Protection of bridge piers against scouring with tetrahedral frames     

Yee-Meng CHIEW 《国际泥沙研究》2009,24(4):385-399

Armoring countermeasures, such as riprap stones, are the primary method used to protect bridge piers against scouring; however, these methods have not had definitive success. Recently, flow-altering countermeasures, such as sacrificial piles, have been tested as an alternative to armoring countermeasures. This study investigated the mechanics of an innovative flow-altering countermeasure device, frames in the shape of tetrahedrons that act as a pier-scour countermeasure. Results of measured characteristics for turbulence flow showed that the flow around the tetrahedral frames can be divided into three regions： （1） a deceleration region near the sediment bed; （2） an acceleration region in the middle of water depth region; and （3） a restoration region near the water surface. The velocity magnitudes, turbulent intensities and vorticities decreased in the deceleration region, increased in the acceleration region and reverted to that of the unprotected condition in the restoration region. This pier-scour countermeasure is innovative because of its ability to dissipate energy associated with the downflow and the horseshoes vortex generated around the bridge pier. The scour tests revealed that the frames protected the foundation of bridge piers against scour. The experimental results showed that the percentage reduction of scour depth decreased as the velocity ratio, U/U c , decreased, reaching a value of 50% for the range of parameters tested in this study. Moreover, its efficiency was dependent on the placement density of the frames. The data showed that the frames were more effective when η was larger. However, their influence becomes less significant when η≥ 0.16.  相似文献   

Estimating overland flow erosion capacity using unit stream power   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Hui-Ming SHIH  Chih Ted YANG 《国际泥沙研究》2009,24(1):46-62

Soil erosion caused by water flow is a complex problem. Both empirical and physically based approaches were used for the estimation of surface erosion rates. Their applications are mainly limited to experimental areas or laboratory studies. The maximum sediment concentration overland flow can carry is not considered in most of the existing surface erosion models. The lack of erosion capacity limitation may cause over estimations of sediment concentration. A correlation analysis is used in this study to determine significant factors that impact surface erosion capacity. The result shows that the unit stream power is the most dominant factor for overland flow erosion which is consistent with experimental data. A bounded regression formula is used to reflect the limits that sediment concentration cannot be less than zero nor greater than a maximum value. The coefficients used in the model are calibrated using published laboratory data. The computed results agree with laboratory data very well. A one dimensional overland flow diffusive wave model is used in conjunction with the developed soil erosion equation to simulate field experimental results. This study concludes that the non-linear regression method using unit stream power as the dominant factor performs well for estimating overland flow erosion capacity.  相似文献   

Non-linear density evolution from an improved spherical collapse model     

Sunu Engineer  Nissim Kanekar  T. Padmanabhan 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,314(2):279-289

We investigate the evolution of non-linear density perturbations by taking into account the effects of deviations from spherical symmetry of a system. Starting from the standard spherical top hat model in which these effects are ignored, we introduce a physically motivated closure condition which specifies the dependence of the additional terms on the density contrast, δ . The modified equation can be used to model the behaviour of an overdense region over a sufficiently large range of δ . The key new idea is a Taylor series expansion in (1/ δ ) to model the non-linear epoch. We show that the modified equations quite generically lead to the formation of stable structures in which the gravitational collapse is halted at around the virial radius. The analysis also allows us to connect up the behaviour of individual overdense regions with the non-linear scaling relations satisfied by the two-point correlation function.  相似文献   

HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING OF ESTUARINE CIRCULATION USING A SPLINE METHOD OF FRACTIONAL STEPS     

Pu Wang  R. Kahawita Professor of Mechanics  Lenzhou University  Lanzhou  China. Professor of Civil Ensineering  Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Canada. 《国际泥沙研究》1990,(1)

I. INTRODUCTIONNumerical models of estuaries incorporating simulation of the density induced circulation are consideredimPOrtant tools in the assessment of their dispersive characteristics. Most models to date have used finite difference approximations to the governing equations (see for example thericke and Hogan, 1977, Blumberg,1 977, Perrels and Karelse, 1978). A numeriCal model of estuarine circulation using a SADI (Spline Alternating Direction implicit) procedure together with a…  相似文献   

THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON FLOOD CONTROL IN THE HUAIHE BASIN     

Hugen ZhU Associate Prof  Dept. Of Civil Eng.  Hefei University of Technology  Hefei  China Zhaoyin WANG Prof  Dr. International Research  Training Center on Erosion  Sedimentation  P.O. Box  Beijing China Dieter PRINZ Prof. 《国际泥沙研究》1997,(3)

LIN~DUCnONTheHuaiheBasinislOCatedbetWeen31"-36"llorthemlahtudeand112"-121"easternlongitude,andcoversatotalareaofabout269,000sq.kin,OfwhichthemountainousandhillyareasocCUPyl/3,theplainsandlow-iringland2/3.ThebasinelicitSsalientphysicalgeographicalfeatllTesasfollowsf(l)Thereisnoobviousmountaindividebe~ntheWatershedoftheriVerandtheYellowforerBasinaswellastheYangtZeRadBasin.MostofthetributariesinthenoalbudoftheHuaiheforertakethesouthdikesOftheYellowherasthedivide.(2)TheriVerbedofthetr…  相似文献   

Relativistic Information Entropy on Uncertainty Analysis   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jin Weiliang Han Jie Professor  Dr. -Eng.  Dept. of Civil Engineering  Zhejiang University  Hangzhou  Lecturer. Dept. of Information Science  Electronic Engineering  Zhejiang University  Hangzhou 《中国海洋工程》1996,(4)

- in this paper, a new approach to relativistic information entropy is used to assess some relative uncertainties in structural reliability assessment. This approach is composed of the information theory and the relativistic theory, and can be used to measure the relativity of parameter uncertainty and system uncertainty in structural reliability theory based on the same generalized relativistic reference system. Therefore, the structural reliability assessment can be assessed reasonably by the approach.  相似文献   

Manned Testing of the Diver Gas Recovery Installation     

Mao Fangguan  Lu Shunchang Luo Ruiren Senior Engineer  Naval Medical Research Institute  P. L. A. of China  Shanghai  Senior Engineer  Navigation Guarantee 《中国海洋工程》1995,(4)

The Diver Gas Recovery Installation (DGRI) was evaluated at 80 msw saturation - 100 msw excursion diving on HeO2 in the Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI) of China in April, 1995. The diving depth, lockout time, breathing gas flow rate and consumption, inspired oxygen partial pressure (PO2) and carbon dioxide partial pressure (PCO2) were monitored. The results indicated that PO2 was controlled to fluctuate from 64.3 to 84.0 kPa and PCO2 went up from 0.01 kPa up to O.I kPa during 4 hours excursion diving; recovery of breathing gas reached 95%; three divers felt well and breathed comfortably during simulating heavy work. The test showed that it met desired performance goals. The DGRI is a kind of important equipment for long duration deep dive. It enables the gases exhaled by the divers to be re-cycled, and therefore it has great social, military and economic significance for diving operation and submarine rescue.  相似文献   

Buckling Propagation in Marine Pipelines     

Lin Zhongqin  Shen Huishen Chen Tieyun Dr. Associate Professor  Dept. of Mechanical Eng.  Shanghai Jiao Tong University  Shanghai Professor  Dept. of Civil Engineering  Shanghai Jiao Tong University  Shanghai Professor  Dept. of Naval Arch  and Ocean Eng.  Shanghai Jiao Tong University  Shanghai 《中国海洋工程》1993,(1)

The buckling propagation in marine pipelines is studied by means of the cylindrical shell model in this paper. Several parameters including geometrical parameter D/ T, L/ D, physical parameter E and σy are discussed. The computed results are compared with the available experimental data and other computed results, it is found that the present results are closer to the experimental results than other computed results.  相似文献   

Underwater Explosion Treatment of Marine Soft Foundation   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

Zheng Zhemin  Yang Zhengsheng Jin Liu Professor  Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences  Director of Mechanics Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences  Beijing Professor  Mechanics Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences  Beijing Senior Engineer  Lianyungang Harbor Construction Command Post  Lianyungang  Province of Jiangsu 《中国海洋工程》1991,(2)

The consolidation of soft foundation is a problem that commonly appears in harbor construction engineering on muddy coast. Introduced in this paper is the experimental study on underwater explosion treatment of soft foundation, including the regulations of explosion hollow development and medium movement, the law of similarity of densification and settlement of filled stone mass by shock wave pressure and explosion energy and their construction technologies, etc. A number of projects have been completed by applying this new technique, and the technique itself has been proved practicable.  相似文献   

Safety Level and Reliability Index for Bank Slope Stability     

Mai Yuanjian Senior Engineer  the th Harbour Engineering Bureau  The Ministry of Communications of P. R. China  Guangzhou 《中国海洋工程》1997,(2)

Based on statistics and analysis of the safety factor of unstable bank slopes,the relation be-tween safety level and reliability index of stability is studied and discussed,and then the elementary cali-brating calculation is carried out to the levels of safety and reliability for bank slope stability in the rangeof safety factors stipulated in existing China Technical Specifications for Port Engineering—FoundationPart(1987)and to those reached by some stable bank slopes already built.The results show that the relia-bility index β in the effective stress method is able to reach a high value of 2.4～4.1(mid-value 3.25),while the value of β in other three kinds of total stress method can just reach a lower value of 0.5～2.8(mid-value 1.65),which are in conformity with the engineering experience in China,and thus acceptable.Some suggestions are also given in this paper to the adoption of the value of β_0—objective reliability indexfor bank slope stability.  相似文献