Hybrid formulation of operator splitting (OS) and Newmark‐β methods for collaborative structural analysis (CSA)

A collaborative structural analysis (CSA) system is developed, which is capable of performing highly sophisticated structural analyses utilizing beneficial features of existing individual structural analysis programs. In the system, the global equations of motion for the overall structural system are formulated in the host program. Some substructures, whose behaviors are relatively simple, are directly solved in the host program, whereas those having complex behavior are analyzed by the station programs. A time‐consuming static condensation procedure is needed for the substructures analyzed by the station programs if adopting an implicit integration scheme. The operator splitting (OS) method, which does not require tangential stiffness, can be used to improve the system efficiency. To this end, a hybrid formulation of the Newmark‐β and OS methods is proposed, and a CSA scheme based on the hybrid formulation is developed. In the CSA system adopting the hybrid formulation, the degrees of freedom whose tangential stiffness are unavailable are formulated by the OS method, whereas the rest are still formulated by the commonly used Newmark‐β method. Using the system, analyses of a three‐story‐braced steel moment‐resisting frame are conducted. In the analyses, the column bases are analyzed using the commercial finite element method software ABAQUS, and the remaining structural elements are analyzed using a frame analysis program called NETLYS. Results suggest that the hybrid formulation is very effective for the CSA system. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

钢纤维增强十字形异形柱中节点的抗震性能试验

针对异形柱节点的薄弱特性,通过在节点处掺加钢纤维,对比了钢纤维增强的异形柱中节点和未掺加钢纤维的普通混凝土异形柱中节点的破坏特征、承载力、延性、滞回性能和刚度退化等抗震性能指标。结果表明:钢纤维增强的异形柱节点试件承载力明显提高,节点核心区破坏程度明显较轻,加载后期,刚度保持效果有明显改善,说明钢纤维可以提高异形柱节点的抗震能力。     

Characteristics of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations During Sea Fog Events

Based on the high-resolution datasets collected in a sea fog field experiment at the northern coast of South China Sea, the variations of liquid water content (LWC) and net longwave radiation flux (NLRF) during two sea fog events on 16th-17th and 18th-19th March, 2008 are exaimeed by wavelet analysis, and the cooling mechanisms for fog formation and persistence are also investigated. The main results are shown as follows. (1) Sea fog may develop and persist whether it is cloudy or not aloft. However, when there is cloud aloft the LWC is less and wind speed in sea fog is higher than that in the clear sky. (2) The quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of NLRF are observed in the formation stage of the two fogs. QPOs of LWC are only found in the developing stage no matter with cloudless or cloudy condition. (3) It is likely that sea fog forms by the cooling effects of longwave radiation and develops through the vertical mixing induced by the radiative cooling at the upper level. (4) During sea fog development and persistence, other mechanisms could also play important roles in fog-layer cooling, such as turbulent heat transport and radiation transport between air-sea interfaces.     

双线偏振多普勒天气雷达遥测降水强度和液态含水量的方法和精度研究

利用雨滴谱的Г分布和散射计算模式,研究了C波段双线偏振多普勒天气雷达遥测降水强度、液态含水量和识别降水粒子相态的方法,给出了利用反射率因子ZH、差分反射率因子ZDR、差传播相移KDP反演降水强度和液态含水量的三种公式以及这三个物理量的关系公式,并从雨滴谱的变化和雷达测量误差两方面比较了几种方法的测雨精度.结果表明:雨滴谱在很大范围变化时,利用ZDR和KDP可以很好地反演出降水强度和液态含水量,它受滴谱分布的影响不大,它的探测精度优于(ZH,ZDR)方法.单参数KDP方法优于传统的Z-R关系方法.同时给出的ZH与ZDR和KDP关系公式也基本不受雨滴谱变化的影响,它可以用于降水粒子相态的识别.双参数方法的测量误差主要来源于雷达测量ZDR和KDP的误差,特别是KDP的误差,改善KDP的测量误差是发挥双线偏振多普勒雷达探测降水强度或液态含水量潜力的关键.     

应用LAPS资料分析安徽沿淮一次短时暴雨特征

利用LAPS系统融合分析资料对安徽沿淮一次短时暴雨过程进行中尺度天气分析,探讨降水过程成因机制及天气结构特点,同时验证LAPS分析资料的实用性。结果表明：过程主要影响系统为中尺度气旋式涡旋,其向安徽北部沿淮地区移动为暴雨的发生、发展提供了触发机制。雷达降水回波主要出现在850hPa中尺度涡旋南侧以及700hPa槽前西南气流辐合上升运动过程中,持续的低空急流及其带来的水汽共同为暴雨过程提供了水汽条件和动力机制。比较雷达回波发展和云中液态水含量演变发现,云中液态水含量极大值区多出现在雷达回波单体的新生区域,借助于LAPS云中液态水含量分布结果对预测雷迭回波发展趋势及降水分布有借鉴作用。     

Quantifying Organization of Atmospheric Turbulent Eddy Motion Using Nonlinear Time Series Analysis

Using three methods from nonlinear dynamics, we contrast the level of organization inthe vertical wind velocity (w) time series collected in the atmospheric surface layer(ASL) and the canopy sublayer (CSL) for a wide range of atmospheric stability ()conditions. The nonlinear methods applied include a modified Shannon entropy, waveletthresholding, and mutual information content. Time series measurements collected overa pine forest, a hardwood forest, a grass-covered forest clearing, and a bare soil, desertsurface were used for this purpose. The results from applying all three nonlinear timeseries measures suggest that w in the CSL is more organized than that in the ASL, and that as the flows in both layers evolve from near-neutral to near-convective conditions, the level of organization increases. Furthermore, we found that the degree of organization in w associated with changes in is more significant than the transition from CSL to ASL.     

Modification Of The Standard ∈-Equation For The Stable Abl Through Enforced Consistency With Monin–Obukhov Similarity Theory

A condition is derived for consistency of the standard-equation with Monin–Obukhov (MO) similarity theory of thestably-stratified surface layer. The condition is derivedby extending the procedure used to derive the analogous condition forneutral theory to stable stratification. It is shown that consistencywith MO theory requires a function of flux Richardson number, Ri_f, to be absorbed into either of two closure parameters, c ₁ or c ₂.Inconsistency, on the other hand, results if constant values of these are maintained for all Ri_f, as is done in standardapplication of the equation, and the large overpredictions ofturbulence found in such application to the one-dimensionalstable atmospheric boundary layer (1D-SBL) are traced to thisinconsistency. Guided by this, we formulate a MO-consistent-equation by absorbing the aforementioned function intoc ₁, and combine this with a Level-2.5 second-orderclosure model for vertical eddy viscosity and diffusivities.Numerical predictions of the 1D-SBL by the modified model converge to a quasi-steady state, rectifying the predictive failure of the standard -equation for the case.Quasi-steady predictions of non-dimensional variables agree stronglywith Nieuwstadt's theory. Qualitative accuracy of predictionsis inferred from comparisons to field data, large-eddy simulationresults and Rossby-number similarity relationships.     

GPS探测与FY-2反演大气可降水量对比分析

为深入了解FY-2卫星大气可降水量(PW)的反演质量,文章选取2012和2015年地基GPS水汽观测数据,与FY-2的PW反演产品进行了对比分析。结果表明:(1)北京、武汉和海口三站GPS/PW(PW_(GPS))与FY-2/PW(PW_(FY-2))在夏季存在显著正相关,三站的相关系数都达到0.67以上,夏季PW的均方根误差值、月平均偏差绝对值均小于冬季。北京与武汉站PW平均偏差和均方根误差在四季均具有明显日变化特征;(2)当PW_(GPS)20 mm时,北京、武汉、海口和拉萨站FY-2/PW与GPS/PW比较一致,PW偏差均值的绝对值和均方根误差较小,当PW_(GPS)20 mm时,PW偏差均值绝对值和均方根误差随PW_(GPS)值减小而迅速变大。FY-2的PW产品在夏季可以为大部分区域提供高时空分辨率、高精度的大气可降水量,在大气湿度非常低、冬季和夜间条件,反演结果精度有待提高。     

一次飞机积冰环境中的云微物理特征

2014年3月12日利用机载粒子探头(DMT)对我国宜昌及周边地区的非降水云系进行了探测时发现了少量的飞机积冰,本文分析了积冰云层中云微物理量的分布特征。垂直平均分布表明,CAS、CIP和PIP粒子数浓度分别大于300个·cm~(-3)、1个·cm~(-3)和10~(-5)个·cm~(-3),粒子中值直径最大值分别为3μm、89μm和1389μm。谱分布表明,3650m高度重力碰并和凇附过程使得CIP和PIP粒子谱较宽,3650m以下谱宽较窄,粒子以凝结增长为主,大粒子和冰晶粒子主要是由高层下落造成。平飞观测统计表明,3350m的CAS和CIP粒子平均数浓度均大于3650m的值,但PIP粒子数浓度、粒子平均和最大中值直径则相反。平飞时间变化表明,3350m高度CAS粒子数浓度和直径大致呈反相关,3650m大云滴和冰雪晶粒子的数浓度和中值直径随时间波动较大。     

光纤传感的后起之秀——分布式传感

随着对光纤中非线性效应研究的不断深入,光纤分布式传感器得到了广泛的研究和应用.本文介绍了光纤传感的应用领域,综述了基于布里渊散射、拉曼散射及瑞利散射3种散射光实现不同类型光纤分布式传感的原理,最后从光纤分布式传感优势方面对其未来发展方向进行了展望.