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简介：Sandjetinnon-Newtonianviscoplasticfluidisassociatedwithanumberofindustrialandengineeringapplications,includingsandcappingforthereclamationofoilsandstailingspondsandsedimentdepositionintosoftmud.Inthisstudy,severalexperimentswerecarriedoutbydepositingcircularsandjetsverticallyintoviscoplasticfluids,knownasLaponitegel.Thedeformationregimesofsandjetsinthegelwereinvestigated.Theyield-gravityparameterofthedeformedsanddropinthegelwascomputed.

简介：Theprobabilitydistributionsofsandparticles'lift-offandincidentvelocitiesinawind-blownsandfluxplayveryimportantrolesinthesimulationofthewind-blownsandmovement.Inthispaper,theverticalandthehorizontalspeedsofsandparticleslocatedat1.0mmaboveasand-bedinawind-blownsandfluxareobservedwiththeaidofPhaseDopplerAnemometry(PDA)inawindtunnel.Basedontheexperimentaldata,theprobabilitydistributionsofnotonlytheverticallift-offspeedbutalsothelift-offvelocityaswellasitshorizontalcomponentandtheincidentvelocityaswellasitsverticalandhorizontalcomponentscanbeobtainedbytheequaldistancehistogrammethod.Itisfound,accordingtotheresultsoftheχ2-testfortheseprobabilitydistributions,thattheprobabilitydensityfunctions(pdf's)ofthesandparticles'lift-offandincidentvelocitiesaswellastheirverticalcomponentsaredescribedbytheGammadensityfunctionwithdifferentpeakvaluesandshapesandthedownwindincidentandlift-offhorizontalspeeds,respectively,canbedescribedbythelognormalandtheGammadensityfunctions.Thesepdf'sdependonnotonlythesandparticlediameterbutalsothewindspeed.

简介：Inordertoinvestigatetheinfluenceoftheverticalvibrationloadingontheliquefactionofsaturatedsand,onedimensionalmodelforthesaturatedsandwithaverticalvibrationispresentedbasedonthetwophasecontinuousmediatheory.Thedevelopmentoftheliquefactionandtheliquefactionregionareanalyzed.Itisshownthattheverticalvibrationloadingcouldinduceliquefaction.Therateoftheliquefactionincreaseswiththeincreaseoftheinitiallimitstrainorinitialporosityoramplitudeandfrequencyofloading,andincreaseswiththedecreaseofthepermeabilityorinitialmodulus.Itisshownalsothatthereisaphaselaginthesandcolumn.Whenthesandpermeabilitydistributionisnon-uniform,theporepressureandthestrainwillrisesharplywherethepermeabilityisthesmallest,andfracturemightbeinduced.Withthedevelopmentofliquefaction,thestrengthofthesoilfoundationbecomessmallerandsmaller.Inthelimitingcase,landslidesordebrisflowscouldoccur.

简介：WesummarizeinthisoverviewachievementsincurrentresearchfrontiersinAsiansanddustwithemphasisonthemethodforsanddustresearch,thesourcesofsanddustaerosols,emissionofsanddust,mechanismofsanddustweather,chemicaltransformationduringtransport,andinfluencesonclimaticenvironmentandoceans.OurmainresultsshowthatmostofAsiansanddustcomesfromMongolia,theGobiDesert,aridandsemiariddesertareasinnorthwestChina,whichisdividedintoinitialsourcesandenhancedsources.HalfoftheglobalproductionofdustoriginatesfromAsiandustsourceregions.Asiandustweatherissoimmensethatitcancovera5-7-dayjourneyfromthesourcestotheKoreanPeninsula,JapanIslands,andthePacificOceantoevenimpactNorthAmerica.Asiandustweatherplaysanactiveroleinthebiogeochemicalcyclesoftraceelementsinthemid-latitudeNorthernHemisphere.

简介：Immersionofautomotivepartsinafluidizedbedoffoundrysandisusedtobothstripthecastingsfreefrommouldingsandandtoheat-treatthecastingsat500?C.Thefluidbedisheatedbyhotgasesfromaburnerdirectedfirstintoaserpentineheatexchangerlocatednearoneside-walloftherectangulartank,andthenintoadistributorconsistingofhorizontalspargerpipeshavingmaintenancestandpipesfixedintotheiruppersurfaces.

简介：Windblownsandfluxanddunefieldevolvingtowardtheoasishavebeenacommonecologicalandenvironmentalthreatconfrontedbymanycountries.Meanwhile,itisalsoakindofcomplexdynamicalprocessinvolvingmultipletemporalandspatialscaleswhichisstilloutofaccuratedescriptionthroughcurrentfieldobservations.Availablemodelsandreliablequantitativesimulationsareofsignificantvaluetopredictthespreadingrateofdesertificationandprovideanoptimaldesignforsandprevention.Thisp...

简介：Thecomplexityoftheloadsactingontheoffshorewindturbines(OWTs)structuresandthesignificanceofinvestigationonstructuredynamicsareexplained.Testresultsobtainedfromascaledwindturbinemodelarealsosummarized.Themodelissupportedonmonopile,subjectedtodifferenttypesofdynamicloadingusinganinnovativeoutofbalancemasssystemtoapplycyclic/dynamicloads.Thetestresultsshowthenaturalfrequencyofthewindturbinestructureincreaseswiththenumberofcycles,butwithareducedrateofincreasewiththeaccumulationofsoilstrainlevel.Thechangeisfoundtobedependentontheshearstrainlevelinthesoilnexttothepilewhichmatcheswiththeexpectationsfromtheelementtestsofthesoil.Thetestresultswereplottedinanon-dimensionalmannerinordertobescaledtopredicttheprototypeconsequencesusingelementtestsofasoilusingresonantcolumnapparatus.