Application of microbially induced carbonate precipitation to form biocemented artificial sandstone

It is difficult to collect and characterise well-preserved samples of weakly-cemented granular rocks as conventional sampling techniques often result in destruction of the cementation.An alternative approach is to prepare synthetic geomaterials to match required specifications.This paper introduces microbially induced carbonate precipitation(MICP)as a method to reliably deliver artificiallycemented specimens with customised properties,closely resembling those of soft carbonate sandstones.The specimens are generated from materials with two highly different particle size distributions(PSDs)to access a range of achievable combinations of strengths and porosities.The MICP parameters are kept constant across all samples to obtain similar calcium carbonate characteristics(size of individual crystals,type,etc.),while injected volume is varied to achieve different cementation levels.Although uniform cementation of very coarse sands has been considered very difficult to achieve,the results show that both the fine and coarse sand specimens present high degrees of uniformity and a good degree of repeatability.The unconfined compressive strengths(UCSs)(less than 3000 kPa)and porosities(0.25e0.4)of the artificial specimens fall in the same range of values reported for natural rocks.The strength gainwas greater in the fine sand than that in the coarse sand,as the void size in the latter was significantly larger compared to the calcium carbonate crystals’size,resulting in precipitation on less effective locations,away from contacts between particles.The strengths and porosities obtained for the two sands in this work fall within ranges reported in the literature for natural soft rocks,demonstrating theMICP technique is able to achieve realistic properties and may be used to produce a full range of properties by varying the grain sizes,and possibly the width of PSD.

Evaluating the flooding level impacts on urban metro networks and travel demand:behavioral analyses,agent-based simulation,and large-scale case study

With urban residents’increasing reliance on metro systems for commuting and other daily activities,extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall and flooding impacting the metro system services are becoming increasingly of concern.Plans for such emergency interruptions require a thorough understanding of the potential outcomes on both the system and individual component scales.However,due to the complex dynamics,constraints,and interactions of the elements involved(e.g.,disaster,infrastructure,service operation,and travel behavior),there is still no framework that comprehensively evaluates the system performance across different spatiotemporal scales and is flexible enough to handle increasingly detailed travel behavior,transit service,and disaster information data.Built on an agent-based model(ABM)framework,this study adopts a data-driven ABM simulation approach informed by actual metro operation and travel demand data to investigate the impact of flood-induced station closures on travelers as well as the overall system response.A before-after comparison is conducted where the traveler behaviors in disaster scenarios are obtained from a discrete choice model of alternative stations and routes.A case study of the Shanghai Metro is used to demonstrate the ability of the proposed approach in evaluating the impacts of flood-induced station closures on individual traveler behavior under normal operation and a series of water level rise scenarios of up to 5m.It was found that,when the flood-induced station closures only affect a few river-side stations in the city center,the travelers experience only minor disruptions to their trips due to the availability of unaffected stations nearby as a backup.However,as the water level increases and more stations(mainly in the suburban area)are affected,up to 25%of trips are no longer being fulfilled due to the loss of entrances,exits,or transfer links.The system experiences overall less crowdedness in terms of passenger volume and platform waiting time with a few exceptions of increased passenger load due to concentrations of passenger flows to alternative stations under flooding-induced station closures.The proposed approach can be adapted to other disaster scenarios to reveal the disaster impacts on both aggregated and disaggregated levels and guide the design of more spatio-and temporally-targeted emergency plans for metro systems.

基于COMSOL Multiphysics天然气水合物沉积物热-水-力-化多场耦合模型研究（英文）

目的:水合物沉积物开采过程是一个热-水-力-化多场耦合过程,该过程包含了不同土层间的热对流、压缩引起的局部变形以及胶结结构破坏引起的应力松弛。不适当的开采会引起出砂、塌孔等破坏问题。本文旨在建立天然气水合物沉积物多场耦合计算模型,以量化由开采引起的地质灾害风险。创新点:1.通过COMSOL Multiphysics实现水合物开采过程多场耦合有限元控制方程的计算;2.建立的模型考虑变形-渗流双向全耦合过程。方法:1.通过理论推导,给出开采天然气水合物过程模拟的控制方程;采用偏微分方程模块实现除力学之外其他物理场的耦合计算;采用结构力学模块实现变形计算。2.通过与试验数据进行比较验证模型的可靠性。3.通过对比全耦合模型与半耦合模型,分析双向耦合对水合物开采过程中沉积物物理力学行为的影响。结论:1.所建立模型能够精确模拟水合物开采过程中沉积物的物理力学行为。2.当考虑压缩对渗流的影响时,由于孔隙率的降低,计算得到的水合物分解速度要小于不考虑该影响时的速度。3.由于存在层间对流效应,非均质模型计算得到的水合物分解速度要快于均质模型。

Long-term tunnel behaviour and ground movements after tunnelling in clayey soils

Long term ground movements above a tunnel may continue to increase with time after tunnelling in clayey soils as the tunnellinginduced excess pore water pressures dissipate,whilst the changing earth pressure acting on the tunnel leads to further tunnel deformation during consolidation.Furthermore the tunnel itself introduces new drainage conditions;that is,depending on the drainage condition of the tunnel lining,the effective stresses around the tunnel change with time,inducing further soil consolidation.A seepage rate from low permeability clayey soil is often very small and the groundwater seeping into the tunnel can evaporate quickly.Although a tunnel may look impermeable because the surface looks dry,it is possible that the tunnel drainage conditions are actually permeable.This paper summarises the investigation of soil-tunnel consolidation interaction,particularly focusing on ground surface movements and tunnel lining deformation in the interest of engineering concerns.Analysis results show that tunnel lining permittivity relative to the permeability of the surrounding ground plays an important role on both long-term ground movements as well as tunnel lining behaviour.The findings published in literature are reviewed step by step starting from a single tunnel,twin tunnels to complex cross passage structures.The mechanisms of tunnelling-induced soil consolidation for these structures are identified and,where applicable,possible engineering methodologies to assess the magnitude of long-term ground surface settlements and tunnel lining loads are proposed.

Comparison of two projection methods for modeling incompressible flows in MPM

Material point method（MPM）was originally introduced for large deformation problems in solid mechanics applications.Later,it has been successfully applied to solve a wide range of material behaviors.However,previous research has indicated that MPM exhibits numerical instabilities when resolving incompressible flow problems.We study Chorin＇s projection method in MPM algorithm to simulate material incompressibility.Two projection-type schemes,non-incremental projection and incremental projection,are investigated for their accuracy and stability within MPM.Numerical examples show that the non-incremental projection scheme provides stable results in single phase MPM framework.Further,it avoids artificial pressure oscillations and small time steps that are present in the explicit MPM approach.

Poroelastic solid flow with double point material point method

This paper presents the numerical modelling of one and two-dimensional poroelastic solid flows,using the material point method with double point formulation.The double point formulation offers the convenience of allowing for transitions in the flow conditions of the liquid,between free surface flow and groundwater flow.The numerical model is validated by comparing the solid flow velocity with the analytical solution.The influence of the Young＇s modulus on the solid flow velocity is discussed for both one and two-dimensional analysis cases.The effect of the shape of the two-dimensional solid is investigated.It is shown that the solid stiffness has an effect on the poroelastic flow velocity,due to swelling and bending for the one and two-dimensional cases,respectively.The shape is found to be an important factor on the flow velocity of the poroelastic solid.