Turbulent momentum and salt transport in the mixing zone of the Elbe estuary

Measurements in the mixing zone of the Elbe estuary were performed during three consecutive tidal cycles with three types of instruments—a moored tripod with velocity and temperature/conductivity/light attenuation sensors, a profiling sonde with similar sensors lowered from an anchored vessel, and instrumented moorings. Acoustic-travel-time sensors were used for velocity measurements.Spectral analysis of 12·8 min pieces of the obtained time series gives results that are consistent with isotropic turbulence for part of the frequency space. Temporal changes of turbulent kinetic energy are correlated with tidal current velocity. A retardation is found between changes in tidal current and turbulent energy. Not all shear stress terms are in similar phase with tidal flow. Mean gradients, Reynolds stress terms, and turbulent salt flux terms are combined to determine eddy viscosity and eddy diffusion coefficients.     

藻酸双酯钠粘度的影响因素

通过实验讨论影响藻酸双酯钠特性粘度[η]升降的几个因素。     

两种低频信息的关联和形成差异的原因

在变振幅的数据分析中 ,低频信号可以反映在低频分析结果中 ,也可以体现在高频信号的振幅变化中。本文将其分别称为滤波低频信号和变幅低频信号。两种低频信号有很好的相关性 ,也存在明显差别。研究结果表明 ,滤波低频信号反映了过程整体性的上升或下降 ,变幅低频信号反映了极大值与极小值之间差异的缩小或加大。两种低频信号的差异多源于原始信号极大值与极小值变化过程之间的关系。在本文的例子中 ,冬季气温变化占优势时两种低频信号的滑动相关系数为正值 ;夏季气温变化占优势是导致两种低频信号差异的根本原因 ,在物理上表现为一定发生了强大的异常过程 ,打破了气温正常变化的秩序。大连站的气温变化主要受制于北方的冷空气过程 ,但当厄尔尼诺事件发生时 ,热带的暖过程大大加强 ,导致两种低频信号发生明显的差异。从 1965～ 2 0 0 3年 ,滑动相关系数共出现 6次负时段 ,都对应着厄尔尼诺事件。因此 ,在低频过程的研究中 ,需要用滤波低频信号研究整体性的低频变化。但是 ,在希望获取导致整体变化的主要成分时需要使用变幅低频信号。另外 ,在揭示异常过程时需要用滑动相关系数来发现两种低频信号的差异 ,提取异常信息。     

Hydroelastic Response Analysis of Mat-Like VLFS over A Plane Slope in Head Seas

1 .IntroductionIntheexploitationofoceanresourcesandintheutilizationofoceanspaces,verylargefloatingstructures (VLFS)suchasMega FloatinJapan (Isobe ,1 999)andMobileOffshoreBase (MOB)inUSA (Remmers ,1 999)playasignificantrole .However,owingtotheirlargesizesandrelativelylowbendingrigidities ,theirhydroelasticresponsesinwavesareofthemostconcern .ManystudieshavebeencarriedoutforthepredictionofthehydroelasticresponsesofVLFS′s (Kashiwagi,2 0 0 0 ;Cui,2 0 0 2 ) .However,inalmostallofthesestu…     

A GLOBAL SPECTRAL MODEL WITH VARIABLE POLES AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS

Since we find out that the global spectral model with trapezoidal truncation has higher resolution inhigh latitudes(polar cap)than in low latitudes,this paper presents a global spectral model with variablepoles which can be located at the center of interested area.The transform methods from traditional globalspectral model to the new model are given and applied to a shallow-water equation model.The control ex-periments for 72h predictions were carried out.The“northern pole”in the transformed model was locatedat 15°N, 135°E.And the results showed that the predictions of weather systems in the area around the“newpole”(the polar cap,latitudes >60°)were better than those by the traditional model and the root mean squareerrors were improved.     

Evaluation of various relationships of reaeration rate coefficient for modeling dissolved oxygen in a river with extreme flow variations in Pakistan

Mathematical relationships have been developed for reaeration rate coefficient (K_a) by various researchers. These relationships have a number of variables such as depth, velocity, width, slope, Froud number, molecular diffusion coefficient, kinematic viscosity and the gas‐transfer Reynolds number. From these variables, 29 relations have been developed and divided into four groups. To evaluate their predictive capability for highly variable flow rivers receiving high pollution loads form large cities, these relationships have been used to model dissolved oxygen (DO) in the River Ravi. Such rivers are either saturated with DO during high flows or anaerobic during critical low‐flow conditions. The evaluation is based on the agreement between model DO values calculated using K_a obtained from the available equations and the measured DO concentrations in the river samples in terms of sum of square of residuals (SSR) and coefficient of determination (R²). It has been found that in general, the group of equations containing depth and velocity as the only two variables affecting K_a performed better than the equations in other groups as reflected by lower SSR and higher R² values. The study results also reveal that the turbulence‐based reaeration rate coefficient equation containing additional variables also resulted in close agreement between DO model results and the measured values. The study results identify the most important parameters affecting the reaeration rate coefficient and the suitability of various K_a relationships as well for rivers with highly variable flows. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

带有负顾客且具有反馈的M/G/1排队模型

将负顾客和反馈相结合研究了一类带有负顾客且具有反馈的M／G／1排队系统，正顾客服务完会以一定的概率立刻排到队尾等待下一次服务，以一定的概率离开系统，永不再来。这里考虑了负顾客的两种抵消情况，分别是负顾客抵消队列中的最后一个正顾客和负顾客抵消队首的正顾客，并分别给出了它们稳态存在的充分必要条件，利用补充变量法和状态转移分析模型，得到了它们的稳态队长的概率母函数。     

全球强震的分布及其与地球自转速率变化的关系

结合文[1]作者给出的全球地震目录,重点考察1832~1994年间全球强震(Ms≥7.5)的分布特征,并初步探讨了全球强震与地球自转速率变化的可能关联。结果表明,1832年以来的全球强震分布与现代的地震观测结果比较一致,这些强震主要集中在环太平洋和地中海—喜马拉雅两大地震带,地球自转速率变化与全球强震的频次存在较为密切的联系。     

离散滑模控制在位置随动系统中的应用

根据改进的离散趋近律设计了位置随动系统的滑模变结构控制算法,仿真结果表明:该算法不仅实现了系统对位置信号的跟踪,还克服了常规离散趋近律参数选择不当出现的抖振现象,是一种具有应用价值的非线性控制方法。     

Sensitivity of nitrate concentration-discharge patterns to soil nitrate distribution and drainage properties in the vertical dimension

We propose a conceptual model that examines the ‘variable source area’ (VSA) and ‘nitrate flushing’ hypothesis in the vertical direction, and use this approach to explain nitrate concentration–discharge relationships in a semi-arid watershed. We use an eco-hydrology simulation model (RHESSys) to show that small changes in the vertical distribution of nitrate mass and their interaction with soil hydraulic conductivity can result in abrupt changes in the nitrate concentration–discharge relationship. We show that the estimated concentration–discharge relationship is sensitive to the parameters governing soil vertical nitrate distribution and soil hydraulic conductivity, at both patch scale and watershed scale, where lateral redistribution of water and nitrate is also accounted for. Given heterogeneity in nitrogen inputs, uptake processes, soil drainage and storage processes, substantial variation in parameters that describe rate of changes in vertical distribution of soil nitrate and hydraulic properties is likely both within and between watersheds. Thus, we argue that vertical ‘variable source area’ processes may be as important as lateral VSA in determining concentration discharge relationships.