不同橡胶加速退化规律差异性分析

针对安装于某型固体火箭发动机的天然橡胶、硅橡胶、氟橡胶三类材料开展加速老化试验,获得贮存质量变化规律,并对其寿命退化趋势对比分析。根据三类材料装配时所受不同敏感应力的特点,分别设计压缩永久变形试样、哑铃型试样开展恒定应力加速试验方法对比研究。通过对各力学性能测试数据进行退化分析,评估得到天然橡胶、硅橡胶、氟橡胶的库房贮存性能退化规律和常温(25℃)退化速率,并科学比较了三类橡胶退化规律的差异性。对比评估过程,给出性能数据的线性相关性差别,提出了不同材料最合适的评估模型,为其他型号相似产品的寿命预测提供支撑。评估结果,获得寿命薄弱环节,从而帮助型号应用时改进设计、增大失效判据,有助于延长导弹的贮存寿命。     

不同温度下高压交联聚乙烯电缆绝缘老化程度检测方法

为了实现对不同温度下高压交联聚乙烯电缆绝缘老化程度检测,提出基于量化回归分析的高压交联聚乙烯电缆绝缘老化程度检测方法。构建不同温度下高压交联聚乙烯电缆绝缘老化程度的统计数据分析模型,采用谱特征分析方法进行不同温度下高压交联聚乙烯电缆绝缘老化程度的谱分析,提取反映不同温度下高压交联聚乙烯电缆绝缘老化程度的谱信息特征量,采用关联特征分析和定量递归图分析方法,进行不同温度下高压交联聚乙烯电缆绝缘老化程度的自适应检测,构建电缆绝缘老化程度的模糊相关性统计分析模型,结合模糊参数自适应寻优控制方法,实现电缆绝缘老化程度的检测优化设计。仿真结果表明,采用该方法进行电缆绝缘老化程度检测的准确性较高,检测结果可靠性较好。     

基于有限元的电力电缆缆芯温度预测方法

温度作为评估电力电缆是否能安全、稳定运行的重要参数,但电缆受到安装环境等因素的影响,导致其电缆缆芯温度难以直接测得。基于此,提出依托有限元开展电缆缆芯温度预测的方法。下文在阐述有限元及BP神经网络相关概念基础上,利用有限元结合电缆热参数、边界条件等相关数据,创建电缆温度场有限元模型,并求出各环境及负荷参数下的缆芯温度,获得相应的样本数据。随之,借助样本数据训练神经网络构建相应的温度预测模型。实验结果证实,文中所提出的缆芯预测方法能准确预测其温度,能够对于电网实现主动预测性管理提供重要的参考。     

HDPE氧化诱导时间影响因素的研究

利用氧化诱导期法(OIT)探讨在相同试验温度,不同试验条件下对HDPE的氧化诱导时间的影响,研究总结了样品厚度,样品形状,试验气流,坩埚是否加盖对其试验结果的影响。以方便测试时选择适当的测试条件,即能提高测试方法效率又能使测试结果尽可能真实反映材料本身的抗氧化能力。     

改性活性炭脱除硫化氢工艺参数研究

针对改性活性炭脱除硫化氢过程,研究了空速、温度、原料气浓度、颗粒分布孔径4个主要工艺参数对脱硫效率的影响。结果表明:空速在1 500～4 200h-1时穿透硫容随着空速的降低而增加,当空速继续降低为1 200h-1时穿透硫容基本不变;当0～40℃时,随着温度的升高,穿透时间增加,脱硫效率提高,当温度超过40℃时,随着温度继续升高脱硫效率降低;相同空速下原料气硫化氢浓度变化只改变穿透时间;改性活性炭脱硫剂发挥脱硫作用的微孔结构范围是1～5nm。     

铁负载季胺化复合改性芦苇秸秆制备工艺

以芦苇秸秆为原材料,通过铁负载及季胺化改性的方式制备了新型复合吸附除磷材料。利用扫描电镜分析(XRD)、红外吸收光谱(IR)对样品进行了表征,选择磷酸盐作为吸附质考察其吸附性能,并通过单因素和响应面法优化了材料制备的工艺。实验结果表明,复合材料制备最优工艺条件为:氢氧化钠浓度7.7%、交联温度81℃、铵化温度80℃、铁盐浓度24%。各因素对复合材料吸附磷的影响顺序为:铁盐浓度交联温度氢氧化钠浓度胺化温度。     

沉淀法去除气田废水中氯离子

为研究沉淀法去除气田废水中的氯离子,选用CaO和NaAlO_2作为处理剂,处理含氯气田废水,并研究工艺参数的影响。实验结果表明:CaO摩尔比为13、NaAlO_2摩尔比为4、温度40℃、溶液初始pH值为10,搅拌反应2 h时氯离子去除率最高。该条件下,二次除氯后氯离子浓度从2 338.14 mg/L降至181.18 mg/L,去除率为92.25%。     

外绝缘用液体硅橡胶老化现象的微观表征

本文针对近年来出现在一些变电站SF6电压、电流互感器的液体硅橡胶绝缘护套出现龟裂老化这一现象,对发生老化的硅橡胶材料进行了性能测试和试验,并利用红外光谱分析、XPS分析、热失重等手段分析了其微观结构和物质组成的变化。研究发现老化后的液体硅橡胶中Si-C、Si-O官能团和Si、C、O元素的相对含量发生了变化,且随着老化程度的增加呈现出较为明显的规律,老化越严重,Si-C键含量越少,C元素的含量越少,O元素含量越多。本文认为,用官能团含量、元素相对含量可以准确地表征液体硅橡胶材料的老化程度。通过对不同老化程度的液体硅橡胶进行的憎水性、耐漏电起痕性能的试验也证实了本文的观点。     

碳纤维/环氧复合材料湿热环境疲劳剩余强度试验

为研究湿热环境对碳纤维/环氧复合材料单向带疲劳性能的影响,开展了碳纤维/环氧复合材料单向带含中心孔层压板疲劳试验和压缩剩余强度试验。分别在标准环境条件、湿热环境条件下对试件进行拉-压疲劳试验,最后进行压缩剩余强度试验,通过对试验结果的分析,研究碳纤维/环氧复合材料单向带在温度70±2℃、相对湿度(85±5)%RH的湿热环境影响下的疲劳性能。试验表明:湿热环境试件与标准环境试件相比,强度下降了2%,为复合材料方向舵的疲劳损伤容限试验提供了试验依据。     

热改性农作物废料对海洋溢油吸附研究

以秸秆和玉米叶为吸油材料,分别经50,100,150,200℃热处理后,进行模拟溢油吸附实验,确定不同温度下热改性材料的吸油能力。实验结果表明:热改性后的农作物材料对原油的饱和吸附时间较短,当温度低于100℃时,热改性后材料对原油的饱和吸附时间为5 min,随着温度的增加,饱和吸附时间减小,在温度达到150℃和200℃时,材料对原油的饱和吸附时间缩短到4 min和3 min。秸秆对原油的平衡吸附量随着温度的升高而增加,但当热处理温度达到200℃时,其对原油的平衡吸附量反而下降。不同温度热改性后的玉米叶对原油的平衡吸附量基本一致。     

Conversion of temperate forests into heaths: Role of ecosystem disturbance and ericaceous plants

Fire and logging in nutrient-poor temperate forests with certain ericaceous understory plants may convert the forests into heaths. The process of disturbance-induced heath formation is documented by using examples ofCalluna in western Europe,Kalmia in Newfoundland, andGaultheria (salal) in coastal British Columbia. In a cool, temperate climate, rapid vegetative growth ofCalluna, Kalmia, and salal following disturbance results in increasing organic accumulation (paludification), nutrient sequestration, soil acidification, and allelochemicals. These are thought to be the main reasons to conifer regeneration failure in disturbed habitats. If continuation in forest is a land-use objective, then temperate forests with an ericaceous understory should not be logged unless effective silvicultural methods are devised to control the ericaceous plants and restore forest regeneration. Preharvest vegetation control may be considered as an option. Failure to control the understory plants may lead to a long-term vegetation shift, from forest to heathland, particularly in nutrient-poor sites. Successful methods of controllingKalmia andGaultheria, however, have yet to be developed. While theKalmia- andGaultheria- dominated heathlands are undesirable in Canada and the Pacific Northwest, a wide range ofCalluna heathlands of western Europe are being conserved as natural and seminatural vegetation.     

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ESTUARINE/COASTAL POLLUTION1

ABSTRACT: Sustained interest in and concern about the health status of the aquatic environment has resulted in extensive research focused on (1) effects of pollution on survival, growth, and reproduction of resource species at all life stages; (2) diseases of fish and shellfish, as they may be related to pollution and as they may serve as indicators of environmental stress; and (3) contaminant body burdens in fish and shellfish - their effects on the aquatic animals and their potential effects on humans. Effects, lethal and sublethal, of pollutants on life history stages of fish and shellfish have been documented, as have impacts on local stocks in badly degraded habitats, but as yet there has been no adequate quantitative demonstration of effects on entire aquatic species - probably because of the difficulty in sorting out relative effects of the many environmental factors that influence abundance. Sublethal effects, especially those that result in disease, have been examined intensively, and some diseases and disease syndromes have been associated statistically with pollution. Other pollution indicators (biochemical, physiological, genetic, behavioral, and ecological) have also received some attention, as have body burdens of contaminants in aquatic species. Research, especially that conducted during the past decade, has done much to clarify the many pathways and toxic effects of contaminants on aquatic animals, and has also helped to identify mechanisms for survival of fish and shellfish in the presence of environmental changes caused by human activities.     

Using Paleo Reconstructions to Improve Streamflow Forecast Lead Time in the Western United States

In water stressed regions, water managers are exploring new horizons that would help in long‐range streamflow forecasts. Oceanic‐atmospheric oscillations have been shown to influence streamflow variability. In this study, long‐lead time streamflow forecasts are made using a multiclass kernel‐based data‐driven support vector machine (SVM) model. The extended streamflow records based on tree ring reconstructions were used to provide a longer time series data. Reconstructed data were used from 1658 to 1952 and the instrumental record was used from 1953 to 2007. Reconstructions for oceanic‐atmospheric oscillations included the El Niño‐Southern Oscillation, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, and North Atlantic Oscillation. Streamflow forecasts using all four oscillations were made with one‐year to five‐year lead times for 21 gages in the western United States. This is the first study that uses both instrumental and reconstructed data of oscillations in SVM model to improve streamflow forecast lead time. SVM model was able to provide “satisfactory” to “very good” forecasts with one‐ to five‐year lead time for the selected gages. The use of all the oscillation indices helped in achieving better predictability compared to using individual oscillations. The SVM modeling results are better when compared with multiple linear regression model forecasts. The findings are statistical in nature and are expected to be useful for long‐term water resources planning and management.     

Journalists' views of advertiser pressures on agricultural news

All major journalism ethical codes explicitly state that journalists should protect editorial copy from undue influence by outside sources. However, much of the previous research on agricultural information has concentrated on what information various media communicate (gatekeeping studies) or communication's role in increasing innovation adoption (diffusion studies). Few studies have concentrated specifically on organizational and structural constraints that might adversely affect agricultural journalists' ethical standards; those that have, focus largely on farm magazines. A study of newspaper reporters who cover agricultural news found that the most pressing ethical concern is the effect of advertiser (agri-business) pressure on editorial copy, and that their concerns in general parallel those of farm magazine writers and editors. The majority reported being in situations in which they might be exposed to advertiser pressure, including pressures to change or withhold editorial copy. Large minorities suggested that advertising pressures affect the overall environment in which agricultural journalists work, and more than one in ten said they allow advertiser pressures to influence editorial decisions. The newspaper reporters who cover agricultural beats showed slightly more resistance to advertiser pressure than did farm magazine editors in a parallel study.     

Definition Procedures Have Little Effect on Performance of Environmental Classifications of Streams and Rivers

Mapped environmental classifications are defined using various procedures, but there has been little evaluation of the differences in their ability to discriminate variation in independent ecological characteristics. We tested the performance of environmental classifications of the streams and rivers of France that had been defined from the same environmental data using geographic regionalization and numerical classification of individual river valley segments. Test data comprised invertebrate assemblages, water chemistry, and hydrological indexes obtained from sites throughout France. Classification performance was measured by analysis of similarity (ANOSIM). Geometric regions defined by a regular grid and without regard to environmental variables and a posteriori classifications based on clustering the test datasets defined lower and upper bounds of performance for a given number of classes. Differences in classification performances were generally small. The ANOSIM statistics for the a posteriori classifications were around twice that of all environmental classifications, including geometrically defined regions. The hydro-ecoregions performed slightly better for the invertebrate data and the network classification performed slightly better for the chemistry and hydrological data. Our results indicate that environmental classifications that are defined using different procedures can be comparable in terms of their ability to discriminate variation of ecological characteristics and that alleged differences in performance arising from different classification procedures can be small relative to unexplained variation. We conclude that definition procedures might have little effect on the performance of large-scale environmental classifications and decisions over which procedures to use should be based primarily on pragmatic considerations.     

Urban ecological systems: scientific foundations and a decade of progress

Urban ecological studies, including focus on cities, suburbs, and exurbs, while having deep roots in the early to mid 20th century, have burgeoned in the last several decades. We use the state factor approach to highlight the role of important aspects of climate, substrate, organisms, relief, and time in differentiating urban from non-urban areas, and for determining heterogeneity within spatially extensive metropolitan areas. In addition to reviewing key findings relevant to each state factor, we note the emergence of tentative "urban syndromes" concerning soils, streams, wildlife and plants, and homogenization of certain ecosystem functions, such as soil organic carbon dynamics. We note the utility of the ecosystem approach, the human ecosystem framework, and watersheds as integrative tools to tie information about multiple state factors together. The organismal component of urban complexes includes the social organization of the human population, and we review key modes by which human populations within urban areas are differentiated, and how such differentiation affects environmentally relevant actions. Emerging syntheses in land change science and ecological urban design are also summarized. The multifaceted frameworks and the growing urban knowledge base do however identify some pressing research needs.     

Neighbourhood characteristics and urban gardens in the Toledo metropolitan area: staffing and voluntarism,food production,infrastructure, and sustainability practices

Urban gardens are important sources of sustenance for communities with limited access to food. Hence, this study focuses on food production in gardens in the Toledo metropolitan area in Northwest Ohio. We administered surveys to 150 garden managers from November 2014 to February 2015 in our attempt to better understand how neighbourhood racial composition and poverty levels are related to staffing and voluntarism, food production and distribution, the development of infrastructure, and the adoption of sustainability practices in urban gardens. The results from 30 gardens are presented in this paper. We used Geographic Information Systems to map the gardens and overlay the map with 2010 census data so that we could conduct demographic analyses of the neighbourhoods in which the gardens were located. Though the gardens were small – two acres or less – up to 46 varieties of food were grown in a single garden. Gardens also operated on small budgets. Food from the gardens was gifted or shared with friends, family, and neighbourhood residents. Gardens in predominantly minority neighbourhoods tended to have fewer institutional partners, less garden infrastructure, and had adopted fewer sustainable practices than gardens in predominantly White neighbourhoods. Nonetheless, residents of predominantly minority and high-poverty neighbourhoods participated in garden activities and influenced garden operations. Volunteering and staffing were racialised and gendered.     

Predicting deer-vehicle collisions in an urban area

Collisions with deer and other large animals are increasing, and the resulting economic costs and risks to public safety have made mitigation measures a priority for both city and wildlife managers. We created landscape models to describe and predict deer-vehicle collision (DVCs) within the City of Edmonton, Alberta. Models based on roadside characteristics revealed that DVCs occurred frequently where roadside vegetation was both denser and more diverse, and that DVCs were more likely to occur when the groomed width of roadside right-of-ways was smaller. No DVCs occurred where the width of the vegetation-free or manicured roadside buffer was greater than 40 m. Landscape-based models showed that DVCs were more likely in more heterogeneous landscapes where road densities were lower and speed limits were higher, and where non-forested vegetation such as farmland was in closer proximity to larger tracts of forest. These models can help wildlife and transportation managers to identify locations of high collision frequency for mitigation. Modifying certain landscape and roadside habitats can be an effective way to reduce deer-vehicle collisions.     

Effect of Light on Biodegradation of Estrone, 17β‐Estradiol,and 17α‐Ethinylestradiol in Stream Sediment

Biodegradation of [A‐ring ¹⁴C] Estrone (E1), 17β‐estradiol (E2), and 17α‐ethinylestradiol (EE2) to ¹⁴CO₂ was investigated under light and dark conditions in microcosms containing epilithon or sediment collected from Boulder Creek, Colorado. Mineralization of the estrogen A‐ring was observed in all sediment treatments, but not epilithon treatments. No difference in net mineralization between light and dark treatments was observed for ¹⁴C‐E2. Net mineralization of ¹⁴C‐E1 and ¹⁴C‐EE2 was enhanced in light treatments. Extents of ¹⁴CO₂ accumulation and rates of mineralization were significantly greater for E2 than E1 under dark conditions, but were comparable under light conditions. These results indicate substantial differences in the uptake and metabolism of E1 and E2 in the environment and suggest biorecalcitrance of E1 relative to E2 in light‐limited environments. The extent of ¹⁴CO₂ accumulation and rate of mineralization for EE2 in dark treatments were less than half of that observed for E2 and generally lower than for E1, consistent with previous reports of EE2 biorecalcitrance. However, ¹⁴CO₂ accumulation and rates of mineralization were comparable for EE2, E2, and E1 under light conditions. These results indicate photoactivation and/or phototransformation/photodegradation processes can substantially enhance heterotrophic biodegradation of estrogens in sunlit environments and may play an important role in estrogen transport and attenuation.     

MANGANESE CYCLE IN IMPOUNDMENT WATER

Manganese entering impounded water will undergo a cyclic transformation. Oxidation precipitates manganese from top waters. At the bottom of the lake, biological activity will render manganese soluble by both intracellular as well as extracellular activity. The study was made to demonstrate that biological reduction and transformation, organometallic complexation, together with the presence of carbon dioxide and the lowering of pH all have some effect on the solubility of manganese. Dissolved manganese may be brought back to top waters during the lake overturn and therefore deteriorates the water quality.