Stakeholder participation in sustainability assessment of non-wicked problems: The case of a future seaweed industry in Sweden

Acceptance by, and cooperation with relevant stakeholders in developing new sustainability initiatives when they are generally perceived as positive, is one of the keys for successful implementation of such new sustainability initiatives later on. It is remarkable, however, that ample literature exists about involving stakeholders in research projects focusing on problems with diverging views (controversy) around facts and values (wicked problems), but there is very little literature addressing whether and how to involve relevant stakeholders in case of initiatives where diverging norms and values do not play a (substantial) role, like in sustainability assessment for a future seaweed industry. This perspectives paper addresses that gap, and explores how to design such sustainability assessment, illustrated by how stakeholder interaction influenced the assessment and its results for a future seaweed industry in Sweden, followed by a discussion whether and how a similar approach may benefit sustainability assessment of other non-wicked sustainability initiatives.     

考虑流固耦合的桥墩地震反应方法

跨海桥梁地震反应中,作用于桥墩上的动水压力具有明显的流固耦合特征。依据张量理论,推导时变区域散度变换关系及微分形式的几何守恒律;基于任意拉格朗日-欧拉描述,从采用欧拉描述的流体运动Navier-Stokes方程出发,推导时变区域的流体运动控制方程;给出流固耦合问题中的结构计算模型、耦合面接触条件、耦合场计算方法以及流场网格运动控制方法。以某跨海大桥为例说明桥墩地震反应方法,重点突出地震动输入、流场初始条件模拟等问题。计算结果表明:流固耦合理论能够模拟桥梁墩台地震反应中的流场和结构特性;流场初始条件的正确模拟可保证计算稳定性,并减少运算量;横向地震动激励下,桥墩基底剪力较大,纵向地震动激励下,结构运动剧烈;流固耦合系统中的线弹性结构在地震反应中具有明显的非线性特征。     

考虑水-饱和土场地-结构耦合时的沉管隧道地震反应分析

用理想流体介质模拟水层、流体饱和多孔介质模拟饱和土地层,在理想流体介质与流体饱和多孔介质相连接边界的连续条件基础上,结合已有的对理想流体介质、流体饱和多孔介质进行动力反应分析的显式有限元方法,开考虑地层与结构的动力相互作用,建立了进行水与场地、结构耦合动力分析的方法。利用该方法对沉管隧道的地震响应进行了研究,重点分析了水深、地质条件等因素对沉管隧道地震反应的影响,并从中得出了一些可供相关人员进行沉管隧道抗震分析时参考的结论。     

粉煤灰浸出液入渗土壤过程中的水岩作用研究

为明确粉煤灰浸出液对地下水环境的影响,依据饱水土柱试验,利用质量平衡模型,对比研究了灞桥电厂粉煤灰浸出液和清水入渗土壤过程中的水岩作用.研究表明,虽然粉煤灰浸出液和清水入渗土柱的渗出液水化学特征存在明显差异,但入渗水的水质对渗出液的时间变异性影响较小.矿物的溶解沉淀作用及Ca-Na离子交换等水岩作用对浸出液和清水入渗过程中的化学反应及水化学形成产生重要影响.高浓度的粉煤灰浸出液比清水溶解了土壤中更多的可溶盐,使土壤的渗透系数增大,增加了地下水污染风险.     

流动体系下黄铁矿-方铅矿原电池反应实验研究

采用三电极体系,在流动溶液下,改变溶液组分浓度和流速,对黄铁矿和方铅矿组成的原电池腐蚀电流密度和混合电位进行研究,结果表明:Na+离子对原电池反应无明显影响,Fe3+离子能明显加快原电池的腐蚀速度,并且Fe3+浓度越大腐蚀速度越快;溶液流速越大原电池腐蚀速度越快。实验结果对矿山环境污染治理有指导意义。结合混合电位理论和Butler-Volmer方程从理论上对实验结果进行了解释。     

基于正交试验的臭氧及其前体物的非线性响应及控制方案

臭氧浓度与其前体物排放在不同地区、不同时刻具有高度非线性关系,如何精准防控臭氧污染成为了目前研究的难点.本文基于WRF-Chem 空气质量模式和自建的乌海市2018年大气污染物排放清单,以2018年8月17～20日乌海市海勃湾市区的一次臭氧污染过程为例,利用有交互作用的正交试验研究臭氧及其前体物之间的非线性响应,揭示臭...     

Flow and transport in fractured tuff at Yucca Mountain: numerical experiments on fast preferential flow mechanisms

Recent discovery of bomb-related ³⁶Cl at depth in fractured tuff in the unsaturated zone at the Yucca Mountain candidate high-level waste (HLW) repository site has called into question the usual modeling assumptions based on the equivalent continuum model (ECM). A dual continuum model (DCM) for simulating transient flow and transport at Yucca Mountain is developed. In order to ensure properly converged flow solutions, which are used in the transport simulation, a new flow solution convergence criteria is derived. An extensive series of simulation studies is presented which indicates that rapid movement of solute through the fractures will not occur unless there are intense episodic infiltration events. Movement of solute in the environs of the repository is enhanced if the properties of the tuff layer at the repository horizon are modified from current best-estimate values. Due to a large advective–dispersive coupling between the matrix and fractures, the matrix acts as a major buffer which inhibits rapid transport along the fractures. Consequently, fast movement of solutes through the fractures to the repository depth can only be explained if the matrix–fracture coupling term is significantly reduced from a value that would be calculated on the basis of data currently available.     

Interaction of DNA with aromatic hydrocarbons fraction in atmospheric particulates of Xigu District of Lanzhou, China

Voluminously epidemiological studies show that the relationships exist between the air pollution and human health and cancer. Aromatic hydrocarbons(AHs)in air form a large class of organic pollutants,which are widely in environment and many of them are known to be carcinogenic and/or mutagenic and contribute to ambient air pollution.In the past decades,bioassays mainly have been used to evaluate the toxicity of chemical mixtures in atmospheric particulates or aqueous environment.However,it is well known that the covalent complexes formed by carcinogens with DNA may be exert negative results in bioassay.So the main aim of this paper is to develop an evaluation method of toxicity effects of chemical mixtures in atmospheric particulates from chemical standpoint.In this study,the in vitro interaction of the AHs with DNA was investigated by absorption,fluorescence and resonance light scattering (RLS)spectroscopic techniques.The results showed that the AHs in the atmospheric particulates could combine with calf thymus DNA(ctDNA)and herring sperm DNA(hsDNA)without being activated or metabolized by organism,respectively.Intercalation may be present in the mechanism of interaction.The binding constants of the AHs with ctDNA and hsDNA were 2.5×10~2 and 2.0×10~3, respectively,which indicated that the interaction of the AHs with hsDNA is stronger than that with ctDNA.In addition,the relationships of dose-effect between the total mole concentration of chemical components and the ability of binding ctDNA and hsDNA were confirmed.This research made it possible to study the toxicity effects of chemical mixtures in atmospheric particulates by chemical method.It is believed that the composition and contents of unknown AHs and the interaction of DNA with AHs in atmospheric particulates of Xigu District of Lanzhou City,China are first reported in the past twenty years.     

Setting Realistic Recovery Targets for Two Interacting Endangered Species,Sea Otter and Northern Abalone

Failure to account for interactions between endangered species may lead to unexpected population dynamics, inefficient management strategies, waste of scarce resources, and, at worst, increased extinction risk. The importance of species interactions is undisputed, yet recovery targets generally do not account for such interactions. This shortcoming is a consequence of species‐centered legislation, but also of uncertainty surrounding the dynamics of species interactions and the complexity of modeling such interactions. The northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) and one of its preferred prey, northern abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana), are endangered species for which recovery strategies have been developed without consideration of their strong predator–prey interactions. Using simulation‐based optimization procedures from artificial intelligence, namely reinforcement learning and stochastic dynamic programming, we combined sea otter and northern abalone population models with functional‐response models and examined how different management actions affect population dynamics and the likelihood of achieving recovery targets for each species through time. Recovery targets for these interacting species were difficult to achieve simultaneously in the absence of management. Although sea otters were predicted to recover, achieving abalone recovery targets failed even when threats to abalone such as predation and poaching were reduced. A management strategy entailing a 50% reduction in the poaching of northern abalone was a minimum requirement to reach short‐term recovery goals for northern abalone when sea otters were present. Removing sea otters had a marginally positive effect on the abalone population but only when we assumed a functional response with strong predation pressure. Our optimization method could be applied more generally to any interacting threatened or invasive species for which there are multiple conservation objectives. Definición de Metas de Recuperación Realistas para Dos Especies en Peligro Interactuantes, Enhydra lutris y Haliotis kamtschatkana     

GUIDELINES FOR INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SOFTWARE IN WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING1

ABSTRACT: A case study in the development of interactive computer software for water resources related engineering problems in presented. Guidelines for the preparation of a uniform set of interactive program requirements are discussed. Use of the developed guidelines will reduce computer usage expenditures by minimizing program learning time and data entry errors.