A non-disturbing sampler for near-surface waters

A small, simple and inexpensive device is described which allows the sampling of waters with a minimum of disturbance. This is particularly important when determining near-surface profiles, for example, following a dye release.     

A taut-wire core cutter

A device for splitting gravity and piston cores taken in plastic liners is described. The unit is of simple design and can be used to cut unconsolidated and semiconsolidated sediments without disturbance of primary sedimentary structures.     

用于海洋现场监测的小型叶绿素a荧光计和浊度计

论文描述了一种叶绿素荧光计和浊度计,该仪器采用超亮LED作为叶绿素荧光激发光源,IR管作为浊度照明光源,在光机系统设计上将叶绿素测量功能和浊度测量功能合并,从而使该仪器具备小型化、精度高、便于集成的特点。试验结果表明,该仪器可以用于海洋现场测量。     

A deep ocean release mechanism

A simple release system for a deep ocean instrument package is described. An evacuated chamber holds the instrument to the anchor and an explosive device floods the chamber, allowing the instrument to float to the surface after a present time.     

Rocking buoy wave energy converter

A device for converting ocean wave energy into electricity utilizing a rocking buoy and a hydrogen pressure cell is described. The moored buoy contains a pneumatic tube filled with a dense liquid which rocks back and forth as a result of the ocean wave activity. Hydrogen gas, maintained above the dense fluid is alternatively compressed and expanded by the moving fluid. The hydrogen gas communicates with a hydrogen pressure cell and the resulting pressure difference across the cell leads to an electrical voltage and under load, to electrical power.     

A rapid method for recovery of data from expendable surface current probes

A sighting device, called a “probe sight”, is described which simplifies the measurement, taken, from a helicopter, of the float separations from a deployed expendable surface current probe. The separation distance between the floats (along with a known time release) is a measure of the surface current speed. The sighting device can be used at any altitude. Comparisons of the readings using the probe sight and the “normal” measurements taken from aerial photographs for 180 stations in the Chukchi Sea, show that the difference between the two methods is less than 10% when the current speed is greater than 10 cm sec⁻¹. The largest difference (15%) occurs at those stations where the current speed is less than 10 cm sec⁻¹.     

A new teflon sampler for trace metal studies in seawater — ·wates’

A 2.3-1 sampler is described which passes the atmosphere/water interface in a closed position, so that the enclosed water is only in contact with easily cleaned PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene). This seems to minimize contamination risks for investigations on trace metals, e.g. mercury, in deep, open ocean waters where it is often several hours before the samples can be drained into pre-cleaned bottles suitable for further treatment and storage.Five trace metal profiles determined in 1983 at stations in the Bay of Biscay are tabulated and preliminary interpretations made to demonstrate the suitability of the new sampling device.     

An embedded anchor with an improved response to repeated loading

As ocean operations have expanded and moved into deeper waters the need for development of high capacity, reliable anchors for long term moorings has emerged. The advantages of embedded anchors are demonstrated but the ‘cyclic creep’ phenomenon is highlighted as potentially damaging to their long term behaviour. A small scale device to prevent cyclic creep is described (AECC system) and the behaviour of an anchor incorporating this device compared to a conventional embedded anchor. Response to both static and repeated loading is presented and the deleterious effect of repeated loading on the life of the system, particularly when installed by soil disturbing procedures, emphasized. It is shown that the use of the AECC device will provide considerable improvements in anchor life. In addition, it is clear that the use of static loading test results in order to demonstrate the general suitability of an embedded anchor is misleading and bears little relationship to subsequent long term response. Finally, proposals are made regarding the incorporation of the AECC device into existing large scale anchors and it is considered that this will result in substantial improvements in behaviour.     

A low-density extended acoustic sensor for low-frequency arrays

A novel PVDF hydrophone is described which has a sensitivity of -183 dBV/μPa or better and can be made in lengths from 4 cm to more than 1 m, and in diameters from 8 mm to >40 mm. It is based on a piezoelectric PVDF cable which allows considerable design freedom because of its very great mechanical flexibility and high longitudinal piezoelectric coefficient. The design centres on a helical structure which translates a hydrostatic pressure field into a longitudinal compressive strain in the cable and thus makes use of the very sensitive mode. Excellent pressure stability can be achieved, with devices showing a pressure dependency of 0.04 dB/MPa. The device has a flat frequency response from less than 1 Hz to several kHz and a density in the region of 1800 kg/m³, making it suitable for application in low-frequency sonar     

Submerged cylinder wave energy device: theory and experiment

Linearized water wave theory is used to show that a submerged long circular cylinder suitably constrained by springs and dampers to make small harmonic oscillations, can be extremely efficient in absorbing the energy in an incident regular wave whose crests are parallel to the axis of the cylinder. Experimental results are described which confirm the theory for small amplitude waves and which suggest that the device can still be fairly efficient in waves of moderate amplitude.     

Simultaneous radiometric and radar altimetric measurements of sea microwave signatures

We discuss the advantages provided by the combined use of a polarization microwave radiometer and a short-pulse radar altimeter for sea roughness monitoring. A brief analysis of the potential of each device taken separately is carried out, which shows the advisability of their combination. The method and the results of the experiment performed with an airborneK-band radiometer and an altimeter are described. It is shown that, in regions of fully developed roughness, a correlation exists between the polarization characteristics of the microwave radiation by the sea surface and the rms sea waveheight as measured by the altimeter. Correlation is not found in regions where the roughness is not developed. Therefore, the combination of the two instruments makes it possible to sense the regions of fully developed sea roughness.     

海洋工程模型运动测量装置的研制

本文介绍由磁通门数字罗盘和改进的航空垂直陀螺仪构成的海洋工程模型运动测量装置。装置简单实用，性能稳定可靠，试用表明它能满足海洋工程模型在风浪流作用下有关运动的测量要求。     

Near-optimal control of a wave energy device in irregular waves with deterministic-model driven incident wave prediction

This paper investigates wave-by-wave control of a wave energy converter using incident wave prediction based on up-wave surface elevation measurement. The goal of control is to approach the hydrodynamically optimum velocity leading to optimum power absorption. This work aims to study the gains in energy conversion from a deterministic wave propagation model that accounts for a range of group velocities in deriving the prediction. The up-wave measurement distance is assumed to be small enough to allow a deterministic propagation model, and further, both wave propagation and device response are assumed to be linear. For deep water conditions and long-crested waves, the propagation process is also described using an impulse response function (e.g. [1]). Approximate low and high frequency limits for realistic band-limited spectra are used to compute the corresponding group velocity limits. The prediction time into the future is based on the device impulse response function needed for the evaluation of the control force. The up-wave distance and the duration of measurement are then determined using the group velocity limits above.A 2-body axisymmetric heaving device is considered, for which power capture is through the relative heave oscillation between the two co-axial bodies. The power take-off is assumed to be linear and ideal as well as capable of applying the necessary resistive and reactive load components on the relative heave oscillation. The predicted wave profile is used along with device impulse response functions to compute the actuator force components at each instant. Calculations are carried out in irregular waves generated using a number of uni-modal wave spectra over a range of energy periods and significant wave heights. Results are compared with previous studies based on the use of instantaneous up-wave wave-profile measurements, both without and with oscillation constraints imposed. Considerable improvements in power capture are observed with the present approach over the range of wave conditions studied.     

Absorption spectroscopy of microalgae,cyanobacteria, and dissolved organic matter: Measurements in an integrating sphere cavity

A device for integrating cavity absorption measurements (ICAM) with an internal diameter of 80 mm suitable for field research is described. The spectral features of the light absorption by some cyanobacteria, green algae, and diatoms in the integrating sphere were studied and the dependences of the absorption on the cell concentration were determined in comparison with the conventional measurements in a 1-cm cuvette. The sensitivity of the chlorophyll estimation with the ICAM reached 0.2–0.5 mg m⁻³. The results of the ICAM application for the direct analysis of the natural phytoplankton and dissolved organic (“yellow“) matter in the Black Sea and the Sea of Japan are described.     

天然气水合物开发模拟实验技术与方法

详细分析了国内外天然气水合物开发模拟实验技术,对不同作用(类型)的天然气水合物开发模拟实验装置进行的深入研究表明,模拟实验研究还处在初级阶段,基于不同的开发方式,以一维实验模型的定性实验分析为主。为了更真实地模拟天然气水合物藏钻探与开发的物理和工程环境,应基于相似理论设计二维、三维实验模型。模型的设计应更多关注实验数据的准确性、实验设备的可靠性和实验操作的便利性,不应盲目追求实验模型的低温、高压和大容量。给出的实验装置优化设计指标可供参考。     

Two oceanographic releases

A high-reliability, dual-mode release has been used on untethered, mid-water vehicles successfully since 1970. This device is operated by electrical signal or by hydrostatic pressure. A second release which is self-contained and includes a relocation pinger has been designed for precisely timed release at minimum cost. The release function in this device occurs after the preset time by electrical corrosion of a wire link. This release has been used to recover sedimen trap arrays.     

Experimental study of the hydrodynamic performance of an onshore wave power device in the presence of an underwater mound

The hydrodynamic functioning of an oscillating water column (OWC) in the presence of an underwater tri-dimensional mound (UTDM) through large-scale ocean engineering basin experiments is described. Experiments are carried out with both regular and irregular waves and are compared to numerical models. The analysis is based on the measurements of the wave amplification in the water column for the OWC performance and on surface deformation upwave and over the UTDM for the wave transformation due to both UTDM and OWC. A significant increase of the capture-width ratio due to wave focusing above the mound is observed experimentally. This wave focusing is also well described numerically with a refraction–diffraction model. The wave amplification in the water column for both regular and irregular waves is compared to results from a linear potential model based on an integral matching method. Linear behaviour of the hydrodynamic response of the device is verified for both open and partially closed conditions, in particular for irregular waves.     

A distance meter for large swimming marine animals

An electronic distance meter for marine animals is described. The device was tested on jackass penguins Spheniscus demersus, but could easily be modified for use on a variety of animals.     

鱼群回声积分仪的功能、结构分析及模拟组装的探讨

本文对鱼群回声积分仪的理论基础及其基本功能和结构作了简要的阐述和分析。在此基础上,对利用现有的高性能鱼探仪和通用计算模拟数字式积分仪进行组装的可能性,以及如何设计一种合适的接口装置进行了探讨。     

Inspection of Bottom Sediments near Underwater Sources of Chemical Pollution

The task of targeted sampling of sediments in the immediate vicinity of objects presumed to be sources of chemical pollution of the sea has been solved. A cassette sampler with six grabs was built, which is constantly controlled by cable under video surveillance. The device is operated from a light boat, which can be kept in place over the object and moved in a preset direction. Positioning at the moment of sampling is carried out by fixing the coordinates of the boat by GPS/GLONASS. The efficiency of the developed sampling system is proved by successful use of the device in surveying a number of potentially hazardous underwater objects found in chemical weapons disposal areas in the Baltic Sea.