Simulation of torsional shear test results with neuro-fuzzy control system     

S. Altun  A.B. Göktepe  A.M. Ansal  C. Akgüner 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2009

In the first part of this study, a series of stress-controlled hollow cylinder cyclic torsional triaxial shear tests were conducted on loose to medium dense saturated samples of clean Toyoura sand to investigate its liquefaction behavior. A uniform cyclic sinusoidal loading at a 0.1 Hz frequency was applied to air-pluviated samples where confining pressure and relative density was varied. Cyclic shear stress–strain changes, the number of cycles to reach liquefaction and pore pressure variations were recorded. Results indicate that the liquefaction resistances of uniform sands are significantly affected by the method of sample preparation and initial conditions.  相似文献   

Sand transport under increased lateral jetting of raindrops induced by wind     

G. Erpul  D. Gabriels  W.M. Cornelis  H. Samray  T. Guzelordu 《Geomorphology》2009,104(3-4):191-202

Wind tunnel experiments for ‘Raindrop Detachment and Wind-Driven Transport’ (RD–WDT) process were conducted under improved lateral jetting induced by wind velocities of 6.4, 10, and 12 m s^− 1 at nozzle operating pressures of 75, 100, and 150 kPa. Wind-driven rainfalls were also incident on the windward and leeward slopes of 4° and 9° to have a broad variation in the angle of incidence. The objective of this experimental set-up was to distinguish the roles of both impact components of obliquely striking wind-driven raindrops on RD and wind on WDT. Raindrop impact components and reference horizontal wind were quantified by normal (E_tz) and horizontal (E_tx) kinetic energy fluxes and wind shear velocity (u), respectively, to physically model the process of RD–WDT. The results showed, at each level of u, differential sand transport rates by RD–WDT (q_m(RD–WDT)) occurred depending on the magnitude of raindrop impact components, and q_m(RD–WDT) increased as the relative contribution of E_tz increased. Although E_tx was more correlated with q_m(RD–WDT) than E_tz, the extreme increases in E_tx at the expense of E_tz brought about no increases but decreases in q_m(RD–WDT). An RD–WDT model was built under the process of examining the discrete effects of E_tz and E_tx on RD together with u and resulted in a better coefficient of determination (R² = 0.89) than only total kinetic energy (E_t) did alone with u (R² = 0.84). In this study, E_tx was strongly related to u and not to E_tz, which was the principal difference from the previous rainsplash studies, which relied on the compensatory lateral jet development by the compressive pressure build-up at the raindrop–soil interface. Including E_tx in the RD–WDT model both separated the distinct role of each raindrop impact component in RD and improved the performance of u in WDT by better distinguishing its interaction with E_tx, which was not explicitly separated in previous models of RD–WDT.  相似文献   

Changes in active eolian sand at northern Coachella Valley, California     

Itzhak Katra  Stephen Scheidt  Nicholas Lancaster 《Geomorphology》2009,105(3-4):277-290

Climate variability and rapid urbanization have influenced the sand environments in the northern Coachella Valley throughout the late 20th century. This paper addresses changes in the spatial relationships among different sand deposits at northern Coachella Valley between two recent time periods by using satellite data acquired from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). The approach employed here, involving multispectral thermal infrared (TIR) data and spectral mixture analysis, has shown that the major sand deposits can be spatially modeled at northern Coachella Valley. The “coarse-grained (quartz-rich) sand” deposit is associated with active eolian sand, and the “mixed sandy soil” and “fine-grained (quartz-rich) sand” deposits are associated with inactive eolian sand. The fractional abundance images showed a significant decrease between 2000 and 2006 in the percentage of active sand in the major depositional area for fluvial sediment, the Whitewater River, but also in two downwind areas: the Whitewater and Willow Hole Reserves. The pattern of the active sand appears to be related to variations in annual precipitation (wet and dry years) and river discharge in the northern Coachella Valley. We suggest here that recent human modifications to the major watercourses that supply sand affect the capability of fluvial deposition areas to restore sediments over time and consequently the responses of the sand transport system to climate change, becoming more sensitive to dry years where areas of active sand may shrink, degrade, and/or stabilize faster. The approach utilized in this study can be advantageous for future monitoring of sand in the northern Coachella Valley for management of these and similar environments.  相似文献   

科尔沁沙地杨树苗木生长过程中蒸腾耗水规律研究   总被引：5，自引：1，他引：4  

岳广阳  赵哈林  张铜会  牛丽 《中国沙漠》2009,29(4):674-679

应用热平衡茎流测量技术,Li-6400光合作用测量系统和自动气象站,对科尔沁沙地杨树苗木生长过程中的蒸腾耗水规律及其与环境因子的关系进行研究。结果表明,杨树液流日变化曲线根据天气条件的不同呈现为多峰或宽峰状态,液流启动时间为04:30,并在21:00达到最低值。液流通量密度变化趋势与环境因子变化趋势相吻合,液流的变化是受各环境因子综合作用的结果。光合有效辐射(Q)和空气水蒸汽压亏缺(D)是杨树苗木蒸腾耗水的主要驱动因子,它们对于液流变化的影响快速而直接。杨树属于高耗水低水分利用型植物,适合在水分条件较好的立地条件下进行栽植。  相似文献   

长江口悬沙颗粒的现场测量   总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0  

于连生  宋家驹  唐宏寰 《海洋技术学报》2005,24(2):6-8

我们利用自．行研制的“光学悬浮沙粒径谱仪”对长江口悬沙颗粒进行了现场测量,同时作了现场采样,经华东师范大学河口海岸国家重点实验室分析,分析结果与仪器现场测量结果进行了对比,结果表明,两种方法得到的平均粒径和悬沙浓度基本一致。  相似文献   

科尔沁沙地人工林下结皮发育对表土特性影响的研究   总被引：13，自引：11，他引：2  

郭轶瑞  赵哈林  赵学勇  左小安  罗亚勇 《中国沙漠》2007,27(6):1000-1006

通过野外取样和室内分析相结合,对科尔沁沙地不同生长年限人工林下土壤结皮的理化性质及结皮发育对表层土壤特性的影响进行了初步研究。结果表明,3 a、15 a生杨树林下分别发育了物理结皮、地衣结皮和苔藓结皮,15 a、25 a生樟子松林下均发育了苔藓结皮,结皮的厚度、紧实度、水分、粘粉粒含量及全效、速效养分等随物理结皮向苔藓结皮的发育依次增加。同时,结皮的存在增加了其下层土壤颗粒组成中的极细沙和粘粉粒含量,富集了结皮下土壤的有机质、全N、全P、速效N、速效P等养分,而且结皮对下层土壤的这些影响作用从物理结皮、地衣结皮到苔藓结皮呈逐渐增长的趋势。同一结皮下土壤粘粉粒含量、养分含量在0—5 cm范围内由表及里呈递减趋势,但均高于对照无结皮层相对应的值。25 a生樟子松林下发育的苔藓结皮及其下层土壤的理化状况明显优于其他人工林下结皮的情况。  相似文献   

风沙物理学学科建设的若干问题   总被引：20，自引：10，他引：10  

董治宝  王涛  屈建军 《中国沙漠》2002,22(3):205-209

风沙问题日益严重,以风沙活动及其控制的物理机制为对象的风沙物理学学科建设亦愈来愈加重要。本文阐述了风沙物理学的研究对象、性质、理论体系、研究内容、目前存在的问题和亟待解决的问题,供风沙物理学研究者参考。  相似文献   

科尔沁沙地采用人工植被对流沙治理的技术     

张铜会  赵哈林  常学礼  大黑俊哉  白户康人  谷山一郎 《中国沙漠》2000,20(Z1):48-52

在科尔沁沙地的流动沙丘上采用不同的人工措施,即铺设秸秆栅栏沙障、草方格和栽植差不嘎蒿,对沙丘的固定作用进行了研究。结果表明三种措施都有利于增加沙丘植物的多样性和生物量,但栽植差不嘎蒿和草方格好于秸秆栅栏沙障;沙丘固定过程中,植物的演替顺序有沙蓬-差不嘎蒿-狗尾草-黄蒿的趋势;植物生物量的形成与土壤湿度关系密切,应用试验数据建立了生物量(Y)与土壤湿度(X)的回归关系方程。Y=-13.7x²+72.5x-11.42 R²=0.824。  相似文献   

常德-张家界高速公路某大桥桥基砂土液化评价   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

王峻  王兰民 《工程地质学报》2006,14(3):327-332

结合常德张家界高速公路某大桥桥基工程,在DSD160型电磁式振动三轴试验仪上,通过往返加荷三轴试验,对饱和砂土进行了液化试验研究,探讨了基于动三轴液化试验结果判断饱和砂土液化的方法。并尝试了这种室内研究反应分析的液化可能性估计方法与地震剪应力时程相结合的综合判断方法。在该高速公路大桥桥基的饱和砂土液化评价中,采用这种综合判断方法,对大桥桥基砂土液化进行了判断。在判断场地是否液化后,对其液化危害程度进行了等级划分,给出了该工程场地在未来遭受到不同超越概率下的地震作用时发生液化的危害程度,得到了一些有工程实用意义的结果。  相似文献   

含水砂层对堆积体稳定性的影响研究   总被引：8，自引：3，他引：5  

巨能攀  黄润秋  涂国祥 《工程地质学报》2006,14(4):476-480

受复杂地质环境的影响,我国西南岷江上游沿岸普遍发育一种前缘多分布有一层或多层具一定厚度含水砂层的特殊堆积体。大量工程实践表明,工程开挖的扰动可导致砂层出现明显侧向变形,进而导致整个堆积体的失稳破坏。本文采用数值计算的方法,结合某典型堆积体对开挖条件下砂层影响其整体稳定性的作用机理进行了较为深入的分析和探讨。  相似文献