Compressive Test Characteristics and Constitutive Relationship of Wet Polypropylene Macrofiber-Reinforced Shotcrete by Fenghui Li, Yunhai Cheng, Fei Wu, Chang Su, Gangwei Li

“…Besides, the energy release from fiber shotcrete occurred after the peak stress rather than near the peak stress. The average energy absorbed by polypropylene macrofiber-reinforced shotcrete was significantly higher than that in dry shotcrete and wet shotcrete, which implied that polypropylene macrofiber-reinforced shotcrete could mitigate the brittle instability of a shotcrete layer. …”
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Ensemble of Radiative‐Convective Equilibrium Simulations Near the Aggregated and Scattered Boundary by Ching‐Shu Hung, Hiroaki Miura

“…Meanwhile, large‐scale moisture determines the region of active convection for time‐scale longer than 2 days.…”
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Spatially and Seasonally Differentiated Response of Soil Moisture Droughts to Climate Change in Germany by Friedrich Boeing, Sabine Attinger, Thorsten Wagener, Oldrich Rakovec, Luis Samaniego, Stephan Thober, Julian Schlaak, Sebastian Müller, Claas Teichmann, Rohini Kumar, Andreas Marx

“…Abstract Global warming is altering soil moisture (SM) droughts in Europe with a strong drying trend projected in the Mediterranean and wetting trends projected in Scandinavia. …”
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Seismic Mitigation Performance and Damage of Prefabricated Base Isolation Structure Based on the Shaking Table Test by WU Zhongtie, FAN pingping, LIU Yanhui, LI Wanrun

“…And compared to the near-field ground motion, its seismic mitigation effect is better under the far-field ground motion. After more than 20 earthquakes, by comparing the three damage indexes of natural vibration period, lateral displacement of structure and stiffness degradation of isolation layer, the maximum values of each damage evaluation index are all within 15 %. …”
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Community structure and diversity of soil nematodes in different slope directions of wild cherry plum forests in Xinjiang, China by CAO Jing, CUI Dong, JIANG Zhicheng, YAN Jiangchao, WU Yunhao, LIU Junqi, GUO Jinfeng, HAN Yaxin, HAN Shutong

“…In the first soil layer (0-10 cm) and the second layer (10-20 cm), the nematode density was highest in the soil of the semi shaded slope and lowest in that of the sunny slope. …”
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Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer and Flow Characteristics in Porous Media During Phase-Change Process of Transpiration Cooling for Aerospace Thermal Management by Junhyeon Bae, Jukyoung Shin, Tae Young Kim

“…The results reveal that under low heat flux, dominant capillary action suppresses dry-out and expands the two-phase region. Conversely, high heat flux causes vaporization to overwhelm the capillary supply, forming a superheated vapor layer and constricting the two-phase zone. …”
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Study of unusable liquid propellant residues evaporation processes parameters in the tanks of launch vehicle worked-off stage in microgravity by V. I. Trushlyakov, V. A. Urbansky

“…The total rocket propellant residues evaporation system design mass is less than 1,3% of the total «dry» worked-off stage design mass…”
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Artificial intelligence and molecular dynamics assisted analysis of wear behavior of high entropy alloys by Ling Qiao, Junya Inoue, Jingchuan Zhu

“…To estimate the artificial neural network (ANN) model, the microstructure, hardness and tribological property of the (FeNi)xCoCrAl (x=2, 3) HEAs were studied at dry sliding condition. …”
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Numerical simulation of crushed coal pressurized slagging gasification by ZHANG Lihe, BAI Yanping, XU Deping, ZHANG Haiyong, XU Zhengang, WANG Yonggang

“…We established the thermodynamic equilibrium model, coal gasification dynamics model and Euler multiphase flow model via numerical simulation, and validated these models. …”
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Failure and constitutive behavior of a Li-ion pouch cell under mechanical loading by Andreas Trondl, Benjamin Schaufelberger, Thomas Kisters, Clemens Fehrenbach, Anja Steiert, Dong-Zhi Sun

“…Especially, the different mechanical behavior of the active materials NMC and graphite was investigated in dry and wet conditions. In compression tests, the presence of the electrolyte reduced the stress levels by about 100 % for the graphite layered anode (Cu) and by about 20 % for the NMC layered cathode (Al) compared to dry conditions. …”
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Formation of aggregates and carbon sequestration in ameliorated tepetates in the Río Texcoco basin, Mexico by Aurelio Báez-Pérez, Jorge D. Etchevers-Barra, Christian Prat, Claudia Hidalgo-Moreno

“… In many states of central Mexico, hardened volcanic materials called tepetate (hardened layers from tuff) cover large proportions of the land surface, and are therefore of economic and social importance. …”
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Research on leaf identification of table grape varieties based on deep learning by PAN Bowen, LIN Meiling, JU Yanlun, SU Baofeng, SUN Lei, FAN Xiucai, ZHANG Ying, ZHANG Yonghui, LIU Chonghuai, JIANG Jianfu, FANG Yulin

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Assessment of SMOS Root Zone Soil Moisture: A Comparative Study Using SMAP, ERA5, and GLDAS by Nitu Ojha, Ali Mahmoodi, Arnaud Mialon, Philippe Richaume, Sylvain Ferrant, Yann H. Kerr

“…Here, we investigate the benefit of the simple model-based approach by comparing SMOS RZSM (simple model) and SMAP, ERA5, and GLDAS RZSM (complex model or data-assimilation) with in-situ SM. …”
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Machine learning-based quantification and separation of emissions and meteorological effects on PM2.5 in Greater Bangkok by Nishit Aman, Sirima Panyametheekul, Ittipol Pawarmart, Di Xian, Ling Gao, Lin Tian, Kasemsan Manomaiphiboon, Yangjun Wang

“…PM2.5 and PM2.5_emis showed stronger persistence in winter than in summer, with weaker effects in Bangkok. Hurst exponent averages were 0.75, 0.76, and 0.72 for PM2.5 and 0.79, 0.8, and 0.73 for PM2.5_emis in dry, winter, and summer seasons, respectively. …”
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Drought tolerance mechanisms and water flux effects of oil peony in Chinese Loess Plateau by Yiyi Wang, Pangen Li, Qiangbing Huang, Zhenhong Wang

“…The contribution rate of soil water in dry soil layers was much higher than that in water-sufficient soil layers. …”
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Causes of the Outer Spiral Rainbands in Typhoon Yagi （ 2018） in Shandong Province of China by Chunyan SHENG, Sudan FAN, Qiaona QU, Shijun LIU, Wengang ZHU

“…On August 14， 2018， Typhoon Yagi （2018） moved northward and impacted Shandong Province of China， resulting in widespread rainstorm and heavy rainstorm.The total rainfall caused by the typhoon in Shandong presents a round-shaped distribution.Specifically， on August 14， an outer spiral rainband appeared on the typhoon periphery in southeastern Shandong， bringing short-term heavy rainfall and local heavy rainstorms.Due to the relatively small scale of this rainband， both numerical forecasting models and forecasters face challenges in predicting its rainfall accurately.To study the mechanisms of the outer spiral rainbands of Typhoon Yagi， the characteristics and causes of the spiral rainbands are investigated in this study by using radar data and the observations from ground-based stations， radiosonde stations and aircraft.Numerical experiments are also conducted based on the Advanced Research WRF （Weather Research and Forecasting） model and its Hybrid-3DVAR （three-dimensional variational） data assimilation system.The model adopts 12 km and 4 km one-way nested grids， with 44 vertical layers.The initial ensemble perturbation fields are generated by using a stochastic perturbation method， and the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter （ETKF） method is used for the bias correction of ensemble forecast， providing flow dependent background errors for the Hybrid-3DVAR assimilation module.Comparative experiments with and without the Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay （AMDAR） data assimilation are conducted by adopting 100% flow-dependent error covariance and by using a 45-minute assimilation time window.The results indicate that the outer spiral rainbands are formed by the merging and development of several linear mesoscale convective systems （MCSs）.The outer spiral rainbands exhibit distinct characteristics of the linear MCSs with leading stratiform precipitation， i.e.， the linear MCSs consist of several convective cells with back-building convection.There are several stronger linear MCSs merging laterally into other linear MCSs.Broad stratiform echoes appear in the front （eastern part） of the linear MCS in its maturity stage， and the convection develops up to 10 km or more.There is a weak-echo transition zone between the strong convective line and the sub-strong stratiform echo region.Short-term heavy rainfall occurs along the linear MCS at the maturity stage.The water vapor of heavy rainfall mainly comes from the near-surface layer （below 850 hPa） around the typhoon， and the water vapor flux convergence is mainly concentrated near the wind field convergence line.Before convection initiation， the middle and lower levels over Shandong are thermally unstable with high temperature and high humidity， and the wind rotates clockwise with height， which favor the development of convective systems.As the typhoon slowly moves northward， downward intrusion of cold air appears at 500 hPa.Below 900 hPa， on the southeast of the typhoon over central Shandong there are local convergence between southwesterly wind and southerly wind， and between southerly wind and southeasterly wind.The convergence-induced dynamic uplift triggers the release of unstable energy， stimulating several local linear MCSs.The MCSs develop northward along the steering flow.The linear MCSs merge and strengthen for several times， and finally the elongated spiral rainbands occur.During the convection lifetime， the updrafts are noticeably stronger than the downdrafts.At the mature stage of the convective systems， dry and cold downdrafts appear in the lower levels in the front of the MCS.Convective systems at the heights above 600 hPa move rapidly eastward with the upper-air steering flow， leading to the gradual weakening and dissipation of the linear MCS.Assimilation of AMDAR can improve the typhoon track and wind field forecasts of the WRF model， as well as the dynamical triggering mechanism of convective systems.Thus， the occurrence of spiral rainbands in the typhoon periphery could be accurately forecasted.Furthermore， central Shandong is a mountainous region， so how does the topography influence the triggering and developing of convective systems？ …”
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Plants, Water, Salt, Coal: The Archival Strata of the Victorian Photographic Book by Ann Garascia

“…Tapping into the preservative potentials of ecological extraction, I argue that the photographic book advances a model of botanical collecting that memorializes, rather than effaces, these environs of the extracted plants. …”
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Geographical Spatial Pattern and Spatiotemporal Suitability Evolution of Cultural Heritage in the Liao River Basin by Jingcheng YUAN, Bijiao LI, Sifan QIU

“…The data are analyzed using spatial statistical techniques and historical mapping, with the primary methods being described as follows: spatiotemporal analysis employs standard deviation ellipses and kernel density estimation to analyze distribution and density ; spatial autocorrelation analysis utilizes Global Moran’s I and Local Moran’s I to assess spatial clustering and dispersion; environmental modeling incorporates elevation and slope buffers as well as DEM-derived landforms to assess the influence of natural geography on the spatial distribution of heritage sites; historical layering analysis focuses on policy maps to track how institutional changes and infrastructure development influence the distribution of heritage sites. …”
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Depth distributions of soil temperature: Seasonal sensitivity and simulation across dryness/wetness conditions by Yining Wang, Jiefeng Wu, Jian-yun Zhang, Tiesheng Guan, Guoqing Wang, Junliang Jin, Zhenlong Wang

“…The post-1992 warming rate was 3–4 times faster than the overall rate for 1966–2022, revealing critical temporal shifts in soil temperature responses. (2) Shallower soil layers (0–40 cm) exhibited heightened seasonal sensitivity to dryness/wetness, responding more rapidly and intensely than deeper layers (>80 cm), especially at short timescales (≤3 months). …”
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Soil Physical Properties and Water Utilization of Okra Under Irrigation and Mulching in Northern Guinea Savanna, Nigeria by Yusuf S. Alasinrin, Abdulkadir A. Wahab, Haliru A. Girei, Shamsiddeen M. Jibrin, Isiaka Karim, Olasunkanmi A. Odewole, Saheed S. Togun

“…The results showed that BD was statistically similar between 100% and 55% WRETo at 0-15 cm, but higher at 100% WRETo than at 85 and 70% WRETo. There were no significant variations in BD, TP, Ksat, or water potential across mulch layers or irrigation treatments at either depth. …”
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