P–Y Curves for Piles Under Seismic Lateral Loads

This paper describes an experimentally based procedure for building dynamic P–Y curves for clays from the Campeche sound in the Gulf of Mexico and for Mexico City clays. Cyclic triaxial and resonant column tests were used to derive hyperbolic stiffness–strain and damping–strain functions that depend on soil plasticity and on relative consistency. The dynamic P–Y curves incorporate these functions and also include hysteretical and geometrical damping characteristics of the pile–soil system; they can be used directly in dynamic interaction analyses of structure–pile–soil systems in the time or the frequency domains. Usual practice relies on pseudo static formulations and a simplified alternative to include P–Y curves in this kind of analysis is also proposed, which is essentially the same as the dynamic ones but does not include radiation or hysteretical damping.     

Life in sandy deserts: the scorpion model

The biology, ecology, biogeography, phylogeny, and evolution of sand-dwelling scorpions are reviewed. We present general features of sand that form the ecological theatre on which psammophiles have evolved. Sand scorpions, compared to those that live off sand, are not very diverse in any one local habitat, although they are often relatively abundant. Worldwide, they are represented by 29 genera, 11 of which exist exclusively in sand. Endemic genera belong to non-related families, suggesting that psammophilic adaptations evolvedin situin different sand deserts of the world.     

Post-Palaeozoic evolution of weathered landsurfaces in Uganda by tectonically controlled deep weathering and stripping

A model for the evolution of weathered landsurfaces in Uganda is developed using available geotectonic, climatic, sedimentological and chronological data. The model demonstrates the pivotal role of tectonic uplift in inducing cycles of stripping, and tectonic quiescence for cycles of deep weathering. It is able to account for the development of key landforms, such as inselbergs and duricrust-capped plateaux, which previous hypotheses of landscape evolution that are based on climatic or eustatic controls are unable to explain. Development of the Ugandan landscape is traced back to the Permian. Following late Palaeozoic glaciation, a trend towards warmer and more humid climates through the Mesozoic enabled deep weathering of the Jurassic/mid-Cretaceous surface in Uganda during a period of prolonged tectonic quiescence. Uplift associated with the opening South Atlantic Ocean terminated this cycle and instigated a cycle of stripping between the mid-Cretaceous and early Miocene. Deep weathering on the succeeding Miocene to recent (African) surface has occurred from Miocene to present but has been interrupted in the areas adjacent to the western rift where development of a new drainage base level has prompted cycles of stripping in the Miocene and Pleistocene.     

陕西神府矿区束鸡沟流域风蚀水蚀交互作用特征研究

以神府矿区束鸡沟为典型小流域,讨论了风蚀水蚀交互作用的时空分布及其特征。风蚀水蚀交互作用在沙质坡面,坡面切沟和沙质沟道区表现最为突出,并形成了风蚀水蚀交互作用特有的侵蚀形态。     

中国旅游业发展灰色关联动态分析

随着国民经济的快速发展、人口数最的不断增长和消费水平的逐步提高，人们对旅游的体验需求越来越大。如何实现中国旅游业的持续发展，是摆在全国人民面前一个严峻的问题。通过对近24年中国旅游国内总收入变化趋势的分析，运用灰色系统理论对影响中国旅游业发展诸因素进行关联分析，量化了旅游业产值与诸因子的关联程度，为中国旅游业制定发展规划、促进旅游业的可持续发展提供了参考依据。     

地震前兆场的演化和能量非线性聚集的关系

运用非均匀介质中“非线性振动的局域能量聚集”过程,模拟唐山７．８级和大同６．１级地震的前兆场演化,发现地震孕育过程中出现的诸多前兆特征与地壳内构造能量的非线性聚集有关。     

云南楚雄前陆盆地晚三叠世沉积建造及盆地演化

根据沉积建造的类型、系列和体态认为楚雄盆地在晚三叠世经历了３个明显的发育阶段：第一阶段为早期聚敛碰撞阶段,发育了黑色页岩建造和碳酸盐复理石建造;第二阶段为构造相对静止期,发育了火山复理石建造和陆源复理石建造;第三阶段为盆地充填阶段,发育了海相磨拉石建造和陆相磨拉石建造。３个阶段中的沉积建造属于次稳定型和非稳定型两大类。     

冲击荷载作用下饱和软粘土孔压增长与消散规律

通过大量室内试验,研究饱和软粘土在冲击荷载作用下的变形和孔压增长规律,讨论孔压增长的内在机理和不同围压、不同冲击能作用下孔压量的变化。讨论土体的再团结变形规律,提出再固结体积压缩系数的确定方法。最后分析冲击荷载作用后的强度变化。这些讨论为动静结合法处理软基提供了依据。     

三维结线动力无穷元及其特性研究

研究了文献[2]提出的结线动力无穷元的特性及其参数确定。由于这种单元将衰减函数定义在无穷向结线上,从而不仅可同时考虑多种波动形式,而且对于不同介质,不必通过改变节点坐标分布的形式实现介质间的过渡,而直接以结线上参数的改变来实现,因而可以更好地模拟无穷波动场,使用起来更方便．更容易推广。     

The magma evolution of Tianchi volcano, Changbaishan

The Changbaishan Tianchi volcano is composed of the basaltic rocks at the shield-forming stage, the trachyte and pantellerite at the cone-forming stage and modern eruption. Studies on their REE, incompatible elements and Sr, Nd, Pb isotopes suggest that rocks at different stages have a common magma genesis and close evolution relationship with differentiation crystallization playing the key role. The co-eruption of basaltic trachyandesite magma and pantellerite magma indicates that there exist both crustal magma chamber and mantle magma reservoir beneath the Tianchi volcano. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 49672109).