Theoretical study of cross-valley wind circulation

Summary An analytical model is developed to investigate the interaction between the large scale prevailing air flow and the thermally induced slope wind circulation. The Boussinesq approximation is assumed. The lower order successive approximation solutions are obtained in spectral representation for both typical daytime and night time cases. The results have produced interesting circulation features often observed in mountainous terrain.

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Theoretische Untersuchung der ein Tal überquerenden Windzirkulation

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein analytisches Modell zur Untersuchung der Wechselwirkung zwischen einer großräu mig vorherrschenden ein Tal überführenden Luftströmung und der thermisch ausgelösten Hangwindzirkulation entwickelt. Dabei wird die Approximation nach Boussinesq angewendet. Für typische Verhältnisse bei Tag und bei Nacht werden Näherungslösungen niedrigerer Ordnung in spektraler Darstellung erhalten. Die Ergebnisse haben interessante Zirkulationsformen aufgezeigt, die oft im gebirgigen Gelände beobachtet werden.

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Statistical Distributions of Wavelengths

The statistical distribution of wavelength is directly derived from a two-dimensional andspatially homogeneous Gaussian wave field.The present result differs from both the result of Rayleigh dis-tribution and Sun's result(1988b)which is transformed through the period distribution derived from atwo-dimensional and stationary Gaussian wave field.A laboratory experiment shows that the present re-sult is more consistent with the observations in the wave tank than the others.     

Biogene,klastische und evaporitische Sedimentation in einem mesothermen monomiktischen ufernahen See (Golf von Aqaba)

The genesis and development of a monomictic, mesothermal lake and its sediments is demonstrated by the analysis of sediment cores from different parts of the lake and from different stages of development. The compounds which build up the sediments, consist of irregular large particles from the surrounding crystalline rocks, of fine grained silt sediments from catastrophic flud deposits, of evaporitic series, and algae mats. The thickness of the different layers and their distribution in various parts of the lake; the different compounds, absolute age determinations, the carbonate layers and algae mats allow the definition of different stages of development of the lake. Causes and influences of an unusual type of monomixis with summer turnover are discussed and related to the sedimentary environment. Annual fluctuations in physical and biological limnology lead to the development of annual cycles in mat development and evaporites, which are reflected in the varved sediments. Inorganic sedimentation of terrestrial sediments, evaporites and organic matter accumulation are in shifting equilibrium which can be analysed by changes in the sediment types. Within the zone of biologic decay of algae via photosynthetic and other sulfur bacteria and heterotrophic bacteria, biogenic aragonite, Mg-Calcite and sulfides are precipitated. The autigenic dolomite occuring within the algae mats could not be attributed to biological precipitation so far. The lake started out as a lagoon approximately 4500 years B.P. Algae mat development was initiated after the lagoon was separated from the open sea (2400 B.P.). The central parts of the lake subsided at a time between 1900 and 1600 B.P. At this time the algae mat deposition, which until then took place in the whole lake, was restricted to the remaining shallow parts. Years of extremely high precipitation and catastrophic floods are represented by silt layers in the western parts of the lake, while coarser terrestrial sediments are intercalated in the algae mats of the eastern parts. Oöids, carbonate laminae, oncoliths and other types of carbonate particles within the algae mats are defined as biogenic by SEM analyses and laboratory experiments.     

Computation of Design Load and Motion for Floating Structures Navigating in Waves

—Analytical and numerical investigation is made of the source potential for floating structurewith forward speed in waves.A particular form is selected for numerical applications,where the double in-tegral of the Green function is transformed into the single one and the oscillation characteristics forintegrands in the specific computation domain are treated numerically.A comparison of calculated exam-p1es with published data is given and it shows that the numerical simulation is satisfactory and the accura-cy is adequate to engineering application.     

Ultimate Compressive Strength Prediction for Stiffened Panels by Counterpropagation Neural Networks (CPN)

Stiffened Panels are important strength members in ship and offshore structures,A new methodbased on counterpropagation neural networks(CPN)is proposed in this paper to predict the ultimate compres-sive strength of stiffened panels.Compared with two-parametric polynomial,this method can take more pa-rameters into account and make more use of experimental data.Numerical study is carried out to verify thevalidation of this method.The new method may find wide application in practical design.     

The Boundary Element Method for Pile-Soil Interaction

In this paper, several mathmatical models for the pile- soil interaction are outlined. The Boundary Element Method is one of the very effective methods for the reasonable models of elasticity and elastoplasticity. The major of this paper is concerned with the Boundary Element Method for the pile-soil interaction, including general methods and calculating formulation of static and dynamic analysis of the pile and pile groups. Some results of analysis are also given.     

An Improved Formulation for the Ultimate Static Strength of Tubular Joints subjected to Combined Loads

"The effect of interaction of loads on the ultimate static strength of tubular joints of offshore fixed platforms, is a practical problem. But there is still absence of rigorous theory to explain available experimental data and empirical criteria for the static strength of tubular joints. The idea of yield at hot spot of tubular joints is introduced in this paper. The interaction equations of plastic capacity for the tubular joints under combined loads (two and three different kinds) are derived. Thereafter the Yura's test data and empirical criteria of ultimate static strength for the tubular joints can be explained. The idea of classification of category of loads in accordance with experimental data and the present theory is suggested. Finally, the improved ultimate capacity equations for tubular joints are recommended. The physical significance of the coefficient of plastic reservation Qp is discussed.