Bed roughness and grain sorting-an experimental study over fine to medium sand beds

The relation between grain-size distribution of the bed and in suspension was critically examined under a uniform flow velocity of 50 cm/s over two beds: one of mainly fine sands and the other of medium sands. Two sections – one 2.85 m downstream and the other 6.35 m downstream in the experimental channel-were selected for sampling to study the grain-sorting pattern in the vertical direction along the direction of transport. The shape and type of the grain-size distribution pattern were critically studied with height above the bed. The change in the distribution pattern has been attributed to the change of local bed roughness causing scouring against the protruded relatively coarse grains on the bed. Such trends are important to predict the nature of river bed topography. The sand of Bed-1 initially exhibits a log-skew-Laplace distribution at different heights of suspension. The distribution pattern, however, changes but this changing pattern is not consistent along the upstream side. For Bed-2, which initially exhibits a log-normal distribution, the same pattern persists from the height of suspension at 5 cm up to 20 cm. Such consistency in log-normality is also observed at the downstream points of measurement. It is generally expected that the mean grain-size would reduce with increases of suspension height but the results of the experiments, in some occasions, differ significantly from the gradual fining upward trend. This result has been attributed to local changes of bed roughness arising from the protruded relatively coarse grains causing eddies, scouring, and turbulent phenomena which moves coarse particles higher in suspension adding a coarse tail to the distribution increasing the mean grain-size.     

Integrating structure-from-motion photogrammetry into rock weathering field methodologies

Despite recent rapid advances in the field of structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry, the use of high-resolution data to investigate small-scale processes is a relatively underdeveloped field. In particular, rock weathering is rarely investigated using this suite of techniques. This research uses a combination of traditional non-destructive rock weathering measurement techniques (rock surface hardness) and SfM to map deterioration and loss of cohesion of the surface using three-dimensional data. The results are used to interpret weathering behaviour across two different lithologies present on the site, namely shale and limestone. This new approach is tested on seven sites in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, where active weathering of a rock surface was measured after 13 years of exposure to extreme temperature regimes and snow cover. The surface loss was quantified with SfM and combined with rock surface hardness measurement distributions extrapolated in geographic information system (GIS). The combined results are used here to quantify the difference in response of both lithologies to these extreme temperatures. This research demonstrates the potential for further integration of SfM in rock weathering research and other small-scale geomorphological investigations, in particular in difficult field conditions where portability of field equipment is paramount. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Studies on changes in extreme flood peaks resulting from land-use changes need to consider roughness variations

ABSTRACT

The impacts of changes in forest coverage on extreme floods have drawn much attention globally. This study quantifies the sensitivity of flood peaks to forest coverage and roughness changes. With this objective, a framework is first introduced that includes a variance-based sensitivity analysis approach and a water and energy budget-based distributed hydrological model with a vegetation module. The influence of forest coverage changes is simulated by altering land-use types that are based on physical parameters. A variance decomposition approach is used to quantify the contribution of influential factors, i.e. event size, forest coverage and roughness changes, to extreme flood peak variations. The results in a medium-sized river basin show forest coverage changes have little influence: variations in canopy interception, ground surface water retention, soil moisture and groundwater table resulting from changing forest coverage did not alter flood peaks considerably. In contrast, it is found that flood peaks are more sensitive to roughness variations.     

岩体结构面粗糙度系数研究进展

摘要：讲述了岩体结构面粗糙度系数ＪＲＣ的估测方法、轮廓曲线绘制手段以及ＪＲＣ应用研究的进展,分析了ＪＲＣ研究的几个前沿课题。     

Bedrock surface roughness and the distribution of subglacially precipitated carbonate deposits: implications for formation at Glacier de Tsanfleuron,Switzerland

Two carbonate deposits are identified on the exposed bedrock surface in the forefield of Glacier de Tsanfleuron, Switzerland: macrocrystalline sparite and microcrystalline micrite. Comparison of the distributions of these forms with lee-side slope facets identified by high-pass filtering of a flow-parallel bedrock profile at a range of frequencies reveals two significant results. First, while the distribution of sparite is consistent with formation in the lee side of subglacial bedrock hummocks, that of micrite is not. This contrasts with previous investigations in which both sparite and micrite have been considered to form by mineral concentration and precipitation during the refreezing of regelation-related basal meltwaters in the lee side of bedrock hummocks. Alternative mechanisms of micrite formation involving carbonate deposition and/or precipitation within subglacial bedrock hollows are proposed. Second, the distribution of sparite is most strongly correlated with the distribution of lee-side slope facets identified by filtering at a frequency equivalent to a hummock wavelength of c. 0·1 m. This correspondence indicates empirically that pressure-related melting and refreezing (regelation) operates most effectively around bedrock hummocks that are shorter than c. 0·1 m. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

New methodologies for investigating rillenkarren cross-sections: a case study at Lluc,Mallorca

Precise data on the detailed form of 108 rillenkarren (flute) cross-sections at Lluc have been obtained by digitizing photographic enlargements of profile gauge traces taken in the field. Such data enable morphometric analysis to be undertaken more rigorously and on a wider range of characteristics (e.g. flute and cusp asymmetry, surface roughness and the properties of vertical sections) than in previous studies. Methods for quantifying and investigating these characteristics are presented. Since many of the flutes were found to be asymmetrical, the two ‘sides’ of each flute have been analysed separately. Although most of the sides have characteristic parabolic profiles, about one-fifth are rectilinear in form. The parabolic sides are relatively smooth, and this is thought to be attributable to dissolution within the thin film of water present on the surface during rainfall and/or to the detachment of small protruding fragments of limestone (weathered loose by biological agencies) by raindrop impact. The rectilinear sides have distinctly rougher surfaces and are thought to be truncated or immature forms. Sets of rillenkarren on rock outcrops appear to be in dynamic equilibrium, maintaining their overall form over time, but changing in detail as cusp lines shift, existing flutes are captured and new ones are initiated. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sensitivity of bed shear stress estimated from vertical velocity profiles: the problem of sampling resolution

Bed shear stress in open channel flows is often estimated from the logarithmic vertical velocity profile. However, most measuring devices used in the field do not allow for flow velocity to be measured very close to the bed. The lack of near-bed measurements is a critical loss of information which may affect bed shear stress estimates. Detailed velocity profiles obtained from a field acoustic Doppler velocimeter over three different bed roughnesses clearly show that the inclusion of near-bed points is critical for the estimation of bed shear stress in a shallow river environment. Moreover, the results indicate that using the full flow depth instead of the bottom 20 per cent of the profile generates an underestimation of the shear stress when flow is uniform. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

海上浮式风机气动性能数值模拟

采用计算流体动力学(CFD)方法,基于RANS方程和SST k-ω湍流模型,对OC3-Hywind Spar浮式平台支撑的NREL5 MW风机进行气动性能模拟。对固定式风机的数值模型做网格无关性验证,同时考虑垂直风切变的影响,并将数值结果与NREL设计数据进行对比以验证模型的有效性。在FLUENT软件中,设定嵌入式滑移网格和用户定义程序(UDF)来模拟风机叶轮随平台的周期运动,分别研究浮式平台的纵荡、纵摇和首摇运动对风机气动荷载的影响。数值结果表明平台的纵荡和纵摇运动对输出功率影响较大,且平台运动幅值越大周期越低,其气动荷载变化越剧烈。合理控制平台的运动幅值对提高浮式风机的发电性能和疲劳强度有很大作用。     

两种柔性植株地表风速廓线特征比较的风洞模拟

植株减小风速从而抑制风蚀,风速廓线可以反映植株对风速的影响。在风洞中测量了细长状植株和上大下小形状植株在不同覆盖密度、不同来流风速下的风速廓线,并对这两种植株地表上空气动力学粗糙度、零平面位移高度进行了比较。结果表明:两种植株地表的空气动力学粗糙度均随植株密度按幂函数规律增加,其与植株高度之比也随侧影盖度按幂函数规律增加。在相同覆盖密度或侧影盖度条件下,上大下小形状植株地表的空气动力学粗糙度大于细长状植株。细长状植株地表的零平面位移高度随植株密度的增加先增加而后减小,而上大下小形状植株地表的零平面位移高度则基本不受植株密度的影响。     

确定坡面径流过程曼宁糙率系数的实验方法研究

曼宁糙率系数是用水动力学方法进行流速计算的关键参数。坡面流曼宁糙率系数与明渠流的不同。为确定坡面径流过程的曼宁糙率系数,自行研发了一种包括供水系统、实验水槽和数据观测记录系统的室内可变糙率坡面实验系统。通过87场预实验验证了供水系统的稳定性和准确性。以坡度、实测流量、实测水深、不同糙率板上河砂的平均直径和地表粗糙度为自变量,以曼宁糙率系数为因变量,选用均方根误差(RMSE)和决定系数(R ²)为评价指标,对166种实验场景进行了支持向量机(Support Vector Machines, SVM)训练与预测,发现：① 紊流的训练结果难以预测层流和过渡流的曼宁糙率系数,说明流态不同时,实验因素对水流的影响机制不同;② 若要较为准确地预测曼宁糙率系数,至少需要包括实测水深在内的3种因素;③ 当同时考虑4种及更多种因素时,紊流状态下均可对曼宁糙率系数进行较为准确的预测。