Research on Crop Irrigation Schedules Under Deficit Irrigation—A Meta-analysis

Water Resources Management - Increasing water consumption in agriculture due to global climate change has posed considerable challenges to food security, thus improving the efficiency of water...     

OPAH a model for optimal design of multipurpose small hydropower plants

The investment in small hydropower plants requires the analysis of hydrological, technical, operational, budgetary, economical and financial aspects. The analysis of each possible configuration demands the joint action of several technicians, consuming substantial time and money. During initial design of the project, simplified procedures are usually adopted which may compromise the quality of the base configuration.In this paper we will present a global overview of the OPAH model, which was developed to surpass these limitations. This global model performs the optimization of project configuration. This model uses non-linear programming optimization to analyze the multipurpose operation of the hydropower plant. It uses a numeric simulation model of unsteady flow under pressure to analyze the hydraulic circuit. It uses an economical and financial simulation model that takes in to account the project risk associated to hydrologic and market variability, the financial capacity of the investor and the fiscal aspects.     

Strength and chemical resistance of mortars containing brick manufacturing clays subjected to different treatments

This paper presents the results of an investigation of the properties of mortar in which a calcined clay was employed as a pozzolan. Mortars were prepared using either heat treated clay or ground waste clay bricks (from the same clay subjected to 1000 °C calcining) as a pozzolanic partial replacement for cement at replacement levels of 10%, 20% and 30%. The compressive strengths of the mortars were monitored up to 90 days and the resistance to sodium sulphate solution and synthetic seawater was monitored up to 300 days. The specimens were also monitored for weight changes. Partially replacing cement by ground brick or heat-treated brick clay gives early strengths that are lower than that of the control. At 90 days, however, the strengths are the same as or are greater than that of the control. Heat-treated clay is effective in reducing expansion during exposure of the mortar to sulphate solution and synthetic seawater. The rapidly cooled clay gives better performance, in terms of strength development and resistance to harmful solutions, than the slow cooled clay.     

基于LMDI和STIRPAT模型的区域用水影响因素定量分析研究

区域用水影响因素分析对落实最严格水资源管理制度、实现节水型社会建设具有重要意义。为定量表征区域用水变化和影响因素之间的关系,通过LMDI因素分解识别人口规模、经济发展水平、节水技术水平对用水变化的影响程度,采用STIRPAT模型解析用水总量对人口规模、经济发展水平、节水技术水平变化的变动响应关系,以榆林市2000—2017年用水及影响因素变化为例开展了实证研究。结果显示:人口规模和经济发展水平对用水增长起到正向促进作用,节水技术水平起到负向抑制作用。人口规模、经济发展水平、节水技术水平效应依次为8 163.124万m~3、144 238.924万m~3、-126 161.049万m~3;人口规模、经济发展水平、节水技术水平每变化1%,用水将分别变化1.208%、0.061%和0.037%;经济发展水平和节水技术水平是用水变化的主要影响因素,但用水对人口规模变化敏感程度最高。最后,结合榆林市水资源特点提出针对性措施和建议,以期为榆林市水资源规划与管理提供参考。     

二价铁离子对零价铁还原硝基苯的影响

为了解地下水环境中铁离子对零价铁(zero valention)还原作用的影响,采用批次实验,研究不同质量浓度二价铁离子对ZVI还原硝基苯的影响,利用HPLC和GC-MS作为分析工具,观测反应过程中硝基苯的质量浓度,同时跟踪溶液中Fe2+、pH、ORP的变化.结果表明,有无Fe2+存在,硝基苯均可被ZVI还原为苯胺,Fe2+没有改变还原产物;溶液中投加Fe2+后,ZVI还原硝基苯的反应速率明显加快,溶液中Fe2+对于还原反应起促进作用;溶液中Fe2+对ZVI体系pH起缓冲作用,含有Fe2+的ZVI体系ORP下降明显.反应动力学分析表明,硝基苯的还原反应符合假一级动力学模型,表观速率常数kobs值随Fe2+质量浓度的升高而增加,Fe2+离子的存在有助于ZVI对硝基苯的还原.     

Extreme value analysis of streamflow time series in Poyang Lake Basin, China

Extreme meteorological and hydrological events may cause major disasters and heavy social and economic losses.Therefore,more and more studies have focused on extreme hydro-meteorological events in various climates and geographic regions.Based on nearly 50 years of observed records of the Poyang Lake Basin,the occurrence and changing trends of extreme streamflow indices,including the annual maximum flow,annual peak-over-threshold flows,and low flows,were analyzed for ten hydrological stations.The results indicate that most annual maximum flows occurred from April to July,highly attributed to the Southeast Asian summer monsoons,whereas the annual minimum flows were concentrated between January and February.As for the low flow indices (the annual minimum flow,annual minimum 7-d flow,and annual minimum 30-d flow),a significant increasing trend was detected in most parts of the Poyang Lake Basin.The trends illustrate the potential effects of climate change and human activities on the hydrological cycle over the Poyang Lake Basin.     

不规则基坑中地下连续墙围护结构的空间变形分析

把不规则形状基坑中的两侧铰接地下连续墙支护结构体系作为研究对象,考虑变形的空间因素,建立合理的简化模型支护体系的能量计算式,利用最小势能原理,推导出其侧向变形的解析计算公式,并分析了主要参数对位移的影响。工程实例验证该方法是可行的。     

黄土结构性分析及新认识

通过对黄土结构性及其对黄土力学特性影响的深入分析,认为黄土颗粒之间的力有联结力和摩擦力两种。联结力属于短程力,包括化学胶结力、土颗粒间的分子引力、薄膜水和毛细管水产生的吸力,这些力形成了黄土的联结结构强度。摩擦力属于远程力,是土体受力时土颗粒之间有相互错动、移位、重新排列的运动或趋势时才产生的阻止土体变形的力,包括颗粒之间的摩擦力和咬合力,这种力形成了黄土的摩擦结构强度。黄土的结构强度就是由联结结构强度和摩擦结构强度组成的。提出了黄土联结结构强度、摩擦结构强度、压密强度等的定量化概念。     

皮墨垦区地下水矿化度时空变异及水化学特征

基于皮墨垦区80眼观测井的观测资料,运用地统计学方法分析研究区2010年3个不同季节地下水矿化度的时空变异特征及地下水水化学特征,并对实测数据进行了半变异函数分析。结果表明:①地下水矿化度空间相关性较强;②3个不同季节的地下水矿化度变异曲线分别属于球状模型和指数模型;③地下水化学类型变化复杂,主要由SO4-Cl-Ca-Na型、HCO3-Cl-SO4-Na型向Cl-SO4-Na型、Cl-Na型演化。     

Studying the adsorption of DNA nanostructures on graphene in the aqueous phase using molecular dynamic simulations

DNA nanostructures can undergo large structural fluctuations and deviate from their intended configurations. In this work, two model DNA nanostructures (i.e., Nan and Kai) were designed based on the shape of the two Chinese characters of the name of Nankai University, and additional single-stranded DNA fragments were added to interact with graphene. During four 50-ns molecular dynamic simulations in aqueous solution, the DNA nanostructures adsorbed onto graphene demonstrated more stable conformations with lower root mean square deviations and smaller coordinate changes in the z-axis direction than the DNA nanostructures that were not adsorbed onto graphene. The interaction analyses and energetic calculations show that π-π interactions between single-stranded DNA and graphene are necessary for adsorption of the DNA nanostructures. Overall, this work examined the interactions between DNA and graphene at a large spatial scale with the hope that it provides a new strategy to stabilize DNA nanostructures.