TRANSPORT OF THE SUSPENDED SEDIMENT IN THE CHANGJIANG ESTUARY

The Changjiang River is characterized by the enormous volume of runoff and the great amount of sediment load with remarkable seasonal variation. The annual runoff sometimes is respondent to the amount of sediment load, and sometimes not. The amount of monthly sediment load after the month of the maximum runoff is larger than those before the month. The sediment concentration and net quantity of sediment transport in the vicinity of the river mouth varies greatly in time between the ebb and flood, spring and neap, and dry seasons and flood seasons. The three bifurcations also have differences in concentration and net quantity in space. Even in the same bifurcation they have differences in and out of the sand bar. At present, the North Channel is the main passage for water and sediment load emptying into the sea from the Changjiang River. More than 50 percent of the sediments from the river basin are deposited nearby the South Branch entrance and the main depositional area is situated in subaqueous delta off the South Channel. Between 122°30'E and 123°E is an important boundary for eastward sediment dispersion from which the suspended sediment are dispersed towards the east by south.     

INTRODUCTION ON THE STUDY OF ASSESSMENT OF THE SEISMIC HAZARDS AND SEISMIC INTENSITY ZONATION IN SOUTH SHANDONG PROVINCE

Reassessment on the seismic hazards and carrying out a seismic intensity zonaton for SouthShandong Province have become an important project which is jointly sponsored and organized byState Seismological Bureau and the Science and Technology Commission of Shandong Province. Itaims to identify the areas with strong historical earthquakes and highly seismic intensity that willgreatly benefit future economic development and planning.     

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EFFECT OF SECONDARY FLOWS IN DEPTH AVERAGED MORPHODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS

1 INTRODUCTIONThe numerical simulation of morphological changes in rivers, estuaries and coastal areas is because ofits econondcal merit an outstanding scientific task. The comPlexity of the problem is connected with theheterogeneity of the sediment material, an adequate rePresentation of the involved hydrOdynndc stressesand the large comPutational effort fOr long term simulations.Although the aPpllcation of three dimensional models tO engineering problems is increasing and wellvalldate…     

RANGE SURVEY OF DEPOSITION IN THE LOWER YELLOW RIVER

1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Yellow River, running out of the gorges below the Sanmenxia (SMX) and Xiaolangdi (XLD) reservoirs, flows through the vast North China alluvial plain, and finally empties into the Bohai Sea (Fig. 1). The upper part of the Lower Yellow River (LYR), nearly 400 km in length, is confined by levees along both banks. The river wanders with a shallow main channel and broad flood plains. The lower part has a relatively narrow and deep main channel and less b…     

A STUDY OF THE RECENT TECTONIC ACTIVITY IN JIANGSUSHANDONG-ANHUI AREA

In this paper two vertical deformation maps have been drawn, based on the accurate leveling data of 1950-1980, in Jiangsu-Shandong-Anhui area. Along combining with neotectonic, geological basis and crustal deformation data, an analysis of the recent tectonic activity in the studied area has been made,and some conclusions have been drawn as follows: (1) The Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone across the studied area is the key tectonic element in recent tectonic activity, and the crustal deform...更多ation is controlled by the fault zone. (2) A study of the two deformation maps shows that the section of the Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone in this area is a creeping section, but both ends of the section are locked parts. The stress concentration ought to be accumulated in these parts. (3) Difference between the two maps suggests that the activity character of the fault zone is right lateral slip during 1950 to 1970, but reverse activity has occurred since 1982 to 1983. This suggests that the most intense earthquake in East 还原 【Abstract】 In this paper two vertical deformation maps have been drawn, based on the accurate leveling data of 1950-1980, in Jiangsu-Shandong-Anhui area. Along combining with neotectonic, geological basis and crustal deformation data, an analysis of the recent tectonic activity in the studied area has been made,and some conclusions have been drawn as follows: (1) The Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone across the studied area is the key tectonic element in recent tectonic activity, and the crustal deformation is controlled by the fault zone. (2) A study of the two deformation maps shows that the section of the Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone in this area is a creeping section, but both ends of the section are locked parts. The stress concentration ought to be accumulated in these parts. (3) Difference between the two maps suggests that the activity character of the fault zone is right lateral slip during 1950 to 1970, but reverse activity has occurred since 1982 to 1983. This suggests that the most intense     

THE SEDIMENTATION AND DREDGING OF GUANTING RESERVOIR

1 INTRODUCTION Guanting Reservoir is located on the Yongding River (a large tributary of the Haihe River) and at the border of Beijing Municipality and Hebei Province. The reservoir receives three tributaries: the Sanggan River with a drainage area of 25,840 km2, the Yanghe River with 16,170 km2, and the Guishui River with 852 km2. The drainage area above the reservoir is 43,402 km2. The reservoir has two arms. The Sanggan River and Yanghe River join the Yongding River at the ups…     

A STUDY ON THE EQUILIBRIUM PROFILE FOR THE LUOSHAN-HANKOU REACH IN THE MIDDLE YANGTZE RIVER

1 INTRODUCTION Large-scale flood disasters have frequently occurred in the middle Yangtze River since the 1990抯. The Jingjiang River and Dongting Lake (Fig. 1) comprise the most serious area of flood disasters. The main characteristic of recent disasters is low discharge and high water stage. Recent research has begun to pay more attention to the important role of sediment deposition (Li and Ni, 1998). Though the Yangtze River is not an overloaded river, the amount of sediment trans…     

RUNOFF GENERATION CHARACTERISTICS IN TYPICAL EROSION REGIONS ON THE LOESS PLATEAU

1 mTRODUCT1ONThe Loess Plateau in the central and westem China with an area of 430,(X)0 lQn2 is well known for itsancient cultUre and serious soil and water loss. About 287,(X)0 km2 of area in this region has an annualerosion be greatC than 1(XX) tlkIn2. The eroded soil totally amounts to more than 2.2 X l0' tons, amongwhich about l.6X 10' tons, on average, is delivered into the Yellow kiver mdeng the river one of thehighest sediment-laden rivers in the word. The serious soil erosion …     

THE DISPERSION RELATION, OF EARTH''S ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE FUNCTIONS AND THE JOINT INVERSION OF DATA

On the basis of the dispersion relations of MT field, the necessity and applied prospects of the joint inversions using a pair of MT response functions which are correlative with the dispersion relations, are infered. A filter coefficient algorithm is made, with which the corresponding impedance phase data can be estimated using a set of apparent resistivities. The tests for the observed MT data show that when comparing the impedance phase estimated using the dispersion relation with the ob served phase, it can be checked whether the dispersion relation between observed apparent resistivity and phase data is satisfied or not, and that the use of the phase data corrected using the dispersion relation in the joint inversion is advantageous to obtain more confident results. It is shown that joint inversions are more advantageous than single parameter inversions, and that in the most case the joint inversion using the apparent resistivities of impedance real and imaginary parts is more advantageous than the jointinversion using the normal apparent resistivity and impedance phase. The existence of the dipersion relations between the ratio apparent resistivity and corresponding impedance phase of the orthogonal electric and magnetic field horizontal Components in the frequency EM sounding with horizontal electric dipole(FEMS) are discussed, the better effect of the joint inversion using the pair of EM response functions is obtained. The problems on the one-dimensional joint inversion for the MT and FEMS apparent resistivities, for which the observed frequency bands partly overlape each other, are studied. It is shown that this joint inversion is applicable and effective:the joint inversions of the practical data for two kinds of EM methods at two sites give the results well corresponding to the drilling data. The simulated MT inversions for the data of two kinds of EM methods are made, and more confident results also are obtained.     

APPLICATION OF A NEW METHOD IN STUDYING THE SCATTERED STAGE-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIP OF UNSTEADY FLOWS

1 INTRODUCTIONThe macroscopic vedation of the stage-discharge relationship of unsteady nows in alluvial rivers is animPortant and comPlex problem. The Jinjiang reach of the Middle Yangtze Xiver swells often and theflood defence of the reach is the most serious. The stage-discharge relationship is the basic featore of theflow characteristics. The three hydrological stahons, Chenglingii station (at the exit of the DongtingLak), Jianll station and Luoshan station, are key stations on the…     

A 2D MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR THE BED DEFORMATION IN THE LOWER YELLOW RIVER

1 BANK EROSION IN THE LOWER YELLOW RIVER In alluvial rivers, riverbeds are always in a state of transition and development. Two kinds of deformations result for the fluvial process according to certain basic characteristics. One is longitudinal deformation that is characterized by the deformation of a riverbed in the direction of streamwise flow such as riverbed scour or deposition. The other is transverse or lateral deformation that is distinguished by the deformation of a riverb…     

CHANNEL SHRINKAGE AND ITS INSTABILITY IN THE LOWER YELLOW RIVER

1 INTRODUCTION Shortage of water resources is one of the important issues in the Yellow River basin in China. The runoff and sediment in the Yellow River come from different sources. The runoff comes from the dry areas of its upper reaches, while the sedi…     

Dominant pulse simulation of near fault ground motions

In this study, a new mathematical model is developed composed of two parts, including harmonic and polynomial expressions for simulating the dominant velocity pulse of near fault ground motions. Based on a proposed velocity function, the corresponding expressions for the ground acceleration and displacement time histories are also derived. The proposed model is then fitted using some selected pulse-like near fault ground motions in the Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) project library. The new model is not only simple in form but also simulates the long-period portion of actual velocity near fault records with a high level of precision. It is shown that the proposed model-based elastic response spectra are compatible with the near fault records in the neighborhood of the prevailing frequency of the pulse. The results indicate that the proposed model adequately simulates the components of the time histories. Finally, the energy of the proposed pulse was compared with the energy of the actual record to confirm the compatibility.     

INFLUENCE OF THE UPSTREAM RESERVOIRS ON THE ADJUSTMENT OF DOWNSTREAM ALLUVIAL CHANNEL

I. INTRODUCTIONThe Yellow River is a heavily sediment--laden river. The sediment load of the Yellow River ranks the first in the world while its annual runoff is only of medium size. Toharness the river, it is necessary to build reservoirs for regulating runoff to meet the demands of economic development. Since the founding of PRC in 1949, I S4 large and medium--sized reservoirs have been constructed on the main stem and the tributaries with atotal storage capacity of 84.5 billion m3.…     

Seismic reliability analysis of urban water distribution network

An approach to analyze the seismic reliability of water distribution networks by combining a hydraulic analysis with a first-order reliability method （FORM）, is proposed in this paper. The hydraulic analysis method for normal conditions is modified to accommodate the special conditions necessary to perform a seismic hydraulic analysis. In order to calculate the leakage area and leaking flow of the pipelines in the hydraulic analysis method, a new leakage model established from the seismic response analysis of buried pipelines is presented. To validate the proposed approach, a network with 17 nodes and 24 pipelines is investigated in detail. The approach is also applied to an actual project consisting of 463 nodes and 767 pipelines. The results show that the proposed approach achieves satisfactory results in analyzing the seismic reliability of large-scale water distribution networks.     

PREDICTING THE DEPTH OF EROSION IN RESERVOIRS FOLLOWING DAM REMOVAL USING BANK STABILITY ANALYSIS

1 INTRODUCTION 1. 1 Dam Removal The aging of the more than 75,000 dams in the U.S., coupled with the increasing awareness of their environmental costs, has made dam decommissioning and removal a topic of current interest to the scientific community, management agencies, and the general public. It is estimated that 85% of the dams in the U.S. will be near the end of their operational lives by the year 2020 (FEMA, 1999), necessitating thorough consideration of dam removal or repair for…     

PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG PIPELINE IN HYDROTRANSPORT

The head loss along pipeline in hydrotransport has been studied through a set of well arranged experiments. For pseudo one-phase now with fully mixed sediment particles, a modified Reynolds number Re1 consisting of yield stress τB and rigidity η of the Bingham fluid and other hydraulic parameters is adopted, the relationship between Re1 and friction factor λ is the same as that of clear water. For two-phase flow when all particles are fully suspended, the head loss is the same as that of pseudo one-phase flow. If coarse particles move as bed load, extra resistance will occur. The critical condition under which the extra flow resistance appears has been found. Two types of theoretically deduced resistance curves agree well with the experimental results. It can be deduced that the pressure gradient is proportional to D-1 to D-1.25, depending on the rheological properties of suspension and the flow velocity. Drag reduction may take place only in two-phase flow with bed load movement. Adding fine particles weakens bed load movement, consequently, head loss reduces.     

NUMERICAL STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE THIRD SHANGHAI SEWERAGE PROJECT

1 INTRODUCTION Shanghai, Chinas largest metropolitan area with a population of about 14 million, is situated at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and bordered with the East China Sea to the east, Hangzhou Bay to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu to the west. It is a region with intensive distribution of rivers and lakes. The good geographic location and natural conditions have provided the city with superiority in its social and economic center and port city of the co…     

AEIC：Present and Future Program

The establishment of the ASEAN Earthquake Information Center(AEIC) was endorsed by the 40th Meeting of the Committee on Science and Technology held in October 2000,at the request of the ASEAN Sub-Committee on Meteorology and Geophysics(SCMG) to obtain the ASEAN Standing Committee‘s (ASC) approval to officially use the name“ASEAN Earthquake Infor mation Center(AEIC)“,As part of AEIC activities,the SCMG implemented a project on the ASEAN Seismic Network for Rapid Exchange of Strong Earthquake Data(ASNE RESED).The project was implemented by the ASCMG with funding support from the Government of Japan through the Japan ASEAN Co-operation Promotion Program(JACPP).The aim of the project is to facilitate the rapid exchange of data and information on earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 5.5 on the Richter scale,and to link all of the ASEAN National Seismological Centers through the Internet to disseminate earthquake information.For the future program,we propose a seismic data exchange between the National Seismological Centers in ASEAN countries as well as world seismological centers using the facilities in the AEIC,The plan is basically to develop and update the software and hardware in the NSC and AEIC for data communication.To refresh our knowledge in seismology and data communication,we arrange the training sessions for both topics.     

THE VARIATION WITH TIME OF GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OF KUNMING AREA

This paper deals with the work for obtaining the gravitational value G on the basis of gravitational observation for 5 years at Kunming Observatory using the Birchaiv method in which the zero drift is removed and the theoretical value of earth tides corrected.The gravitational daily mean value G obtained after corrections of zero drift and theoretical values of earth tides shows obvious variations with periods of 15 days and one month respectively and the maximum amplitude of variation reaches approximately to 8μgal.The obtained gravitational monthly mean value Gmonth,also after corrections of zero drift and theoretical value of earth tide shows variation with periods of 6 months and one year respectively.This value tends to be greater in spring and fall and smaller in winter and summer,the maximum variation amplitude of which is about 4 μgal.No clear mutations in the gravitational field in Kunming area have been detected.It is therefore believed that the gravitational field of Kunming area is compara