Atmospheric, oceanic and hydrological contributions to seasonal variations in length of day

 The annual and semiannual residuals derived in the axial angular momentum budget of the solid Earth–atmosphere system reflect significant signals. They must be caused by further excitation sources. Since, in particular, the contribution for the wind term from the atmospheric layer between the 10 and 0.3 hPa levels to the seasonal variations in length of day (LOD) is still missing, it is necessary to extend the top level into the upper stratosphere up to 0.3 hPa. Under the conservation of the total angular momentum of the entire Earth, variations in the oceanic angular momentum (OAM) and the hydrological angular momentum (HAM) are further significant excitation sources at seasonal time scales. Focusing on other contributions to the Earth's axial angular momentum budget, the following data are used in this study: axial atmospheric angular momentum (AAM) data derived for the 10–0.3 hPa layer from 1991 to 1997 for computing the missing wind effects; axial OAM functions as generated by oceanic general circulation models (GCMs), namely for the ECHAM3 and the MICOM models, available from 1975 to 1994 and from 1992 to 1994, respectively, for computing the oceanic contributions to LOD changes, and, concerning the HAM variations, the seasonal estimates of the hydrological contribution as derived by Chao and O'Connor [(1988) Geophys J 94: 263–270]. Using vector representation, it is shown that the vectors achieve a close balance in the global axial angular momentum budget within the estimated uncertainties of the momentum quantities on seasonal time scales. Received: 6 April 2000 / Accepted: 13 December 2000     

圆钢管混凝土压弯构件荷载一位移滞回性能分析

在空钢管中填充混凝土可以避免或延缓钢管过早地发生局部屈曲，并有效地提高构件的延性，从而增强构件的抗震性能，本文在对圆钢管混凝土构件弯矩－曲率关系分析的基础上，分析了圆钢管混凝土压弯构件P－△滞回关系曲线，理论计算结果得到国内外大量结果的验证，基于理论分析模型，分析了各参，如构件轴压比，长细比，截面含钢率和材料强度等因素对圆钢管混凝土压变变构件P－△滞回关系曲线的影响，最后，确定了圆钢管混凝土压弯构件P－△恢复力学模型和延性系数的简化计算方法。     

绿柱石通道中配合物的振动光谱和辐照裂解

以四川平武富碱型绿柱石为研究对象 ,采用 IR和 L RM测试方法 ,重点对通道中氢化物和多聚合离子的配位构型、辐照裂解及热致转型进行了较深入系统的研究。研究表明 ,在该区成矿作用条件下 ,绿柱石通道中的钠离子趋向与氢离子化合反应生成 Na H氢化物 ,并占据通道中的 C2 位。在垂直 c轴方向上 ,以 3165 cm-1,3114 cm-1及 30 31cm-1伸缩振动弱吸收谱带为特征。[Fe2 ( OH) 4 ] 2 多聚合离子占据通道中的 C1位 ,以 32 34 cm-1伸缩振动锐吸收谱带为特征 (∥ c轴 )。辐照作用导致上述多聚合离子的裂解 ,并形成不稳定的 [H0 ] i心和相对稳定的 [Fe3 ] OH心。与之对应的吸收谱带分别出现在 3110 cm-1(⊥ c轴 )和 335 5cm-1(∥c轴 )处。通道中 Na H和 [Fe2 ( OH) 4 ] 2 多聚合离子的存在 ,可视为该类型绿柱石的一个重要的成因标志。     

山东省牟平邓格庄金矿Ⅱ号矿体深部预测

牟平邓格庄金矿为一富黄铁矿石英脉型金矿床,其Ⅱ号矿体金品位及其厚度数据处理表明矿体具有向北侧伏的规律.Ⅱ号矿体深部(-225~-345 m)地球化学原生晕研究表明,其原生晕呈反向分带.据上述研究推测Ⅱ号矿体-345 m以下地段还有盲矿体的存在.     

An experimental investigation of water level effects on the dynamic behaviour of a large arch dam

The need for full‐scale dynamic tests, which are recognized as the most reliable method to evaluate a structure's vibration properties, is increasing as new analysis techniques are developed that take into account the complex interaction phenomenons that occur in dam–reservoir–foundation systems. They are extremely useful to obtain reliable data for the calibration of newly developed numerical methods. The Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Research Center (CRGP) at the University of Sherbrooke has been developing and applying dynamic testing methods for large structures in the past 10 years. This paper presents the experimental evaluation of the effects of the varying water level on the dynamic response of the 180 m Emosson arch dam in Switzerland. Repeated forced‐vibration tests were carried out on the dam during four different periods of the reservoir's filling cycle during a one‐year span. Acceleration and hydrodynamic pressure frequency responses were obtained at several locations while the dam was subjected to horizontal harmonic loading. The variation of the resonant frequencies as a function of the reservoir level is investigated. A summary of the ongoing numerical correlation phase with a three‐dimensional finite element model for the dam–reservoir–foundation system is also presented. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Use of a shared tuned mass damper (STMD) to reduce vibration and pounding in adjacent structures

The dynamic response of tall civil structures due to earthquakes is very important to civil engineers. Structures exposed to earthquakes experience vibrations that are detrimental to their structural components. Structural pounding is an additional problem that occurs when buildings experience earthquake excitation. This phenomena occurs when adjacent structures collide from their out‐of‐phase vibrations. Many energy dissipation devices are presently being used to reduce the system response. Tuned mass dampers (TMD) are commonly used to improve the response of structures. The stiffness and damping properties of the TMD are designed to be a function of the natural frequency of the building to which it is connected. This research involves attaching adjacent structures with a shared tuned mass damper (STMD) to reduce both the structures vibration and probability of pounding. Because the STMD is connected to both buildings, the problem of tuning the STMD stiffness and damping parameters becomes an issue. A design procedure utilizing a performance function is used to obtain the STMD parameters to result in the best overall system response. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Neuro‐control of seismically excited steel structure through sensitivity evaluation scheme

The neuro‐controller training algorithm based on cost function is applied to a multi‐degree‐of‐freedom system; and a sensitivity evaluation algorithm replacing the emulator neural network is proposed. In conventional methods, the emulator neural network is used to evaluate the sensitivity of structural response to the control signal. To use the emulator, it should be trained to predict the dynamic response of the structure. Much of the time is usually spent on training of the emulator. In the proposed algorithm, however, it takes only one sampling time to obtain the sensitivity. Therefore, training time for the emulator is eliminated. As a result, only one neural network is used for the neuro‐control system. In the numerical example, the three‐storey building structure with linear and non‐linear stiffness is controlled by the trained neural network. The actuator dynamics and control time delay are considered in the simulation. Numerical examples show that the proposed control algorithm is valid in structural control. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Frequency Analysis of Heavy Tamping Vibration

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Identification of Fei-Tsui arch dam from both ambient and seismic response data

This purpose of this paper is to study the dynamic characteristics of the Fei-Tsui arch dam using the seismic response data and the ambient vibration data. For the identification of dam properties from seismic response data, the multiple inputs from the abutment of the dam to represent the nonuniform excitations of seismic input motion are considered, and the ARX model is applied using the discrete-time linear filtering approach with least-squares approximation to identify the dynamic characteristics of the dam. The system modal dampings, natural frequencies and frequency response functions are identified. A comparison of the identified modal parameters is made among different seismic events. Post-earthquake safety evaluation of the dam can be made based on the identified model. Finally, the ambient vibration test of the dam is performed to identify the mode shapes along the dam crest.