大气气溶胶密度观测研究进展

大气气溶胶的气候效应、环境效应、健康效应均与其物理化学性质密切相关,其中,密度是大气气溶胶重要的物理性质之一。密度影响着粒子的输送过程和在人体肺部的沉积过程。密度可以分别将电迁移率粒径和空气动力学粒径,数浓度和质量浓度联系起来。密度的变化可为气溶胶的形成和老化过程提供信息,细粒子分粒径的密度还可为大气过程和化学组分的演化提供参考依据。因此,研究大气气溶胶密度对了解气溶胶化学组分,评估气溶胶形成过程以及探究气溶胶在人体内的沉积效率具有重要的意义。由于国内在该领域研究总体较少,对大气气溶胶密度的定义、研究方法、国内外研究进展以及影响因素和变化特征等进行较为系统的总结,对未来开展大气气溶胶密度的观测和研究十分必要。     

Turbulent diffusion in the interstellar medium

We have calculated the coefficient of turbulent diffusion in a random flow with time restoration, describing the interstellar medium. Such a flow abruptly loses its memory at random times, forming a Poisson flow of events. The coefficient of turbulent diffusion in the flow is determined by the rms velocity and correlation time, as in mixing-length theory, but the numerical coefficient differs from that predicted by this theory. The closure equation derived by us for the transport of the mean concentration of a passive scalar takes a more complicated form than obtained in standard mean-field theory, but the main properties of the equation retain their validity. The possibility of extending the results of this exactly solved problem to the problem of transport in the turbulent interstellar medium is discussed.     

大气微纳米颗粒物界面反应与矿物协同演化意义

综述了大气气溶胶颗粒物的特征、颗粒物的界面反应与矿物协同演化意义;重点介绍了大气颗粒物粒径分布和矿物成分,以及常见有毒有害气体的界面反应产物特征与关键化学过程;总结了矿物颗粒在大气气溶胶形成过程中汇聚、调控、催化的作用,以及颗粒物与大气中SO₂、NO_x的协同反应机制;分析了微纳米颗粒对二次有机气溶胶形成的影响,以及大气矿物相颗粒界面反应产物组合及协同演化作用.可为进一步研究大气颗粒物与大气中痕量污染气体反应形成二次气溶胶进而影响大气化学组成的过程提供指导,对深入探讨大气矿物颗粒表面特性在复合污染物中多介质反应的微界面化学过程,矿物尘-污染物气溶胶体系在雾-霾形成、转换、新生粒子和阻断行为的复合作用具有重要的环境学意义.      

Probabilistic analysis of responses of cantilever wall-supported excavations in sands considering vertical spatial variability

The influence of vertical spatial variability of sands on the excavation-induced lateral wall deflection and bending moment of excavations supported by cantilever retaining walls is investigated in this paper. Herein, the random finite element method (RFEM) is adopted to explicitly study the effect of one-dimensional spatial variability of internal friction angle of sands on the predicted wall and ground responses. The RFEM analysis consists of three components: (1) finite element method for analyzing lateral wall deflection and bending moment, (2) random field theory implemented with Monte Carlo simulation (MCS), and (3) statistical interpretation of MCS results through confidence intervals. This study reveals the importance of random field modeling in coping with the spatial variability of sands in the problem of supported excavations: (1) neglecting spatial variability of soil property will cause an overestimation of the variation in the predicted wall deflection and bending moment; (2) the estimated probability of failure based on a well-established serviceability limit state may be overestimated or underestimated depending on the chosen limiting lateral wall deflection. This study further investigates the effect of the number of MCS on the confidence intervals of the predicted statistics of the maximum lateral wall deflection and the maximum bending moment. The results also demonstrate that the confidence interval analysis of the predicted statistics of the maximum lateral wall deflection and the maximum bending moment provides a rational tool for interpreting the statistical data from RFEM.     

Three-dimensional finite element analysis of spatially variable PVD improved ground

A stochastic approach that investigates the effects of soil spatial variability on stabilisation of soft clay via prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) is presented and discussed. The approach integrates the local average subdivision of random field theory with the Monte Carlo finite element (FE) technique. A special feature of the current study is the investigation of impact of spatial variability of soil permeability and volume compressibility in the smear zone as compared to that of the undisturbed zone, in conjunction with uncoupled three-dimensional FE analysis. A sensitivity analysis is also performed to identify the random variable that has the major contribution to the uncertainty of the degree of consolidation achieved via PVDs. The results of this study indicate that the spatial variability of soil properties has a significant impact on soil consolidation by PVDs; however, the spatial variability of soil properties in the smear zone has a dominating impact on soil consolidation by PVDs over that of the undisturbed zone. It is also found that soil volume compressibility has insignificant contribution to the degree of consolidation estimated by uncoupled stochastic analysis.     

Heterogeneous growth of cordierite in low P/T Tsukuba metamorphic rocks from central Japan

This paper examines the spatial statistics of matrix minerals and complex patterned cordierite porphyroblasts in the low‐pressure, high‐temperature (low P/T) Tsukuba metamorphic rocks from central Japan, using a density correlation function. The cordierite‐producing reaction is sillimanite + biotite + quartz = K‐feldspar + cordierite + water. The density correlation function shows that quartz is distributed randomly. However, the density correlation functions of biotite, plagioclase and K‐feldspar show that their spatial distributions are clearly affected by the formation of cordierite porphyroblasts. These observations suggest that cordierite growth occurred through a selective growth mechanism: quartz adjacent to cordierite has a tendency to prevent the growth of cordierite, whereas other matrix minerals adjacent to cordierite have a tendency to enhance the growth of cordierite. The density correlation functions of complex patterned cordierite porphyroblasts show power‐law behaviour. A selective growth mechanism alone cannot explain the origin of the power‐law behaviour. Comparison of the morphology and fractal dimension of cordierite with two‐dimensional sections from a three‐dimensional diffusion‐limited aggregation (DLA) suggests that the formation of cordierite porphyroblasts can be modelled as a DLA process. DLA is the simple statistical model for the universal fractal pattern developed in a macroscopic diffusion field. Diffusion‐controlled growth interacting with a random field is essential to the formation of a DLA‐like pattern. The selective growth mechanism will provide a random noise for the growth of cordierite due to random distribution of quartz. Therefore, a selective growth mechanism coupled with diffusion‐controlled growth is proposed to explain the power‐law behaviour of the density correlation function of complex patterned cordierite. The results in this paper suggest that not only the growth kinetics but also the spatial distribution of matrix minerals affect the progress of the metamorphic reaction and pattern formation of metamorphic rocks.     

A numerical study of particle motion and two‐phase interaction in aeolian sand transport using a coupled large eddy simulation – discrete element method

Wind‐blown sand movement, considered as a particle‐laden two‐phase flow, was simulated by a new numerical code developed in the present study. The discrete element method was employed to model the contact force between sand particles. Large eddy simulation was used to solve the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer. Motions of sand particles were traced in the Lagrangian frame. Within the near‐surface region of the atmospheric boundary layer, interparticle collisions will significantly alter the velocity of sand. The sand phase is quite dense in this region, and its feedback force on fluid motion cannot be ignored. By considering the interparticle collision and two‐phase interaction, four‐way coupling was achieved in the numerical code. Profiles of sand velocity from the simulations were in good agreement with experimental measurements. The mass flux shows an exponential decay and is comparable to reported experimental and field measurements. The turbulence intensities and shear stress of sand particles were estimated from particle root‐mean‐square velocities. Distributions of slip velocity and feedback force were analysed to reveal the interactions between sand particles and the continuous fluid phase.     

Evolution of the H2O Maser Emission in the Star-Forming Region S252A

Results of observations of the star-forming region S252A in the 1.35-cm H²O and 18-cm OH lines obtained using the 22-m Pushchino (Russia) and Nancay (France) radio telescopes are presented. A catalog of H²O maser spectra for 1995-2019 is presented. The variability of the integrated flux has two components: a cyclic component with a time interval between cycles ~30-35 yrs and a short-period component with a mean period of about 2.6 yrs. This may reflect non-stationary formation of a protostar. It is shown that the medium where the H²O maser emission and thermal OH emission are generated is strongly fragmented, and contains small-scale turbulent motions comparable to the thermal motions of the matter. The observed drift and jumps in the radial velocity of the H²O emission features could be a consequence of complex, non-uniform structure of the maser condensations.

     

Response of Vertically Loaded Pile in Clay: A Probabilistic Study

This study presents the response of a vertically loaded pile in undrained clay considering spatially distributed undrained shear strength. The probabilistic study is performed considering undrained shear strength as random variable and the analysis is conducted using random field theory. The inherent soil variability is considered as source of variability and the field is modeled as two dimensional non-Gaussian homogeneous random field. Random field is simulated using Cholesky decomposition technique within the finite difference program and Monte Carlo simulation approach is considered for the probabilistic analysis. The influence of variance and spatial correlation of undrained shear strength on the ultimate capacity as summation of ultimate skin friction and end bearing resistance of pile are examined. It is observed that the coefficient of variation and spatial correlation distance are the most important parameters that affect the pile ultimate capacity.     

A Numerical Framework for Wall Dissolution Modeling

Scallops and flutes are common dissolution rock forms encountered in karst caves and surface streams. Their evolution is only partially understood and no numerical model that simulates their formation has been presented. This work at least partially fills the gap by introducing a numerical approach to simulate the evolution of different initial forms of soluble surfaces embedded in a turbulent fluid. The aim is to analyze wall dissolution phenomena from basic principles and to identify stable profiles. The analysis is based on a finite volume moving boundary method. The underlying mathematical model is a \(k-\epsilon \) turbulent model for fluid flow coupled with turbulent scalar transport. The rock wall is treated as a moving boundary, where the normal wall retreat velocity is proportional to the under-saturation of the boundary fluid cells with respect to the mineral comprising the wall. As the flow time scale is several orders of magnitude smaller than the dissolution time scale, stationary flow field, concentration field and wall propagation velocity are calculated for each iteration. The boundary at all points is then moved by distracting minimal velocity along the entire boundary from the actual velocity at a certain location, and then normalized to the maximum allowed shift, which is equal to half the height of the boundary cell. In this way only deformation of the initial wall is calculated. The method was applied to several different initial profiles. During the evolution, the profiles progressively converged towards stable forms. In this work, a framework is proposed for a computation of the moving boundary problem related to slow dissolution of a soluble surface.     

基于饱和渗透系数空间变异结构的斜坡渗流及失稳特征

以往研究一般采用单随机变量方法（SRV）或基于水平或垂直方向波动范围生成的空间变异随机场来模拟岩土参数的空间变异性,对具有倾斜定向特征的空间变异随机场未有涉及.基于条件模拟相关理论和非侵入式随机有限元的理论框架,提出了利用序贯高斯模拟方法进行斜坡参数条件随机场模拟并运用有限元方法进行斜坡渗流和稳定性分析的方法.针对理想边坡,对各向同性和几何各向异性的共7种空间变异结构的饱和渗透系数（K_s）各进行了200次条件随机场模拟,基于条件随机场模拟结果进行了有限元渗流和稳定性计算,对每种空间变异结构多次计算结果进行了统计分析.结果表明:本文所提出的方法不仅再现了研究区域参数的空间二阶统计特性,通过设定变异函数参数进行不同空间变异类型、变异程度、变异定向性的随机场模拟,同时利用现场观测数据对随机场模拟结果进行条件限制,从而提高了随机场的赋值精度;K_s的空间变异结构对孔隙水压力的分布规律、地下水位线变化范围、稳定性系数和最危险滑动面分布特征均有一定程度的影响.本研究为库岸斜坡稳定性评价提供方法支撑.      

Comparison of field and model percentage drift using different types of hydraulic nozzles in pesticide applications

In pesticide applications, small droplets are desired for better coverage and uniform distribution. Yet, small droplets have a problem: Drift, the movement of droplets off-target. Low drift nozzle produces fewer drift-prone droplets, < 100 μm, compared to standard hydraulic nozzles. In pesticide applications, standard hydraulic nozzles, hollow cone and flat fan nozzles are generally used by farmers. These nozzles have broad droplet spectrum and high proportion drift-prone droplets. Sample of drifted droplets and measurements in field conditions are expensive and can be time-consuming. However, models can be applied to predict drift without field measurement. In this study, model and field measurement of percentage pesticide drift were compared using different hydraulic nozzles, D4-45, F 11006 and low drift 11003 by gas chromatography equipped with a nitrogen-phosphorus detector. In the result of this study, for all nozzles, values up to 2 m and 3 m showed that there were statistically different according to German model and Dutch model, respectively. In the result of this study, percentage drift at 5 m compared to 1 m distance decreased approximately 15 folds in low drift 11003, 12 in F 11006 and 10 folds in hollow cone D4-45 nozzles in actual application and 5 folds in German and 9 folds in Dutch models.     

Assessment of COVID-19 aerosol transmission in a university campus food environment using a numerical method

With the prevalence of COVID-19, the phenomenon of viruses spreading through aerosols has become a focus of attention. Diners in university dining halls have a high risk of exposure to respiratory droplets from others without the protection of face masks, which greatly increases the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Therefore, the transmission mechanism of respiratory droplets in extremely crowded dining environments should be investigated. In this study, a numerical simulation of coughing at dining tables under two conditions was performed, namely the presence and absence of protective partitions, and the evaporation and condensation of aerosol droplets in the air were examined. By using the numerical method, we analyzed and verified the isolation effect of dining table partitions in the propagation of aerosol droplets. The effect of changes in room temperature on the diffusion of coughed aerosols when partitions were present was analyzed. We demonstrated how respiratory droplets spread through coughing and how these droplets affect others. Finally, we proposed a design for a dining table partition that minimizes the transmission of COVID-19.     

The nature and tropospheric formation of iberulites: Pinkish mineral microspherulites

The circum-Mediterranean area has one of the highest dust accretion rates in the world. We have found pinkish mineral microspherulites (here referred to as iberulites), a new type of aerosol particle formed under special atmospheric conditions in periods corresponding to the highest levels of solid additions (summer). Because these particles are labile, they have gone unnoticed until now.Image analysis shows that these particles are spherical in shape, most commonly 60-90 μm in diameter, and show a typical depression (vortex). Iberulites are considered complex mineral assemblages with different hygroscopic characteristics and also contain biological remains (plants, silica shells, plankton and probably viruses). Their bulk mineralogy includes silicates, carbonates, sulfates, halides, oxides and phosphate-vanadates. This mineralogical composition indicates that likely source areas are the Sahara and Sahel for primary minerals (inherited), while other minerals are the result of atmospheric neoformation (gypsum and alunite-jarosite).We thus define an iberulite as a coassociation with axial geometry, constituted by well-defined mineral grains together with non-crystalline compounds, structured on a coarse-grained core and a smectite rind, with only one vortex and pinkish color, formed in the troposphere by complex aerosol-water-gas interactions.We suggest the aqueous interphase hypothesis as the mechanism for tropospheric formation of iberulites, mainly in summer: interactions between water droplets and aerosols create complex hydrodynamic conditions, causing possible collisions (wake and front capture) that produce the “precursor water droplets” of iberulites. Atmospheric processing is required from this stage to iberulite maturation.To date, we do not know to what extent these iberulites are present in time and space or whether they can serve as markers for environmental or paleoclimatic analyses or even lead to uncertainty in radiative transfer models.     

Twenty-year-long monitoring of the H2O maser S269

Results of observations of the H₂O maser in S269 carried out from October 1980 to February 2001 on the 22-m telescope (RT-22) of the Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory are presented. During the monitoring of S269, variability of the integrated flux of the maser emission with a cyclic character and an average period of 5.7 years was observed. This may be connected with cyclic activity of the central star during its formation. Emission at radial velocities of 4–7 km/s was detected. Thus, the H₂O maser emission in S269 extends from 4 to 22 km/s, and is concentrated in three radial-velocity intervals: 4–7, 11–14, and 14–22 km/s. In some time intervals, the main group of emission features (14–22 km/s) had a triplet structure. The central velocity of the total spectrum is close to the velocity of the CO molecular cloud and HII region, differing from it by an amount that is within the probable dispersion of the turbulent gas velocities in the core of the CO molecular cloud. A radial-velocity drift of the component at V _LSR≈20 km/s with a period of ≈26 years has been detected. This drift is likely due to turbulent (vortical) motions of material.     

二维随机介质对声波传播影响

地层的形成是随机性和不确定性,用基于随机理论的方法来描述更为适合。利用随机介质建模的方法来描述地下介质中的小尺度非均匀性。为了考察小尺度非均匀性介质中声波的传播特性,建立了不同尺度的二维随机介质模型,利用有限差分法模拟随机介质中的声波场。分别对比不同自相关长度条件下地震记录及其波形与振幅谱,研究这些特征量与随机介质模型的自相关长度的关系。结果表明,自相关长度作为描述小尺度非均匀性尺度的参量,对声波在随机介质中传播影响很大。     

Vertical Mixing in the Active Layer of the Black Sea

The averaged parameters of vertical turbulent mixing in the active layer of the Black Sea are discussed according to small-scale synchronous measurements of the profiles of current velocity and conditional density.     

Natural factors controlling the temporal variability of the major-element chemical composition of mineral aerosols over the Northern Caspian

This paper considers characteristic features of the composition and distribution of chemical elements in aerosols over the Northern Caspian, which can be used for a more reliable prediction of possible negative consequences of atmospheric pollution related to the beginning of the large-scale exploitation of oil and gas deposits in the shelf zone of the Caspian Sea. It was shown that the contents of aerosols, their grain-size composition, and major-element composition change under the influence of (1) transboundary transport of terrigenous dust by air masses, (2) variations in the intensity of turbulent and convective mixing in the near-surface atmosphere, and (3) variations in air humidity.     

拉萨市夏季大气降尘单颗粒矿物组成及其形貌特征

应用带能谱的电子扫描电镜(SEM-EDX)对拉萨市夏季正常天气下收集的大气自然沉降气溶胶样品进行分析,研究了拉萨市大气降尘矿物组成和各种物相形貌特征信息。拉萨市大气颗粒物含有硅酸盐颗粒、富钙颗粒、富铁颗粒、富碳颗粒(燃煤飞灰颗粒和燃油飞灰颗粒)和植物残体颗粒。根据颗粒物数量统计发现拉萨市大气颗粒物以硅酸盐颗粒为主,富钙颗粒和富铁颗粒次之,需要指出的是以燃油飞灰为主的富碳颗粒已占到一定比重,说明以燃油为主的机动车尾气对拉萨大气污染在加强。研究结果表明,大气降尘矿物成分及其形貌特征可以用作判定污染物来源的重要标志,拉萨大气中颗粒来源的多样性决定了治理措施也应综合进行。     

颗粒沉降的格子Boltzmann模拟与PIV实验验证

在格子Boltzmann方法中引入大涡模拟,对球形颗粒在静水中沉降引起的紊动流场进行了数值模拟。数值模拟沉速与理论值以及粒子图像测速系统(PIV)实验结果吻合,验证了模型的合理性。同时分析比较了颗粒沉降过程中尾部紊动流场分布以及尾流流速值,发现数值模拟结果与实测结果趋势、数值基本一致,进一步说明了利用格子Boltzmann方法与大涡模拟技术相结合可以合理模拟泥沙颗粒在紊流区的沉降。