Mass dispersal and angular momentum transfer during collisions between rubble-pile asteroids     

Takaaki Takeda  Keiji Ohtsuki 《Icarus》2007,189(1):256-273

We perform N-body simulations of impacts between initially non-rotating rubble-pile asteroids, and investigate mass dispersal and angular momentum transfer during such collisions. We find that the fraction of the dispersed mass (Mdisp) is approximately proportional to , where Qimp is the impact kinetic energy; the power index α is about unity when the impactor is much smaller than the target, and 0.5?α<1 for impacts with a larger impactor. Mdisp is found to be smaller for more dissipative impacts with small values of the restitution coefficient of the constituent particles. We also find that the efficiency of transfer of orbital angular momentum to the rotation of the largest remnant depends on the degree of disruption. In the case of disruptive oblique impacts where the mass of the largest remnant is about half of the target mass, most of the orbital angular momentum is carried away by the escaping fragments and the efficiency becomes very low (<0.05), while the largest remnant acquires a significant amount of spin angular momentum in moderately disruptive impacts. These results suggest that collisions likely played an important role in rotational evolution of small asteroids, in addition to the recoil force of thermal re-radiation.  相似文献   

Numerical Investigations of Mean Winds Within Canopies of Regularly Arrayed Cubical Buildings Under Neutral Stability Conditions   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

Takaaki Kono  Tetsuro Tamura  Yasunobu Ashie 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2010,134(1):131-155

Recently, several attempts have been made to model the wind velocity in an urban canopy in order to accurately predict the mixing and transport of momentum, heat, and pollutants within and above the canopy on an urban scale. For this purpose, unverified assumptions made by Macdonald (Boundary-Layer Meteorol 97:25–45, 2000) to develop a model for the profile of the mean wind velocity within an urban canopy have been used. In the present study, in order to provide foundations for improving the urban canopy models, the properties of the spatially-averaged mean quantities used to make these assumptions have been investigated by performing large-eddy simulations (LES) of the airflow around square and staggered arrays of cubical blocks with the following plan area densities: λ _p = 0.05, 0.11, 0.16, 0.20, 0.25, and 0.33. The LES results confirm that the discrepancy between the spatial average of wind velocity and Macdonald’s five-point average of wind velocity can be large in both types of arrays for large λ _p . It is also confirmed that Prandtl’s mixing length varies significantly with height within the canopy, contrary to Macdonald’s assumption for both types of arrays and for both small and large λ _p . On the other hand, in accordance with Macdonald’s assumption, the sectional drag coefficient is found to be almost constant with height except in the case of staggered arrays with high λ _p .  相似文献   

Evaluation of the JNLT site     

Hiroyasu Ando  Takeshi Noguchi  Masao Nakagiri  Akihiko Miyashita  Yasumasa Yamashita  Kyoji Nariai  Hiroyoshi Tanabe 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1989,160(1-2):183-189

Two steps have been taken to decide at what place and altitude to set up the JNLT on Mauna Kea. First, the wind tunnel experiment has been made in collaboration with the Institute of Meteorology using the two models of summit area with the reduced scales of 1/1000 and 1/5000. This study tells us that the north-west cone is suitable for JNLT. Secondly, we have done the measurement of the microthermal activities in this area with a 30 m tower, which was continued for about 4 months in collaboration with the University of Hawaii. This experiment has given the mean vertical profile ofC _T ² over 4 months and its scale height in the boundayr layer on our site. By use of these measurements, the contribution of the boundary layer to seeing is estimated. The behaviour ofC _T ² under strong winds can be explained very well by topographic effects, which is in fairly good agreement with the results of our wind tunnel experiment.Paper presented at the Symposium on the JNLT and Related Engineering Developments, Tokyo, November 29–December 2, 1988.  相似文献   

Low-temperature studies on the two-dimensional modulations in åkermanite-type crystals: Ca2MgSi2O7 and Ca2ZnSi2O7     

B. Bagautdinov  K. Hagiya  S. Noguchi  M. Ohmasa  N. Ikeda  K. Kusaka  K. Iishi 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2002,29(5):346-350

Two-dimensional modulation in synthetic åkermanite (Ca₂MgSi₂O₇) and hardystonite (Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇) has been studied by the single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods in the temperature range between 18 and 297 K. It is found that change of the modulation wavelength Ca₂MgSi₂O₇ is slight, but that in Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇ it is noticeable and indicates a plateau-like temperature dependence. The plateau-like region may be regarded as an independent phase with a specific q [～0.2924(3)].  相似文献   

Infrared photometric and polarimetric observations of Comet Kohoutek 1973f     

K. Noguchi  S. Sato  T. Maihara  H. Okuda  K. Uyama 《Icarus》1974,23(4):545-550

Comet Kohoutek (1973f) has been observed photometrically and polarimetrically in the near-infrared region. The observed spectra revealed two components, scattered sunlight and thermal emission by dust particles. Color temperatures derived from intensities at 2.2 and 3.5 μm are close to the equilibrium temperature of a gray body with solar heating. Polarizations at 1.0 and 1.65 μm have been found to be ～15 to 20% and perpendicular to the tail direction. Properties of the dust particles in the comet are discussed in relation to these observations.  相似文献   

Late Cretaceous palaeomagnetic results from Sikhote Alin, far eastern Russia: tectonic implications for the eastern margin of the Mongolia Block   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Yo-ichiro Otofuji  Takaaki Matsuda  Ryo Enami  Koji Uno  Katsuhiko Nishihama  Nadir Halim  Li Su  Haider Zaman  Ruslan G. Kulinich  Petr S. Zimin  Anatoly P. Matunin  Vladimir G. Sakhno 《Geophysical Journal International》2003,152(1):202-214

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Ar/Ar Single Grain Dating and Mineral Chemistry of Hornblendes South of the Red River Shear Zone (Vietnam): New Evidence for Early Proterozoic Tectonothermal Event     

Tran Ngoc Nam  Hironobu Hyodo  Tetsumaru Itaya  Takaaki Matsuda 《Gondwana Research》2002,5(4):801-811

The pre-Mesozoic metamorphic belt runs parallel to the Day Nui Con Voi - Red River shear zone in Vietnam to the south. The belt is mainly composed of hornblende gneisses, amphibolite lenses and mica-schists. Five hornblendes from a gneiss and an amphibolite were analyzed chemically and chronologically by Electron Probe Micro Analysis (EPMA) and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar methods. EPMA analyses show that hornblendes in the gneiss and the amphibolite have significant amount of edenite component and similar average composition. However, the recalculated Fe³⁺ content is significantly heterogeneous in a thin section while total Fe is nearly the same among the analyses. The rim of each crystal is higher in Fe³⁺/(Fe³⁺ + Fe²⁺) than the core. These chemical and petrological features suggest that the hornblendes have suffered significant oxidation, in particular, largely in the gneiss.

⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar analyses showed that the gneiss has a significant variation of plateau ages (2089±14, 1977±19 and 1873±13 Ma) among three hornblende grains, whereas the amphibolite gives the same plateau ages (2056±14 and 2044±21 Ma) for two grains. All grains of both samples have excess ages in the first few fractions at low temperatures and partial-loss ages between the excess and plateau spectra. The Ca/K ratios indicate some disturbed phases for the lower temperature spectra but the partial-loss ages are also derived from hornblende phase. These facts suggest that hornblende in the gneiss has experienced partial argon loss by oxidation and/or thermally activated argon diffusion process. However, the gneiss and the associated amphibolite have preserved the early Proterozoic tectono-metamorphic event in the hornblende crystals except for their rims, giving new evidence for the early Proterozoic event within the pre-Mesozoic metamorphic belt (northern Vietnam) south of the Red River shear zone in Indochina.  相似文献   

Elemental abundances in chondrules from unequilibrated chondrites: Evidence for chondrule origin by melting of pre-existing materials     

James L. Gooding  Klaus Keil  Takaaki Fukuoka  Roman A. Schmitt 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1980,50(1):171-180

Bulk abundances of Na, Mg, Al, Ca, Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, La, Sm, Eu, Yb, Lu, Ir, and Au were determined by neutron activation analysis of chondrules separated from unequilibrated H-, L-, and LL-chondrites (Tieschitz, Hallingeberg, Chainpur, Semarkona) and correlated with chondrule petrographic properties. Despite wellknown compositional differences among the whole-rock chondrites, the geometric mean compositions of their respective chondrule suites are nearly indistinguishable from each other for many elements. Relative to the condensible bulk solar system (approximated by the Cl chondrite Orgueil), chondrules are enriched in lithophile and depleted in siderophile elements in a pattern consistent with chondrule formation by melting of pre-existing materials, preceded or attended by silicate/metal fractionation. Relative to nonporphyritic chondrules, porphyritic chondrules are enriched in refractory and siderophile elements, suggesting that these two chondrule groups may have formed from different precursor materials.  相似文献   

Reply to the comment on “Arsenic release from biotite into a Holocene groundwater aquifer in Bangladesh” by Hossain M. Anawar and Martin Mihaljevič     

Ashraf Ali Seddique  Harue Masuda  Muneki Mitamura  Keiji Shinoda  Takamoto Okudaira  Toshiro Yamanaka  Takaaki Itai  Teruyuki Maruoka  Kenji Uesugi  Kazi Matin Ahmed 《Applied Geochemistry》2009

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ASTE observations of the massive-star forming region Sgr B2: a giant impact scenario     

Tetsuo Hasegawa  Takaaki Arai  Nobuyuki Yamaguchi  Fumio Sato 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2008,313(1-3):91-94

We report mapping observations of a 35 pc × 35 pc region covering the Sgr B2 molecular cloud complex in the ¹³CO (3-2) and the CS (7-6) lines using the ASTE 10 m telescope with high angular resolution. The central region was mapped also in the C¹⁸O (3-2) line. The images not only reproduce the characteristic structures noted in the preceding millimeter observations, but also highlight the interface of the molecular clouds with a large velocity jump of a few tens of km s⁻¹. These new results further support the scenario that a cloud–cloud collision has triggered the formation of massive cloud cores, which form massive stars of Sgr B2. Prospects of exciting science enabled by ALMA are discussed in relation to these observations.  相似文献