A simplified calculation method for axial cyclic degradation of offshore wind turbine foundations in clay

Abstract

Pile foundation is the most popular option for the foundation of offshore wind turbines. The degradation of stiffness and bearing capacity of pile foundation induced by cyclic loading will be harmful for structure safety. In this article, a modified undrained elastic–plastic model considering the cyclic degradation of clay soil is proposed, and a simplified calculation method (SCM) based on shear displacement method is presented to calculate the axial degradated capacity of a single pile foundation for offshore wind turbines resisting cyclic loadings. The conception of plastic zone thickness R_p is introduced to obtain the function between accumulated plastic strain and displacement of soil around pile side. The axial ultimate capacity of single piles under axial cyclic loading calculated by this simplified analysis have a good consistency with the results from the finite element analysis, which verifies the accuracy and reliability of this method. As an instance, the behavior of pile foundation of an offshore wind farm under cyclic load is studied using the proposed numerical method and SCM. This simplified method may provide valuable reference for engineering design.     

大亚湾大鹏澳油污染状况和自净能力的研究 --污染有机物可降解性研究

将已知浓度的污染物石油烃加入到取自大亚湾大鹏澳天然海水中，进行污染物自净能力实验室模拟试验，探讨了各种条件下微生物对有机物降解的影响，用有机物浓度、ATP、DO、BOD5、COD描述了有机物的降解过程。根据实验结果，得出BOD5和ATP可用来指示降解过程中微生物量的变化；此外，在一定条件下，石油烃的生物降解一级反应方程可描述为OIL=17.442e^-0.1949d。     

莱州湾南岸滨海湿地的退化及其生态恢复和重建对策

受气候变化，河流断流，海洋灾害，污染，围垦，海水入侵，盐业、养殖业的发展，过度捕捞，过度开发利用水资源，不合理的工程建设等因素的影响，近30多年来莱州湾南岸滨海湿地呈现明显的退化趋势。如自然湿地面积减小、植被退化、人工湿地面积扩大、湿地生物多样性受损、渔业资源衰退等。作者针对导致湿地退化的原因提出了减轻海洋灾害、合理发展盐业和渔业生产、严格控制污染物入海、恢复湿地水文条件以满足湿地生态需水、建设人工芦苇湿地等退化湿地的生态恢复和重建对策。     

The mineralization of chitin in the sediments of the Ythan estuary, aberdeenshire, Scotland

Reliable methods have been developed for the quantitative estimation of chitin, chitosan and chitin deacetylase in sediment samples, as well as two methods for the estimation of chitinase in these samples. The differing substrates used in the latter two methods have produced distinct ‘depth profiles’ for chitinase activity which suggest the presence of more than one chitinolytic system in the sediments of the Ythan estuary. Studies on the mineralization of chitin in these sediments have revealed a complex system with a number of unexpected features. The rate of chitin degradation was reduced in late summer, possibly due to the heavy seaweed growth which covers the mud flats at this time, although the potential degradative activities of the enzymes chitinase and chitin deacetylase were higher in summer than in winter. The proportional rates of degradation of chitin, chitosan and cellulose were similar in both the absence and presence of seaweed overgrowth, although the apparent rates of degradation of these substrates were higher in the absence of seaweeds. Core samples have indicated that the major input of chitin to the sediment ecosystem occurs via deposition at the surface, while the input of chitosan (the deacetylated polymer) occurs via its production within the sediment, primarily within the upper 5 cm of sediment. The concentrations of both these polymers decreased sharply below an ‘interface’ between aerobic and anoxic sediments.     

酸碱粗提配合超声破碎法制取可溶性长牡蛎(Crassostrea gigas)黑色素的研究

虽然牡蛎黑色素已经提取鉴定成功,但因为大部分实验需要用到黑色素的水溶液,而天然黑色素不溶于水,致使天然长牡蛎(Crassostrea gigas)黑色素的功效验证工作难以开展。本课题组探究总结出一套有效方法,对可溶性长牡蛎黑色素进行制取。首先选用酸碱法,从黑色长牡蛎中提取出天然长牡蛎黑色素,将其溶于氢氧化钠溶液中,利用超声细胞破碎仪进行处理,用盐酸中和至中性,离心取上清并干燥后得到一种黑色可溶性固体;再将该黑色固体分别用激光粒度测试仪、红外光谱仪和紫外光谱扫描仪进行检验后,发现天然长牡蛎黑色素经过超声降解处理后,颗粒粒度大幅下降,其溶解性大幅提高。红外光谱则显示出1630nm左右有明显的峰值,说明超声降解处理并未破坏真黑色素吲哚环等官能团;紫外吸光图谱的比较则显示天然长牡蛎黑色素破碎后,吸收峰仍然出现在210nm左右,但吸收值明显升高,说明超声降解法可以将难溶于水的天然长牡蛎黑色素降解为可溶于水的小颗粒可溶性黑色素,从而提高了紫外吸收值。可溶性牡蛎黑色素的制备成功对推动牡蛎黑色素的功能研究具有重要意义。     

Mangrove (Avicennia marina subsp. australasica) litter production and decomposition in a temperate estuary

Mangrove forests can provide important cross-boundary subsidies of organic matter to adjacent habitats through the production, export, decomposition and assimilation of litter. We quantified two of these components in a temperate mangrove forest in Whangamata Harbour, New Zealand: 1) litter production; and 2) decomposition rates as a function of tidal elevation, sediment type and burial depth. Litter traps sampled monthly for a year measured an annual detrital input of 3.24–5.38 t DW ha^?1, of which 77% occurred in summer. Decomposition rates depended on litter type, with leaves decomposing faster (63 d to decay by 50%) than pneumatophore and wood material (316 and 460 d, respectively). Buried leaf and wood litter decomposed 1.3–1.4 times slower than litter on the sediment surface; however, tidal elevation and sediment type (mud vs. sand) had no effect. The slow decay of litter (an order of magnitude slower than tropical mangrove litter) suggests that its incorporation into temperate marine food webs may be relatively slow.     

蜈蚣藻多糖的降解及其体外抗氧化活性研究

本文通过研究和优化降解条件,建立了一套降解快速、反应条件温和的蜈蚣藻多糖降解方法,并进一步制备得到不同分子量多糖,对其理化性质及体外抗氧化活性进行了研究。首先通过比较微波辅助降解法和传统加热降解法,验证了微波辅助降解法的高效性,并进一步对微波功率,不同配比的H₂O₂和HCl,及降解温度进行研究,研究结果表明微波功率600W,1%H₂O₂(V/V),pH2,降解温度70℃的降解条件为最优降解条件。并通过控制不同反应时间降解得到了4种低分子量蜈蚣藻多糖,分别为LGFP-1:40.8 kDa、LGFP-2:22.6 kDa、LGFP-3:5.1 kDa、LGFP-4:3.0 kDa。其理化性质分析表明,降解反应在一定程度上降低了蜈蚣藻多糖的总糖、硫酸根含量,而对蛋白含量和单糖组成无显著影响,红外光谱显示降解反应未破坏多糖的主要糖结构,并通过扫描电镜观察降解前后多糖具有明显差异,多糖结构越发松散,由原本的平面片状结构逐渐变成线状结构,并出现球状结节。不同分子量蜈蚣藻多糖显示出不同的抗氧化活性,其中低分子量蜈...     

沉湖湿地近50年退化过程识别

沉湖湿地作为长江中下游平原典型湖泊湿地,1960s以来退化严重.收集1964、1975、1987、1997、1998、2007、2016、2018年8期航拍照片或遥感影像,运用遥感技术、动态度模型和转移矩阵模型分析,揭示武汉市沉湖湿地近50年退化过程及机理.结果表明,1964~2018年沉湖湿地由北向南退缩为鱼塘及耕地,总湿地面积缩小77%;湿地退化过程可分为3个阶段,1964~1975年围湖活动主导湿地湖泊向耕地退化,耕地面积以141%的年变幅扩张,1975~1997年湖泊改造工程迫使湖泊向沼泽退化,1997~2018年由湖泊退化而来的沼泽被进一步开垦为耕地或鱼塘;人口数量的增加及土地利用政策改变导致湿地生态服务功能退化,包括洪水调蓄、自净化功能衰退及生物多样性锐减,其退化模式可为长江中下游平原乃至全国湖泊湿地的退化提供类比参考.      

我们需要保护自然资源吗？

正常而言，在印度尼西亚的苏门答腊和加里曼丹岛，即使在非厄尔尼诺年，每年6月或7月的旱季会出现烟雾问题。研究发现，近年来烟雾问题并不仅仅出现在旱季，雨季也有发生。进一步的观测和野外调研表明，这些烟雾来源于用火烧的方式进行油棕榈及其它林木种植前的土地整理，然而这种方式早已被完全禁止。结果，这两个省的绝大多数的水灾灾区位于这些植被被焚毁的地区。     

A model for coupled mechanical and hydraulic behaviour of a rock joint

Constitutive laws for rock joints should be able to reproduce the fundamental mechanical behaviour of real joints, such as dilation under shear and strain softening due to surface asperity degradation. In this work, we extend the model of Plesha to include hydraulic behaviour. During shearing, the joint can experience dilation, leading to an initial increase in its permeability. Experiments have shown that the rate of increase of the permeability slows down as shearing proceeds, and, at later stages, the permeability could decrease again. The above behaviour is attributed to gouge production. The stress–strain relationship of the joint is formulated by appeal to classical theories of interface plasticity. It is shown that the parameters of the model can be estimated from the Barton–Bandis empirical coefficients; the Joint Roughness Coefficient (JRC) and the Joint Compresive strength (JSC). We further assume that gouge production is also related to the plastic work of the shear stresses, which enables the derivation of a relationship between the permeability of the joint and its mechanical aperture. The model is implemented in a finite element code (FRACON) developed by the authors for the simulation of the coupled thermal–hydraulic–mechanical behaviour of jointed rock masses. Typical laboratory experiments are simulated with the FRACON code in order to illustrate the trends predicted in the proposed model. © 1998 by John Wiley & Sons. Ltd.