Latest ArticlesMost of Triassic strata in Guizhou are distributed with bedding rock landslides with weak interbeds, which are characterized by strong destructiveness, complex slip mechanism and difficult treatment. Taking the West Second Ring landslide in Guiyang City as an example, the disaster mechanism and instability evolution process were explored by means of field geological investigation, theoretical analysis and discrete element numerical simulation. The results show that the West Second Ring landslide is mainly composed of dolomitic layered cataclastic rock mass with good permeability and water retention, showing a “sponge” structure, and continuous rainfall is the direct cause of the landslide. The landslide is first cut out by the front sliding body and gradually pulled upward, and then the tensile cracks at the trailing edge of the sliding body developed further, which led to slip-tensile crack failure under the action of gravity. The simulation results are basically consistent with the actual situation. The landslide in West Second Ring Road can be divided into four stages of deformation and instability: natural dissolution and cracking, excavation and unloading expansion, saturated and weakened shear, and slow sliding and accumulation. The conclusions have certain reference significance for the disaster mechanism analysis and engineering prevention of Triassic bedding rock landslide with weak interlayer in Guizhou.
In order to enhance the overall performance of the heat sink, a novel meshed microchannel heat sink structure was introduced, and its geometric parameters were optimized by performing a multi-objective optimization. The Box-Behnken design method was utilized to conduct response surface analysis on the design variables of channel width, fin thickness, and channel depth. The resulting temperature and pressure drop functions of the spider-shaped microchannel were then fitted as objective functions. The Pareto solution set was derived by applying a multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm, followed by utilizing the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution(TOPSIS) method for selection from the Pareto solution set. It is concluded that the Pareto solution set is the optimal choice across various conditions. The multivariate statistical coefficients R2 for temperature and pressure drop functions are 0.999 6 and 0.998 4, respectively, suggesting a high level of accuracy in the fitting function. The optimized structure not only reduces the average temperature by 3 K compared with the original design, but also decreases the pressure drop by 1 514 Pa. This significant improvement in comprehensive performance demonstrates that a well-designed channel structure can further enhance the heat sink performance of the microchannel.
In order to solve the problem of automatic sorting of garbage, an intelligent sorting method for household garbage was designed based on the artificial intelligence computing platform Jetson NANO and YOLOv8 algorithm. Firstly, the lightweight YOLOv8 multi-target detection algorithm was used to classify garbage into four categories and achieve accurate recognition in the presence of occlusion. Secondly, the CoreXY coordinate transformation algorithm was used to determine the optimal angle for mechanical claw grasping and achieve precise garbage grasping. Finally, based on TensorRT optimization technology, the lightweight YOLOv8 multi-objective detection algorithm was deployed on the NANO hardware platform, completing the overall construction of the four major categories of garbage intelligent sorting system based on YOLOv8-NANO. The results show that in the self-made garbage test consisting of four major categories and a total of 13 sub categories, the sorting system can effectively achieve detection of single and multiple targets. The detection mAP0.5:0.95 value is 97.3%, and the target detection speed reaches 30.6 frames/s. The fastest garbage sorting speed could reach 6 pieces/min.
The occurrence characteristics and genetic models of geothermal resources is an important basis for the development of geothermal resources. Drilling data, geophysical and geochemical data was applied to analyze the thermal reservoir, cap rock, heat sources, channels and supply elements, and the genetic model of geothermal system in the southwest of Zhoukou Depression was established. The development prospect was also evaluated. The geothermal resources in study area can be divided into sedimentation basin type with low temperature. Mantle derived heat is the main heat source, and the geothermal flow in the north part is higher than that in the south part, also in the protruding area is higher than that in the depressed area, reaching over 70 mW/m2. The average geothermal gradient is about 2.8 ℃/hm, dominated by heat conduction system. Isotope analysis shows that the supply source comes from atmospheric precipitation in the western low mountains and hills, which infiltrates through the exposed area and moves along permeable strata and unconformity towards the east, and is heated and warmed up. The pores of the Neogene and Paleogene sandstones, as well as the karst pores of the Cambrian-Ordovician carbonate rocks, are the main storage spaces for fluids. The silt and clay deposits developed in the upper part of the Quaternary and Neogene systems form a good waterproof and thermal insulation cover layer. The development and utilization risk of the Neogene system is the lowest, with a floor depth of 400~1 400 m, increasing towards the north. The average sand to soil ratio is 40.9%, with a water flow between 40~60 m3/h and a wellhead temperature of 43~48 ℃. The development of faults also promotes the upwelling of deep heat flow, and there is a local thermal convection warming effect. Finally, four favorable development area for porous geothermal resources and three favorable areas for karst resources were identified.
Subsidence monitoring and reservoir parameters inversion in gas field can provide important supporting information for safe production protection and mining planning. The SBAS-InSAR method was used to investigate the surface subsidence evolution characteristics of Sebei gas fields from February 2022 to September 2023. Furthermore, the InSAR monitoring results were used as the observation measurements to invert the reservoir center projection coordinates, depth, strike and other parameters of the gas fields through the Prolate spheroid source. The results show that the subsidence funnel occurs in the Tainan gas field, the Sebei No.1 gas field and the Sebei No.2 gas field, and the average annual subsidence rate is -124~-109, -275~-34, and -329~-89 mm/a, respectively. Among them, the Sebei No.1 gas field and the Sebei No.2 gas field show a more significant surface subsidence phenomenon. And the surface of all three gas fields continues to sink rapidly. Further, the reservoir parameters were obtained by inversion of InSAR monitoring results. The results show that there is little difference between the deformation derived by using the optimal parameters and the observed deformation, and the spatial distribution is consistent, which indicates that it is feasible to invert the reservoir parameters of Sebei gas fields based on SBAS-InSAR deformation results.
The utilization of offshore floating photovoltaic has became a hotspot in major coastal countries in complex marine environment. Offshore floating photovoltaic is currently in the phase of the experimental and pilot test. In order to explore the main components and current technological status of offshore floating photovoltaic technology, and to assist in the large-scale and commercial development of offshore floating photovoltaic in China, by sorting out the main components of offshore floating photovoltaic, based on the research and application status of offshore floating photovoltaic at home and abroad, focusing on the structural types of floating platforms, and analyzing the characteristics of various types of floating platforms. The results reveal that the maturity level of zero-gap and non-zero-gap floating platform concepts is not high, and the novel body materials should be considered to reduce engineering costs. The electrical equipment that is suitable for the complex marine environment needs to be further improved. The business modes of integrating floating solar power with other marine scenarios should be actively developed. The strategy, security, and means of operation and maintenance need to be given special attention. The research aims to provide the current status and challenges of key technologies, and offer reference experience and research directions for the development and design of offshore floating photovoltaic.
The layout of the distribution path of urban logistics terminals is the key to controlling transportation costs. In order to solve the path planning problem of urban low-carbon logistics, a brainstorming-adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm (BSO_ALNS) was proposed. Firstly, a low-carbon vehicle path model with capacity and time window constraints based on vehicle fuel consumption (CVRPTW) was established with the optimization goal of minimum total vehicle transportation cost. Secondly, the brainstorming algorithm (BSO) was used to improve the quality of the initial solution, and the heuristic crossover strategy was introduced to improve the quality of the global search. Using the adaptive large neighborhood search (ALNS) local search, ten kinds of damage and repair operators were designed, and the adaptive weighting mechanism was introduced, combined with the simulated annealing criterion to avoid falling into the local optimum. The performance of the BSO_ALNS algorithm was tested by selecting C, R, CR and other types of instances of different scales in Solomon. Taking the shortest path distance as the goal, the error between the BSO_ALNS algorithm solution and the historical optimal solution is within 1.5%. With the goal of minimizing the total cost of vehicle transportation, the optimal solution is obtained BSO_ALNS compared with BSO and ALNS. It is proved that the proposed algorithm can effectively solve the problem of urban low-carbon logistics path optimization.
In order to determine the reasonable spacing of underground interchanges, a series of traffic simulation experiments with varying spacing cases was conducted in VISSIM using the Wenhui Street underground interchange of the Two Lakes Tunnel in Wuhan City as a practical case. The effects of interchange spacing, mainline and ramp traffic volumes and design speeds on crash risk at the diverging and merging areas of the underground interchanges were analyzed. Then, the crash risk variation at the diverging and merging areas of the underground interchanges was predicted using the four typical machine learning algorithms, i.e., extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), and multilayer-perceptron (MLP). Results show that when the spacing increases from 1.5 km to 2.5 km, travel time, average delay, average queue length, and traffic conflict rate decrease significantly, and the collision risk index of time-to-collision(TTC) increase significantly. When the spacing is above 2.5 km, the decreases in travel time, average delay, average queue length, and traffic conflict rate start to slow down, and so does the increase in TTC. When the spacing is 2.5 km and above, the overall traffic operation efficiency and safety of the underground interchange increase significantly. The XGBoost model can predict the crash risk variation reaching a precision of 88.3%. This study can be a theoretical support and practical case for the setting of underground interchange spacing.
In view of the current situation of unclear understanding of the genesis of the low resistivity oil layer in Guantao Formation of CFD6-4 oilfield in Bohai Sea, the microscopic and macroscopic genetic mechanism of the low resistivity oil layer was systematically analyzed by using clay mineral analysis, scanning electron microscope, particle size analysis, heavy mineral analysis, core nuclear magnetic resonance and other data combined with the study of sedimentary evolution. The research shows that the low resistivity oil layer is rich in clay minerals compared with the conventional resistivity oil layer. The illite mixed layer and illite layer are bridged to fill the pores to form a conductive network. The clay minerals distributed in the porous network fully contact with the formation water to produce cation exchange, forming the microgenesis of the low resistivity oil layer. The complex pore structure leads to high capillary bound water porosity, which also leads to lower oil saturation in low resistivity reservoirs, which constitutes another cause of formation of low resistivity reservoirs. Low-resistance oil reservoirs in the study area are mainly developed at the end of the half-cycle of the rise of the medium-term base level. On the whole, the river energy is weak, and the sand-carrying capacity is reduced. For example, the fine-grained sediment of clay minerals is gradually enriched, and the increase of the proportion of fine-grained sediment causes the complexity of the pore structure of the reservoir, and the increase of the bound water saturation, which constitutes the macro cause of the development of low-resistance oil reservoirs.
The Tanshuling molybdenum deposit is located in the Jiangnan Uplift zone along south part of the Jiangnan Fault. Its main lithology type is granodiorite. With the aim to constrain their magma and ore-forming ages and deposit genesis, combined zircon U-Pb and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology together with whole-rock major and trace element geochemistry have been carried out. The result suggest that the content of SiO2 is 64.5%~66.8%, Al2O3 is 14.4%~16.0%, K2O is 3.92%~4.86%, Na2O is 2.90%~3.91%, CaO is 1.56%~2.8%, MgO is 1.24%~1.53%, A/CNK value of 1.02~1.10, and A/NK value of 1.37~1.59. The characteristics of major elements show that the granites belong to metaaluminium to weak peraluminous high potassium calc-alkaline pot-assium series with I-type granite nature. The chondrite-normalized REE patterns are evidently right-declined, with relatively LREE enrichment and slight Eu negative anomalies. The molybdenite Re-Os age of the Tanshuling molybdenite is (133.09±0.86) Ma, and the U-Pb dating of the Maolin granodiorite is (140.4±0.62) Ma, (139.9±0.66) Ma, (139.6±0.63) Ma, all belong to the Early Cretaceous. Integrated chronological and geochemical characteristics show that the main magmatic activity of the Tanshuling molybdenum deposit belong to the Pacific tectonic system, and the alternation of extrusion and extensional has led to large-scale magmatic and mineralization in this area.