Some questions arising from the application of hydraulic theory to the Faroe Bank Channel deep-water flow

The results from a recent oceanographic field experiment in the Faroe Bank Channel are discussed from the standpoint of determining how well the classical hydraulic assumptions of stationarity and a quiescent upper layers were fulfilled. Evidence from these as well as previous measurements indicated that both prerequisites for the application of simplified hydraulic theory are not always fulfilled in the Channel. The implications of these results for the theoretical treatment of the hydraulic problem are discussed.     

顺斜向坡变形破坏特征研究

本文通过对黄河上游某水电站坝前坝后顺斜向坡变形破坏特征的分析,提出了顺斜向坡的变形破坏类型分类,并对边坡产生旋转滑移破坏的临界条件作了分析。     

A heuristic framework for next-generation models of geostrophic convective turbulence

Many geophysical and astrophysical phenomena are driven by turbulent fluid dynamics, containing behaviors separated by tens of orders of magnitude in scale. While direct simulations have made large strides toward understanding geophysical systems, such models still inhabit modest ranges of the governing parameters that are difficult to extrapolate to planetary settings. The canonical problem of rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection provides an alternate approach - isolating the fundamental physics in a reduced setting. Theoretical studies and asymptotically-reduced simulations in rotating convection have unveiled a variety of flow behaviors likely relevant to natural systems, but still inaccessible to direct simulation. In lieu of this, several new large-scale rotating convection devices have been designed to characterize such behaviors. It is essential to predict how this potential influx of new data will mesh with existing results. Surprisingly, a coherent framework of predictions for extreme rotating convection has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we combine asymptotic predictions, laboratory and numerical results, and experimental constraints to build a heuristic framework for cross-comparison between a broad range of rotating convection studies. We categorize the diverse field of existing predictions in the context of asymptotic flow regimes. We then consider the physical constraints that determine the points of intersection between flow behavior predictions and experimental accessibility. Applying this framework to several upcoming devices demonstrates that laboratory studies may soon be able to characterize geophysically-relevant flow regimes. These new data may transform our understanding of geophysical and astrophysical turbulence, and the conceptual framework developed herein should provide the theoretical infrastructure needed for meaningful discussion of these results.     

旋转流体中的二维惯性重力波-涡相互作用

本文利用f-平面浅水模型讨论了二维情况下快速惯性重力波与平衡涡旋之间的相互作用问题.当快速的惯性重力波传入涡旋区域后,波－涡之间发生了相互作用,涡旋可被加深,涡旋区域的风场等可以出现非对称分布,当惯性重力波全部传出涡旋区域并远离之后,涡旋恢复到其初始状态,但此时惯性重力波可以出现非对称结构,这与一维情况不同.在波－涡发生相互作用过程中,其物理量变化的最大区域分布基本与波动传播方向一致,在波动进入或移出涡旋时,相对应存在两个最大物理量变化区域,此外,相互作用导致的物理量的最大变化与波动结构、强度、传播方向以及涡旋特性有关.非线性条件下的波－涡相互作用要强于线性过程.     

Effect of Coriolis force on the shapes of rotating stars and stars in binary systems

In this paper an attempt has been made to determine the effect of Coriolis force on the shapes of Roche equipotential surfaces of rotating stars and stars in binary systems. Equations of Roche equipotential surfaces have been obtained for rotating and binary stars which take into account the effects of Coriolis force besides the centrifugal and gravitational forces. Shapes of Roche equipotentials and values of Roche limits are obtained for different values of angular velocity of rotation for rotating stars and for different values of mass ratios for the binary stars. The obtained results have been compared with the corresponding results in which the effect of Coriolis force has not been considered.     

Experimental observation of strong mixing due to internal wave focusing over sloping terrain

This paper reports on experimental observation of internal waves that are focused due to a sloping topography. A remarkable mixing of the density field was observed. This result is of importance for the deep ocean, where internal waves are believed to play a role in mixing. The experiments were performed on the rotating platform at the Coriolis Laboratory, Grenoble. The rotation, its modulation and density stratification were set to be in the internal wave regime. After applying various data processing techniques we observe internal wave rays, which converge to a limiting state: the wave attractor. At longer time scales we observe a remarkably efficient mixing of the density field, possibly responsible for driving observed sheared mean flows and topographic Rossby waves. We offer the hypothesis that focusing of internal waves to the wave attractor leads to the mixing.     

京津冀地区冬小麦气候生产潜力的一种动态区划

以京津冀地区的冬小麦农业气候生产潜力为研究对象,根据统计检验聚类方法(CAST)与旋转主分量分析(RP-CA)相结合的气候分类区划新方法,对该区冬小麦气候生产潜力进行了区划试验,计算验证了理论与实际结果的一致性,从而进一步证明该方法的合理性及可靠性。同时也印证了CAST和RPCA用于气象场分类区划具有等价性和互补性的事实;此外,各分区具有不同的年际变化特征,也表明区划结果是合理的,从而较好地佐证了这一新的分区方法。     

一类R~n空间上旋转椭球面簇的广义Radon变换

本文基于二维雷达成像的原理研究了其数学问题,对R~n 空间中的图像函数f(x),已知其旋转椭球面簇上的积分值,应用广义Radon 变换来重建图像函数f(x)。利用球谐函数展开和Funk-Heck 定理证明了这种重建图像问题的存在、唯一性,并在一定的函数类中给出了它的反演解的数学表达式和推广了V.G.Romanov的工作。     

On the validity of series expansion being used for the position of a point on a Roche equipotential

The concept of Roche equipotentials has been frequently used in literature to study the problems of rotating stars and stars in binary systems. However in spite of using this simplifying concept, it is still not possible to express the position of a point in the potential field of such a system in a closed analytic form. In order to carry out further analytic studies, Kopal (Adv. Astron. Astrophys. 9:1–65, 1972), therefore, developed a series expansion for it. The series expansion of Kopal has often been used in the analysis of the problem of equilibrium structure and the periods of oscillations of rotating stars and stars in binary systems, but its validity and convergence has not been analytically established. It is important that this aspect of the problem is checked so that one is sure of the correctness of subsequent analysis and results based on this series expansion. In the present brief note, we have addressed ourselves to this problem and validated the correctness of the numerical results obtained through the use of this series expansion.     

An experimental study of Stewartson layer separation

Abstract

The separation of sidewall boundary layers in a rotating annulus of homogeneous fluid is studied experimentally. The flow is driven by a differentially rotating lid, and a very small uniform slope of the bottom causes a weak mountain vortex pair to form in the interior, away from the sidewalls. A necessary condition for aerodynamic separation of the sidewall boundary layers is derived and compared with the experimental results. The laboratory flow separates for parameters that are just slightly more inviscid than those required by the necessary condition for the existence of adverse pressure gradients at the wall. As the bottom friction is decreased further, the flow becomes unsteady and chaotic. The most interesting aspect of this problem is that chaotic interior behavior, associated with the separated boundary layer, is observed for parameter values for which the interior topographically forced flow is, by itself, essentially linear.