NOTE ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE NORTH SHENSI BASIN

The geology of the north Shensi basin has been studied to some detail bythe American geologists Fuller,Clapp and others~1 in an oil exploration partysent out in 1914 under the joint auspices of the Chinese National Oil Administra-     

米氏凯伦藻对褶皱臂尾轮虫、卤虫和黑褐新糠虾存活的影响

初步研究了一株米氏凯伦藻对褶皱臂尾轮虫(Brachionus plicatilis)、卤虫(Artemia salina)幼体和黑褐新糠虾(Neomysis awatschensis)的毒性效应和机制。研究发现米氏凯伦藻(Karenia mikimotoi)在较低密度下就能明显减少轮虫的种群数量,24hEC50仅为20个/mL左右;该藻的各组分毒性比较结果显示,只有藻液和细胞重悬液有这种毒害作用,而去藻过滤液和藻细胞破碎液的影响不明显,表明这种毒害作用可能是由于活的藻细胞引起的;在米氏凯伦藻中卤虫和黑褐新糠虾的存活数量也明显下降。结果表明,米氏凯伦藻赤潮可能通过直接影响存活从而对浮游动物产生影响。     

Multi-hazard climate risk projections for the United States

Natural Hazards - Climate risk is a consequence of climate hazards, exposure, and the vulnerability (IPCC 2014). Here, we assess future (2040–2049) climate risk for the entire contiguous US...     

Characterization of horseshoe vortex in a developing scour hole at a cylindrical bridge pier

Since local scour at bridge piers in rivers and estuaries is a major cause of bridge failure, estimation of the maximum local scour depth is of great importance to hydraulic and coastal engineers. Although numerous studies that focus on scour-depth prediction have been done and published, understanding of the flow and turbulence characteristics of the horseshoe vortex that drives the scour mechanism in a developing scour hole still is immature. This study aims to quantify the detailed turbulent flow field in a developing clear-water scour hole at a circular pier using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). The distributions of velocity fields, turbulence intensities, and Reynolds shear stresses of the horseshoe vortex that form in front of the pier at different scour stages (t=0, 0.5, 1, 12, 24, and 48 h) are presented in this paper. During scour development, the horseshoe vortex system was found to evolve from one initially small vortex to three vortices. The strength and size of the main vortex are found to increase with increasing scour depth. The regions of both the maximum turbulence intensity and Reynolds shear stress are found to form at a location upstream of the main vortex, where the large turbulent eddies have the highest possibility of occurrence. Results from this study not only provide new insight into the complex flow-sediment interaction at bridge piers, but also provide valuable experimental databases for advanced numerical simulations.     

Distribution of erosion across bedrock channels

Lateral erosion in bedrock rivers is an important control on the shape of channel cross‐sections, and the coupling of channels and hillslopes. Recent observations link lateral erosion to the variability of flow. We propose two mechanisms to explain this. One is based on changing shear stress distributions within the channel with varying flood level, the other on the competition between cover and tool effects in fluvial bedrock erosion. We assess these processes for the Liwu River, Taiwan, and conclude that cover and tool effects dominate the partitioning of lateral and vertical erosion in this case. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Determination of soil impedance functions from vibration-test response of a circular foundation

The paper presents the results of the determination from vibration tests of impedance functions for a concrete basemat of a one-quarter scale model of a nuclear power-plant containment building. The tests were designed to excite all rigid-body modes of the foundation. In addition to the impedance functions for all the rigid-body degrees of freedom, natural frequencies and damping for the fundamental modes were estimated. Comparison of the test-determined modal characteristics with corresponding analytical ones based on the Lysmer analog shows that though the latter gives natural-frequency estimates of the right order of magnitude, it does not give acceptable estimates of the damping coefficient. Analytical impedance functions based on a model of a rigid-plate on an elastic half-space were found to have the sam trend as the test-determined ones at lower frequencies, but not at higher frequencies. The utility of test data for verification of analysis is discussed.     

低剂量CT心脏成像

采用CT进行心脏成像是CT临床应用中最前沿的进展,心脏扫描中采用较低的螺距使得病人的辐照剂量较高,我们提出一种不同的数据采集和图像重建技术,使病人的辐照剂量减少了50%～89%。该方法的使能技术是64排CT的大容积覆盖范围（40mm）,相对于心脏的平均尺寸是120～140mm,新的容积CT在3～4步就能够覆盖整个器官。伴随新的数据采集方式,我们也提出了对应的重建算法,克服了不完全投影采样的问题,还进行了广泛的模体和临床实验来阐明所提出方法的有效性。     

Statistical modeling for the mitigation of GPS multipath delays from day-to-day range measurements

Based on a least-squares model for double-difference GPS pseudoranges and carrier-phases, measurement residuals expressed in time series during an observation session are positively correlated between one sidereal day and the preceding days. As a result of the satellite’s period, the phenomenon, which takes place at a user receiving site, is attributed to multipath interference. Examples from a weekly measurement dataset of control baselines are shown, where the known end-point coordinates also serve as a benchmark for assessing positioning accuracy. The system of error equations for mixed-model adjustment is divided into two subsystems. One set of the error equations is related to the real range measurements, while the other involves the pseudo-observation with an empirical sample variance. According to the existing correlation between day-to-day residual estimates, a multipath-mitigating algorithm is proven to improve the accuracy of the GPS height determination by at least 40%. It is also found that the algorithm depends on a variance-component estimator that adaptively scales an error covariance matrix for both the real range and empirical delay measurements.     

稳定的和不稳定的斜压行星波

本文采用两层模式,初步地应用“时空同化”的自然观,引进空间不稳定性观点,把空间不稳定性和时间不稳定性结合起来,研究振幅随纬度变化的斜压行星波的存在范围和其稳定性;得出了稳定的和不稳定的斜压行星波及其空间不稳定判据,并对传统的斜压行星波不稳定理论和判据作出鉴定,重新提出了斜压行星波时间不稳定判据,并讨论其物理含义;还得出了高层和低层斜压行星波相互强迫振动的机制以及不同纬度间扰动振幅的关系。