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Black soil region can serve as the main production area of commodity grain in Northeast China. There is the soil quality decline of cultivated land in recent years, such as the thinner and harder land. Among them, the efficient return of agricultural waste as a carbon source can be an important way to improve soil quality. However, it is still lacking in the regional, agricultural production system model using the regulation of the carbon cycle between plant and animal, in order to promote the return of carbon to the field for the recovery of black land fertility. This study aims to improve the soil organic matter content of black land for recovery. The research object was selected as Qiqihar City located in the hinterland of Songnen Plain in Heilongjiang Province of China. The soil carbon budget of each county was calculated to compare the difference between the soil carbon input and output of different crops. The agricultural carbon balance model was established for plant and animal husbandry using multi-objective linear programming. The least carbon emission and the highest economic benefit were taken as the main targets, while the efficient use of agricultural and waste resources was the secondary target. As such, the balance between soil carbon emission and carbon input was determined, according to the situation of each county. The results showed that the adjustment plan in each county was optimized to reduce the rice planting area, while increasing the cow farming scale and maize planting area with high biomass. There was no decrease in the soil carbon pool of farmland after the full utilization of the waste of cultivation and breeding industry. However, the scale of plant and animal husbandry at the county level should be adjusted, according to the local conditions. Taking Nehe City with a large soil carbon deficit as an example, the maize planting area increased by 46%, while the scale of beef breeding should be reduced by 63%, and the scale of cows, pigs, sheep and poultry breeding increased by 85%, 54%, 76%, and 71%, respectively, in order to balance the carbon input and agricultural economic benefits. Take Longjiang County with a small soil carbon deficit as an example, the rice planting area, and the beef and pigs breeding industry should be reduced, while the corn and soybean planting area increased, and the scale of cows, pigs, and poultry also increased. The organic materials returned to the field were replaced by 33%-49% of the fertilizer nitrogen input after the planting and breeding scale, particularly for the higher soil quality and the soil nitrogen carrying capacity. Moreover, the soil nitrogen-carrying capacity of the three main crops showed an increasing trend, except for the maize planting in Kedong and Keshan County. The agricultural “carbon balance” development model can be expected to serve as the scientific basis for the efficient utilization of agricultural waste resources. The finding can also provide a strong reference to realize the “double carbon” strategy in the black soil area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hat-shaped steel members are widely used in solar greenhouses, due to their low cost, fast construction, and high material efficiency. This study aims to determine the ultimate bearing capacity of a solar greenhouse with the hat-shaped steel under snow loads. The typical solar greenhouse with an 8 m span and 3.8 m ridge height was selected as the research object. The finite element method (FEM) under ANSYS software was used to analyze the instability mechanism and failure modal of the structure under snow loads (uniform and non-uniform snow loads). An investigation was made to clarify the effects of the longitudinal tie bars, initial geometric imperfections, and sectional dimensions on the ultimate bearing capacity of the structure under non-uniform snow loads. Both the material and geometrical nonlinearity were considered in the finite element model. A bilinear kinematic hardening model was adopted for the steel with a yield strength of 235 MPa, Young’s modulus of 206 GPa, and Poisson’s ratio of 0.3. The geometrical nonlinearity was activated using the ‘NLGEOM’ option. To consider the local buckling, the greenhouse skeletons were then modeled with the Shell181 element suitable for the large strains and rotations. Fixed hinge supports were used for both ends of the skeleton. An arc-length method was utilized to trace the nonlinear load-displacement curve, in order to calculate the ultimate bearing capacity of the structure under snow loads. The ultimate bearing capacity of the solar greenhouse with the hat-shaped steel was slightly higher than that of the hollow rectangular section under the same conditions of net section area, upper flange width, web depth, and wall thickness. The solar greenhouse was more sensitive to the non-uniform snow loads, compared with the uniform ones. The ultimate bearing capacity of the hat-shaped steel solar greenhouse under non-uniform snow loads was about 28% of that under uniform snow loads. Therefore, some suggestions were presented for the non-uniform snow loads in the design stage of the solar greenhouse structure. The roof ridge and north roof end were dangerous sections under non-uniform snow loads, which firstly entered the full section yield state. The longitudinal tie bars were expected to effectively improve the ultimate bearing capacity of the greenhouse structure. The ultimate bearing capacity of the structure with the longitudinal tie bars was about 1.25 times that without tie bars. The ultimate bearing capacity was only reduced by 2%, when the initial geometric imperfections amplitude increased from 5 to 20 mm. It infers that the solar greenhouse was not sensitive to the initial geometric imperfection. The cross-section size of a hat-shaped steel was recommended that the ratio of the upper flange width to the lip width, the upper flange width to the lower flange width, and the web depth to the lower flange width were about 4.17, 3.33, and 4.67, respectively, while, the ratio of the web depth to the lip width, and the lower flange width to lip width were less than 9.25 and 1.7, respectively. These findings can provide a strong reference for the solar greenhouse with the open cold-formed thin-walled steel under snow loads. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]