尾矿库溃坝风险评价方法的研究进展

溃坝风险评价作为管理者开展尾矿库风险管理的重要手段,对减少和防止尾矿库溃坝事故的发生,保障其安全运行具有重要意义。因此,进行尾矿库溃坝风险评价相关理论和方法的研究非常必要。通过大量的文献调研和分析,较系统回顾和总结了中国尾矿库溃坝风险评价方法的运用现状,并对不同方法存在的问题和局限性进行了探讨。在此基础上,指出了尾矿库溃坝风险评价未来的研究方向。     

无定河流域浮游动物群落结构特征及水质生物评价

为探究无定河流域浮游动物群落结构特征及其水质状况,于2021年春秋季对无定河干流、6条支流及3个淤地坝水体展开生态调查。共鉴定出浮游动物125种,其中原生动物40种、轮虫54种、枝角类15种、桡足类16种,秋季物种数(103种)高于春季(76种),均以小型浮游动物为主。浮游动物优势种共31种,以臂尾轮虫和龟甲轮虫等富营养型水体指示生物居多,春季优势种优势度整体高于秋季。春季浮游动物平均密度(360.9个/L)和平均生物量(0.600 mg/L)均高于秋季(83.6个/L、0.298 mg/L),且春秋季淤地坝水体中浮游动物平均密度和生物量均高于河流。非度量多维尺度分析也表明:河流与淤地坝2种水体中的浮游动物群落分布存在差异,采用冗余分析进一步探明,主要差异为河流和淤地坝2种水体中影响浮游动物群落分布的环境因子不同,其中化学指标(溶解氧、盐度、亚硝氮、硝态氮、溶解磷、叶绿素a)和物理指标(水深、透明度、浊度)分别是影响河流和淤地坝水体中浮游动物群落结构的主要环境因子。水质生物评价结果显示,春秋季水质均为无定河干流最优,支流次之,淤地坝水质最差,且干流中下游水质优于上游。     

三门峡水利枢纽地震形变监测中库水位干扰的剔除方法

本文通过对三门峡水利枢纽工程外部地震形变监测成果的分析，阐述了大坝地震形变监测的基本内容，简述了三门峡水利枢纽及其与库区水位相关的变化规律，提出了解决水利枢纽地震安全监测中剔除库水位干扰的通用方法。     

尾矿坝地质生态环境风险防护措施分析

尾矿坝的环境风险主要是发生溃坝后对生态环境、水环境造成的不良影响。发生溃坝事故的根源是尾矿坝存在隐患，主要原因有先天因素和后天因素两种，先天因素主要有：尾矿坝建设前期工作中，对自然条件了解不够、尾矿坝设计不当、尾矿坝施工质量不良等；后天因素主要是在尾矿坝生产运行中，由不具备专业知识的人员管理，未按设计要求或有关规定执行。因此，预防溃坝的环境风险防护措施，要从防洪设计、增强坝体稳定性及加强管理等方面进行。     

Wind Tunnel Experiments and Numerical Simulation of Snow Drifting around an Avalanche Protecting Dam

To learn about wind flow and snow drifting around avalanche dams, experiments were done in the Jules Verne Climatic Wind Tunnel. The paper reports the results from numerical wind flow simulations that were done to support the findings from the wind tunnel. Satisfying the model similitude criteria for the wind tunnel configuration was difficult due to the inevitable small geometric scale of the model, while on the contrary the snow drifting conditions in the facilities were full scale. By comparing numerical wind flow results of full scale and model scale dams with the snow pattern observed in the wind tunnel, it was possible to conclude that albeit poor model similitude, the snowdrifts on the windward side of the wind tunnel model are likely to indicate the full scale natural situation.     

城市垃圾填埋场安全稳定性分析

垃圾填埋场是一类特殊工程，其安全稳定性一直是研究的热点和难点。本文借鉴成熟的工程力学思想，将分析山谷型垃圾填埋体的安全稳定性转化为分析垃圾坝稳定性。利用已知的稳定填埋场边坡有关性状，反算出垃圾土可能最小综合内摩擦角，利用这个参数来计算填埋体在三种典型状态下对垃圾坝产生的最大作用力，从而来判断垃圾坝的稳定性。探索了一套分析山谷型填埋场填埋体稳定性的方法并提出了两个公式，对于该类型垃圾填埋场建设具有指导作用。     

Development of an Earthen Dam Break Database

Earthen embankment dams comprise 85% of all major operational dams in the United States. Assessment of peak flow rates for these earthen dams and the impacts on dam failure are of high interest to engineers and planners. Regression analysis is a frequently used risk assessment approach for earthen dams. In this paper, we present a decision support tool for assessing the applicability of nine regression equations commonly used by practitioners. Using data from 108 case studies, six parameters were observed to be significant factors predicting for peak flow as a metric for risk analysis. We present our work on an expanded earthen dam break database that relates the regression equations and underlying data. A web application, regression selection tool, is also presented to assess the appropriateness of a given model for a given test point. This graphical display allows users to visualize how their data point compares with the data used for the regression equation. These contributions improve estimates and better inform decision makers regarding operational and safety decisions.     

深溪沟电站大坝强震监测系统设计及应用

强震监测是大坝安全监测的重要内容之一,强震监测成果对大坝的安全性和稳定性分析有重要作用。本文根据水电站枢纽工程实际对深溪沟水库大坝强震监测系统设计开展研究,并对仪器的性能指标和数据采集处理分析软件进行了全面阐述。通过深溪沟水电站建设大坝强震监测系统的运行实践,大坝强震监测系统可以在地震发生后短时间内自动获取强震动加速度记录,储存地震波数据,并显示大坝坝体各测点的地震反应过程。强震监测结果进一步验证了设计烈度,为判定震后大坝安全性提供了支持。     

Midnight at the oasis: does restoration change the rigs-to-reefs debate in the North Sea?

ABSTRACT

In the North Sea, many oil and gas fields will reach the end of their productivity and their associated structures will be decommissioned. OSPAR decision 98/3 prescribes removal of all disused offshore structures as the only acceptable decommissioning option. This policy is the legacy of the 1995 Brent Spar incident, which resulted in the current dominant discourse of ‘Hands off the Oceans,’ ruling out the conversion of oil and gas rigs into artificial reefs (Rigs-to-Reefs (RtR)). The shift from a conservation to a restoration paradigm could open up the RtR debate. In this paper, a discourse analysis is carried out to discern whether and how ideas about RtR and ecosystem restoration are articulated to challenge the dominant ‘Hands off the Oceans’ discourse and thereby bring about change in North Sea decommissioning policy. A discourse analytic framework is applied to elucidate whether an ‘RtR as Restoration’ discourse can be distinguished and how competing claims are presented in the various storylines. Our analysis shows an ‘RtR as Restoration’ discourse, consisting of four different storylines. Given the fragmented nature of this discourse, the ‘RtR as Restoration’ discourse will not overcome the dominant ‘Hands off the Oceans’ discourse.     

MATHEMATICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE TOCCOA FALLS,GEORGIA, DAM-BREAK FLOOD1

ABSTRACT: Four dam-break models were selected for testing with an observed data set from the November 6, 1977, disaster at Toccoa Falls, Georgia. The Kelly Barnes Dam failure occurred with a 35-ft head of water and produced a peak discharge of 23,000 ft³/s. The selected models included: (1) Modified Puls (MP), (2) U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Gradually Varied Unsteady Flow Profiles (USTFLO), (3) National Weather Service's Dam-Break Flood Forecast (DBFF), and (4) U. S. Geological Survey's method of characteristics (MOC) coupled with a general purpose streamflow simulation (J879DB). Achieving a successful simulation was easiest with the MP model. The DBFF model required a moderate effort while the MOC-J879DB models required some data alterations and considerable effort. The USTFLO model failed to simulate this test case. In the stream segment near the dam, the computed peak stages were generally within 5 feet of the observed high water marks. Elsewhere, the peak stage results were much better, generally within 2 feet. The peak discharges computed by the models were generally within 20 percent of discharges estimated by slope area and contracted opening measurements, except near the dam where the MOC-J879DB model's results was 80 percent too high.