A study on the bio-hydro mechanical effects of the tree roots on the Agaclı coal reclaimed – forested land

The research area that is in the north of Istanbul (Turkey) and it is a land of open pit coal mining residuals reclaimed and turned to forest in 1988–1989. The materials that are open pit mine spoils are formed by sandy loam, sandy clay loam, heavy loam and clay (noncalcareous Pliocene I sediments). Pseudoacacia (Robinia pseudoacacia), Maritima Pine (Pinus pinaster) and Stone Pine (Pinus pinea) are planted on these materials. The aims of this research were to determine the strength of the material provided by tree roots and evaluate the performance of the forestation practices at lands especially where open pit coal mining spoil (residual) materials piled up. The research has been performed at two stages. The first one was hydro-mechanical effect concerned about material moisture depletion as a result of transpiration and the second one was bio-mechanical effects due to strength parameters of the roots and their growth pattern within the material. All results were evaluated in relation to tensile strength and displacement curves due to pre and post failure behaviors of materials and root systems. The results showed the increase of the displacement of the material was the significant indicator of the bio-mechanics tensile strength of the material provided by the tree roots. The fast growing type of tree roots have stabilized the material up to a depth for 80–100 cm by covering the coal residual materials within 12 years.     

关于倾斜脉的重力异常公式及理论曲线正误的商榷

本文着重讨论了重力勘探教材中关于倾斜脉的△g、V_(xz)、V_(zz)理论公式及二次微商理论曲线的正误问题。文中给出了无限延深倾斜脉的准确的 V_(xz)及 V_(zz)理论曲线,并且指出应该充分地利用 V_(xz)V_(zz)异常特征解释推断脉的倾向.     

土参数对桩基水平响应影响的研究

桩基的水平响应由桩土间的相互作用决定,通过采用p-y曲线来表示桩土间的非线性相互作用。通过算例,讨论分析了粘性土参数的变化对p-y曲线中土体的极限强度和刚度、桩基水平位移和弯矩分布及最大弯矩和水平荷载关系的影响。     

球面线要素的多分辨率实时简化方法

在分析球面3维数据可视化特点的基础上,提出了视点相关的球面矢量数据LOD简化方法,基本原理是：以视点为基础在屏幕空间获取投影误差,反投影到模型空间得到动态简化阈值,并结合Douglas—Peucker算法,对矢量数据进行多分辨率实时简化表达。最后,开发实验系统并对相关方法进行了验证。结果表明：在不影响球面图形可视化效果下,数据量减少了约4-5倍,有效地提高了图形渲染速度和效率。     

The seasonal range of sea temperature on the New Zealand shelf

Sea water temperatures measured over the New Zealand continental shelf in summer and winter 1967 are compared and discussed.     

Seismic performance of an unreinforced masonry building: An experimental investigation

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation carried out to investigate the seismic performance of a two storey brick masonry house with one room in each floor. A half‐scale building constructed using single wythe clay brick masonry laid in cement sand mortar and a conventional timber floor and timber roof clad with clay tiles was tested under earthquake ground motions on a shaking table, first in the longitudinal direction and then in the transverse direction. In each direction, the building was subjected to different ground motions with gradually increasing intensity. Dynamic properties of the system were assessed through white‐noise tests after each ground motion. The building suffered increasing levels of damage as the excitations became more severe. The damage ranged from cracking to global/local rocking of different piers and partial out‐of‐plane failure of the walls. Nevertheless, the building did not collapse under base excitations with peak ground acceleration up to 0.8g. General behaviour of the tested building model during the tests is discussed, and fragility curves are developed for unreinforced masonry buildings based on the experimental results. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

加权频谱相干法在识别地层各向异性类型中的应用

利用交叉偶极声波数据可以提取出快慢弯曲波曲线,在此基础上利用加权频谱相干法可以稳定的提取出快慢弯曲波频散曲线.利用快慢弯曲波频散曲线的形态能够区分各向异性的类型.若产生交叉现象,则证明应力作用明显.若两者重合,则证明该点地层属于各向同性地层.当地层中存在页岩、裂缝等地层固有的各向异性特征时,快慢弯曲波曲线在整个频段分开,并在低频处逼近地层真实慢度.