High-frequency rock temperature data from hyper-arid desert environments in the Atacama and the Antarctic Dry Valleys and implications for rock weathering

In desert environments with low water and salt contents, rapid thermal variations may be an important source of rock weathering. We have obtained temperature measurements of the surface of rocks in hyper-arid hot and cold desert environments at a rate of 1/s over several days. The values of temperature change over 1-second intervals were similar in hot and cold deserts despite a 30 °C difference in absolute rock surface temperature. The average percentage of the time dT/dt > 2 °C/min was ~ 8 ± 3%, > 4 °C/min was 1 ± 0.9%, and > 8 °C/min was 0.02 ± 0.03%. The maximum change over a 1-second interval was ~ 10 °C/min. When sampled to simulate data taken over intervals longer than 1 s, we found a reduction in time spent above the 2 °C/min temperature gradient threshold. For 1-minute samples, the time spent above any given threshold was about two orders of magnitude lower than the corresponding value for 1-second sampling. We suggest that a rough measure of efficacy of weathering as a function of frequency is the product of the percentage of time spent above a given threshold value multiplied by the damping depth for the corresponding frequency. This product has a broad maximum for periods between 3 and 10 s.     

Probabilistic estimate of seismic response design values of RC frames

Probabilistically controlled design values of the nonlinear seismic response of reinforced concrete frames are obtained using a method previously proposed by the authors. The method allows to calculate conservative design values characterized by a predefined non‐exceedance probability, using a limited number of spectrum‐fitting generated accelerograms. Herein the method is applied to elastic‐strain hardening single degree of freedom systems representative of RC framed structures and is then assessed with reference to four reinforced concrete model frames designed according to EC8. The frames are characterized by different natural periods and aspect ratios. The results, compared with those obtained applying current EC8 recommendations, show the effectiveness of the proposed method. EC8 provides for design values of the seismic response of a structure with a nonlinear behavior computed as the mean value of the responses to seven accelerograms or as the maximum value of the responses to three accelerograms. These two criteria lead to design values characterized by very different and uncontrolled non‐exceedance probability levels, while the proposed method allows the analyst to directly control the non‐exceedance probability level of the calculated design values. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

网架减震球型钢支座减震性能振动台试验研究

针对网架结构的受力特点,提出了一种新型网架减震球型钢支座.按照相似原理制作了网架减震球型钢支座的缩尺模型,并通过模拟地震振动台试验系统地研究了这种支座在地震作用下的减隔震性能.试验结果表明,网架减震球型钢支座能够有效阻隔地震动向上部结构的传递,滞回环饱满、等效阻尼比大,具有良好的隔震及减震耗能能力.     

巢湖流域的土地利用变化及其生态系统功能损益

基于多时点TM影像解译数据,研究了巢湖流域近30年以来的土地利用/覆盖变化,并借助于生态系统服务价值理论,估算了研究区土地利用/覆盖类型变化所造成的生态系统服务价值损益。由于巢湖流域主要以水田为主,生态服务价值较高,同时考虑该区域水田一年两季的耕作特点,单位面积耕地生态系统服务价值是全国平均值的两倍,单位面积林草地的生态系统服务价值是全国平均价值的1.45倍。研究结果表明:巢湖流域近30年生态服务功能价值损失了831.68×10⁶元,年均损失27.7×10⁶元,并呈现逐年加剧趋势;流域生态服务价值损失量空间分布极不平衡,合肥每年生态服务价值损失量超过流域均值5倍,由此表明大城市扩张对巢湖流域生态服务价值损益作用明显。     

Fluid flow dynamics under location uncertainty

We present a derivation of a stochastic model of Navier Stokes equations that relies on a decomposition of the velocity fields into a differentiable drift component and a time uncorrelated uncertainty random term. This type of decomposition is reminiscent in spirit to the classical Reynolds decomposition. However, the random velocity fluctuations considered here are not differentiable with respect to time, and they must be handled through stochastic calculus. The dynamics associated with the differentiable drift component is derived from a stochastic version of the Reynolds transport theorem. It includes in its general form an uncertainty dependent subgrid bulk formula that cannot be immediately related to the usual Boussinesq eddy viscosity assumption constructed from thermal molecular agitation analogy. This formulation, emerging from uncertainties on the fluid parcels location, explains with another viewpoint some subgrid eddy diffusion models currently used in computational fluid dynamics or in geophysical sciences and paves the way for new large-scales flow modeling. We finally describe an applications of our formalism to the derivation of stochastic versions of the Shallow water equations or to the definition of reduced order dynamical systems.     

用标定方法检测地震计的异常状态

以浙江省测震台网部分台站地震计为研究对象,选取一定时间窗口对阶跃标定波形进行计算,得出地震计在该时段内的周期和阻尼变化情况。结合台网台站运行维护工作,经过统计分析,表明利用此方法能够在一定程度上反映出台站地震计运行的异常状态。     

临界值可变的抗差估计等价权函数

抗差估计等价权函数一般由正态分布统计量构造,其临界值(或称准则)一般由实际经验确定.首先分析了正态分布统计量和学生化残差统计量的区别,然后分别讨论了基于这两种统计量构造的等价权函数的区别.研究表明,利用学生化残差统计量构造的等价权函数以及顾及误差显著性水平确定的临界值,不仅考虑了观测误差的大小,而且还可以顾及了实际观测的图形强度和多余观测数,可以克服人为确定临界值可能带来的参数估计的有效性和抗差性方面的风险.     

决策树方法在环境物理量场与暴雨之间关系研究中的应用

根据香港天文台提供的2001年8月和2002年6-7月业务区域谱模式(ORSM)物理量场预报值,运用空间数据挖掘中的决策树方法研究了空间环境物理量场变化与暴雨中心降雨量之间的关系。结果表明,研究区暴雨中心降雨量的多少与周边相对湿度,海平面高度,温度和经向风速以及这些物理量场所处的纬度位置关系密切,而与这些物理量场所处的经度位置和纬向风速关系较小。     

基于CBS的违禁品目标凸现

本文在分析基于CBS的人身安检图像基础上,提出了基于数学形态学膨胀累加、双阈值分割的违禁品分割算法.采用形态学的膨胀累加算法可以有效抑制噪声并提高目标能量;利用连通性判断获得违禁品候选区域;最后通过获得的数据对违禁品目标进行有效地凸现.     

青岛震群体波衰减特性研究

随着观测能力的提高和观测手段的改善,反映地球介质特性Q值的研究不断深化和发展。利用山东数字测震台网记录的数字地震波资料,采用时间域P波脉冲宽度法对2003年和2004年青岛震群进行Q值计算,对初动半周期的两种不同获取方法进行了比较,总结了P波脉冲宽度法的适用条件及计算效果,得到青岛地区和胶东地区的Q值。