Predicting plant yields using soil testing for phosphorus: Effects of error in the estimation of the maximum yield on interseasonal comparisons of yield prediction

Results from long-term field experiments in south-western Australia are presented in the form of relationships between yield, expressed as a percentage of the maximum yield, and soil test for phosphorus (P) values. Maximum yields were not always indicated by well defined yield plateaux. Different methods have been used to estimate the maximum yield value which is used to calculate yield as a percentage of the maximum yield so as to remove interseasonal variation. For all of these methods and for the same site, the same P fertilizer (superphosphate), and the same plant species, the relationship between yield and soil test P differed for different years. Consequently fertilizer recommendations based on the assumption that this relationship is constant are likely to be incorrect. We therefore question the validity of the common practice in soil testing programmes of using percentage yield values to remove interseasonal variation.     

Dynamic response of a Mindlin elastic rectangular plate under a distributed moving mass

The elastodynamic response of a rectangular Mindlin plate subjected to a distributed moving mass is investigated. The set of governing characteristic partial differential equations that include the effects of shear deformation and rotary inertia is expressed in its dimensionless form. A finite difference algorithm is employed to transform the differential equations into a set of linear algebraic equations. Simply supported edge conditions were used as an illustrative example. The analysis is also valid for other edge conditions. It is found that the maximum shearing forces, bending and twisting moments occur almost the same time. Also, the values of the maximum deflections are higher for Mindlin plates than for non-Mindlin plates.     

水电站施工期水土流失预测

水电站建设的水土流失问题主要体现在施工期和运行期，并以施工期的影响较为突出．如不采取必要的减免措施，将会对周围生态环境造成无法挽回的损失。本文阐述了水电站建设水土流失的几种常用的预测方法，对水土流失量进行预测，并结合具体工程实例对水电站建设过程中新增水土流失量进行了预测。     

PTC预应力管桩在软土地基处理中的施工工艺

结合PTC预应力管桩在沪宁高速公路扩建工程中的应用，从路基底板的施工、PTC预应力管桩的施工方面对其施工工艺进行了介绍，总结了PTC预应力管桩在软土地基处理中的应用优点。     

软土地基水泥搅拌桩室内配合比试验分析

对广州南沙某工程软土地基搅拌桩室内不同配比的水泥土标准试件进行对比试验,研究软土地基搅拌桩施工中水泥、石膏等添加剂的最佳配比方案,对指导搅拌桩的现场施工有着重要的意义。     

NUMERICAL STUDY ON SORET-EFFECT AND DUFOUR-EFFECT FOR DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE NATURAL CONVECTION IN POROUS ENCLOSURE

The influences of Soret effect and Dufour effect on the natural convection and heat and mass transfer for a porous enclosure were investigated by means of the penalty finite element method. Numerical results indicate that the Soret and Dufour effects have significant influences on heat and mass transfer in the presence of large temperature gradient and concentration gradient.     

鹰嘴岩隧道软弱破碎岩体的开挖与施工

渫水皂市水利枢纽左岸上坝公路鹰嘴岩隧道围岩主要为Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ类围岩，地质条件复杂，成洞条件差。在隧道施工中，遵循“短进尺，弱爆破、少扰动、早支护”的原则，及时进行监控量测，采取有效的加固措施，取得了良好效果，确保了工程进度与安全。     

土钉支护在深基坑开挖中的应用

深圳某银行办公楼的深基坑支护采用了土钉支护，不但保证了施工质量，而且缩短了工期，减少了投资，以此工程为例介绍了土钉支护的土力学参数计算、结构设计、施工方案、技术措施和取得的显著效果。     

A Simple Experimental Technique to Measure Tortuosity in Packed Beds

In this article, a simple and inexpensive experimental technique easy to build in laboratory, for the measurement of tortuosity of a packed bed of inert particles, is described. Experimental values of the tortuosity were obtained with four different packed beds of sand. The experimental results obtained are in good agreement with the theoretical values of tortuosity in a porous media; and the data reported showed the tortuosity to increase with decrease in the void fraction of the packed bed as expected.     

Geotechnical properties of the soft soil in Guangzhou College City

The paper describes some geotechnical properties of the soft soils in Guangzhou College City, China, which are difficult to both sample and test. Laboratory and in situ tests were carried out to assess the physical and mechanical indices of the soils. The data were statistically analyzed and linear regression undertaken such that equations could be developed by which the geotechnical properties of the soft soils can be predicted. The statistical validity of the degree of correlation confirmed that using these equations, the mechanical indices can be estimated from physical indices determined by routine testing.