Tracing spiral density waves in M81

We use Spitzer IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 μm near-infrared data from the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS), optical B, V and I and Two-Micron All-Sky Survey K _s-band data to produce mass surface density maps of M81. The IRAC 3.6- and 4.5-μm data, whilst dominated by emission from old stellar populations, are corrected for small-scale contamination by young stars and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission. The I -band data are used to produce a mass surface density map by a   B − V   colour correction, following the method of Bell and de Jong. We fit a bulge and exponential disc to each mass map, and subtract these components to reveal the non-axisymmetric mass surface density. From the residual mass maps, we are able to extract the amplitude and phase of the density wave, using azimuthal profiles. The response of the gas is observed via dust emission in the 8-μm IRAC band, allowing a comparison between the phase of the stellar density wave and gas shock. The relationship between this angular offset and radius suggests that the spiral structure is reasonably long-lived and allows the position of corotation to be determined.     

Spitzer IRAC infrared colours of submillimetre-bright galaxies

High-redshift submillimetre-bright galaxies identified by blank field surveys at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths appear in the region of the Infra Red Array Camera (IRAC) colour–colour diagrams previously identified as the domain of luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Our analysis using a set of empirical and theoretical dusty starburst spectral energy distribution (SED) models shows that power-law continuum sources associated with hot dust heated by young (≲100 Myr old), extreme starbursts at z > 2 also occupy the same general area as AGNs in the IRAC colour–colour plots. A detailed comparison of the IRAC colours and SEDs demonstrates that the two populations are distinct from each other, with submillimetre-bright galaxies having a systematically flatter IRAC spectrum (≳1 mag bluer in the observed [4.5]–[8.0] colour). Only about 20 per cent of the objects overlap in the colour–colour plots, and this low fraction suggests that submillimetre galaxies powered by a dust-obscured AGN are not common. The red infrared colours of the submillimetre galaxies are distinct from those of the ubiquitous foreground IRAC sources, and we propose a set of infrared colour selection criteria for identifying SMG counterparts that can be used even in the absence of radio or Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) 24 μm data.     

可吸入矿物细颗粒物与微生物的相互作用

矿物细颗粒物和微生物个体都是大气颗粒物(PM)重要组成部分,它们在形态、共生关系和空气动力学行为上均有高关联度.本文对可吸入颗粒物(IP)和可吸入矿物细颗粒(IMG)的颗粒特性、自由基和生物活性、IP和IMG与微生物相互作用效果的研究现状做了阐述,指出大气颗粒物与微生物的相互作用的重要性.提出今后应重点研究可吸入矿物细颗粒物的环境化学与微生物作用行为,研究IMG-微生物体系近尺寸作用体系中的尺寸效应、界膜作用等对矿物颗粒物表面形态、表面电性、表面基团及自由基等的影响,分泌蛋白质与相变、元素变价、溶解(络合)的关系以及由此引起的颗粒物活性和生物毒性的变化等.     

Non‐structure‐specific intensity measure parameters and characteristic period of near‐fault ground motions

This paper focuses on the effects of long‐period pulse of near‐fault ground motions on the structural damage potential. Two sets of near‐fault ground motion records from Chi‐Chi, Taiwan earthquake and Northridge earthquake with and without distinct pulse are selected as the input, and the correlation analysis between 30 non‐structure‐specific intensity measure parameters and maximum inelastic displacements and energy responses (input energy and hysteretic energy) of bilinear single degree of freedom systems are conducted. Based on the frequency characteristic of near‐fault ground motions with remarkable long‐period components, two intensity indices are proposed, namely, the improved effective peak acceleration (IEPA) and improved effective peak velocity (IEPV). In addition a new characteristic period of these ground motions is defined based on IEPA and IEPV. Numerical results illustrate that the intensity measure parameters related to ground acceleration present the best correlation with the seismic responses for rigid systems; the velocity‐related and displacement‐related parameters are better for medium‐frequency systems and flexible systems, respectively. The correlation curves of near‐fault ground motions with velocity pulse differ from those of ground motions without pulse. Moreover, the improved parameters IEPA and IEPV of near‐fault impulsive ground motions enhance the performance of intensity measure of corresponding conventional parameters, i.e. EPA and EPV. The new characteristic period based on IEPA and IEPV can better reflect the frequency content of near‐fault ground motions. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

水体石油类污染中红外波段吸收特征分析

2008年5月21～26日在辽宁省盘锦市辽河油田境内的双台子河和绕阳河,沿河流采集了水体样本28个,并且利用取自辽河油田的稠油和稀油标样,以及污水处理厂自然污水,进行水槽配比试验,获取不同油浓度水体样本9个;在此基础上,利用红外分光光度计测定水样中的石油类污染浓度和其在3.04～.1μm(波数2 400～3 300 cm-1)波长范围内的透过率;采用朗伯-比尔(Lamber-Beer)定律,计算吸光度,分析有石油类污染水体在中红外波段3.0～4.1 μm(波数为2 400～3 300 cm-1)的吸收特征.研究结果表明:(1)水体石油类污染在中红外的吸收特征主要体现在3.3～3.7μm(2 700～3 000 cm-1)范围内,在3.0～3.3μm(2 400～2 700 cm-1)和3.7～4.1μm(3 000～3 300 cm-1)表现不明显;(2)在3.3～3.7μm(2 700～3 000 cm-1)范围内有两个吸收峰,较强的吸收峰约位于3.412 μm(2 925 cm-1)处,次强的吸收峰约位于3 502 nm(2 850 cm-1)处;(3)在3.3～3.7 μm(2 700～3 000 cm-1)范围内,随着波长变化,石油类物质吸收光谱曲线呈现规则的变化趋势,随着浓度的增加,吸收峰强度增强.本研究结果对于拓展中红外波段在探测水体油膜以及水环境和土壤石油类污染方面的应用可提供一定的参考.     

近地空中爆炸作用下钢框架结构冲击响应

采用多物质欧拉与拉格朗日耦合算法,对框架结构和混凝土地面采用Lagrange单元、空气和炸药采用多物质ALE单元,建立流固耦合有限元模型,对一个五层的钢框架结构在近地爆炸作用下冲击压力波的传播过程、结构冲击响应和变形以及破坏过程进行了数值模拟.数值模拟分析结果表明,拉格朗日-欧拉耦合算法较好地模拟了爆炸冲击波在介质中的传播和作用在结构上的爆炸荷载效应.在爆炸近区,空气爆炸冲击波的衰减速率快;爆炸产生强烈的冲击波首先使钢框架结构正面的柱和梁柱节点区产生很大的塑性变形,钢框架柱在发生爆炸的瞬间失去承载能力,最终导致建筑物整体倒塌.考虑结构变形和流体荷载间的相互影响可以较真实地模拟结构在爆炸荷载作用下的连续倒塌过程,为研究结构在爆炸荷载作用下的连续倒塌提供了有效手段.     

一种快速建立层析反演初始模型的方法

建立近地表层析反演模型时,通常利用射线追踪方法来计算模型初至旅行时,再与观测的初至实际旅行时进行比较,反复修改模型直到计算值与观测值的误差达到最小。因此,初始模型建立的质量直接影响到层析反演的精度、收敛速度和迭代次数。通过模拟近地表模型,利用时间项反演方法快速建立初始模型,提高了层析反演的精度,加快了收敛速度,减少了迭代次数。      

Analytical modelling of near‐source pulse‐like seismic demand for multi‐linear backbone oscillators

Nonlinear static procedures, which relate the seismic demand of a structure to that of an equivalent single‐degree‐of‐freedom oscillator, are well‐established tools in the performance‐based earthquake engineering paradigm. Initially, such procedures made recourse to inelastic spectra derived for simple elastic–plastic bilinear oscillators, but the request for demand estimates that delve deeper into the inelastic range, motivated investigating the seismic demand of oscillators with more complex backbone curves. Meanwhile, near‐source (NS) pulse‐like ground motions have been receiving increased attention, because they can induce a distinctive type of inelastic demand. Pulse‐like NS ground motions are usually the result of rupture directivity, where seismic waves generated at different points along the rupture front arrive at a site at the same time, leading to a double‐sided velocity pulse, which delivers most of the seismic energy. Recent research has led to a methodology for incorporating this NS effect in the implementation of nonlinear static procedures. Both of the previously mentioned lines of research motivate the present study on the ductility demands imposed by pulse‐like NS ground motions on oscillators that feature pinching hysteretic behaviour with trilinear backbone curves. Incremental dynamic analysis is used considering 130 pulse‐like‐identified ground motions. Median, 16% and 84% fractile incremental dynamic analysis curves are calculated and fitted by an analytical model. Least‐squares estimates are obtained for the model parameters, which importantly include pulse period T_p. The resulting equations effectively constitute an R ? μ ? T ? T_p relation for pulse‐like NS motions. Potential applications of this result towards estimation of NS seismic demand are also briefly discussed. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.