Instability of Zonal Flows in Rotating Spherical Shells: An Application to Jupiter

Measurements from the Galileo probe suggest that the zonal winds are deep rooted. Jupiter's high rotation rate makes it likely that the whole outer molecular H/He layer is involved in these long-lived jet flows. Assuming that the primary flows are geostrophic, and that the banded surface structure stretches right through the molecular H/He layer, we examine the conditions for such flows to be stable. As a first step, the linear stability of some prescribed banded zonal flows in a rotating spherical shell is explored. Incompressibility is assumed for simplicity, and the boundary condition is stress-free. We compare solutions for two aspect ratios, appropriate for the molecular H/He layers of Jupiter and Saturn, and two Ekman numbers (E=10⁻² and E=10⁻⁴). Convective and shear flow instabilities compete in our system. The convective instabilities are of the well-known columnar structure. Shear flow instabilities for the larger Ekman number are similar to the Taylor-Couette instability in rotating annuli. At the lower Ekman number, shear flow instabilities adopt a geostrophic character, assuming the form of rotating columns, similar to the convective instabilities. While the convective instability always sets in outside the tangent cylinder, shear instability can become unstable inside the tangent cylinder. If even a weak zonal flow is present inside the tangent cylinder, the flow is unstable to shear instability. This offers an explanation why the jovian zonal jet structure is much weaker at the higher latitudes that correspond to locations inside the tangent cylinder.     

空气反循环钻进工艺在物探爆破孔施工中的试验应用研究

概述了空气反循环钻进工艺应用于物探爆破孔施工的原理、特点及其试验应用情况。通过试验应用得出结论,该工艺方法具有钻进速度快、成孔深度深、有效实现不提钻下炸药等优点,具有良好的应用前景。     

地震人员伤亡估算方法研究

本文将目前国内外地震人员伤亡的评估方法区分为将生命损失用货币单位来衡量和单独估算人员伤亡数量两大类,并对评估方法进行了系统归纳总结,在此基础上,利用以倒塌率为主要影响因素的6种估算方法对1976年唐山地震,1996年云南丽江7．0级地震及内蒙古包头西6．4级地震的人员伤亡进行了评估,并与三次地震人员伤亡的实际统计结构进行了比较,最后,提出了一种较精确,适用的伤亡评估方法。     

探地雷达在贵州水利水电勘察中的应用

结合贵州福泉下翁溪水库、芙蓉江沙阡电站、冗各电站3个工程实例,介绍探地雷达勘探在岩溶、断层破碎带等不良地质构造勘察方面的应用.     

Seismic stability of retaining walls with surcharge

The use of pseudo-static methods for the computation of soil thrust acting on retaining walls under seismic condition is well established in the design of such structures. Although different methods, based on the limited displacement concept, have been developed in the last 20 years, the most common design method is still the method derived from the theory developed by Mononobe and Okabe. However, the Mononobe–Okabe method presents a basic shortcoming: the solution is based on the limit equilibrium of the soil wedge without taking into account the presence of the wall. In the paper a new solution based on the pseudo-static equilibrium of the soil–wall system is presented. The developed solution takes into account the effect of the presence of the wall and it is applied to soil–wall systems with surcharged backfills. Formulas are provided to calculate directly the yield acceleration and the inclination of the failure surface. The effect of the intensity of the surcharge and of its distance from the wall is investigated and the results are compared to those obtained in the case of soil–wall systems without surcharge.     

The caldera-forming eruption of Volcán Ceboruco, Mexico

3 of magma erupted, ∼95% of which was deposited as fall layers. During most of the deposition of P1, eruptive intensity (mass flux) was almost constant at 4–8×10⁷ kg s⁻¹, producing a Plinian column 25–30 km in height. Size grading at the top of P1 indicates, however, that mass flux waned dramatically, and possibly that there was a brief pause in the eruption. During the post-P1 phase of the eruption, a much smaller volume of magma erupted, although mass flux varied by more than an order of magnitude. We suggest that caldera collapse began at the end of the P1 phase of the eruption, because along with the large differences in mass flux behavior between P1 and post-P1 layers, there were also dramatic changes in lithic content (P1 contains ∼8% lithics; post-P1 layers contain 30–60%) and magma composition (P1 is 98% rhyodacite; post-P1 layers are 60–90% rhyodacite). However, the total volume of magma erupted during the Jala pumice event is close to that estimated for the caldera. These observations appear to conflict with models which envision that, after an eruption is initiated by overpressure in the magma chamber, caldera collapse begins when the reservoir becomes underpressurized as a result of the removal of magma. The conflict arises because firstly, the P1 layer makes up too large a proportion (∼75%) of the total volume erupted to correspond to an overpressurized phase, and secondly, the caldera volume exceeds the post-P1 volume of magma by at least a factor of three. The mismatches between model and observations could be reconciled if collapse began near the beginning of the eruption, but no record of such early collapse is evident in the tephra sequence. The apparent inability to place the Jala pumice eruptive sequence into existing models of caldera collapse, which were constructed to explain the formation of calderas much greater in volume than that at Ceboruco, may indicate that differences in caldera mechanics exist that depend on size or that a more general model for caldera formation is needed. Received: 18 November 1998 / Accepted: 23 October 1999     

江河堤坝垂直防渗高压喷射灌浆技术

１９９８年洪水过后,堤坝防渗工程量急剧增加,与此有关的各种技术方法大量应用。高压旋喷注浆是其中的技术方法之一。简述了目前国内用于堤坝防渗处理的各种技术方法的应用效果和不足,重点阐述了高压旋喷注浆技术在堤坝的渗加固中的应用情况、适用范围、防渗机理,技术参数、施工技术及质量检查方法等问题。     

高速公路拼接段地基处理设计分析方法与工程实践

针对新、老高速公路拼接段的两种拼接型式直接拼接和分离拼接 ,对新建路基实施拼接后 ,以超载形式引起已建高速公路产生的附加沉降的不良影响进行研究 ,选择了造价低、施工方便的沉降隔离墙方案。应用土体固结非线性有限元法 ,对锡澄与沪宁高速公路拼接段中的隔离墙在工程中所起的作用进行数值模拟 ,计算分析表明 ,隔离墙的存在可有效地减少锡澄高速公路拼接后对沪宁高速公路主线中心的附加沉降量。     

桩锚挡土墙在填方边坡处理工程中的应用

以宜宾市南广路挡土墙工程为例 ,介绍了填方边坡处理时用桩锚挡土墙进行支挡 ,以便充分利用土地的设计思路和施工要点。