Seismic response for an isosceles triangle hill subjected to anti-plane shear waves

Acta Geotechnica - This paper presents an exact, analytical solution to the boundary value problem of the anti-plane (SH) waves scattering by an isosceles triangle hill on an elastic half-space by...     

Coupled thermal–hydraulic modeling of artificial ground freezing with uncertainties in pipe inclination and thermal conductivity

Acta Geotechnica - Artificial ground freezing (AGF) has been widely used as a temporary soil stabilization and waterproofing technique in geotechnical practices (e.g., tunnel construction). Many...     

Predicting tunnel squeezing using support vector machine optimized by whale optimization algorithm

Acta Geotechnica - The squeezing behavior of surrounding rock can be described as the time-dependent large deformation during tunnel excavation, which appears in special geological conditions, such...     

Characterizing uncertainty in geotechnical design of energy piles based on Bayesian theorem

It is known that a lot of uncertainties are involved in geotechnical design of energy piles. In this paper, a Bayesian updating framework is presented to characterize those uncertainties. The load-transfer model is developed to predict the thermomechanical response of energy piles. Considering the cross-case variability of the uncertainty in the axial strains of pile, the global model bias is firstly calibrated by establishing a comprehensive database consisting of 12 energy pile cases. Furthermore, the uncertainty in input parameters is considered in the Bayesian updating of model bias in a specific case. The variability of the uncertain parameters is effectively reduced after updating. The coefficient of variation of prediction is decreased from 0.34 to 0.13. The present framework can well quantify uncertain factors and improve the accuracy and reliability of the prediction model.

     

A unified constitutive model for cemented/non-cemented soils under monotonic and cyclic loading

Acta Geotechnica - In this paper, an elastoplastic constitutive model is proposed to uniformly describe the mechanical behavior of cemented/ non-cemented soil under different loading conditions. A...     

Effects of reinforcement ratio on seismic performance of hypothetical stations determined by full-scale central column tests

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering - The reinforcement ratio of central column member has remarkable effect on the seismic behaviour of double-box stations. To investigate the effects of...     

Projection of droughts and their socioeconomic exposures based on terrestrial water storage anomaly over China

Science China Earth Sciences - Global warming has altered the thermodynamic and dynamic environments of the climate system, thus affecting the energy budget and water cycle process of the...     

陈化污泥理化特性对泥饼渗透性的影响研究

开展陈化污泥渗透特性研究对于填埋库污泥脱水减量作业具有重要指导意义。选取了8种不同陈化条件下的污泥,开展了压缩排水试验,测定了陈化污泥上清液中可溶性有机物含量和类型,以及陈化污泥聚合体粒径分布与滤液的Zeta电位,并通过皮尔逊相关性分析研究了陈化污泥各物理化学特性间的相互作用。结果表明,随着上清液中可溶性有机物含量的减少、相对腐质化程度的增高与滤液Zeta电位绝对值的增大,陈化污泥的可渗透性增大。同时,当陈化污泥聚合体趋于稳定和粒径增大时,包裹在聚合体中的有机物不易释放到上清液中,陈化污泥可渗透性增大。另外,由于陈化环境的影响,陈化污泥总有机含量变化与上清液中有机物含量变化缺乏一致性,依据陈化污泥有机质含量判断渗透性会造成错误。最后,建立了陈化污泥比阻的影响模型,对于预处理过程中如何改善陈化污泥渗透性具有参考意义。     

基于数据挖掘的土−水特征曲线演化规律研究

土−水特征曲线是非饱和土持水性能和水气运移规律的重要表征,由于其测试过程繁杂、影响因素众多,很难通过系列试验和数学模型全面表达。为探索土的类型和物理状态对土−水特征曲线的影响,以国内外大量试验数据为基础,以反映其形态的3个特征值（进气值、减湿率、残余含水率）为对象,采用数据分析统计方法揭示不同赋存条件对特征值的作用规律,采用机器学习方法探究影响因素的敏感性。研究结果表明：土体的物质组成（颗粒级配、粒径尺度、塑性指数）及赋存状态（密实程度、饱和含水率、干湿循环作用、环境温度）是影响其持水性能的常见分析指标,各影响因素对3个特征值的影响特征既有巨大差异也有相互联系,敏感性成果表明代表黏粒含量的塑性指数和反映密实程度的干密度是影响土体持水性能的最主导因素,给出的特征值分布范围考虑了两个主导因素的影响,具有较强的代表性和借鉴意义。     

High effectiveness of GRACE data in daily-scale flood modeling: case study in the Xijiang River Basin,China

Natural Hazards - The U.S. 2020 hurricane season was extraordinary because of a record number of named storms coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic. This study draws lessons on how individual...