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The buffering performance of a flexible buffer-sand layer composite cushion used for rockfall shed: experimental and numerical investigation
A common practice in mountainous areas for rockfall protection is to cover the top slab of a rockfall shed with a thick granular layer to buffer the...
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Research on the buffering measure of rock shed against the impact of dry granular flow with concern of structure damage
Dry granular flow induced by rock collapses and landslides is a typical disaster in mountainous areas. Rock sheds are widely used as protective...
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Simulation of the buffering process of karst soil on sulfuric acid rain and the characteristic of δ13CDIC and the carbon sink flux in Guilin City, southwest China
To clarify the buffering process and karst carbon sink effect of the karst soil with acid rain, experiments on the leaching of sulfuric acid rain...
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Effect of Composition and Properties of Soils and Soil-Sand Substrates Contaminated with Copper on Morphometric Parameters of Barley Plants
AbstractIn a multifactor vegetation experiment, the effect of composition and properties of soils and soil-sand substrates contaminated with various...
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Influence of particle size on the buffering efficiency of soil cushion layer against rockfall impact
Soil cushion layers are commonly paved in front of protection structures to avoid the direct impact of rockfall and debris flow. This study is...
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Discrete Element Analyses of a Realistic-shaped Rock Block Impacting Against a Soil Buffering Layer
This study is devoted to understanding the impact of irregularly shaped rock blocks against a soil buffering layer above a rock shed via numerical...
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Study on the Anti-scouring and Energy Absorption Characteristics of Coupled Broken Coal Rock Mass and Packed STFs
Considering certain issues such as the significant energy release during deep rock bursts, severe damage to roadway support systems, and compromised...
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Self-healing of Fractures around Radioactive Waste Disposal in Clay Formations
The feasibility of storing radioactive waste in low permeable clays is studied extensively nowadays. Fracturing and healing of fractures is of great...
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Impact resistance performance and optimization of the sand-EPE composite cushion in rock sheds
Rock sheds are widely used to prevent rockfall disasters along roads in mountainous areas. To improve the capacity of rock sheds for resisting...
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Energy consumption analysis of the granular run-out process: effect of particle shape and slope angle
Flow-like landslides and debris flow disasters pose great threats to the human living environment. Disaster risk control largely relies on good...
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Laboratory Study of the Effect of Ammonium and Lanthanum Salts on Methane Oxidation and Composition of Microbial Communities in Soddy-Podzolic Soil
AbstractAssessment of the response of soil microbial communities, performing important ecological and biospheric functions, to natural or...
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Study on the size effect of rock under dynamic direct tension and indirect tension
To explore the size effect of dynamic tension on the mechanical properties of rocks, the Φ75mm SHTB and the Φ75mm SHPB test systems were used to test...
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Thermal and saline effects on the swelling deformation of montmorillonite: a molecular dynamics study
Compacted bentonite is often considered the optimum buffering material in deep geological repository for high-level radioactive waste (HLRW). The...
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Semiempirical modeling of the transient response of pore pressure to rainfall and snowmelt in a dormant landslide
This study proposes a simplified, semiempirical hydrological model of the pressure response in a landslide. Various hydrometeorological variables...
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Measuring and simulating the effect of acid rain on cations leaching from calcareous soil of Western Iran
Effects of acid rain in soils have received less research attention when compared with other environmental issues. Understanding and simulating the...
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Effect of Iron on the Stability of Rhodochrosite at the Topmost Lower Mantle Conditions
Carbonates are viewed as the principal oxidized carbon carriers during subduction, and thus the stability of subducted carbonates has significant...
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Experimental Study of Debris Flows Impacting a Novel Barrier Based on Negative Poisson’s Ratio (NPR) Cables
In this study, a novel debris flow resisting structure is proposed that incorporates negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) cables to unite a flexible net...
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Substantial cooling effect from aerosol-induced increase in tropical marine cloud cover
With global warming currently standing at approximately +1.2 °C since pre-industrial times, climate change is a pressing global issue. Marine cloud...
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The effect of iron on the preservation of organic carbon in marine sediments and its implications for carbon sequestration
Marine sediments are the most significant reservoir of organic carbon (OC) in Earth’s surface system. Iron, a crucial component of the marine...
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Investigation of the Impacts of the Saponite-Containing Waste on Wetland Ecosystems
The monitoring of the industrial impact is usually carried out in the immediate vicinity of the enterprises. Exposure may spread to remote areas and...