G-dwarf metallicity distribution curves assuming an inhomogeneous interstellar medium     

Sarbani Basu  N. C. Rana 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1992,196(1):1-21

We show that the explicit assumption of a chemically inhomogeneous interstellar medium allows a better reproduction of the metallicity distribution of G-dwarfs in the solar neighbourhood. The inhomogeneity is considered by assuming that at any time stars are born with a spread in their metallicities, the spread being a Gaussian in the logarithm of the metallicity around the mean metallicity of that epoch. We show that for various simple models of chemical evolution, the fit to the G-dwarf metallicity curve improves considerably once the above assumption is applied. We show that the parameters obtained from the fitting also give acceptable predictions for the age-metallicity relation. We also find that if we use a G-dwarf metallicity function corrected for the scale height inflation of stars, the conventional models of chemical evolution cannot match the shape of the curve, at least under the instantaneous recycling approximation applied to a chemically homogeneous ISM. Under the inhomogeneous ISM approximation, the predicted shapes are found to be better, though not totally satisfactory.  相似文献   

Metallicity distribution of F-dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood     

N. C. Rana  Atish D. Jana 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》1994,15(2):197-200

A volume-limited sample of F-dwarfs is chosen from Knude (1989) with low radial velocity as well as distance from the sun and compared with the expected model metallicity [Fe/H] distributions, taking the possible chemical inhomogeneity into account. There is found to be an agreement between the two within the error limits of small sampling. A summer school student from the Department of Physics, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721 101, India.  相似文献   

Distribution of metals in dwars stars in the solar neighbourhood     

N. C. Rana  Sarbani Basu 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1990,168(2):317-330

A preliminary method is proposed to handle the intrinsic chemical inhomogeneity in models of chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood. If we assume a Gaussian spread in metallicity (z[Fe/H]) about a mean metallicity in the birth function of stars, the metallicity distribution of stars as a function of time is investigated, assuming that the mean metallicityz evolves linearly with time. Metallicity ([Fe/H]) histograms are plotted for A-, F-, G-, and K-dwarfs of the local disk population based on our compilation of data from several sources, and compared with the existing ones. We have applied the above method on these distributions to check whether distribution of the local A-, F-, and K-dwarfs could be fitted reasonably well with a single set of parameters derived from a fit to the metallicity distribution of the G-dwarfs.  相似文献   

Modeling the impact of groundwater harvesting on the hydro-salinity of a saline catchment in southeastern Australia     

Shahbaz Khan  Muhammad Nadeem Asghar  Tariq Rana 《Hydrogeology Journal》2008,16(4):713-726

Recharge to a saline, unconfined shallow-water-table aquifer is normally considered as an irrecoverable loss of water, but such thinking could be reviewed empirically. The use of an appropriate groundwater harvesting system does not only provide an opportunity to recover this lost water, but can also help in catchment salinity management and improvement. Agricultural-based land-drainage systems such as those that use serial biological concentration (SBC) of salts, provide examples of such harvesting methods. The impact of groundwater harvesting has been assessed on the hydro-salinity of a saline catchment in southeastern Australia through modeling. For both the below average rainfall and very wet years, the “do nothing” scenario resulted in increasing salinization in the catchment. However, after introducing a SBC system, groundwater salinity showed a decreasing trend while hydraulic heads tended to stabilize around the depth of subsurface collector wells. However, for a successful groundwater harvesting system, proper understanding of the groundwater flows and salt mobilization associated with a catchment is necessary. The outcomes of this modelling study have the potential to address similar issues (salinization) and/or needs (water harvesting) existing elsewhere in the world, particularly in semi-arid regions.

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Spatio-temporal optimisation of agricultural drainage using groundwater models and genetic algorithms: an example from the Murray Irrigation Area,Australia     

T. Rana  S. Khan  M. Rahimi 《Hydrogeology Journal》2008,16(6):1145-1157

Drainage schemes for salinity management are aimed at lowering the shallow groundwater to help increase production and reduce ecological risks. Once the groundwater levels are lowered to desired agro-ecological thresholds, the drainage scheme’s operation needs to be optimised according to the spatio–temporal variation in groundwater dynamics. Groundwater systems can be modelled if their behaviour is fully known and understood but a key difficulty in optimisation is dealing with non-linear and non-unique spatio-temporal problems. Such problems can be optimised using genetic algorithms (GA) aimed at finding near optimal solutions to highly non-linear optimisation problems. The major advantages of GAs are their broad applicability, flexibility and their ability to find solutions with relatively modest computational requirements. A surface water/groundwater interaction model has been developed in conjunction with GA based spatio-temporal optimisation of pumping operation of a subsurface drainage scheme. The aim has been to achieve a similar or better than on-going level of service both in space and time domains. The Wakool Tullakool Subsurface Drainage Scheme in the Murray Irrigation Area, Australia is discussed to illustrate the modelling process. The model results are being used to plan the cost-effective operation of the tubewells to control water logging and salinisation.  相似文献   

Control of seismic and operational vibrations of rotating machines using semi-active mounts     

R.Rana T.T.Soong 《地震工程与工程振动(英文版)》2004,3(1):85-100

A dual isolation problem for rotating machines consists of isolation of housing structures from the machinevi brations and protection of machines during an earthquake to maintain their functionality. Desirable characteristics of machine mounts for the above two purposes can differ significantly due to difference in nature of the excitation and performance criteria in the two situations. In this paper, relevant response quantities are identified that may be used to quantify performance and simplified models of rotating machines are presented using which these relevant response quantities may be calculated. Using random vibration approach with a stationary excitation, it is shown that significant improvement in seismic performance is achievable by proper mount design. Results of shaking table experiments performed with a realistic setup using a centrifugal pump are presented. It is concluded that a solution to this dual isolation problem lies in a semi-active mount capable of switching its properties from ‘operation-optimum’ to ‘seismic-optimum’ at the onset of a seismic event.  相似文献   

鲁西归来庄金矿田碲金元素地球化学过程研究   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2  

于学峰  李大鹏  李增胜  尉鹏飞  Rana.N.S.Sodhi 《矿床地质》2019,38(2):277-290

归来庄金矿田是中国重要的富碲型金矿田之一,金矿体产于燕山早期中-碱性次火山杂岩中,以富含碲化合物为特征,由于其碲金成矿机理尚不明确,而受到广泛关注。文章以归来庄金矿田代表性矿石为研究对象,探索成矿过程中的碲金元素地球化学过程。通过二次飞行时间离子探针、电子探针及矿石微量稀土元素分析等多种研究手段,试图揭示成矿过程中碲元素参与成矿的主要地球化学行为。研究认为,Te在中、低温条件下易置换S,而使Te以类质同象的形式分散于硫化物晶格中,在高碲逸度的条件下,Te易与Au、Ag、Cu、Pb等元素形成碲化物而参与成矿,这是碲元素参与成矿的主要地球化学行为。  相似文献   

Determining the reference frame for kinematic analysis in S-tectonites using AMS     

Manish A. Mamtani  V. Abhijith  Sivaji Lahiri  Virendra Rana  Sandeep Bhatt  Shalini Goswami  A. R. Renjith 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2017,89(1):5-11

Salem-Attur shear zone in the Southern Granulite Terrane demarcates the tectonic boundary between Archaean granulites of Dharwar craton and the Palaeoproterozoic granulites of Salem area. The shear zone marks a low angle thrust which has been steepened at places due to late stage folding. Static recrystallisation during late stage folding has removed the strain marker of mylonites to large extent. However, in a few places S-C angle and porphyroclasts are preserved and have been used to compute the strain. The strain shows apparent flattening by simple shear deformation with 35 % volume loss. A minimum displacement along the thrust has been computed to be 2.7 km. The strain k values increases with r suggesting the strain approaching towards prolate field with increase in strain intensity. The above study suggests the Salem-Attur shear zone is a thrust with low to moderate deformation and volume loss.  相似文献   

A neural network model for predicting aquifer water level elevations   总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9  

Coppola EA  Rana AJ  Poulton MM  Szidarovszky F  Uhl VW 《Ground water》2005,43(2):231-241

Artificial neural networks (ANNs) were developed for accurately predicting potentiometric surface elevations (monitoring well water level elevations) in a semiconfined glacial sand and gravel aquifer under variable state, pumping extraction, and climate conditions. ANNs "learn" the system behavior of interest by processing representative data patterns through a mathematical structure analogous to the human brain. In this study, the ANNs used the initial water level measurements, production well extractions, and climate conditions to predict the final water level elevations 30 d into the future at two monitoring wells. A sensitivity analysis was conducted with the ANNs that quantified the importance of the various input predictor variables on final water level elevations. Unlike traditional physical-based models, ANNs do not require explicit characterization of the physical system and related physical data. Accordingly, ANN predictions were made on the basis of more easily quantifiable, measured variables, rather than physical model input parameters and conditions. This study demonstrates that ANNs can provide both excellent prediction capability and valuable sensitivity analyses, which can result in more appropriate ground water management strategies.  相似文献   

A Coupled Calibration and Modelling Approach to the Understanding of Dry-Land Lake Oxygen Isotope Records     

Matthew D.?JonesEmail author  Melanie J.?Leng  C. Neil?Roberts  Murat?Türke?  Rana?Moyeed 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2005,34(3):391-411

Comparisons between climate proxies and instrumental records through the last two centuries are often used to understand better the controls on palaeoarchives and to find relationships that can be used to quantify changes in pre-instrumental climate. Here we compare an 80-year-long annually resolved oxygen isotope record from Nar Gölü, Turkey, a varved lake sequence, with instrumental records of temperature, precipitation, wind speed, relative humidity and calculated values of evaporation, all of which are known to be possible controls on lake oxygen isotope systems. Significant relationships are found between the isotope record and summer temperatures and evaporation suggesting these are dominant controls on the isotope hydrology of this non-outlet lake. Modelling the stable isotope hydrology of the lake system allows these relationships to be tested independently. We show that the isotope record follows the same trends in the temperature and evaporation records but that, even when combined, these two climatic factors cannot fully explain the magnitude of change observed in the isotope record. The models show the lake system is much less sensitive to changes in evaporation and temperature than the climate calibration suggests. Additional factors, including changes in the amount of precipitation, are required to amplify the isotope change. It is concluded that proxy-climate calibrations may incorrectly estimate the amplitude of past changes in individual climate parameters, unless validated independently.  相似文献