Monitoring and modelling of pore water pressure changes and riverbank stability during flow events

Pore water pressures (positive and negative) were monitored for four years (1996–1999) using a series of tensiometer‐piezometers at increasing depths in a riverbank of the Sieve River, Tuscany (central Italy), with the overall objective of investigating pore pressure changes in response to ?ow events and their effects on bank stability. The saturated/unsaturated ?ow was modelled using a ?nite element seepage analysis, for the main ?ow events occurring during the four‐year monitoring period. Modelling results were validated by comparing measured with computed pore water pressure values for a series of representative events. Riverbank stability analysis was conducted by applying the limit equilibrium method (Morgenstern‐Price), using pore water pressure distributions obtained by the seepage analysis. The simulation of the 14 December 1996 event, during which a bank failure occurred, is reported in detail to illustrate the relations between the water table and river stage during the various phases of the hydrograph and their effects on bank stability. The simulation, according to monitored data, shows that the failure occurred three hours after the peak stage, during the inversion of ?ow (from the bank towards the river). A relatively limited development of positive pore pressures, reducing the effective stress and annulling the shear strength term due to the matric suction, and the sudden loss of the con?ning pressure of the river during the initial drawdown were responsible for triggering the mass failure. Results deriving from the seepage and stability analysis of nine selected ?ow events were then used to investigate the role of the ?ow event characteristics (in terms of peak stages and hydrograph characteristics) and of changes in bank geometry. Besides the peak river stage, which mainly controls the occurrence of conditions of instability, an important role is played by the hydrograph characteristics, in particular by the presence of one or more minor peaks in the river stage preceding the main one. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

2-[2-(6-氯苯并噻唑)偶氮]-5-二乙氨基苯甲酸与镍的显色反应

研究了2-[2-(6-氯苯并噻唑)偶氮]-5-二乙氨基苯甲酸(6-Cl-BTAEB)与Ni2+的显色反应。结果表明:在pH4.5～7.6的HAc-NaAc缓冲溶液中及十二烷基硫酸钠存在下,试剂与Ni2+形成稳定的蓝紫色配合物,组成为n(Ni2+)∶n(6-Cl-BTAEB)=1∶2,最大吸收波长650nm,表观摩尔吸光系数为1.59×105L·mol-1·cm-1,Ni2+浓度在0～400μg/L内符合比尔定律。用铝合金和合金钢中的微量镍验证该分析方法,所得结果与推荐值相符,6次测定的RSD<2%。     

非饱和土中镉离子传输模型参数反演

使用自行设计的的真空实验装置,采用一维实验室土柱实验方法在不同实验条件下进行了15组实验,并基于实验所得的穿透曲线,使用梯度正则化方法反演得到了镉离子在8种葡萄牙土样和1种比利时土样中相应的传输模型参数。同时通过数值模拟实验验证了梯度正则化方法的有效性和可靠性,进而证明所得结果是有效的。     

非饱和土壤Richards方程入渗求解探讨

根据理查兹 (Richards)方程求解非饱和土壤垂直一维入渗率历时规律 ,因缺乏土壤水分特性函数K(θ)、D(θ)的一般有效公式 ,而采用与实际相差甚远的定值或线性函数假设 ,使成果隐含过多经验成分或需要反复迭代计算。笔者在文献 [1]中提出的非饱和土壤水分特性函数的一般有效基础公式 ,用分离变量法直接求解Richards方程 ,用土壤水动力学方法分别导出了含有渗前土湿因子的新入渗公式。它摆脱了同类入渗公式对水分函数过于简单的概化假设和经验成分。为放弃迄今水文学产流计算中惯用的下渗容量曲线“截首留尾”的经验做法 ,以直接使用含有渗前土湿因子的下渗公式提供了理论依据 ,从而将有利于产流计算方法的改进和计算精度的提高。     

包气带中温度变化对水分分布影响的实验研究

笔者在高180cm、宽50cm的砂槽中,做了温度对水分运移影响的模拟试验。试验结果表明,在包气带一定深度以下,孔隙相对封闭,孔隙内液态水与气态水处于动态平衡,相对湿度接近或达到饱和状态。在此条件下,砂柱内温度场的任何微小变化都会导致孔隙系统内的水分发生蒸发或凝结。当包气带内温度场发生变化时,气态水在温度梯度作用下,向最低温度界面运移,蒸发或是凝结取决于最低温度界面的性质。在不发生聚集的开放性界面上出现蒸散,消耗包气带内水分。在聚集性封闭界面上则出现凝结,使包气带内水分增加。在温度场控制下,包气带中气态水凝结或蒸发是水分运移的另一重要形式,它在一定程度上决定着水分的分布状态,尤其在温差巨大的地区,这种作用显得十分重要。     

药用滑石粉酸中可溶物测定方法考察

考察药用滑石粉酸中可溶物测定方法的重复性、耐用性 ,分析主要影响因素。比较酸溶物提取液滤过介质对测定结果差异的影响 ;采用重量法随机测定酸溶物含量和室间差异。两种滤过介质处理对测定结果没有显著差异 ;室间测定结果没有显著差异 ;30批样品平行测定结果的 RSD值范围为 0 %～ 18.2 %。酸中可溶物测定法存在重复性和耐用性不佳的问题 ,应相应调整酸中可溶物含量限度     

Bearing capacity of unsaturated expansive soils

It is difficult to determine the bearing capacity of a foundation in unsaturated expansive soil, although this is most important. The bearing capacity of unsaturated expansive soil is related to the drying and wetting environment. Swelling pressure occurs when the soil volume change is constrained as an expansive soil is inundated. The expansive lateral pressure, induced by the swelling pressure is similar to the passive earth pressure. By considering the effect of the expansive lateral pressure in Terzaghi's bearing capacity formula, the bearing capacity of unsaturated expansive soil is derived. Because it is very difficult to measure suction in situ, the bearing capacity is expressed using the expansive lateral pressure offers a feasible approach to calculate the bearing capacity of a foundation in unsaturated expansive soil, when suction is not measured. Plate load tests to measure the bearing capacity in situ were performed for the foundation in natural soil and saturated soil immersed by water. The verification of the bearing capacity formulae presented in this paper is conducted by comparing the predicted results with the results of the plate load tests on unsaturated expansive soils in Handan and Bingxia, China.     

Modélisation du transport réactif en milieux poreux non saturés avec une méthode ELLAM en maillage variable

Modelling contaminant transfer with biological/chemical/radioactive processes needs appropriate numerical methods able to reproduce sharp concentration fronts. In this work, we develop a new Eulerian–Lagrangian Localized Adjoint Method (ELLAM) for solving the reactive transport equation with non-constant coefficients. To avoid interpolation (leading to errors), we use a moving grid to define the solution and test functions. The method is used to simulate first the infiltration of solute into a column of unsaturated porous medium and second the multispecies transport. The developed ELLAM gives accurate results without non-physical oscillations or numerical diffusion, even when using large time steps. To cite this article: A. Younes, C. R. Geoscience 336 (2004).     

侯马市酸雨概况及其气象条件分析

通过对侯马近14a酸雨观测资料分析,发现侯马出现酸雨的概率较大,强度较强,时间变化特征明显,与气象条件关系密切。     

对羟基苯甲酸异丙酯合成的研究

以浓硫酸为催化剂，研究了对羟基苯甲酸和异丙醇合成对羟基苯甲酸异丙酯的工艺条件。对影响产率的因素进行了探讨：实验表明，在以7％的浓硫酸为催化剂，反应温度为120℃，醇酸摩尔比为4：1，反应时间为5h的最佳条件下，合成了羟基苯甲酸异丙脂，通过多次重结晶的方法纯化产品，产率可达85．5％，并通过熔点仪、红外光谱等手段对产品加以表征，验证了产品具有较高的纯度。该法简单、快速、产率高、纯度好，具有较高的实用价值。