Field compaction control studies on road bases in a new settlement area in Ghana

Summary Among the major causes for failure of roads in the tropics is inadequate compaction during construction. There is, therefore, the need to strictly control the compaction of the pavement layers if the design life of the road is to be attained; thereby eliminating large maintenance costs.This note reports on pavement compaction control studies undertaken on the road bases of service roads in a new settlement area in Ghana. These roads were to be provided with bituminous surfacing immediately after compaction. Studies concerning particle breakdown during field compaction by two contractors executing the works under the same conditions have been made, together with an assessment of contractor efficiency.It was found that the placement moisture contents varied greatly from the optimum. One contractor was compacting the gravels on the dry side of optimum, consequently achieving relatively high densities. The other contractor was compacting on the wet side and achieving lower density levels. This was still the case even after initial test sections were found to have been undercompacted.Compaction levels achieved in the crowns were generally found to be higher than those at the shoulders of the road test sections. The breakdown of coarse particles due to compaction was quite significant. There is therefore the need for highway material engineers to ensure that in addition to meeting the grading requirements, road base materials must adequately meet the requirements on weathering and mechanical strength properties.     

突变理论在工程地质中的应用

本文说明了突变理论应用于工程地质中的一般方法。着重通过实例介绍尖点突变理论在工程地质中的应用现状,其中包括用突变理论评价层状结构斜坡、地下洞室的顶板冒落及活断层的稳定性,以及斜坡失稳的时间预报等问题。同时对其应用前景作了展望。     

瑞典硫化物矿山尾矿淋滤水的控制

在瑞典,硫化物矿尾矿污染水的淋滤造成巨大的环境污染问题。本文概述一项利用天然土覆盖尾矿、最大限度地减少淋滤水的调查报告。研究表明,天然土渗水性是如此之高,以致于起不到明显的隔水效果。天然土盖层只能减少高降雨量期或迅速化雪期的渗水量,而且只对淋滤水峰值有作用。但是,作为一种蓄水体,位于尾矿顶部的密封盖层具有重要意义,它可以增加蒸腾损失。     

天山地震带多震层分布及大震前地震活动特征

天山地震集中发生于多震层(Seismogenic Layer)中,中强震及巨大地震则均发生在地壳上部的多震层中。多震层的分布与地壳厚度、低速层、地质构造及其它地球物理因素有关,且天山东、中、西各段多震层的分布特征各异。通过对研究区中强地震主体活动分区、划分地震幕及分析其它地震活动性参数认为:近百年来中亚地区地震活动的演化经历了几次起伏式的大衰减。目前天山地震带东段为地震活跃带。本文用勃朗(Brown)线性指数平滑预测方法预测该段未来7.0级大震可能发生的时间为1994年左右。     

采用小径密抗桩一条龙抢治滑坡的方法及效果

以往整治滑坡,较多地使用大口径挖孔桩或钻孔灌注抗滑桩,周期长、成本高。川地208队在治理重庆制药五厂已处于危急态势的滑坡中,采用“天平式”控制、勘治结合、快速抢险,用三排小径密抗桩(300mm口径)整治,取得明显成效。实践表明:浅层滑坡采用较小口径的密抗桩,并辅以排水,能达到事半功倍的效果。     

重庆大学危岩锚固工程简介

重庆大学18层高层建筑物拟建在嘉陵江高陡斜坡脚下,斜坡上部陡崖为侏罗系上沙溪庙组巨厚层砂岩,岩石原生及岸剪裂隙发育,危岩直接威胁着建筑物。川地208队采用锚杆加固及涂抹砂浆水泥护坡综合防治工程,效果明显。     

Active deformation in the Vrancea region,Rumania

Recent and historical seismicity as well as reliable fault plane solutions are used to study the active deformation caused by the occurrence of intermediate depth (60–170 km) earthquakes of the Vrancea region, Rumania. In this area, located in the southeastern part of the Carpathian arc, the westward subduction of the Carpathian trench has terminated, leaving continental lithosphere, at present, at the arc. The principalT axis of the intermediate depth events trends N159°E and has a plunge of 74°, which is the same as the dip of the subducted plate. TheP axis has a trend of 314° and a shallow plunge of 15°. The analysis of the moment tensor of six focal mechanisms showed that the dominant mode of deformation of the subducted lithosphere is a down-dip extension at a rate of about 2 cm/yr, based on seismicity data.     

A new area for earthquake resistant engineering: the control of seismic responses of structures

This paper summarizes the origin and idea of the control of civil engineering structures and reviews the state-of-the art of recent advances in structural control both theoretically and technologically. The prospects for structural control and key research objects to remain to be solved are put forward at last. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,15, 375–380, 1993.     

华北地块北缘AuAgCuPbZn成矿规律

根据研究区成矿地质背景,分析了地层、构造、岩浆岩等因素对华北地块北缘Au、Ag、Cu、Pb、Zn成矿的控制作用,总结了矿床的时、空分布,共生组合特点,提出了成矿规律.     

Lessons learnt from checking the quality of openly accessible river flow data worldwide

ABSTRACT

Advances in open data science serve large-scale model developments and, subsequently, hydroclimate services. Local river flow observations are key in hydrology but data sharing remains limited due to unclear quality, or to political, economic or infrastructure reasons. This paper provides methods for quality checking openly accessible river-flow time series. Availability, outliers, homogeneity and trends were assessed in 21 586 time series from 13 data providers worldwide. We found a decrease in data availability since the 1980s, scarce open information in southern Asia, the Middle East and North and Central Africa, and significant river-flow trends in Africa, Australia, southwest Europe and Southeast Asia. We distinguish numerical outliers from high-flow peaks, and integrate all investigated quality characteristics in a composite indicator. We stress the need to maintain existing gauging networks, and highlight opportunities in extending existing global databases, understanding drivers for trends and inhomogeneity, and in innovative acquisition methods in data-scarce regions.