Wave force coefficients for horizontally submerged rectangular cylinders

The results of wave force measurements carried out on a section of horizontally submerged rectangular cylinders, which are used as pontoons in many offshore structures, are reported in this paper. Two rectangular cylinders with aspect (depth–breadth) ratios equal to $\frac{1}{2}$ and $\frac{3}{4}$ and a square section (aspect ratio=1.0) cylinder are chosen for this study. Experiments are carried out in a wave tank at a water depth of 2.2 m at low Keulegan–Carpenter (KC) numbers to measure the horizontal and vertical wave forces acting on a 100 mm section, located at mid-length of the cylinders. For each cylinder, tests are carried out for two relative depths of submergence of 2.68 and 4.68. Measured wave forces in regular and irregular waves are then used to derive drag (C_D) and inertia coefficients (C_M). The analysis show that at very low KC numbers the inertia coefficients for all cylinders approached the potential flow values for both horizontal and vertical forces. The drag coefficients at low KC numbers exhibited large values and they decreased sharply with increase in KC number. For the square cylinder, where relatively a large KC number is obtained compared to other cylinders, inertia coefficients reached minimum values in the range of KC of about 3–4 and increased thereafter. In this range, C_M values are about 50% or so, smaller than the same at KC close to zero. The results of the experiments reveal that aspect ratio has large influence on hydrodynamic coefficients.     

地震和风耦合作用下上海中心大厦结构易损性研究

随着城市人口的增加,越来越多的超高层建筑在中国各大城市涌现,在其全寿命周期内不可避免的会遭受风甚至地震等多灾害的作用。以上海中心大厦为分析模型,根据其场地条件,采用Benowitez在2015年提出的1种基于随机波的模型方法模拟不同高度处具有空间相关性的脉动风荷载时程。通过对Perform 3D有限元软件建立的上海中心大厦模型进行非线性动力时程分析,研究地震和风耦合作用下对于结构性能的影响,并基于多灾害需求生成结构在地震和风耦合作用下的易损性曲面来研究结构的抗振可靠度。结果表明:结构的响应和易损性随着风速和PGA的增大而显著增大;随着风速的增大结构的响应和易损性均有增大的趋势,但随着地震动的增大,风荷载对结构响应和易损性影响逐步减小。     

Topology of Rayleigh–Bénard convection and magnetoconvection in plane layer

ABSTRACT

The present study aims to link the dynamics of geophysical fluid flows with their vortical structures in physical space and to study the transition of these structures due to the control parameters. The simulations are carried in a rectangular box filled with liquid gallium for three different cases, namely, Rayleigh–Bénard convection (RBC), magnetoconvection (MC) and rotating magnetoconvection (RMC). The physical setup and material properties are similar to those considered by Aurnou and Olson in their experimental work. The simulated results are validated with theoretical results of Chandrasekhar and experimental results of Aurnou and Olson. The results are also topologically verified with the help of Euler number given by Ma and Wang. For RBC, the onset is obtained at Ra greater than 1708 and at this Ra, the symmetric rolls are orientated in/along a horizontal axis. As the value of Ra increases further, the width of the horizontal rolls starts to amplify. It is observed that these two-dimensional rolls are nothing but the cross-sections of three-dimensional (3D) cylindrical rolls with wave structures. When the vertically imposed magnetic field is added to RBC, the onset of convection is delayed due to the effect of Lorentz force on the thermal buoyancy force. The presence of 3D rectangular structures is highlighted and analysed. When the magnetically influenced rectangular box rotates about vertical axis at low rotation rates in magnetoconvection model, the onset of convection gets further delayed by magnetic field, which is in general agreement with the theoretical predictions. The critical Ra increases linearly with magnetic field intensity. Coherent thermal oscillations are detected near the onset of convection, at moderate rotation rates.     

鲍人工配合饲料中应用防腐剂效果的研究

在鲍人工配合饲料中添加苯甲酸、山梨酸、尼泊金丁酯等防腐剂,在实验室设置的模拟投喂水体中,以饲料中孽生的细菌总数作为饲料在腐败过程中的腐败程度指标,研究了上述3种防腐剂在鲍饵中单独使用、混合使用以及多种添加量水平使用情况下的抑菌防腐效果及其特点。结果表明,鲍饵中添加0．50‰～1．00‰的尼泊金丁酯,在模拟投喂水体中具有非常显著而持久的防腐效果,30℃下72h内的腐败程度仅相当于不添加防腐剂的对照组饲料在16～25h内的腐败程度。还采用简易的投喂对照实验,初步验证了添加0．50‰尼泊金丁酯的人工配合饲料投喂对鲍的安全性。作者分析和讨论了以饲料在腐败过程中孽生的细菌总数作为模拟投喂过程中饲料的腐败度指标的优越性。     

地震灾害快速自动评级方法研究

发生地震时,需根据本次灾害的各个方面的损失程度来确定最终的应急响应级别,目前的地震等级评估办法,主要参考受伤死亡人数、房屋损伤程度、经济损失情况、烈度等,其中部分参考因素需震后较长时间调查之后才能获取,无法及时为应急响应提供参考.利用回归分析方法,对我国历史上大量地震数据进行分析,提出一种地震灾害快速自动评级的方法,综...     

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR SIMULATING AND PREDICTING SCOUR AROUND ABUTMENTS

1 INTRODUCTION The local scour around bridge piers and abutments has always had heightened interest to hydraulic engineers. An accurate and efficient method to estimate the local scour is greatly desired. However, the behavior of flows passing through bri…     

DIKE FORMATION WITH SUBMERGED VANE

1 INTRODUCTION Increasing capital costs, emerging environmental concerns and rising maintenance expenses of conventional river training works around the world have led to the development of submerged vanes in practice. Submerged vanes are being favoured f…     

Sediment transport under the presence and absence of emergent vegetation in a natural alluvial channel from Brazil

Studies regarding the influence of emergent vegetation on sediment transport are scarce and have mainly focused on flume conditions. To fill this gap and also meet the international need, we aimed to evaluate the influence of emergent vegetation (Echinodorus macrophyllus) on sediment transport of Capibaribe River, Brazil. Bedload and suspended sediment measurements were carried out using the US BLH 84 and US DH 48 samplers, respectively. Measurements of stem diameter, stem spacing and plant density were performed in conjunction with flow and sediment field measurements. Based on our results, 0.45 m s ? 1 was the threshold of mean flow velocity supported by E. macrophyllus under field conditions. This value can be helpful for other rivers with gravel-bed river to armoured layer ratio (AR ? D50-surface)/D50-subsurface ? 12.50) – natural conditions observed in Capibaribe River – or where the vegetation can provide positive effects, such as increase the bed stability, assist water restoration/rehabilitation and decrease water turbidity. Our results can hopefully be used in engineering practice and ecosystem management. In general, both the drag coefficient and drag force varied inversely and directly with the mean flow velocity and vegetation density, respectively. The vegetation resistance force was inversely proportional to the bedload transport owing to the resistance caused by emergent vegetation. This finding was supported by the clear decoupling between nonvegetated and emergent vegetated conditions indicated by cluster analysis. The study results provided a reasonable understanding of the interaction between emergent vegetation, water flow and sediment transport in the Capibaribe River.&2016 International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation/the World Association     

北极黄河站秋季气团传输影响下大气气溶胶数谱分布特征

2013 年9月在北极黄河站开展了气溶胶数谱（10~400nm）的短期观测实验。数浓度小时平均值主要出现在300~400cm^-3,平均值为350cm^-3,高于新奥尔松Zeppelin 全球大气本底站及环北极海洋大气7-9月航测报道的浓度。大气气溶胶的三个模态（核模态、爱根核模态和积聚模态）数浓度平均分别为35、122和193cm^-3。观测期间没有发生新粒子生成事件,平均数谱分布呈现双模态的分布特征,模态峰值分别出现在30nm和115nm,由积聚模态主导。平均数谱分布的几何中值粒径出现在约100~110nm。从单颗粒分析结果来看,观测期间黄河站地区大气气溶胶主要以海盐气溶胶为主,但是在来自挪威海域和北欧大陆的气团影响下,也观测到煤烟颗粒、富硫颗粒物和含碳颗粒物等人为气溶胶。     

Nutrient transport from an artificial upwelling of deep sea water

The transport of nutrient-rich, deep sea water from an artificial upwelling pipe has been simulated. A numerical model has been built within a commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package. The model considers the flow of the deep sea water after it is ejected from the pipe outlet in a negatively buoyant plume (densimetric Froude number = −2.6), within a stably stratified ocean environment subject to strong ocean current cross flow. Two cross-flow profiles were tested with momentum flux ratios equal to 0.92 and 3.7. The standard k-ε turbulence model has been employed and a range of turbulent Schmidt and Prandtl numbers tested. In all cases the results show that the rapid diffusion of heat and salinity at the pipe outlet causes the plume to attain neutral buoyancy very rapidly, preventing strong fountain-like behavior. At the higher momentum flux ratio fountain-like behavior is more pronounced close to the pipe outlet. The strong cross-current makes horizontal advection the dominant transport process downstream. The nutrient plume trajectory remains largely within one relatively thin stratified layer, making any ocean cross-flow profile less important. Very little unsteady behavior was observed. The results show that the nutrient is reduced to less than 2% of its inlet concentration 10 meters downstream of the inlet and this result is largely independent of turbulent Prandtl or Schmidt number. Initial results would suggest that if such an artificial upwelling were to be viable for an ocean farming project, a large number of upwelling pipes would be necessary. Further work will have to determine the minimum nutrient concentration required to sustain a viable phytoplankton population and the required spacing between upwelling pipes.