湿干循环作用对压实黏土干裂特性的影响

开展了湿干循环作用下压实黏土的开裂试验和微观结构特性研究,分析了湿干循环作用对黏土开裂和孔隙结构的影响,将压汞试验(MIP)和扫描电镜(SEM)的结果与宏观开裂进行比较。结果表明:湿干循环作用显著影响了压实黏土的开裂,用开裂因子表征黏土的开裂程度,开裂因子随含水率减小而增大并明显大于湿干循环作用前; 随湿干循环次数的增加,黏土孔隙的总体积、中间孔径、平均孔径、平均孔隙率和团粒内孔隙均在增加,而黏土的颗粒内孔隙、颗粒间孔隙和团粒间孔隙却在减小。湿干循环作用使黏土体从大团粒逐渐转化为小颗粒,并增大了土颗粒的凸凹性,分析SEM二值化图像得知土体孔隙率均在增加; 用压汞法和扫描电镜法分析和解释土体开裂是可行的,所得的微观孔隙特征与宏观开裂规律基本相符。     

The impact of landslides and salt weathering on Roman structures at high latitudes—Conway Castle, Great Britain: a case study

Conway Castle is an immense historical structure, dating back to 1289 AC. It was built on highly dipping thickbeds of indurated shale (argillite) and sandstone. It is surrounded by Conway Bay, railway lines, and tall dense forests indicating high relative humidity and rainfall in this coastal area. The castle suffers from weathering noted as honeycomb, black crust, exfoliation, and discoloration with white salt efflorescence at some parts; these are diagnostic features for salt weathering as confirmed by the laboratory investigations using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), point XRD, and hydrochemical analysis. The salt is found to be from three sources, namely, water spray from Conway Bay that is part of the Irish Sea, chemical alteration of the mortars carbonate content into sulfate salts by acid rain, and wet deposition of air pollutants on the surface of the stone. The cracks noted in the southwestern tower of this castle are a result of landslides in this area that resulted from three factors: (a) high dip angle of the indurated sandstone and shale thickbeds (about 60–65° to the south) under this castle, (b) undercutting of these beds in the dip direction by the surface water of Conway Bay, and (c) seismic waves generated by the trains passing close to this castle. All these factors result in land sliding even at a low rate; however, the net result is cracks in the tower close to these factors.     

Residual ultimate strength of steel plates with longitudinal cracks under axial compression–experiments

The main objective of the present study is to examine the residual ultimate strength characteristics of steel plates with cracking damages under axial compressive actions through experimental investigations. The present study is a sequel of the author's previous paper (Paik, J.K., Satish Kumar, Y.V., Lee, J.M., 2005. Ultimate strength of cracked plate elements under axial compression or tension. Thin-Walled Structures, 43, 237–272). In contrast to the previous paper which dealt with transverse cracks located in the direction normal to the axial loading direction, the present paper is concerned with longitudinal cracks which are located in parallel to the axial loading direction. Similar to the previous paper, the orientation/location and size of cracks inside the plates are varied for the present experimental investigations. The details of experimental results are documented. The database and insights developed from the present work will be useful for cracking damage-tolerant design of steel-plated structures and also for condition assessment or health monitoring of aging steel-plated structures.     

The dependence of surface tidal stress on the internal structure of Europa: The possibility of cracking of the icy shell

This study shows dependence of the surface diurnal tidal stress on the internal structure of Europa. Its purpose is to investigate possibility of cracking of the icy shell. The stress is evaluated under the plausible model of the internal structure constrained by the gravity field data. The possible effective stress at the sub-Jovian point decreases with thickening of the shell, while it does not depend on the core radius and the thickness of the H₂O layer. The range of this value is from 0.095 to 0.161 MPa, which does not exceed the tensile strength of ice. The stress required for the surface cracking would be mainly due to longer period deformations, especially non-synchronous rotation. And/or the actual strength of the ice at the surface would be smaller because of the preexisting cracks than that at a laboratory of the same temperature.     

5.12汶川大地震诱发大型崩滑灾害动力特征初探

5.12汶川大地震发生于地质环境条件异常脆弱的龙门山地区,加上地震震级高、释放能量大,持续时间长等特点,汶川地震不仅直接诱发了数以万计的崩滑地质灾害,且表现出非常独特的动力学特征。在对汶川地震灾区崩滑灾害进行大量调查的基础上,结合建构筑物和斜坡岩体在地震过程中的变形破坏特点,本文从地震动力学和斜坡变形破坏成因机理的角度,揭示了汶川地震诱发的大型崩滑灾害具有震裂溃屈、临空抛射和碎屑流化等独特的动力学特征,为强震诱发地质灾害成因机理研究提供了新的认识。     

A review of the synthesis and characterisation of pillared clays and related porous materials for cracking of vegetable oils to produce biofuels

This paper presents an overview of the modification of clay minerals by propping apart the clay layers with an inorganic complex. This expanded material is converted into a permanent two-dimensional structure, known as pillared clay or shortly PILC, by thermal treatment. The resulting material exhibits a two-dimensional porous structure with acidic properties comparable to that of zeolites. Synthetic as well as natural smectites serve as precursors for the synthesis of Al, Zr, Ti, Fe, Cr, Ga, V, Si and other pillared clays as well as mixed Fe/Al, Ga/Al, Si/Al, Zr/Al and other mixed metal pillared clays. Biofuels form an interesting renewable energy source, where these porous, catalytically active materials can play an important role in the conversion of vegetable oils, such as canola oil, into biodiesel. Transesterification of vegetable oil is currently the method of choice for conversion to biofuel. The second part of this review focuses on the catalysts and cracking reaction conditions used for the production of biofuel. A distinction has been made in three different vegetable oils as starting materials: canola oil, palm oil and sunflower oil.     

跨地裂缝墙体开裂形态分析

应用非线性有限元法对跨地裂缝的墙体开裂形态进行了分析,确定出了具有三维活动性的地裂缝垂直穿越墙基时,墙体出现裂缝的位置、倾向、倾角和后期的发展状况,以及随沉降量与张开量比值变化的规律。结果表明:地裂缝垂直穿越围墙时,墙体上出现的裂缝一般有两种形式:一是位于地裂缝下盘的墙顶竖直裂缝,二是出现在地裂缝正上方墙体底部的斜裂缝;当地裂缝两盘的土体活动以水平拉张为主时,墙体底部出现的斜裂缝以高角度向上扩展,当地裂缝两盘的土体活动以差异沉降为主时,墙体底部出现的斜裂缝则以较缓的角度向上扩展,倾向与地裂缝相反;只要地裂缝的上下盘土体有微小的错动,一般2～3mm时,就会引起墙体的破裂,且墙体裂缝扩展迅速,几个毫米的错动量,就能使墙体裂缝扩展数十厘米,甚至贯通整个墙体;墙体斜裂缝在产生初期较为平直,随着裂缝的迅速扩展,端部稍向下弯曲,倾角减缓,整体呈弧弯状。