Fast iterative solution of large undrained soil‐structure interaction problems

In view of rapid developments in iterative solvers, it is timely to re‐examine the merits of using mixed formulation for incompressible problems. This paper presents extensive numerical studies to compare the accuracy of undrained solutions resulting from the standard displacement formulation with a penalty term and the two‐field mixed formulation. The standard displacement and two‐field mixed formulations are solved using both direct and iterative approaches to assess if it is cost‐effective to achieve more accurate solutions. Numerical studies of a simple footing problem show that the mixed formulation is able to solve the incompressible problem ‘exactly’, does not create pressure and stress instabilities, and obviate the need for an ad hoc penalty number. In addition, for large‐scale problems where it is not possible to perform direct solutions entirely within available random access memory, it turns out that the larger system of equations from mixed formulation also can be solved much more efficiently than the smaller system of equations arising from standard formulation by using the symmetric quasi‐minimal residual (SQMR) method with the generalized Jacobi (GJ) preconditioner. Iterative solution by SQMR with GJ preconditioning also is more elegant, faster, and more accurate than the popular Uzawa method. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Temperature dependence of large-scale water-retention curves: a case study

A local-scale model for temperature-dependence of water-retention curves may be applicable to large scales. Consideration of this temperature dependence is important for modeling unsaturated flow and transport in the subsurface in numerous cases. Although significant progress has been made in understanding and modeling this temperature effect, almost all the previous studies have been limited to small scales (on the order of several centimeters). Numerical experiments were used to investigate the possibility of extending a local-scale model for the temperature-dependence of water retention curves to large scales (on the order of meters). Temperature effects on large-scale hydraulic properties are of interest in many practical applications. Numerical experiment results indicate that the local-scale model can indeed be applicable to large-scale problems for special porous media with high air entry values. A typical porous medium of this kind is the porous tuff matrix in the unsaturated zone of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the proposed geologic disposal site for national high-level nuclear wastes. Whether this finding can approximately hold for general cases needs to be investigated in future studies.     

试论少数民族地区的生态化旅游开发

生态化旅游开发是有别于传统的旅游开发的一种可持续开发与发展的理念，它追求的是生态、社会和经济综合效益的最大化，应该成为旅游开发与旅游业发展的主要方向。民族地区的旅游开发具有特定的区域生态特征。其生态化旅游开发的核心问题是旅游环境容量的确定与旅游环境的保护、民族特色与民族文化的弘扬以及注重旅游经济发展过程中旅游业的拉动效应及其依托性之间的关系处理等。     

地下管线源数据处理方法的研究

为了保障顺利建设上海市地下管线数据库．需要对现存的地下管线的源数据进行一些技术处理，以满足数据入库的要求。本文主要个绍：笔者在从事地下管线源数据处理工作中，碰到的现存的上海市地下管线源数据对于建设上海市地下管线数据库所存在的一些问题：以及笔者利用Autodesk公司的AutoCAD二次开发工具开发的应用程序来处理这些问题的方法。     

Mallow Springs,County Cork,Ireland

Because of its copious and reliable rainfall, Ireland has an abundance of springs. Many of the larger ones issue from the Carboniferous limestone that occurs in over 40% of the country. The spring water is mainly a calcium bicarbonate type with a temperature of about 10°C. In the 18th century, warm and cold springs were developed as spas in various parts of Ireland. The popularity of these springs was short and most were in major decline by 1850. Today only one cold spa at Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare is still operating. Springs in Ireland were places of religious significance for the pre-Christian Druidic religion. In the Christian period they became holy wells, under the patronage of various saints. Cures for many different ailments were attributed to water from these wells.     

The impact of hydrological changes on travertine deposits related to thermal springs in the Pamukkale area (SW Turkey)

Pamukkale thermal waters (35 °C), exhibiting calcium-bicarbonate-sulfate composition and high carbon dioxide concentration, are of a predominantly meteoric origin. The meteoric fluid, circulating through faults and fractures, is heated by magmatic intrusions at great depth, and ascends from deep reservoirs to the surface. Mixing with relatively cold groundwater in the near surface zone promotes different saturation conditions with respect to calcium carbonate that later precipitates at depth and/or the surface. Dissolution-deposition processes of calcium carbonate both at surface and depth environments may help to reconstruct past climate direction in the field. During wet climate conditions a high-rate of calcium carbonate accumulation would be expected to occur at the surface because thermal fluid would be under-saturated with respect to calcium carbonate at depth because of a relatively higher mixing ratio with cold groundwater. During dry climate conditions the thermal fluid would be super-saturated at depth because of the highly acidic environment. Hydrometeorological studies reveal that the annual precipitation at the Pamukkale hydrothermal field tends to decrease with time. This climatic change in the area was also detected from geological records. While humid climate conditions prevailed during the late Quaternary, the area has recently been affected by arid/semi-arid climate conditions, followed by some episodic transitions. This study has shown how the system has possibly reacted to different climate conditions since antiquity.     

武汉地铁及长江隧道沿线地下管线现状分析

本文论述了利用城市地下管线信息系统对武汉地铁和长江隧道沿线进行地下管线现状调查的过程和方法，结果表明利用该系统所完成的分析和成果资料满足了武汉及长江隧道沿线工程可行性研究的需要。     

胶东地区与金矿成矿有关的花岗岩体中的流体包裹体研究

与胶东金矿有密切关系的玲珑片麻状花岗岩、栾家河二长花岗岩、郭家岭花岗闪长岩、上庄二长花岗岩4种类型花岗岩中矿物包裹体的发育程度、类型、大小及其特点, 以及包裹体的显微测温结果, 反映出玲珑岩体是经历了高级区域变质作用形成的重熔型花岗岩, 郭家岭岩体是由高温、高粘度岩浆结晶成岩的。栾家河岩体是由一种富CO₂的高温、高粘度的岩浆中结晶演化而来, 岩体的侵入深度也较浅。上庄岩体形成温度压力较低。      

萃淋树脂吸附法测金

对萃淋树脂在酸性介质中吸附解脱金及相关体系的条件选择，以及萃淋树脂在生产方面的应用前景进行了实验研究。结果表明，萃淋树脂在稀王水介质中能较好地吸附金，用硫脲解脱金简便完全，检测限达0．002μg／g，吸附率达100％，解脱率99．8％。     

内蒙古固阳福顺店渣尔泰山群增隆昌组的风暴沉积特征

本文着重叙述了渣尔泰山群增隆昌组的沉积特征和沉积相序特征 ,并对其成因进行了分析 ,区内的增隆昌组白云岩为一风暴沉积相序 ,该相序的发现对进一步研究渣尔泰山群的沉积环境及古地理特征具有一定意义。