Predicting the effect of biofouling on ship resistance using CFD

This paper proposes a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based unsteady RANS model which enables the prediction of the effect of marine coatings and biofouling on ship resistance and presents CFD simulations of the roughness effects on the resistance and effective power of the full-scale 3D KRISO Container Ship (KCS) hull.Initially, a roughness function model representing a typical coating and different fouling conditions was developed by using the roughness functions given in the literature. This model then was employed in the wall-function of the CFD software and the effects of a typical as applied coating and different fouling conditions on the frictional resistance of flat plates representing the KCS were predicted for a design speed of 24 knots and a slow steaming speed of 19 knots using the proposed CFD model. The roughness effects of such conditions on the resistance components and effective power of the full-scale 3D KCS model were then predicted at the same speeds. The resulting frictional resistance values of the present study were then compared with each other and with results obtained using the similarity law analysis. The increase in the effective power of the full-scale KCS hull was predicted to be 18.1% for a deteriorated coating or light slime whereas that due to heavy slime was predicted to be 38% at a ship speed of 24 knots. In addition, it was observed that the wave resistance and wave systems are significantly affected by the hull roughness and hence viscosity.     

珠江口外陆架表层沉积物的地球化学分区

根据249个表层沉积物样品的Ca,Al,N,P,Mg,Fe,Mn,Ti和有机碳的测定数据,利用稳健RQ型主分量分析及Q型聚类分析方法,对珠江口外陆架表层沉积物进行了地球化学分类,并将该陆架区划分成陆源细碎屑沉积区、经叠加改造的残留泥砂质沉积区、生物碎屑沉积区以及高能环境下的石英砂质沉积区。结果表明了稳健统计方法相对于传统统计方法的优越性,以及采用稳健主分量的Q载荷进行聚类分析相对于用原始变量进行聚类分析的优越性。     

白云鄂博地区构造格局与古板块构造演化

通过对白云鄂博及周边地区地质和构造形迹的系统调研,综合分析了白云鄂博地区的古板块构造单元、白云鄂博群的沉积构造背景以及白云鄂博地区的构造组合特征。白云鄂博群可以划分为三个沉积组合,它们分别代表中元古代、晚元古代和早古生代白云鄂博地区由陆内裂谷向陆缘裂谷转化到活动大陆边缘裂谷的沉积过程。白云鄂博地区以白银角拉克－宽沟断裂为界,南北两侧存在重大地质差异。断裂南侧的该群岩石不整合覆盖在相当于五台群的巴尔腾山群之上,是在华北陆壳基底上发展起来的陆缘沉积。局部碳酸盐岩和页岩层位在加里东期遭受了强烈的地幔流体改造,形成大规模稀土矿化;在海西期又遭受了强烈的区域变质改造。断裂北侧的白云鄂博群以发育蛇绿混杂岩－叠瓦状况断层－紧闭同斜褶皱为特征,具有古板块俯冲形成的加积杂岩特征。在此基础上,对白云鄂博地区的古板块构造演化动力学过程进行了初步总结。     

Quasi-static analysis of strike fault growth in layered media

We study the effects of structural inhomogeneity on the quasi-static growth of strike-slip faults. A layered medium is considered, made up of an upper layer bounded by a free surface and welded to a lower half-space with different elastic property. Mode III crack is employed as a mathematical model of strike-slip fault, which is nucleated in the lower half-space and then propagates towards the interface. We adopt FEM-β, newly proposed analysis method for failure, to simulate the quasi-statistic crack growth governed by the stress distribution in layered media. Our results show that along planar traces across interfaces a compliant upper layer has significant effects on promoting/suppressing crack growth before/after its extension into the layer and vice versa for a rigid one. This proposes a possibility that surface breaks due to strike-slip faulting could be arrested by deposit layers at the topmost part of the Earth's crust.     

深地震反射剖面揭示的天津地区张渤带地壳精细结构

穿过天津地区张渤带的长86 km、NE向深地震反射剖面揭示了该区清晰的地壳精细结构图像和断裂的深浅构造特征,为研究张渤地震构造带的深部孕震环境和构造模式提供了地震学证据,对探讨晚中生代以来华北裂陷盆地的深部动力学过程及演化具有重要意义.结果表明,天津地区张渤带地壳以结晶基底反射T_G为界,分为上下两部分;上地壳反射波组丰富,分层特征明显,界面起伏形态清楚,清晰地刻画出冀中坳陷新生代沉积分层、箕状沉积凹陷的底界、潮白河断裂、蓟运河断裂及丰台—野鸡坨断裂的几何结构;地壳内部结晶基底（T_G）至Moho之间,显示出近于"反射透明"的地震波场特征,无明显震相,这与华北其他地区的深地震反射剖面结果明显不同;地壳厚度为30.0~34.5 km,总体变化趋势为中段地壳厚而南北端相对较薄,Moho在横向上显示出明显的不均匀和横向间断特征,在Moho被错断处存在两个明显的反射事件R_A和R_C,R_A可能是软流圈热物质上涌的侧向残留物,叠层状反射震相R_C则表现出壳幔过渡带特征;剖面揭示了2条错断Moho的超壳深大断裂（F_D1和F_D2）和9条上地壳断裂,深大断裂应是软流圈热物质上涌,造成上地幔隆起而形成的,上地壳断裂与地壳垂直运动及侧向引张力有关;超壳深断裂（F_D1和F_D2）为本区深部热物质的上涌与能量交换提供了通道,而与之对应的地壳浅部断裂（F₃和F₉）,则为能量调整提供了可能的条件,断裂邻近区域可能是未来发生强震的地区,值得注意.     

Petrogenesis and tectonic setting of bimodal volcanism in the Sakoli Mobile Belt, Central Indian shield

The Sakoli Mobile Belt comprises bimodal volcanic rocks that include metabasalt, rhyolite, tuffs, and epiclastic rocks with metapelites, quartzite, arkose, conglomerate, and banded iron formation (BIF). Mafic volcanic rocks are tholeiitic to quartz‐tholeiitic with normative quartz and hypersthene. SiO₂ shows a large compositional gap between the basic and acidic volcanics, depicting their bimodal nature. Both the volcanics have distinct geochemical trends but display some similarity in terms of enriched light rare earth element–large ion lithophile element characteristics with positive anomalies for U, Pb, and Th and distinct negative anomalies for Nb, P, and Ti. These characteristics are typical of continental rift volcanism. Both the volcanic rocks show strong negative Sr and Eu anomalies indicating fractionation of plagioclases and K‐feldspars, respectively. The high Fe/Mg ratios for the basic rocks indicate their evolved nature. Whole rock Sm–Nd isochrons for the acidic volcanic rocks indicate an age of crystallization for these volcanic rocks at about 1675 ± 180 Ma (initial ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd = 0.51017 ± 0.00017, mean square weighted deviate [MSWD] = 1.6). The εNd_t (t = 2000 Ma) varies between ?0.19 and +2.22 for the basic volcanic rock and between ?2.85 and ?4.29 for the acidic volcanic rocks. Depleted mantle model ages vary from 2000 to 2275 Ma for the basic and from 2426 to 2777 Ma for the acidic volcanic rocks, respectively. These model ages indicate that protoliths for the acidic volcanic rocks probably had a much longer crustal residence time. Predominantly basaltic magma erupted during the deposition of the Dhabetekri Formation and part of it pooled at crustal or shallower subcrustal levels that probably triggered partial melting to generate the acidic magma. The influence of basic magma on the genesis of acidic magma is indicated by the higher Ni and Cr abundance at the observed silica levels of the acidic magma. A subsequent pulse of basic magma, which became crustally contaminated, erupted as minor component along with the dominantly acidic volcanics during the deposition of the Bhiwapur Formation.     

内蒙古四子王旗头号岩体锆石U-Pb同位素年代、岩石成因及构造意义

头号岩体位于华北板块北缘,西拉木伦河缝合带以南,侵位于新太古代变质花岗岩中,被晚侏罗世钾长花岗岩所侵入。通过LA-ICP–MS锆石U-Pb测年获得了(236.2±9.6)Ma(MSWD=3.6)的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄,应代表其侵位年龄。岩石地球化学分析结果显示,ω(SiO2)为73.09%⁷6.96%,ω(Na2O+K2O)为8.14%76.96%,ω(Na2O+K2O)为8.14%⁸.95%,A/CNK为1.03%8.95%,A/CNK为1.03%¹.13,标准矿物计算中各样品均出现刚玉(C),σ值为1.951.13,标准矿物计算中各样品均出现刚玉(C),σ值为1.95².54,为过铝质岩石、高钾钙碱性岩石系列。稀土元素蛛网图中,轻重稀土元素分馏较强,Eu为明显的负异常,大离子亲石元素(LILE)富集,高场强元素亏损(HFSE),Zr/Hf比值偏离较大,为S型花岗岩,并且岩浆作用后期可能与高温含水流体发生了相互作用。头号岩体形成于造山晚期向造山期后转变的构造体制下。结合前人区域研究资料,认为华北板块与西伯利亚板块已沿西拉木伦河缝合带闭合。     

中国大陆活动地块边界带主要断层的强震震间晚期综合判定

由于中国大陆强震主要分布在活动地块边界带上,所以活动地块边界带主要断层成为我国大陆型强震研究的重要目标,各强震孕育阶段的判定是大陆型强震原地复发的动力学过程研究主要内容,而目标断层是否处于震间晚期也是强震时间预测的重要研究基础.虽然地震短临预测仍存在诸多科学难题,但最近20年来全球若干强震相关研究表明,如果放宽预测时间尺度的要求,有些方法也可用于强震震间晚期的判定.本文以中国大陆活动地块边界带的391条断层段为研究目标,利用地震地质的强震破裂空段、大地测量的断层运动闭锁段、地震活动的中小地震稀疏段、数值模拟的库仑应力增强显著段等方法,综合判定中国大陆活动地块边界带可能处于震间晚期的主要断层段.本文结果仅是初步结果,该结果的可靠程度有赖于监测条件,其科学性有赖于大陆型强震孕育发生动力学过程的认识水平,虽然本文尝试给出中国大陆活动地块边界带主要断层的震间晚期判定结果,但其结果可靠程度、精细程度等均存在巨大的改善空间.最后,从断层孕震阶段判定需求的角度,本文尝试给出大陆型震源物理模型的具体基础模型,期望起到抛砖引玉的作用,也期望更多地震学家关注大陆型强震的物理机制及其预测基础研究.

     

辽河油田大民屯凹陷井壁崩落法地应力测量

文中介绍了井壁崩落法地应力测量的基本原理和方法 ,并利用此方法对辽河油田大民屯凹陷地区 15口井的地层倾角测井资料进行了统计和分析 ,绘制了崩落椭圆长轴优势方位图。结果表明 ,该地区井壁崩落椭圆的长轴优势方位为 35 0°～ 10° ,由此确定的最大主应力方向为 80°～ 10 0° ,平均为 90° ,与用震源机制解得出的结果基本相符 ,说明该地区的构造应力场方向比较稳定 ,处于同一构造应力场的作用之下     

Response of saturated and nearly saturated porous media: Different formulations and their applicability

The response of saturated porous medium is of significant interest in many fields ranging from geomechanics to biomechanics. Biot was the first to formulate the basic equations governing the process of coupled flow and deformation in porous media. Depending on the nature of loading vis‐à‐vis the characteristics of the media, different formulations (fully dynamic, partly dynamic, quasi‐static) are possible. In this study, analytical solutions are developed for the response of saturated and nearly saturated porous media under plane strain condition. The solutions for different formulations are developed in terms of non‐dimensional parameters. The response is studied for various conditions and the regions of validity for various formulations are identified in a parametric space. An assessment of the needed formulation for few important problems is also presented. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.