5kW 后弯管波力发电装置的研究

在造波水槽内对后弯管浮体模型进行了波能转换性能的试验研究。通过对比试验,选定了最佳浮体模型——前方后圆浮室后伸型后弯管浮体。波能转换效率达ηＡ＝ ７３．３％ 。给出了该浮体模型的性能曲线及其无因次特性。测定了该模型最大锚泊力Ｆｍａｘ随浮体参数的变化规律。设计制造了５ｋＷ 后弯管波力发电浮体。该机组采用０．８ｍ 直径的对称翼透平和无刷爪极发电机,输出直流电。采用单点锚泊系统,在珠江口桂山岛西南面海域进行海上试验。实测数据表明,海上试验瞬时功率大于５ｋＷ,超过机组设计额定值。     

并联式后弯管波力发电浮体模型性能试验研究

对并联式后弯管波力发电浮体模型的波能转换性能和锚泊力进行了试验研究。结果表明并联式后弯管浮体模型的最佳响应周期基本不变，各单元浮体性能略有差异，位于中间的单元浮体性能略低于两侧的浮体，波能转换性能随浮体数量增加而下降，多点系泊使并联式后弯管装置效率提高。并联式后弯管波力发电装置采用标准化单元设计，灵活组成不同装机容量的装置，将大大降低锚泊系统、海底电缆系统的费用。     

多点系泊下后弯管波力发电浮体模型试验研究

在大型造波水池中，对最佳后弯管浮体模型3－3，进行了多点系泊下浮体模型试验研究。测定了该模型在不同系泊条件下，气室平均输出气流功率随波周期的变化曲线NA－T，最大锚泊力与入射波高之比随波周期的变化曲线Fmax/Ho-T和最大纵荡距离与入射波高Ho之比随波周期变化曲线Xmax/Ho-T。选定L型链三点系泊为最佳系泊方案。进行了不同喷嘴比的性能试验和不类来波方向的试验，测定了浮体波能转换性能、最大锚泊力、最大纵荡距离随来波方向的变化。     

箱式超大型浮体在非均匀海洋环境下的水弹性试验

超大型浮体(Very Large foating Structure,VLFS)作为人类开发海洋的前沿基地,正在成为世界各国海洋工程界研究的一个热点。由于超大型浮体覆盖的面积比普通的船舶和海洋结构物要大很多,其首尾两端所处的海洋环境可能有显著的差异,因此必须考虑非均匀海洋环境对其水弹性性能的影响。介绍了国内首次进行的箱式超大型浮体在非均匀海洋环境中的水弹性试验,对非均匀海洋环境、超大型浮体的水弹性性能以及两者相互之间的关系进行了研究。     

选择大型波力发电灯浮标最佳参数的试验研究

本文根据有关单位提出研制大型波力发电灯浮标的使用要求,经计算,提出两个不同直径的浮体方案,每个方案具有浮体排水量、中心管长度、喷嘴比和气室高度等四个可变参数,共组成162个模型试验方案,在水池中进行规则波的优化试验。模型试验表明,排水量为8吨、浮体直径为3.6米、中心管长度为4米、喷嘴比为200和气室高度为2.5米的方案,具有超过设计要求的输出功率,且满足最佳频响在3秒左右的要求.同时,根据试验结果,也讨论分析了浮标各参数对中心管气室功率的影响,不同的 H/λ比值对浮标气室性能的影响,对今后设计大型波力发电灯浮标有参考作用.     

改进波浪发电浮标性能的试验研究

为了改进波浪发电浮标为性能，以及推广使用，使之能适用于波浪周期短波高小的海区，对上海航标厂的波浪发电浮标为浮体进行了试验研究。试验测量了气室压力、内波高、浮体升沉等物理量。通过输出功率的比较，提出了浮体设计方案的建议。     

浮式两级缓冲防撞系统及浮体结构构型研究

以浮式两级缓冲防撞系统为研究对象,介绍其工作原理,利用动力学分析软件LS-DYNA构建了碰撞模型并进行了仿真计算,依据仿真结果完成了以阻尼索组与浮体结构构型为主要内容的防撞系统设计。研究确定了阻尼索组的布置位置、材料及数量,为浮体内部结构构型设计了7种比选方案,分别对5 000 t船舶撞击浮体前梁和侧梁的动态过程进行了仿真分析,对比了不同方案及不同板梁厚度下的接触力。研究结果表明:浮体内部构造若选用板梁厚度12 mm的方案6设计,则碰撞发生时浮体前梁和侧梁分别可以稳定地提供10.4 MN和7.9 MN的均值力,以及11.5 MN和8.9 MN的峰值力,设计浮体能够满足整体刚度要求,防撞系统符合双保护原则。防撞系统及浮体结构构型设计为下一步全面开展船舶撞击防撞系统后的动力学响应分析奠定了基础。     

不同构型的超大型浮式结构物水动力分析和波浪载荷预报

超大型浮式结构物是一种新型海上结构,浮体结构的不同构型对水动力性能有着较大的影响,而合理可靠地预报波浪载荷是保证海洋结构物设计合理和安全运营的基本前提。基于设计波法,采用莫里森公式和势流理论相结合的方法,对纵向浮筒和横向浮筒两种不同构型的超大型浮式结构物进行水动力分析和波浪载荷长期预报并进行对比分析。研究结果表明:横向浮筒超大型浮体纵荡运动相应幅值比纵向浮筒超大型浮体小很多;纵向扭转为纵向浮筒和横向浮筒超大型浮体最危险工况,其次是垂向弯矩工况;且横向浮筒超大型浮体的垂向弯矩也是较危险的工况。分析结果可为超大型海上浮式结构物的结构设计提供相关合理可靠的理论依据。     

后弯管式波力发电装置气室结构的试验研究

后弯管式波力发电装置作为一种漂浮式振荡水柱式装置,具有可靠性强、安装维护方便、工作地点灵活的特点。本文在前人研究基础上,以10kW级后弯管式漂浮型发电装置为研究对象,以装置的水动力学性能为主要研究内容,以气室内相对波高作为主要表征参数,通过断面水槽水工物理模型试验,考察了气室内水柱振荡幅度与入射波波高和入射波周期之间的关系,分析了气室完全开敞、输气管添加负载以及弯管横管长度对气室内水柱振荡的影响,为进一步的大功率装置设计与试验提供了理论依据。     

顺应式海洋平台慢漂运动物理模型试验研究

为研究顺应式海洋平台慢漂运动的影响因素,以截断圆柱和漂浮方箱为例进行了不规则波作用下的慢漂运动模型试验。测量了不同系泊刚度条件下的漂浮方箱以及相同系泊刚度条件下的截断圆柱和漂浮方箱在静水中自由衰减运动和在不规则波中的运动响应,并将运动响应分解成一阶波频运动响应和二阶低频运动响应,分析了系泊刚度和浮体形状对浮体运动的影响。通过物理模型试验发现了系泊刚度及浮体形状对顺应式系泊浮体一阶运动标准差和二阶低频运动平均漂移值和标准差的关系。结果表明由于顺应式浮体的固有周期远离波浪谱峰周期时,系泊刚度以及浮体形状对慢漂运动的一阶运动响应影响不大;二阶低频运动相对偏离平衡位置的平均值和标准差均随系泊刚度增大而减小,浮体形状同样对慢漂运动的二阶低频纵荡运动响应影响较大。试验结果为实际海洋工程的外形选择和系泊刚度选择提供数据支持。     

Microbial Biomass and Organic Nutrients in the Deep-Sea Sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin

In order to assess the impact of deep-sea mining on the in situ benthic life, we measured the microbial standing stock and concentration of organic nutrients in the deep-sea sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin in the Indian pioneer area. Sediments were collected using box core and grab samples during September 1996. The total bacterial numbers ranged from 10 10 -10 11 cells per g -1 dry weight sediment. There was a marginal decrease in the number of bacteria from surface to 30 cm depth, though the subsurface section registered a higher number than did the surface. The highest numbers were encountered at depths of 4-8 cm. The retrievable number of bacteria were two orders less in comparison with the direct total counts of bacteria. An almost homogeneous distribution of bacteria, total organic carbon, living biomass, and lipids throughout the depth of cores indicates active microbial and benthic processes in the deep sea sediments. On the other hand, a uniform distribution of total counts of bacteria, carbohydrates, and total organic carbon in all the cores indicates their stable nature and suggests that they can serve as useful parameters for long-term monitoring of the area after the benthic disturbance. Further studies on temporal variability in this region would not only verify the observed norms of distribution of these variables but would also help to understand restabilization processes after the simulated benthic disturbance.     

Assessing the Validity of Seismo-Acoustic Predictor Equations for Obtaining Seabed and Sub-Surface Sediment Physical Properties

The interdependence between the seismo-acoustic properties of a marine sediment and its geotechnical/physical parameters has been known for many years, and it has been postulated that this should allow the extraction of geotechnical information from seismic data. Though in the literature many correlations have been published for the surficial layer, there is a lack of information for greater sediment depths. In this article, a desktop study on a synthetic seafloor model illustrates how the application of published near-surface prediction equations to subsurface sediments (up to several tens of meters burial depth) can lead to spurious predictions. To test this further, acoustic and geotechnical properties were measured on a number of sediment core samples, some of which were subjected to loading in acoustically-equipped consolidation cells (oedometers) to simulate greater burial depth conditions. For low effective pressures (representing small burial depths extending to around 10 meters subsurface), the general applicability of established relationships was confirmed: the prediction of porosity, bulk density, and mean grain size from acoustic velocity and impedance appears generally possible for the investigated sedimentary environments. As effective pressure increases through, the observed relationships deviate more and more from the established ones for the near-surface area. For the samples tested in this study, in some instances increasing pressure even resulted in decreasing velocities. There are several possible explanations for this abnormal behavior, including the presence of gas, overconsolidation, or bimodal grain size distribution. The results indicate that an appropriate depth correction must be introduced into the published prediction equations in order to obtain reliable estimates of physical sediment properties for greater subsurface depths.     

A Review of Some Environmental Issues Affecting Marine Mining

This article reviews information recently available from existing marine and coastal mining for responses to environmental issues affecting marine mining at different depths. It is particularly but not exclusively concerned with those issues affecting seabed biodiversity impact and recovery. Much information has been gathered in the past 10 years from shallow mining operations for construction aggregate, diamonds, and gold, from coastal mines discharging tailings to shallow and deep water, and from experimental deep mining tests. The responses to issues identified are summarized in a series of eight tables intended to facilitate site-specific consideration. Since impacts can spread widely in the surface mixing layer SML, and can affect the biologically productive euphotic zone, the main issues considered arise from the depth of mining relative to the SML of the sea. Where mining is below the SML, the issue is whether it is environmentally better to bring the extraction products to the surface vessel for processing (and waste discharge), or to process the extraction products as much as possible on the seabed. Responses to the issues need to be sitespecific, and dependent on adequate preoperational environmental impact and recovery prediction. For deep tailings disposal from a surface vessel, there are four important environmental unknowns: (1) the possible growth of "marine snow" (bacterial flocs) utilizing the enormous quantities of fine tailings particles (hundreds or thousands of metric tons per day) as nuclei for growth, (2) the possibility that local keystone plankton and nekton species may migrate diurnally down to and beyond the depth of deep discharge and hence be subjected to tailings impact at depth, (3) the burrow-up capability of deep benthos and their ability to survive high rates of tailings deposition, and (4) the pattern and rate of dispersion of a tailings density current through the deep water column from discharge point to seabed. Actions to obtain relevant information in general and site-specifically are suggested.     

Increased Particle Fluxes at the INDEX Site Attributable to Simulated Benthic Disturbance

Particle fluxes were measured 7 m above the sea bottom during the predisturbance, disturbance, and postdisturbance periods by using time series sediment traps attached to seven deep-sea moorings deployed in the INDEX experiment site in the Central Indian Basin. The predisturbance particle fluxes varied between 22.3 to 55.1 mg m -2 day -1 . Increased and variable particle fluxes were recorded by the sediment traps during the disturbance period. The increase observed was 0.5 to 4 times more than the background predisturbance fluxes. The increases in particle fluxes (~4 times) recorded by the sediment trap located in the southwestern direction (DMS-1) were the greatest, which could be the result of preferential movement of resuspended particles generated during the deep-sea benthic disturbance along the general current direction prevailing in this area during the experimental period. Also, the traps located closer to the disturbance area recorded greater fluxes than did the traps far away, across the Deep Sea Sediment Resuspension System path. This variability in recorded particle fluxes by the traps around the disturbance area clearly indicates that physical characteristics such as grain size and density of the resuspended particles produced during the disturbance had an important effect on particle movement. The postdisturbance measurements during ~5 days showed a reduction in particle fluxes of ~50%, indicating rapid particle settlement.     

Geoacoustic Inversion via Genetic Algorithm and Its Application to Manganese Sediment Identification

An acoustic inversion method using a wide-band signal and two near field receivers is proposed and applied to multiple layered seabed models including a manganese sediment. The inversion problem can be formulated into a probabilistic model comprised of signals, a forward model, and additive noise. The forward model simulates wide-band signals, such as chirp signals, and is chosen to be the source-waveletconvolution plane wave modeling method. The wavelet matching technique, using weighted least-squares fitting, estimates the sediment sound-speed and thickness on which determination of the possible numerical ranges for a priori uniform distribution is based. The genetic algorithm is applied to a global optimization problem to find a maximum a posteriori solution for determined a priori search space. Here the object function is defined by an L 2 norm of the difference between measured and modeled signals. Not only the marginal pdf but also its statistics are calculated by numerical evaluation of integrals using the samples selected during importance sampling process of the genetic algorithm.     

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中桩周土强度弱化研究

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中,桩周土体受到强烈扰动而发生强度弱化,掌握桩周土体强度弱化规律对于准确预测打桩过程、保证工程安全具有重要意义。为研究土体强度弱化规律,开展了环剪试验模拟打桩对桩周土体的扰动,测试土体强度随剪切速率的变化规律,建立了描述土体强度弱化规律的拟合公式,引入到打桩分析软件中。研究结果表明：土体的强度折减程度不仅与土体本身的性质有关还受到土体的埋深和剪切速率的影响,埋深越深土体强度折减程度越低,剪切速率越高土体强度折减越高,在打桩分析中可采用这里推荐的线性折减方法来模拟不同深度处土体强度的折减规律。     

Determination of In Situ Sediment Shear Strength from Advanced Piston Corer Pullout Forces

The advanced piston corer (APC) has been used by the Ocean Drilling Program since 1985 for recovering soft sediments from the ocean floor. The pullout force measured on extracting the core barrel from the sediment is shown to correlate with the average shear strength of the sediment core measured in the ship's laboratory. A simple rule of thumb is derived relating the shear strength of the sediment to the pullout force. Multiple APC holes at individual sites allow the consistency of the pullout measurements to be assessed. The effects of different operational procedures during APC coring are also explored. Although generally applicable, the correlation between pullout force and laboratory measurements of shear strength breaks down for some APC holes, possibly because of the disturbance of some sediment types during the APC coring process. A better understanding of the physical process of APC coring, and its effect on the properties of the sediment both inside and immediately outside the core barrel, would indicate what confidence can be put on the measurement of pullout force as a way of evaluating the in situ shear strength of deep sea sediments.     

Interannual Sea Level Variations and Annual Tides in the Northwestern Pacific

Specific properties of the interannual sea level variations and annual tides in the Northwestern Pacific were studied. Several tide stations were monitored. The monthly mean sea level for the year of 1995 was analyzed at each tide station. A seismic event in 1995, some tectonic activity around the subject area, and the Kuroshio (the oceanic western boundary current) may possibly contaminate results which would have occurred from the astronomical annual tide alone.     

Flow Cytometric Analysis of Coastal Lagoon Bacterioplankton and Picophytoplankton: Fixation and Storage Effects

The effect of different fixation and storage protocols on the flow cytometric (FCM) simultaneous analysis of bacterioplankton and phytoplankton in coastal seawater samples (Mediterranean coastal lagoons) was investigated. FCM measurements (cell number, fluorescence and scatter characteristics) were obtained through DAPI staining. Three fixatives [glutaraldehyde (GA), formaldehyde (FA) and paraformaldehyde (PFA)] and two storage (3 months duration) methods (5 °C and −196 °C) were tested. Two dominant populations were detected in studied samples: bacteria and eukaryotic picophytoplankton. Adding fixatives (2% final concentration) appears necessary to obtain FCM exhaustive counts of all the bacteria and phytoplanktonic cells. This was related to the permeation effect of fixatives which allowed a better DAPI staining of the cells. Maximum fluorescence, i.e. optimal staining of the cells was obtained with FA or PFA, and significant lower fluorescences with GA. Fixed samples stored at 5 °C induced rapid cell loss. Only storage in liquid nitrogen of samples fixed with FA or PFA, allows mid-term (≥4 months) preservation of bacteria or picophytoplankton cell numbers, and limited evolution of DAPI-induced fluorescence and scatter characteristics.