Available nitrogen in soils and its determination by the ‘Nmin-method’ and by electroultrafiltration (EUF)

Excess nitrogen fertilizer rates are an environmental hazard. To avoid excess rates, the level of available nitrogen in the soil must be known and considered for assessing the nitrogen fertilizer rate. In arable soils nitrate and exchangeable ammonium in the rooting depth of a crop are directly available to plant roots. These two nitrogen forms are recovered with the Nmin method and they are considered in assessing the nitrogen fertilizer rate for arable crops.Besides nitrate and ammonium recovered by the Nmin method from soil samples taken in early spring, a considerable amount of organic soil nitrogen may be mineralized during the growth period and contribute to crop nutrition. The nitrogen mineralization potential can be determined in incubation tests. The absolute quantities of mineralized nitrogen thus obtained, however, are much higher than the mineralization rates under field conditions. It is for this reason that incubation tests have not obtained a major importance for assessing nitrogen fertilizer rates.With the electro-ultrafiltration (EUF) method nitrate, ammonium, and a minor portion of organic soil nitrogen are extracted from a soil suspension. There is experimental evidence that this organic nitrogen (=Norg) is easily mineralizable. Based on field experiments with cereals and maize formulae were established by which the nitrogen fertilizer rate can be calculated. In these formulae nitrate, ammonium and organic nitrogen extracted by EUF are considered.Advantages and drawbacks of the Nmin method and EUF method are discussed.     

Discrete element approach for mine dump stability analysis

Mine overburden dumps have posed significant safety issues in the operations of various unit operations of open pit min-ing especially the external dumps. The external dumps are composed of a mixture of fragmented rocks and loose soil. Their charac-teristic is comparable to heavily discontinuous solid mass. The conventional approach of limit equilibrium methods provide safety factors for the slope but nothing about the stress-strain characteristics of the large dump mass. The designs of dump location and their respective geometry are integrated for the know-how of the stability characteristics of these dumps. The discrete element method uses a circular disk to represent the granular solid mass and their interactions are described by the Newton's third law of motion. The displacement is described by the sliding of the circular disk. This work is focused on the modeling efficiency of the discrete element methods to represent the behaviour of mine dump masses with the specified joint plane for the limit equilibrium method. The advantage of the work lies on the ease of information retrieval at any point at the dump mass concerning the stress and strain histories, displacement, failures etc. which when integrated produces a better understanding of the stability of the dump masses.     

GCr15轴承钢连铸过程中热物性参数的研究

借鉴前人实验数据,采用一定的数学方法,对轴承钢的热物性参数进行了研究.结果表明：GCr15轴承钢的液相线温度为1 465.7℃,固相线温度为1 328.4℃,零强度温度为1 380℃左右,零塑性温度为1 330℃左右;在固相区、液固两相区、液相区分别采用不同的公式进行处理,可使结果更加准确,还避免了奇异性.研究结果可为轴承钢连铸工艺有限元模拟提供基础.     

韧性断裂准则在板料成形中应用研究进展

对板料成形中的成形极限应力图、最大变薄率、成形极限图以及韧性断裂准则等预测成形极限的方法进行了综述和分析,提出了利用韧性断裂准则能够较好地预测塑性差的板料成形极限,而且还能考虑应变路径的变化.利用有限元方法模拟时,韧性断裂准则既可以运用到完全耦合的弹塑性损伤模型的增量方法中,也可以运用到一步有限元逆算法中.指出了为准确地预测成形极限,除了提高有限元模拟精度外,应找到一种本质地反映材料性能的准则.     

工业纯铝在模拟海水中的电化学腐蚀行为

为研究铝在海水中的腐蚀过程,采用电化学阻抗谱、浸泡试验、扫描电子显微镜研究工业纯铝在模拟海水中的腐蚀行为.结果表明:铝在模拟海水中发生点蚀的区域为富含Fe的晶间化合物处,点蚀半径随时间的增加而扩大.铝在模拟海水中的溶解曲线分为4个区间:活性溶解区、过渡区、过钝化区、钝化区.铝在模拟海水中,极化电位为过钝化区时,转移电阻R t随着电位的升高而变小,铝发生严重的点蚀;而极化电位为钝化区时,铝的转移电阻R t随着电位的升高基本不变,铝的溶解行为受到抑制.工业纯铝在模拟海水中发生点蚀的电位区间是-0.45～-0.65 V,钝化电位区间为-0.75～-0.85 V.     

有限体积法求解立体角离散误差

为解决采用有限体积法求解辐射传输方程时引起离散误差的问题,从有限体积法立体角内热流密度的求解过程出发,运用泰勒级数推导了近似误差的表达式,并分析影响离散误差的各种因素,包括离散射线数,辐射强度分布,假散射及网格比.根据分析结果,采用辐射强度的连续分布模型,模拟了各种因素对误差的影响.结果表明,辐射强度的分布函数对于有限体积法的离散误差有一定程度影响.当增加网格数及减小网格尺寸比时,可以有效地减小离散误差.假散射与离散误差间呈较强的非线性耦合关系.     

双洞口配筋砌块砌体框支墙梁试验

为研究双洞口配筋砌块砌体框支墙梁地震前后的受力模式,在拟动力子试验前后进行了底层框架配筋砌块短肢砌体剪力墙结构三层足尺模型的竖向力静载试验.试验结果表明:托梁与上部墙体表现出良好的协同工作能力,其工作模式为拉杆拱.通过对其在拟动力试验前后的受力模式进行了比较,可知带洞口配筋砌块砌体框支墙梁结构体系在墙体受到一定损伤时,并不会使墙梁的受力机理发生明显改变.     

新型钢铅组合耗能器性能试验及参数优选

为了考察新型钢铅组合耗能器(NCSLD)的力学性能和提高其耗能能力,利用电液伺服压剪试验机对NCSLD耗能器进行力学性能试验,采用ANSYS实体建模的方法对耗能器进行大量的数值分析,并对性能试验和数值分析的结果进行对比,研究耗能器的滞回特征参数与其6个几何参数之间的关系,回归出二者之间的公式.提出评价耗能器性能优劣的标准及其附加条件,并以此标准为依据,利用均匀设计法和遗传算法分别对耗能器的6个几何参数进行优选.结果表明遗传算法的选优效果要好于均匀设计法,同时得到一系列性能良好的NCSLD耗能器.     

应用数字散斑技术的沥青混合料劈裂应变研究

采用数字散斑相关方法对沥青混合料试件间接拉伸试验中的拉伸应变进行研究.通过程序模拟散斑图的拉伸试验,得出所用数字散斑相关方法处理程序可用,且具有很高精度;通过与应变片测量法、计算法的比较和分析得出数字散斑相关方法的有效性.结果表明,数字散斑相关方法用于测量间接拉伸应变有效可行.     

基坑加固扰动引起地铁隧道隆起变形

针对如何控制上方基坑底部加固扰动引起下卧地铁隧道的变形、确保地铁安全运营的问题.结合上海市浦东新区东方路-张扬路地下立交工程,在考虑隧道等效刚度、施工卸荷以及加固抑制回弹的效果等因素的基础上,对上方搅拌桩施工扰动引起正在运营地铁隧道的竖向隆起变形进行了机理分析,推导出基于Winkler模型计算隧道竖向位移的方法并进行了理论计算.结果表明:上层加固扰动引起隧道的竖向位移是非常可观的,需引起足够重视.并将计算结果和实测数据进行了对比.在此研究基础上提出了一系列控制上层搅拌桩施工引起运营地铁隧道位移的施工方法.