Cryogenic wedges on the NE Qinghai-Tibet and Ordos Plateaus:Their characteristics,origin and OSL dating

Cryogenic wedges developed due to very cold,rather arid conditions during the maximum of the last cold event when the drying up of the neighboring China Sea resulted in the failure of the East Asian Monsoon.As the climate ameliorated and the Monsoon rains reappeared,ice-wedges developed.Further warming permitted thawing of the ice infillings accompanied by replacement of the ice by sediments partly from the host ground as well as from the surface by wind or sheet wash.In cases of extreme surface water flow on slopes after 10 ka B.P.,small baydjarakhs typically c.50 cm high developed,only to have the resulting hollows infilled by sediments carried by wind and/or sheet wash.These shallow structures form a network on top of many of the cryogenic wedges.This complex history makes dating the ages of the wedges difficult using OSL methodology.Unfortunately,past field work ignored the problem of the angle of the cut face to the direction of the wedge infilling when sampling the contents of the narrow wedges,resulting in potential contamination of the samples with the host sediment.Sampling of the larger deposits should be alright,but the likelihood of contamination makes the interpretation of the resulting OSL dates from the narrow wedges questionable.Primary wedges consisting of primary mineral infillings should still have similar OSL dates with depth for a given wedge,but the distinction between ice-wedge infillings and soil wedges is difficult since both can exhibit older dates of the infillings with depth.The available data suggests that ice-wedges were significantly more common than sediment-filled primary wedges.A protocol to avoid having to obtain large numbers of OSL dates by more careful field sampling and the use of grain size determinations is provided in the Appendix.

Nanoscale guiding for cold atoms based on surface plasmons along the tips of metallic wedges

We propose a novel scheme to guide neutral cold atoms in a nanoscale region based on surface plasmons （SPs） of one pair and two pairs of tips of metallic wedges with locally enhanced light intensity and sub-optical wavelength resolution. We analyze the near-field intensity distribution of the tip of the metallic wedge by the FDTD method, and study the total intensity as well as the total potential of optical potentials and van der Waals potentials for 87 Rb atoms in the light field of one pair and two pairs of tips of metallic wedges. It shows that the total potentials of one pair and two pairs of tips of metallic wedges can generate a gravito-optical trap and a dark closed trap for nanoscale guiding of neutral cold atoms. Guided atoms can be cooled with efficient intensity-gradient Sisyphus cooling by blue-detuned light field. This provides an important step towards the generation of hybrid systems consisting of isolated atoms and solid devices.

Wave dynamic processes in cellular detonation reflection from wedges

When the cell width of the incident detonation wave （IDW） is comparable to or larger than the Mach stem height, self-similarity will fail during IDW reflection from a wedge surface. In this paper, the detonation reflection from wedges is investigated for the wave dynamic processes occurring in the wave front, including transverse shock motion and detonation cell variations behind the Mach stem. A detailed reaction model is implemented to simulate two-dimensional cellular detonations in stoichiometric mixtures of H2/O2 diluted by Argon. The numerical results show that the transverse waves, which cross the triple point trajectory of Mach reflection, travel along the Mach stem and reflect back from the wedge surface, control the size of the cells in the region swept by the Mach stem. It is the energy carried by these transverse waves that sustains the triple-wave-collision with a higher frequency within the over-driven Mach stem. In some cases, local wave dynamic processes and wave structures play a dominant role in determining the pattern of cellular record, leading to the fact that the cellular patterns after the Mach stem exhibit some peculiar modes.

Early Holocene climate signals from stable isotope composition of ice wedges in the Chara Basin,northern Transbaikalia,Russia

Stable isotope composition of syngenetic and epigenetic ice wedges, radiocarbon age, and pollen spectra of the surrounding deposits were studied during long term investigations at the "Belyi Klyuch" site on the first(6-8 m height) terrace of the Chara River(720 m.a.s.l.) in northern Transbaikalia to assess climatic conditions during ice-wedge formation. It was revealed that Holocene ice wedges had been formed from 10 to 7.5 ka 14 C BP. The isotope composition(δ^(18)O, δ~2 H) of relict ice wedges is the lightest and amounts-23‰ and-185‰, correspondingly. The isotopic compositions of ice lenses from sandy loam above ice wedges are-15.7‰, and-133‰; of small ice wedge in peat and sand are-15.3‰ and-117.9‰, accordingly.Interpretation of the ice wedge isotope composition has yielded that mean winter temperatures during cold stages of Holocene optimum were lower than today, during warm stages they were close to modern ones. During the coldest stages of Holocene optimum the total annual freezing index varied from-5100 to-5700 ℃ degree days, i.e. 300-600 ℃ degree days colder than during extremely severe modern winters. The total annual thawing index varied from 1300 to 1800 ℃ degree days, which was slightly higher than modern ones.

Numerical Simulation of Water Entry of Wedges in Waves Using A CIPBased Model

In this study,the water entry of wedges in regular waves is numerically investigated by a two-dimensional in-house numerical code.The numerical model based on the viscous Navier−Stokes(N−S)equations employs a high-order different method—the constrained interpolation profile(CIP)method to discretize the convection term.A Volume of Fluid(VOF)-type method,the tangent of hyperbola for interface capturing/slope weighting(THINC/SW)is employed to capture the free surface/interface,and an immersed boundary method is adopted to treat the motion of wedges.The momentum source function derived from the Boussinesq equation is applied as an internal wavemaker to generate regular waves.The accuracy of the numerical model is validated in comparison with experimental results in the literature.The results of water entry in waves are provided in terms of the impact force of wedge,velocity and pressure distributions of fluid.Considerable attention is paid to the effects of wave parameters and the position of wedge impacting the water surface.It is found that the existence of waves significantly influences the velocity and pressure field of fluid and impact force on the wedges.

Analysis of bonded anisotropic wedges with interface crack under anti-plane shear loading

The antiplane stress analysis of two anisotropic finite wedges with arbitrary radii and apex angles that are bonded together along a common edge is investigated. The wedge radial boundaries can be subjected to displacement-displacement boundary condi- tions, and the circular boundary of the wedge is free from any traction. The new finite complex transforms are employed to solve the problem. These finite complex transforms have complex analogies to both kinds of standard finite Mellin transforms. The traction free condition on the crack faces is expressed as a singular integral equation by using the exact analytical method. The explicit terms for the strength of singularity are extracted, showing the dependence of the order of the stress singularity on the wedge angle, material constants, and boundary conditions. A numerical method is used for solving the resul- tant singular integral equations. The displacement boundary condition may be a general term of the Taylor series expansion for the displacement prescribed on the radial edge of the wedge. Thus, the analysis of every kind of displacement boundary conditions can be obtained by the achieved results from the foregoing general displacement boundary condition. The obtained stress intensity factors （SIFs） at the crack tips are plotted and compared with those obtained by the finite element analysis （FEA）.

A new method for evaluating wedges of steel plates and strips

To overcome the inaccuracy problem of the traditional wedge evaluation of steel plates and strips caused by the ran-domness of the thicknesses of two local points and improve the reliability of the wedge index,the double-centroid method for the wedge evaluation was proposed,and a model based on the centroid theory was established.Meanwhile,an integral model for the discrete thickness values of the cross-section profiles was derived.The discussion focused on the distinct characteristics of the two-point method,asymmetric method,and double-centroid method in evaluating the asymmetric distribution of cross-sections.The three methods were employed to evaluate the wedge values of both the theoretical and measured cross-sections of steel plates and strips,and the accuracies of three wedge evaluation models were analyzed and discussed.The results showed that the double-centroid method objectively reflects the degree and variation characteristics of the wedge values of the cross-sections of steel plates and strips,and this method is feasible,reliable,and outstanding.

Discovery and Significance of Ice Wedges During Penultimate GIaciation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Under the influence of glacial climates in the Quaternary, the lower limit ofpermafrost zone dropped strongly down and a lot of periglacial phenomena were devel-oped in a great part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau because of the periglacialenvironment. Among many fossil periglacial phenomena, ice wedge casts received atten-tion for their important environmental significance. In the late 1970s, based on theradioactive carbon dating Guo Dongxin and Zhang Weixin indicated that the

Singularities of Three-Dimensional Cubic Piezoelectric Quasicrystal Composite Wedges and Spaces

In this paper,the planar problems of three-dimensional(3D)cubic piezoelectric quasicrystal composite wedges and spaces are investigated.The study focuses on the singular behaviors of interface corner and interface crack of composite wedges and spaces.To research the stress singularities,the stress function is assumed to have the exponential form.Based on the Stroh formalism and Barnett–Lothe matrices,we derive a crucial matrix concerned with material properties and wedge angle and obtain the transcendental equation determining the singular orders by simple multiplication of the crucial matrix.Numerical examples of the singular orders are given for some general cases including single,bi-material,and tri-material wedges and spaces under different boundary conditions.The correctness of numerical results is verified by comparison with the existing results of piezoelectric material.Numerical results show that the phonon field,phason field,electric field,material properties,and boundary conditions have great influences on singularities.

Experim ental investigation of sound propagation from an impulsive source near rigid wedges

The acoustic signal from an impulsive source near an ideal rigid wedge consists of the reflected waves from the inclined plane and the diffracted waves from the apex of the wedge. There are two theoretical solutions of the problem. The first was obtained by Biot-Tolstoy using normal coordinates. The second was Trorey's Helmholtz-Kirchhoff solution. So far the experimental measurements have concentrated on the diffracted wave from the wedge apex and ignored the rest of the solution. The Biot-Tolstoy exact wedge solution is used in this paper to study the sound transmission in wedges of angle 12 °and 52 °approximately. The theory and the experiments are consistent. Also studied is the behaviour of the reflected and diffracted waves from a 270 °wedge. Both theories predicted the existence a specular ' image ' reflection when a coincident source and receiver are over a half plane. The experimental results showed that the Biot-Tolstoy theory was accurate and the Trorey solution produced quite large errors.

Colluvial wedges associated with pre-historical reverse faulting paleoearthquakes

Colluvial wedges collapsed from fault scarp can also be used to study reverse faulting paleoearthquakes. Generating processes of reverse faulting colluvial wedges are much more complex than those associated with normal faulting earthquakes. Reverse faulting colluvial wedge is also in triangle shape, and dies away from the fault. Contact between the fault and the colluvial wedge may be a simple straight reverse fault or a combination of an erosive surface in the upper part and a reverse fault in the lower part. Contents and grain sizes increase near the fault and along the base of a colluvial wedge. Based on examples from the piedmont reverse fault and fold along the northern Tainshan, we studied characteristics of reverse faulting colluvial wedges, and discussed the generating processes of reverse faulting colluvial wedges. Reverse faulting generates an unstable scarp hanging in the air immediately after an earthquake. Fallen material deposits along the base of newly formed fault scarp. Erosive

Experimental investigation of hypersonic flow induced separation over double wedges

Flow separation occurs over the compression comers generated by deflected control surfaces on hypersonic re-entry vehicles and in the inlet of scram jet engines. Configurations like a double wedge and double cone model are useful for studying the separated flow features. Flow fields around concave comers are relatively complicated and produce several classical viscous flow features depending on the combination of the first and second wedge or cone half apex angles. Particularly characteristic phenomena are mainly shock/boundary layer, shock/shock interaction, unsteady shear layers and non-linear shock oscillations. Although most of these basic gas dynamics characteristics are well known, it is not clear what happens at high enthalpy conditions. This paper reports a result of flow fields over a double wedge at a stagnation enthalpy of 4.8 MJ/kg. The experiment was carried out in a free piston shock tunnel at a nominal Mach number of 6.99. Schlieren and double exposure holographic interferometry were applied to visualize the flow field over the double wedge.

Application of IITM-RANS3D to free-fall water entry of prismatic and non-prismatic finite wedges

High-speed watercraft and ships undergo coupled motions which make the front portion of the hull exit and violently re-enter water.This induces short-term slamming loads that may compromise the structural integrity of the hull.The slamming of the bow can be modeled as straight wedges of different deadrise angles(DRAs)falling into water from different heights.The advent of computational fluid dynamics has allowed the problem of wedge-slamming to be simulated using the full Navier-Stokes equations thus complementing the pioneering studies based on experiments.Recently,most researchers are opting to use commercial software to simulate the wedge-impact problem as it allows access to overset meshing algorithms which are robust in modeling the wedge as a moving body.Embedded boundary methods(EBMs)offer some advantages over overset meshing in that the mesh only needs to be generated once and Cartesian mesh-based solvers can be implemented.However,the application of EBMs to wedge-impact has been limited in the literature and merits further development.In this context,we investigate the applicability of the fast-fictitious-domain(FFD)based embedded boundary treatment to simulate the violent water-entry of wedges.We extend our in-house Navier-Stokes model IITM-RANS3D to handle floating bodies through integration of a rigid-body dynamics solver and an algorithm to embed three-dimensional stereolithography(STL)geometries as solids over a Cartesian mesh.The proposed algorithm is extensively benchmarked against variable DRA wedge-slamming experiments reported in the literature as well as constant DRA wedge-slamming experiments performed in-house.Very good agreement is reported in terms of the time-history of hydrodynamic impact pressures measured at various locations on the hull as well as the wedge motion responses thus demonstrating the suitability of FFD for simulating the coupled hydrodynamics of slamming for simplified hull geometries.

Supersonic flow onto solid wedges, multidimensional shock waves and free boundary problems Dedicated to Professor LI Ta Tsien on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday

When an upstream steady uniform supersonic flow impinges onto a symmetric straight-sided wedge,governed by the Euler equations,there are two possible steady oblique shock configurations if the wedge angle is less than the detachment angle—the steady weak shock with supersonic or subsonic downstream flow(determined by the wedge angle that is less than or greater than the sonic angle)and the steady strong shock with subsonic downstream flow,both of which satisfy the entropy condition.The fundamental issue—whether one or both of the steady weak and strong shocks are physically admissible solutions—has been vigorously debated over the past eight decades.In this paper,we survey some recent developments on the stability analysis of the steady shock solutions in both the steady and dynamic regimes.For the static stability,we first show how the stability problem can be formulated as an initial-boundary value type problem and then reformulate it into a free boundary problem when the perturbation of both the upstream steady supersonic flow and the wedge boundary are suitably regular and small,and we finally present some recent results on the static stability of the steady supersonic and transonic shocks.For the dynamic stability for potential flow,we first show how the stability problem can be formulated as an initial-boundary value problem and then use the self-similarity of the problem to reduce it into a boundary value problem and further reformulate it into a free boundary problem,and we finally survey some recent developments in solving this free boundary problem for the existence of the PrandtlMeyer configurations that tend to the steady weak supersonic or transonic oblique shock solutions as time goes to infinity.Some further developments and mathematical challenges in this direction are also discussed.

Myoelectric Activity of Selected Trunk Muscles Following the Use of Various Insole Wedges During Running

Purpose Insoles with various wedges have effects on the biomechanical aspects of human movement.The aim of the present study was to investigate the immediate effects of 9 insoles while running on the myoelectric activity of selected trunk mus-cles.The conditions were no wedge,posterior,anterior,medial,lateral,posterior-medial,posterior-lateral,anterior-medial,and anterior-lateral.Muscles included were rectus abdominis,external oblique,internal oblique,latissimus dorsi,thoracic erector spinae,lumbar erector spinae,multifidus,and quadratus lumborum during running.Methods Twenty-five(n=25)able-bodied males participated in this quasi-experimental study.Repeated measures analysis of variance test was used to compare dependent variables among various insole wedges.Results Significant differences(P=0.001)in normalized mean amplitude index between the following wedge conditions were measured while running:posterior-lateral/medial(5.67±1.01 vs.4.73±1.09)and posterior-lateral/anterior-medial(5.67±1.01 vs.4.52±1.20)for the internal oblique muscle along with posterior-lateral/anterior(11.44±2.42 vs.9.26±2.35)for the lumbar erector spinae muscle.Similarly,normalized peak amplitude index differences in the medial/anterior-lateral(9.79±3.3321 vs.12.03±3.16)and lateral/anterior-medial(11.6±2.56 vs.9.25±2.38)for the internal oblique muscle and posterior-lateral/anterior-medial(9.58±2.26 vs.8.78±2.15)for the quadratus lumborum muscle were measured.In con-trast,no significant difference was observed for the median frequency index among various insole wedges during running(P>0.0014).Conclusion Decreased activity in the medial wedged conditions may have important negative consequences for the spine,pelvis,and dynamic core.These results provide insights into the effect of various orthotic designs on the EMG activity of central core muscles.Higher activation in an anterior-lateral wedge and lower activation in a medial wedge for core muscles can have clinical relevance,where there is a need to increase,or avoid decrease,core muscle activity.

Genetic Analysis of Structural Styles in the Makran Accretionary Wedge–Insight from Physical Simulations

The Makran accretionary wedge has the smallest subduction angle among any accretionary prism in the world. The factors controlling the spacing and morphological development of its deep thrust faults, as well as the formation mechanism of shallow normal faults, remain unclear. Meanwhile, the factors affecting the continuity of plane faults must be comprehensively discussed. Clarifying the development characteristics and deformation mechanisms of the Makran accretionary wedge is crucial to effectively guide the exploration of gas hydrate deposits in the area. This study aims to interpret seismic data to identify typical structures in the Makran accretionary wedge, including deep imbricate thrust faults, shallow and small normal faults, wedge-shaped piggyback basins, mud diapirs with fuzzy and disorderly characteristics of reflection, décollements with a northward tilt of 1° – 2°, and large seamounts. Physical simulation-based experiments are performed to comprehensively analyze the results of the plane, section, and slices of the wedge. Results reveal that the distances between and shapes of thrust faults in the deep parts of the Makran accretionary wedge are controlled by the bottom décollement. The uplift of the thrust fault-related folds and the upwelling of the mud diapirs primarily contribute to the formation of small normal faults in the shallow part of the area. The mud diapirs originate from plastic material at the bottom, while those that have developed in the area near the trench are larger. Seamounts and mud diapirs break the continuity of fault plane distribution.

Failure mechanism and simulation for long run-out of the catastrophic rock landslide in the Shanyang Vanadium Mine,China

On 12th August 2015,a massive rapid long run-out rock landslide occurred in the Shanyang Vanadium Mine in Shaanxi Province,China,which claimed the lives of 65 miners.No heavy rainfalls,earthquakes,and mining blasts were recorded before the incident.Therefore,the failure mechanism and the cause of the long run-out movement are always in arguments.In this paper,we conducted a detailed field investigation,laboratory tests,block theory analysis,and numerical simulation to investigate the failure and long run-out mechanisms of the landslide.The field investigation results show that the source material of the rock landslide is a huge dolomite wedge block bedding on siliceous shale layers.Uniaxial compression tests indicate that the uniaxial compression strength of the intact dolomite is 130-140MPa and the dolomite shows a brittle failure mode.Due to the progressive downward erosion of the gully,the dolomite rock bridge at the slope toe became thinner.As the compression stress in the dolomite bridge increased to surpass its strength,the brittle failure of the bridge occurred.Then huge potential energy was released following the disintegration of the landslide,which led to the high acceleration of this rock landslide.The 3D discrete element simulation results suggest that the low intergranular friction contributes to the long run-out movement of this rock landslide.

Regulation of Pore Structure and Hightemperature Fracture Behavior of CACbonded Alumina-Spinel Castables Based on Hydration Design

The lamellar hydrates of CAC were designed with the introduction of nano CaCO_(3)or Mg-Al hydrotalcite(M-A-H),and the effects on the green strength,pore structures,and high-temperature fracture behavior of alumina-spinel castables were investigated.The results show that nano CaCO_(3)or M-A-H stimulates rapidly the hydration of CAC and the formation of lamellar C_(4)AcH_(11)or coexistence of C_(2)AH_(8)and C_(4)AcH_(11)at 25℃.The formation of lamellar hydrates can contribute to a more complicated pore structure,especially in the range of 400-2000 nm.Meanwhile,the incorporation of well-distributed CaO or MgO sources from nano CaCO_(3)or M-A-H also regulates the distribution of CA_(6)and spinel(pre-formed and in-situ).Consequently,the optimized microstructure and complicated pore structure can induce the deflection and bridging of cracks,thus facilitating the consumption of fracture energy and enhancing the resistance to thermal stress damage.

线电极磨削系统电极丝恒张力模糊控制研究

针对自主设计的一种新型WEDG系统走丝机构,提出了采用模糊控制的方法实现电极丝的恒张力控制。首先分析了该新型WEDG系统走丝机构的工作原理,建立了系统的走丝机构控制模型。在此基础上,基于模糊控制理论,根据张力反馈对送丝轮的转速进行闭环控制,最终实现了电极丝的恒张力控制。基于该WEDG系统进行了微小工具电极的加工实验。结果表明,该WEDG系统走丝稳定、张力恒定,能够以很高的效率制作出直径小(直径小于10μm)、几乎没有锥度的工具电极,很好地满足了的微细电火花加工机床微小工具电极的制作需要。

An Improved Angle Polishing Method for Measuring Subsurface Damage in Silicon Wafers

We present an improved angle polishing method in which the end of the cover slice near the glue layer is beveled into a thin,defect-free wedge,the straight edge of which is used as the datum for measuring the depth of subsurface damage. The bevel angle can be calculated from the interference fringes formed in the wedge. The minimum depth of the subsurface damage that can be measured by this method is a few hundred nanometers. Our results show that the method is straightforward, accurate, and convenient.