Estuary/ocean exchange and tidal mixing in a Gulf of Maine Estuary: A Lagrangian modeling study

A Lagrangian particle method embedded within a 2-D finite element code, is used to study the transport and ocean–estuary exchange processes in the well-mixed Great Bay Estuarine System in New Hampshire, USA. The 2-D finite element model, driven by residual, semi-diurnal and diurnal tidal constituents, includes the effects of wetting and drying of estuarine mud flats through the use of a porous medium transport module. The particle method includes tidal advection, plus a random walk model in the horizontal that simulates sub-grid scale turbulent transport processes. Our approach involves instantaneous, massive [O(500,000)] particle releases that enable the quantification of ocean–estuary and inter-bay exchanges in a Markovian framework. The effects of the release time, spring–neap cycle, riverine discharge and diffusion strength on the intra-estuary and estuary–ocean exchange are also investigated.The results show a rather dynamic interaction between the ocean and the estuary with a fraction of the exiting particles being caught up in the Gulf of Maine Coastal Current and swept away. Three somewhat different estimates of estuarine residence time are calculated to provide complementary views of estuary flushing. Maps of residence time versus release location uncover a strong spatial dependency of residence time within the estuary that has very important ramifications for local water quality. Simulations with and without the turbulent random walk show that the combined effect of advective shear and turbulent diffusion is very effective at spreading particles throughout the estuary relatively quickly, even at low (1 m²/s) diffusivity. The results presented here show that a first-order Markov Chain approach has applicability and a high potential for improving our understanding of the mixing processes in estuaries.     

河口悬浮粒子Stern电位的测定方法

首次提出了一种间接测定悬浮粒子Stern电位的方法,即通过测定悬浮粒子在不同浓度NaCl(0.01～0.40mol/L)溶液中的ζ-电位,按照Gouy-Chapman理论一般公式之对数变换式,用作图法计算悬浮粒子的Stern电位.用该方法研究了黄河口悬浮粒子Stern电位的变化规律.结果表明,在淡、咸水混合初期,悬浮粒子的Stern电位迅速减小;当S>3.5时,Stern电位不再随盐度的增大而变化.由此提出,对Ca2+和Ms2+的吸附是影响河口悬浮粒子Stern电位变化的主要因素.     

Measurements of suspended particulate matter with laser in-situ scattering and transmissometry in the Jiaozhou Bay in China

1 IntroductionKnowledge of suspended particle size and distri-bution is the key elements for better understandingthe sediment transport processes ( Wang et al.,2004), primary production (Ning et al., 2004),water quality controlling and pollution predictio…     

Numerical Study on Instantaneous Discharge of Unsorted Particle Cloud in Cross Flow

The mixing characteristics of particles such as dredged sediment of variable size discharged into cross flow are studied by a 3D numerical model, which is developed to model the particle-fluid two-phase flow. The Eulerian method with the modified k-ε parameterization of turbulence for the fluid phase is used to solve fluid phase, while a Lagrangian method for the solid phase (particles), both the processes are coupled through the momentum sources. In the model the wake turbulence induced by particles has been included as additional source term in the k-ε model; and the variable drift velocities of the particles are treated efficiently by the Lagrangian method in which the particles are tracked explicitly and the diffusion process is approximated by a random walk model. The hydrodynamic behavior of dumping a cloud of particles is governed by the total buoyancy of the cloud, the drag force on each particle and the velocity of cross-flow. The computed results show a roughly linear relationship between the displacement of the frontal position and the longitudinal width of the particle cloud. The particle size in the cloud and the velocity of cross flow dominate the flow behavior. The computed results are compared with the results of laboratory experiments and satisfactory agreement is obtained.     

Underwater Navigation Based on Real-Time Simultaneous Sound Speed Profile Correction

Precise sound speed profile (SSP) information is critical when using sonar for underwater terrain navigation. Nevertheless, acquiring SSP information in real-time is difficult, especially in underwater navigation environment. To account for this problem, this paper presents an underwater navigation method that applies real-time SSP correction to the terrain measurements. The method uses a probe to measure the surface sound speed simultaneously. Meanwhile, redundancy of topographic measurement data is exploited to derive the equivalent SSP information. The acquired equivalent SSP is updated continuously with particle filter algorithm. The terrain measurements can be corrected in real-time with the equivalent SSP to improve the performance of underwater terrain navigation. By removing the impact of inaccurate SSP from the terrain measurements, the proposed method can achieve precise and robust underwater navigation result without using an underway-profiling instrument. Simulated results confirm the good performance of the proposed method.     

栉孔扇贝大量死亡的流行病学调查研究

2001~2003年,对养殖的栉孔扇贝进行了较系统地流行病学调查研究.以栉孔扇贝养殖集中海区长岛县亚美扇贝养殖场为定点调查和样品采集点.调查内容主要包括栉孔扇贝各养殖期的死亡率和可疑病原生物检测,同时对pH、溶解氧、温度、盐度等环境理化因子进行连续监测.调查结果显示:栉孔扇贝在养殖初期幼贝阶段死亡率较低,随后死亡率逐渐升高,至8月24日月死亡率达最高点71%.9月份以后死亡率开始下降.至10月份累积死亡率达90%以上.对环境理化因子的调查显示,pH、溶解氧、盐度的变化幅度不大,与扇贝死亡率无明显相关性;温度变化与死亡率似有一定的相关性,即高温(月平均23℃以上)可能是养殖栉孔扇贝重要的环境胁迫因子.通过对可疑致病性生物因子的调查研究及病理学观察表明,栉孔扇贝在养殖过程中可感染多种微生物,其中原核微生物类立克次体(RLO)在养殖过程各生长阶段均可检出,其感染率和感染强度与扇贝死亡率呈现一致的趋势.在病原病理检测中,发现RLO的大量感染与组织细胞严重病理损伤密切相关.在病原生物检测过程中,除RLO以外还发现有类枝原体原核生物(MLO)和类病毒(VLP)寄生.RLO的人工感染实验结果说明RLO是栉孔扇贝重要的病原菌.结合感染率和死亡率、感染强度和组织病理学的相关性以及感染实验的结果分析,认为类立克次体(RLO)可能是栉孔扇贝养殖过程中大量死亡的主要致病因子.     

基于细观力学的混凝土劈拉破坏率相关特性研究

提出了一种高效的混凝土细观力学预处理方法,其中包括基于背景网格的骨料投放与细观三组分的识别;建立了颗粒离散元的混凝土细观力学模型。利用该模型对不同应变率下混凝土的劈拉试验进行了数值仿真,仿真结果显示出的混凝土动力强度提高的规律以及不同应变率下混凝土的破坏模式与试验结果吻合较好。研究表明,随着应变率的提高,混凝土破坏时产生更多弥散状分布的裂纹,同时有些裂纹穿过强度较高的骨料,导致混凝土在高应变率破坏过程中消耗更多的能量,是混凝土的动力强度提高的重要原因。此外,在高应变率下,力链产生更多的分叉,空间分布的不均匀性和随机性增加,因此,在高应变率下混凝土动力强度表现出更大的离散性。     

Modelling dispersion in complex open channel flows: Fuzzy calibration (2)

Part 1 of this study assessed the effectiveness of dispersion models based around random particle tracking (RPT) applied an overbank flow in the Flood Channel Facility at HR Wallingford. Several of the RPT models that were used predicted the mixing behaviour of the tracer in the complex channel flow to within an acceptable accuracy. If there is no uniqueness in the model structure which can be used to represent the true system to within the limitations of the available observations, then this implies an inherent degree of ambiguity in our knowledge of the physically based model structure. This suggests that we should be less forthright in the optimisation of each individual model structure, and perhaps investigate more of the parameter combinations for each model which yield feasible simulations of the system. An alternative fuzzy calibration technique is introduced which avoids the optimisation process and takes account of uncertainties in the model structure, parameter sets and observed data in prediction.     

基于粒子群算法的高光谱影像端元提取技术

基于凸面几何学理论,由端元作为角点的单形体的体积应该是最大的.著名的N-FINDR和SGA算法正是基于以上理论,通过在数据云中寻找体积最大的单形体来实现端元的自动提取.本文利用粒子群优化(PS0)技术,基于凸面几何学理论,设计了一个新的端元提取算法.利用模拟和真实高光谱影像对其进行了实验,并将其结果与N-FINDR和S...     

堆石料大三轴试验的细观模拟

采用三维颗粒流计算程序,对堆石料的大三轴排水剪切试验过程进行了数值模拟。在数值模型的生成过程中,使堆石料集合体达到规定密度和级配;采用动态松弛算法迭代求解,并引入粒间阻尼,以吸收颗粒填装的多余动能使其稳定;颗粒间引入黏结力来提高试样的峰值强度;确定堆石料的细观力学参数,拟合室内试验应力应变曲线。模拟不同围压下堆石料的试验,得到的应力-应变曲线与室内试验基本一致,说明颗粒流方法可以较好的模拟堆石料的大三轴试验过程。由于没有考虑颗粒形状及颗粒破碎的影响,造成大应变剪胀偏大。