scholarly journals Study on Strength and Permeability of Silt Soils Improving by Tung Oil and Sticky Rice Juice

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Xiao-Wu Tang ◽  
Yue Yu ◽  
Li-Pei Zhou ◽  
Min-Liang Fei ◽  
Guo-Ping Sun

Tianluoshan site (5000∼2500 BC), which belongs to the Hemudu culture, has suffered damages from the hydraulic effect like other Chinese earthen sites in moist circumstance. Tung oil and sticky rice juice, as Chinese traditional building materials, were chosen as the additives in this study. Tung oil has the property of good waterproofness, fast dry-up, and quick film-forming by oxidation. Sticky rice juice has the advantage of high glutinousness, good tenacity, and low expandability. The study is to figure out the best performing mixture of tung oil and sticky rice juice to decrease the permeability of soil and increase its strength to facilitate excavations at archeological sites enlarging the display of layers of cultures. Meanwhile, the color of the site soil after reinforcement must be maintained for a long time. From the direct shear tests and the falling head test of 9 specimens mixed in different mass ratios, it was confirmed that the optimal mass ratio of the tung oil, the sticky rice juice, and the soil was 5 : 10 : 85. The treated soil specimen of the optimal mass ratio had the largest increment of shearing strength. The self-standing height of the vertical soil wall increases correspondingly from 2.63 m to 6.18 m, which could enlarge the step height when excavating a deep earthen site and extend the display height at the protection stage. The treated soil at the optimal mass ratio also showed the largest decrement of permeability coefficient from 1.257 × 10−5 cm/s of the untreated soil to 1.627 × 10−6 cm/s, which could reduce the hydraulic effect to the soil. The microstructures of the 9 specimens in different mass ratios were observed by SEM. The results showed that the glutinousness of sticky rice juice could cohere soil particles together, and the tung oil could then form oxidation film wrapping around the particle groups. In order to meet the aesthetic requirements of earthen sites conservation, the surface color contrast tests were used to measure the color change induced by the two additives. The surface contrast tests showed that the treated soil at the optimal mass ratio had the minimum variation of the surface, which could satisfy the basic requirements of earthen sites protection.

2020 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 04029
Author(s):  
Zhang Cui

Architecture is the soul of city color. The planning focus of city color is city architecture, especially the planning control of the main wall color of street buildings. The design of architectural color should not only consider the surrounding environment of the building, the content of the building and the building materials, but also proceed from the aesthetic needs and conform to the principle of color engineering. On this basis, the plan proposes color design guidelines and relies on scientific and standardized “urban building color design guidelines” to achieve the purpose of maintaining the original appearance of history and creating a new era style. Besides the traditional buildings, the other “architectural color guidelines” should leave more room for manoeuvre and not restrict the creative thinking of architects.


2021 ◽  
Vol 922 (2) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Kai Li ◽  
Qi-Qi Xia ◽  
Chun-Hwey Kim ◽  
Shao-Ming Hu ◽  
Di-Fu Guo ◽  
...  

Abstract The cutoff mass ratio is under debate for contact binaries. In this paper, we present the investigation of two contact binaries with mass ratios close to the low mass ratio limit. It is found that the mass ratios of VSX J082700.8+462850 (hereafter J082700) and 1SWASP J132829.37+555246.1 (hereafter J132829) are both less than 0.1 (q ∼ 0.055 for J082700 and q ∼ 0.089 for J132829). J082700 is a shallow contact binary with a contact degree of ∼19%, and J132829 is a deep contact system with a fill-out factor of ∼70%. The O − C diagram analysis indicated that the two systems manifested long-term period decreases. In addition, J082700 exhibits a cyclic modulation which is more likely resulting from the Applegate mechanism. In order to explore the properties of extremely low mass ratio contact binaries (ELMRCBs), we carried out a statistical analysis on contact binaries with mass ratios of q ≲ 0.1 and discovered that the values of J spin/J orb of three systems are greater than 1/3. Two possible explanations can interpret this phenomenon. One explanation is that some physical processes, unknown to date, are not considered when Hut presented the dynamic stability criterion. The other explanation is that the dimensionless gyration radius (k) should be smaller than the value we used (k 2 = 0.06). We also found that the formation of ELMRCBs possibly has two channels. The study of evolutionary states of ELMRCBs reveals that their evolutionary states are similar with those of normal W UMa contact binaries.


Materials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 512
Author(s):  
Zhi Cheng ◽  
Xinrong Cheng ◽  
Yuchao Xie ◽  
Zhe Ma ◽  
Yuhao Liu

Desulfurization ash and fly ash are solid wastes discharged from boilers of power plants. Their utilization rate is low, especially desulfurization ash, most of which is stored. In order to realize their resource utilization, they are used to modify loess in this paper. Nine group compaction tests and 32 group direct shear tests are done in order to explore the influence law of desulfurization ash and fly ash on the strength of the loess. Meanwhile, FLAC3D software is used to numerically simulate the direct shear test, and the simulation results and the test results are compared and analyzed. The results show that, with the increase of desulfurization ash’s amount, the shear strength of the modified loess increases first and then decreases. The loess modified by the fly ash has the same law with that of the desulfurization ash. The best mass ratio of modified loess is 80:20. When the mass ratio is 80:20, the shear strength of loess modified by the desulfurization ash is 12.74% higher than that of the pure loess on average and the shear strength of loess modified by fly ash is 3.59% higher than that of the pure loess on average. The effect of the desulfurization ash on modifying the loess is better than that of the fly ash. When the mass ratio is 80:20, the shear strength of loess modified by the desulfurization ash is 9.15% higher than that of the fly ash on average. Comparing the results of the simulation calculation with the actual test results, the increase rate of the shear stress of the FLAC3D simulation is larger than that of the actual test, and the simulated shear strength is about 8.21% higher than the test shear strength.


1998 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 207-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Schmidt ◽  
J. D. Dent ◽  
R. A. Schmidt

Determining the electrostatic force acting on saltating snow particles requires knowledge of the electric field in the saltation region and the charge on the particle. To date, measurements of average charge-to-mass ratios for blowing-snow samples have been made but Schmidt and Schmidt (1993) have indicated these may underestimate charge-to-mass ratios for individual particles due to a mixture of positive and negative charge in the samples. This paper reports on measurements of charge-to-mass ratio for individual blowing-snow particles during a moderate blowing-snow storm in southwestern Wyoming. We measured charge-to-mass ratios as large as -208μC,kg-1, significantly higher than the -10μC kg-1measured by Latham and Montagne (1970) and -50μCkg-1measured by Wishart (1970). This large charge-to-mass ratio was accompanied by a distribution of positive and negative charge on the particles, supporting the conclusions of Schmidt and Schmidt (1993).


Author(s):  
Zhongjing Ren ◽  
Jianping Yuan ◽  
Xiaoyu Su ◽  
Hao Sun ◽  
Richard Galos ◽  
...  

A new fabrication process for stiffness-enhanced microstructures with high area-to-mass ratios is presented in this paper. In order to acquire an enhanced stiffness without ruining the structural parameter of area-to-mass ratio, multilayered metallic microstructures are proposed and fabricated by surface and bulk fabrication processes from Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technologies. Microstructures based on beams with symmetrically deposited metals are physically built and tested on wafers. A sacrificial silicon layer is used to form gaps between bimetal layers and the microstructures can be deployed vertically when heated due to the effect of thermal mismatch between different materials. The results show a dramatic thickness increase when actuated by Joule heating, and thus a great bending stiffness enhancement.


1989 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 348-349
Author(s):  
Bruce J. Hrivnak

Recent theories of the origin and evolution of contact binaries suggest that the two stars evolve into contact through angular momentum loss (AML; Mochnacki 1981, Vilhu 1982). When in contact, the system then evolves toward smaller mass ratio through mass transfer from the secondary to the primary component (Webbink 1976, Rahunen and Vilhu 1982). Most contact binaries have mass ratios of 0.3 to 0.5.


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1059-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Klikocka ◽  
Marek Marks ◽  
Bożena Barczak ◽  
Bogdan Szostak ◽  
Anna Podleśna ◽  
...  

AbstractThe aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) fertilizers on the content and uptake of macronutrients by grain dry mass (DM) of spring wheat. A field experiment was conducted in southeastern Poland on Cambisols (WRB 2007), in conditions of low S content in the soil. The experiment included 2 factors: fertilization with N (0, 40, 80, 120 kg ha-1) and with S (0, 50 kg ha-1).The experiment showed a positive response of spring wheat to N and S fertilization. The highest grain yield was found after application of 80 kg N ha-1 and addition of 50 kg S ha-1 (5.43 t ha-1). The described combination resulted in beneficial content of phosphorus (P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca) (P –4.267, K–4.533, Mg–1.567, Ca–0.433 g kg-1) and uptake of macroelements by grain dry mass (DM) (P–20.48, K–21.79, Mg–7.52, Ca–2.08 kg ha-1). A generally positive correlation was found between content and uptake of macronutrients with exception of P content. Fertilization with N caused significantly narrowed mass ratios of K+: Ca2+, K+: Mg2+ and mass and mole ratio of K+:(Ca2++Mg2+) and increased mass ratio of Ca:P. While S application narrowed significantly, mass ratios of K+:Ca2+ and K+: (Ca2+ + Mg2+) and increased mass ratio of Ca:P.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S293) ◽  
pp. 152-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf Dvorak ◽  
Li-Yong Zhou ◽  
Helmut Baudisch

AbstractWe take as dynamical model for extrasolar planetary systems a central star like our Sun and two giant planets m1 and m2 like Jupiter and Saturn. We change the mass ratio μ=m2/m1 of the two large planets for a wide range of 1/16 < μ < 16. We also change the ratio between the initial semi-major axes (ν=a2/a1) in the range of 1.2 < ν < 3 to model the different architecture of extrasolar planetary systems hosting two giant planets. The results for possible Trojans (Trojan planets) in the equilateral equilibrium points of the inner planet m1 and the outer planet m2 were derived with the aid of numerical integration. It turned out that in many configurations – depending on the mass ratios μ and the semi-major axes ratio ν – giant planets may host Trojans.


1999 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 340-346
Author(s):  
D. Pourbaix

AbstractPrecise radial velocities lately published (Murdoch, Hearnshaw & Clark 1993) allow a simultaneous least-squares adjustment of all visual and spectroscopic observations. Starting with the same data as Murdoch & Hearnshaw (1993), we obtain a mass ratio that agrees better with Kamper & Wesselink’s (1978) astrometric estimate. Our results suggest upward revisions of the distance to the system as well as of the individual masses of the components.


2019 ◽  
Vol 626 ◽  
pp. A68 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. Saladino ◽  
O. R. Pols ◽  
C. Abate

Wind mass transfer in binary systems with asymptotic giant branch (AGB) donor stars plays a fundamental role in the formation of a variety of objects, including barium stars and carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars. In an attempt to better understand the properties of these systems, we carry out a comprehensive set of smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of wind-losing AGB stars in binaries for a variety of binary mass ratios, orbital separations, initial wind velocities, and rotation rates of the donor star. The initial parameters of the simulated systems are chosen to match the expected progenitors of CEMP stars. We find that the strength of interaction between the wind and the stars depends on the ratio of wind velocity to orbital velocity (v∞/vorb) and on the binary mass ratio. Strong interaction occurs for close systems and comparable mass ratios, and gives rise to a complex morphology of the outflow and substantial angular-momentum loss, which leads to a shrinking of the orbit. As the orbital separation increases and the mass of the companion star decreases, the morphology of the outflow and the angular-momentum loss become more similar to the spherically symmetric wind case. We also explore the effects of tidal interaction and find that for orbital separations up to 7−10 AU, depending on mass ratio, spin-orbit coupling of the donor star occurs at some point during the AGB phase. If the initial wind velocity is relatively low, we find that corotation of the donor star results in a modified outflow morphology that resembles wind Roche-lobe overflow. In this case the mass-accretion efficiency and angular-momentum loss differ from those found for a non-rotating donor. Finally, we provide relations for the mass-accretion efficiency and angular-momentum loss as a function of v∞/vorb and the binary mass ratio that can be easily implemented in a population synthesis code to study populations of barium stars, CEMP stars, and other products of interaction in AGB binaries, such as cataclysmic binaries and type Ia supernovae.


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