Examination of drag coefficient with special reference to the windsea Reynolds number: Conditions with counter and mixed swell     

Naoya Suzuki  Yoshiaki Toba  Satoru Komori 《Journal of Oceanography》2010,66(5):731-739

The effect of swell on the drag coefficient, C _D, observed at the Hiratsuka Tower Station, presented by Suzuki et al. (1998, 2002), has been investigated. C _D increases sharply with the windsea Reynolds number, R _B, when there is a counter swell against the windsea direction, and only gradually when the swell comes from a mixture of directions. In cases where 2-D wave spectra were unavailable (1998, and others), swells showed a scattering effect compared with the pure windsea case on the C _D-R _B Diagram. R _B is a useful parameter for investigating the effect of swells and further systematic accumulation of appropriate data is needed.  相似文献   

Decoupling algorithm for evaluating multiple beam damages in steel moment‐resisting frames          下载免费PDF全文

Xiaohua Li  Masahiro Kurata  Akiko Suzuki 《地震工程与结构动力学》2017,46(7):1045-1064

Post‐earthquake safety evaluation of steel moment‐resisting frames mainly relies on the inspection of seismic damage to beam–column connections. Recently, in order to evaluate seismic damage of steel connections in a prompt and precise manner, a local damage evaluation method based on dynamic strain responses has been proposed and receives attention. In the evaluation method where strain responses are measured by piezoelectric strain sensors, a strain‐based damage index has been developed for evaluating individual seismic beam damage in a steel frame. However, for a steel frame suffering multiple beam damages, the damage index deteriorates its performance in identifying small damages with the presence of neighboring severe damages because of the moment redistributions induced by larger damages. This paper presents a decoupling algorithm that removes the issue of damage interaction and improves the performance of the damage index. The decoupling algorithm was derived on the basis of damage‐induced moment release and redistribution mechanism. The effectiveness of the decoupling algorithm was numerically and experimentally investigated using a nine‐story steel frame model and a large scale five‐story steel frame testbed that can simulate multiple fractures at beam ends. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Seasonal changes in the sediment flux on steep hillslopes in a humid diurnal frost environment          下载免费PDF全文

Fumitoshi Imaizumi  Osamu Suzuki  Asako Togari‐Ohta 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2017,42(3):389-398

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Diverse protolith ages for the Mindoro and Romblon Metamorphics (Philippines): Evidence from single zircon U–Pb dating          下载免费PDF全文

Ulrich Knittel  Monika Walia  Shigeyuki Suzuki  Carla B. Dimalanta  Graciano P. Yumul Jr. 《Island Arc》2017,26(1)

Within the north‐eastern part of the Palawan Continental Terrane, which forms the south‐western part of the Philippine archipelago, several metamorphic complexes are exposed that are considered to be rifted parts of the Asian margin in South‐East China. The protolith age(s) and correlations of these complexes are contentious. The largest metamorphic complex of the Palawan Continental Terrane comprises the Mindoro Metamorphics. The north‐eastern part of this metamorphic complex has recently been found to be composed of protoliths of Late Carboniferous to Late Permian protolith age. However, meta‐sediments exposed at the westernmost tip and close to the southern boundary of the exposure of the Mindoro Metamorphics contain detrital zircons and with U–Pb ages, determined by LA–ICP–MS, in the range 22–56 Ma. In addition, zircons as young as 112 Ma were found in a sample of the Romblon Metamorphics in Tablas. As the youngest detrital zircons provide an upper age limit for the time of deposition in meta‐sediments, these results suggest that the Mindoro and Romblon Metamorphics comprise protoliths of variable age: Late Carboniferous to Late Permian in NE Mindoro; Eocene or later in NW Mindoro; Miocene at the southern margin of the Mindoro metamorphics; and Cretaceous or later on Tablas. The presence of non‐metamorphic sediments of Late Eocene to Early Oligocene age in Mindoro (Lasala Formation), which are older than the youngest metasediments, suggests that metamorphism of the young meta‐sediments of Mindoro is the result of the collision of the Palawan Continental terrane with the Philippine Mobile Belt in Late Miocene. Similarities of the age spectra of zircons from the Eocene to Miocene metamorphics with the Eocene to Early Miocene Lasala Formation suggest that the protoliths of the young metamorphics may be equivalents of the Lasala Formation or were recycled from the Lasala Formation.  相似文献   

Intensity measure conversion of fragility curves     

Akiko Suzuki  Iunio Iervolino 《地震工程与结构动力学》2020,49(6):607-629

In seismic risk assessment of structures, fragility functions are the probabilistic characterization of vulnerability at the component and/or structural level, expressing the probability of failure as a function of a ground motion intensity measure (IM). Fragility curves, in general, are structure- and site-specific, thus a comparison of fragility curves, then of vulnerability, is not straightforward across multiple structures. Also, it could be the case that hazard at a site of interest is not available for the IM originally considered in the fragility assessment. These situations require to convert fragility curves from an original IM to a target one. The present study addresses a hazard-consistent probabilistic framework for converting spectral acceleration-based IMs from an original IM to a target IM at a given site. In particular, three conversion cases, under different assumptions on the explanatory power of the involved IMs with respect to structural failure, are discussed: (a) a vector-valued IM consisting of the original and target IMs, magnitude, and source-to-site distance; (b) a vector-valued IM consisting of the original and target IMs; and (c) the original (scalar) IM only, assuming that structural response, given the IM, is statistically independent of the other ground motion variables. In this framework, the original fragility functions are characterized using the state-of-the-art methods in performance-based earthquake engineering, then the fragility curves as a function of the target IM are evaluated through applications of the probability calculus rules, ensuring consistency with the seismic hazard at the site of interest. The conversion strategy is illustrated through the applications to three-, six-, and nine-story Italian code-conforming reinforced concrete buildings designed for a high-hazard site in Italy. The study shows that, in most of the cases, the converted fragility curves have agreement with the reference curves directly developed in terms of the target IM. Cases in which least agreement was found are likely due to the models used to obtain the terms required by the conversion equations.  相似文献   

Nonlinear behaviour of scoria soil sediments evaluated from borehole records in eastern Shizuoka prefecture,Japan     

Toshimi Satoh  Masanori Horike  Yoshihiro Takeuchi  Tomiichi Uetake  Hideyo Suzuki 《地震工程与结构动力学》1997,26(8):781-795

We evaluate the non-linear behaviour of soil sediments, analysing five weak and four strong motions observed at depths of 1 m and 28 m, in eastern Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. We identify S-wave velocities and frequency-dependent damping factors by minimizing the residual between observed and theoretical spectral ratios, based on a linear one-dimensional model. We find that S-wave velocities identified from strong motions, whose peak ground acceleration are 440, 210, 176, and 140 cm/s², are significantly smaller than those identified from weak motions. The shear modulus reduction ratios estimated from identified S-wave velocities become clear above an effective shear strain of 10^-4 and agree with laboratory test results below an effective shear strain of 8×10^-4. The differences of damping factors between weak and strong motions are not clear below this effective shear strain, as the laboratory test suggested. The equivalent linear one-dimensional model, with frequency-dependent damping factors, is confirmed to be valid to simulate strong motions at least an effective shear strain of less than 4×10^-4. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Stable carbon isotope values in dissolved inorganic carbon of ambient waters and shell carbonate of the freshwater pearl mussel (Hyriopsis sp.)     

Toshihiro Yoshimura  Hisato Izumida  Rei Nakashima  Toyoho Ishimura  Naotatsu Shikazono  Hodaka Kawahata  Atsushi Suzuki 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2015,54(1):37-51

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Spatial and Seasonal Variation in Surface Water pCO2 in the Ganges,Brahmaputra, and Meghna Rivers on the Indian Subcontinent     

Takuya Manaka  Hiroyuki Ushie  Daisuke Araoka  Souya Otani  Akihiko Inamura  Atsushi Suzuki  H. M. Zakir Hossain  Hodaka Kawahata 《Aquatic Geochemistry》2015,21(5):437-458

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Energy flow in shallow depth based on vertical array records during recent strong earthquakes     

Takaji Kokusho  Taku Suzuki 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2011

Wave energy flow in shallow ground depth is calculated based on main shock records obtained at 30 vertical array sites throughout Japan during nine recent strong earthquakes (M_J=6.4–8.0) by assuming vertical propagation of SH waves. It is generally found that upward energy tends to decrease considerably as it goes up from the base (about 100 m deep) to the ground surface. Large energy is reflected at layer boundaries with clear impedance contrast and returns to deeper ground, so that only less than 10–30% of the upward energy at the base level arrives at the ground surface in most sites. Energy dissipation calculated from the upward and downward energies tends to increase with the increase of damping ratio of the ground back-calculated from the seismic records. It is also found that the upward energy at the base may roughly be estimated for engineering purposes using spherical energy radiation of the body wave despite strong effects of fault rupture/path mechanisms.  相似文献   

Narrower grid structure of artificial reef enhances initial survival of in situ settled coral     

Suzuki G  Kai S  Yamashita H  Suzuki K  Iehisa Y  Hayashibara T 《Marine pollution bulletin》2011,62(12):2803-2812

The initial factors that cause a decline in the survival of in situ settled corals remain poorly understood. In this study, we demonstrated through field experiments that the design of artificial grid plates may influence the initial survival of Acropora corals, with narrower grids being the most effective. In fact, grid plates with a 2.5-cm mesh presented the highest recorded survival rate (14%) at 6 months after settlement (representing approximately 50 corals per 0.25 m² of plate). This is the first study where such high survival rates, matching those of cultures under aquarium conditions, were obtained in the field without using additional protective measures, such as guard nets against fish grazing after seeding. Therefore, our results provide a foundation for establishing new and effective coral restoration techniques for larval seeding, in parallel to clarifying the details of the early life stages of reef-building corals.  相似文献