High-Modulus Columns for Liquefaction Mitigation

This paper presents the performance of a shopping complex in Turkey where the soils were improved with jet-grout columns and preload fills and subjected to the 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake (M = 7.4). Under construction at the time of the earthquake, the Carrefour Shopping Center covers an area of 55,000?m2 and is founded on shallow footings, mats, and slabs-on-grade that rest on soft, saturated alluvial sediments consisting of clays, silts, and sands. High-modulus columns constructed by jet grouting were installed at close-to-moderate spacings to reduce anticipated static settlements in the clays and mitigate liquefaction in the sands. The site was subjected to a peak acceleration of approximately 0.2g during the earthquake. Grouting had been completed for about two-thirds of the site when the earthquake struck. Following the event, a field reconnaissance found stark contrast between the performance of the improved and unimproved sections. The jet-grout-treated areas suffered no apparent damage, whereas the unimproved sections of the complex, along with nearby untreated building sites, commonly suffered liquefaction-related settlements of up to 10 cm. This is the only case history known to the authors that documents the field performance of high-modulus columns used in this manner for liquefaction mitigation and direct instrumented measurement of liquefaction-induced settlements.     

Normalizing Behavior of Unsaturated Granular Pavement Materials

One of the important components of a flexible pavement structure is granular material layers. Unsaturated granular pavement materials (UGPMs) in these layers influence stresses and strains throughout the pavement structure, and have a large effect on asphalt concrete fatigue and pavement rutting (two of the primary failure mechanisms for flexible pavements). The behavior of UGPMs is dependent on water content, but this effect has been traditionally difficult to quantify using either empirical or mechanistic methods. This paper presents a practical mechanistic framework for determining the behavior of UGPMs within the range of water contents, densities, and stress states likely to be encountered under field conditions. Both soil suction and generated pore pressures are determined and compared to confinement under typical field loading conditions. The framework utilizes a simple soil suction model that has three density-independent parameters, and can be determined using conventional triaxial equipment that is available in many pavement engineering laboratories.     

Soil Water Content and Dry Density by Time Domain Reflectometry

Soil water content and dry density are two important properties for compaction quality control. This paper presents a new method for determining soil water content and dry density using a single time domain reflectometry test, which is an improvement over that designated by ASTM D6780. This new method is based on simultaneous measurement of apparent dielectric constant and bulk electrical conductivity on the same soil sample. Calibration equations correlate these two parameters with soil gravimetric water content and dry density, which are simultaneously solved after adjusting field-measured conductivity to a standard conductivity. The method compensates for temperature effects. The test process takes about 3 min and all calculations are automated. Testing may be done in situ using a special probe that provides sufficient sampling volume or in a compaction mold adapted to form a probe. Laboratory and field tests results show this one-step method is a fast, accurate, and safe method for construction quality control.     

Watershed scale temporal and spatial stability of soil moisture and its role in validating satellite estimates

Watershed scale soil moisture estimates are necessary to validate current remote sensing products, such as those from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR). Unfortunately, remote sensing technology does not currently resolve the land surface at a scale that is easily observed with ground measurements. One approach to validation is to use existing soil moisture measurement networks and scale these point observations up to the resolution of remote sensing footprints. As part of the Soil Moisture Experiment 2002 (SMEX02), one such soil moisture gaging system in the Walnut Creek Watershed, Iowa, provided robust estimates of the soil moisture average for a watershed throughout the summer of 2002. Twelve in situ soil moisture probes were installed across the watershed. These probes recorded soil moisture at a depth of 5 cm from June 29, 2002 to August 19, 2002. The sampling sites were analyzed for temporal and spatial stability by several measures including mean relative difference, Spearman rank, and correlation coefficient analysis. Representative point measurements were used to estimate the watershed scale (∼25 km) soil moisture average and shown to be accurate indicators with low variance and bias of the watershed scale soil moisture distribution. This work establishes the validity of this approach to provide watershed scale soil moisture estimates in this study region for the purposes of satellite validation with estimation errors as small as 3%. Also, the potential sources of error in this type of analysis are explored. This study is a first step in the implementation of large-scale soil moisture validation using existing networks such as the Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) and several Agricultural Research Service watersheds as a basis for calibrating satellite soil moisture products, for networks design, and designing field experiments.     

土壤养分有效性测定及其方法

在提出土壤养分有效性测定概念的基础上 ,本文对各种土壤养分有效性的测定方法进行了总结 ,讨论了这些方法的测定机理、测定效果及近几年的进展。这些方法包括用于磷钾等元素测定的树脂法、用于氮测定的生物培养法和化学提取法、磷测定的氧化铁试纸法和氢氧化铁透析管法和钾的四苯硼钠法     

潮褐土土壤养分的空间分布特征

应用主成分分析方法和地统计学方法,对河北省栾城县一15hm2试区里潮褐土全氮、全磷、有机质、速效磷、速效钾、碱解氮、NH 3-N等土壤养分含量的空间变异规律进行了定量分析。为实现土壤养分的精准管理和4-N和NO-变量平衡施肥提供了科学依据。     

三峡库区耕地土壤肥力特征及对策研究

三峡库区土壤肥力差异明显。主要土壤类型紫色土、水稻土、和黄壤,肥力水平差异较大,全量、有效态含量在不同土壤类型不一致。沿江从上而下,全N、全P、有效P含量较稳定,全K、有效K、碱解N含量变化较大。不同土壤类型肥力比较结果表明全N、全P含量为黄壤>水稻土>紫色土;全K、碱解N、有效P、有效K含量为紫色土>黄壤>水稻土。不同区县土壤肥力相关性分析表明全N、全P具有显著相关性,碱解N、有效P、有效K相互之间无相关性。主要土壤类型相关性分析表明水稻土、黄壤中全N同碱解N具有显著相关性。在不同区县和不同土壤类型土壤肥力指标有较大差异,因此在施肥水平上应区别对待。     

土壤中氮磷浸出对水库水质影响的模拟实验研究

水库建成蓄水后,库底土壤中氮、磷的浸出会对库水水质会产生一定影响。本文以南水北调中线工程的调蓄水库———瀑河水库为例,在现场调查基础上,使用蒸馏水和模拟水分别进行模拟实验,分析研究了土壤中氮、磷浸出对库水中总氮、总磷浓度的影响。实验结果表明,总氮、总磷的浓度均发生一定程度的变化,且模拟水中的浓度变化小于蒸馏水中的变化;但从整体趋势看,源于土壤的含量较低,对库水水质未产生明显不良影响。     

菜地土壤评价中参评因素的选定与分级指标的划分

菜地选片规划应通过土壤详查和评价工作,选出最适地区,才能经济有效、持续发展。土壤评价中参评因素的选定与分级指标的划分是工作的核心。应选取对蔬菜的生长发育和生产力具有重大影响的、稳定性较高的限制因素,并以土壤属性为主,结合环境条件,因地制宜选定。参评因素的分级应尽量采用定量指标,为分等定级提出定量依据,其主要级差应尽量利用有生物学意义的临界指标。在目前全国无统一规定下,试图面向全国选定参评因素及划分为五等六级的分级指标。     

设施栽培条件下土壤养分及有机质组成变化趋势的研究

以黄泛平原壤质潮土不同年限的设施栽培土壤为研究对象,探讨了设施栽培条件对土壤养分及土壤有机质组成的影响。结果表明,设施栽培土壤碱解氮、速效磷、速效钾、盐分含量均明显高于大田,其含量主要取决于施用化学肥料的种类和数量,随栽培年限的增加而增加;土壤有机质、腐殖酸、胡敏酸含量随种植年限有升高趋势;HA/FA与栽培年限显著相关,表示设施栽培条件下,土壤熟化程度随有机肥料的逐年施用而有所提高,但HA/FA变化幅度不大,这可能与设施栽培形成的高温高湿条件及施用有机肥料中难分解物质的含量有关。