Assessment of buckling-restrained braced frame reliability using an experimental limit-state model and stochastic dynamic analysis

Buckling-restrained braces(BRBs)have recently become popular in the United States for use as primary members of seismic lateral-force-resisting systems.A BRB is a steel brace that does not buckle in compression but instead yields in both tension and compression.Although design guidelines for BRB applications have been developed,systematic procedures for assessing performance and quantifying reliability are still needed.This paper presents an analytical framework for assessing buckling-restrained braced f...     

Metamorphism and Isotopic Evolution of Granulites of Southern India: Reference to Neoproterozoic Crustal Evolution

Granulites are important component of high-grade metamorphic rocks reflecting intense conditions observed for crustal rocks in terms of temperature, and pressure. This review paper demonstrates how these high-grade granulites are critical to understanding the evolution of the lower continental crust with special reference to southern India. Geothermobarometric traverse across different granulite blocks in southern India shows wide ranging P-T conditions of metamorphism (700–1000 ° C, and 5–10 kbar). The sapphirine-, orthopyroxene-sillimanite, and spinel -bearing quartz-deficient granulites recognised from parts of southern granulite terrain (Ganguvarpatti, Kiranur, and Palani hill ranges etc.) show oriented sillimanite aggregates pseudomorph after course twinned kyanite, staurolite + kyanite assemblages, and corroded blebs of gedrite within orthopyroxene, suggesting a prograde stage of a clockwise P-T evolution. Evidence of ITD history comes from the textures in which an early Mg-rich garnet (X_Mg 52–60) with orthopyroxene (up to 10% Al₂O₃) involving sillimanite breakdown forming variety of symplectites having combinations of orthopyroxene, sapphirine, cordierite, and spinel. These spectacular reaction textures, and mineralogic sensors from the high-grade rocks establish a prograde clockwise P-T-t path with notable decompressive history (ITD) in the southern granulite terrain. The inferred P-T-t paths have been further integrated with the recent geochronological, and isotopic data to constrain the timing, and duration of metamorphism, emplacement of the magmatic protolith for characterising the evolution of the granulites, and their bearing on the geodynamic implications. Based on the emerging evidence for Neoproterozoic tectonothermal imprints in the southern granulite terrain, history of the assembly of dispersed fragments is also addressed within the East Gondwana framework.     

高NOx条件下非甲烷烃体积分数的变化对O3生成量的影响

利用ＬＬＡ－Ｃ光化学反应机制,在ＮＯＸ保持高值不变时,模拟分布范围很广的８种初始［ＮＭＨＣ］／［ＮＯｘ］（１０９／１０９）（１．０、３．０、７．１、１４．３、２８．６、５７．２、１００．０、２００．０）条件下臭氧体积分数的变化。模拟结果表明,当［ＮＭＨＣ］／［ＮＯｘ］≥１５．０时,臭氧生成量对ＮＭＨＣ的改变不大敏感而主要依赖于ＮＯｘ的大小。但是,当非甲烷烃与氮氧化物的比北较低（＜７．０）时,臭氧生成量紧密地依赖于非甲烷烃体积分数。进一步的验证工作还有待于加强。     

Incomplete reaction of plagioclase in experimental dehydration melting of amphibolite

Dehydration melting of a hornblende‐plagioclase mixture of amphibolitic composition was investigated at 1000°C and at 800 MPa and 1200 MPa. At 1200 MPa the reaction products are garnet, clinopyroxene, melt and relatively Ab‐rich plagioclase (An₄₇). At 800 MPa the products are orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, magnetite, amphibole (pargasite) and An‐rich plagioclase (An₇₅). The melts are rich in plagioclase components (especially in Ab) and, when compared to tonalites, relatively poor in silica. The grainsize of the starting materials was ≤?5 μm in the 800 MPa and ≤?10 μm in the 1200 MPa runs. All run products show unchanged plagioclase cores, which are the remnants of a very sluggish reaction assumed to be controlled by dissolution/precipitation processes at the plagioclase grain boundaries. The results indicate that only local equilibrium could have been obtained in recent investigations on dehydration melting experiments in plagioclase‐bearing systems. The results also suggest that plagioclase compositions once formed may persist for a very long time, even in hot magma chambers, if the prevailing water activity is low.     

A kinetic approach for simulating redox‐controlled fringe and core biodegradation processes in groundwater: model development and application to a landfill site in Piedmont,Italy

A three‐dimensional model for predicting redox controlled, multi‐species reactive transport processes in groundwater systems is presented. The model equations were fully integrated within a MODFLOW‐family reactive transport code, RT3D. The model can simulate organic compound biodegradation coupled to different terminal electron acceptor processes. A computational approach, which uses the spatial and temporal distribution of the rates of different redox reactions, is proposed to map redox zones. The method allows one to quantify and visualize the biological degradation reactions occurring in three distinct patterns involving fringe, pseudo‐core and core processes. The capabilities of the numerical model are demonstrated using two hypothetical examples: a batch problem and a simplified two‐dimensional reactive transport problem. The model is then applied to an unconfined aquifer underlying a leaking landfill located near the city of Turin, in Piedmont (Italy). At this site, high organic load from the landfill leachate activates different biogeochemical processes, including aerobic degradation, denitrification, manganese reduction, iron reduction, sulfate reduction and methanogenesis. The model was able to describe and quantify these complex biogeochemical processes. The proposed model offers a rational framework for simulating coupled reactive transport processes occurring beneath a landfill site. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

低温酸性条件下白钨矿的不一致溶解动力学

在75℃和pH=1.04～2.46时采用间歇型实验方法测定了天然白钨矿在HCl溶液中的溶解速率,揭示了溶解反应的动力学机理。结果表明,Ca的释放速率随反应时间保持稳定,并随pH降低而增大。W的释放行为则更为复杂,在反应初期与Ca呈一致溶解,之后由于钨酸表面层(中间产物)的形成,W的释放量和释放速率明显下降。这说明白钨矿的溶解作用由早期的表面化学反应转变为化学反应-扩散控制过程,从而导致W、Ca呈不一致溶解。pH越小,不一致溶解出现的时间越早。酸性溶液中白钨矿的溶解速率方程为v=k[H+]n,以W和Ca计算的速率常数k分别为0.65×10-5mol/m2s和1.04×10-5mol/m2s,反应级数n则分别为1.20和1.26。结合他人研究结果,白钨矿的溶解反应相对于H+可能为一级反应。     

地球化学模式程序在铀矿找矿中的应用——以巴音戈壁盆地塔木素地区为例

首先简述了地球化学模式程序、与铀成矿有关的水文地球化学参数及区域地质、水文地球化学概况,并研究了区内水文地球化学环境。在此基础上,依据区内水质分析资料,运用地球化学模式程序(PHREEQC)计算了下白垩统地下水中沥青铀矿饱和指数(SI)、Eh反应条件边界值(Ehb,U)及Eh反应条件指数(RCIEh)等。认为该区局部地段在下白垩统地下水的深部存在Ehw﹤Ehb,U,RCIEh<0,SI>0的条件,即地下水处于过渡环境中,地下水中铀处于沉淀析出的饱和或过饱和状态,与岩石地球化学环境吻合性较好。因而在区内具有铀矿化的可能性,已被区内发现的工业铀矿化得到了证实。     

我国北方地区对流层中下层臭氧收支

为了揭示我国北方地区对流层中下层臭氧(O₃) 的形成机理以及周边地区的污染输送对我国北方地区对流层中下层O₃收支的影响, 在与外场观测数据比较分析的基础上, 利用全球化学输送模式(MOZART-2) 采用收支分析方法定量分析了影响我国北方地区对流层中下层O₃的各个物理化学过程。结果表明:我国北方地区对流层下层O₃最重要的来源是光化学生成作用, 约占总来源的58.3%(41.5 Tg), 光化学生成反应中HO₂对于O₃生成的贡献最大; 最大的汇是干沉降过程, 约占总汇的43.2%(26.2Tg); 水平净输送作用对我国北方地区对流层中下层O₃收支的影响非常大, 在我国北方地区对流层下层, 41.6%左右的O₃来自水平净输送, 随高度增加, 水平输送影响增大, 我国北方地区对流层中层大约81.5%的O₃来自水平净输送。     

Diffusion of helium in zircon and apatite

Diffusion of helium has been characterized in natural zircon and apatite. Polished slabs of zircon and apatite, oriented either normal or parallel to c were implanted with 100 keV ³He at a dose of 5 × 10^{15 3} He/cm². Diffusion experiments on implanted zircon and apatite were run in Pt capsules in 1-atm furnaces. ³He distributions following experiments were measured with Nuclear Reaction Analysis using the reaction ³He(d,p)⁴He. For diffusion in zircon we obtain the following Arrhenius relations:

Although activation energies for diffusion normal and parallel to c are comparable, there is marked diffusional anisotropy, with diffusion parallel to c nearly 2 orders of magnitude faster than transport normal to c. These diffusivities bracket the range of values determined for He diffusion in zircon in bulk-release experiments, although the role of anisotropy could not be directly evaluated in those measurements.In apatite, the following Arrhenius relation was obtained over the temperature range of 148–449 °C for diffusion normal to c:

In contrast to zircon, apatite shows little evidence of anisotropy. He diffusivities obtained in this study fall about an order of magnitude lower than diffusivities measured through bulk release of He through step-heating, and within an order of magnitude of determinations where ion implantation was used to introduce helium and He distributions measured with elastic recoil detection.Since the diffusion of He in zircon exhibits such pronounced anisotropy, helium diffusional loss and closure cannot be modeled with simple spherical geometries and the assumption of isotropic diffusion. A finite-element code (CYLMOD) has recently been created to simulate diffusion in cylindrical geometry with differing radial and axial diffusion coefficients. We present some applications of the code in evaluating helium lost from zircon grains as a function of grain size and length to diameter ratios, and consider the effects of “shape anisotropy”, where diffusion is isotropic (as in the case of apatite) but shapes of crystal grains or fragments may depart significantly from spherical geometry.