Influence of soft clays on the response spectra for structures in eastern Canada

The 1990 edition of the National Building Code of Canada (Associate Committee of the National Building Code, National Research Council, Ottawa, 1990) makes a clear distinction between eastern and western Canada in terms of seismic acceleration and velocity zones. While it is well established that ground motions can be amplified significantly through loose clay deposits, no results are available that take into consideration the typical high frequency content of ground motions in eastern Canada. This paper develops ground amplification curves for clays having depths between 10 and 70 m excited by typical eastern Canadian ground motions scaled to two different values of peak horizontal accelerations. Simplified free-field spectral design curves, which could be used by structural designers, are proposed. The curves show that maximum spectral accelerations occur for structural periods between 0.2 and 0.5 s. In addition, soil depth does not appear to be an important parameter controlling the response of typical clay deposits in eastern Canada.     

To afforest the desert with the technology of peat composed of rotten mosses and the sustainable development of the oases

Only by providing the good conditions for the growth of plants can a favorable ecologicalenvironment on which human beings rely for existence be created. The upside-down-T dou-ble-layer water-conserving afforestation way is developed according to the situation of the short-age of water resources, low soil fertility and vast land in the arid areas. The characteristics of theafforestation way are to change the microenvironment in the root area of the plants, provide thefavorable conditions for the growth of plants, and reduce the necessary conditions for the growth ofplants in large areas in the arid regions. Meanwhile, the size of its water-conserving layer can bechanged according to the size of the planted trees. The different ways of the bottom wa-ter-conserving layer can be used according to the requirements. The afforestation way is suitablefor planting trees on a small scale and also for afforesting on a large scale under the adverse cir-cumstances in the arid areas, and has been effectively used in the afforestation in the hinterland ofTaklamakan Desert and the southern marginal zone of Gurbantonggut Desert. The prospects ofthe afforestation way are broad in afforestation and desertification control in the desert regions.     

Sedimentary environment and development controls of the hydrocarbon source beds:Middle and Upper Proterozoic in northern North China

Problem on development control of marine source bed hold in Chinese petroleum industry progression. The Hongshuizhuang Formation,Tieling Formation and Xiamaling Formation in the Middle and Upper Proterozoic are important hydrocarbon source beds in northern North China, and investigation of their sedimentary environments and the controls has great significance for petroleum exploration in North China. Based on sedimentology (sequence stratigraphy), palaeoecology, sedimentary geochemistry, and sedimentary palaeogeography, their development pattern is discussed. All these studies indicate that the development controls of the hydrocarbon source beds include a favorite palaeogeographic location, exceeding propagation of biomes in low and middle latitudes, anoxic environments, enrichment of phosphorus element and the adsorption of clay minerals during the preservation of organic matter in the marine carbonates.     

端承桩在层状地基波动与辐射阻尼影响下的横向地震反应分析

通过对层状地层中端承桩的分析,建立了合理的几何,数学及力学模型。考虑层状地基ＳＨ与ＳＶ波波动及非线性辐射阻尼影响,应用Ｄｉｒａｃ广义函数及Ｗｉｎｋｌｅｒ地基理论计入各种动力,抗力,地震力及内力等,建立地基波动方程,桩振动方程,地基与桩耦合振动方程。给出了柯西型函数的自由振动解。利用非经典理论正交条件和卷积定理给出了强迫振动地震反应解析解,算例结果充分表明了动力特性及振动规律非常正确,充分体现了本文     

环境中二噁英的浓度水平及其控制技术

根据近年来二噁英的污染现状,对环境中二噁英的污染浓度水平、污染来源及途径进行了探讨,结果表明:近10年来,二噁英污染浓度水平仍高于检出标准。造纸制浆、漂白继垃圾焚烧后成为主要污染源。在人体危害方面,深入到二噁英对人体基因和染色体有诱导致变作用。根据二噁英的来源和形成机理,按前期预处理、过程控制和后期处理三个阶段,论述了二噁英的污染控制技术,同时提出了对二噁英污染控制措施。     

用于监控多移动目标的电子地图系统

介绍了一种监控移动目标的电子地图系统,该系统利用独特的方法对地图文件进行组织,该方法易于程序管理和查找地图文件,并可动态添加地图文件,系统采用的串口通信方式使用方法灵活,应用简便,实际应用结果表明系统可靠,运行稳定。     

SMA-MR复合型阻尼器

利用形状记忆合金超弹性、形状记忆特性和MR液的材料特性,提出了SMA-MR复合阻尼器,建立了阻尼器的理论模型。通过输入正弦波得到小震、大震时相应的滞回曲线,并对一单层框架进行输入El Centro地震波下的减震效果分析,比较了SMA-MR阻尼器、仅有SMA和仅有MR作用下的减震效果。结果表明,所设计的SMA-MR阻尼器具有卓越的阻尼性能,对大震、小震的控制实现了自适应的智能性。     

浅谈高等级三角高程测量在水电工程高程测量中的应用

水电工程一般建在深山峡谷中,陡坎多、高差大,不利于几何水准测量。三角高程测量不受地形起伏限制,外业测量工作量小、速度快,作业人员少,在水电工程低精度高程测量中应用广泛。怎样提高三角高程测量精度,一直是大家关注的问题。本文介绍了溪洛渡水电站三角高程测量的实践经验供大家借鉴。