Seepage through embankment fill materials is crucial issue in the construction of embankments for irrigation and drainage projects.Proper ground improvement methods should be used to improve the strength and stability...Seepage through embankment fill materials is crucial issue in the construction of embankments for irrigation and drainage projects.Proper ground improvement methods should be used to improve the strength and stability characteristics of soil used as fill material.Utilization of waste plastic materials to enhance the engineering properties of soil is a sustainable approach.Additionally,the use of raw products directly from plastic recycling units in the form of flakes and pellets as soil additives has the potential to further enhance the economic benefits of this method.This study randomly mixed plastic materials with soil for use in the construction of earth embankments,such as river levees,dykes,and canal diversion structures,and evaluated the effectiveness of these materials in reducing seepage failures in hydraulic structures.To achieve these goals,this study collected high-density polyethylene(HDPE)plastic from plastic recycling units and used soil mixed with HDPE plastic in the form of flakes and pellets in different contents as embankment fill materials,then evaluated how these materials affected the piping features.Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the seepage velocity and critical hydraulic gradient of soil mixed with plastics in various contents and to compare the values with those of plain soil.The results showed that random distribution of waste plastics in the form of flakes and pellets in soil is an effective method for improving the piping resistance of soil.展开更多
In this paper, a novel study on performance of closed loop pulsating heat pipe（CLPHP）using ammonia as working fluid is experimented. The tested CLPHP, consisting of six turns, is fully made of quartz glass tubes wit...In this paper, a novel study on performance of closed loop pulsating heat pipe（CLPHP）using ammonia as working fluid is experimented. The tested CLPHP, consisting of six turns, is fully made of quartz glass tubes with 6 mm outer diameter and 2 mm inner diameter. The filling ratio is50%. The visualization investigation is conducted to observe the oscillation and circulation flow in the CLPHP. In order to investigate the effects of inclination angles to thermal performance in the ammonia CLPHP, four case tests are studied. The trends of temperature fluctuation and thermal resistance as the input power increases at different inclination angles are highlighted. The results show that it is very easy to start up and circulate for the ammonia CLPHP at an inclining angle.The thermal resistance is low to 0.02 K/W, presenting that heat fluxes can be transferred from heating section to cooling section very quickly. It is found that the thermal resistance decreases as the inclination angle increases. At the horizontal operation, the ammonia CLPHP can be easy to start up at low input power, but hard to circulate. In this case, once the input power is high,the capillary tube in heating section will be burnt out, leading to worse thermal performance with high thermal resistance.展开更多
文摘Seepage through embankment fill materials is crucial issue in the construction of embankments for irrigation and drainage projects.Proper ground improvement methods should be used to improve the strength and stability characteristics of soil used as fill material.Utilization of waste plastic materials to enhance the engineering properties of soil is a sustainable approach.Additionally,the use of raw products directly from plastic recycling units in the form of flakes and pellets as soil additives has the potential to further enhance the economic benefits of this method.This study randomly mixed plastic materials with soil for use in the construction of earth embankments,such as river levees,dykes,and canal diversion structures,and evaluated the effectiveness of these materials in reducing seepage failures in hydraulic structures.To achieve these goals,this study collected high-density polyethylene(HDPE)plastic from plastic recycling units and used soil mixed with HDPE plastic in the form of flakes and pellets in different contents as embankment fill materials,then evaluated how these materials affected the piping features.Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the seepage velocity and critical hydraulic gradient of soil mixed with plastics in various contents and to compare the values with those of plain soil.The results showed that random distribution of waste plastics in the form of flakes and pellets in soil is an effective method for improving the piping resistance of soil.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51176190)
文摘In this paper, a novel study on performance of closed loop pulsating heat pipe（CLPHP）using ammonia as working fluid is experimented. The tested CLPHP, consisting of six turns, is fully made of quartz glass tubes with 6 mm outer diameter and 2 mm inner diameter. The filling ratio is50%. The visualization investigation is conducted to observe the oscillation and circulation flow in the CLPHP. In order to investigate the effects of inclination angles to thermal performance in the ammonia CLPHP, four case tests are studied. The trends of temperature fluctuation and thermal resistance as the input power increases at different inclination angles are highlighted. The results show that it is very easy to start up and circulate for the ammonia CLPHP at an inclining angle.The thermal resistance is low to 0.02 K/W, presenting that heat fluxes can be transferred from heating section to cooling section very quickly. It is found that the thermal resistance decreases as the inclination angle increases. At the horizontal operation, the ammonia CLPHP can be easy to start up at low input power, but hard to circulate. In this case, once the input power is high,the capillary tube in heating section will be burnt out, leading to worse thermal performance with high thermal resistance.
