Estimates of flow resistance and eddy viscosity coefficients for 2D modelling on vegetated floodplains

The problem of quantifying the effects of flexible plants on flow resistance and eddy viscosity by vegetated floodplains is first addressed with a one‐dimensional (1D) approximation based upon the so‐called lateral distribution method. The estimates so obtained are then tested with two‐dimensional (2D) numerical simulations based on the full shallow water equations through the use of the computational code Telemac‐2D. Data obtained on a physical model of the Besòs River (Spain), whose floodplains were covered with plastic ornamental plants to mimic the effect of flexible vegetation, is used for the validation of the numerical results. Additionally, the values of flow resistance estimated numerically with the 1D and 2D simulations are compared with values obtained in a rectangular flume under flow conditions (slope, water depth and artificial lining) similar to those used on the reduced model. It is then established that as more physical mechanisms are included in the mathematical model used to study the problem, the ratio between the floodplain and the main channel flow resistance coefficient increases. The approach demonstrates that whenever enough flow data is available, the lateral distribution method delivers values of flow resistance and eddy viscosity which are highly consistent with 2D numerical modelling. This finding could mean considerable savings in the burdensome task of specifying flow resistance and turbulence dissipation values for 2D modelling of large compound channel systems. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

磁塌缩不稳定与自生间歇磁流

太阳和天体物理吸积盘中的场是一种空间间歇的磁流。在整个太阳上都可发现这种间歇磁流片，其中光球上90%以上的磁流呈现为强场形态，其强度为0.1-0.2T，大小为50-300km；在吸积盘中，已知脉动磁场比宏观磁场强几个数量级。磁场的重联湮灭，导致在薄电流片区形成小尺度的磁环胞以及同涨的横等离激元。磁流和等离激元之间的非线性相互作用引起自类似塌缩，形成更为空间间歇的塌缩的磁环元胞。而横等离激元诱发的自生磁场具有调制不稳定性，导致磁场塌缩，形成高度间歇的磁流。分别在磁流力学和等离子体动力论两种情况下，分析了这种磁塌缩不稳定性，并用于解释太阳上的间歇磁流以及寻求天体物理吸积盘中的反常粘滞。     

Fuzzy parameters analysis of time‐dependent fracture of concrete dam models

In order to apply the mechanical properties (measured on material specimens or laboratory‐sized models) to large structures (such as concrete dams), a non‐linear theory able to predict the size‐scale effect has to be used. One of these theories was first proposed by Hillerborg and co‐workers (fictitious crack model) and is based on the earlier works by Barenblatt and Dugdale for metals (cohesive crack model). It is based on the existence of a fracture process zone (FPZ), where the material undergoes strain softening. The behaviour of the material outside the FPZ is linear elastic. A large number of short‐time laboratory tests were executed, by varying the load, under crack mouth opening displacement control. Since concrete exhibits a time‐dependent behaviour, an interaction between creep and micro‐crack growth occurs in the FPZ. Therefore, different testing conditions can be applied: rupture can be achieved by keeping the load constant before peak value (pre‐peak tests), or after peak value and after an unloading and reloading procedure (post‐peak tests). The crack propagation rate is shown to be small enough to neglect inertial forces and large enough to keep the time‐dependent behaviour of the process zone as dominant compared to the behaviour of the undamaged and viscoelastic zone. Due to the variability in material microstructure from one specimen to another, experimental data show large ranges of scatter. Well established methods in probability theory require sufficient experimental data in order to assume a probability density distribution. The objective of this study is to investigate the ranges of variation of the time response under constant load in simple structural elements associated with pre‐selected variation (fuzziness) in the main material parameters. For situations where the values of the material parameters are of a non‐stochastic nature, the fuzzy set approach to modelling variability has been proposed as a better and more natural approach. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The cosmological constant and the clusters of galaxies

The dependence of the formation redshift of clusters of galaxies on the cosmological constant is discussed on the basis of recent measurements of gravitational masses and radii from X-ray astronomy techniques. For a flat CDM model with several different values of the cosmological constant, the cluster number density as a function of the redshift is calculated. Comparing the calculated number density at z − 0 with the observed value limits the spectrum parameter Γ to the range 0.15–0.32. We also show that if Γ and/or Ω_Λ were larger, many more clusters of galaxies would have been formed at high redshifts.     

鄂尔多斯盆地南梁-华池地区长8储层微观孔喉结构差异及成藏意义

南梁-华池地区位于鄂尔多斯盆地的湖盆中心,长8层紧邻上部优质烃源岩,是鄂尔多斯盆地勘探开发的重点层系之一。为探究该区不同物性储层微观孔喉结构特征及差异,通过铸体薄片、扫描电镜、高压压汞、恒速压汞等方法,系统研究了南梁-华池地区长8₁储层微观孔隙结构,对比分析了研究区不同物性样品微观孔喉结构差异及其成因。研究结果表明,南梁-华池地区长8₁储层微观孔隙结构复杂多样,微观非均质性较强;随着渗透率的增大,孔喉变异系数、分选系数越大,微观均质系数越小,储层微观非均质性越强;渗透率大于1 mD的储层,大孔喉数量相对较多,连通孔喉半径比、迂曲度较小,孔喉结构多呈“通道型”型,渗透率贡献率主要依靠少数半径大于6μm的连通喉道,而渗透率小于1 mD的储层,连通孔喉半径比较大,孔喉结构多呈“束口袋”型,渗透率贡献率主要由其喉道半径峰值区间的小喉道决定。不同储层物性的微观孔喉差异主要由沉积、成岩差异而形成的。研究区水下分流河道、河口坝主砂带沉积粒度相对较粗,孔隙衬里状绿泥石薄膜发育,薄膜厚度可达10～25μm,可增加岩石颗粒的抗压强度和抑制后期碳酸盐、硅质胶结,有...     

LNAPL污染物及水含量对石英砂介电常数的影响

为研究LNAPL污染物及水含量对石英砂介电常数的影响,首先以石英砂模拟单一土壤环境,利用柴油和水的混合物来模拟轻非水相液体(LNAPL)污染物污染土壤,然后通过矢量网络分析仪和开口同轴探头,分析高频超宽带电磁波在土壤中的反射并计算介电常数。实验结果显示,石英砂介电常数随着体积含水量和含油量的增加而增加,直到达到饱和状态,此时石英砂介电常数趋于稳定;石英砂介电常数实测值处于极化模型和De Loor模型之间,结果与De Loor模型接近。     

2013年3月20日湖南和广东雷暴大风过程的特征分析

利用常规探空资料、多普勒天气雷达资料和风廓线雷达资料对2013年3月19日夜里到20日凌晨发生在湖南中南部和广东北部的一次区域性雷暴大风天气进行了分析,发现本次强对流天气过程的天气尺度背景是北支高压脊的崩溃和南支槽的建立,槽前出现较强的低空急流和切变线并在湖南中南部和广东北部形成了上干冷下暖湿的温湿配置结构下发生并强烈发展的;地面自动站观测显示北风侵入到前期露点温度较高的贵州黄平地区并形成风向辐合触发了对流,之后对流单体东移进入前期地面辐合线和露点锋相配合,同时500 hPa极为干冷的湖南中部偏南地区不断发展加强成对流带;雷达观测显示19日夜里在湖南西部不断出现对流单体并在其东移南下过程中最终形成飑线结构,该飑线中存在多个超级单体;通过多普勒天气雷达的中气旋产品与雷暴大风出现时间对应比较发现：大多数由中气旋引发的雷暴大风,在雷暴大风出现前2~3个体扫,其中气旋底高不断下降至2 km左右或以下,且在雷暴大风出现前1~2个体扫,中气旋的最强切变高度显著下降至中气旋底高位置附近;通过风廓线雷达数据与雷暴大风出现时间对应比较发现：底层大气折射率结构常数(C2n)大幅度的跃升通常在雷暴大风出现前10~15 min左右出现,其对雷暴大风的出现可能具有一定的指示意义。     

液舱三维晃荡运动二阶共振理论解及特性分析

从无旋运动的理论出发,并利用微扰法,推导了液舱三维晃荡运动二阶共振问题的理论解。考虑纵荡和横荡运动情况,对液舱三维晃荡二阶共振问题进行了分析。当两个晃荡方向的和频(即其外部激发频率的和)或差频(即其外部激发频率的差值)等于液舱固有频率时,二阶共振发生;当某一晃荡方向(横荡或纵荡)外部激发频率与另一晃荡方向(纵荡或横荡方向)液舱某一固有频率的和或差值等于液舱另一固有频率时,二阶共振也会发生。进一步研究了各个二阶共振激发频率下水深变化对晃荡振幅的影响。结果表明,对于两个晃荡方向外部激发频率的和频和单一晃荡方向(纵荡或横荡)某一个激发频率与另一晃荡方向(横荡或纵荡)某一个属于奇模的固有频率的和频所引发的共振情况,水深变化对共振振幅大小的影响比较大;而对于相应差频所引发的共振情况,水深变化对共振振幅大小的影响比较小。     

Viscosity of the Martian mantle and its initial temperature: Constraints from crust formation history and the evolution of the magnetic field

The rheology of the Martian mantle and the planet's initial temperature is constrained with thermal evolution models that include crust growth and test the conditions for magnetic field generation in the core. As observations we use the present-day average crustal thickness of 50-120 km as estimated from the Mars Global Surveyor gravity and topography data, the evidence for the crust being produced mostly early, with a rate declining from the Noachian to the Hesperian, and the evidence for an early magnetic field that likely existed for less than a billion years. We use the fact that the rate of crust growth is a function of temperature, which must be above the solidus in the sub-lithosphere mantle, and the mantle convection speed because the latter determines the rate at which melt can be replenished. The convection speed is a strong function of viscosity which, in turn, is a strong function of temperature and also of the water content of the mantle. We use a viscosity parameterization with a reference viscosity evaluated at 1600 K the value of which can be characteristic of either a dry or a wet mantle. We further consider the Fe-FeS phase diagram for the core and compare the core liquidus estimated for a sulphur content of 14% as suggested by the SNC meteorite compositions with the core temperatures calculated for our cooling models. Two data sets of the Fe-FeS eutectic temperature have been used that differ by about 200 K [Böhler, R., 1996. Fe-FeS eutectic temperatures at 620 kbar. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 96, 181-186; Fei, Y., Bertka, C.M., Finger, L.W., 1997. High-pressure iron-sulphur compound, Fe₃S₂, and melting relations in the Fe-FeS system. Science 275, 1621-1623] at Martian core-mantle boundary pressure and in the eutectic composition by 5 wt%. The differences in eutectic temperature and composition translate into a difference of about 400 K in liquidus temperature for 14 wt% sulphur.We find it premature to rule out specific mantle rheologies on the basis of the presently available crustal thickness and crust growth evidence. Rather a trade-off exists between the initial mantle temperature and the reference viscosity. Both a wet mantle rheology with a reference viscosity less than 10²⁰ Pas and a dry mantle rheology with a reference viscosity of 10²¹ Pas or more can be acceptable if initial mantle temperatures between roughly 1700 and 2000 K are allowed. To explain the magnetic field history, the differences in liquidus temperatures matter. For a liquidus temperature of about 1900 K at the Martian core-mantle boundary as calculated from the Böhler et al. eutectic, a dry mantle rheology can best explain the lack of a present-day dynamo. For a liquidus temperature of about 1500 K at the core-mantle boundary as calculated from the Fei et al. eutectic all models are consistent with the observed lack of dynamo action. The reason lies with the fact that at 14 wt% S the Martian core would be close to the eutectic composition if the Fei et al. data are correct. As inner core growth is unlikely for an almost eutectic core, the early field would have been generated by a thermally driven dynamo. Together with the measured strength of the Martian crustal magnetization this would prove the feasibility of a strong thermally driven dynamo.     

在后牛顿引力理论(PPN形式)中引力常数变化对地球自转产生的效应

介绍和论述了在后牛顿引力理论(PPN形式)中在优越参考系和非优越参考系中经过参数化后引力常数变化对地球自转产生的效应,其中特别重点介绍了年周期变化的效应。此外也将理论结果同观测结果相对比。