2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuntao Zhou ◽  
Xiaoyan Zhao ◽  
Jiajia Zhang ◽  
Minghui Meng

Abstract Identification of the locking segments is crucial for assessing the potential runout risk and the overall stability of the high-locality landslide. However, during the field investigation, it is difficult to identify the locking segments before landslide failure due to their concealment. Tizicao landslide, a high-locality landslide, is used as the field example for the locking segments identification analysis in this study. Based on the geomorphology and spatial-temporal deformation in the landslide, the identification characteristics of the locking segments of the landslide are analyzed macroscopically, and the location and area of the locking segments are determined based on the analysis results. The field investigation methods are used to verify the identification results, including the monitoring of surface and deep displacement, geological borehole drilling, and oblique photography using drones. The results show that the locking segment of the Tizicao landslide lies at the southern slope toe, which covers an area of about 4.69 × 104 m2, accounting for 15.2% of the total area of the landslide. The significant different developmental characteristics are observed in respect of the surface displacement, deep displacement, surface crack, and sliding zone soil between locking and non-locking segments. It is concluded that the formation and evolution of the locking rock masses in the Tizicao landslide are closely related to the development of local folds and S-shaped river valleys, differential unloading due to river cutting, and earthquake-induced damage to rock masses in the landslide area.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall Lew ◽  
Kenneth H. Stokoe II ◽  
Craig A. Davis ◽  
Hari Ponnaboyina ◽  
Martin B. Hudson ◽  
...  

1976 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ladanyi

Within the scope of a study on the use in frozen soils of some geotechnical field investigation methods, a series of deep, static and quasi-static, penetration tests was carried out in July 1974 at a permafrost site near Thompson, Manitoba. The field study included stress – and penetration rate – controlled tests, performed with an electric penetrometer, as well as several short-term and stage-loaded pressuremeter tests. The study shows that a static penetration test can furnish valuable information on the time-dependent strength of frozen soil, provided the test is conducted either with a very accurate control of the penetration rate, or as a stage-loaded test. It is considered that a comparison of frozen soil strengths deduced from such a test, with those determined by pressuremeter tests or triaxial compression tests, can only be made at comparable strain rates. An attempt was, therefore, made in the paper to find a relationship between the penetration rate and an equivalent time to failure for the soil surrounding the penetrometer tip, which enabled this comparison to be carried out.


1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Steinberg ◽  
Briony R. Nicholls ◽  
Elizabeth A. Sykes ◽  
N. LeBoutillier ◽  
Nerina Ramlakhan ◽  
...  

Mood improvement immediately after a single bout of exercise is well documented, but less is known about successive and longer term effects. In a “real-life” field investigation, four kinds of exercise class (Beginners, Advanced, Body Funk and Callanetics) met once a week for up to 7 weeks. Before and after each class the members assessed how they felt by completing a questionnaire listing equal numbers of “positive” and “negative” mood words. Subjects who had attended at least five times were included in the analysis, which led to groups consisting of 18, 20, 16, and 16 subjects, respectively. All four kinds of exercise significantly increased positive and decreased negative feelings, and this result was surprisingly consistent in successive weeks. However, exercise seemed to have a much greater effect on positive than on negative moods. The favorable moods induced by each class seemed to have worn off by the following week, to be reinstated by the class itself. In the Callanetics class, positive mood also improved significantly over time. The Callanetics class involved “slower,” more demanding exercises, not always done to music. The Callanetics and Advanced classes also showed significantly greater preexercise negative moods in the first three sessions. However, these differences disappeared following exercise. Possibly, these two groups had become more “tolerant” to the mood-enhancing effects of physical exercise; this may be in part have been due to “exercise addiction.”


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Mitsuharu Toba ◽  
Jun Kakino ◽  
Kazuo Tada ◽  
Yutaka Kobayashi ◽  
Hideharu Tsuchie

In Tokyo Bay, the harvestable quantity of asari (Manila) clams Ruditapes philippinarum has been decreasing since the late 1990s. We conducted a field investigation on clam density in the Banzu culture area from April 1988 to December 2014 and collected records spanning January 1986 to September 2017 from relevant fisheries cooperative associations to clarify the relationship between the temporal variation in stock abundance and the production activities of fishermen. The yearly variation in clam abundance over the study period was marked by larger decreases in the numbers of larger clams. A large quantity of juvenile clams, beyond the biological productivity of the culture area, may have been introduced as seed stock in the late 1980s despite the high level of harvestable stock. The declines in harvested quantity began in the late 1990s and may have been caused by decreases in harvestable stock despite the continuous addition of seed stock clams. The harvested quantity is likely to be significantly dependent upon the wild clam population, even within the culture area, as the harvestable quantity was not correlated with the quantity of seed stock introduced during the study period. These declines in harvested quantity may have resulted from a decreasing number of operating harvesters due to the low level of harvestable stock and consequently reduced profitability. Two findings were emphasized. A certain management style, based on predictions of the contributions of wild and introduced clams to future stock biomass, is essential for economically-feasible culturing. In areas with less harvestable stock, actions should be taken to maintain the incomes of harvesters while avoiding overexploitation, even if the total harvest quantity decreases.


2020 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
L.F. Vitushkin ◽  
F.F. Karpeshin ◽  
E.P. Krivtsov ◽  
P.P. Krolitsky ◽  
V.V. Nalivaev ◽  
...  

The State special primary acceleration measurement standard for gravimetry (GET 190-2019), its composition, principle of operation and basic metrological characteristics are presented. This standard is on the upper level of reference for free-fall acceleration measurements. Its accuracy and reliability were improved as a result of optimisation of the adjustment procedures for measurement systems and its integration within the upgraded systems, units and modern hardware components. A special attention was given to adjusting the corrections applied to measurement results with respect to procedural, physical and technical limitations. The used investigation methods made it possibled to confirm the measurement range of GET 190-2019 and to determine the contributions of main sources of errors and the total value of these errors. The measurement characteristics and GET 90-2019 were confirmed by the results obtained from measurements of the absolute value of the free fall acceleration at the gravimetrical site “Lomonosov-1” and by their collation with the data of different dates obtained from measurements by high-precision foreign and domestic gravimeters. Topicality of such measurements ensues from the requirements to handle the applied problems that need data on parameters of the Earth gravitational field, to be adequately faced. Geophysics and navigation are the main fields of application for high-precision measurements in this field.


Author(s):  
Ni Putu Dian Permata Prasetyaningrum

Surabaya Shipping Polytechnic emphasizes on certain areas of expertise that Taruna must possess. This is the basis after graduating from shipping polytechnics, cadets must have expertise and skills. The purpose of this study was to study the effect of inquiry, discovery learning, and creativity levels on the ability to write descriptive essays on nautical and technical cadets at Surabaya Shipping Polytechnic. This type of research is research. This research uses quantitative methods using experiments. The location used in this research is Surabaya Shipping Polytechnic. The subjects in this study were the cadets of the Nautika A, Nautika B, Teknika A, and Teknika B. classes. Based on the results of the research and discussion, the following conclusions are obtained: There are those that can be solved looking for description essays in the cadets. learning discovery method. The test results show better investigation methods than the discovery of learning, There is a difference in the ability to write a description essay about cadets who have a high level of creativity with cadets who have a low level of creativity, the test results show better who have a high level of creativity, there are related with learning methods and descriptions of the ability to write essay descriptions, the test results show learning methods and creativity descriptions of the ability to write essay descriptions.


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