Propagation of monochromatic water wave trains

A nonlinear numerical model has been formulated to study the propagation of a monochromatic surface wave. The model is formulated through the vertical integration of the continuity equation and the equations of motion. This model is investigated for wave propagation, velocity distribution, energy propagation and varying Courant, Friedrichs and Lewy's (CFL) condition. The applicability of this model for both shallow- and deep-water wave is also examined. The results and analyses are shown in details. The results obtained from the model are compared with the Stokes third-order wave theory and with the relevant experimental data.     

Oscillations in a coupled bay—river system. 2. Numerical method

Natural and wave-induced oscillations in Nagasaki Bay, a coupled bay—river system, are numerically studied. Formulation of the problem is based on the mild slope wave equation with modeled dissipation. Computations are performed by the finite element method originated from the classical variational principle. The numerical results show that the bay at the mean tidal level has natural modes of periods of 30.60 minutes, 17.28 minutes, 10.08 minutes, 7.67 minutes, etc. The 30.60-minute mode of the bay is characterized by a monotonic increase of the amplitude of oscillation from the bay entrance to the Urakami River mouth, whereas the 17.28-minute mode and the 10.08-minute mode attain maximum near Fukahori. It is also demonstrated that the 30.60-minute mode, the 17.28-minute mode and the 10.08-minute mode can be most severely resonated when the bay is subjected to oscillations in the open sea with periods of about 33.2 minutes, 17.9 minutes, and 10.1 minutes, respectively. The existence of the Urakami River seems to have an effect on mitigating the resonant bay oscillations, particularly if the relevant mode is of relatively low frequency and maximizes near the river mouth.     

Integration of Satellite Telemetry Data and Land Cover Imagery: A Study of Migratory Cranes in Northeast Asia

The present study describes a procedure for quantitatively analyzing satellite telemetry data to identify interspecific land use differences among four threatened crane species. The inherent inaccuracy of satellite telemetry data points, the temporal autocorrelation of those points, and the resolution of two land‐cover imagery products from the IGBP‐DISCover Global Land‐Cover Characterization Project (derived from AVHRR data) were assessed and integrated in a GIS. Satellite telemetry is a system where animals are tracked using battery‐operated transmitters and locations are calculated using triangulation from satellites. Using the variable spatial inaccuracy of the telemetry locations, each point was buffered using a radius based on the accuracy of the point, and then intersected with the land cover imagery. The research concluded that the methodology is valuable for studies of birds at a regional scale, with interspecific differences clearly evident, but that diurnal and nocturnal differences were not discernable due to the coarse resolution of both satellite telemetry and land‐cover data.     

An elastoplastic constitutive model for cyclic behaviour of sands

The constitutive model of sands is proposed to describe the characteristics of plastic behaviour for cyclic loadings. A non-associated flow rule is used and both yield function and plastic potential are generalized forms of the Modified Cam clay model. The hardening parameter is represented by the plastic work related to different portions of volumetric and deviatoric changes. The boundary surface is employed to describe the plastic strain within the yield surface. The directional independency of yield condition in triaxial compression and extension tests is extended to that in general stress states. Several drained and undrained cyclic tests are predicted and the comparison is made with experimental results. The proposed model is capable of representing the monotonic and cyclic behaviours of sands with reasonable accuracy. The simulation is performed for both included and excluded membrane penetration effects and it is suggested that the membrane penetration causes the significant influences on the results of undrained cyclic tests.