土质渗水边坡的防护与施工技术探讨

文章结合广西资源(梅溪)至兴安高速公路土质渗水边坡工程实例,介绍了南方雨水丰富地区高速公路土质渗水边坡的防护与施工技术,阐述了土质渗水边坡防护形式与施工流程及方法,可为同类土质渗水边坡施工提供参考。

基于弱渗水土质含渗透管的透水铺装水量控制

对于土壤渗透能力较弱地区,常规透水铺装的应用效果有待提高。通过试验研究了适用于弱渗水土质的含渗透管的新型透水铺装对雨水径流水量的控制作用。实验表明:含渗透管的透水铺装比普通路面及常规透水路面的产流时间均有延长,增加百分比介于50.0%~200.0%之间;含渗透管的透水铺装比常规透水路面在洪峰流量削减方面效果显著,洪峰流量削减率提高了9.4%~43.7%;相比常规透水路面,含渗透管的透水铺装路面雨水径流深度减少了20.83%~66.67%。研究表明:在弱渗水土质地区,利用含渗透管的透水铺装对雨水径流的水量控制效果明显,优于常规透水路面,开拓了弱渗水土质地区透水铺装研发的思路。

一种新型透水铺装对雨水径流污染物的去除试验研究

透水铺装路面在城市建设中已被广泛应用,但是对于土壤渗透能力较弱地区,常规透水路面的应用效果并不理想。通过研究含盲管的新型透水铺装,并以弱渗水土质为对象进行模拟试验,对比分析含盲管的新型透水铺装与常规透水铺装对雨水径流污染物的控制作用。结果表明,含盲管的透水铺装对污染物SS、COD、TN和TP的去除率均大于50%,其中对SS、COD去除率超过80%,对重金属Cu的去除率为60. 2%;含盲管的透水铺装路面对雨水径流各污染物的去除效果相比常规透水路面较好,径流污染物SS、COD、TN、TP、Cu质量浓度分别减少了33. 33%、38. 91%、35. 38%、20. 0%和28. 57%。在弱渗水土质地区条件下,含盲管的透水铺装对各项污染物的去除效果优于常规透水路面。

Influences affecting the soil-water characteristic curve

The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) is the primary partially saturated soil information as its behavior and properties can be derived from it. Although there have been many studies of unsaturated soils and the SWCC, there is still no combined constitutive model that can simulate soil characteristics accurately. In cases when hydraulic hysteresis is dominant (e.g. under cyclic loading) it is particularly important to use the SWCC. In the past decades, several mathematical expressions have been proposed to model the curve. There are various influences on the SWCC as a source of information, so the curves obtained from conventional tests often cannot be directly applied; and the mathematical expressions from one scenario cannot be used to simulate another situation. The effects of void ratio, initial water content, stress state and high suction were studied in this work revealing that water content and stress state are more important than the other effects; but that the influences tend to decrease when suction increases. The van Genuchten model was modified to simulate better the changes in the degree of saturation at low values of suction. Predictions were compared with experimental results to determine the simulation capability of the model.

Effect of Irrigation Water Quality on Soil Hydraulic Conductivity

The effect of irrigation water quality on unsaturated hydraulic conductivity (HC) of undisturbed soil in field was studied.Results show that within the operating soil suction range (0-1.6 KPa) of disc permeameters,the higher the electric conductivity (EC) of irrigation water,the higher the soil HC became.The soil HC doubled when EC increased from 0.1 to 6.0ds m^-1.High sodium-adsorption ratio(SAR) of irrigation water would have an unfavorable effect on soil HC.Soil HC decreased with the increasing of SAR,especially in the case of higher soil suction.An interaction existed between the effects of EC and SAR of irrigation water on soil HC.The HC of unsaturated soil dependent upon the macropores in surface soil decreased by one order of magnitude with 1 KPa increase of soil suction.In the study on the effect of very low soluble salt concentration (EC=0.1 ds m^-1 of irrigation water on soil HC,soil HC was found to be lowered by 30% as a consequence of blocking up of some continuous pores by the dispersed and migrated clay particles.Nonlinear successive regression analysis and significance test show that the effects of EC and SAR of irrigation water on soil HC reached the extremely significant level.

Microstructural insight into permeability and water retention property of compacted binary silty clay

The durability of silty clay embankments is partially controlled by the moisture migration, which depends on soil hydraulic properties. This paper presents an experimental study of hydraulic properties of compacted binary silty clay. Specimens with different mixing ratios and dry densities were prepared. Scanning electron microscopy and mercury intrusion porosimetry were used to characterise the microstructure of silty clay. Thereafter, falling-head permeability tests and water retention tests were conducted to study the permeability and water retention property, respectively. The results demonstrate that clay particles are dispersed and show preferred arrangements after compaction when the clay content is 100%. As the clay content decreases, the arrangement of clay particles is gradually disturbed because of the existence of silt particles, causing the formation of large pores around silt particles. When the dry density increases, the pores around silt particles significantly decrease. Moreover, the permeability of silty clay decreases but the water retention capacity increases with increasing clay content and dry density. This is because the silty clay with larger clay content and dry density has fewer large pores, which greatly restrains the flow of water. Both the permeability and water retention property of silty clay can be predicted from pore size distribution parameters.

Diesel oil infiltration in soils with selected antecedent water content and bulk density

The effects of soil texture, initial water content and bulk density on diesel oil infiltration in fine sand and silty clay loam materials were evaluated. Three physical and two empirical equations express diesel oil infiltration through soils with time, with coefficients of determination greater than 0.99. Diesel oil infiltrates more quickly in the fine sand than in the silty clay loam material. Diesel oil infiltration rates are found to decrease with increasing initial water content and bulk density for the silty clay loam material. The infiltration rate of diesel oil in the fine sand material increases slightly with increasing initial water content. The diesel oil saturated conductivity(Kdiesel) decreases with increasing bulk density for the silty clay loam column. Diesel oil sorptivity(S) decreases linearly with increased initial water content and bulk density of the silty clay loam material. Changes in empirical parameters relative to initial water content and bulk density are similar to the parameter S.

Treatment of turtle aquaculture effluent by an improved multi-soil-layer system

Concentrated turtle aquaculture effluent poses an environmental threat to water bodies, and therefore needs to be treated prior to disposal. This study was conducted to assess the effect of multi-soil-layer（MSL） systems treating turtle aquaculture effluent with adding different amounts of sludge. Four MSL systems were constructed with dry weight ratios of sludge with 0%, 5%, 10%, and 20%（MSL 1, MSL 2, MSL 3, and MSL 4, respectively）. The turtle aquaculture effluent had an average chemical oxygen demand（COD）, ammonia nitrogen（NH4^＋-N） and total nitrogen（TN） concentration of 288.4, 213.4, and 252.0 mg/L, respectively. The COD/TN（C/N） ratio was 1.2. The results showed that the four MSL systems could effectively treat the COD, NH4^＋-N, and TN, and MSL 4 showed significantly improved NH4^＋-N removal efficiency, suggesting the potential of sludge addition to improve the turtle aquaculture effluent treatment. The average COD, TN, and NH4^＋-N removal efficiencies of MSL 4 were 70.3%, 66.5%, and 72.7%, respectively. To further interpret the contribution of microorganisms to the removal, the microbial community compositions and diversities of the four MSL systems were measured. Comparisons of the denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis（DGGE） profiles revealed that the amount of nitrifying bacteria and diversity in MSL 4 were higher than those in the other three systems. We concluded that adding 20% of sludge improved the NH4^＋-N removal and stability of the system for nitrification, due to the enrichment of the nitrifying bacteria in MSL 4.

Simulation procedure of unconfined seepage with an inner seepage face in a heterogeneous field

An inner seepage face phenomenon is given and a numerical simulation procedure has been developed.It may appear at the interface of two materials when an unconfined seepage flows from a porous media to a coarser porous media with a higher permeability.Inaccuracy and divergent problems may arise both in a saturated-only and in a variably saturated analysis while an inner seepage face is not simulated with a special procedure.The position of the seepage face is determined during the nonlinear iteration process and the flux of the inner seepage face nodes is transferred to the downstream side nodes.Validity and efficiency of the procedure are illustrated by the simulation of two dimensional steady state seepage examples of heterogeneous zoned dams which is usually used to validate algorithms.An analysis of a three-dimensional earth core rockfill dam is also presented here.The procedure can also be applied to general transient seepage problems.

Definition of the general initial water penetration fracture criterion for concrete and its engineering application

A general initial water penetration(seepage) fracture criterion for concrete is proposed to predict whether or not harmful water penetration(hydraulic fracturing),other than microcracking,will occur in concrete structures in a severe high water pressure environment.The final regression,of the different macroscopic failure types in concrete to microscopic ModeⅠ c racking,allows the use of only one universal criterion to indicate the damage.Thus,a general initial water penetration fracture criterion is approximately defined as a strain magnitude of 1000×10-6,based on the concept of tensile strain derived from experimental results in the relevant literature.Then,the locations of harmful water penetration fracture(hydraulic fracture) in the high arch dam mass of the Jinping first class hydropower project are analyzed using the nonlinear finite element method(FEM) according to the proposed criterion.The proposed criterion also holds promise for other concrete structures in high water pressure environments.