灾害研究中的自组织临界性及其判据

自组织临界性为灾害问题的研究开辟了新途径。但不能仅仅以灾害规模的幂律分布作为自组织临界性的判断标准，还应当注意系统的规模、外界扰动的标准，以及系统的组织结构等问题。通过溜砂坡模拟实验研究，提出：仅当系统的规模、组织结构和扰动的强弱三者相互作用能够使系统具有整体的鲁棒性，使系统始终维持在临界状态，才能够呈现自组织临界性。在此基础上，提出了自组织日缶界性的5个判断标准。     

Putting Precaution to Debate – about the Precautionary Principle and Participatory Technology Assessment

Technology assessment (TA) as aninstitution was introduced nearly thirty yearsago as an instrument to render possible themaking of responsible decisions concerning newtechnological options. Another recentdevelopment however has been the introductionof participatory technology assessment (pTA),mainly connected to the growing insight thatthe evaluation of technological options withrespect to their risks and benefits, is not –only – a scientific question. This paper willfocus on the questions, to what degree theideas of technology assessment and thePrecautionary Principle are connected and how.Without naming it explicitly, the PrecautionaryPrinciple is put to debate in the``TA-arrangement on the cultivation oftransgenic herbicide resistant crops,'organized by the Science Centre, Berlin. Fromthe perspective of ethical clarification, someunique features concerning theconceptualization of the discoursive procedureand reconstruction of the argumentation processin order to come to results have to beanalyzed. Finally the performance and resultsof the pTA-arrangement are reflected in thelight of the Precautionary Principle andconclusions are drawn.     

THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A GIS-BASED CONTAMINANT SOURCE INVENTORY OVER THE SPOKANE AQUIFER,SPOKANE COUNTY WASHINGTON1

ABSTRACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) statutes require identification of all potential sources of contamination within a wellhead protection area. All wells over Spokane County's aquifer are included in one wellhead protection zone called the Aquifer Sensitive Area (ASA). A GIS-based Contaminant Source Inventory (CSI) was developed for the ASA. Datasets listing businesses and agencies within the ASA were imported into the GIS from state, county, city, and local agencies. These datasets were selected, joined, and sorted using GIS relational database capabilities into one ASA “business master file.” Map files were projected and transformed into common coordinates. Next, business sites within the master file were spatially related by address to the digital map files. Likely Critical Materials Users (CMU) were identified by sorting on selected standard Industrial Codes (SIC). Additional files of CMUs were imported into the Contaminant Source Inventory. GIS queries were performed to locate specific materials, quantities, and storage facilities, and to analyze CMU activity within selected buffer zones. This project demonstrated the usefulness of GIS technology in the development, management, maintenance, and analysis of vast quantities of data associated with a local wellhead protection pro. gram.     

New perspectives in ecotoxicology

The task of regulating potentially harmful chemicals in the environment is presently hindered by the lack of appropriate concepts and methods for evaluating the effects of anthropogenic chemicals on ecosystems. Toxicity tests at the molecular and physiological levels have been used successfully as indicators of adverse effects on test organisms and have been extrapolated to humans to establish a basis for risk assessment. However, laboratory measurements of effects upon individuals do not translate readily into potential effects upon natural populations, in part because natural populations interact with other populations and with the physical environment. Even more difficult to assess are the deleterious impacts of anthropogenic chemicals on ecosystems, because of effects on species interactions, diversity, nutrient cycling, productivity, climatic changes, and other processes.Effects on ecosystems resulting from chemical stresses are outside the realm of classical toxicology, and an ecosystem-level perspective is essential for the consideration of such effects; but the science that deals with ecosystem-level effects,ecotoxicology, is still developing. This article synthesizes the topics discussed at a workshop on ecotoxicology held by the Ecosystems Research Center at Cornell University. Topics covered include: the regulatory framework in which ecotoxicological research must be applied; ecosystem modification of toxicant fate and transport; how ecosystem composition, structure, and function are influenced by chemicals; methods currently available for predicting the effects of chemicals at the ecosystem level; and recommendations on research needs to enhance the state of the science of ecotoxicology.     

双层玻璃幕墙全尺寸火灾实验研究

针对双层玻璃幕墙实际应用中的消防问题,采用全尺寸火灾实验的方法对火焰和烟气在双层幕墙结构中的传播进行了分析研究.在建立实体实验模型时采用同工程设计和实际构造相同的双层玻璃幕墙,并按实际尺寸搭建了一座2层的楼房模拟客房床垫中央着火、客房床垫角落着火和客房整体失火3种工况,并对火源热释放速率、幕墙玻璃内外侧温度、火焰和烟气运动过程进行了测量和观测,得出了火焰传播过程和烟气在幕墙夹层内运动特征及双层玻璃幕墙结构临界破碎温度、破碎时间等耐火性能特性.     

滑坡与降雨关系研究展望

简要介绍了降雨和滑坡在时间上和空间上的分布规律,并在此基础上浅析了滑坡与降雨量、降雨强度、降雨形式之间的关系,以及降雨对滑带土强度参数的影响,最后对滑坡与降雨关系的进一步研究进行了展望。     

THE EFFECTS OF VEGETATION AND SOIL TYPE ON STREAMBANK EROSION,SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA,USA1

The goal of this research was to evaluate the relative effects of root density, freeze/thaw cycling, and soil properties on the erodibility and critical shear stress of streambanks. The erodibility and critical shear stress of rooted bank soils were measured in situ at 25 field sites using a submerged jet test device; several soil, vegetation, and stream chemistry characteristics shown to influence soil erosion were also assessed. Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to determine those factors that most influenced streambank erodibility and the relative impact of riparian vegetation. Study results indicated that soil erosion is a complex phenomenon that depends primarily on soil bulk density. Freeze/thaw cycling, soil antecedent moisture content, the density of roots with diameters of 2 to 20 mm, soil texture, and the interaction of soil pore water and stream water had a significant impact on soil erodibility and critical shear stress, depending on soil type. Riparian vegetation had multiple significant effects on soil erodibility. In addition to reducing soil erodibility through root reinforcement, the streamside vegetation affected soil moisture and altered the local microclimate, which in turn affected freeze/thaw cycling (FTC). This study represents the first in situ testing of the erodibility of vegetated streambanks and provides a quantitative analysis on the effects of vegetation on streambank erosion, relative to other soil physical and chemical parameters.     

热爆炸理论在硝酸铵水溶液热安全性研究中的应用

本文概述了均温系统热爆炸非稳定理论,将其应用于含不同量杂质的硝酸铵水溶液体系中,并将临界爆炸温度和爆炸延滞期的试验值与计算值进行比较,结果表明应用热爆炸理论预先估算硝酸铵水溶液体系中达到任意升温的时间和预先计算达到预先选择的对应于爆炸的升温所需要的时间是可行的。     

基于地下水补给的河流水环境容量计算方法研究

受污染地下水以基流的形式渗入地表水,对其水环境容量产生了影响.文章在地下水连续补给下忽略弥散的一维稳态水质模型解析解的基础上,提出了地下水连续补给下河流水环境容量的计算方法.同时,推导出了水环境容量与地下水污染物浓度、补给强度的关系式以及临界地下水污染物浓度计算公式,最后通过案例检验了公式的实用性和正确性.研究认为:临...     

A new photon kinetic-measure based on the kinetics of electron-hole pairs in photodegradation of textile wastewater using the UV-H2O2FS-TiO2 process

Actual textile wastewater and synthesized wastewater containing various textile dyes were photocatalytic degraded by the UVH2O2Fs-TiO2 process in an aimular-flow photocatalytic reactor. In this process, a photon kinetic-measure was adopted to obtain constant rates of dyes decomposition. It was theorized that, by illumination at different UV frequencies, the electrons within the semiconductor were excited from the valence band to the conduction band, yielding the formation of electron-hole pairs which are the pre-requisites for photocatalysis. CPT （critical photonic time） exposure required to cause 90% of vibrations between the double and single bonds along the molecular chain of the dyes to be oxidized, was taken to measure the photocatalytic activities. The CPTs varied with the frequencies of the UV spectral areas. The derivatization of CPT from the first-order kinetic law was presented.