荆江段河岸粘性土体抗冲特性试验

粘性土体具有较强的抗冲能力,其抗冲性强弱决定了河岸的侵蚀速率。为了估算河岸的侵蚀速率,确定粘性土体的起动条件、侵蚀系数及两者之间的数量关系非常重要,为此开展了荆江段河岸粘性土体起动条件与冲刷特性的水槽试验研究。根据试验结果获得了粘性土体的起动流速与土体液限/自然含水率之间关系以及起动切应力与干密度、起动切应力与液性指数之间的定量表达式,综合反映了粘性土起动条件与其物理性质指标之间的关系;结合冲刷特性试验结果,还获得了土体侵蚀系数随起动切应力的变化规律,并与已有其他试验结果进行了比较。结果表明:荆江河岸粘性土侵蚀系数均比相同条件下其他公式计算值偏大,这与该试验土体中粘粒含量相对较低、土体结构受到扰动等因素有关;根据试验结果,拟合得到了荆江河岸粘性土侵蚀系数与起动切应力之间定量关系式,其相关系数R2=0.90,故该关系式能为荆江段崩岸过程的计算提供参考依据。     

南通地区江海岸线近40年之变迁：—江海岸的侵蚀和淤积

本文根据50—80年代三轮航空照片和卫星照片的解译与野外实地考证,结合50年代以来对该区江海岸线进行动态监测的结果,将南通地区江海岸分为侵蚀型、淤涨型和基本稳定型。从江海岸的形成背景、地质构造、边界条件、江海岸动力,水文泥沙运动以及人类工程诸方面分析了江海岸动态差异的原因。同时指出了在当今海平面不断上升的形势下,本区面临的各种灾害。     

反硝化条件下河岸渗滤过程中苯胺的降解

通过河岸渗滤作用(riverbankfiltration, RBF) 诱发河水的补给, 增大地下水的允许开采量可以满足更多居民生活饮用水需求.受人类活动的影响, 河流等地表水体遭受苯胺污染, 可能通过RBF进入地下水, 以致饮用该地下水存在健康风险.为研究反硝化条件下, 苯胺在RBF中的转化, 采集渭河河床沉积物及沿岸地下水含水层的含水介质, 装置土柱, 进行土柱动态模拟实验.经过153 d的实验研究发现, 利用苯胺对RBF中土著反硝化微生物进行驯化, 大约经过37d菌种完全适应.具有该菌种的RBF系统, 对苯胺具有巨大降解能力, 在NO3——N约为23.0 mg/L的条件下, RBF系统可使40、80甚至400 mg/L浓度的苯胺100%降解, 矿化率分别达97.99%、91.39%与75.30%.反硝化条件下, 苯胺在RBF中的降解仅有少部分经过脱氨作用, 绝大部分与腐殖质以共价键形式形成耦合物, 该耦合物更易为微生物降解, 且降解过程中不产生对研究环境微生物有毒的中间产物, 可实现反硝化条件下RBF中苯胺的连续降解.      

流滑型窝崩水流结构特征及其变化规律

针对长江中下游河段流滑型窝崩,进行水槽概化模拟试验,依据精细的流场观测数据,分析窝塘附近水流结构特征及变化规律,为探索此类崩岸力学机制奠定基础。结果表明,窝塘附近水流结构可分为口外主流区、口门涡流区和窝塘回流区三大区域。随着窝崩发展,三大区域内水流结构也随之产生变化。口外主流区基本为明渠弯道水流,有明显环流特征;口门涡流区呈现长条形态,其内存在多个大小、形态、位置和强度变化的涡旋,总体规律随主流快速下移不断破碎或分解,口门上、下两端水流呈明显三维特征且脉动性很强,水面波动剧烈;窝塘回流区内为典型空腔回流,随窝崩发展,其范围扩大,中心下移,形态由椭圆形趋向圆形,强度呈现增强-减弱-稳定的趋势。     

Stochastic erosion of composite banks in alluvial river bends

The erosion of composite river banks is a complex process involving a number of factors including fluvial erosion, seepage erosion, and cantilever mass failure. To predict the rate of bank erosion with these complexities, a stochastic bank erosion model is suitable to define the probability distribution of the controlling variables. In this study, a bank erosion model in a river bend is developed by coupling several bank erosion processes with an existing hydrodynamic and morphological model. The soil erodibility of cohesive bank layers was measured using a submerged jet test apparatus. Seasonal bank erosion rates for four consecutive years at a bend in the Brahmaputra River, India, were measured by repeated bankline surveys. The ability of the model to predict erosion was evaluated in the river bend that displayed active bank erosion. In this study, different monsoon conditions and the distribution functions of two variables were considered in estimating the stochastic bank erosion rate: the probability of the soil erodibility and stochastic stage hydrographs for the nth return period river stage. Additionally, the influences of the deflection angle of the streamflow, longitudinal slope of river channel, and bed material size on bank erosion rate were also investigated. The obtained stochastic erosion predictions were compared with the observed distribution of the annual‐average bank erosion rate of 45 river bends in the Brahmaputra River. The developed model appropriately predicted the short‐term morphological dynamics of sand‐bed river bends with composite banks. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A coupled transport and reaction model for long column experiments simulating bank filtration

Within the scope of the interdisciplinary Natural and Artificial Systems for Recharge and Infiltration research project dealing with riverbank filtration processes at the Berlin water works, a semi‐technical column experiment has been ongoing since January 2003. Here, a 30 m long soil column is infiltrated with surface water sampled from Lake Tegel (Berlin, Germany) under saturated flow conditions. Changes in pore water hydrochemistry sampled on 21 non‐equidistant distributed points are verified by coupled transport and reaction modelling. The objective of reactive transport modelling was to identify the main biogeochemical processes within the soil column during the flushing experiment as a conceptual model for riverbank filtration. Modelling was done with a combination of MATLAB and PHREEQC. The main processes identified are: (1) biogeochemical degradation due to interaction of natural surface water with the soil matrix; (2) continuous dissolution of refractory air bubbles from the soil column matrix. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Influence of a thin veneer of low‐hydraulic‐conductivity sediment on modelled exchange between river water and groundwater in response to induced infiltration

A thin layer of fine‐grained sediment commonly is deposited at the sediment–water interface of streams and rivers during low‐flow conditions, and may hinder exchange at the sediment–water interface similar to that observed at many riverbank‐filtration (RBF) sites. Results from a numerical groundwater‐flow model indicate that a low‐permeability veneer reduces the contribution of river water to a pumping well in a riparian aquifer to various degrees, depending on simulated hydraulic gradients, hydrogeological properties, and pumping conditions. Seepage of river water is reduced by 5–10% when a 2‐cm thick, low‐permeability veneer is present on the bed surface. Increasing thickness of the low‐permeability layer to 0·1 m has little effect on distribution of seepage or percentage contribution from the river to the pumping well. A three‐orders‐of‐magnitude reduction in hydraulic conductivity of the veneer is required to reduce seepage from the river to the extent typically associated with clogging at RBF sites. This degree of reduction is much larger than field‐measured values that were on the order of a factor of 20–25. Over 90% of seepage occurs within 12 m of the shoreline closest to the pumping well for most simulations. Virtually no seepage occurs through the thalweg near the shoreline opposite the pumping well, although no low‐permeability sediment was simulated for the thalweg. These results are relevant to natural settings that favour formation of a substantial, low‐permeability sediment veneer, as well as central‐pivot irrigation systems, and municipal water supplies where river seepage is induced via pumping wells. Published in 2011 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.