Impact of dams on point bar habitat: a case for the extirpation of the Sacramento Valley Tiger Beetle,C. hirticollis abrupta

Quantitative analyses of flow and stage data, remote sensing and geographic information systems analysis, and field studies were used to assess the impact of dams and diversions on the point bar habitat of the Sacramento Valley Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hirticollis abrupta). The reaches of interest include sites of known historic populations of C. h. abrupta along the Sacramento River from approximately 8 km north of Colusa southward to the confluence with the Feather River and along the Feather River between Yuba City and its confluence with the Sacramento River. The results from this study show that construction of two major dams has altered flows such that prolonged and increased flows during summer, fall, and early winter have most likely disrupted life cycles, flooded larvae, drowned overwintering adults and led to high mortality. Additionally, habitat availability has decreased over time because point bars have decreased in number and area causing increased distances between populations and isolation of populations. Moreover, point bar armouring, channel scouring, altered flows, redirected flows through weirs, and lithologic controls have produced a bimodal distribution of mean grain sizes in the Sacramento River in which the more northern bars contain gravel deposits and more southern bars possess fine sands. These conditions negatively alter moisture retention and sediment compaction and, consequently, burrowing conditions needed by this tiger beetle. Additionally, more stabilized flows (reduced variability) and increased fine‐grained deposition have enabled development and encroachment of vegetation onto the sand bars. Finally, human stresses, such as foot traffic and vehicular traffic may have interfered with burrowing, ovipositing, and foraging. The combination of these stress factors has most likely led to a reduction in source populations and, ultimately, the apparent extirpation of the entire metapopulation. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

高频脉冲电铸Ni-Co纳米复合块体微观结构分析

采用高频脉冲电铸工艺制备出了镍钴纳米复合块体材料，利用场发射扫描电镜、能谱和X射线衍射的方法，重点研究了复合块体沉积层的表面形貌、相结构和结晶取向。结果表明．高频率和润湿剂的添加对沉积层的细化有重要影响，高频脉冲电铸能够获得微观组织致密、均匀的复合块体材料。     

煤气压缩机存在问题及改造措施

对煤气压缩机运行以来所存在的问题进行了分析，相继采取的改造措施及取得的效果作了探讨。重点阐述了油冷却器的改造。     

p,V, T and derived thermodynamic data for toluene,trichloromethane, dichloromethane,acetonitrile, aniline,and n-dodecane

Experimentally determined p,V,T data are reported for toluene, trichloromethane, dichloromethane, acetonitrile, aniline, and n-dodecane at 278, 288, 298, 313, and 323 K, except for dichloromethane, for which the highest temperature was 298 K. At each temperature, measurements were done at pressures up to about 280 MPa or (for aniline and n-dodecane) at a lower pressure slightly below the freezing pressure at the temperature of measurement. Values of the isobaric expansivity isothermal compressibility and (for toluene, trichloromethane, dichloromethane, and acetonitrile) internal pressure, derived from the p,V,T data, are presented.     

Centrifugal Casting of High Speed Steel/Nodular Cast Iron Compound Roll Collar

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高密度澄清池在邯钢第二污水处理厂的应用

高密度澄清池是一种新型高效的澄清池。介绍了高密度澄清池的工艺原理、运行条件和主要参数及在邯钢第二污水处理厂的应用情况。     

深孔预裂爆破在溢洪道高边坡开挖的应用

高边坡深孔预裂爆破是一项对施工质量、安全要求极高的爆破技术, 必须进行科学的爆破技术设计,确定合理的爆破参数;高度重视爆破钻孔工艺、装药工艺、网络工艺以及边坡稳定性地质分析.在洞巴水电站中不允许采用超欠平衡的开挖方法进行施工,利用设计台阶高度,采用深孔预裂爆破对溢洪道高边坡的稳定及开挖平整度进行有效控制,取得良好效果.     

莲花水电站外部变形自动监测系统改造

介绍莲花水电站大坝面板及溢洪道外部变形自动化监测系统设计、测量精度分析及运行情况.     

大黑汀大坝安全监测应用分析软件的开发与应用

在大坝安全监测工作中,结合实际工程情况和工作需要,利用Visual Basic 6.0编程语言,开发出一套实用的安全监测应用分析软件,解决了数据共享、监测成果检查、自动化与人工测值比较、各种数据报表输出、历史数据提取、过程线分布图绘制等许多实际应用问题,极大地提高了工作效率,实现了大坝安全监测自动化。     

Improvement of levitation characteristics in a magnetic bearing system using HTSC‐permanent magnet hybrid structure

Magnetic bearing using pinning force of a permanent magnet and a high‐temperature superconductor has been developed. Additional permanent magnet is introduced to increase the levitation force of the magnetic bearing. In this hybrid magnetic bearing system, levitation force is mainly given by the repulsive force of the permanent magnets, and stability for the lateral direction is given by pinning force of the superconductor. The experimental device is developed. A ring‐type superconductor and a bulk one are examined. Levitation characteristics of the hybrid magnetic bearing are measured. The bulk superconductor shows better characteristics of both levitation and lateral stability than the ring one. Levitation force of the hybrid system becomes about twice as large as that of the nonhybrid one. Although, the repulsive force of the permanent magnet decreases the lateral stability of the system, its influence becomes small by choosing an adequate position of the permanent magnets and the superconductor. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 150(1): 71–77, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10350