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  • Wen-xiu SUN, Wen-qiang WU, Bao QIAN, Huai-dong ZHOU, Jian-nan ZHANG, Yi-fan ZHANG, Fei DONG
    Water Resources and Power. 2025, 43(9): 47-51.

    To estimate the spatiotemporal characteristics of CO2 partial pressure (pCO2) and water-air interface CO2 flux (FCO2) along the Yangtze River, this study selected eight monitoring sections along the main channel of the river from upstream to downstream. Based on water quality data from 2020 to 2022, pCO2 and FCO2 were calculated using the CO2 SYS software. The spatiotemporal variations of pCO2 and FCO2 were analyzed, and the relationships between pCO2, FCO2, and environmental factors were assessed using the Mantel test. The results show that from 2020 to 2022, pCO2 in the Yangtze River ranged from 450.02 to 3 615.88 μatm, which was higher than the global atmospheric CO2 average partial pressure of 414.78 μatm during the same period. Spatially, the distribution of pCO2 was as follows: midstream > upstream > estuary. The average values of water-air FCO2 during 2020-2022 were 40.25 mol/(m2·a), 74.74 mol/(m2·a), and 61.85 mol/(m2·a), respectively, with a spatial distribution of upstream > midstream > estuary. The Yangtze River is in a state of CO2 oversaturation, and that the water-air FCO2 flux showed an overall increasing trend from 2020 to 2022. pCO2 exhibited a significant positive correlation with water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and pH, while FCO2 was positively correlated with pH, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity.

  • Meng WU, Hu LI, Mei-jun LU
    Water Resources and Power. 2025, 43(9): 52-55.

    Water park is an important window of ecological civilization construction. Taking 20 national water parks as examples, using the public comment data, the CES dictionary of water park was constructed to analyze the public perception frequency and satisfaction of the CES during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. And then IPA model was used to evaluate water park. The results show that the public focus on water park are consumption, transportation, scenic spot environment and water conservancy engineering, and there are differences in different stages; The frequency of aesthetic value and recreation is the highest, and the frequency of inspiration service is the lowest. The frequency of popular science education is lower during the COVID-19 pandemic; The overall satisfaction is 80.51% during the COVID-19 pandemic and 82.15% after the COVID-19 pandemic ends; The future construction of water park in Henan Province should pay attention to social relations and science education service, while fully exploiting the potential of cultural history and spiritual service. The research is of great significance to the evaluation and planning and construction of water park.

  • Hao HONG, Jie DAI, Jia-cheng GU, Shai LIU, Yi-qing GONG, Jing-qiao MAO
    Water Resources and Power. 2025, 43(9): 56-59.

    The construction of fish-friendly water passage has become an inevitable demand for habitat connectivity and protection. To further optimize the hydraulic characteristics of fish-friendly channels, based on a flume experiment, large-eddy simulation (LES) is used to construct a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model. The channel flow is simulated under the influence of regular triangular baffles and permeable triangular baffles. The results indicate that the permeable triangular baffle design effectively reduces the strength of the main recirculation zone and limits its development. The turbulent kinetic energy and Reynolds stress behind the baffle are reduced due to water inflow through the permeable apertures, leading to a 34.5% reduction in maximum turbulent kinetic energy along the vertical axis. Furthermore, at two different water depths, the permeable baffle design increases the proportion of resting zones and local low-velocity zones, while significantly reducing the proportion of negative flow velocity zones that are harmful to fish.

  • Jie YANG, Xin-yu WANG, Shu-fang LI, Shuai SHI
    Water Resources and Power. 2025, 43(9): 60-64.

    In order to meet the flood discharge and irrigation requirements of tributary channels, it is of great practical significance to master the water flow diversion characteristics of the three-branch river channel. Based on numerical simulation and physical model experiments, the water level changes, velocity distribution, and flow allocation characteristics at the mouth of three tributaries river under different branching angles were studied. The results show that for a three-branch river channel, the larger the branching angle, the smaller the flow velocity in the tributary is, and the flow allocation in the variable angle side gradually decreases, while the flow allocation in the fixed angle side and the main branch gradually increases. Based on dimensional analysis, a three-branch river flow diversion ratio calculation formula was obtained considering the Froude number at each branch inlet. The formula was verified, and it was found that the prediction accuracy of the formula for the flow diversion ratio of the tributary channels in a three-branch river system was good.

  • Lan-qiang GONG, Yu-ying SHAO, Yun TIAN, You-long GONG, Hua-wei XIANG, Di WU
    Water Resources and Power. 2025, 43(9): 65-68.

    Underwater topography serves as essential foundational data for river management and reservoir scheduling. The riverbed longitudinal profile is a significant topographical characteristic and is one of the key elements determining the flow velocity and water level variation along the river or reservoir. Based on the energy equation of flow, this paper employs the width-to-depth ratio /H and the relative depth of the section centroid Hc/H as indicators to quantitatively assess the cross-sectional morphology. The correlation relationship between the cross-sectional area, hydraulic radius, and the maximum water depth for a certain power station is established. An analytical method for inverting the longitudinal profile of deep pools of underwater topography before and after reservoir siltation under the control of water surface lines was proposed. Case study results indicate that the proposed method can quickly and accurately invert underwater topography after the siltation of rivers and reservoirs, providing a new approach for rapid determination of topography before and after reservoir construction.

  • Hong-xing LI, Wei BAI, Ao LI, Yan-na YANG, Zhi-zheng WANG
    Water Resources and Power. 2025, 43(9): 69-72.

    The permeability of karst medium is affected by multiple factors such as the geological characteristics of soluble rocks, the degree of karst development, and the fluid properties. The permeability coefficient estimation model of fractured rock mass is difficult to reflect the complexity of karst development, which makes it poorly applicable. Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Regression (SVR), CatBoost machine learning algorithm combined with Bayesian optimization algorithm were used to construct the permeability coefficient estimation model of karst media. The root mean square error (RRMSE), mean square error (MMSE) and coefficient of determination (R2) were used to verify the evaluation accuracy of the estimation model. The SHAP algorithm was used to analyze the dominant influencing factors of the permeability coefficient of karst media in machine learning model, and the influence of each influencing factor on the permeability coefficient of karst medium was clarified. The results show that the RRMSE of the optimized SVR model is 0.128 8, MMSE is 0.016 6 and R2 is 0.74, which are better than the random forest and CatBoost models, and can better estimate the permeability coefficient of karst media. The SHAP diagram revealed that there were obvious differences in the permeability coefficient of karst media between different eigenvalues of each dominant factor, and the karst rate (BK), depth (Z) and filling content (AFC) of the borehole line were the main influencing factors of the permeability coefficient of karst media, and had a significant impact on the permeability coefficient of karst media. The SVR model has high estimation accuracy and strong interpretability, which provides a certain reference value for engineering applications in karst areas.

  • Xiao-wen LIU, Jing-hui FAN, Fei-yang GUO
    Water Resources and Power. 2025, 43(9): 73-77.

    The stability of dam construction by tailings accumulation is closely related to the ultimate bearing capacity of geotextile used in dam construction. The fine tailings of Dayu Shilei Tungsten Mine in Ganzhou are used as the filling material. Through the uniaxial compressive strength test of the filling geotextile filled with fine tailings under different consolidation time and different filling degree, the variation law of the ultimate compressive strength of the geotextile and the failure mode of the geotextile and the strength reinforcement mechanism of the bag body are analyzed. The results show that when the geotextile reaches the ultimate compressive strength, the vertical strain is between 20% and 30%; The ultimate compressive strength of geotextile decreases with the increase of tailings filling degree (filling height), and increases with the increase of consolidation time. Under uniaxial compression, the failure position of the geotextile mainly occurs at the bottom of the intermediate geotextile, and the lower the filling degree, the greater the failure range is; The theoretical calculation value of the modified formula of ultimate compressive strength considering the influence of filling degree is compared with the experimental value of ultimate compressive strength, and the error between them is less than 4%. The conclusion can provide reference for similar fine-grained tailings geotextile dam construction.

  • Hong-tao HAN, Feng-wei NING, Ying-chao XIE, Zhen WANG, Yao ZHANG
    Water Resources and Power. 2025, 43(9): 78-82.

    To ensure the timeliness of frost resistance testing of hydraulic concrete and improve the safety of construction and operation of project, the methods for testing the frost resistance of concrete were systematically reviewed. The standard differences among slow freezing method, fast freezing method, single-sided freeze-thaw method and salt-resistant erosion method were compared. Two new trends were analyzed including the rapid detection technology of frost resistance based on the rapid freezing method and the rapid detection technology of concrete relying on process parameter control. The new ideas for rapid testing methods of frost resistance were proposed based on structures parameters of hardened concrete, accelerated destructive experiment, key process parameters of freezing and thawing. The concept of dedicated curves was established, and the specific procedures of the new methods was clarified. The work of all the above could provide new ideas for the frost resistance testing of hydraulic concrete.

  • Peng-fei PAN, Dong XIAO, Rui HUANG, Zhi ZHAO, Jing YANG
    Water Resources and Power. 2025, 43(9): 83-86.

    To investigate the damage evolution and failure mechanism of fiber-reinforced concrete under action of earthquake, a series of monotonic and reciprocating axial compression tests were conducted on steel fiber reinforced concrete to analyze the influence of fiber addition on the stress-strain behavior of concrete. The focus was on exploring the relationship between the mechanical behavior degradation and internal damage accumulation of concrete under cyclic axial compression, including plastic strain, stiffness degradation, and energy dissipation. The results indicate that the monotonic loading curve is close to the envelope of the reciprocating axial compression curve. The addition of steel fibers significantly improves the post peak ductility of concrete and increases residual stress. Due to the crack resistance and toughening effect of steel fibers, the failure mode of concrete after adding fibers has evolved from brittle failure of a single vertical main crack to ductile failure mode of multi crack cracking. Steel fibers can effectively improve the seismic mechanical behavior of concrete. After adding fibers, the degradation of elastic stiffness and plastic strain development of concrete are effectively controlled, and the energy dissipation performance is enhanced.

  • Ce BIAN, Jin-ming LI, Zheng-hong TIAN, Yu-hao ZHANG
    Water Resources and Power. 2025, 43(9): 87-91.

    To accurately calculate the effective range of vibration rods in reinforced concrete, this study proposes a new prediction model for the effective radius of vibration rods based on the rheological theory of fresh concrete. Under the assumptions that the vibrated concrete exhibits pseudoplastic fluid characteristics and the flow in the steel mesh is equivalent to seepage through porous media, an expression for the effective radius of the vibration rod in reinforced concrete is derived. The empirical parameters in the expression are then empirically fitted in conjunction with experimental results. By comparing the model calculations with experimental values, it shows that, except for a few cases with low vibration intensity of the rod, the overall prediction accuracy of the effective radius prediction model is higher. Considering that the vibration intensity of the rods used in concrete pouring at construction sites is generally high, the model can effectively guide on-site compaction operations and quantitatively evaluate the impact of steel bar layout schemes on the vibration range of the rod.