Photometry and the determination of oscillation modes for high amplitude Delta Scuti (HADS) variable GSC 1566-2802

CCD photometry observation of a newly discovered, high amplitude Delta Scuti star GSC 1566-2802, with a visible filter, is presented. The observations were carried out at Alborz Observatory located in Mahdasht, Karaj, Iran.The main goal of this project was to update our knowledge of the periodic variations of the target star. This paper covers three analyses, first calculating a new ephemeris and plotting a new light curve based on 19 times of maxima; then a Fourier analysis of the observed data points which results in determining probable oscillation modes, as well as computing its physical parameters which guide us to its harmonics and pulsation modes.     

Dynamics and design of systems for geological storage of dissolved CO2

The standard approach for geologic storage of CO₂ consists of injecting it as a supercritical CO₂ phase. This approach places stringent requirements on the caprock, which must display: (1) high entry pressure to prevent the buoyancy driven upwards escape of CO₂; (2) low permeability to minimize the upwards flux of brine displaced by the CO₂; and (3) high strength to ensure that pressure build up does not cause caprock failure. We propose an alternative approach for cases when the above requirements are not met. The approach consists of extracting brine from the storage formation and then re-injecting it so that it mixes with CO₂ at depth in the injection well. Mixing at depth reduces the pressure required for brine and CO₂ at the surface. This CO₂-saturated brine will sink to the aquifer bottom because it is denser than resident brine, which eliminates the risk of buoyant escape of CO₂. The method is particularly favorable when the aquifer dips, because CO₂-saturated brine will tend to flow downslope. We perform two- and three-dimensional numerical simulations to study how far upslope the extraction well needs to be located to ensure a very long operation without CO₂ ever breaking through. Several sets of simulations were carried out to evaluate the effect of slope, temperature, pressure and CO₂ concentration, which is significantly reduced if flue gas (i.e., without capture) is mixed with the brine. We analyze energy requirements to find that the system requires high permeability to be viable, but its performance is improved by taking advantage of the thermal energy of the extracted brine.     

地磁台链的观测与研究

简要介绍了地磁台链观测在极光带电集流、赤道电集流、中低纬度大尺度电流体系、太阳风-磁层-电离层-高层大气能量耦合、高-中-低纬的扰动传输、磁层中磁流体波的传播、主磁常荚期变化等研究中的应用,综述了地磁台链观测在地磁与空间物理研究中的物理基础和研究现状,着重回顾了IMS 期间6个高纬子午台链的观测研究,总结了中国地磁台链研究的初步结果.中国所处的独特地理位置和广阔的经纬度展布提供了建立全球唯一的闭合子午圈台链的可能性.中国台链向北与俄罗斯东西伯利亚地磁台相连,一直延伸到北极光带,向南与菲律宾、印尼、澳大利亚台站相连直达南极区中山站,通过南极与对面子午线上的长城站相连,并与南美、北美台站构成一条闭合的子午圈台链.可以预料,这条台链的观测资料将为地磁与高空物理研究提供宝贵的资料,对研究日地整体行为将会有重要意义.     

Self-Affine Fractals and the Fractal Dimension of Fractured Rock Profiles

The measured profiles of laboratory fractured rocks should be self-affine fractal.The scaling properties of these profiles are described by two parameters-the fractal dimension D and the crossover length tc The D values of eight profiles are calculated by the ruler method and by the standard deviation method respectively.It is shown that if tc is far greater than the sampling step tc two methods yield the same results,although if it is far smaller than r,the D by the standard method will be about 1.20,while D by the ruler method will very close to 1.0,because two fractal dimensions,local and global,exist on two sides of tc In order to obtain the local fractal dimension which may be close to that of the standard deviation method,the ruler method must be modified.We propose a way to estimate the tc and to modify the ruler method.Finally,a profile having given D is generated in terms of the principle of non-integer order differential,through which the above two methods are verified and lead to the same res     

Comparison of length of day with oceanic and atmospheric angular momentum series

This is a companion paper to earlier comparisons and study of operational polar motion series, published recently in the same journal. In this contribution, four operational, publicly available, length-of-day (LOD) time series have been compared to the atmospheric angular momentum (AAM) augmented with recent oceanic angular momentum (OAM) data during September 1997–July 2000, using several intervals ranging from 3 days to almost 3 years. Additionally, the LOD of the International GNSS Service (IGS) historical series and a new LOD combination (CMB) were also analyzed. All the six LOD series showed an overall correlation exceeding 0.99 for the complete interval of almost 3 years. Even for the shortest interval of only 3 days, the correlation was still higher than 0.60. The combined AAM + OAM series with inverted barometer corrections always gave the best correlation. The Rapid Service LOD of the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) compared the best at all intervals but the shortest one, where the CMB LOD was the best with a correlation of 0.73, followed by both IGS series with a correlation of about 0.71. Prior to all the correlation analyses, in addition to the removal of all the known (conventional) LOD tidal variations with periods ranging from 5.6 days to 18.6 years and lunar fortnightly and monthly oceanic tides, small corrections of lunar fortnightly and monthly tides, semi-annual, annual periodical signals, drift and scale had to be estimated with respect to the combined AAM + OAM series.     

变刚度半主动结构振动控制的试验研究

本文成功地完成了五层框架的变刚度半主动结构振动控制的模拟地震振动试验,这不仅是我国的第一个变刚度半主动结构振动控制的试验,在国际上也是少数几例之一。本文介绍了试验系统的构成,试验内容,试验结果的分析及试验结论等。     

线性时滞系统的近似变结构控制

为了回避时延现象的存在给变结构控制方案中滑动模态的恰当定义及保证其渐近稳定的切换函数参数矩阵的确定带来的诸多不便和困难,对于线性时滞系统,首先根据帕德近似公式对其模型作近似处理,然后再采用变结构控制。该控制方案具有一定的应用价值。     

Erratum: the 2.27 day period of WR-134 (HD 191765)

The original temporal analysis of a 12 night spectral timeseries of WR-134 has been found to be flawed and a re-analysis shows that the line profile variations are indeed periodic. When combined with a 4 night timeseries taken 45 days earlier, a period near 2.27 d is found in periodograms of the Heii 5412 line centroid,rms line width, and line skew variations. When the emission line residuals are ordered as a function of phase, a sinuous feature appears to snake about the line center with an amplitude of ± 500 km s^–1. This is 20 larger than the line centroid amplitude; the calculation of which is heavily weighted by static portions of the line profile. In addition to the snake, emission residuals appear that move away from line center on unbound trajectories and are thought to result from the interaction of a periodic driver with the unstable flow of the radiation driven wind. The nature of the periodic driver is a topic for discussion.     

Filtrate Quality from Different Filter Operations

A brief review of the literature on filtrate quality obtained in constant and variable declining rate operation systems is presented, with the general conclusion that both systems usually produce filtrate of similar quality, assuming the flow‐rate controllers in the constant flow rate system operate properly. A mathematical model of CR (constant rate) filters and VDR (variable declining rate) filters based on the model by Mackie and Zhao (1999) has been described and used to investigate filtrate quality under different operating conditions. A similar quality of filtrate was achieved in computations carried out for both modes of operation, while the total head loss was much lower in the VDR mode. For the same time of filter runs slightly better filtration quality resulted from CR operation, but for different filter runs resulting from the same head loss of flow just before a backwash, the VDR control system produced lower turbidity filtrate.     

基于线特征的改进MIHT遥感影像配准算法

MIHT(Modified Iterated Hough Transform)方法用于影像配准时,具有以直线段作为配准基元、线段之间不需同名关系等优点,同时亦存在着收敛速度慢、计算费时等不足。针对MIHT算法的缺点,提出将选权迭代最小二乘法引入到计算过程中,并且文中给出改进算法的具体实施流程。实验证明,与原算法相比较,改进算法的收敛速度和可靠性都有了明显的提高。