This paper presents the results of seismic compressional, P-and shear, S-wave measurements carried out on the unconsolidated top-soil at the different locations of the study area to determine Poisson's ratio. In this work, seismic refraction data is used to determine Poisson's ratio as an aid to engineering foundation. A 12-channel seismograph with signal stacking ability was used together with high frequency (100 Hz) geophones on the top-soil. The geophone intervals were set to 5 m at the all locations. In all the locations, Vp/Vs ratio ranged from 1.0289 to 1.4185 for the top layer. Vp/Vs ratio in the second layer ranged from 1.0512 to 1.5834. The Poisson's ratio for the first layer ranged from −8.0324 to 0.2060. For the second layer, the Poisson's ratio ranged from −0.7567 to 0.1683. The values of Vp/Vs ratio less than 2 in the first layer and in some locations in the second layer resulted in negative Poisson's ratio. The low and negative values of Poisson's ratio are symptomatic of occurrence of ripable anisotropic materials in the locations where they occur, which suggests that indicated average depth should be removed and refilled with geomaterials that may be resilient to carry engineering loads.
We have obtained approximate bound state solutions of Schrödinger wave equation with modified quadratic Yukawa plus q-deformed Eckart potential Using Parametric Nikiforov-Uvarov (NU) method. However, we obtained numerical energy eigenvalues and un-normalized wave function using confluent hypergeometric function (Jacobi polynomial). With some modifications, our potential reduces to a well-known potential such as Poschl-Teller and exponential inversely quadratic potential. Numerical bound state energies were carried out using a well-designed Matlab algorithm while the plots were obtained using origin software. The result obtained is in agreement with that of the existing literature.
This article presents results of groundwater quality assessment based on some pollution indicators (pH, conductivity, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids and turbidity) carried out in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria. Twelve functional boreholes within the university campus and its environs were sampled and analyzed using the standard laboratory techniques. The results showed that the groundwater in the area was acidic with an average pH value of 5.47, which falls below the World Health Organization (WHO) standard for drinking water. The results also showed high turbidity values ranging from 86.10 to 90. 17 NTU which exceeds the WHO standard. The waters have moderate to high values of total dissolved solids, TDS (100.00 to 900.00 mg/L), total suspended solids, TSS (100.00 to 1200.00 mg/L) and conductivity (66.67 to 600.03 µs/cm). Recommendations include periodic groundwater monitoring and treatment
Radionuclides are found in different media including, soils, air, water, plants, vegetables, and in fruits etc. These radionuclides and their isotopes contaminate the environmentand could cause deleterious effect on human beings when ingested or inhaled. The cocoa plantation is a new plantation developed two years ago in the State for resource management and enhanced cocoa production. In situ measurement of the background ionising radiation was conducted with Radex (1212) radiation survey meterwhich measured background ionising radiation level in micro Seviert per hour. The measured values were converted to annual equivalent dose rate and annual effective dose. The mean background ionizing radiation (BIR) measured was obtained as 0.083µSv/hr and a mean annual BIR of 0.727mSv/yr. The obtained mean annual BIR obtained is lower than the worldwide BIRof 2.4 mSv/yr. The annual equivalent dose rate of radiation obtained in the plantation was ranged between 0.1261 to 0.2067mSv/yr with a mean value of 0.1454 mSv/yr. The mean annual effective dose was 0.1015 mSv/yr and lower than the recommended 1 mSv/yr as a safety limit for the public. Therefore regulatory controls are not necessary for now as this is a new plantation.
In this work, we applied parametric Nikiforov-Uvarov method to analytically obtained eigen solutions to Schrodinger wave equation with Trigonometric Inversely Quadratic plus Coulombic Hyperbolic Potential. We obtain energy-Eigen equation and total normalised wave function expressed in terms of Jacobi polynomial. The numerical solutions produce positive and negative bound state energies which signifies that the potential is suitable for describing both particle and anti-particle. The numerical bound state energies decreases with an increase in quantum state with fixed orbital angular quantum number 0, 1, 2 and 3. The numerical bound state energies decreases with an increase in the screening parameter and 0.5. The energy spectral diagrams show unique quantisation of the different energy levels. This potential reduces to Coulomb potential as a special case. The numerical solutions were carried out with algorithm implemented using MATLAB 8.0 software using the resulting energy-Eigen equation.
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