EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON SALTATION OF SOLID GRAINS IN FLOWING WATER

This paper deals with the saltation of bed-load solid grains in flowing water. Experiments have been carried out by means of high-speed photographing and advanced data processing techniques while the analysis is made by combined method of mechani- cal and statistical theories. Experiments reveal that saltation is the main form of the bed-load transport under ordinary flow conditions. Taking successive saltation as the model of bed-load transport, systematic analysis has been made with regard to the forces acting on grains and the variation of their magnitudes along the saltation trajec- tories to obtain the kinematic and dynamic properties of these grains. The statistical analysis shows that the probability density functions of the relative height and length of saltation are in conformity with distribution, while the probability density functions of the relative velocities of saltation are in conformity with the Gaussian distribution.     

THE EFFECTS OF SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES OVER THE MID-LATITUDE WESTERN PACIFIC ON THE ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON

By Using the P-σ five-layer primitive equation model,three sets of numerical experiments are performedwith normal zonal mean SST(the control case),the positive SST anomalies in the Kuroshio current andeast-of-Japan Ocean(the midlatitude western Pacific),and positive SST anomalies over both the midlatitudeand the equatorial western Pacific.The experimental results show that the positive SST anomalies over themidlatitude western Pacific have great influence on the Asian summer monsoon:the Indian monsoon is weak-ened and the East Asian monsoon is intensified.This happens just reverse to the effects of positive SSTanomalies over the equatorial westero Pacific on the Asian summer monsoon.Further,the influence mechanismof the SST anomalies over the midlatitude westcrn Pacific on the Asian summer monsoon is discussed.     

An exact solution of solute transport by one-dimensional random velocity fields

The problem of one-dimensional transport of passive solute by a random steady velocity field is investigated. This problem is representative of solute movement in porous media, for example, in vertical flow through a horizontally stratified formation of variable porosity with a constant flux at the soil surface. Relating moments of particle travel time and displacement, exact expressions for the advection and dispersion coefficients in the Focker-Planck equation are compared with the perturbation results for large distances. The first- and second-order approximations for the dispersion coefficient are robust for a lognormal velocity field. The mean Lagrangian velocity is the harmonic mean of the Eulerian velocity for large distances. This is an artifact of one-dimensional flow where the continuity equation provides for a divergence free fluid flux, rather than a divergence free fluid velocity.     

High flow events and sediment transport in small streams in the ‘tertiary basin’ area in piedmont (Northwest Italy)

Rainfall, peak discharges, and suspended sediment transport were surveyed for 280 events in three small (0.8 to 10 km²) catchments in a hilly area derived from Neogene marls, silts, and sands. Under similar hydrological input conditions, stream flow behaviour and sediment delivery differed considerably from one catchment to another, depending on topography, lithology, land use, and especially sediment availability. Analytical treatment of data showed a good fit between sediment yield and peak flow discharge. Less good, although still significant, was the correlation between sediment concentration and discharge values for different flow stages. Rainfall peak/basin lag time and rainfall/discharge showed poor or no correlation, mainly due to strong variations in rainfall distribution. Sediment concentration in the catchments varied enormously according to season, from zero up to 334 g 1^?1; sediment yield was 160-900 tonnes km^?2 yr^?1 in the two major catchments, and over 5200 tonnes km^?2 yr^?1 in the headwater catchment, stressing the importance of small tributaries not only in inducing floods in downstream channels, but also in sediment supply.     

Research on the time changes of transfer functions at Heze observatory before and after Heze earthquake of magnitude 5.9 A discussion with Qi Wang

In this paper, the coefficients of Parkinson vectora, b and the in-phase partA _r, B_r and quadrature-phase partA _i, B_i of transter functions are calculated by using two kinds of data processing methods, respectively. The results of both methods are close to each other. All these six parameters above are low in value, showing that the electric structure in Heze area is rather uniform. It seems that the anomalous changes appeared in both results, and the values of parameters decrease before and after Heze earthquake. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,13, 113–120, 1991.     

Virtual rate and mean distance of travel of individual clasts in gravel-bed channels

Travel distances in gravel-bed rivers of tagged particles of various sizes are related to excess stream power estimated for peak discharge. Mean distance of movement, irrespective of grain size, is weakly correlated with stream power, especially near the threshold of movement. There may be several reasons for the weak correlation, including variable effects of bed structure, varying magnitudes of sediment mobilizing events and sampling problems. Grain size itself is of marginal significance. The virtual rate of travel calculated using total time for which the flow is larger than that needed to initiate clast movement also bears a weak relation to the excess stream power over the period. Better results are obtained by relating the virtual rate of travel to the first peak of the flow event only. This implies that the initial seeding of the tagged particles dominates the observations. Nonetheless, an underlying general relation is indicated by the data, which are derived from a wide range of flow regime types.     

动态应力与地震图像变化的相关性初探

列举11个大地震震例研究了发震断层面剪切运动方向与地震活动特征的相关性,提出由震后地震活动条带判断发震断层面走向的方法,结果表明,动态法判定的发震断层面与其它方法判定的发震断层面非常一致。探讨了动态应力场范围、传播和对基本应力场的加强作用,以及动态应力场展布范围与大面积宏观前兆等问题。     

The nature of horizontal anomalies and magnetotelluric impedance over southern India

The nature of horizontal anomalies and anomalous current systems in the region of the southern Indian peninsula is theoretically calculated with the aid of a thin sheet algorithm for northward and westward polarizations of a uniform inducing magnetic Held of period 20 min. The numerical model of the geoelectric structure is the one devised by Agarwal and Weaver (1989). The model results indicate the correspondence between the general features of the computed horizontal anomalies and the observed anomalies both at temporary array stations and at two permanent magnetic observatories (ANN and TRD). On the basis of model estimates of apparent resistivity and phase it is suggested that a one-dimensional interpretation of the sub-surface conductivity structure is valid near two of the array stations, whereas at all other coastal and inland stations, two-or three-dimensional interpretations of magnetotelluric (MT) data are required.     

孔隙尺度多孔介质流体流动与溶质运移高性能模拟

深入探究孔隙尺度下的流体流动特性和溶质运移规律对石油开采、农田养分管理、地下水污染修复有着重要意义。以人工构建的多孔介质结构和同步辐射X射线显微CT扫描的土壤团聚体（分辨率3.7 μm）为研究对象，在空间节点数多达64 000 000的情况下，基于格子Boltzmann模型和GPU并行技术计算得到多孔介质流体运动和溶质运移过程的关键参数，并据此探究多孔介质空间异质性对水力学特性的影响。通过对3组不同结构的多孔介质比较发现，结构复杂程度最高的土壤样品和不规则堆叠的圆球结构的渗透率在100 mD（即10^-13m²）量级，远低于规则堆叠的圆球结构（>20 000 mD）；土壤的迂曲度为1.40~1.60，明显高于规则堆叠的圆球结构。研究结果表明，渗透率大的样品具有较小的迂曲度，这与结构的空间异质性有较强的关系；土壤的渗透率和迂曲度呈现各向异性；在水力梯度一定的前提下，渗透率较大的样品，纵向弥散系数也较大；同时，结构的异质性也会影响溶质的穿透曲线。本研究提出的模拟方法可在土壤结构中进行高效的水流运动和溶质运移模拟，可用于土壤多孔介质在孔隙尺度下的水力学特性研究。