MODELING THE LONG TERM IMPACTS OF USING RIGID STRUCTURES IN STREAM CHANNEL RESTORATION1

Abstract: Natural channel designs often incorporate rigid instream structures to protect channel banks, provide grade control, promote flow deflection, or otherwise improve channel stability. The long term impact of rigid structures on natural stream processes is relatively unknown. The objective of this study was to use long term alluvial channel modeling to evaluate the effect of rigid structures on channel processes and assess current and future stream channel stability. The study was conducted on Oliver Run, a small stream in Pennsylvania relocated due to highway construction. Field data were collected for one year along the 107 m reach to characterize the stream and provide model input, calibration, and verification data. FLUVIAL-12 was used to evaluate the long term impacts of rigid structures on natural channel adjustment, overall channel stability, and changing form and processes. Based on a consideration of model limitations and results, it was concluded that the presence of rigid structures reduced channel width-to-depth ratios, minimized bed elevation changes due to long term aggradation and degradation, limited lateral channel migration, and increased the mean bed material particle size throughout the reach. Results also showed how alluvial channel modeling can be used to improve the stream restoration design effort.     

河流横向混合系数的室内试验

本文在实验室矩形平直明渠内,对横向混合系数的公式结构进行了探讨.在室内模型内做大量的示踪试验,获得63组实验数据,在此基础上确定了关于横向混合系数的准数关系式,并对该式作了分析.由室内模型所归纳的公式和结论,可为天然顺直河流横向混合系数的确定提供参考.     

SO2衍生物对大鼠神经元和心肌细胞几种离子通道的影响

为了阐明大气污染物SO2对神经系统和心血管系统的毒作用机制,采用全细胞膜片钳技术研究了SO2衍生物(NaHSO3和Na2SO3,分子比为1∶3)对大鼠海马、背根节神经元和心肌细胞膜上钠、钾、钙离子通道的影响.结果显示:(1)SO2衍生物可显著增大大鼠海马CA1区神经元钠电流,不影响钠通道的激活过程,但可使钠电流的失活曲线向去极化方向移动,延迟钠通道的失活过程;另外,SO2衍生物可显著增大瞬间外向钾电流(IA)和延迟整流钾电流(IK),不影响IA的激活过程,使IK的激活过程向负电压方向移动,促进IK的激活过程,而使IA的失活曲线向正电压方向移动,延迟IA的失活过程.(2)SO2衍生物显著增大大鼠背根节神经元钠电流(TTX-S钠电流和TTX-R钠电流),可使两种钠电流的激活和失活曲线均向去极化方向移动,但对失活的影响大于对激活的影响,即延迟钠通道的失活过程;SO2衍生物显著增大背根节神经元瞬间外向钾电流(TOCs)和延迟整流钾电流(IK),不影响TOCs的激活过程,但可使IK的激活曲线向超极化方向移动,促进IK的激活.另外,还可使TOCs的失活曲线向去极化方向移动,即延迟TOCs的失活.(3)SO2衍生物可显著增大大鼠心肌细胞L-型钙电流(ICa,L),使ICa,L的激活和失活曲线均向去极化方向移动,但对失活的影响大于对激活的影响;SO2衍生物显著增大心肌细胞钠电流,不影响钠通道的激活过程,但可使钠电流的失活曲线向去极化方向移动,延迟钠通道的失活过程;SO2衍生物显著增大心肌细胞瞬间外向钾电流(Ito),使Ito的激活曲线向超极化方向移动,促进Ito的激活过程,但可使Ito的失活曲线向去极化方向移动,延迟Ito的失活过程;此外,SO2衍生物还可显著增大心肌细胞内向整流钾电流(IK1),但不影响其反转电位.结果表明,SO2衍生物可能通过影响神经元和心肌细胞膜上离子通道的活动而对中枢神经、传导神经以及心血管系统产生不利影响.提示大气SO2污染可能与神经系统和心血管系统疾病的发生有关.     

Evaluating the Slope‐Area Method to Accurately Identify Stream Channel Heads in Three Physiographic Regions

Estimation of stream channel heads is an important task since ephemeral channels play a significant role in the transport of sediment and materials to perennial streams. The slope‐area method utilizes digital elevation model (DEM) and related information to develop slope‐area threshold relationships used to estimate the position of channel heads in the watershed. A total of 162 stream channel heads were mapped across the three physiographic regions of Alabama, including the Southwestern Appalachians (51), Piedmont/Ridge and Valley (61), and Coastal Plains (51). Using Geographic Information System and DEM, the local slope and drainage area for each mapped channel head was calculated and region‐specific models were developed and evaluated. Results demonstrated the local slope and drainage area had an inverse and strong correlation in the Piedmont/Ridge and Valley region (r² = 0.71) and the Southwestern Appalachian region (r² = 0.61). Among three physiographic regions, the weakest correlation was observed in the Coastal Plain region (r² = 0.45). By comparing the locations of modeled channel heads to those located in the field, calculated reliability and sensitivity indices indicated model accuracy and reliance were weak to moderate. However, the slope‐area method helped define the upstream boundaries of a more detailed channel network than that derived from the 1:24,000‐scale National Hydrography Dataset, which is commonly used for planning and regulatory purposes.     

长输油气管道河沟道水毁灾害气象风险预警系统的设计与实现

以长输油气管道沿线河沟道水毁灾害调查为基础,详细叙述了管道河沟道水毁灾害的发育及危害特征,拟定了河沟道水毁冲刷深度计算方法;构建半定量评价指标体系,建立长输油气管道河沟道水毁灾害的气象风险预警模型,设计了基于WebGIS的长输油气管道河沟道水毁灾害气象风险预警系统.该风险预警系统基于B-S架构计算机程序,实现了最少人机...     

中国矿山环境保护投融资渠道研究

矿产资源的大规模开发,在带来巨大经济效益的同时也产生了一系列的社会和环境问题。在市场经济条件下,资金问题是制约矿山环境保护的最大瓶颈。长期以来,受我国经济水平和矿山环境保护自身特点的限制,庞大的资金需求和有限的供给之间的矛盾成为制约矿山环境保护的主要障碍。为了改善我国矿山环境保护巨大资金缺口的局面,探索我国矿山环境保护的投融资渠道,就显得十分重要和迫切。本文从我国矿山环境保护的投融资现状入手,在分析我国现行矿山环境保护投融资渠道的基础上,对我国矿山环境保护投融资渠道进行了创新。     

Bed Stability and Sedimentation Associated With Human Disturbances in Pacific Northwest Streams1

Abstract: To evaluate anthropogenic sedimentation in United States (U.S.) Pacific Northwest coastal streams, we applied an index of relative bed stability (LRBS*) to summer low flow survey data collected using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program field methods in a probability sample of 101 wadeable stream reaches. LRBS* is the log of the ratio of bed surface geometric mean particle diameter (D_gm) to critical diameter (D*_cbf) at bankfull flow, based on a modified Shield’s criterion for incipient motion. We used a formulation of LRBS* that explicitly accounts for reductions in bed shear stress that result from channel form roughness due to pools and wood. LRBS* ranged from ?1.9 to +0.5 in streams within the lower quartile of human riparian and basin disturbance, and was substantially lower (?4.2 to ?1.1) in streams within the upper quartile of human disturbance. Modeling results suggest that the expected range of LRBS* in streams without human disturbances in this region might be generally between ?0.7 and +0.5 in either sedimentary or volcanic lithology. However, streams draining relatively soft, erodible sedimentary lithology showed greater reductions in LRBS* associated with disturbance than did those having harder, more resistant volcanic (basalt) lithology with similar levels of basin and riparian disturbance. At any given level of disturbance, smaller streams had lower LRBS* than those with larger drainages. In sedimentary lithology (sandstone and siltstone), high‐gradient streams had higher LRBS* than did low‐gradient streams of the same size and level of human disturbance. High gradient streams in volcanic lithology, in contrast, had lower LRBS* than low‐gradient streams of similar size and disturbance. Correlations between D_gm and land disturbance were stronger than those observed between D*_cbf and land disturbance. This pattern suggests that land use has augmented sediment supplies and increased streambed fine sediments in the most disturbed streams. However, we also show evidence that some of the apparent reductions in LRBS*, particularly in steep streams draining small volcanic drainages, may have resulted in part from anthropogenic increases in bed shear stress. The synoptic survey methods and designs we use appear adequate to evaluate regional patterns in bed stability and sedimentation and their general relationship to human disturbances. More precise field measurements of channel slope, cross‐section geometry, and bed surface particle size would be required to use LRBS* in applications requiring a higher degree of accuracy and precision, such as site‐specific assessments at individual streams.     

Urban Land Use,Channel Incision,and Water Table Decline Along Coastal Plain Streams,North Carolina1

Abstract: This study evaluates the effects of urban land use on stream channels and riparian ground‐water levels along low‐order Inner Coastal Plain streams in North Carolina. Six sites with stream catchments of similar size (1.19‐3.46 km²) within the Tar River Basin were selected across an urban land use gradient, as quantified by a range of catchment total impervious area (TIA; 3.8‐36.7%). Stream stage and ground‐water levels within three floodplain monitoring wells were measured manually and using pressure transducers from May 2006‐June 2007. Channel incision ratio (CIR), the ratio of bank height to bankfull height, was also measured at each monitoring site and along stream reaches within the study area (12 urban and 12 rural sites). Riparian ground‐water levels were inversely related to catchment TIA (%). As TIA (%) and stormwater runoff increased, the degree of stream channel incision increased and riparian ground‐water tables declined. In urban floodplains (>15% TIA), the median ground‐water level was 0.84 m deeper than for the rural settings (<15% TIA). This has resulted in a shift to drier conditions in the urban riparian zones, particularly during the summer months. CIR was found to be a reliable surface indicator of “riparian hydrologic drought” in these settings.     

特长公路隧道独立排烟道结构高温安全性研究

特长公路隧道的火灾安全尤其是火灾通风排烟问题日益受到特别的关注。苍岭隧道是一座长度超过7 km的公路隧道,根据多方咨询意见,其通风排烟系统采用带独立排烟道的纵向通风模式。为了判断排烟道顶隔板结构在火灾高温下的安全性,以火灾动态模拟软件FDS的分析结果为温度边界条件,通过ANSYS对火灾下与常温下顶隔板的内力及变形进行了对比分析,探讨了顶隔板在火灾下的破坏规律,得出了火灾下顶隔板的临界破坏温度及其沿隧道的纵向破坏范围。     

Development and Comparison of Multiple Regression Models to Predict Bankfull Channel Dimensions for Use in Hydrologic Models

Channel dimensions are important input variables for many hydrologic models. As measurements of channel geometry are not available in most watersheds, they are often predicted using bankfull hydraulic geometry relationships. This study aims at improving existing equations that relate bankfull width, depth, and cross‐sectional area to drainage area (DA) without limiting their use to well‐gauged watersheds. We included seven additional variables in the equations that can be derived from data that are generally required by hydrologic models anyway and conducted several multiple regression analyses to identify the ideal combination of additional variables for nationwide and regional models for each Physiographic Division of the United States (U.S.). Results indicate that including the additional variables in the regression equations generally improves predictions considerably. The selection of relevant variables varies by Physiographic Division, but average annual precipitation (PCP) and temperature (TMP) were generally found to improve the models the most. Therefore, we recommend using regression equations with three independent variables (DA, PCP, and TMP) to predict bankfull channel dimensions for hydrologic models. Furthermore, we recommend using the regional equations for watersheds within regions from which data were used for model development, whereas in all other parts of the U.S. and the rest of the world, the nationwide equations should be given preference.