A New Probability of Detection Model for Updating Crack Distribution of Offshore Structures

1 .IntroductionNondestructiveinspection (NDI)isveryimportantforensuringthereliabilityofoffshorestructuresintheirservicelives (Lauraetal.,1 996 ) .Itiswellknownthatdetectionofflawsinvolvesconsider ablestatisticaluncertainties.Asaresult,theprobabilityofdetection (POD)forallflawsofagivensizehasbeenusedintheliteraturetodefinethecapabilityofaparticularNDItechniqueinagivenen vironment.SincethedataofPODusuallyscatterlargely ,itisdifficulttodeterminewhichmodelfitstheavailabledatabest.Thismodelun…     

Calibration of JASON-1 Altimeter over Lake Erie

This article describes absolute calibration results for both JASON-1 and TOPEX Side B (TSB) altimeters obtained at the Lake Erie calibration site, Marblehead, Ohio, USA. Using 15 overflights, the estimated JASON altimeter bias at Marblehead is 58 ± 38 mm, with an uncertainty of 19 mm based on detailed error analysis. Assuming that the TSB bias is negligible, relative bias estimates using both data from the TSB-JASON formation flight period and data from 48 water level gauges around the entire Great Lakes confirmed the Marblehead results. Global analyses using both the formation flight data and dual-satellite (TSB and JASON) crossovers yield a similar relative bias estimate of 146 ± 59 mm, which agrees well with open ocean absolute calibration results obtained at Harvest, Corsica, and Bass Strait (e.g., Watson et al. 2003). We find that there is a strong dependence of bias estimates on the choice of sea state bias (SSB) models. Results indicate that the invariant JASON instrument bias estimated oceanwide is 71 mm, with additional biases of 76 mm or 28 mm contributed by the choice of Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) SSB or Center for Space Research (CSR) SSB model, respectively. Similar analysis in the Great Lakes yields the invariant JASON instrument bias at 19 mm, with the SSB contributed biases at 58 mm or 13 mm, respectively. The reason for the discrepancy is currently unknown and warrants further investigation. Finally, comparison of the TOPEX/POSEIDON mission (1992-2002) data with the Great Lakes water level gauge measurements yields a negligible TOPEX altimeter drift of 0.1 mm/yr.     

黄海和东海的浮游桡足类 Ⅰ. 哲水蚤目

海洋浮游桡足类是浮游生物中的一个重要组成部分,由于它分布广,种类多,而且在数量上远超过其他浮游甲壳类,为许多经济鱼类的饵料基础,因此它对渔业生产具有重要意义。许多国家在发展海洋渔业和海洋生态学的同时,也都十分重视这一类群的调查研究。 关于黄海(包括渤海)和东海的浮游桡足类,过去已有一些零散的报导,但尚缺乏系统的调查。1888-1889年Giesbrecht曾记载过厦门的6种哲水蚤类。到本世纪的三十年代,国外学者又陆续做过一些工作,如1932年Mori发表了我国东海及台湾海峡的8种哲水蚤类。1933年Yamada在黄海南部记载了哲水蚤类5种, 1935年他又在东海及台湾记述了5种。1937年Mori发表了过去历年来的调查结果,对东海及台湾东、西两岸的桡足类有较详尽的报导,在115种中哲水蚤类占78种。1949年Sproston曾记载浙江舟山5种桡足类,其中有哲水蚤类2种。1949-1952年Chiba发表了有关黄、东海的浮游生物生态研究,曾记载哲水蚤类10种。1957年БродскИЙ在哲水蚤区系研究中提到分布于黄海的16种,东海北部的8种。1962-1963年Enomoto 在黄、东海鱼类饵料基础的研究中曾提过3种哲水蚤类。国内学者在解放以后,也作过一些工作：1955年沈嘉瑞描述了江苏奉贤哲水蚤类3种;1956年他与白雪娥记述烟台鲐渔场的桡足类22种,其中哲水蚤占11种;1955年郑重引用过张松踪和方金钏在厦内鉴定的(未发表)27种,其中有哲水蚤类23种。在这海区内,除同物异名外,以往学者总共记载了哲水蚤类103种左右。 本文的研究材料系根据：1951-1963年间在渤海、黄海西部以及辽宁、河北和山东沿岸采得的标本,和1956-1964年在江苏、浙江和福建沿海,以及东经125°以西的东海陆棚区以内所采到的标本。文中共记述了哲水蚤类134种,分隶于21科、47属,其中有8种新种,有39种为黄、东海区的首次记录。还必须提到,我们尚缺乏以往学者记载过的某些深水种(如Racovitzanus antarcticus, Metridia pacifica, Scottocalanus helenae,等)的记录,这些种类分布在东经125°以东的东海深水区,这有待于今后继续补充。本文主要依据Sars(1903)的分类系统,并参考БродскИЙ(1950)在哲水蚤分类上的修订意见而写成的。     

Design and Strength Analysis of A Spherical Connector for Lifting Subsystem in Deep Sea Mining System

1 .IntroductionThe lifting systemis composed of pipes andtheir connectors .It is not onlythe lifting channel formanganese nodule betweenthe miningship andintermediate bin,but alsothe supporting massfor deepsea miningequipment and cables .Sothe reliability…     

软粘土中插入式大直径薄壁圆筒结构的一种极限状态分析模型

根据插入式大直径薄壁圆筒结构的工作特点建立了其合理的破坏机制，以此为基础建立了受横向荷载作用的插入式大直径薄壁圆筒结构的上限法极限分析模型，从中可以得到作用于插入式大直径薄壁圆筒结构上的横向极限荷载近似的上限解；并根据上限法模型计算结果，提出了计算受横向荷载作用的插入式大圆筒结构侧壁极限抗力的简化修正模型，利用此修正模型，基于极限平衡法，可以求解作用于插入式大直径薄壁圆筒结构上的横向极限荷载。     

SIMULATION OF WIND FIELD AND THE NUMER-ICAL CALCULATION OF STORM SURGE OF THE BOHAI SEA

Up to now, available method of numerical forecasting and suitable wind field model for the Bohai Sea storm surge have been few. In this paper, through the analysis of the weather situation is presented a mathematical model for the wind fields involved mainly the deformation field of a high pressure matched with a low pressure, the temperate cyclone, the cold wave and the northword typhoon. Meanwhile, numerical computations combined with the nonlinear storm surge models are made by using "ADI" method. The computed results are generally coincident with the practical observations. It has showed a success in the simulated wind field and the feasibility of using "ADI" method to forecast the Bohai Sea storm surge.     

法国“阿塔郎特”号海洋调查船上的重力取样

在海洋地质调查中，如何取得好的沉积物样品是每一位海洋地质学家所向往的，而获得好的沉积物样品的关键又很大程度上取决于先进的海洋调查仪器的使用。法国“阿塔郎特”号海洋调查船上的重力取样管不管在性能上，还是安全性上都瞰称世界上比较先进的取样设备。     

On low-pass digital filters in oceanography

-Two types of filters are widely used to remove semidirunal and diurnal tidal signals and other high frequency noises in oceanography. The first type of filters uses moving average with weights in time domain, and can be easily operated. Some data will be lost at each end of the time series, especially for the low low-pass filters. The second type of filters uses the discrete Fourier transform filter (DFTF) which operates in the frequency domain, and there are no data loss at the ends for the forward transform. However, owing to the Gibbs phenomenon and the discrete sampling (Nyquist effect) , ringing appears in the inverse transformed data, which is especially serious at each end. Thus some data at the ends are also discarded. The present study tries to find out what causes the ringing and then to seek for methods to overcome the ringing. We have found that there are two kinds of ringings, one is the Gibbs phenomenon, as defined before. The other is the "Nyquist"ringing due to sampling Nyquist critical     

A HIGH-EFFICIENCY TANDEM PISTON AIR GUN

The high-efficiency tandem piston air gun is a new pneumatic seismic source with simple structure, convenient operation and low cost. It can create high-energy acoustic pulse signals, and effectively attenuate bubble responses. This paper briefly introduces the air gun with 0.8 liter at a pressure of 140 kg/cm2. The measurement shows that the gun has reached a maximum peak-peak sound pressure up to about 11.7 bar-meters. The ratio (P1-P2) is about 2.79. The energy of the acoustic pulse is concentrated within 200 Hz and the main frequency corresponding to the spectrum value is about 30 Hz. Its lowest frequency is below 10 Hz.     

A New Approach to High-Order Boussinesq-Type Equations with Ambient Currents

A new approach to high-order Boussinesq-type equations with ambient currents is presented. The current velocity is assumed to be uniform over depth and of the same magnitude as the shallow water wave celerity. The wave velocity field is expressed in terms of the horizontal and vertical wave velocity components at an arbitrary water depth level. Linear operators are introduced to improve the accuracy of the kinematic condition at the sea bottom. The dynamic and kinematic conditions at the free surface are expressed in terms of wave velocity variables defined directly on the free surface. The new equations provide high accuracy of linear properties as well as nonlinear properties from shallow to deep water, and extend the applicable range of relative water depth in the case of opposing currents.