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  • YANG Guang-hua, JIA Kai
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20191356
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    Long-distance water conveyance projects often need to be buried in deep to avoid surface and shallow underground structures when crossing urban agglomerations. Shield tunnels have become an advantageous option. When the surrounding rock of tunnel is of good bearing capacity, composite lining comprising reinforced concrete inner lining and shield can be adopted together with the surrounding rock to share the high water pressure inside the tunnel. In this case, cracks are often found on the inner lining, hence changing its force characteristics. The joint forces acting on inner lining, shield segments, and surrounding rock have been the emphasis and challenge for engineering design. Yet, mature calculation method or specification is still in lack. In view of the deformation characteristics of reinforced concrete subjected to internal pressure and cracking, a simplified method of calculating the equivalent stiffness of reinforced concrete lining after cracking is proposed to calculate the joint actions of composite lining and surrounding rock under internal water pressure. Calculation result indicate that such composite structure is of good bearing capacity when the elastic modulus of rock reaches 2 GPa; when the elastic modulus amounts to 5 GPa, the composite structure could bear an internal pressure over 1 MPa. Surrounding rock can be well utilized.
  • RIVER LAKE SEDIMENTATION AND REGULATION
  • MA Zi-pu, HUANG Bang-you
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 11-14. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190093
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    The vertical distribution formulas of suspended sediments’ particle size and gradation in turbulent flow region are derived respectively based on the Rouse formula and the formula of sediment particle settling velocities in turbulent flow. The former directly quantifies the vertical distribution law of sediment particles being “fine in the upper and coarse in the lower”, while the latter can be used to calculate the suspended sediment’s gradation in different water layers and the total gradation in vertical direction. The formula of particle size distribution is applied to a practical example to calculate the suspended sediment’s gradation in different water layers. Results suggest that the gradation is obviously in the law of “fine in the upper and coarse in the lower”. The farther away from the bed the water layer, the larger the proportion of fine particles, the more uniform the particle size distribution. In consideration of the influence of suspension height, the maximum suspension height of suspended sediments with the largest particle size is taken as the demarcation below which the gradation is in equal width, and above which the gradation distributes narrowly in the lower whereas widely in the upper.
  • WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
  • HAN Ding, LI Rui, TANG Xian-qiang, HU Yuan, GUO Wei-jie
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 15-22. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190119
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    The sediment samples from Wuhan to Chongming Island of Shanghai in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were collected for studying the characteristics of adsorption of Pb2+ by sediment via oscillatory adsorption test. The effects of sediment concentration, sediment particle size and organic matter content on Pb2+ adsorption were also analyzed. Results show that the adsorption of Pb2+on sediment reaches equilibrium after 20 hours. The adsorption kinetics can be analyzed and fitted by quasi-first-order kinetics, quasi-second-order kinetics and Elovich equation. The fitting coefficients are all above 0.85, and especially the fitting coefficient of quasi-second-order kinetics equation amounts to 0.997 8. The values of fitting correlation coefficient R2 of Langmuir model for isothermal adsorption of Pb2+ are all above 0.9. The isothermal adsorption process of Pb2+ is monolayer adsorption mostly on the surface of sediment mainly in the manner of physical adsorption.With the increase of sediment concentration,the adsorption efficiency enhances significantly.When the sediment concentration increases to 1 g/L, the adsorption efficiency reaches the maximum (≈99.8%). The thermodynamic parameters ΔG < 0 and ΔH > 0 of sediment adsorption for Pb2+ reveals that the process can be carried out spontaneously. Temperature rising is conducive to instigating the adsorption of Pb2+. Organic matter content is in a significant positive correlation (R2=0.968 2, p<0.01) with adsorption energy. The amount of Pb2+ adsorbed by sediment increases with the decrease of sediment particle size. The adsorption of Pb2+ by sediments mainly occurs in particle size groups smaller than 0.074 mm. Monitoring on the sediment concentration, particle size distribution and its chemical composition in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River should be strengthened so as to keep abreast of the influence of water and sediment changes on the migration and transformation of pollutants such as Pb2+.
  • ZHANG Xiang-yu, LI Yu-juan, ZHANG Guo-yu, JIANG Qiu, SUN Wen, JIN Ding
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 23-27. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190143
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    In recent years, the most stringent water resource management system has played an increasingly significant role in promoting water resource management. Water consumption per 10,000 yuan of industrial added value, which reflects the efficiency of industrial water use, is an important indicator of the control red line for water use efficiency. Studying the impact of the most stringent water resources management system on the water consumption per 10 000 yuan of industrial added value is of great significance to promoting the implementation of the most stringent water resources management system and supporting water resources management. With Zhejiang Province as a typical case, the change rule of water consumption per 10 000 yuan of industrial added value from 2005 to 2017 is analyzed via the MK-P test method. An indicator evaluation system is established, and the importance of each indicator is depicted quantitatively using improved analytical hierarchy process (AHP). According to the actual situation of the case, the evaluation model was evaluated by multi-objective decision-making. Results show that, after the implementation of the most stringent water resource management system, the index have dropped significantly. The evaluation system is reasonable, and the influence weight of relevant work reached 71%. The most stringent water resource management system has significant influence on improving the industrial water use efficiency.
  • SHI Gui-jun, GUO Li-yuan, LIN Tao, ZHANG Yong-yi
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 28-33. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190088
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    On the basis of daily precipitation data from 1998 to 2018, we examined the stability and annual distribution characteristics of precipitation in monthly scale and annual scale in Shenzhen City by analyzing the relative variability, precipitation concentration degree (PCD) and precipitation concentration period (PCP) of the rainfall data. In subsequence, we analyzed the trends and abrupt changes and estimated the future changes of precipitation characteristics by using Mann-Kendall nonparametric method and correlation function method. Results revealed that the precipitation stability in Shenzhen in flood season was more stable than that in non-flood season, and the interannual precipitation distribution was less stable; rainfall concentrated from June to August, with a PCD of 0.23-0.72; precipitation amount and distribution parameter both witnessed abrupt changes during 2011-2013, while after the abrupt changes, the relative variability and PCD underwent downward trend whereas annual precipitation amount and PDP upward trends. In future, the precipitation series in Shenzhen is affected by past trends, of which the annual precipitation amount would go downward, PCD would intensify, precipitation would be less stable, annual precipitation would be less uniform, and PCP would delay continuously. The research findings offer scientific basis for rational water storage and water use in Shenzhen, and are of practical guiding significance for the dispatching, utilization of water resources and flood control in Shenzhen.
  • YANG Yun, ZHOU Zhi-fang, LIU Ya-nan, GUO Sheng-gen, ZHANG Yu, LEI Wei-jia, WU Jian-hui
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 34-42. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190089
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    Situated at Ganjiang River Terrace, the left reservoir bank of Xingan Navigation and Power Junction Project is a typical double-layer hydrogeological structure. Depicting the dynamic process of groundwater immersion in the double-layer structural reservoir bank after impoundment is a prerequisite for assessing reservoir immersion reasonably. In this study we established analytical solutions for the transient groundwater flow in upper unconfined and lower confined aquifers between two lateral watercourses and a three-dimensional numerical model of transient groundwater flow for comparative study. Furthermore, we evaluated the influencing range of groundwater immersion based on the judging criteria of reservoir immersion in Ganjiang section. The comparison results indicate that in early stage of assessment both the analytical and numerical methods could describe the dynamic process of groundwater immersion after impoundment. However, in the middle and late stages of evaluation, the result of numerical method is more reasonable as the effect of rainfall infiltration on groundwater immersion gradually becomes more prominent. Meanwhile, the immersion range will increase to 10.91 km2 at the end of the third year predicted by the numerical modeling. The research findings provide scientific basis for the design of immersion controlling.
  • HE Bo, MA Jing, GAO He-yu
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 43-49. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20181326
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    Predicting the quantity of urban daily water supply is of great significance to water supply department in practice. To ameliorate the accuracy of predicting urban water supply, an XGBoost (eXtreme Gradient Boosting) integrated model of predicting the urban water supply is built based on the historical data of water supply with multi-granular features. Pearson correlation coefficient is used to select the optimal factor combination. Through training and learning on the training set, the results show that the average absolute error of this model is 70 571 t/d, and the average relative error is 1.4% on test set. Compared with traditional regression prediction methods such as random forest and support vector machine with the average absolute error amounting to 84 366 t/d and 88 848 t/d, respectively, the present method has higher prediction accuracy, indicating that the model is feasible and effective.
  • WATER SOIL CONSERVATION AND ECO CONSTRUCTION
  • XIAO Yang, ZHANG Xiang, WANG Meng, DENG Zhi-min, LIN Yu-ru
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 50-58. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190170
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    To study the characteristics of δ15N of foliage and soil at typical islet wetland in Poyang Lake, we took the islet wetland between Benghu Lake and Xiushui River as the research object. We analyzed the relation between foliar δ15N and soil δ15N at typical section from October to December, 2015 and in April, 2016. We also examined the influence of moisture content of soil and inorganic nitrogen (ammonium nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen) content on foliar δ15N and soil δ15N. Results demonstrated that foliar δ15N of most C3 plants were larger than that of C4 plants. The foliar δ15N and soil δ15N in wet period were larger than those in drought period; however, in both wet and dry periods, the 15N was more enriched in foliage than in soil. Ammonium nitrogen is the major inorganic nitrogen in the wetland soil, accounting for 87.43%, whereas in wetland plants, nitrate nitrogen was dominantly adsorbed. The opening degree of nitrogen cycle in the study area is small, and the soil δ15N decreased with the increase of available nitrogen but increased with the rising of soil water content. There is a significant positive correlation between foliar δ15N and soil δ15N, and foliar δ15N is mainly affected by soil’s nitrogen content and nitrogen isotope fractionation.
  • HE Qian, YANG Xue-qin, DAI Xiao-ai
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 59-66. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190138
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    The ecological environment in the Three-River Headwaters Region is inherently fragile. Understanding the temporal and spatial variation characteristics of the net primary productivity (NPP) of vegetation and its influence factors is of great significance for environmental protection. In this paper we estimated the spatial distribution and variation characteristics of NPP in the region from 2010 to 2015 using the improved CASA (Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach) model, and examined the influences of vegetation, climate and topography and their interactions on NPP via Geodetector. Results show that: (1) NPP in the Three-River Headwaters Region decreased gradually from east to west in general; NPP in 2015 decreased most seriously in the central region, followed by that in the western region, while increased in the eastern region compared to 2010, and the decrement of NPP was greater than the increment. (2) The influence degree of various factors on NPP was different. From the perspective of the current spatial distribution of NPP, the influence of NDVI was the largest, followed by solar radiation, precipitation, temperature, elevation, slope and aspect in sequence; from the perspective of dynamic variation of NPP, NDVI, precipitation, solar radiation and temperature were major influence factors in sequence. (3) The interactions of various factors on the spatial distribution status and dynamic variation of NPP showed a double-factor or nonlinear enhancement, and the interaction between NDVI and precipitation was the strongest. (4) Geodetector is well effective in depicting the influence of various factors and their interactions on NPP.
  • ENGINEERING SAFETY AND DISASTER PREVENTION
  • ZHANG Yi-hu, NIE Lei, WANG Shuai, WANG Bin, PANG Zheng-jiang, XIONG Shi-hu
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 67-73. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20180849
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    Jinyang-Ningnan segment of Yibin-Panzhihua highway, with a total length of more than 100 km, is located in the reservoir area of the newly constructed and being constructed giant hydropower stations. Reservoir bank reformation has a significant impact on the highway project. However, there is no similar engineering experience that can be referred to as we investigate the effects of reservoir bank reformation along such ultra-long highway under complex conditions. In this paper, we first of all examined and classified the factors affecting bank reformation. Such factors include landform, formation lithology, geological structure, bank slope structure, and hydro-meteorology. Subsequently, we assessed the stability of bank slope along the highway by qualitative and quantitative means. Furthermore, we revealed the control factors, development characteristics and laws of hazards during reservoir bank reformation via correlation analysis.Results suggest that lithology is the dominant controlling factor of reservoir bank reformation; impoundment has evident imapct on the stability of reservoir bank slope; large-scale landslide mainly develops in the bedding slope of soft rock. The research finding offers support for the planning and design of the studied highway project, and also a reference for similar projects in future.
  • ZHANG Lei, YOU Jin-yu
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 74-78. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190173
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    On October 11, 2018, a large-scale landslide (Baige landslide) took place along the Jinsha River at the junction of Jiangda County in Tibet and Baiyu County in Sichuan Province, which resulted in blockage of the Jinsha River and formed a barrier lake. On November 3, 2018, a second landslide occurred in this area, blocked the river again and raised the water storage capacity of the barrier lake. In order to study the influence of Baige barrier lake on the stability of upstream bank slope during the discharge of the barrier lake through artificial trench, we examined the deformation characteristics and stability variation law of a natural bank slope in the upstream of the barrier lake in the process of water level drawdown using finite element software PLAXIS. Results evinced that: (1) with the discharg of barrier lake, the deformation of slope surface gradually increased, and the maximum displacement at the back edge of the slope reached 8.5 cm, while the deformations in the middle and the front edge were relatively small; (2) in the process of water level descent, the plastic zone at the back edge of the slope expanded downward, yet with no plastic zone penetrated, and meanwhile the safety factor reduced gradually until reaching 1.16; (3) the most unfavorable slipping surface of slope at different stages of water level drawdown remained the same. The exit of the slipping arc located at elevation 3 150 m of the landslide body and about 250 m from the slope foot. Therefore, we conclude that the potential sliding form of the bank slope is a high-level landslide. The research results are of referential value for future prevention and control of landslide disasters in this region.
  • HYDRAULICS
  • FU Ming-huan, QIAN Jia-huan
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 79-84. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190135
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    A method of calculating the local head loss coefficient of R-type hydraulic jump via energy equation is provided to improve the theoretical calculation of sequent depth of hydraulic jump. The energy equations for the outlet’s abruptly expanding section and the subcritical flow section are established to analyze the change law of local head loss coefficient and conjugate depth ratio of R-jump in an abruptly expanding stilling basin. Result shows that relative local head loss coefficient is the function of the Froude number of outlet’s abruptly expanding section and the abruptly expanding ratio of stilling basin. The local head loss coefficient conforms to linear distribution and exponentiation distribution. Moreover, conjugate depth ratio is the function of the Froude number of outlet’s abruptly expanding section and the abruptly expanding ratio. The calculation equations for the local head loss coefficient and the conjugate depth ratio are proposed and verified.
  • ROCK SOIL ENGINEERING
  • XU Ri-qing, WEN Jia-yi, DONG Mei
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 85-91. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190107
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    Sludge soil is widely distributed in coastal areas of China. Studying the solidification of coastal sludge soil is of great significance. Research on industrial waste as the stabilizer for coastal sludge soil of shallow layer was carried out. In view of the properties of various industrial wastes, three common industrial wastes, namely, fly ash, phosphogypsum, and carbide slag, were selected as the main components of the soil stabilizer. Through mixture design experiment, the regression equations of unconfined compressive strength at age of 3 days, 7 days, and 28 days were obtained, and the optimum ratios corresponding to each age were calculated. The optimum ratio of each component of the soil stabilizer is: flyash∶phosphogypsum∶carbide slag=21.6∶26.8∶51.6. The hydration reaction process is well coordinated under the optimum ratio. The soil stabilizer under the optimum ratio was named JX18. Test results showed that the unconfined compressive strength of the sludge soil solidified by JX18 reached 413.6 kPa after 7 days, which meets the requirements of large-scale mechanical construction. The research results provide theoretical guidance for the foundation treatment of sludge soil in coastal areas.
  • JIAO Wei-guo, ZHAN Liang-tong, JI Yong-xin, HE Ming-wei, DENG Lin-heng
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 92-98. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20180993
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    Seepage prevention is the main function of final cover of municipal solid waste landfill. Capillary barrier cover is not effective in some humid climates due to inadequate water holding capacity of soil. Adding unsaturated drainage layer (UDL) to the capillary barrier cover (CBC) is one of the measures to improve the performance of CBC in humid climate area. In this research, the lateral drainage performance of the capillary barrier cover with unsaturated drainage layer (CBC+UDL) was studied by combining indoor extreme rainfall model test and numerical analysis. Size of the cover model is 2.0 m×1.0 m× 0.4 m (length × width × thickness). The structural section from the upper to the lower is silt layer (20 cm), sand layer (10 cm), and gravel layer (10 cm) in sequence. The results of model test revealed that in the presence of 882.2 mm cumulative rainfall, the lateral drainage of UDL was 9.5 mm which accounted for 13.7% of the rainfall infiltration. Numerical simulation demonstrated that the effect of thickness and permeability of fine-grained soil on drainage length varied with rainfall amount: in the presence of small rainfall amount, a thicker fine-grained soil layer resulted in lower permeability and longer lateral drainage length. The thickness of UDL had little impact on the length of lateral drainage. A lower water entrance value of UDL would enhance the water storage capacity of fine-grained soil, and delay the failure of fine-grained soil and the effect of UDL. Nevertheless, the decay of drainage length in the late stage of continuous rainfall would accelerate. Therefore, the water entrance value of UDL must be considered comprehensively according to local rainfall conditions and hydraulic characteristics of coarse and fine grained soil covers.
  • HOU Zhen-kun, CHENG Han-lie, HAI Jin-long, ZHANG Dao-ping, GAO Ru-chao
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 99-107. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190058
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    Physical modelling of large-scale true triaxial test on hydraulic fracturing of shale horizontal well is performed to study in detail the law of the initiation and growth of hydraulic fissures in Longmaxi Formation shale, the fracturing mechanics and the interaction between hydraulic fracture and natural fracture. On the basis of fracture mechanics and fluid mechanics theories, the mechanical model of hydraulic fracture initiation and expansion was established, and the corresponding fracture mechanics criterion was derived. Results indicate that: (1) The crack initiation mode can be divided into three categories, namely, tensile cracks started with shale, shear fractures started with natural fracture (bedding plane), and tensile cracks started with natural fracture. (2) During the extension of hydraulic fracture, the pump pressure decreases with the elongation of crack length and finally tends to a stable value, which is slightly bigger than the minimum horizontal principal stress. (3) According to whether the natural fracture is open, the interaction between hydraulic fracture and natural fracture can be divided into the following five types: penetration through the sheared natural fracture, penetration through the natural fractures directly, penetration through one end of the natural fracture, penetration through the natural fracture from two ends of the natural fracture synchronously, and penetration through the natural fracture from a weak surface. The research results offer strong technical support for horizontal well fracturing of shale gas.
  • WU Song-hua
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 108-112. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190098
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    In order to investigate the practical effect of electroosmosis method in reinforcing dredger-fill silt and in the meantime to understand the influence of electrode arrangement on the reinforcement effect, we performed three types of test based upon specific dredger-fill projects. These tests include vacuum preloading without sand cushion combined with electroosmosis (hereafter referred to as S1), vacuum preloading without sand cushion combined with electroosmosis grouting (S2), and vacuum preloading without sand cushion combined with conductive drainage plate (S3). Moreover, both in S1 and S3, the electrodes were arranged in parallel and dislocated intervals, respectively. Thus, in total we conducted five tests for comparative study. The test data shows that the bearing capacity and shear strength of the foundation strengthened by the five tests have been greatly improved, and the water content of the soil has been greatly reduced. The results demonstrate that the effect of S1 is better than that of vacuum preloading without sand cushion, with shorter construction period. The effect of S2 is better than that of other test forms. Electroosmosis method combined with vacuum preloading without sand cushion could effectively remedy some shortcomings of vacuum preloading without sand cushion, and can be applied to consolidation of dredger-fill foundation with special requirements for bearing capacity and duration.
  • MU Chun-mei, WEI Yu-xi
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 113-119. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20181356
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    In the aim of exploring the effect of nitrogen fertilizer pollution on the physical and mechanical properties of red clay, the change regularity of typical red clay from Yanshan mountain, Guilin was analyzed. The red clay specimens were immersed in ammonia (NH3·H2O) solution with ammonia concentration (0, 4.5%,9.5%, 13.5%, 18%) and curing time (1 d, 7 d, 14 d) as controlling factors. Results show that the mass, moisture content, specific gravity, liquid limit and plastic limit all increased with the increase of ammonia concentration and curing time; but compression modulus decreased, while compressibility of soil is enhanced. The alkali-soil interaction is the fundamental cause of the weakening in physical and mechanical performance of alkali-contaminated red clay in Guilin area. Such interaction results in the dissolution of the binder between red clay particles and the formation of flocculants, hence changing the original stable state of the structure.
  • ZHANG Xin-min
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 120-126. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20181336
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    The strength, stiffness and deformation of granular soil are affected by particle breakage. The fractal theory is employed to quantify the degree of particle breakage. According to the fold linearity of size-fractal curves, the definition of boundary cluster is expounded and proposed as a bound to generalize the multifractal feature of soil by subsections. In subsequence, D(r), the multifractal dimension, is calculated, and the incremental variation of D(r) is also summed up. Thereby, the calculation model for incremental D(r) is established to quantify the degree of particle breakage. Theoretical and experimental analysis reveals that reducing D(r) by scaling method with equivalent substitution has no significant impact on boundary particle size as the fractal characteristics of particles are consistent before and after the scaling. The breakage probability of particles varies with particle size, for example, the breakage probability of coarse grain segment is higher than that of fine grain segment. In fine grain segment, the increment of D(r) increases slowly at first and then intensifies sharply with the augment of dry density but reduces with the rising of confining pressure; the relations between D(r) and dry density and confining pressure can be described as an exponential function. In coarse grain segment, the increment of D(r) increases firstly and then declines with the rising of dry density; D(r) increment in coarse grain segment is in high-order nonlinear relation with dry density and confining pressure. On this basis, the model of D(r) increment in consideration of the influences of dry density and confining pressure is established, the coefficients of which are solved by MatLab with multivariate nonlinear regression analysis. In addition, the distributions of model values and test values are compared, the residual reliability of both values is analyzed, and the rationality of the established model structure is demonstrated. The research finding offers a simple and convenient approach to evaluating the multifractal characteristics of granular soil and quantifying the effect of the particle breakage.
  • WU Xiao-tian, LI Hong-tao, XU Yong-fu
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 127-132. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190017
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    With the soft foundation treatment project of a highway in Jiangsu Province as engineering background, we explored the distribution and variation law of excess pore water pressure during the construction of bidirectional mixing columns, and analyzed the effective stress of the surrounding soil during hole expansion, and then determined whether hazards would occur during the soft foundation reinforcement process. We obtained the variation of pore water pressure and earth pressure during construction of group piles by arranging sensors at different locations and different depths. Results showed that during the construction process, the pore water pressure and earth pressure of soil around the pile changed drastically, and in particular, high excess pore water pressure was found in the adjacent of the pile position. Under the consolidation of surrounding soil, pore water pressure dissipated rapidly at first and then slowed down. The pore pressure accumulation away from the construction direction was smaller than that along the construction direction, hence impeding about 60% of the excess pore water pressure. In single pile construction, pore pressure had a significant linear relationship with the logarithm of radius ratio. Such distribution was identical to the solution of Vesic’s cavity expansion theory.The disturbance range was about 20 times of pile’s radius. In the meantime, we found that during the construction, pore water pressure was smaller than earth pressure, thus refraining from pile subsidence and soil liquefaction. On this basis, methods of modifying equipment or construction process can be adopted to avoid the subsidence of pile.
  • YU Jing-fei, ZHANG Wen-yue, LI Ming-hao
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 133-138. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190069
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    In order to explore the influence of cyclic freezing and thawing on the deformation characteristics of railway subgrade in seasonal frozen soil region, we performed freeze-thaw cycle test and consolidation compression test on the roadbed filling of Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway as the research object. Through the tests we obtained the regularities of railway subgrade deformation caused by freeze-thaw cycles and compression characteristics. Moreover, we analyzed the influencing factors of compression characteristics by significance test via orthogonal analysis. Results revealed that the frost heave rate and the melting subsidence coefficient both increased in a power function with the increase of the number of freeze-thaw cycles, and both were positively correlated with water content and negatively correlated with compaction degree at the same freeze-thaw cycle. The compressive modulus of subgrade soil increased at first and then stabilized with the proceedings of cyclic freezing and thawing. The compaction degree (B) had the largest influence on compressive modulus, followed by water content (C), freeze-thaw cycle (A), the interaction between B and C, the interaction between A and B, and the interaction between A and C in sequence. We recommend choosing the compression modulus after nine freeze-thaw cycles as the design value of the road strength of Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway. The research finding is of guiding significance for the prevention and control of frost heaving and subsidence of railway subgrade.
  • WANG Zi-long, PEI Xiang-jun, LIU Yao, WANG Ya-wen, WANG Qin-ke
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 139-144. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190083
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    Static uplift tests were performed on four short piles with enlarged bottom to investigate the uplift bearing characteristics of rock-socketed short piles with enlarged bottom. The Q-s curves of single pile obtained from the tests were analyzed in detail, and the field test result was compared with the ultimate uplift bearing capacity calculated by current codes. The field test results were verified consistent with numerical results by PLAXIS 3D. On this basis, the influence of horizontal load on the uplift bearing capacity of short pile with enlarged bottom was examined. The Q-s curves of short piles with expanded-bottom are steep, and the average ratio of uplift displacement to pile diameter is 1.94% in limit state. The calculation results of present codes are too conservative. Comparing with other codes, the calculation results of highway codes are closer to the test results. When η, the ratio of horizontal load to uplift load was 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively, the ultimate uplift bearing capacity of the pile decreased linearly by 8.3%, 16.7% and 25.0% respectively compared to that when η=0.
  • ZHANG Li-yang, YI Fu, LI Jun-yuan, HOU Peng, JIN Hong-song, YU Ben, MENG Xing-tao
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 145-150. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190032
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    In order to study the mechanical properties of the reinforced interface between geotextile and fine tailings sand, we carried out pull-out tests on geogrid and geotextile under different test pull-out rates and different vertical pressures with varying moisture content of tailings sand. By comparing the pull-out test results of geogrid and geotextile under the same conditions, we conclude that geotextile has stronger reinforcement effect on fine tailings sand, and when vertical pressure is higher, the difference between the reinforcement effect on geotextile and geogrid is larger. With the rising of moisture content of tailings sand, the peak value of interfacial shear stress drops obviously: the interfacial shear stress at a moisture content of 1.2% is 1.5 times that when moisture content is 8.4%. Apparent cohesion increases at first but then decreases, with the peak value appearing near the optimal moisture content, whereas interfacial friction angle reduces rapidly at first and then declines slowly afterwards. With the augment of pull-out rate, the peak value of interfacial shear stress climbs slowly, and the apparent cohesion increases at first and then decreases, while the interfacial friction angle decreases at first and then increases. Under all working conditions, the peak value of shear stress increases linearly with the rising of vertical pressure.
  • LIU Meng, TENG Wei-fu, XU Fei, YUAN Xiang
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 151-156. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20191002
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    The weak interlayer soil between the marlstone and limestone in the third member of the Badong formation, which widely exists in Badong County of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, was taken as research object. The effect of CaCO3 content (0%, 2%, 4%, 6%) on the shear strength of weak interlayer soil were studied via unconsolidated undrained triaxial test (UU). Moreover, the changes of internal porosity and cementation degree of soil samples before and after the triaxial test were observed using CT scanning. On such basis, the mechanism of shear strength variation of calcium-containing weak interlayer soil was analyzed. Results indicated that the shear strength of interlayer soil increased with the rising of CaCO3 content in soil samples because CaCO3 enhanced the internal friction angle of soil by reducing soil porosity and changing soil particle morphology. In the meantime, the cohesion of the soil was strengthened by improving the cementing ability of the soil, thereby increasing the shear strength. In addition, the change of cohesion was more affected by the content of CaCO3, while the change of internal friction angle was less affected by the CaCO3 content.
  • WANG Xing-wei, WANG Zheng-zhong, LIU Quan-hong, WANG Yi, LIU Jin-cheng
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 157-162. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190033
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    Slope stability is an ancient and common problem and has always been a hot spot in geotechnical analysis. In order to overcome the inconsistency between engineering practice and reduction factor in strength reduction method, and truly reflect the instability of slope under seismic loading, we present a convenient method of calculating slope stability with explicit physical meaning—slope acceleration method. The method obtains the safety factor from the limit equilibrium idea by increasing the slope acceleration until the slope is unstable. Through some calculation examples, we compared the results of safety factor among different methods (including traditional limit equilibrium method and finite element strength reduction method), and analyzed the sensitivity of strength change. Results indicate that the safety factor obtained by the slope acceleration method is close to that by limit equilibrium method, and the plastic zone consistent with that of the strength reduction method with no need to assume the sliding surface. Compared with the slope centrifugal method, the present method obtains a more accurate safety factor and is more suitable for inhomogeneous slope. The present method is proved applicable and superior in slope stability analysis.
  • HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE AND MATERIAL
  • WU Fu-fei, DONG Shuang-kuai, ZHAO Ben-rong, LIU Chun-mei, HE Xing-xing
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 163-169. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190129
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    By replacing cement with Al2O3 of 1 μm and 10 nm, respectively, cement-based materials with low water-binder ratio were prepared for researching the modification effect of micron-Al2O3 and nano-Al2O3 on the mechanical properties and durability of cement-based material. Macro-and-microscopic approaches were adopted to examine the change law of mechanical performance and durability and to analyze the modification mechanism. Results demonstrated that both micron-Al2O3 and nano-Al2O3 at a dosage of 0.5%-4.0% could enhance the mechanical performance while reducing the drying shrinkage of cement-based material. Micron-Al2O3 at a dosage of 0.5%-2.0% or nano-Al2O3 at a dosage of 0.5%-4.0% could reduce the permeability coefficient; however, a 4.0% micron-Al2O3 would increase the permeability coefficient. The modification effect of nano-Al2O3 is superior to that of micron-Al2O3. SEM result and previous research findings prove that in the process of cement-based material’s hydration and hardening, micron-Al2O3 and nano-Al2O3 ameliorate the mechanical performance and durability through size effect, filling effect and surface activity effect.
  • LIU Tian-jie, LIU Xin-fei
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 170-173. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190103
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    The size and shape of recycled aggregate particle determine whether the recycled concrete mixture can be closely combined, thus achieving a good forming effect. Specific surface area and shape index are used to reflect the mixing performance of recycled aggregate. By preparing recycled aggregates with particle size of 4.75-9.50 mm and 9.5-19.0 mm by waste pavement concrete, we measured the specific surface area of recycled aggregate through theoretical calculation and net slurry test method; in the meantime we also measure the shape index of recycled aggregate via the shape evaluation method for coarse aggregate, and finally assessed the performance of recycled aggregate. Results demonstrate that the surface of recycled aggregate is rough with many particle edges and corners. The specific surface area of 4.75-9.50 mm and 9.50-19.00 mm recycled aggregate is 5.98 cm2/g and 4.19 cm2/g, respectively, which are higher than the specific surface area of gravel and pebble aggregate; the shape index is 0.172 7 and 0.246 6 respectively, which is inferior. Therefore, aggregate with sphere particle shape and high shape index should be selected for recycled aggregate. The research finding offers a reference for the promotion and utilization of recycled aggregate in practical engineering.
  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION
  • HAN Ling, ZHANG Heng, ZHANG Ting-yu, HAN Ji-chang, ZHAO Yong-hua, ZHAO Lu
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 174-179. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190421
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    Gully is the essential geographical and hydrological feature of loess plateau. Runoff accumulation threshold is the key to extracting loess gully by hydrological analysis. Present method for determining the accumulation threshold is highly subjective. To address the uncertainty problem of the accumulation threshold, we present a method of determining the runoff accumulation threshold based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. We select the 30 m resolution DEM of Nianzhuanggou catchment in Baota District of Yan’an City as the basic data. Firstly, we collect 69 starting points of actual gullies and analyze the convergence characteristics of the starting points, and determine the interval of confluence gathering. Secondly, we extracted 500 first-order gully points as sample points and obtain the optimal threshold of runoff accumulation by analyzing the diagnostic value of runoff accumulation to the gully based on ROC curve. Research results demonstrate that the runoff accumulation is of high diagnostic value for gully. An accumulation threshold could well determine whether the sample point is a gully; the root mean square error of the gully extracted under the optimal accumulation threshold determined by the ROC curve analysis method is less than 2.5 pixels, and the result is ideal.
  • CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECTS
  • JIANG Shui-hua, HUANG Zhong-fa, JIANG Xian-he, WU Hai-zhen, HUANG Jin-song
    Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2020, 37(5): 180-186. https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20190043
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    A risk-based standardized management system of dike engineering is established by integrating the risk management theory with the work, technology, management and evaluation standardized systems of dike engineering. A risk assessment approach for the standardized management system is also proposed. The key dike projects in the Poyang Lake area are taken as typical cases. The standard maps of life, economic and environmental risks of dike engineering in China are determined at first. Subsequently, the risk matrix method is adopted to compute the assessment index coefficients for the life, economic and social environmental risks, respectively, and estimate the comprehensive assessment index coefficient. The risk-based standardized management scores of dike engineering are obtained through incorporating the comprehensive assessment index coefficient into the standardized evaluation management. Finally, the scores are used to evaluate whether the standardized management of dike engineering is qualified. The results indicate that the established standardized management system of dike engineering provides not only theoretical and technical supports for working out the scientific and rational failure risk management decisions and measures for dikes, but also references for operation management of other dike projects.