Modeling the 2D behavior of dry‐stone retaining walls by a fully discrete element method

The dry‐stone retaining walls (DSRW) have been tipped as a promising solution for sustainable development. However, before recently, their behavior is relatively obscure. In this study, discrete element method (DEM) approach was applied to simulate the plane strain failure of these walls. A commercial DEM package (PFC2D™) was used throughout this study. The authors used a fully discrete approach; thus, both the wall and the backfill were modeled as discrete elements. The methodology for obtaining the micromechanical parameters was discussed in detail; this includes the three mechanical sub‐systems of DSRWs: wall, backfill and interface. The models were loaded progressively until failure, and then the results were compared with the full‐scale experimental results where the walls were loaded, respectively, with hydrostatic load and backfill. Despite its complexity and its intensive calculation time, DEM model can then be used to validate a more simplified approach. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于三维激光扫描技术的摩崖石刻数字化重建

三维激光扫描技术通过高速激光扫描测量的方法,可高效地获取被测对象表面的三维坐标数据,具有速度快、高采样率、无接触性等优点,为快速建立不规则物体的三维重建模型提供了一种全新的技术手段。本文以GLS-1500三维激光扫描仪为基础,介绍了三维激光扫描技术在柳州市龙潭公园摩崖石刻数字化重建中的应用,实现了对摩崖石刻对象的数字化重建,具有实际应用价值。     

The chemical composition including the Rare Earth Elements of the three major glass types of Europe and the Orient used in late antiquity and the Middle Ages

Sets of 20 soda ash glasses, 16 soda lime glasses and 23 wood ash glasses mainly from excavations in Europe (additional soda ash glasses from Egypt) were analysed on 61 chemical elements. Average SiO₂ is about 62% in soda glasses and 50% in wood ash glasses. The three groups of glasses contain on average 13% Na₂O, 18% Na₂O and 13% K₂O as fluxes to lower the melting temperature of quartz at their production. The starting materials beside quartz were halophytic plant ash for soda ash glass, trona (Na₃H(CO₃)₂·2H₂O) and lime (clamshells) for soda lime glass and beech ash for wood ash glass. Each of the three major glass types contains specific Rare Earth Element (REE) concentrations mainly contained in quartz and its intergrown minerals. 50 Paleozoic and Mesozoic sandstones from Central Europe represent the quartz composition. The REE pattern of these glasses apparently indicates major compositional stages of the Continental Earth's Crust. The boron to lithium and sodium to potassium ratios as in seawater suggest reactions of materials for soda glass with seawater. Negative Ce anomalies in the three glasses are caused by reactions of quartz with seawater.     

再议“贵美石”的分类

贵美石是所有用于制作装饰品、艺术品和雕刻品的美术工艺矿物原料的总称。在本文中笔者建议将其划分为五大类和若干亚类,即宝石、玉雕石、彩石、砚石、观赏石及其亚类。     

福建永安石林地貌的现代生物喀斯特侵蚀营力

本文以永安石林为例，阐述分析了石林地貌的现代生物喀斯特侵蚀现象的类型及形态特征。结果表明，地表及地下的生物喀斯特侵蚀营力是石林现代侵蚀过程的主要因素，石林表面的大部分均有微生物覆盖并起侵蚀作用，形成明显的微观及超微溶蚀形态，石林表面的溶蚀作用性质不同于传统认识。对石林地貌发育提出了新的思考。     

石器功能研究的现代模拟实验: 石刀表面残留物中淀粉粒来源分析

淀粉粒分析在国内外环境考古学研究中得到了大量应用,但是目前国内还没有关于淀粉粒分析、石器功能与植物利用关系的现代过程研究。本研究针对石刀这一新石器时代重要的生产和生活工具开展现代过程的模拟实验,尝试利用淀粉粒分析方法验证石刀功能及其加工的植物类型。我们利用打制的简易石片模拟石刀,对未成熟和成熟的小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)进行了共两次割穗操作,提取并观察石片割穗后不同部位表面残留物中的淀粉粒形态及其组合。实验结果表明,石片表面残留物中的淀粉粒主要来源于小麦秸秆; 小麦秸秆淀粉粒的A型和B型淀粉粒(未成熟和成熟小麦秸秆淀粉粒——A+B型淀粉粒,含量分别为90.91 ％ 和92.59 ％ )分别与其成熟籽粒的A型和B型淀粉粒形态、大小相似,具备形态鉴定的特征; 小麦秸秆中还发现了独特的多面体型淀粉粒(未成熟和成熟小麦秸秆多面体型淀粉粒含量分别为9.09 ％ 和7.41 ％ ),这是小麦种子中缺少的类型。根据本次现代实验模拟的结果,考古遗址出土石刀上提取到的淀粉粒很可能来自于植物收割(或切削)过程的残留物,结合淀粉粒分析、石刀形制和出土状况进行分析,可以获取出土石刀功能与古人类植物利用的信息。     

一种红色砭石的矿物学特征研究

采用X射线粉末衍射（XRD）、扫描电子显微镜（SEM）、热重分析（TG-DTG）及激光诱导离解光谱（LIBS）等分析方法对一种红色砭石的矿物学特征进行了深入的研究。XRD分析表明,红色砭石主要由白云石组成,并含有少量石英和方解石及微量云母、正长石和赤铁矿。SEM结果显示,砭石中的矿物颗粒大多为集合体,粒径大多集中在1～5μm之间,表面光滑程度有所不同。红色砭石在650-850℃范围内出现一个单失重峰,为白云石的分解形成,类质同象或者杂质矿物的存在导致白云石两阶段的分解同步完成。红色砭石的颜色可能与赤铁矿和正长石微晶在砭石中的均匀分布有关。     

重型动力触探在振冲施工质量控制及检测中的应用

振冲复合地基以其低成本、高效率等优势已经广泛的应用于水利水电、火电、工民建、石化、交通、市政、铁路等行业的地基处理中。振冲进行地基处理的规模和速度日新月异,使得施工过程中的质量控制变得非常重要。通过对重型动力触探在振冲碎石桩工程中的应用,论述了重型动力触探在振冲施工质量控制及检测中的重要性及适用性,并总结了其在工程中的应用经验。     

山东省天然饰面石材花岗石和大理石地质特征及其分类

山东省天然饰面石材资源储量大,天然饰面石材品种多,地质成因和地质特征各有不同。通过天然饰面石材的岩石学特征对山东省天然饰面石材进行分类总结,从天然饰面石材的岩石学和矿物学角度出发,归纳山东省天然饰面石材的地质特征。通过对山东省典型天然饰面石材进行分类列举,归纳山东省典型天然饰面石材的地质特征。     

Impact of draining hilly lands on runoff and on‐site erosion: a case study from humid Ethiopia

The use of drainage ditches on farmland has an impact on erosion processes both on‐site and off‐site, though their environmental impacts are not unequivocal. Here we study the runoff response and related rill erosion after installing drainage ditches and assess the effects of stone bunds in north Ethiopia. Three different land management systems were studied in 10 cropland catchments around Wanzaye during the rainy season of 2013: (1) the exclusive use of drainage ditches (locally called feses), (2) the exclusive use of stone bunds, and (3) a mixture of both systems. Stone bunds are an effective soil and water conservation technique, making the land more resistant against on‐site erosion, and allowing feses to be installed at a larger angle with the contour. The mean rill volumes for the 10 studied cropland catchments during the rainy season of 2013 was 3.73 ± 4.20 m³ ha^?1 corresponding to a soil loss of 5.72 ± 6.30 ton ha^?1. The establishment of feses causes larger rill volumes (R = 0.59, N = 10), although feses are perceived as the best way to avoid soil erosion when no stone bunds are present. The use of feses increases event‐based runoff coefficients (RCs) on cropland from c. 5% to values up to 39%. Also, a combination of low stone bund density and high feses density results in a higher RC, whereas catchments with a high stone bund density and low feses density have a lower RC. Peak runoff discharges decrease when stone bund density increases, whereas feses density is positively related to the peak runoff discharge. A multiple linear relation in which both feses and stone bund densities are used as explanatory variable, performs best in explaining runoff hydrograph peakedness (R² = 83%). Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.