Thermal expansion of ZnSiO<Subscript>3</Subscript> high-pressure phases

Thermal expansion of ZnSiO₃ high-pressure clinopyroxene and ilmenite phases was measured in the temperature range 100–620 K by the X-ray powder diffraction method. Interpolation and extrapolation of experimental data were performed by the procedure based on the Debye-Mie-Gruneisen theory in the range from 50 to 1,500 K. Temperature dependencies of molar volumes and coefficients of bulk thermal expansion of ZnSiO₃ phases were determined.     

考虑岩土介质随机特性的工程场地地震动相干函数研究

将随机结构正交展开理论和随机振动分析的虚拟激励原理运用于场地波动有限元分析，形成了一种可以考虑岩土介质随机特性对工程场地地震动相干函数影响的分析方法。实例分析表明，非严格均匀分布的随机介质场地对场地表面的迟滞相干函数值有重要影响，这种影响可由场地的随机影响因子来衡量，在进行工程场地地震动随机场研究时应当考虑场地介质随机特性的影响。     

Thermal expansion and phase transitions in åkermanite and gehlenite

Thermal expansion has been measured by laboratory and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction for end-member åkermanite (ak, Ca₂MgSi₂O₇) and gehlenite (ge, Ca₂Al₂SiO₇) in the range 20–1,500 K. In ak in the range 340–390 K, there is a negative linear thermal expansion in [001] direction. This is related to the phase transition from an incommensurate modulated structure (IC) to a normal one (N). The volumetric mean thermal expansion coefficients for ak and ge, obtained with a linear fit of the experimental data in the temperature range 298–1,400 K, are respectively 32.1×10^–6 and 28.3×10^–6 K^–1 . The variation of the c/a ratio with temperature, due to different thermal expansion along the crystallographic axes, can be related to the different behaviour of the tetrahedral layers in the N and IC phases. Analysis of the variation of the superstructure peaks intensity across the phase transition confirms the tricritical behaviour of the IC/N transition in ak.     

Urban land expansion and arable land loss of the major cities in China in the 1990s

China is a country with vast population and scarce arable land per capita. China’s population is more than 1.2 billion, about one-fifth of the world’s total, while the arable land area is only 0.106 hm2 per capita, less than half of the world’s average of 0.23 hm2[1]. Arable land conservation/food security has been acknowl- edged as one of the main factors affecting the sustain- able socio-economic development in China[2], which catches the special attention of many scholars at home and abr…     

An analytical study of the effect of penetration rate on piezocone tests in clay

Finite element cavity expansion analysis investigating the effect of penetration rate on piezocone tests in clay is presented. A coupled analysis was performed, in which the rate of cavity expansion was linked to the penetration rate of the cone and the cone angle, using the assumption that the deformation was wholly radial, and took place only between the cone tip and the cone shoulder. The soil was modelled using modified cam clay with two sets of parameters and varying values of overconsolidation ratio (OCR). The influence of penetration rate on the stress and pore pressure distributions was examined. For slower penetration rates, the excess pore pressure at the cone shoulder is lower since consolidation is permitted coincident with penetration. The radial profiles of post‐penetration voids ratio demonstrate that partially drained penetration is permitted by volume change in the near field, in addition to radial movement in the far field. The radial distribution of excess pore pressure after slow penetration differs from the undrained case, with a relatively low radial gradient existing at the cone face. As a result, the dissipation curves after slow penetration lag behind those following fast penetration. The cone velocity is made dimensionless by normalizing with the coefficient of consolidation and the cone diameter. ‘Backbone’ curves of normalized velocity against normalized tip resistance and excess pore pressure capturing the transition from undrained to drained penetration are derived. The normalized pore pressure backbone curve is unique, whilst the normalized tip resistance shows a small dependency on OCR. These backbone penetration curves are compared with centrifuge model piezocone tests conducted at varying rates, and subsequent dissipation tests. The numerical and experimental results suggest that the value of consolidation coefficient operative during the dissipation phase is 2–4 times higher than the virgin compression value due to changes in the operative soil stiffness, as demonstrated from the stress paths of individual soil elements. The use of multi‐rate penetration tests to deduce values of consolidation coefficient is discussed, in light of these differences. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

大学对城市化集聚及经济区位的影响分析

城市化的过程,也是社会生产力集聚的过程,因此形成的城市集聚效应是导致区域间的经济位势。城市区域的集聚效应和区位位势的变化,符合博奕均衡的精炼纳什模式,分析这一模式的数理特征,有利于充分认识集聚的规律,从而在新经济条件下,大学功能对城市作用的延伸,既体现在发挥其人才,知识,智力,文化甚至经济的集聚作用,又可以遵循集聚规律,发挥大学的集聚效率。     

Land cover changes in the rural-urban interaction of Xi＇an region using Landsat TM/ETM data

Landsat ETM/TM data and an artificial neural network （ANN） were applied to analyse the expansion of the city of Xi＇an and land use/cover change of its surrounding area between 2000 and 2003. Supervised classification and normalized difference barren index （NDBI） were used respectively to retrieve its urban boundary. Results showed that the urban area increased by an annual rate of 12.3%, with area expansion from 253.37 km^2 in 2000 to 358.60 km^2 in 2003. Large areas of farmland in the north and southwest were converted into urban construction land. The land use/cover changes of Xi＇an were mainly caused by fast development of urban economy, population immigration from countryside, great development of infrastructure such as transportation, and huge demands for urban market. In addition, affected by the government policy of “returning farmland to woodland”, some farmland was converted into economic woodland, such as Chinese goosebeerv garden, vineyard etc.     

子午线弧长的解析型幂级数确定

针对子午线弧长反解计算过于繁琐的问题,文中利用复合函数的求导法则 ,变换变量进行幂级数展开,在近似情况下给出了通项公式,并严密推导了幂级数展开式,又设定子午线弧长反解公式的形式,利用Ｈｅｒｍｉｔｅ插值原理得出各参数。用各方法得出的公式全部采用ｅ＾２的幂级数形式给出,可操作性,可重复性、唯一性都比较好,经试算其精度在千分之一秒以上,可提供实际使用。     

用波函数展开法求解界面圆孔的SH波散射问题

研究了ＳＨ波绕界面圆孔散射的波函数展开理论。由入射,反射和透射波组成的自由波场与孔的散射场叠加成总波场。将定义于两个半平面的散射场按一定方式延拓到全平面。通过Ｈａｎｋｅｌ－Ｆｏｕｒｉｅｒ型积分来满足界面与孔缘处的边界条件,得到了确定特定系数的封闭代数方程组。给出了具体算例,计算了孔缘处的动应力系数分布。