Unveiling the thermal and magnetic map of neutron star surfaces though their X-ray emission: method and light-curve analysis

Recent Chandra and XMM–Newton observations of a number of X-ray 'dim' pulsating neutron stars have revealed quite unexpected features in the emission from these sources. Their soft thermal spectrum, believed to originate directly from the star surface, shows evidence for a phase-varying absorption line at some hundred eVs. The pulse modulation is relatively large (pulsed fractions in the range ∼12–35 per cent), the pulse shape is often non-sinusoidal, and the hard X-ray colour appears to be anticorrelated in phase with the total emission. Moreover, the prototype of this class, RX J0720.4−3125, has been found to undergo rather sensible changes in both its spectral and timing properties over a time-scale of a few years. All these new findings seem difficult to reconcile with the standard picture of a cooling neutron star endowed with a purely dipolar magnetic field, at least if surface emission is produced in an atmosphere on top of the crust. In this paper we explore how a dipolar+quadrupolar star-centred field influences the properties of the observed light curves. The phase-resolved spectrum has been evaluated accounting for both radiative transfer in a magnetized atmosphere and general relativistic ray-bending. We computed over 78 000 light curves, varying the quadrupolar components and the viewing geometry. A comparison of the data with our model indicates that higher-order multipoles are required to reproduce the observations.     

Expansion properties and creep tests for a new type of solidified expansive sealing material for gas drainage boreholes in underground mines

This study was conducted to find the optimal expansion for a new type of solidified expansive sealing (SES) material. The aim was to better meet the requirements for sealing gas extraction boreholes in underground coal mines by examining the expansion and creep properties of the material. The effect of different proportions of expansion agent on expansion time, expansion mechanisms, and creep properties of the SES material was investigated using an electronic universal testing machine and other systems. Based on the results of step loading creep tests, the Kelvin–Voigt viscoelastic model was selected to further analyze the mechanical properties of the material. The analysis showed that when the proportion of expansion agent in the SES is increased to 2.0%, the final expansion percentage increases to 11.5%, and the rapid expansion time and expansion preparation time quickly decreases to 18 and 12 min, respectively. In addition, the step loading displacement and constant force load displacement increase sharply. The creep parameters E₀, E₁, and η₁ of the Kelvin–Voigt model reflect the gradually weakening of the compressive capacity and anti-deformation ability of the SES material. Based on the analysis of the experimental results and field application on sealing boreholes using SES material, it was possible to establish the optimum amount of expansion agent that should be added to the SES material. The optimized proportions can meet the requirements of good flowability, high compressive capacity, and anti-deformation ability for borehole sealing in a mine.     

华北中强地震前Morishita播散指数空间演化特征及其应用

研究了华北中强地震前3年Morishita播散指数的空间演化，发现Iδ异常几乎都是首先在远离震中的地方出现，并逐步向未来震中集中，这种规律可为地震的地点预报提供重要信息。     

增强地热系统热储层-盐水-CO2相互作用

增强型地热系统(EGS)是采用人工形成地热储层的方法,从低渗透性岩体中经济地采出深层热能的人工地热系统。以CO₂为载热流体的增强地热能系统(CO₂-EGS)是实现CO₂减排和深部地热资源开发的有效手段,系统运行时的水-岩-气相互作用对热储层孔渗特征有着重要影响,最终会影响储层的产热能力。笔者利用高温高压反应釜模拟CO₂-EGS高温下的热储层-盐水-CO₂的相互作用,通过对实验中反应液离子成分变化和岩样扫描电镜进行分析,结果表明:实验后的钾长石和方解石出现溶解现象,且方解石溶蚀剧烈;岩样表面出现极少量次生方解石和钠长石,并有新矿物析出,其主要组成元素为C、O、Si、Fe,为菱铁矿的中间产物。通过TOUGHREACT建立反应性溶质运移模型,模拟上述实验的化学反应过程,模拟结果和实验数据拟合较好。该研究可为CO₂-EGS的水-岩-气作用机制提供地球化学数据。     

基于大气环流的稻纵卷叶螟气象预测模型

基于1980-2016年全国稻纵卷叶螟逐年发生面积、产量损失资料、逐月74项大气环流特征量以及南方15省(区、市)地面气象资料,采用因子膨化处理技术、Pearson遥相关分析法和逐步回归分析法,筛选对中国稻纵卷叶螟发生面积率有显著影响的大气环流因子,构建中国稻纵卷叶螟发生面积率的多时相动态大气环流预测模型,探讨大气环流对中国稻纵卷叶螟发生的可能影响机制。结果表明:46项大气环流因子与稻纵卷叶螟发生关系密切,副热带高压类、极涡类环流因子是中国稻纵卷叶螟发生面积率的主导影响因子。建立的中国稻纵卷叶螟发生面积率年前、年后3-10月的月动态预测模型历史拟合较好,对2015年、2016年1月初及3-10月各月初外延预报两年平均准确率分别达86.6%,90.5%,91.8%,93.4%,93.4%,94.0%,94.0%,94.3%,95.4%。关键环流特征因子、当年气候年型和稻区5-9月气象条件对中国稻纵卷叶螟的发生程度具有较好的指示效应,稻纵卷叶螟发生面积率较大的年份主要出现在干暖年和湿暖年;干冷年型常导致稻纵卷叶螟发生面积率偏小。     

Modal superposition method for seismic design of non-linear multistorey structures

An approximate procedure is introduced to analyse non-linear multistorey structures within the framework of the conventional response spectrum method. Its derivation is based on the use of non-linear response spectra and an approximate decomposition of the equation of motion for multi-degree-of-freedom non-linear systems. The decomposition is attained by considering the non-linear terms in this equation of motion as additional external forces and, thus, by interpreting it as the equation of motion of linear systems with the initial properties of the non-linear ones when subjected to a modified set of inertia forces. For simplicity, the procedure is herein limited to elastoplastic systems of the shear-beam type. Its accuracy is evaluated by comparing the approximate and step-by-step integration solutions of systems with three and ten degrees of freedom when subjected to three different earthquake ground motions.     

电厂管线信息管理系统构建

本文以上海外高桥电厂为例，从系统设计的原理和特点出发，构建包括基础地理数据、专业应用数据及监测数据的系统数据体系，建立包括地形图编辑管理模块、管线数据编辑管理模块、可视化三维浏览模块、管线运行监控子系统、事件分析处理模块、GPS-RTK定位子系统等功能模块的电厂管线信息管理系统。     

Sources of Mw 5+ earthquakes in northeastern Italy and western Slovenia: An updated view based on geological and seismological evidence

We present an overview of the seismogenic sources of northeastern Italy and western Slovenia, included in the last version of the Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (DISS 3.0.2) and a new definition of the geometry of the Montello Source that will be included in the next release of the database. The seismogenic sources included in DISS are active faults capable of generating M_w > 5.5 earthquakes. We describe the method and the data used for their identification and characterization, discuss some implications for the seismic hazard and underline controversial points and open issues.In the Veneto–Friuli area (NE Italy), destructive earthquakes up to M_w 6.6 are generated by thrust faulting along N-dipping structures of the Eastern Southalpine Chain. Thrusting along the mountain front responds to about 2 mm/a of regional convergence, and it is associated with growing anticlines, tilted and uplifted Quaternary palaeolandsurfaces and forced drainage anomalies. In western Slovenia, dextral strike–slip faulting along the NW–SE trending structures of the Idrija Fault System dominates the seismic release. Activity and style of faulting are defined by recent earthquakes (e.g. the M_s 5.7, 1998 Bovec–Krn Mt. and the M_w 5.2, 2004 Kobarid earthquakes), while the related recent morphotectonic imprint is still a debated matter.We reinterpreted a large set of tectonic data and developed a segmentation model for the outermost Eastern Southalpine Chain thrust front. We also proposed the association of the four major shocks of the 1976 Friuli earthquake sequence with individual segments of three major thrust fronts. Although several sub-parallel active strike–slip strands exist in western Slovenia, we were able to positively identify only two segments of the Idrija Fault System. A comparison of the regional GPS velocity with long-term geological slip-rates of the seismogenic sources included in DISS shows that from a quarter to half of the deformation is absorbed along the external alignment of thrust faults in Veneto and western Friuli. The partitioning of the deformation in western Slovenia among the different strike–slip strands could not be quantified.