This paper describes the trials undertaken within a domestic landfill site to assess the feasibility of constructing a cement solidified retaining structure using deep soil mixing. The trials consisted of individual columns extending to the full depth of the landfill, each using different concrete mixes and mixing auger configurations to assess the most successful combinations to achieve full depth, followed by the construction of two trial blocks incorporating several different concrete mixes. The trial blocks were constructed to evaluate the most effective concrete and auger combinations required to construct the retaining structure which if built would be approximately 150 m in length, 15 m deep and 10 m wide.
Grout cube strength has been measured during column installation and post construction the columns were exhumed and core samples taken for laboratory analysis of compressive strength, permeability, freeze/thaw and long-term immersion tests.
The trials have met with only moderate success and indicate that a combination of depth and a difficult substrate as is likely to be encountered in older landfills will severely hinder the process of column installation. No amount of previous characterisation can determine the conditions likely to be encountered at a particular location in such a heterogeneous material.
It is suggested that the calculation of likely success rate for column installation and construction of a large retaining structure can be based on the failure rate of cable percussion boreholes during site investigation. If the failure is greater than 15% the technique is unlikely to be viable. 相似文献
Summary Transmission M?ssbauer spectra of synthetic Ca-free P21/c Mg0.22Fe0.78SiO3 clinopyroxene were collected at temperatures in the range 4.2 to 745 K and in an external magnetic field of 60 kOe at 180 K.
The magnetic order-disorder transition temperature was determined by M?ssbauer thermoscanning to be 21 ± 3 K. Above this temperature,
all M?ssbauer spectra consist of a superposition of two doublets, respectively produced by Fe2+ ions at an almost regular octahedral M1 site and at a more distorted octahedral M2 site. The temperature variation of the
Fe2+ center shifts were analyzed using the Debye model for the lattice vibrations. The characteristic M?ssbauer temperatures were
found to be 356 K ± 35 K for M1 and 333 K ± 25 K for M2. From the external field (60 kOe) M?ssbauer spectrum recorded at 180 K,
the principal component Vzz of the electric field gradient (EFG) was determined to be positive for both sites but precise values for the magnitudes of
the asymmetry parameters η of the EFG could not be determined. The temperature variations of the M1 and M2 quadrupole splittings
ΔEQ(T ) are consistent with the higher distortion of the M2 octahedra. Using the crystal-field model to interpret ΔEQ(T ), the energy gaps δ1 and δ2 of the first excited electronic states within the 5D orbital term were estimated to be 410 ± 50 cm−1 and 730 ± 50 cm−1 for M1, and δ1 = 1050 ± 75 cm−1 for M2.
Received May 29, 2000;/revised version accepted July 13, 2001 相似文献
It is widely believed that grain size reduction by dynamic recrystallization can lead to major rheological weakening and associated strain localization by bringing about a switch from grain size insensitive dislocation creep to grain size sensitive diffusion creep. Recently, however, we advanced the hypothesis that, rather than a switch, dynamic recrystallization leads to a balance between grain size reduction and grain growth processes set up in the neighborhood of the boundary between the dislocation creep field and the diffusion creep field. In this paper, we compare the predictions implied by our hypothesis with those of other models for dynamic recrystallization. We also evaluate the full range of models against experimental data on a variety of materials. We conclude that a temperature dependence of the relationship between recrystallized grain size and flow stress cannot be neglected a priori. This should be taken into account when estimating natural flow stresses using experimentally calibrated recrystallized grain size piezometers. We also demonstrate experimental support for the field boundary hypothesis. This support implies that significant weakening by grain size reduction in localized shear zones is possible only if caused by a process other than dynamic recrystallization (such as syntectonic reaction or cataclasis) or if grain growth is inhibited. 相似文献
Geophysical data have identified four submarine segments of the Kerepehi Fault, roughly bisecting a back-arc rift (Hauraki Rift). These segments have been traced through the shallow waters of the Firth of Thames, which lies at the southern end of the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. No historical or paleotsunami data are available to assess the tsunami hazard of these fault segments.Analysis of the fault geometry, combined with paleoseismic data for three further terrestrial segments of the Fault, suggest Most Credible Earthquake (MCE) moment magnitudes of 6.5–7.1. Due to the presence of thick deposits of soft sediment, and thesemi-confined nature of the Firth, the MCE events are considered capable of generating tsunami or tsunami-like waves. Two numerical models (finite element and finite difference), and an empirical method proposed by Abe (1995), were used to predict maximum tsunami wave heights. The numerical models also modelled the tsunami propagation.The MCE events were found not to represent a major threat to the large metropolitan centre of Auckland City (New Zealand's largest population centre). However, the waves were a threat to small coastal communities around the Firth, including the township of Thames, and 35,000 ha of low-lying land along the southern shores of the Firth of Thames.The Abe method was found to provide a quick and useful method of assessing the regional tsunami height. However, for sources in water depths < 25 m the Abe method predicted heights 2–4 times larger than the numerical models. Since the numerical models were not intended for simulating tsunami generation in such shallow water, the Abe results are probably a good guide to the maximum wave heights. 相似文献
Summary The ∼ 150 km3 (DRE) trachytic Campanian Ignimbrite, which is situated north-west of Naples, Italy, is one of the largest eruptions in the
Mediterranean region in the last 200 ky. Despite centuries of investigation, the age and eruptive history of the Campanian
Ignimbrite is still debated, as is the chronology of other significant volcanic events of the Campanian Plain within the last
200–300 ky. New 40Ar/39Ar geochronology defines the age of the Campanian Ignimbrite at 39.28 ± 0.11 ka, about 2 ky older than the previous best estimate.
Based on the distribution of the Campanian Ignimbrite and associated uppermost proximal lithic and polyclastic breccias, we
suggest that the Campanian Ignimbrite magma was emitted from fissures activated along neotectonic Apennine faults rather than
from ring fractures defining a Campi Flegrei caldera. Significantly, new volcanological, geochronological, and geochemical
data distinguish previously unrecognized ignimbrite deposits in the Campanian Plain, accurately dated between 157 and 205 ka.
These ages, coupled with a xenocrystic sanidine component > 315 ka, extend the volcanic history of this region by over 200 ky.
Recent work also identifies a pyroclastic deposit, dated at 18.0 ka, outside of the topographic Campi Flegrei basin, expanding
the spatial distribution of post-Campanian Ignimbrite deposits. These new discoveries emphasize the importance of continued
investigation of the ages, distribution, volumes, and eruption dynamics of volcanic events associated with the Campanian Plain.
Such information is critical for accurate assessment of the volcanic hazards associated with potentially large-volume explosive
eruptions in close proximity to the densely populated Neapolitan region.
Received August 1, 2000; accepted November 2, 2000 相似文献
Summary A mesoscale numerical model, incorporating a land-surface scheme based on Deardorffs’ approach, is used to study the diurnal
variation of the boundary layer structure and surface fluxes during four consecutive days with air temperatures well below
zero, snow covered ground and changing synoptic forcing. Model results are evaluated against in-situ measurements performed
during the WINTEX field campaign held in Sodankyl?, Northern Finland in March 1997. The results show that the land-surface
parameterization employed in the mesoscale model is not able to reproduce the magnitude of the daytime sensible heat fluxes
and especially the pronounced maximum observed in the afternoon. Additional model simulations indicate that this drawback
is to a large extent removed by the implementation of a shading factor in the original Deardorff scheme. The shading factor,
as discussed in Gryning et al. (2001), accounts for the fact that in areas with sparse vegetation and low solar angles, both
typical for the northern boreal forests in wintertime, absorption of direct solar radiation is due to an apparent vegetation
cover which is much greater than the actual one (defined as the portion of the ground covered by vegetation projected vertically).
Moreover, the observed asymmetry in the diurnal variation of the sensible heat flux indicates that there might be a significant
heat storage in the vegetation. The implementation of an objective heat storage scheme in the mesoscale model explains part
of the observed diurnal variation of the sensible heat flux.
Received November 12, 1999 Revised October 4, 2000 相似文献