A TiO study of the black hole binary GRO J0422+32 in a very low state

We present 53 simultaneous photometric ( I band) and spectroscopic (69009500 Å) observations of GRO J0422+32, taken during 1997 December. From these we determine that J0422+32 was in its lowest state yet observed, at I =20.44±0.08. Using relative spectrophotometry, we show that it is possible to correct very accurately for telluric absorption. Following this, we use the TiO bands at 7055 and 7589 Å for a radial velocity study and thereby obtain a semi-amplitude of 378±16 km s¹, which yields f ( M )=1.191±0.021 M and consistent with previous observations. We further demonstrate that this little-explored method is very powerful for such systems. We also determine a new orbital ephemeris of HJD=245 0274.4156±0.0009+0.212 1600±0.000 0002 E .
We see some evidence for an ellipsoidal modulation, from which we determine the orbital inclination of J0422+32 to be less than 45°. We therefore calculate a minimum mass for the primary of 2.22 M, consistent with a black hole, but not necessarily the supermassive one proposed recently (1997) by Beekman et al. We obtain an M45 spectral type for the secondary star, and determine that the secondary contributes 38±2 per cent of the flux that we observe from J0422+32 over the range 69508400 Å. From this we calculate the distance to the system to be 1.39±0.15 kpc.     

Thermally driven outflows from pair-plasma pressure-mediated shock surfaces around Schwarzschild black holes

Introducing a spherical, steady, self-supported pair-plasma pressure-mediated shock surface around a Schwarzschild black hole as the effective physical atmosphere that may be responsible for the generation of astrophysical mass outflows from relativistic quasi-spherical accretion, we calculate the mass outflow rate R _̇ by simultaneously solving the set of equations governing transonic polytropic accretion and isothermal winds. R _̇ is computed in terms of only three inflow parameters, which, we believe, has been done for the first time in our work. We then study the dependence of R _̇ on various inflow as well as shock parameters, and establish the fact that the outflow rate is essentially controlled by the post-shock proton temperature.     

桩基检测和加固处理措施

简要介绍了桩基复合检测、灌浆加固的原理和施工工艺,并阐述了钻孔抽芯过程中常见的孔斜防治问题,结合实例对桩基进行了检测加固说明,分析了事故产生的原因并且提出了应注意的问题。     

Contrasting climate change in the two polar regions

The two polar regions have experienced remarkably different climatic changes in recent decades. The Arctic has seen a marked reduction in sea-ice extent throughout the year, with a peak during the autumn. A new record minimum extent occurred in 2007, which was 40% below the long-term climatological mean. In contrast, the extent of Antarctic sea ice has increased, with the greatest growth being in the autumn. There has been a large-scale warming across much of the Arctic, with a resultant loss of permafrost and a reduction in snow cover. The bulk of the Antarctic has experienced little change in surface temperature over the last 50 years, although a slight cooling has been evident around the coast of East Antarctica since about 1980, and recent research has pointed to a warming across West Antarctica. The exception is the Antarctic Peninsula, where there has been a winter (summer) season warming on the western (eastern) side. Many of the different changes observed between the two polar regions can be attributed to topographic factors and land/sea distribution. The location of the Arctic Ocean at high latitude, with the consequently high level of solar radiation received in summer, allows the ice-albedo feedback mechanism to operate effectively. The Antarctic ozone hole has had a profound effect on the circulations of the high latitude ocean and atmosphere, isolating the continent and increasing the westerly winds over the Southern Ocean, especially during the summer and winter.     

急倾斜厚矿体无间柱上向水平分层充填法采场结构参数的研究

无间柱连续采矿是一种高效的采矿方法,已成为地下矿山采矿技术发展的大趋势。以某铅锌矿山为例,采用能模拟开挖与充填的三维弹塑性有限元程序,对应用上向水平分层充填无间柱采矿法开采急倾斜厚矿体进行了数值模拟研究,分析了不同的分层高度和超前回采分层数,以及不同的暴露面积条件下采场的稳定性,从而得出合理的采场结构参数,为上向水平分层充填无间柱采矿法在矿山的应用和推广提供一定的依据。     

福建地区岩石圈磁异场的特征分析

利用2014—2015年福建地区4期流动地磁观测资料,得到该地区岩石圈磁场特征信息。经过5km、10km、20km、30km等不同高度的向上延拓处理,对福建地区岩石圈磁场特征信息进行浅部与深部异常场分离,提取深部异常。结果发现在福建长乐—诏安断裂带出现比较明显的磁异常,即在该断裂带南部和中北部发现磁场正负高值的交替变化,这些磁异常与地质构造的分布、地震活动性有一定的关系。     

Characterization of horseshoe vortex in a developing scour hole at a cylindrical bridge pier

Since local scour at bridge piers in rivers and estuaries is a major cause of bridge failure, estimation of the maximum local scour depth is of great importance to hydraulic and coastal engineers. Although numerous studies that focus on scour-depth prediction have been done and published, understanding of the flow and turbulence characteristics of the horseshoe vortex that drives the scour mechanism in a developing scour hole still is immature. This study aims to quantify the detailed turbulent flow field in a developing clear-water scour hole at a circular pier using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). The distributions of velocity fields, turbulence intensities, and Reynolds shear stresses of the horseshoe vortex that form in front of the pier at different scour stages (t=0, 0.5, 1, 12, 24, and 48 h) are presented in this paper. During scour development, the horseshoe vortex system was found to evolve from one initially small vortex to three vortices. The strength and size of the main vortex are found to increase with increasing scour depth. The regions of both the maximum turbulence intensity and Reynolds shear stress are found to form at a location upstream of the main vortex, where the large turbulent eddies have the highest possibility of occurrence. Results from this study not only provide new insight into the complex flow-sediment interaction at bridge piers, but also provide valuable experimental databases for advanced numerical simulations.     

Reconstructing rates and patterns of colluvial soil redistribution in agrarian (hummocky) landscapes

Humans have triggered or accelerated erosion processes since prehistoric times through agricultural practices. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) is widely used to quantify phases and rates of the corresponding landscape change, by measuring the last moment of daylight exposure of sediments. However, natural and anthropogenic mixing processes, such as bioturbation and tillage, complicate the use of OSL as grains of different depositional ages become mixed, and grains become exposed to light even long after the depositional event of interest. Instead, OSL determines the stabilization age, indicating when sediments were buried below the active mixing zone. These stabilization ages can cause systematic underestimation when calculating deposition rates. Our focus is on colluvial deposition in a kettle hole in the Uckermark region, northeastern Germany. We took 32 samples from five locations in the colluvium filling the kettle hole to study both spatial and temporal patterns in colluviation. We combined OSL dating with advanced age modelling to determine the stabilization age of colluvial sediments. These ages were combined with an archaeological reconstruction of historical ploughing depths to derive the levels of the soil surface at the moment of stabilization; the deposition depths, which were then used to calculate unbiased deposition rates. We identified two phases of colluvial deposition. The oldest deposits (~5 ka) were located at the fringe of the kettle hole and accumulated relatively slowly, whereas the youngest deposits (<0.3 ka) rapidly filled the central kettle hole with rates of two orders of magnitude higher. We suggest that the latter phase is related to artificial drainage, facilitating accessibility in the central depression for agricultural practices. Our results show the need for numerical dating techniques that take archaeological and soil-geomorphological information into account to identify spatiotemporal patterns of landscape change, and to correctly interpret landscape dynamics in anthropogenically influenced hilly landscapes. © 2019 The Authors. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

四川四分量钻孔应变观测数据精度评价

利用邱泽华等给出的观测数据和回归分析方法,计算钻孔应变仪四分量元件的相对标定系数,并根据偏差计算自检内精度等指标,对观测数据进行质量评价。选取2017年四川四分量钻孔应变观测台网记录资料,结合四分量钻孔应变仪观测特点,计算并分析应变观测仪相对标定自检内精度,客观评价观测数据精度,结果发现,2017年仁和台四分量钻孔应变数据各月及全年相对标定系数K_i最大,偏差s最小,自检内精度数值最小,表明该台钻孔应变观测数据精度最高。分析认为,相对标定自检内精度可如实反映台站记录资料的可信度,可以更好、更客观地评价台站四分量钻孔应变观测资料质量。