A comparison of groundwater recharge estimation methods in a semi‐arid,coastal avocado and citrus orchard (Ventura County,California)

We assess the relative merits of application of the most commonly used field methods (soil‐water balance (SWB), chloride mass balance (CMB) and soil moisture monitoring (NP)) to determine recharge rates in micro‐irrigated and non‐irrigated areas of a semi‐arid coastal orchard located in a relatively complex geological environment. Application of the CMB method to estimate recharge rates was difficult owing to the unusually high, variable soil‐water chloride concentrations. In addition, contrary to that expected, the chloride concentration distribution at depths below the root zone in the non‐irrigated soil profiles was greater than that in the irrigated profiles. The CMB method severely underestimated recharge rates in the non‐irrigated areas when compared with the other methods, although the CMB method estimated recharge rates for the irrigated areas, that were similar to those from the other methods, ranging from 42 to 141 mm/year. The SWB method, constructed for a 15‐year period, provided insight into the recharge process being driven by winter rains rather than summer irrigation and indicated an average rate of 75 mm/year and 164 mm/year for the 1984 – 98 and 1996 – 98 periods, respectively. Assuming similar soil‐water holding capacity, these recharge rates applied to both irrigated and non‐irrigated areas. Use of the long period of record was important because it encompassed both drought and heavy rainfall years. Successful application of the SWB method, however, required considerable additional field measurements of orchard ET_c, soil‐water holding capacity and estimation of rainfall interception – runoff losses. Continuous soil moisture monitoring (NP) was necessary to identify both daily and seasonal seepage processes to corroborate the other recharge estimates. Measured recharge rates during the 1996 – 1998 period in both the orchards and non‐irrigated site averaged 180 mm/year. The pattern of soil profile drying during the summer irrigation season, followed by progressive wetting during the winter rainy season was observed in both irrigated and non‐irrigated soil profiles, confirming that groundwater recharge was rainfall driven and that micro‐irrigation did not ‘predispose’ the soil profile to excess rainfall recharge. The ability to make this recharge assessment, however, depended on making multiple field measurements associated with all three methods, suggesting that any one should not be used alone. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Spatial patterns and temporal stability of soil moisture across a range of scales in a semi‐arid environment

The antecedent soil moisture status of a catchment is an important factor in hydrological modelling. Traditional Hortonian infiltration models assume that the initial moisture content is constant across the whole catchment, despite the fact that even in small catchments antecedent soil moisture exhibits tremendous spatial heterogeneity. Spatial patterns of soil water distribution across three transects (two in a burnt area and one in an unburnt area) in a semi‐arid area were studied. At the transect scale, when the factors affecting soil moisture were limited to topographical position or local topography, spatial patterns showed time stability, but when other factors, such as vegetation, were taken into account, the spatial patterns became time unstable. At the point scale, and in the same areas, topographical position was the main factor controlling time stability. Scale dependence of time stability was studied and local topography and vegetation presence were observed to play an important role for the correlation between consecutive measures depending on the scale. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

古尔班通古特沙漠固定与半固定沙丘成因初探

处于干旱荒漠区的古尔班通古特沙漠因降水、冬季的积雪、悬湿砂层、丘间地和背风坡的植被、沙丘表层微弱的分化、砂物质粒度等因素的综合影响 ,以固定和半固定沙丘为主。由于沙丘的稳定性差 ,人类活动过程中应加强对它的保护。     

半干旱区涌流畦灌模型应用研究

涌流灌溉作为一种先进的节水灌溉方式,非常适用于水资源匮乏,经济基础薄弱的干旱和半干旱地区。通过对辽宁西部半干旱褐土区的涌流畦灌进行的试验研究,在应用ＹＳＭ畦灌分析模型的基础上,建立了简便易解的涌流畦灌模型并通过模型仿真对灌水质量进行评价,得到藻水技术要素的优化组合。     

半圆型防波堤的水力特性研究

采用不规则波浪试验,研究了半圆型防波堤的水力特性及堤上波力随各主要影响因素的变化规律。指出必须分别按出水堤或淹没堤计算堤上的波力,前者可用改进的合田公式;对于淹没堤,文中建议了计算波力的方法。     

我国半干旱地区土壤的特性与可持续发展

我国年降水量250~ 450mm的半干旱地区,主要发育有栗钙土、淡黑垆土、黑麻土、黄绵土和灰钙土。前四者具有半干润土壤水分状况,后者存在干旱土壤水分状况。贫乏的土壤水分状况与区内的光热资源匹配不协调,限制了天然乔木林的正常生存,制约了农业的不稳定,但却适宜耐旱灌木和耐旱禾草植物生长。因此,区内可持续发展:一要发展水利,二要建造水平梯田,三要根据土壤适生耐旱草灌植物的特性,在发展农业的同时,扩大发展草业、饲养业、畜产品深加工业。     

Semi‐analytical elastostatic analysis of unbounded two‐dimensional domains

Unbounded plane stress and plane strain domains subjected to static loading undergo infinite displacements, even when the zero displacement boundary condition at infinity is enforced. However, the stress and strain fields are well behaved, and are of practical interest. This causes significant difficulty when analysis is attempted using displacement‐based numerical methods, such as the finite‐element method. To circumvent this difficulty problems of this nature are often changed subtly before analysis to limit the displacements to finite values. Such a process is unsatisfactory, as it distorts the solution in some way, and may lead to a stiffness matrix that is nearly singular. In this paper, the semi‐analytical scaled boundary finite‐element method is extended to permit the analysis of such problems without requiring any modification of the problem itself. This is possible because the governing differential equations are solved analytically in the radial direction. The displacement solutions so obtained include an infinite component, but relative motion between any two points in the unbounded domain can be computed accurately. No small arbitrary constants are introduced, no arbitrary truncation of the domain is performed, and no ill‐conditioned matrices are inverted. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

考虑地面差动的相邻结构—地基—土相互作用

本文按地质条件在竖直方向将地基分为若干层，在每层只和样条有限元和半解析无限元分析建筑物下的有限区域和外围的无限区域，并引入了地面差动的概念，对地基－土系统上相邻结构的相互作用进行了分析，得到了结构之间间距变化对相邻结构相互作用影响的一些规律。     

Application of semi‐active tuned mass dampers to base‐excited systems

A continuously variable semi‐active damper is used in a tuned mass damper (TMD) to reduce the level of vibration of a single‐degree‐of‐freedom system subjected to harmonic base excitations. The ground hook dampers as have been used in the auto‐industry are being studied here. Using these dampers a new class of tuned mass dampers, named as ground hook tuned mass dampers (GHTMD) is being introduced. In order to generalize the design properties of the GHTMDs, they are defined in terms of non‐dimensional parameters. The optimum design parameters of GHTMDs for lightly damped systems are obtained based on the minimization of the steady‐state displacement response of the main mass. These parameters are computed for different mass ratios and main system damping ratios. Frequency responses of the resulting systems are compared to that of equivalent TMDs using passive dampers. In addition, other characteristics of this system as compared to the passive TMDs are discussed. A design guide to obtain the optimum parameters of GHTMD using the developed diagrams in this paper based on non‐dimensional values is presented. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

中国土壤土层厚度的空间变异性特征

以全国第二次土壤普查的1627个土壤剖面资料为基础,在地质统计学和地理信息系统的支持下,以变异函数为基本工具初步分析中国土壤土层厚度的空间变异特征,并应用普通克里格法进行最优无偏线性插值,制作出分辨率为30km×30km的中国土壤土层厚度的空间分布图。结果表明:中国土壤土层厚度具有较好的可迁性和空间结构性特点,实验变异函数值的变化趋势基本上随着距离的增加逐渐上升,拟合变程在680km以上,土壤厚度的相关性可大于680km,土层厚度具有明显的块状或连续分布的特点