Guidelines for facilitating the development of learning communities in online courses

Online learning has grown exponentially in recent years; however, dropout problem remains challenging for some online programmes. The dropout problem can be attributed to a number of reasons, with a lack of interaction between learners and the instructor constituting one of the main reasons. The lack of interaction also leads to learners' feeling of isolation. Learning communities can provide learners with an environment conducive to increased interactions and alleviate their feeling of isolation. Unfortunately, there are no clear rules that instructors can follow to help learners create learning communities. In this paper, we propose guidelines for online instructors to facilitate the development of learning communities in online courses. We first review the definition of a learning community, importance of a learning community and factors affecting the development of a learning community. Afterwards, based on a review of the existing guidelines and other relevant literature, we propose guidelines for facilitating the development of learning communities in online courses.     

氢氧化铝微粉生产过程中晶种分解的研究

晶种分解是种分法生产氢氧化铝微粉的工序，介绍了控制铝酸钠精制液的分解温度、分解时间、搅拌强度等条件并添加特制的高活性晶种做晶种生产优质氢氧化铝微粉的生产过程，并通过对几个月的生产跟踪分析研究，得出氢氧化铝微粉的晶种分解主要与晶种的质量和数量、分解温度、分解时间及搅拌强度等因素有关，这对于进一步完善氢氧化铝微粉的生产工艺起到很大的作用。     

Use of cascade reduction potential for selective precipitation of Au,Cu, and Pb in hydrochloric acid solution

Optimization of reduction potential for electroseparation was studied for the recovery of gold, copper, and lead from acidic solution. A linear sweep voltammetric method enabled us to determine characteristic reduction potentials for each metal and the kinetics of the metal deposition indicated by current-voltage curves. In order to precipitate the metal species sequentially, reduction potentials were examined for the individual and mixed solutions of Au(III), Cu(II), and Pb(II). The three metals were reasonably well isolated from the mixed solutions such as Cu(II)/ Pb(II) and Au(III)/Cu(II)/Pb(II) in the order of the corresponding reduction potentials, in particular, the mass transfer controlled reduction potentials, obtained from linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) measurement.     

气化炉复合炉衬的传热计算

新型 (多喷嘴对置 )水煤浆气化炉拟采用水冷管和耐火浇铸料组成的复合炉衬结构 .炉内的高温高压对复合炉衬的高温侵蚀十分严重 ,是影响其寿命的重要因素 ,因此合理设计气化炉复合炉衬的结构对充分发挥其材质的作用具有十分重要的意义 .建立了气化炉复合炉衬的传热计算的数学模型 ,同时编制了模型求解的计算程序 ,并用某工艺条件对复合炉衬的温度分布进行了计算 .结果表明 ,该方法可有效计算出复合炉衬的温度分布情况 ,为复合炉衬的设计、运行和维护提供理论依据     

引汉济渭椒溪河隧洞施工通风数值模拟研究

引汉济渭工程是陕西省为缓解关中渭河沿线城市和工业缺水问题,而提出的由汉江调水到渭河流域的大型水利工程。椒溪河段工程为穿河段,地形地质相对复杂,隧洞施工期的通风问题也相对比较严重。采用CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics)数值模拟方法对带有支洞隧洞的通风过程进行模拟,研究几种典型工况下隧洞内的流场和浓度场在施工期时随时间的变化规律,分析掌子面以及支洞内涡流对气流及有害气体分布的影响。在气流排散通道不顺畅时,掌子面附近的涡流区域内涡流的大小和位置呈现周期性的变化,并随通风时间的增加影响范围逐渐降低。隧道爆破产生的有害气体和烟尘会随着气流的流动发生移动和扩散过程,并逐渐排向洞外。通过对隧洞主洞与支洞内气流和有害气体排散过程的研究,得出隧洞爆破后在通风作用下隧洞的掌子面附近和支洞与主洞的交叉位置处形成涡流区,涡流的产生和变化不断的消耗通风的机械能,降低通风效率,对有害气体的排散造成一定的阻滞作用,隧洞内有害气体的排散过程包括移动和扩散两方面,移动过程将CO排向洞外,扩散过程不断的降低洞内CO峰值,总结出了不同工况下隧洞内达到安全浓度的时间,对隧洞施工进度给出一定的参考意见。     

Seepage safety monitoring model for an earth rock dam under influence of high-impact typhoons based on particle swarm optimization algorithm

Extreme hydrological events induced by typhoons in reservoir areas have presented severe challenges to the safe operation of hydraulic structures. Based on analysis of the seepage characteristics of an earth rock dam, a novel seepage safety monitoring model was constructed in this study. The nonlinear influence processes of the antecedent reservoir water level and rainfall were assumed to follow normal distributions. The particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm was used to optimize the model parameters so as to raise the fitting accuracy. In addition, a mutation factor was introduced to simulate the sudden increase in the piezometric level induced by short-duration heavy rainfall and the possible historical extreme reservoir water level during a typhoon. In order to verify the efficacy of this model, the earth rock dam of the Siminghu Reservoir was used as an example. The piezometric level at the SW1-2 measuring point during Typhoon Fitow in 2013 was fitted with the present model, and a corresponding theoretical expression was established. Comparison of fitting results of the piezometric level obtained from the present statistical model and traditional statistical model with monitored values during the typhoon shows that the present model has a higher fitting accuracy and can simulate the uprush feature of the seepage pressure during the typhoon perfectly.     

快速闸门断流的轴流泵起动过程三维数值模拟

针对轴流泵机组起动过程的研究是泵站安全稳定运行研究的重要环节。为了准确捕捉轴流泵机组在起动过渡过程中的动态特性,建立轴流泵机组的全流道三维模型,采用三维CFD计算软件Fluent,利用基于有限体积法的动网格技术,配合VOF多相流模型对快速闸门断流的轴流泵机组起动过程进行了三维瞬态数值模拟,获得了轴流泵机组起动过渡过程中的流态变化及外特性参数的变化规律。闸门开启时间为60s时,机组起动扬程在12s时达到最大值2.76m,为运行扬程的1.28倍。减小快速闸门开启时间能够降低机组最大起动扬程,但同时会加剧回流及闸门处的水流撞击。计算结果表明:动网格技术结合VOF多相流模型可以较好的应用于快速闸门断流的轴流泵机组起动过渡过程数值模拟中,其结果可为泵站水力设计及轴流泵机组的过渡过程研究提供参考。     

北京地面沉降与地下水开采时空演变对比

区域地面沉降是世界上很多城市都要面对的一种"城市病"。地下水过量开采是这一问题最普遍的原因,北京也因此出现了严重的地面沉降问题。为了全面认识地下水开采格局变化下的地面沉降发育分布的新特点,推动实现《北京地面沉降防治规划(2013-2020年)》中的"控沉目标",对北京市从解放初期至今60多年间的地下水开采和地面沉降演变进行了时间和空间上的定性定量对比分析。结果表明:地面沉降的形成发展阶段与地下水开发利用阶段高度吻合;地面沉降中心区与地下水位降落漏斗区的时空变化高度相关;随着地下水开采深度整体上向地表以下更深层发展,主沉降层逐渐向深部(100m以下)地层转移,为地面沉降防控决策制定提供了依据。     

不饱和聚酯树脂光固化工艺的研究-光引发剂浓度

本文选用TPO、651两种光引发剂，分别配制引发剂浓度为0．25、0．5、1、2wt％的不饱和聚酯体系。通过测定光固化试样的显微硬度分析光引发剂浓度对固化程度的影响。结果表明，提高引发剂浓度能抑制氧阻聚的作用，但对于较厚的试样，引发剂浓度过高会导致固化不完全。     

种植膜在烧碱盐水中的应用

介绍了种植膜过滤设备在盐水精制过程中的使用情况。种植膜过滤器放置在浮上桶后使用,能够满足盐水生产要求。