Shear strength behaviour of compacted clayey soils percolated with an alkaline solution     

Olivier Cuisinier  Dimitri Deneele  Farimah Masrouri 《Engineering Geology》2009,108(3-4):177-188

In the French model of deep nuclear wastes repositories, the galleries should be backfilled with excavated argillite after the site has been filled. After thousands of years, the degradation of the concrete lining of the galleries will generate an alkaline solute (pH > 12) that would circulate through the backfill. The goal of this paper is to describe the impact of such solute circulation on the properties of compacted argillite. Since additives (bentonite, sand or lime) are often introduced in the remoulded argillite for the backfill, such mixtures were also studied. Saturated-portlandite water was circulated through compacted samples for 3, 6 and 12 months at 60 °C. The shear strength behaviour of the samples was determined with triaxial tests. The microstructure of the samples was analysed via mercury intrusion porosimetry tests and scanning electron microscopy. The results showed that the influence of the alkaline fluid on the properties of the argillite is a function of the nature of the additive. In the case of the calcareous sand, no major changes were observed. The pure argillite underwent a slight decrease in its cohesion due to limited dissolution of its clayey particles. Conversely, intense alteration of the bentonite–argillite mixture was observed, and the shear strength behaviour was modified. Lime addition improved the mechanical characteristics of the argillite.  相似文献   

Adsorption of l-aspartate to rutile (α-TiO₂): Experimental and theoretical surface complexation studies     

Caroline M. Jonsson  Christopher L. Jonsson  Charlene Estrada  Dimitri A. Sverjensky  H. James Cleaves II 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2010,74(8):2356-22386

Interactions between aqueous amino acids and mineral surfaces influence many geochemical processes from biomineralization to the origin of life. However, the specific reactions involved and the attachment mechanisms are mostly unknown. We have studied the adsorption of l-aspartate on the surface of rutile (α-TiO₂, pH_PPZC = 5.4) in NaCl(aq) over a wide range of pH, ligand-to-solid ratio and ionic strength, using potentiometric titrations and batch adsorption experiments. The adsorption is favored below pH 6 with a maximum of 1.2 μmol of adsorbed aspartate per m² of rutile at pH 4 in our experiments. The adsorption decreases at higher pH because the negatively charged aspartate molecule is repelled by the negatively charged rutile surface above pH_PPZC. At pH values of 3-5, aspartate adsorption increases with decreasing ionic strength. The adsorption of aspartate on rutile is very similar to that previously published for glutamate (Jonsson et al., 2009). An extended triple-layer model was used to provide a quantitative thermodynamic characterization of the aspartate adsorption data. Two reaction stoichiometries identical in reaction stoichiometry to those for glutamate were needed. At low surface coverages, aspartate, like glutamate, may form a bridging-bidentate surface species binding through both carboxyl groups, i.e. “lying down” on the rutile surface. At high surface coverages, the reaction stoichiometry for aspartate was interpreted differently compared to glutamate: it likely involves an outer-sphere or hydrogen bonded aspartate surface species, as opposed to a partly inner-sphere complex for glutamate. Both the proposed aspartate species are qualitatively consistent with previously published ATR-FTIR spectroscopic results for aspartate on amorphous titanium dioxide. The surface complexation model for aspartate was tested against experimental data for the potentiometric titration of aspartate in the presence of rutile. In addition, the model correctly predicted a decrease of the isoelectric point with increased aspartate concentration consistent with previously published studies of the aspartate-anatase system. Prediction of the surface speciation of aspartate on rutile indicates that the relative proportions of the two complexes are a strong function of environmental conditions, which should be taken into account in considerations of geochemical systems involving the interactions of biomolecules and minerals in electrolyte solutions.  相似文献   

Quantification of the effects of nitrates,phosphates and chlorides on soil stabilization with lime and cement     

Olivier Cuisinier  Tangi Le Borgne  Dimitri Deneele  Farimah Masrouri 《Engineering Geology》2011,117(3-4):229-235

Despite the scant quantitative data available in the literature, it has been hypothesized that some chemical compounds can have deleterious effects on soil stabilization with lime and cements (e.g., nitrates, phosphates and chlorides). This study intends to assess their influence on soil stabilization quantitatively. An original experimental procedure was followed. Selected soils were mixed with a potential deleterious compound at a concentration representative of what can be found in the field. The performance of the different mixtures in terms of soil stabilization was then assessed by performing mechanical tests on samples submitted to several curing conditions (temperature and humidity). The results showed that the tested compounds are likely to alter the soil stabilization processes and thus lower the mechanical performance of the stabilized soil. The results also showed that it is not possible to determine a single threshold value for the compounds considered because their influence on soil stabilization is also a function of the nature of the soil (silt or fine sand), the type of cement (CEM I or CEM II) and the curing conditions.  相似文献   

Instance‐based learning compared to other data‐driven methods in hydrological forecasting     

Dimitri P. Solomatine  Mahesh Maskey  Durga Lal Shrestha 《水文研究》2008,22(2):275-287

Data‐driven techniques based on machine learning algorithms are becoming popular in hydrological modelling, in particular for forecasting. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are often the first choice. The so‐called instance‐based learning (IBL) has received relatively little attention, and the present paper explores the applicability of these methods in the field of hydrological forecasting. Their performance is compared with that of ANNs, M5 model trees and conceptual hydrological models. Four short‐term flow forecasting problems were solved for two catchments. Results showed that the IBL methods often produce better results than ANNs and M5 model trees, especially if used with the Gaussian kernel function. The study showed that IBL is an effective data‐driven method that can be successfully used in hydrological forecasting. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

A perfectly matched layer absorbing boundary condition for the second-order seismic wave equation   总被引：24，自引：0，他引：24  

Dimitri Komatitsch  Jeroen Tromp 《Geophysical Journal International》2003,154(1):146-153

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Ground motion prediction equations based on shallow crustal earthquakes in Georgia and the surrounding Caucasus          下载免费PDF全文

Jorjiashvili Nato  Shengelia Ia  Godoladze Tea  Gunia Irakli  Akubardia Dimitri 《地震科学（英文版）》2022,35(6):497-509

Strong ground motions caused by earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 3.5 to 6.9 and hypocentral distances of up to 300 km were recorded by local broadband stations and three-component accelerograms within Georgia’s enhanced digital seismic network. Such data mixing is particularly effective in areas where strong ground motion data are lacking. The data were used to produce models based on ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs), one benefit of which is that they take into consideration information from waveforms across a wide range of frequencies. In this study, models were developed to predict ground motions for peak ground acceleration and 5%-damped pseudo-absolute-acceleration spectra for periods between 0.01 and 10 s. Short-period ground motions decayed faster than long-period motions, though decay was still in the order of approximately 1/r. Faulting mechanisms and local soil conditions greatly influence GMPEs. The spectral acceleration (SA) of thrust faults was higher than that for either strike-slip or normal faults but the influence of strike-slip faulting on SA was slightly greater than that for normal faults. Soft soils also caused significantly more amplification than rocky sites.  相似文献   

Pliocene to Quaternary deformation in the Var Basin (Nice, SE France) and its interpretation in terms of “slow-active” faulting     

Victorien Bauve  Yann Rolland  Guillaume Sanchez  Gérard Giannerini  Dimitri Schreiber  Michel Corsini  Jean-Louis Perez  Adrien Romagny 《Swiss Journal of Geoscience》2012,105(3):361-376

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Reactive Transport Modeling of Subaqueous Sediment Caps and Implications for the Long-Term Fate of Arsenic, Mercury, and Methylmercury   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Brad A. Bessinger  Dimitri Vlassopoulos  Susana Serrano  Peggy A. O’Day 《Aquatic Geochemistry》2012,18(4):297-326

A 1-D biogeochemical reactive transport model with a full set of equilibrium and kinetic biogeochemical reactions was developed to simulate the fate and transport of arsenic and mercury in subaqueous sediment caps. Model simulations (50?years) were performed for freshwater and estuarine scenarios with an anaerobic porewater and either a diffusion-only or a diffusion plus 0.1-m/year upward advective flux through the cap. A biological habitat layer in the top 0.15?m of the cap was simulated with the addition of organic carbon. For arsenic, the generation of sulfate-reducing conditions limits the formation of iron oxide phases available for adsorption. As a result, subaqueous sediment caps may be relatively ineffective for mitigating contaminant arsenic migration when influent concentrations are high and sorption capacity is insufficient. For mercury, sulfate reduction promotes the precipitation of metacinnabar (HgS) below the habitat layer, and associated fluxes across the sediment–water interface are low. As such, cap thickness is a key design parameter that can be adjusted to control the depth below the sediment–water interface at which mercury sulfide precipitates. The highest dissolved methylmercury concentrations occur in the habitat layer in estuarine environments under conditions of advecting porewater, but the highest sediment concentrations are predicted to occur in freshwater environments due to sorption on sediment organic matter. Site-specific reactive transport simulations are a powerful tool for identifying the major controls on sediment- and porewater-contaminant arsenic and mercury concentrations that result from coupling between physical conditions and biologically mediated chemical reactions.  相似文献   

Estimation of seismic drift and ductility demands in planar regular X‐braced steel frames     

Theodore L. Karavasilis  Nikitas Bazeos  Dimitri E. Beskos 《地震工程与结构动力学》2007,36(15):2273-2289

This paper summarizes the results of an extensive study on the inelastic seismic response of X‐braced steel buildings. More than 100 regular multi‐storey tension‐compression X‐braced steel frames are subjected to an ensemble of 30 ordinary (i.e. without near fault effects) ground motions. The records are scaled to different intensities in order to drive the structures to different levels of inelastic deformation. The statistical analysis of the created response databank indicates that the number of stories, period of vibration, brace slenderness ratio and column stiffness strongly influence the amplitude and heightwise distribution of inelastic deformation. Nonlinear regression analysis is employed in order to derive simple formulae which reflect the aforementioned influences and offer a direct estimation of drift and ductility demands. The uncertainty of this estimation due to the record‐to‐record variability is discussed in detail. More specifically, given the strength (or behaviour) reduction factor, the proposed formulae provide reliable estimates of the maximum roof displacement, the maximum interstorey drift ratio and the maximum cyclic ductility of the diagonals along the height of the structure. The strength reduction factor refers to the point of the first buckling of the diagonals in the building and thus, pushover analysis and estimation of the overstrength factor are not required. This design‐oriented feature enables both the rapid seismic assessment of existing structures and the direct deformation‐controlled seismic design of new ones. A comparison of the proposed method with the procedures adopted in current seismic design codes reveals the accuracy and efficiency of the former. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

A predictive model (ETLM) for arsenate adsorption and surface speciation on oxides consistent with spectroscopic and theoretical molecular evidence     

Keisuke Fukushi  Dimitri A. Sverjensky 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2007,71(15):3717-3745

The nature of adsorbed arsenate species for a wide range of minerals and environmental conditions is fundamental to prediction of the migration and long-term fate of arsenate in natural environments. Spectroscopic experiments and theoretical calculations have demonstrated the potential importance of a variety of arsenate surface species on several iron and aluminum oxides. However, integration of the results of these studies with surface complexation models and extrapolation over wide ranges of conditions and for many oxides remains a challenge. In the present study, in situ X-ray and infrared spectroscopic and theoretical molecular evidence of arsenate (and the analogous phosphate) surface speciation are integrated with an extended triple layer model (ETLM) of surface complexation, which takes into account the electrostatic work associated with the ions and the water dipoles involved in inner-sphere surface complexation by the ligand exchange mechanism.Three reactions forming inner-sphere arsenate surface species