Simulated recruitment of riparian trees and shrubs under natural and regulated flow regimes on the Wisconsin River,USA

Models that link ecological responses to hydrologic changes are important for assessing the effects of flow regulation on aquatic and riparian ecosystems. Based on the Recruitment Box Model, a graphical model used to prescribe environmental flows for cottonwood (Populus spp.) recruitment, we designed a simulation model to represent the influence of river flow dynamics on seedling recruitment of riparian pioneer woody plants. The model simulates the influence of temporal patterns of river stage on dispersal, germination, initial recruitment and over‐winter survival of first‐year seedlings of riparian pioneer shrubs and trees. We used the model to simulate seedling recruitment patterns for five species (Acer saccharinum, Betula nigra, Populus deltoides, Salix nigra and Salix exigua) on the Wisconsin River (Wisconsin, USA) under three flow scenarios: historic (1935–2002), simulated natural (1915–1975) and simulated regulated flows (1915–1975). Simulation results agreed well with field‐observed relative differences among years (1997–2000) in seedling densities for the five focal species. Simulated successful recruitment years were highly synchronous among species, but species differed in their sensitivity to flows at different times during the growing season, consistent with among‐species differences in seed dispersal timing. Comparison of simulated natural and regulated flows for 1915–1975 showed that flow regulation decreased monthly flow variability, increased late summer to winter baseflow and reduced the magnitude of spring peaks. Simulated recruitment and over‐winter survival of tree seedlings of all species was enhanced under the regulated flow scenario, likely due to increased summer baseflow and reductions in peak flood magnitude. Our analyses show the utility of extending the Recruitment Box Model to include multiple species of riparian shrubs and trees, and the effects of post‐colonization flows on their recruitment success. However, some key functional relationships between flow patterns and woody seedling demography (e.g. shear stress thresholds for seedling mortality) have not been adequately quantified and merit further study. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

浸润线形状特性与渗流计算常见错误剖析

分析了浸润线形状特性.通过工程实例,剖析了土石坝渗流计算常见错误,给出了渗流计算有限元法对渗流自由面、逸出点加快收敛的处理方法建议.     

水土保持工程施工阶段的设计变更

通过对水土保持工程施工阶段设计变更原因的分析，指出水土保持生态工程施工阶段变更的必要性和建设、监理单位对变更管理的重要性。通过对变更设计的程序和原则进行的分析，阐述了变更设计涉及的几个主要问题。     

中国是世界拱坝大国也是世界拱坝强国——在《特高拱坝建设总结及安全运行管理研究》会议上的发言

中国拱坝数量占全世界的40%,数量最多;世界最高的三座拱坝都在中国,因此中国是世界拱坝大国。中国解决了岩溶地区拱坝防渗、狭窄河谷拱坝大流量泄洪等技术难题,发展了碾压混凝土拱坝筑坝技术。中国学者首创大坝混凝土标号分区技术,首创混凝土坝温度应力理论体系,解决了大坝裂缝这一世界性难题;建立了拱坝优化理论、混凝土坝仿真分析方法、混凝土坝有限元等效应力方法、混凝土坝数值监控方法等,在拱坝设计和科研上取得了全世界最多的重要成果,因此中国既是世界拱坝大国,又是世界拱坝强国。     

Local‐scale Benefits of River Connectivity Restoration Planning Beyond Jurisdictional Boundaries

Conservation planning aims to optimize outcomes for select species or ecosystems by directing resources toward high‐return sites. The possibility that local benefits might be increased by directing resources beyond the focal area is rarely considered. We present a case study of restoring river connectivity for migratory fish of the Great Lakes Basin by removing dams and road crossings within municipal jurisdictions versus their broader watersheds. We found that greater river connectivity could often be achieved by considering both intra‐jurisdictional and extra‐jurisdictional barriers. Focusing on jurisdictional barriers alone generally forfeited <20% (median = 0%) of habitat gains for those who value solely habitat gains within the jurisdiction, but >75% (median = 100%) for planners who value larger‐scale habitat gains. Similarly, cost savings tended to be between ?50% and +50%, but in some cases were very negative. Our study underscores the local‐scale benefits of broadening restoration investments, especially for decision makers of the Great Lakes Basin and contributes to a discussion of appropriate and efficient scales of conservation planning. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Chemical and Isotopic Tracer Evaluation of Water Mixing and Evaporation in a Dammed Texas River During Drought

The interaction between drought and river regulation is monitored to better understand river flow mixing, evaporation and surface‐groundwater exchange in changing regional climates and in increasingly regulated waterways. This study compared Brazos River stable isotope (δ¹⁸O and δD) and electrical conductivity values with reservoir, creek and aquifer samples in the Brazos watershed, the largest watershed in Texas. The combination of tributaries, rainfall and the Brazos River Alluvium Aquifer, on the one hand, and the Lake Whitney reservoir, on the other hand, represent endmembers of dilute run‐off water and evaporated saline water, respectively. A simple isotope mixing model that uses monthly river discharge, Lake Whitney discharge, historical monthly precipitation δ¹⁸O and pan evaporation accurately reconstructs river δ¹⁸O (±0.5‰ on average). Data and isotope balance modelling support continued evaporation of ¹⁸O‐enriched Lake Whitney water as it flows downstream, although the most evaporation took place in Lake Whitney. The difference between river and precipitation δ¹⁸O, or Δ¹⁸O_RIV‐_PPT, here a measurement of degree of evaporation, ranged from ?0.1‰ for a small creek, to 1.7‰ for the Brazos River, to at least 2.7‰ in Lake Whitney. This study indicates that drought in regulated rivers may enhance reservoir discharge dominance in river flows during peak drought conditions when combined run‐off and baseflow dominance would be expected in a similar undammed river. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

面板堆石坝面板顺坡向挤压破坏机理的试验研究

本文针对面板堆石坝面板顺坡向挤压破坏的钢筋压曲凸起问题开展了试验研究,采用了配有单根立筋的混凝土柱受压试验来模拟面板顺坡向的挤压破坏。试验结果证实了以往研究中无箍筋钢筋混凝土立柱抗压强度低于素混凝土柱、且钢筋保护层厚度越小强度越低的推测。与素混凝土柱相比,保护层厚5 cm钢筋混凝土柱的强度降低约10％。根据试验的破坏荷载结果,通过已有理论解反推出了立柱的侧向支撑刚度k,对于保护层厚5 cm和8 cm立柱k值相应为0.841 N·mm^-2和1.032 N·mm^-2。经过试验结果分析,发现钢筋混凝土立柱各截面不服从应变平面假设,受压中钢筋没有同混凝土一起协调变形,钢筋与混凝土之间相互作用强烈。本研究结果再次说明,限制钢筋的侧向变形是防止面板顺坡向挤压破坏的根本措施。应开展可模拟混凝土中钢筋压曲的挤压破坏数值模拟研究,为这些措施的量化设计提供依据。     

深厚覆盖层上高心墙坝地震惯性力动态分布系数研究

对于强震区坐落在深厚覆盖层(深度超过50 m)上的高土石坝,通过拟静力稳定分析结果初步判定其抗震稳定性是抗震设计的主要内容,其中水平向地震惯性力沿坝基覆盖层至坝顶的动态分布系数是关键。然而,现行《水工建筑物抗震设计标准》(GB 51247—2018)中地震惯性力动态分布系数多基于坐落在基岩上的高土石坝的动力响应规律确定,现有动态分布系数忽略了深厚覆盖层和地震动强度对地震动传播规律的影响。因此,以坐落在深厚砂砾石覆盖层上150 m级高黏土心墙堆石坝为研究对象,结合现行土石坝设计规范和国内已建高土石坝实例,基于统计平均的方法确定了坝顶宽度、坝料分区、坝坡坡比、覆盖层材料的静、动力特性等关键参数,深入探讨了150 m级高黏土心墙堆石坝在小震(0.1 g)、中震(0.2 g)和大震(0.4 g)规范谱地震动作用下不同深度砂砾石料覆盖层的动力响应分布规律,进而总结归纳出不同深度覆盖层下150 m级高黏土心墙堆石坝的水平向地震惯性力的动态分布系数,将其引入到拟静力法稳定分析中,最后基于最危险滑动面和最小安全系数与现行规范所得结果进行对比分析。研究结果表明,小震(0.1 g)和中震(0.2 g)下采用文中推荐的考虑深厚覆盖层和地震动输入强度影响的水平向地震惯性力动态分布系数时将得到更符合工程实际的评价结果。研究成果可为深厚覆盖层上的高土石坝抗震设计提供参考依据。