Rocky coast processes: with special reference to the recession of soft rock cliffs

Substantial progress in research on the recession of coastal cliffs composed of soft materials has been made in recent years and data with higher accuracy have been accumulated. This paper provides the state of the art review in the recession studies and highlights two new findings obtained from the reanalysis of existing data. The review topics are: episodic and localized nature of cliff recession; the development of cliffline; the relationship between cliff height and recession rate; mechanisms of cliff toe erosion by waves; a fundamental equation for wave-induced toe erosion; factors controlling toe erosion; and slope instabilities and mass movements. The findings are presented on (1) the temporal change in cliffline recession mode and (2) the effect of beach sediment at the cliff base on the cliff erosion.     

Role of Bulk Vaporization in the Dynamics of Laser-Induced Erosion Plumes of Metals

In different regimes of exposure of metals to pulsed laser radiation, we show the role played by the liquid-drop phase formed from the target material in a laser-induced erosion plume due to bulk vaporization, in the dynamics of this plume. For some metals, the ranges of power densities of the acting laser radiation, at which the condensed-phase particles influence the passage of laser radiation to the target surface, have been determined experimentally. The mechanism of realization of a low-threshold breakdown has been revealed.     

Numerical Modeling of Interior Ballistics Processes in Light Gas Guns

An improved procedure for modeling the operation of a light-gas gun is proposed. The motion of working bodies in both the firing chamber and the light-gas chamber is studied within the framework of the mechanics of heterogeneous media. The problem of barrel heating taking into account its melting and removal of thermal ablation products into the medium inside the bore is solved in a coupled formulation. Heat and mass transfer and friction on the barrel surface are calculated using empirical dependences. The deformable piston is considered compressible and elastoviscoplastic. Allowance is made for the presence of a clearance between the lateral surface of the piston and the barrel bore walls and the associated gas flow between the firing and the light-gas chamber. Calculation results are given.     

福州盆地南北港冲淤规律与洪涝灾害对策

本文探讨了福州盆地南北港冲淤规律，近年来北港洪水分流量呈上升趋势，洪峰对北港的压力加大，文中还对福州城防洪涝灾害的措施等方面作了研究。     

玻璃的冲击损伤

冲蚀过程是一个与颗粒反复冲击物体表面而移除物质相关的表面现象．本文研究了玻璃的冲蚀坑的几何尺寸和体积，给出了冲蚀移除物质如何依赖于颗粒流动速度、颗粒尺寸和冲击角的理论关系．通过理论与实验结果相比较，定义了一定冲蚀坑尺度的有效域．     

Erosion and Sediment Production in Small Watershed in Purple Hilly Areas and Prevention Techniques

Purple Soil distributes extensively and mainly in China. Because of abundant easily weatherable parent rocks/materials and unstable soil structure, and also influenced by parent materials, usage systems, and slope gradients, erosion and sediment production of purple soils are very severe with main fashions of water erosion and gravitational erosion. Basing on observed data in small watersheds, rainfall erosivity,vegetation coverage, previous soil water content, flow and relating factors such as climate, topograph of small watershed,land usage, and soil kinds are all the influence factors of erosion and erodibility of purple soil as well as sediment production and transport in small watershed of purple hilly areas.The effective technological countermeasures of ecosystem restoration, agricultural tillage for water conservation and erosion prevention, agriculture project, and soil changing for fertility and anti-erosion were provided.     

Impoverishment of Soil Nutrients in Gully Erosion Areas in Yuanmou Basin

The impoverishment of soil nutrients of nine gully head areas in Yuanmou Basin is assessed through an integrated evaluation method established on the basis of Fuzzy mathematics and multivariate mathematical theory. Results show that soil erosion of gully erosion area in Yuanmou basin has resulted in severe impoverishment of soil nutrients. All gully head areas are at high leves of impoverishment except for one at middle. By probing into and analyzing the mechanism of impoverishment of soil nutrients, we find that soil erosion has led to impoverishment of soil nutrients in a way of compacting soil, heightening position of obstacle horizon, and reducing the content of organic matter, as well as the direct loss of nutrient elements. Finally, this paper points out that soil and water conservation arming at the prevention of soil erosion is the most effective way against impoverishment of soil nutrients in Yuanmou basin.     

BNCT优化网格设计及相关算法研究

用MCNP蒙特卡罗程序模拟了硼中子俘获治疗(BNCT)3种国际基准网格模型, 并与 修正的Snyder椭球模型进行了比较. 在此基础上, 给出了一种保质量守恒、内存量少、易于产生输入文件的4种基本材料成分的BNCT网格模型. 计算结果表明, 在4mm网格下, 新模型可以达到基准模型的精度; 根据解析模型剂量随深度的变化规律, 研究构造了多网格组合模型, 在重要区域计算精度不损失的条件下, 计算时间大大缩短. 最后研究给出了一个既保证精度、又在可接受的时间内完成剂量计算的模型、样本数和相应的算法, 它基本上满足临床BNCT的要求.     

陕晋蒙交界地带披砂岩丘陵区的侵蚀及其治理

晋陕蒙交界地带的披砂岩丘陵区是黄游中游河道粗泥沙的主要来源区之一。侵蚀十分严重,已导致沟谷面积迅速扩大,土层加速变薄及土壤中有机质和养分大量流失。强烈侵蚀的原因,一是历时短强度大的暴雨;二是水分入渗能力差.导致地表径流增大的披砂岩岩性特性;三是包括滥樵、乱垦和过牧的人类活动的影响。为了有效地防治披吵岩丘陵区的严重侵蚀,首先应以生物措施为主,工程措施为辅大力做好坡地的治理;其次,生物措施与工程措施并重,认真治理沟道;第三,必须制止乱垦,采用合理的耕作系统;第四,以草定畜,制止过牧。     

A facile synthesis of (S)-gizzerosine, a potent agonist of the histamine H2-receptor

A simple and direct approach for the synthesis of (S)-gizzerosine, an amino acid responsible for the disease, black vomit, and a potent histamine H₂-receptor, has been developed in 10 steps and in 31% overall yield from l-aspartic acid. The key steps involved a two-carbon homologation of an l-aspartic acid semi-aldehyde and direct alkylation of unprotected histamine with a 6-hydroxynorleucine derivative.