Monitoring ionospheric scintillations and TEC at the Polish Polar Station on Spitsbergen: instrumentation and preliminary results

As a partial contribution to the International Polar Year, the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences has installed on the Polish Polar Station, located in the region of the Hornsund Bay in southern Spitsbergen, the equipment intended to monitor ionospheric scintillation and total electron content. We describe the equipment setup and the aims of the experiment. As an illustration of data analysis, we present the reconstruction of irregular structure of the ionosphere from the complex amplitude data, and the estimate of the form and drift of diffraction pattern based on the spaced receiver measurements.     

贵州茂兰喀斯特森林自然保护区的生态旅游

阐述了贵州茂兰喀斯特森林自然保护区开展生态旅游的意义,分析评述了该保护区开展生态旅游的优劣势。针对茂兰喀斯特森林自然保护区生态环境本底脆弱和生态旅游的内涵要求,探讨了在该保护区开展生态旅游应坚持的四条原则,提出了适合茂兰喀斯特森林保护区地域特色的生态旅游开发的方向及相应的对策。      

几类叠前深度偏移方法的研究现状

叠前深度偏移是解决复杂地质构造成像的有力手段,关于叠前深度偏移方法的研究一直是勘探地球物理研究的热点和难点。本文在收集、整理国内外有关研究资料的基础上,有选择地对若干类型方法研究背景及现状、基本原理及方法特点等进行分析,目的在于作为研究工作的起点,把握叠前深度偏移方法的发展趋势,以期生成适合我国复杂油气储集特点的地震成像方法及技术手段。     

白斑综合症杆状病毒在养殖万氏对虾(Penaeus vannamei)中暴发流行和人工感染研究

白斑综合症杆状病毒(White spot syndrome baculovirus,WSBV)对万氏对虾有较强的致病力,在病虾被感染的2～3d内,就可以使万氏对虾死亡率达83.3%～90%.WSBV对万氏对虾的鳃上皮细胞、甲壳下表皮细胞、胃上皮组织细胞、肌细胞、结缔组织细胞和中肠基底膜下肌细胞以及结缔组织细胞敏感.在细胞质中的完整杆状病毒粒子大小为(129～164)nm×(365～412)nm,在细胞核中的完整杆状病毒粒子大小约为(135～176)nm×(429～480)nm.万氏对虾对wSBv没有明显的抗病性,60d养殖死亡率达90%.     

织金洞扫尾豪猪粪堆积层的孢粉组合及其地质意义

通过对贵州织金洞扫尾豪猪粪堆积层孢粉组合分析研究及￣（１４）Ｃ年龄测定,明显地反映出织金洞地区近６７１０±１３０ａ来的古植被和古气候均属北亚热带的植被面貌及气候特征。划分出的四个孢粉带所反映的植被演替过程为:松占优势,混有桦、栎常绿阔叶的针叶林→松占优势,含五加,栋和山核桃的针叶阔叶混交林→松占优势,栋、五加和桦增多的针叶阔叶混交林→松为主,混有胡桃、五加和榆落叶阔叶的针叶林;相应的气候变化是:温和偏湿→温暖偏干→温暖湿润→温凉干燥。      

Effect of viscous,viscoplastic and friction damping on the response of seismic isolated structures

In this paper the efficiency of various dissipative mechanisms to protect structures from pulse‐type and near‐source ground motions is examined. Physically realizable cycloidal pulses are introduced, and their resemblance to recorded near‐source ground motions is illustrated. The study uncovers the coherent component of some near‐source acceleration records, and the shaking potential of these records is examined. It is found that the response of structures with relatively low isolation periods is substantially affected by the high‐frequency fluctuations that override the long duration pulse. Therefore, the concept of seismic isolation is beneficial even for motions that contain a long duration pulse which generates most of the unusually large recorded displacements and velocities. Dissipation forces of the plastic (friction) type are very efficient in reducing displacement demands although occasionally they are responsible for substantial permanent displacements. It is found that the benefits by hysteretic dissipation are nearly indifferent to the level of the yield displacement of the hysteretic mechanism and that they depend primarily on the level of the plastic (friction) force. The study concludes that a combination of relatively low friction and viscous forces is attractive since base displacements are substantially reduced without appreciably increasing base shears and superstructure accelerations. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dynamic analysis of sliding structures with unsynchronized support motions

The dynamic analysis of sliding structures is complicated due to the presence of friction. Synchronization of the kinematics of all the isolation bearings is often granted to simplify the task. This, however, may lead to inaccurate prediction of the structural responses under certain circumstances. Stepped structures or continuous bridges with seismic isolation are notable examples where unsynchronized bearing motions are expected. In this paper, a logically simple and numerically efficient procedure is proposed to solve the dynamic problem of sliding systems with unsynchronized support motions. The motion equations for the sliding and non‐sliding modes of the isolated structure are unified into a single equation that is represented as a difference equation in a discrete‐time state‐space form and the base shear forces between the sliding interfaces can be determined through simple matrix algebraic analysis. The responses of the sliding structure can be obtained recursively from the discrete‐time version of the motion equation with constant integration time step even during the transitions between the non‐sliding and sliding phases. Therefore, both accuracy and efficiency in the dynamic analysis of the highly non‐linear system can be enhanced to a large extent. Rigorous assessment of seismic structures with unsynchronized support motions has been carried out for both a stepped structure and a continuous bridge. Effectiveness of friction pendulum bearings for earthquake protection of such structures has been verified. Moreover, evident unsynchronized sliding motions of the friction bearings have been observed, confirming the necessity to deal with each of the bearings independently in the analytical model. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Modified state–space procedures for pseudodynamic testing

The existing on‐line numerical integration algorithms are derived from the Newmark method, which is based on an approximation of derivatives in the differential equation. The state–space procedure (SSP), based on an interpolation of the discrete excitation signals for piecewise convolution integral, has been confirmed as more reliable than the Newmark method in terms of numerical accuracy and stability. In an attempt to enhance the pseudodynamic test, this study presents an on‐line integration algorithm (referred to as the OS–SSP method) via an integration of the state–space procedure with Nakashima's operator‐splitting concept. Numerical stability and accuracy assessment of the proposed algorithm in addition to the explicit Newmark method and the OS method were investigated via an eigenvalue, frequency‐domain and time‐domain analysis. Of the on‐line integration algorithms investigated, the OS–SSP method is demonstrated as the most accurate method with an acceptable stability (although not unconditionally stable) characteristic. Therefore, the OS–SSP method is the most desirable method for pseudodynamic testing if the numerical stability criterion (Δt/T⩽0.5) is ensured for every vibration mode involved. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Office of Naval Research contributions to neural networks andsignal processing in oceanic engineering

The authors summarize many of the highlights and accomplishments of the Office of Naval Research's neural network basic research programs and share a bit of the historical perspective that serves as a source of pride in the world of Navy science and technology, namely, the long-term support and resulting payoff of Navy-sponsored research in neural networks. The significant problems that must be overcome before neural network applications will become widely available to the Navy community are surveyed