Evaluating the influence of mixture composition on the kinetics of salt damage in wall paintings using time lapse video imaging with direct data annotation

This paper presents an examination of the timescale of phase transition behaviour of a series of salts known to cause damage to wall paintings and other cultural property. The rate of deliquescence and crystallisation of single salts (nitromagnesite and halite) under different RH regimes, and the extent to which this was affected when mixed with other salts (niter, nitratite and gypsum), was investigated. The study was conducted using simple conventional techniques (mass measurements over time) and also using an innovative new method: timelapse video imaging with online data annotation. The results demonstrate the synergy gained from combining video imaging with environmental data in reference to time in the study of salt phase changes: where it revealed new information concerning the kinetics of deliquescence and crystallisation. The implications of these results for the implementation of environmental control measures within historic buildings are discussed.

Video Observations Of Leonids 1999

We analyse data obtained by different ground-based video camera systems during the 1999 Leonid meteor storm. We observe similar activity profiles at nearby observing sites, but significant differences over distances in the order of 4,000 km. The main peak occured at 02:03 UT (λ_⊙=235.286, J2000, corrected for the time of the topocentric stream encounter). At the Iberian peninsula quasi-periodic activity fluctuations with a period of about 7 min were recorded. The camera in Jordan detected a broad plateau of activity at 01:39–01:53 UT, but no periodic variations. The Leonid brightness distribution derived from all cameras shows a lack of faint meteors with a turning point close to +3^m, which corresponds to meteoroids of approximately 10^-3 g. We find a pin-point radiant at αalpha=153.65 ±0.1, δ=21.80 ±0. (λ_⊙=235.290). The radiant positionis identical before and after the storm, and also during the storm no driftis observed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Elemental mercury concentrations and formation rates in the Scheldt estuary and the North Sea

Concentrations of Hg⁰ in surface waters and atmosphere of the Scheldt estuary and the North Sea are presented and their relationship with biological processes is discussed. Hg⁰ concentrations in the Scheldt estuary range from 0.1 to 0.38 pmol·l⁻¹ in the winter and from 0.24 to 0.65 pmol·l⁻¹ in the summer and show a positive relationship with phytoplankton pigments. In the North Sea Hg⁰ concentrations range from 0.06 to 0.8 pmol·l⁻¹ and are higher in coastal stations. Transfer velocities across the air–sea interface were calculated using a classical shear turbulence model. Volatilization fluxes of Hg⁰ were calculated for the Scheldt estuary and the North Sea. For the Scheldt estuary the fluxes range from 226–284 pmol·m⁻²·d⁻¹ in winter and 500–701 pmol·m⁻²·d⁻¹ in summer and for the North Sea the fluxes range from 59–1110 pmol·m⁻²·d⁻¹ for an average windspeed of 8.1 m·s⁻¹. These fluxes are comparable to the wet and dry depositional fluxes to the North Sea. Hg⁰ formation rates necessary to balance the volatilization fluxes vary from 0.2 to 4% d⁻¹.     

遥感图像准无损压缩技术的研究

提出了一种基于图像恢复技术的遥感图像压缩技术,在提高遥感图像压缩比的同时,使压缩后的重建图像质量达到准无损的技术要求。对SRTF、TM图像的试验结果表明,该技术是可行的。     

武汉市供电局110联动报修计算机管理系统

介绍了武汉市供电局110联动报修计算机管理系统的设计和实现方法。系统利用ATM网络和PSTN网络,在SQLServer数据库环境中实现配电故障的信息处理。     

华北和北京的酷暑天气 Ⅱ. 模拟实验和机理分析

利用Ｐｅｎｎ／ＮＣＡＲ 的ＭＭ５ 中尺度模式对１９９９ 年６ 、７ 月华北的两段高温过程进行了模拟研究, 并利用模拟输出量对高温形成的机理进行了一些探讨。结果表明, 在利用了Ｎｕｄｇｉｎｇ 同化以后, 中尺度模式能对整个过程作较长时间的模拟, 对高压的移动过程、强度和维持能较好的复制出来。分析结果表明, 大陆副热带高压中的下沉增温和辐射增温是造成此高温酷暑天气的主要原因。     

Detecting significant sediment motion in a laboratory flume using digital video image analysis

A video analysis method for monitoring sediment transport and sorting processes in a laboratory flume is presented. Video taken through the glass side‐wall of a laboratory flume is captured using a digital CCD (charge‐coupled device) camera and significant movements between individual frames are detected using image analysis. This method involves direct subtraction of the brightness numbers of pixels in sequential video frames, followed by thresholding to produce binarized images of significant change, above the inherent level of system noise. Experimental results showing dilation of a gravel framework and rapid infiltration of fines just prior to entrainment are discussed. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

SHORT COMMUNICATION­­A field experiment of cusp formation on a coarse clastic beach using a suspended video‐camera system

Cusp formation was continuously monitored on a manually flattened, plane section of a coarse clastic, microtidal, pocket beach on the Pacific coast of Japan using a CCD camera suspended in the air. Vertical video pictures enabled the examination of the temporal change in foreshore morphologies and swash pattern. Boulders on the beach face appeared to have triggered the formation of beach cusps, which gradually and successively grew up alongshore. In 2·5 h, two well defined beach cusps had developed with a spacing of 2·2 and 2·5 m, respectively. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

珠江三角洲海相沉积软土压缩和剪切变形特性试验研究

为了研究近代海相沉积软土的变形特征,本文对珠江三角洲河口地区的全新世海相沉积的软土进行了室内单轴压缩与不同围压下作用下的三轴固结不排水(CU)、不固结不排水(UU)的剪切试验。试验结果表明:原状土和重塑土样的孔隙比随压力的增大而下降,且与加压方式有密切关系,加压幅度越小,土的扰动破坏越小;原状土样固结系数随着压力增加而递减,整体近似符合指数函数分布,重塑土样固结系数随着压力增加逐渐增大,整体近似符合线性函数分布。在相同的固结压力下,原状土样的强度低于重塑土样的强度。土样的应力应变曲线为应变硬化型,且围压对重塑土的影响小于原状土。     

圆钢管约束高强灌浆料局部承压性能研究

以圆钢管约束高强灌浆料局部承压性能试验为基础,基于ABAQUS有限元计算平台,通过建立分段模型(Multi-section Model简称MSM模型)进行数值模拟,探究圆钢管约束高强灌浆料在局部承压作用下的力学性能,并将软件计算得到的荷载-位移曲线与试验结果进行对比分析。结果表明,分段模型适用于圆钢管约束高强灌浆料局部承压作用下的数值模拟,且计算结果与试验结果吻合较好;增大试件高径比、钢管壁厚和高强灌浆料强度均可提高其极限承载力。