properties will change with variation of physicochemical circumstance. 相似文献
Satellite records show that the extent and thickness of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean have significantly decreased since the early 1970s. The prediction of sea ice is highly important, but accurate simulation of sea ice variations remains highly challenging. For improving model performance, sensitivity experiments were conducted using the coupled ocean and sea ice model (NEMO-LIM), and the simulation results were compared against satellite observations. Moreover, the contribution ratios of dynamic and thermodynamic processes to sea ice variations were analyzed. The results show that the performance of the model in reconstructing the spatial distribution of Arctic sea ice is highly sensitive to ice strength decay constant (Crhg). By reducing the Crhg constant, the sea ice compressive strength increases, leading to improved simulated sea ice states. The contribution of thermodynamic processes to sea ice melting was reduced due to less deformation and fracture of sea ice with increased compressive strength. Meanwhile, dynamic processes constrained more sea ice to the central Arctic Ocean and contributed to the increases in ice concentration, reducing the simulation bias in the central Arctic Ocean in summer. The root mean square error (RMSE) between modeled and the CryoSat-2/SMOS satellite observed ice thickness was reduced in the compressive strength-enhanced model solution. The ice thickness, especially of multiyear thick ice, was also reduced and matched with the satellite observation better in the freezing season. These provide an essential foundation on exploring the response of the marine ecosystem and biogeochemical cycling to sea ice changes.
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