Evaluation of rainfall networks using entropy: II. Application

This paper, the second in the series, applies the entropy approach to space and time evaluation of rainfall networks in Louisiana. The evaluation is made for five sampling intervals: daily, 2-day, weekly, monthly, and yearly, and for two separate seasons. In each case, the best combination of raingages is suggested and the lines of equal information (isoinformation contours) are constructed showing the areas of greater or less information transfer. The isoinformation lines are especially suitable in decisions concerning the expansion of the existing network or deleting the unnecessary raingages.     

How to make and defend a proposal in a deliberation dialogue

In this paper it is shown how tools developed in argumentation theory and artificial intelligence can be applied to the development of a new dialectical analysis of the speech act of making a proposal in a deliberation dialogue. These tools are developed, modified and used to formulate dialogue pre-conditions, defining conditions and post-conditions for the speech act of making a proposal in a deliberation dialogue. The defining conditions set out what is required for a move in a dialogue to count as the making of a proposal by one of the parties. What is required are the conditions that (1) the move fit the requirements of the argumentation scheme for practical reasoning, and (2) the premises are propositions describing common goals of both parties or propositions that they reasonably consider means to achieve these goals. The analysis goes beyond the standard speech act approach by specifying not only the normative requirements for making a well-formed proposal, but also the requirements for responding to it by questioning or criticizing it, and the requirements for defending it.     

Solubilization of unilamellar liposomes by betaine-type zwitterionic/anionic surfactant systems

The mechanisms governing the solubilizing interactions between zwitterionic/anionic mixed surfactant systems at different molar fractions of the zwitterionic surfactant (X_zwitter) and neutral or electrically charged unilamellar liposomes were investigated. The mixed systems were formed by N-dodecyl-N,N-dimethylbetaine and sodium dodecyl sulfate in the presence of piperazine-1,4-bis-(2-ethanesulfonic acid) buffer at pH 7.20. Unilamellar liposomes formed by egg phosphatidylcholine, in some cases together with stearylamine or phosphatidic acid, were used. Solubilization was detected as a decrease in static light-scattering of liposomes. Two parameters were regarded as corresponding to the effective surfactant/lipid molar ratios (Re) at which the surfactant system (i) saturated the liposomes, Re_sat, and (ii) led to a total solubilization of liposomes, Re_sol. From these parameters the bilayer/aqueous medium surfactant partition coefficients for the saturation (K_sat) and complete bilayer solubilization (K_sol) were determined. When X_zwitter was 0.40, The Re and K parameters showed a maximum, whereas the critical micellar concentration (CMC) of these systems exhibited a minimum, regardless of the electrical charge of bilayers. Given that the ability of the surfactant systems to saturate or solubilize liposomes is inversely related to the Re_sat and Re_sol parameters, these capacities appear to be directly correlated with the CMC of the mixed systems. The similarity of both K_sat and K_sol (particularly for X_zwitter=0.2–0.8) suggests that a similar partition equilibrium governs both the saturation and the complete solubilization of bilayers, the free surfactant concentration (S_a,S_b), remaining almost constant with similar values to the CMC for each mixed system studied.     

重力式油水分离设备的计算模型

针对重力式油水分离设备设计理论尚不完善，设备设计尚处经验阶段，设备性能指标评价体系尚未建立的实际，在基于大量实验研究和理论分析的基础上，从引入分散相的粒径分布模犁入手，通过对临界粒径的分析，揭示了分离效果、设备结构与介质特性三方面之间的内在联系，由此建立了重力式油水分离设备的效率计算模型与设备设计计算模型。此外，本文还引入了粒级效率的概念，并论述了粒级效率与分离效率之间的关系与区别，澄清了多年来在设备分离效果上的一些模糊概念。     

水利工程排涝减灾效益分析与计算

在分析涝灾成因特点基础上对涝灾进行了重新定义，在研究涝灾损失及 排涝效益时引入了临界降雨量的概念，从而奠定了水利工程排涝减灾效益分析与计算的理论基础，并给了效益计算的一般计算模型。     

石子和秸秆覆盖条件下降雨水量转化特征试验研究

通过人工模拟降雨，利用蒸渗仪、TDR(时域反射仪)和翻斗式自计流量测定仪，对石子和秸秆覆盖条件下的土壤水分动态变化、地下渗流过程进行了连续监测，并对不同下垫面条件下水量转化的变异特征进行了分析。结果表明：(1)不同下垫面条件下土壤表层的水分变异不大，而土壤深层的水分变异较大，这主要是由于覆盖降低了雨滴对土壤表层结构的破坏程度，以及石子在地表构建了许多个微型拦水坝，从而促进了土壤水分的快速下渗；(2)覆盖具有增加地下渗流的效果，特别是坡地上覆盖小石子在防止土壤侵蚀，增加地下渗流方面效果最为显著，地下渗流系数达到了37.44％；(3)小石子覆盖有利于山地降水资源的高效转化利用，其中在水平地上进行覆盖处理有助于降水资源的就地利用，而在“上覆土壤、下伏岩石”为结构特征的坡地上进行覆盖处理有助于坡地岩土界面渗流的产生，而从提高降水资源的异地利用率。     

直边人口直通道临界流的理论研究

在Ｈｅｎｒｙ模型的基础上，作了一系列改进并对摩擦进行了修正，得到一均匀非平衡模型。该模型比Ｈｅｎｒｙ模型计算范围广，可计算初始饱和、欠热液体及进口含汽量不为零的直边入口、直通道、Ｌ／Ｄ＞１２的临界流。     

热光双稳态的临界入射功率与临界温升

本文考虑到F—P腔夹层介质和后反射镜均具有一定的吸收时,推导出产生热致色散光学双稳态的临界入射光功率P_c和临界温升△T_c的数学解析表达式。理论计算的 △T_c值与实验值非常符合。为了得到最佳光学双稳态回线和避免腔内的纵向温度梯度,夹层介质和后反射镜应具有一定的匹配吸收。     

不同降雨工况下红黏土边坡持水响应规律与稳定性分析

以江西区域内典型红黏土边坡为研究对象,基于岩土非饱和渗流理论,建立红黏土边坡有限元计算模型,对4种典型降雨工况下红黏土边坡稳定性进行分析。结果表明,降雨强度、降雨持续时间均是影响红黏土边坡稳定性的重要因素;前期为常态时,边坡各参数指标均维持在初始稳定状态;降雨开始后,边坡安全系数呈减小态势,岩土体强度和稳定性降低,边坡中土体的孔隙水压力变大,体积含水量升高;越接近地表的土体降雨入渗响应越强烈,边坡不同位置处土体的降雨入渗影响程度依次为:坡肩>坡顶>坡面>坡脚>坡底;降雨入渗和互渗过程具有明显的滞后性,越靠近地表,孔隙水压力短期内变化越明显;土体干湿循环对边坡稳定性整体表现为负作用,且作用效果不可逆。     

考虑土体非饱和特性的斜坡降雨入渗模型及边坡稳定性分析

降雨入渗是诱发滑坡的关键因素,研究斜坡降雨入渗规律对于滑坡的预测与防范具有重要意义。传统的Green-Ampt模型及改进的Green-Ampt模型均假定入渗过程为均匀饱和入渗,忽略了入渗过程中湿润锋锋面上方非饱和区的存在。针对这一不足,首先,基于达西定律分析斜坡内基质吸力的分布规律;然后,结合非饱和土VG模型得到了斜坡内湿润区含水量沿深度变化的函数关系;最后,基于改进的Green-Ampt模型推导了考虑土体非饱和特性的斜坡降雨入渗模型,并将其引入到无限斜坡稳定性分析当中。研究结果表明:与数值解和现有模型相比,考虑土体非饱和特性的降雨入渗模型能更加准确地反映降雨入渗的过程,基于改进模型计算的稳定性系数较好地揭示了恒定降雨强度下斜坡稳定性的变化规律,证明了该方法的正确性和适用性。