天水盆地新近纪伸展构造——来自沉积与构造变形方面的证据     

马收先  李海龙  张岳桥  李建 《地质通报》2016,35(8):1314-1323

天水盆地位于青藏高原东北缘高海拔挤压隆升区与鄂尔多斯低海拔伸展区的过渡部位,新构造活动强烈。然而,新构造活动对天水盆地的影响尚不清楚。通过对盆地的沉积环境、构造沉降、构造变形等方面的研究,结果显示:1盆地由风成堆积、洪积扇、河湖相与湖泊相沉积组成,代表沉积中心的河湖相与湖泊相沿控盆断裂(西秦岭北缘断裂、西和断裂与礼县-罗家堡断裂)分布;2盆地经历了16~14Ma、9.2~7.4Ma和3.6~2.6Ma三次加速沉降期;3控盆断裂在同沉积期为正断层。沉积中心沿断裂分布、快速沉降事件及生长正断层表明,天水盆地至少在中新世晚期受控于走滑伸展构造,记录了青藏高原向北东方向的构造挤出作用。  相似文献   

Enhanced bioremoval of refractory compounds from dyeing wastewater using optimized sequential anaerobic/aerobic process     

W. Bae  D. Han  E. Kim  R. A. de Toledo  K. Kwon  H. Shim 《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》2016,13(7):1675-1684

The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket process followed by the biological aerated filter process was employed to improve the removal of color and recalcitrant compounds from real dyeing wastewater. The highest removal efficiency for color was observed in the anaerobic process, at 8-h hydraulic retention time, seeded with the sludge granule. In the subsequent aerobic process packed with the microbe-immobilized polyethylene glycol media, the removal efficiency for chemical oxygen demand increased significantly to 75 %, regardless of the empty bed contact time. The average influent non-biodegradable soluble chemical oxygen demand was 517 mg/L, and the average concentration in effluent from the anaerobic reactor was 363 mg/L, suggesting the removal of some recalcitrant matters together with the degradable ones. The average non-biodegradable soluble chemical oxygen demand in effluent from the aerobic reactor was 87, 93, and 118 mg/L, with the removal efficiency of 76, 74, and 67 %, at 24-, 12-, and 8-h empty bed contact time, respectively. The combined anaerobic sludge blanket and aerobic cell-entrapped process was effective to remove the refractory compounds from real dyeing wastewater as well as in reducing organic loading to meet the effluent discharge limits. This integrated process is considered an effective and economical treatment technology for dyeing wastewater.  相似文献   

Bioadsorption by sugarcane bagasse for the reduction in oil and grease content in aqueous effluent     

H. T. Boni  D. de Oliveira  A. A. Ulson de Souza  S. M. A. G. Ulson de Souza 《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》2016,13(4):1169-1176

Several techniques have been used to reduce the oil and grease content in aqueous streams; one excellent is bioadsorption. With a view to provide a sustainable method for the treatment of oily effluents, the aim of this study was to evaluate sugarcane bagasse as bioadsorbent to reduce the oil and grease content of aqueous effluents. Analysis of the material was performed, and the adsorption experiments were in a batch system, using a synthetic effluent. The results showed that the kinetic equilibrium occurred in 0.08 h of contact. The study of influence of pH of the aqueous phase and the temperature showed that the adsorption capacity was proportional to the pH value, but inversely proportional to the temperature. The adsorption isotherm was obtained at a temperature of 298.15 K using the Langmuir and Langmuir–Freundlich models, and the maximum adsorption capacity obtained was 6.65 kg of hydrocarbon per kg of bioadsorbent. It was verified that sugarcane bagasse represents an excellent material for application in the treatment of oily aqueous effluents, since it is associated with low cost and a high adsorption capacity. The variation in the adsorption capacity observed as a function of pH of the aqueous phase was not found to be significant. This is an important characteristic of the material in terms of its industrial application, verifying the possibility for its implementation in any treatment process, demonstrating the great potential of sugarcane bagasse for use as a sustainable alternative in the reduction in oil and grease in aqueous effluents.  相似文献   

Prediction of ground vibration due to quarry blasting based on gene expression programming: a new model for peak particle velocity prediction   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

R Shirani Faradonbeh  D Jahed Armaghani  M. Z. Abd Majid  M. MD Tahir  B. Ramesh Murlidhar  M. Monjezi  H. M. Wong 《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》2016,13(6):1453-1464

Blasting is a widely used technique for rock fragmentation in opencast mines and tunneling projects. Ground vibration is one of the most environmental effects produced by blasting operation. Therefore, the proper prediction of blast-induced ground vibrations is essential to identify safety area of blasting. This paper presents a predictive model based on gene expression programming (GEP) for estimating ground vibration produced by blasting operations conducted in a granite quarry, Malaysia. To achieve this aim, a total number of 102 blasting operations were investigated and relevant blasting parameters were measured. Furthermore, the most influential parameters on ground vibration, i.e., burden-to-spacing ratio, hole depth, stemming, powder factor, maximum charge per delay, and the distance from the blast face were considered and utilized to construct the GEP model. In order to show the capability of GEP model in estimating ground vibration, nonlinear multiple regression (NLMR) technique was also performed using the same datasets. The results demonstrated that the proposed model is able to predict blast-induced ground vibration more accurately than other developed technique. Coefficient of determination values of 0.914 and 0.874 for training and testing datasets of GEP model, respectively show superiority of this model in predicting ground vibration, while these values were obtained as 0.829 and 0.790 for NLMR model.  相似文献   

Must critical state theory be revisited to include fabric effects?     

Yannis F. Dafalias 《Acta Geotechnica》2016,11(3):479-491

Critical state (CS) is a physically observed state of granular materials at failure, based on which the critical state theory (CST) was founded. CST attempts to describe analytically the material response when CS failure occurs and constitutes the framework within which constitutive modeling techniques have been developed in the last half-century. The conditions of CST defined as necessary and sufficient to characterize CS do not include fabric orientation of material samples. In the present work, this absence of fabric is discussed in light of a newly developed anisotropic critical state theory (ACST) that enhances the classical CST by introducing an additional condition that fabric must satisfy at CS. The use of ACST framework in constitutive modeling is presented in a generic way, usable in conjunction with various constitutive models that comply with CST. Answers to some fundamental questions are attempted or suggested, e.g., as to whether the conditions of classical CST are necessary and sufficient for CS to occur, whether the ACST is simply a convenient supplement to CST or a necessary enhancement, and if the latter is true, the merits and open questions that arise. The presentation focuses on the justification and thoughts behind the proposed specific features of ACST, provides clarifications not made before, while several suggestions and disclaimers are made, and alternate approaches are proposed for further investigations on the subject matter.  相似文献   

Autonomic visiting in digital 3D scenes     

Song Chen  Liang Cheng 《Earth Science Informatics》2016,9(3):383-400

Human-machine interactive visiting and fixed-route visiting are currently the main roaming modes in digital three-dimensional (3D) scenes. However, in general, when a person visits an attraction area, s/he does not follow a fixed path, but instead wander about according to his/her interests. Here, we propose a new roaming mode, called autonomic visiting. That is, in a digital 3D scene, a user selects several interest spots, then a route connecting these spots can be automatically determined and 3D scene can be seen along this route. This study presents a technical approach that enables the realization of autonomic visiting in 3D scenes. Firstly, Delaunay triangular meshes for the terrain in 3D scene are established. Secondly, a plane-growth algorithm and a line-connection algorithm are introduced to automatically mend the broken parts of these triangular meshes. Thirdly, the triangular meshes are then merged and differently weighted according to different layers. Finally, a progress-zone transmission algorithm is presented to optimal the shortest route, which is derived from A-Star (A*) algorithm. Digital 3D campus of Nanjing University, China, is taken as the experimental materials. The experimental results prove the effect of the proposed approach.  相似文献   

An experimental database for the development,calibration and verification of constitutive models for sand with focus to cyclic loading: part I—tests with monotonic loading and stress cycles     

Torsten Wichtmann  Theodoros Triantafyllidis 《Acta Geotechnica》2016,11(4):739-761

For numerical studies of geotechnical structures under earthquake loading, aiming to examine a possible failure due to liquefaction, using a sophisticated constitutive model for the soil is indispensable. Such a model must adequately describe the material response to a cyclic loading under constant volume (undrained) conditions, amongst others the relaxation of effective stress (pore pressure accumulation) or the effective stress loops repeatedly passed through after a sufficiently large number of cycles (cyclic mobility, stress attractors). The soil behaviour under undrained cyclic loading is manifold, depending on the initial conditions (e.g. density, fabric, effective mean pressure, stress ratio) and the load characteristics (e.g. amplitude of the cycles, application of stress or strain cycles). In order to develop, calibrate and verify a constitutive model with focus to undrained cyclic loading, the data from high-quality laboratory tests comprising a variety of initial conditions and load characteristics are necessary. The purpose of these two companion papers was to provide such database collected for a fine sand. The database consists of numerous undrained cyclic triaxial tests with stress or strain cycles applied to samples consolidated isotropically or anisotropically. Monotonic triaxial tests with drained or undrained conditions have also been performed. Furthermore, drained triaxial, oedometric or isotropic compression tests with several un- and reloading cycles are presented. Part I concentrates on the triaxial tests with monotonic loading or stress cycles. All test data presented herein will be available from the homepage of the first author. As an example of the examination of an existing constitutive model, the experimental data are compared to element test simulations using hypoplasticity with intergranular strain.  相似文献   

Shearing characteristics of SCP-inserted clay specimens in triaxial compression test     

Yoon-Sik Choo  Wanjei Cho  Choong-Ki Chung 《Acta Geotechnica》2016,11(1):209-219

Sand compaction piles (SCPs) have been widely applied to the construction on the soft ground for decades, due to not only the acceleration of the consolidation but also the enhancement of strength and stiffness of ground. However, physical behaviors of SCP-improved ground have not been clearly unveiled due to complex response of two distinct materials, compacted sand and soft clay, which are having quite different mechanical characteristics. Therefore, in this study, the mechanical characteristics of SCP composite ground were investigated via triaxial compression tests on SCP-inserted clay specimens. Tests were performed elaborately with four specimens with different replacement ratios. Based on the comparisons of consolidation and shearing behaviors of tested SCP-inserted clay specimens, the SCP effects on the stiffness and strength are also investigated. Even though the SCP-inserted clay specimens show stronger and stiffer behaviors than clay-only specimens, the effects vary on strength, stiffness, and volume change with regard to the applied replacement ratios.  相似文献   

Sand eddies induced by cyclic tilt of a retaining wall     

Chien-Hsun Chen  Dimitrios Kolymbas 《Acta Geotechnica》2016,11(2):269-280

The cyclic tilt of a retaining wall induces a peculiar motion in the backfill (sand), which exhibits closed trajectories (eddies). In this paper, the motion of the backfill has been optically traced and analyzed by means of particle image velocimetry, also known as digital image correlation. The results are of importance for cyclically loaded structures (e.g, piles for off-shore structures) and can also serve to test numerical simulations of large deformation.  相似文献   

Investigations on physical properties and ablation processes of snow cover during the spring snowmelt period in the headwater region of the Irtysh River,Chinese Altai Mountains   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Wei Zhang  Yongping Shen  Ninglian Wang  Jianqiao He  An’an Chen  Jian Zhou 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(3):199

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