Weathering: Toward a Fractal Quantifying

Weathering occurs over a wide range of scales. To link features through these scales is a major challenge for interdisciplinary weathering studies. Fractal approach seems to be specially useful for this purpose. We introduce a multistep fractal weathering assessment scheme devoted to extract fractal weathering classifiers from texture analysis of the mineral's image. Our scheme enables to quantitatively estimate the global and local information about the geometry of the weathering pattern. This information is basic to develop geometrical indices of weathering, which can significantly enrich the common qualitative and semiquantitative weathering assessment schemes. To justify the fractal approach, a strong statistical self-similarity has been documented for both the weathering and fresh features of two common silica minerals: quartz and biogenic A-opal (phytolith) over four orders of length scales. The procedure is fast, drastically reduces thresholding bias, promises to be universal, it is valid for genetically different minerals and rock types, scale independent, and specially useful for monitoring the changes in the mineral's roughness during the alteration. Two of the proposed classifiers seem to be potentially useful for direct application in the field and be used by nonspecialist.     

多年冻土区路基尺度效应对路面结构力学响应的影响

为了研究不同尺度路基融沉作用对路面结构层力学响应的影响,建立了基于热力耦合理论的有限元模型,系统研究不同路基尺度工况下,融沉作用对不同厚度路面、不同材料基层的力学分布规律影响. 结果表明：相同的融沉条件下,整体式路基较分离式及二级路基,变形分别增大45%、64%,应力增大17.5%、21.7%. 高速公路面层由于路基较宽,地基融沉更容易向上传递,进而导致面层底部应力增大,最终造成面层的破坏. 因此,路面设计过程中保证一定的面层厚度,并采用柔性基层减小模量,可有效以降低层底应力水平,并防止基层裂缝向上反射.     

华县地区地热水形成环境及热储温度探讨

本文根据华县地热井水质分析结果,在水溶组分平衡分布计算的基础上进行了水—岩平衡分析,确定了地热水中的平衡矿物和平衡温度范围,应用SiO2温标估算了热储的温度,并根据这些温标的原理和华县地热水的实际情况,讨论了地热水形成的环境以及化学温标适用性和估算结果的可靠性。     

农业种植规模与降水量变化对农用地下水开采量影响识别

以石家庄平原区作为研究区域,运用相关分析及回归分析阐明农用地下水开采量与降水量及小麦—玉米种植规模之间的关系。降水量与农用地下水开采量之间的相关系数较小,但作为农作物需水的重要水源,降水量通过影响农业地下水开采强度影响地下水开采总量。农业地下水开采强度在丰水年时明显减小,在枯水年时明显增大。小麦和玉米作为主要的耗水型作物,其种植面积与农用地下水开采量关系密切,随小麦—玉米种植面积的增加(减小),农用地下水开采量表现出明显的增加(减小)趋势。1981年之前,小麦—玉米种植面积每增加1×104 hm2,农用地下水开采量平均增加0.69×108 m3;1981年之后,小麦—玉米种植面积每增加1×104 hm2,农用地下水开采量增加0.23×108 m3。     

大川中地区须家河组层序-岩相古地理研究

四川盆地上三叠统须家河组油气勘探开始于20世纪40年代,其中须二段、须四段、须六段是主要勘探目的层段,也是盆地周边地区寻找新气源最有利层位之一。根据钻井岩心观察、野外剖面实测和室内镜下岩石薄片鉴定分析,并结合岩石学、测井及地震等沉积相标志研究,确定大川中地区须家河组主要发育扇三角洲、辫状河三角洲和湖泊等沉积相带,进一步划分出若干亚相和微相。利用高分辨率层序地层学理论和技术,在须家河组识别出2个超长期和5个长期基准面旋回层序。以沉积学理论为指导,选择各长期旋回层序为等时地层单元编制四川盆地层序—岩相古地理图。编图结果表明,须家河组5个长期岩相古地理沉降中心、迁移方向和沉积相带的展布严格受龙门山和米仓山—大巴山两造山带非同步的构造格局控制。     

Experimental study of deformable connection consisting of buckling‐restrained brace and rubber bearings to connect floor system to lateral force resisting system

This paper presents experimental and numerical studies of a full‐scale deformable connection used to connect the floor system of the flexible gravity load resisting system to the stiff lateral force resisting system (LFRS) of an earthquake‐resistant building. The purpose of the deformable connection is to limit the earthquake‐induced horizontal inertia force transferred from the floor system to the LFRS and, thereby, to reduce the horizontal floor accelerations and the forces in the LFRS. The deformable connection that was studied consists of a buckling‐restrained brace (BRB) and steel‐reinforced laminated low‐damping rubber bearings (RB). The test results show that the force–deformation responses of the connection are stable, and the dynamic force responses are larger than the quasi‐static force responses. The BRB+RB force–deformation response depends mainly on the BRB response. A detailed discussion of the BRB experimental force–deformation response is presented. The experimental results show that the maximum plastic deformation range controls the isotropic hardening of the BRB. The hardened BRB force–deformation responses are used to calculate the overstrength adjustment factors. Details and limitations of a validated, accurate model for the connection force–deformation response are presented. Numerical simulation results for a 12‐story reinforced concrete wall building with deformable connections show the effects of including the RB in the deformable connection and the effect of modeling the BRB isotropic hardening on the building seismic response. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

高海拔隧道涌突水预测分析——以四川小卡子隧道为例

小卡子隧道是连接九龙县城和石棉县城的一条便利通道,它是连接S215和S211的绿色保障,九龙和石棉之间是海拔高度4 000 m以上,九龙县城周边为高原宽谷丘陵地区,地势起伏较大。九龙至周边沿线不良地质和特殊褶皱构造发育,其中冰雪害几乎每年冬春都发生,且影响线路较长,其它地质灾害也时常暴发,致使交通事故频繁发生,成为制约九龙县发展,因而急需要对线路进行改造,拟建连接九龙县至石棉县小卡子隧道即为公路改建工程。     

Timing effects on the fragmentation of small scale blocks of granodiorite

A series of small scale tests, simulating multi-hole blasts have been performed to establish the effect of delays on blast fragmentation. The blasts were performed in high quality granodiorite blocks, which were cut from stone prepared by dimensional stone quarry operations. The pattern used was equilateral triangular, with a distance of 10.2 cm between boreholes, which had a diameter of 11 mm, were loaded with detonating cord and the coupling medium was water. The delays used were achieved using different lengths of detonating cord for the cases of delays between 0 and 100 μs between holes and a sequential blasting machine firing seismic detonators for larger delays up to 4 ms. All fragments were collected and screened. The experiments showed that the worst fragmentation was achieved with simultaneous initiation of all charges. Fragmentation improved with the delay time between holes up to 1 ms between holes. If the experiments are scaled up, the results show that in granodiorite, fragmentation optimization requires delays of few milliseconds per metre of burden. The findings, agree with previously published work, involving larger scale experiments and other rock types.     

Characteristics of air flow over Andaman islands including precipitation

The characteristics of simulated air flow over Andaman Islands are studied with a two-dimensional version of the University of Virginia meso scale model (UVMM). Using the observed synoptic data as initial conditions, 24 hr simulations are obtained for a day each in April and November. These days are chosen to study the variations in the simulated flow pattern under different synoptic conditions including precipitation effects. A large scale condensation scheme is employed to consider the effect of latent heat release on the perturbations. The results show that the latent heat released by condensation strengthens the intensity of perturbations and the topography accelerates the arrival of sea breeze by about an hour. The model-simulated results, given in graphical form, are discussed and compared with available observations.