Size of the hard X-ray source in the Crab Nebula     

Y. Fukada  S. Hayakawa  I. Kasahara  F. Makino  Y. Tanaka  H. Akiyama  M. Matsuoka  J. Nishimura  M. Oda  M. Nakagawa  H. Sakurai  V. S. Iyenger  P. K. Kunte  R. K. Manchanda  B. V. Sreekantan 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1976,42(1):245-248

The size of the hard X-ray source in the Crab Nebula was observed with scintillation counters on board two balloons at a lunar occulatation on 24 January, 1975. The Gaussian width of the source is 34 (+17, –14) and the center thereof is offset from the pulsar by 6±4 at position angle 102°. The observed time profile can also be fitted to an alternative model of two line sources whose intensities are 48% at 11 and 25.5% at 7 on both sides of the pulsar.Paper presented at the COSPAR Symposium on Fast Transients in X- and Gamma-Rays, held at Varna, Bulgaria, 29–31 May, 1975.  相似文献   

Prediction of earthquake energy input from smoothed fourier amplitude spectrum     

Hitoshi Kuwamura  Yasunori Kirino  Hiroshi Akiyama 《地震工程与结构动力学》1994,23(10):1125-1137

This paper attempts to show analytically that the energy-input spectra of damped SDOF systems and undamped MDOF systems excited by an earthquake motion can be predicted by smoothing the Fourier amplitude spectrum of the base acceleration. The spectral window for smoothing in the frequency domain for a damped SDOF system is identical with the probability density function of the time-variant or instantaneous vibration frequency resulting from non-linear hysteresis. The spectral window for an undamped MDOF system is identical with the set of squared participation factors associated with vibration modes. It was found that the increase in damping factor and the increase in participation of higher modes provide wider spectral windows, resulting in more flattened or unaltered energy-input spectra due to enhanced smoothing effects.  相似文献   

A model tank test using artificial ground freezing — with an in-ground lng storage tank in view     

Tetsuo Akiyama  Mizuhito Iguro   《Engineering Geology》1981,18(1-4):395-408

As a clean form of energy able to replace oil, the demand for LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) has been increasing. LNG must be stored in a cryogenic temperature of —162°C. The storage tanks now existing throughout the world can be divided into above-ground and inground types. In the Tokyo area, there are now 22 in-ground LNG storage tanks, either in operation or under construction, which are constructed with primary consideration given to safety and earthquake-proof design because of the circumstances around the LNG terminals.

In the feasibility study of a very large-scale, in-ground LNG storage tank, comparative preliminary studies were made of various construction methods. Among them, the method using artificial ground freezing was proposed, in which it was planned to utilize the frozen soil as the means of ground water control and the temporary retaining wall. To confirm the feasibility of the design, a model tank test was conducted by freezing the actual tank yard. The yard ground, composed of sand and silt layers, was artificially frozen 10 m in diameter and 50 m in depth; in the frozen soil a shaft of 4 m in diameter was sunk to a depth 26 m below the ground level for various tests and measurements. The purpose of the test was mainly to confirm the construction method and to examine the agreement between theory and practice.

Although this construction method has not been adopted in the actual tank work, the feasibility of the method itself has been confirmed as a result of the test. In this paper, the outline and major results of the test and analysis are described.  相似文献   

Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusion found in the Ivuna CI chondrite: Are CI chondrites a good proxy for the bulk composition of the solar system?     

David R. Frank  Gary R. Huss  Michael E. Zolensky  Kazuhide Nagashima  Loan Le 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2023,58(10):1495-1511

Cosmochemists have relied on CI carbonaceous chondrites as proxies for chemical composition of the non-volatile elements in the solar system because these meteorites are fine-grained, chemically homogeneous, and have well-determined bulk compositions that agree with that of the solar photosphere, within uncertainties. Here we report the discovery of a calcium-aluminum-rich inclusion (CAI) in the Ivuna CI chondrite. CAIs are chemically highly fractionated compared to CI composition, consisting of refractory elements and having textures that either reflect condensation from nebular gas or melting in a nebular environment. The CAI we found is a compact type A CAI with typical ¹⁶O-rich oxygen. However, it shows no evidence of ²⁶Al, which was present when most CAIs formed. Finding a CAI in a CI chondrite raises serious questions about whether CI chondrites are a reliable proxy for the bulk composition of the solar system. Too much CAI material would show up as mismatches between the CI composition and the composition of the solar photosphere. Although small amounts of refractory material have previously been identified in CI chondrites, this material is not abundant enough to significantly perturb the bulk compositions of CI chondrites. The agreement between the composition of the solar photosphere and CI chondrites allows no more than ~0.5 atom% of CAI-like material to have been added to CI chondrites. As the compositions of CI chondrites, carbonaceous asteroids, and the solar photosphere are better determined, we will be able to reduce the uncertainties in our estimates of the composition of the solar system.  相似文献