Estimation of Fracture Geometry Parameters and Characterization of Rock Mass Structure for the Beishan Area,China

The accurate estimation of fracture geometry parameters and the characterization of rock mass structure are two important topics in the geological disposal system of high-level radioactive waste(HLW).The Beishan area,as the current preselected area for China’s HLW disposal,has three subareas considered to be the key survey area at the stage of site selection.In this paper,a comprehensive survey method conducted on the outcrop is developed to estimate fracture geometry parameters.Results show that fracture occurrence obeys a Fisher distribution,fracture trace length obeys a normal distribution,and the distribution of spacing obeys a negative exponential distribution.An evaluation index,Rock Mass Structure Rating(RMSR),is proposed to characterize rock mass structure for the three subareas.The results show that the Xinchang area is more suitable to act as China’s HLW disposal repository site.At the same time,the index can also be applied to characterize surface rock mass structure and rock mass integrity at the site selection phase of HLW disposal.

Measurement of Optical Fiber Geometry Parameters with Bessel Function Fitting Method

Geometry parameters of optical fiber are crucial in evaluating the quality of the optical fiber.Near⁃field light distribution method is recommended in GB15972.20-2008 for the measurement of geometry parameters.To distinguish the boundary between fiber core and cladding,it is necessary to illuminate the fiber.The end face of the core is a bright spot with unclear edge,so the true edge of the core and the cladding cannot be accurately judged.A method is proposed in this paper to measure the geometry parameters of optical fiber by Bessel function fitting.Theoretically,the solution to the electromagnetic vector of mode field satisfies Bessel function,and the boundary between the core and the cladding can be precisely extracted by Bessel function fitting.Edges of the fiber were fitted by elliptical curves,and the geometry parameters of the fibers could be calculated.Results show that the maximum deviations of the diameters and the average differences of the fibers were decreased under normal and abnormal conditions respectively.The proposed method is an efficient way to obtain edge data and can improve the accuracy and stability of geometry parameters of optical fibers.

Parameters Relevant to Bubble Detachment when Gas-injecting into Polymer Melt Flow Field

The bubble deformation processes were reported when gas was injected into polyme r melt flow field in another paper, the experiments showed that the deformation was severely affected by the volume of the bubble, and in turn, for the different bubbles, several different deformation processes were presented d uring their movement along the flow channel. In addition, we could find that the magnitude of the bubble volume was dependent upon the pressure difference of th e gas injection pressure and the melt pressure. In this paper, more experimental conditions were changed to investigate the parameters relevant to the detachmen t of bubbles from the injection nozzle. The experimental results show that the p ressure difference, the melt flow velocity as well as the melt pressure were all critical for the parameters, such as the bubble detachment time, the maximum bu bble diameters and the magnitude of the bubble volume. The morphology changes of bubble were very large when the flow field was abruptly changed, and the situat ions were more complicated.

A simple method for determining independent fracture toughness and tensile strength of rock

This paper develops a model that only requires two sets of small-size rock specimens with the ratio of the structural geometry parameter maximum to minimum ae,max:ae,min≥3:1 to determine the rock fracture and strength parameters without size effect and predict the actual structural performance of rock.Regardless of three-point-bending,four-point-bending,or a combination of the above two specimen types,fracture toughness KICand tensile strength ftof rock were determined using only two sets of specimens with ae,max:ae,min≥3:1.The values KICand ftwere consistent with those determined using multiple sets of specimens.The full structural failure curve constructed by two sets of small-size specimens with ae,max:ae,min≥3:1 can accurately predict large-size specimens fracture failure,and±10%upper and lower limits of the curve can encompass the test results of large-size specimens.The peak load prediction curve was constructed by two sets of specimens with ae,max:ae,min≥3:1,and±15%upper and lower limits of the peak load prediction curve can cover the small-size specimen tests data.The model and method proposed in this paper require only two sets of small-size specimens,and their selection is unaffected by the specimen type,geometry,and initial crack length.

Numerical study on three-dimensional flow field of continuously rotating detonation in a toroidal chamber

Gaseous detonation propagating in a toroidal chamber was numerically studied for hydrogen/oxygen/nitrogen mixtures. The numerical method used is based on the three-dimensional Euler equations with detailed finiterate chemistry. The results show that the calculated streak picture is in qualitative agreement with the picture recorded by a high speed streak camera from published literature. The three-dimensional flow field induced by a continuously rotating detonation was visualized and distinctive features of the rotating detonations were clearly depicted. Owing to the unconfined character of detonation wavelet, a deficit of detonation parameters was observed. Due to the effects of wall geometries, the strength of the outside detonation front is stronger than that of the inside portion. The detonation thus propagates with a constant circular velocity. Numerical simulation also shows three-dimensional rotating detonation structures, which display specific feature of the detonation- shock combined wave. Discrete burning gas pockets are formed due to instability of the discontinuity. It is believed that the present study could give an insight into the interest- ing properties of the continuously rotating detonation, and is thus beneficial to the design of continuous detonation propulsion systems.

Chiral geometry in multiple chiral doublet bands

The chiral geometry of multiple chiral doublet bands with identical configuration is discussed for different triaxial deformation parameters γ in the particle rotor model with πh11/2×γh11/2^-1.The energy spectra,electromagnetic transition probabilities B（M1） and B（E2）,angular momenta,and K-distributions are studied.It is demonstrated that the chirality still remains not only in the yrast and yrare bands,but also in the two higher excited bands whenγ deviates from 30°.The chiral geometry relies significantly on γ,and the chiral geometry of the two higher excited partner bands is not as good as that of the yrast and yrare doublet bands.