Simulated recruitment of riparian trees and shrubs under natural and regulated flow regimes on the Wisconsin River,USA

Models that link ecological responses to hydrologic changes are important for assessing the effects of flow regulation on aquatic and riparian ecosystems. Based on the Recruitment Box Model, a graphical model used to prescribe environmental flows for cottonwood (Populus spp.) recruitment, we designed a simulation model to represent the influence of river flow dynamics on seedling recruitment of riparian pioneer woody plants. The model simulates the influence of temporal patterns of river stage on dispersal, germination, initial recruitment and over‐winter survival of first‐year seedlings of riparian pioneer shrubs and trees. We used the model to simulate seedling recruitment patterns for five species (Acer saccharinum, Betula nigra, Populus deltoides, Salix nigra and Salix exigua) on the Wisconsin River (Wisconsin, USA) under three flow scenarios: historic (1935–2002), simulated natural (1915–1975) and simulated regulated flows (1915–1975). Simulation results agreed well with field‐observed relative differences among years (1997–2000) in seedling densities for the five focal species. Simulated successful recruitment years were highly synchronous among species, but species differed in their sensitivity to flows at different times during the growing season, consistent with among‐species differences in seed dispersal timing. Comparison of simulated natural and regulated flows for 1915–1975 showed that flow regulation decreased monthly flow variability, increased late summer to winter baseflow and reduced the magnitude of spring peaks. Simulated recruitment and over‐winter survival of tree seedlings of all species was enhanced under the regulated flow scenario, likely due to increased summer baseflow and reductions in peak flood magnitude. Our analyses show the utility of extending the Recruitment Box Model to include multiple species of riparian shrubs and trees, and the effects of post‐colonization flows on their recruitment success. However, some key functional relationships between flow patterns and woody seedling demography (e.g. shear stress thresholds for seedling mortality) have not been adequately quantified and merit further study. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

浸润线形状特性与渗流计算常见错误剖析

分析了浸润线形状特性.通过工程实例,剖析了土石坝渗流计算常见错误,给出了渗流计算有限元法对渗流自由面、逸出点加快收敛的处理方法建议.     

水土保持工程施工阶段的设计变更

通过对水土保持工程施工阶段设计变更原因的分析，指出水土保持生态工程施工阶段变更的必要性和建设、监理单位对变更管理的重要性。通过对变更设计的程序和原则进行的分析，阐述了变更设计涉及的几个主要问题。     

300m级特高土石坝施工期心墙沉降监控模型研究

心墙沉降是两河口高土石坝的控制性安全监测项目,结合室内试验、监测、施工进度等资料,研究了心墙砾石土的沉降特性,建立了施工期沉降监控模型。研究表明:沉降变形的发展呈明显的阶段性,即沉降环埋设初期的快速沉降期、填筑进度平缓进行的匀速沉降期以及填筑高峰期的加速沉降期;以填筑因子与时效因子为组合的监控模型具有良好的解析力与拟合度,计算实例4个测点判定系数R 2在0.938~0.972;施工期沉降产生的主导因素是填土层上覆的外压荷载,就已填筑高程1/2~2/3区段而言,施工期沉降变形所占的填筑分量与时效分量分别约占95%与5%;监控模型具有良好的外延性,在近1个月外延区间中预测误差不超过9.04 mm,通过不断延长建模时序以修正模型参数,可提高预测精度进而指导施工。     

土石坝工程领域的若干创新与发展

我国高土石坝数量居世界之首,保证高坝大库建设与长期运行安全是国家经济和公共安全保障的重大需求。系统总结了长江科学院近年来在土石坝工程领域的若干创新与发展。提出了基于“旁压模量当量密度法”的粗粒料级配相似理论试验方法;介绍了研发的系列CT三轴仪,实现了粗粒料组构要素的定量测量;提出了三轴试验中加载板与试样之间由滑动摩擦变为滚动摩擦、整体式接触变为分散式接触的减摩新方法,研发了相关减摩装置;研制了大尺寸、高压力、微摩擦、刚柔复合加载的土工真三轴仪;揭示了粗粒料真实三维应力条件下的强度与变形变化规律、湿化与蠕变变形特性;构建了粗粒料三参量非线性K-K-G剪胀模型、六参数湿化模型、九参数蠕变数学模型及相应的参数确定方法;基于当量密度法的原创思想,提出了利用旁压试验间接确定超百米级深厚覆盖层现场密度的试验方法。上述研究成果可为高土石坝工程建设提供重要科技支撑。     

中国是世界拱坝大国也是世界拱坝强国——在《特高拱坝建设总结及安全运行管理研究》会议上的发言

中国拱坝数量占全世界的40%,数量最多;世界最高的三座拱坝都在中国,因此中国是世界拱坝大国。中国解决了岩溶地区拱坝防渗、狭窄河谷拱坝大流量泄洪等技术难题,发展了碾压混凝土拱坝筑坝技术。中国学者首创大坝混凝土标号分区技术,首创混凝土坝温度应力理论体系,解决了大坝裂缝这一世界性难题;建立了拱坝优化理论、混凝土坝仿真分析方法、混凝土坝有限元等效应力方法、混凝土坝数值监控方法等,在拱坝设计和科研上取得了全世界最多的重要成果,因此中国既是世界拱坝大国,又是世界拱坝强国。     

Local‐scale Benefits of River Connectivity Restoration Planning Beyond Jurisdictional Boundaries

Conservation planning aims to optimize outcomes for select species or ecosystems by directing resources toward high‐return sites. The possibility that local benefits might be increased by directing resources beyond the focal area is rarely considered. We present a case study of restoring river connectivity for migratory fish of the Great Lakes Basin by removing dams and road crossings within municipal jurisdictions versus their broader watersheds. We found that greater river connectivity could often be achieved by considering both intra‐jurisdictional and extra‐jurisdictional barriers. Focusing on jurisdictional barriers alone generally forfeited <20% (median = 0%) of habitat gains for those who value solely habitat gains within the jurisdiction, but >75% (median = 100%) for planners who value larger‐scale habitat gains. Similarly, cost savings tended to be between ?50% and +50%, but in some cases were very negative. Our study underscores the local‐scale benefits of broadening restoration investments, especially for decision makers of the Great Lakes Basin and contributes to a discussion of appropriate and efficient scales of conservation planning. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Chemical and Isotopic Tracer Evaluation of Water Mixing and Evaporation in a Dammed Texas River During Drought

The interaction between drought and river regulation is monitored to better understand river flow mixing, evaporation and surface‐groundwater exchange in changing regional climates and in increasingly regulated waterways. This study compared Brazos River stable isotope (δ¹⁸O and δD) and electrical conductivity values with reservoir, creek and aquifer samples in the Brazos watershed, the largest watershed in Texas. The combination of tributaries, rainfall and the Brazos River Alluvium Aquifer, on the one hand, and the Lake Whitney reservoir, on the other hand, represent endmembers of dilute run‐off water and evaporated saline water, respectively. A simple isotope mixing model that uses monthly river discharge, Lake Whitney discharge, historical monthly precipitation δ¹⁸O and pan evaporation accurately reconstructs river δ¹⁸O (±0.5‰ on average). Data and isotope balance modelling support continued evaporation of ¹⁸O‐enriched Lake Whitney water as it flows downstream, although the most evaporation took place in Lake Whitney. The difference between river and precipitation δ¹⁸O, or Δ¹⁸O_RIV‐_PPT, here a measurement of degree of evaporation, ranged from ?0.1‰ for a small creek, to 1.7‰ for the Brazos River, to at least 2.7‰ in Lake Whitney. This study indicates that drought in regulated rivers may enhance reservoir discharge dominance in river flows during peak drought conditions when combined run‐off and baseflow dominance would be expected in a similar undammed river. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.