Sensitivity of AUV added mass coefficients to variations in hull and control plane geometry     

Doug Perrault  Neil Bose  Siu O&#x;Young  Christopher D. Williams 《Ocean Engineering》2003,30(5):404-671

The sensitivity of the added mass coefficients of a typical autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to changes in geometric parameters was investigated. Qualitative deductions were made concerning the effect of geometric variations. Then the added mass coefficients for several configurations of body geometry were generated for the Canadian Self-Contained Off-the-shelf Underwater Testbed (C-SCOUT) vehicle using the computer program Estimate Submarine Added Mass (ESAM). The changes in the added mass coefficients have direct relationships to the varied parameter. The results presented here are specific to the C-SCOUT, but may be extended to similar axisymmetric bodies.  相似文献   

Assessment of wind-forcing impact on a global wind-wave model using the TOPEX altimeter     

Hui Feng  Doug Vandemark  Yves Quilfen  Bertrand Chapron  Brian Beckley 《Ocean Engineering》2006,33(11-12):1431-1461

The study presents assessment of an operational wave model (Wavewatch III), focusing upon the model sensitivity to wind-forcing products. Four wind fields are used to drive the model, including the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and three other products that assimilate various satellite wind measurements having high spatial resolution, including the QuikSCAT scatterometer. Three wave field statistics: significant wave height, mean zero-crossing wave period, and mean square slope are compared with collocated TOPEX altimeter derivatives to gauge the relative skill of differing wind-forced model runs, as well as to demonstrate an extended use of the altimeter beyond simply supplying wave height for wave model validation and assimilation. Results suggest that model output is critically sensitive to choice of the wind field product. Higher spatial resolution in the wind fields does lead to improved agreement for the higher-order wave statistics.  相似文献   

Concentration, spin and shape of dark matter haloes: scatter and the dependence on mass and environment     

Andrea V. Macciò  Aaron A. Dutton  Frank C. van den Bosch  Ben Moore  Doug Potter  Joachim Stadel 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,378(1):55-71

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New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research Dec 2010     

Doug Mountfort 《新西兰海洋与淡水研究杂志》2013,47(4)

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Evaluation of a low‐cost temperature measurement system for environmental applications     

Jason Hubbart  Timothy Link  Colin Campbell  Doug Cobos 《水文研究》2005,19(7):1517-1523

Thermochron iButtons incorporate the latest in digital technology, making them smaller, less expensive, durable and potentially more reliable than many other temperature logging devices. The objective of this study was to test the accuracy of an inexpensive air temperature measurement system, composed of a Thermochron iButton and radiation shield. Sixty‐one iButtons were subjected to a sequence of two water baths (0 °C and 24·9 °C) to assess the absolute accuracy of the sensors. Five solar radiation shields were tested in a greenhouse setting to evaluate the reduction in radiative heating. Significant differences (p < 0·05) were detected between instruments subsequent to both water‐bath treatment analyses. The accuracy of the sensors was well within the manufacturer's stated specification of ±1·0 °C with a collective temperature variance of ±0·21 °C. Temperature responses generated by the Thermochron iButtons in different radiation shields were consistent, but varied significantly (p < 0·05) from 28 to 44 °C based on diurnal temperature ranges. Results indicate that the Thermochron iButton is an accurate, inexpensive alternative to more expensive temperature data‐logging systems, and is well suited for obtaining quality spatially distributed data for hydrologic and water quality investigations. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

An Integrated Numerical Modelling–Discrete Fracture Network Approach Applied to the Characterisation of Rock Mass Strength of Naturally Fractured Pillars     

Davide Elmo  Doug Stead 《Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering》2010,43(1):3-19

Naturally fractured mine pillars provide an excellent example of the importance of accurately determining rock mass strength. Failure in slender pillars is predominantly controlled by naturally occurring discontinuities, their influence diminishing with increasing pillar width, with wider pillars failing through a combination of brittle and shearing processes. To accurately simulate this behaviour by numerical modelling, the current analysis incorporates a more realistic representation of the mechanical behaviour of discrete fracture systems. This involves realistic simulation and representation of fracture networks, either as individual entities or as a collective system of fracture sets, or a combination of both. By using an integrated finite element/discrete element–discrete fracture network approach it is possible to study the failure of rock masses in tension and compression, along both existing pre-existing fractures and through intact rock bridges, and incorporating complex kinematic mechanisms. The proposed modelling approach fully captures the anisotropic and inhomogeneous effects of natural jointing and is considered to be more realistic than methods relying solely on continuum or discontinuum representation. The paper concludes with a discussion on the development of synthetic rock mass properties, with the intention of providing a more robust link between rock mass strength and rock mass classification systems.  相似文献   

TSDS: high-performance merge, subset, and filter software for time series-like data     

Robert S. Weigel  Doug M. Lindholm  Anne Wilson  Jeremy Faden 《Earth Science Informatics》2010,3(1-2):29-40

Time Series Data Server (TSDS) is a software package for implementing a server that provides fast super-setting, sub-setting, filtering, and uniform gridding of time series-like data. TSDS was developed to respond quickly to requests for long time spans of data. Data may be served from a fast database, typically created by aggregating granules (e.g., data files) from a remote data source and storing them in a local cache that is optimized for serving time series. The system was designed specifically for time series data, and is optimized for requests where the longest dimension of the requested data structure is time. Scalar, vector, and spectrogram time series types are supported. The user can interact with the server by requesting a time series, a date range, and an optional filter to apply to the data. Available filters include strides, block average/minimum/maximum, exclude, and inequality. Constraint expressions are supported, which allow such operations as a request for data from one time series when a different time series satisfied a specified relationship. TSDS builds upon DAP (Data Access Protocol), NcML (netCDF Mark-up language) and related software libraries. In this work, we describe the current design of this server, as well as planned features and potential implementation strategies.  相似文献   

Formation of Wollastonite by Chemically Reactive Fluid Flow During Contact Metamorphism, Mt. Morrison Pendant, Sierra Nevada, California, USA   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

FERRY  JOHN M.; WING  BOSWELL A.; RUMBLE  DOUGLAS  III 《Journal of Petrology》2001,42(9):1705-1728

Quartz–calcite sandstones experienced the reaction calcite+ quartz = wollastonite + CO₂ during prograde contact metamorphismat P = 1500 bars and T = 560°C. Rocks were in equilibriumduring reaction with a CO₂–H₂O fluid with XCO₂ = 0·14.The transition from calcite-bearing, wollastonite-free to wollastonite-bearing,calcite-free rocks across the wollastonite isograd is only severalmillimeters wide. The wollastonite-forming reaction was drivenby infiltration of quartz–calcite sandstone by chemicallyreactive H₂O-rich fluids, and the distribution of wollastonitedirectly images the flow paths of reactive fluids during metamorphism.The mapped distribution of wollastonite and modeling of an O-isotopeprofile across a lithologic contact indicate that the principaldirection of flow was layer-parallel, directed upward, withany cross-layer component of flow <0·1% of the layer-parallelcomponent. Fluid flow was channeled at a scale of 1–100m by pre-metamorphic dikes, thrust and strike-slip faults, foldhinges, bedding, and stratigraphic contacts. Limits on the amountof fluid, based on minimum and maximum estimates for the displacementof the wollastonite reaction front from the fluid source, are(0·7–1·9) x 10⁵ cm³ fluid/cm² rock. Thesharpness of the wollastonite isograd, the consistency of mineralthermobarometry, the uniform measured ¹⁸O–¹⁶O fractionationsbetween quartz and calcite, and model calculations all arguefor a close approach to local mineral–fluid equilibriumduring the wollastonite-forming reaction. KEY WORDS: contact metamorphism, fluid flow, wollastonite, oxygen isotopes, reaction front  相似文献   

Impacts of changes in the flue-cured tobacco sector on farmers in Ontario, Canada     

Doug Ramsey  Barry Smit 《Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England)》2001,21(4)

Impacts of the forces and processes of agricultural restructuring are described in this paper through an analysis of farmers’ ‘lived experience’ in the tobacco sector of Ontario, Canada. The paper argues that the political and economic changes in the 1980s fundamentally altered tobacco farming and the broader rural community. The analysis is based upon a survey of farmers and former farmers, and includes examples of individual case histories. The results show the ways in which farmers’ well-being was affected and provides insights into coping mechanisms.  相似文献   

Mineralogy, Petrology, and Oxygen Isotopic Geochemistry of the Clough Formation, Black Mountain, Western New Hampshire, U.S.A.     

RUMBLE  DOUGLAS  III 《Journal of Petrology》1978,19(2):317-340

The rocks of the Clough Formation, Black Mountain, New Hampshire,were regionally metamorphosed at 5.5 (±0.5) kb and 495°± 10 °C during the Acadian orogeny. Mineral assemblagesattained chemical equilibrium during metamorphism on the scaleof single sedimentary beds up to 1 m thick. An aqueous, intergranular,metamorphic fluid was probably present; however, the concentrationsof the species H₂O, H₂, and O₂ as well as the abundance of ¹⁸Oin the fluid varied from bed to bed. Neither isobaric nor polybaricosmotic equilibrium of H2 was attained between sedimentary beds.Fluid composition was controlled in each bed by the inherentbuffer capacity of the solid phases. Despite the effects ofprogressive dehydration during metamorphism, the buffer capacitiesof the mineral assemblages were sufficiently great that vestigesof premetamorphic heterogeneity of volatile components havebeen preserved.  相似文献