Reflections on post-pandemic university teaching,the corresponding digitalisation of education and the lecture attendance crisis

This short commentary discusses effective university teaching in the context of the pandemic, the corresponding digitalisation of tertiary education, and the recent lecture attendance crisis. By critically reflecting on my own experience as a university educator and as a student in a teacher education course, I suggest that the attendance crisis presents an opportunity to explore effective teaching in a rapidly changing context. To improve our teaching and learning, we can reflect on what students and teachers have gone through and seek to understand who our students are.     

FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES OF A NATURAL FAULT GOUGE FROM DRILLED CORES IN THE LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE CUTTING GRANITIC ROCK

In this paper, we report friction experiments performed on natural fault gouge samples embedded in granitic rock from drilled core by a project entitled "the Longmenshan Fault Shallow Drilling(LMFD)". Compared with other natural fault gouge, this yellow-greenish gouge(YGG)is dominantly chlorite-rich. The maximum content of chlorite reaches 47%in the YGG. To understand the frictional properties of the YGG sample, experiments were performed at constant confining pressure of 130MPa, with constant pore pressure of 50MPa and at different temperatures from 25℃ to 150℃. The experiments aim to address the frictional behavior of the YGG under shallow, upper crustal pressure, and temperature conditions. Compared with previous studies of natural gouge, our results show that the YGG is stronger and shows a steady state friction coefficient of 0.47~0.51. Comparison with previous studies of natural gouge with similar content of clay minerals indicates a sequence of strengths of different clay minerals:chlorite > illite > smectite. At temperatures up to 150℃ hence depths up to~8km in the Longmenshan region, the YGG shows stable velocity-strengthening behavior at shallow crustal conditions. Combined with the fact of strong direct velocity effect, i.e., (a-b)/a>0.5, faults cutting the present clastic lithology up to~8km depth in the Longmenshan fault zone(LFZ)are likely to offer stable sliding resistance, damping co-seismic rupture propagating from below at not-too-high slip rates. However, as the fault gouge generally has low permeability, co-seismic weakening through thermal pressurization may occur at high slip rates(>0.05m/s), leading to additional hazards.     

东经九十度海岭有效弹性厚度计算及其对构造运动的解释

有效弹性厚度(T_e)表示岩石圈抵抗变形的能力,其大小主要取决于岩石圈内部的温度结构和地壳物质组成。作为全球最长的海岭之一,东经九十度海岭(NER)来源与形成过程一直是国内外科学家研究的热点,然而受到该地区复杂构造活动的影响,研究者对海岭的形成过程仍缺乏清晰认识。本文从T_e的角度出发,通过空间褶积方法计算了沿着NER不同位置处T_e的空间分布特征。计算结果表明,整个海岭的T_e主要在0~35 km之间变化,表现为北(8°N~1°N)高(平均值为20 km)、中(1°N~15°S)低(平均值在5 km以下)、南(15°S~30°S)高(平均值为30 km),变化趋势与凯尔盖朗热点的3期岩浆活动相对应。T_e的变化反映了NER形成过程中东南印度洋脊与热点的相对位置的调整,说明NER是凯尔盖朗热点、印度洋板块扩张与东南印度洋洋中脊迁移三者共同作用的结果。最后,结合T_e的结果与ROYER板块重构的结果,本文提出了NER形成过程的模式。     

某岛筏式液压波浪发电装置系留系统动力学分析

为研究某波浪发电装置系留设备的系泊性能,参考某岛筏式液压波浪发电项目规划和该系留系统的布局设计,利用OrcaFlex建立了系留系统简化模型。通过调节不同海况下的浪流参数,实现了对该系留系统的动力学分析,对比了不同工况下锚泊系统有效张力的变化,结合改变辅缆上端链与浮筏主体的连接位置,给出了该系留系统的优化设计方案。结果表明,不同系泊缆索上的系泊张力分布情况及风载荷对系留系统的影响很微弱。     

An assessment of global ocean wave energy resources over the last 45 a

Against the background of the current world facing an energy crisis,and human beings puzzled by the problems of environment and resources,developing clean energy sources becomes the inevitable choice to deal with a climate change and an energy shortage.A global ocean wave energy resource was reanalyzed by using ERA-40 wave reanalysis data 1957–2002 from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts(ECMWF).An effective significant wave height is defined in the development of wave energy resources(short as effective SWH),and the total potential of wave energy is exploratively calculated.Synthetically considering a wave energy density,a wave energy level probability,the frequency of the effective SWH,the stability and long-term trend of wave energy density,a swell index and a wave energy storage,global ocean wave energy resources were reanalyzed and regionalized,providing reference to the development of wave energy resources such as wave power plant location,seawater desalination,heating,pumping.     

日本海神蛤(Panopea japonica)性腺发育生物学零度及有效积温研究

日本海神蛤(一种象拔蚌)为名贵贝类,近年来我国已逐渐发展成为日本海神蛤最大的消费市场,商业潜力较大。为探究日本海神蛤繁殖特性,于2019年1月至3月,以采自日本海海域的日本海神蛤为材料,在大连庄河市贝类育苗场,通过室内人工升温促熟方法,结合精卵排放观察和数理统计,求算日本海神蛤生物学零度及有效积温。结果显示,运用二点法、直线回归法和有效积温法求得日本海神蛤生物学零度分别为–0.87℃、–1.14℃、–0.90℃,有效积温分别为356.21℃·d、366.69℃·d、357.31℃·d。综合3种方法,求得日本海神蛤生物学零度及有效积温的平均值分别为(–0.97±0.14)℃和(360.07±5.76)℃·d。研究发现,与其他贝类相比,日本海神蛤性腺发育的生物学零度较低,这可能与日本海神蛤冷水生活的适应性及繁殖习性有关。在日本海神蛤室内人工苗种繁育过程中,结合日本海神蛤性腺发育的生物学零度和产卵的有效积温特点,通过调控生境水温,可以加快性腺发育速度,达到提早繁育效果。本研究为日本海神蛤在自然海域的苗情预测预报提供科学依据,对我国北黄海日本海神蛤养殖产业发展和资源修复具有重要的意义。     

探讨地震宏观破坏场分布的影响因素

提出震后根据仪器定位的微观震中和断层构造的关系快速确定可能的宏观震中位置,并依此使用烈度经验分布模型来进行震害快速评估。这将提高直接用微观震中位置进行震害快速评估方法的精度。通过对全国133个主要地震的微观震中与宏观震中偏离量进行统计可知。偏离量在35km范围内的占88％,其余基本都在75km范围内。这样就给出了判定宏观震中的重点区域和分析区域。详细分析南北地震带66个震例及其与断层空间分布特征的关系。以及震源机制解结果后发现,影响宏观震中偏离的因素除仪器定位本身的误差外,主要还有断层展布方向、活动规模、断层相互交接特征及震级大小等。通过对这些影响因素的分类处理分析,建立了震后室内快速判定可能的宏观震中位置的原则和步骤。以该方法为基础,通过建立包含有关因素的全国断层数据库,即可在实际的震害快速评估中得以应用。     

集中荷载作用下装配式迭合面板研究

本文通过集中荷载作用下钢筋砼装配式迭合面板的试验，研究了单向板抗弯计算荷载有效分布宽度和弯矩分配系数的主要影响因素。根据试验结果建立了单向板抗弯荷载有效分布宽度计算公式。计算结果和试验结果符合性较好，并提出了连续板弯矩分配系数。