Bubble growth in highly viscous melts: theory, experiments, and autoexplosivity of dome lavas

We examine the physics of growth of water bubbles in highly viscous melts. During the initial stages, diffusive mass transfer of water into the bubble keeps the internal pressure in the bubbles close to the initial pressure at nucleation. Growth is controlled by melt viscosity and supersaturation pressure and radial growth under constant pressure is approximately exponential. At later stages, internal pressure falls, radial growth decelerates and follows the square-root of time. At this stage it is controlled by diffusion. The time of transition between the two stages is controlled by the decompression, melt viscosity and the Peclet number of the system. The model closely fit experimental data of bubble growth in viscous melts with low water content. Close fit is also obtained for new experiments at high supersaturation, high Peclet numbers, and high, variable viscosity. Near surface, degassed, silicic melts are viscous enough, so that viscosity-controlled growth may last for very long times. Using the model, we demonstrate that bubbles which nucleate shortly before fragmentation cannot grow fast enough to be important during fragmentation. We suggest that tiny bubbles observed in melt pockets between large bubbles in pumice represent a second nucleation event shortly before or after fragmentation. The presence of such bubbles is an indicator of the conditions at fragmentation. The water content of lavas extruded at lava domes is a key factor in their evolution. Melts of low water content (<0.2 wt%) are too viscid and bubbles nucleated in them will not grow to an appreciable size. Bubbles may grow in melts with 0.4 wt% water. The internal pressure in such bubbles may be preserved for days and the energy stored in the bubbles may be important during the disintegration of dome rocks and the formation of pyroclastic flows.     

盾构法开挖地铁联络通道对地表沉降的影响研究

世界首条盾构法联络通道一宁波地铁联络通道已经将盾构法挖掘地铁联络通道变为现实,但对于盾构法联络通道挖掘对地表沉降的影响还缺乏足够的认识和积累。以宁波地铁3号线某区间的地铁联络通道开挖为例,对盾构法联络通道施工过程进行了试验测试及CAE(Computer Aided Engineering)仿真,并成功地完成了施工过程中各个工况地表沉降仿真与测试的标定分析,得到了沉降幅值在各工况下的变化规律,指出盾构地铁联络通道施工过程中需要关注的危险工况,据此形成了一套真实、可靠、先进的仿真流程,可为联络通道后续沉降监控及其它联络通道施工过程的沉降预测提供支持。     

盾构辅助常压开仓技术在南宁地铁隧道中的应用

盾构开仓是盾构隧道施工中难以避免的一道工序,结合南宁地铁四号线总部基地站-飞龙路站区间隧道的盾构开仓实践经验,介绍了素桩加降水这一辅助常压开仓技术在南宁地铁隧道中成功应用的实例。在介绍工程应用背景的基础上,详细叙述了辅助开仓方法中素桩及降水施工的技术要点,可为南宁地区盾构开仓方案选择提供指导,也可为类似条件下盾构开仓方案的选择提供借鉴。     

泥水平衡盾构用海水泥浆的改性试验研究

由于海水中富集大量可溶性盐类及各种金属离子成分,利用海水配置的海水泥浆具有相对密度大、胶体率低、稳定性差、失水量高等特点,不能满足泥水平衡盾构施工要求。为实现对海水泥浆改性以达到利用海水泥浆维持开挖面稳定,降低穿江越海盾构施工成本,选用CMC（羧甲基纤维素钠）、纤维素PAC（聚阴离子纤维素）、聚丙烯酸铵等8种添加剂进行海水泥浆性质变化试验,优选出对海水泥浆改性明显的添加剂,并分析优选添加剂掺入量和时间对海水泥浆性质的影响规律。同时,基于优选的添加剂CMC,利用泥膜形成试验平台进行改性海水泥浆地层渗透试验。研究表明：不同添加剂对海水泥浆性质变化差异较大,增黏剂PAC、CMC对海水泥浆的改性效果稍好,24 h离析出现浑浊层、混合层、絮凝沉淀层。海水泥浆对地层渗透的滤水量大于改性海水泥浆,泥皮也稍厚,但呈稀疏状态。可以推测,添加剂中和部分海水成分,呈絮凝沉淀,多余添加剂表现出对淡水泥浆的增稠作用。     

Hydraulic redistribution and hydrological controls on aspen transpiration and establishment in peatlands following wildfire

In the sub‐humid Western Boreal Plains of Alberta, where evapotranspiration often exceeds precipitation, trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) uplands often depend on adjacent peatlands for water supply through hydraulic redistribution. Wildfire is common in the Boreal Plains, so the resilience of the transfer of water from peatlands to uplands through roots immediately following wildfire may have implications for aspen succession. The objective of this research was to characterize post‐fire peatland‐upland hydraulic connectivity and assess controls on aspen transpiration (as a measure of stress and productivity) among landscape topographic positions. In May 2011, a wildfire affected 90,000 ha of north central Alberta, including the Utikuma Region Study Area (URSA). Portions of an URSA glacio‐fluval outwash lake catchment were burned, which included forests and a small peatland. Within 1 year after the fire, aspen were found to be growing in both the interior and margins of this peatland. Across recovering land units, transpiration varied along a topographic gradient of upland midslope (0.42 mm hr^?1) > upland hilltop (0.29 mm hr^?1) > margin (0.23 mm hr^?1) > peatland (0.10 mm hr^?1); similar trends were observed with leaf area and stem heights. Although volumetric water content was below field capacity, P. tremuloides were sustained through roots present, likely before fire, in peatland margins through hydraulic redistribution. Evidence for this was observed through the analysis of oxygen (δ¹⁸O) and hydrogen (δ²H) isotopes where upland xylem and peat core signatures were ?10.0‰ and ?117.8‰ and ?9.2‰ and ?114.0‰, respectively. This research highlights the potential importance of hydraulic redistribution to forest sustainability and recovery, in which the continued delivery of water may result in the encroachment of aspen into peatlands. As such, we suggest that through altering ecosystem services, peatland margins following fire may be at risk to aspen colonization during succession.     

运营期水下盾构隧道管片接缝张开度变化规律

水下盾构隧道管片间接缝张开度对隧道防水及运营期结构安全有重要影响。以南京扬子江隧道结构健康监测系统中两个典型监测断面的接缝监测数据为基础,通过多元线性回归分析方法分析在两种不同地层组合下接缝张开度随水位、温度变化的规律;并对接缝张开度随水位变化的规律进行了有限元数值模拟,数值模拟结果与回归分析结果吻合较好。上述分析结果表明,纵缝张开度和横缝张开度随水位、温度的变化均呈现较好的线性关系,具体变化趋势如下：当盾构隧道穿越上砂下岩的上透下不透地层时,环内上半部分管片纵缝张开度随水位的增大而增大,受温度影响则相对较小;当盾构隧道穿越砂性全透水地层时,环内管片纵缝张开度随水位的增大而减小,受温度影响也相对较小;环间横缝张开度在上述两种地层下随水位、温度的变化趋势相同,均随水位增大而增大,随温度的升高而减小。     

Numerical simulation of longitudinal settlement of shield tunnel in the coastal city Shanghai

Until now more than 14 subway lines are in operation and some new lines are being built in the coastal city Shanghai. The longitudinal settlement of shield tunnel has significant effect on the safety of the subway operation. In this paper, the deformation of the shield tunnel and the surrounding soil were analyzed by the establishment of a three-dimensional model. The vertical displacements of four paths (Path 1 is on the ground; Path 2 is at the top of the tunnel; Path 3 is in the middle of the tunnel; Path 4 is at the bottom of the tunnel) are affected by the nature of the soil. The horizontal displacement is smaller than the vertical displacement and horizontal displacement of the clay is larger than that of the sand. The distribution of the pore pressure changes with soil properties around the tunnel. The pore pressure of the sand layer is larger than that of the clay layer at the same depth of underlying soil.     

考虑渗流条件下开挖面失稳离心试验研究

当土压平衡盾构穿越高水位地层（如穿越江河）时,地下水与土舱之间的高水压差会产生过大的渗透力,导致开挖面失稳。为了研究渗流条件下开挖面失稳问题,开发了一套隧道离心模型试验装置,主要包括刚性模型箱、模型盾构、开挖面伺服加载系统、水位控制系统、储水箱。针对饱和砂质粉土地层,开展了一系列不同水位高度的稳态渗流开挖面失稳模型试验。结果显示,开挖面失稳过程中随着开挖面位移的增加,有效支护压力迅速下降;在达到最小值 之后缓慢回升并趋于稳定;极限有效支护压力 与水头压力 呈线性关系。     

近邻桩基施工对城市地铁隧道的影响分析

近邻桩基施工会对盾构隧道产生较大的不利影响,试桩过程中对试桩周围土体深层水平位移、隧道结构竖向位移和沉降进行了现场监测。监测结果表明,隧道结构竖向位移和水平位移缓慢增加,对桩体周边土体产生扰动;管片位移最大值发生在与试桩相对应的剖面上;随着试桩距离的增加,管片沉降和最大水平位移减小。管片以发生水平位移为主,沉降约为水平位移的0.5倍。在隧道埋深范围内,深层土体水平位移向隧道方向移动;隧道埋深范围以下,土层的水平位移向远离隧道方向移动。试桩实践表明,采用全套管钢套管护壁旋挖取土工艺,并在施工过程中对盾构隧道和周围土体进行动态信息化监测的施工方法能较好地预警、控制施工风险,得到的结论可以为相似工程的施工提供指导和参考。