Estimating wave crest distributions using the method of L-moments     

Amir H. Izadparast  John M. Niedzwecki   《Applied Ocean Research》2009,31(1):37-43

The design of fixed or floating offshore structures requires accurate information of the met-ocean data at the intended offshore site. In the design process it is recognized that this environmental data is modified in the near-field by the interaction with the particular geometrical configuration of the offshore structure. This transformation of the incident wave field around and beneath an offshore structure presents a challenge for ocean engineers when specifying the wave gap elevation to avoid impact loads on the underside of the deck and inundation of the topsides. Thus, the accurate estimation of the wave crest distributions from measurements at various locations near and under the offshore structure during model test studies is essential. A semi-empirical approach is presented herein that builds upon the findings of previous studies and introduces the Method of L-moments. A three parameter model for a wave crest probability distribution function is presented and explicit relationships between the parameters of the distribution and its’ first three L-Moments are established. Furthermore, three narrow-band models from earlier research studies are reviewed and compared with the new model. Wave measurements from a mini-TLP model test program are used as the basis for comparison of the four distributions. The root-mean-square error is used as a metric to quantify the overall fit of the data and its accuracy in the high end tail of the data. The L-Moment model is shown to be more robust in representing the data in both the far-field and beneath the deck of the mini-TLP where the wave field demonstrates increased non-linear behavior.  相似文献   

地幔富硅交代与大陆岩石圈的演化   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

陈立辉  周新华 《地学前缘》2001,8(3):141-146

富硅交代是弧下地幔中熔体岩石相互作用的主要表现形式 ,是造成古老克拉通陆下岩石圈地幔富硅的主要机制。在弧下地幔捕掳体中 ,橄榄岩被来自俯冲洋壳物质部分熔融生成的含水富硅熔体交代后 ,斜方辉石含量的增加使全岩富集SiO2 ,斜方辉石显示异常低的Al2 O3和Cr2 O3,微量元素上表现为强烈富集LILE ,强烈亏损Nb ,Ta和Ti。在古老克拉通地幔岩样品中 ,方辉橄榄岩具过剩的斜方辉石 ,橄榄石的Ni含量与斜方辉石的组成含量成正比 ,而和橄榄石的x(Mg) /x(Mg +Fe2 +)值没有正比关系 ,被解释为亏损的地幔橄榄岩和来自俯冲板片的富硅熔体相互作用的结果。熔体岩石相互作用最终导致了陆下岩石圈地幔富集SiO2 ,这种被含水富硅熔体改造后的地幔岩石的部分熔融可能是造成陆壳富硅富镁的主要原因。含水富硅熔体对岩石圈地幔的影响程度也可能是大陆岩石圈增生或裂解、增厚或减薄的关键因素之一。  相似文献   

Systematic assessment of irregular building–soil interaction using efficient modal analysis     

Wen‐Hwa Wu  Jer‐Fu Wang  Chi‐Chang Lin 《地震工程与结构动力学》2001,30(4):573-594

In this paper an efficient methodology applying modal analysis is developed to assess systematically the combined soil–structure interaction and torsional coupling effects on asymmetric buildings. This method is implemented in the frequency domain to accurately incorporate the frequency‐dependent foundation impedance functions. For extensively extracting the soil–structure interaction effects, a diagonal transfer matrix in the modal space is derived. A comprehensive investigation of asymmetric building–soil interaction can then be conveniently conducted by examining various types of response quantities. Results of parametric study show that the increasing height‐to‐base ratio of a structure generally amplifies its translational and torsional responses. Moreover, both the translational and torsional responses are reduced for the case where the two resonant frequencies are well separated and this reduction is enhanced with the decreasing values of the relative soil stiffness and the height‐to‐base ratio. The most noteworthy phenomenon may be the fact that the SSI effects can enlarge the translational response if the structure is slender and the two resonant frequencies are very close. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

原地浸出采铀的水岩作用研究   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：4  

彭丁茂  张红军  王树德 《华东地质学院学报》2001,24(1):41-44

原地浸出采铀时，含矿层会发生各种复杂的水岩作用。运用聚类分析方法研究溶浸化学全分析数据发现，除了CO3^2-和HCO3^-之外，其他组分呈正相关，而且有些组分密切正相关，说明它们的浓度变化规律很相似。根据含矿层矿物成分，分析了矿物和溶浸液之间的水岩反应，推出了反应方程式，并探讨了溶浸液中各种组分可能的来源。然后，用矿石静态浸出试验的数据对各种组分的反应速度进行了定量对比。  相似文献   

碾子山晶洞碱性花岗岩矿物-水氧同位素交换反应动力学   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

赵子福  郑永飞  魏春生 《地球化学》2001,30(2):177-185

对黑龙江碾子山碱性花岗岩的全岩及其主要单矿物进行了氧同位素分析，结果表明，全岩和单矿物不仅δ^18O 值变化范围较大（全岩－2．4－2．0‰，石英0．0－5．8‰，碱性长石－3．8－0．1‰，磁铁矿－8．5－1．0‰），而且强烈亏损^18O。共生矿物之间表现出明显不平衡的氧同位素分馏特征，指示在花岗岩侵位之后与水之间发生了同位素交换，根据锆石和现代大气降水的氧同位素组成，对岩石与外来流体的δ^18O值进行了估计，多维矿水－岩反应时限约为0．3－3Ma，水／岩比（氧摩尔比）介于0．11－1．02之间。水－岩反应温度较高（约400度）和反应时间较长是导致石英δ^18O值降低的主要原因。  相似文献   

Probabilistic critical excitation for MDOF elastic–plastic structures on compliant ground     

Izuru Takewaki 《地震工程与结构动力学》2001,30(9):1345-1360

Earthquake ground motions and their effects on structural responses are very uncertain even with the present knowledge. It is therefore desirable to develop a robust structural design method taking into account these uncertainties. Critical excitation approaches are promising and a new random critical excitation method is proposed for MDOF elastic–plastic shear‐building structures on compliant ground. The power (area of power spectral density (PSD) function) and the intensity (magnitude of PSD function) are fixed and the critical excitation is found under these restrictions. In contrast to linear elastic structures, transfer functions and simple expressions for response evaluation cannot be defined in elastic–plastic structures and difficulties arise in describing the peak responses except by laborious elastic–plastic time‐history response analysis. Statistical equivalent linearization is used to estimate the elastic–plastic stochastic peak responses approximately. The critical excitation responses are obtained for several examples and compared with those of the corresponding recorded earthquake ground motion. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

近20年来热带印度洋与热带太平洋海气系统相互作用特征的诊断研究   总被引：14，自引：4，他引：14       下载免费PDF全文

殷永红  史历  倪允琪 《大气科学》2001,25(3):355-371

利用1979年1月～1998年12月的月平均海表温度(SST)、向外长波辐射(OLR)和l000hPa纬向风速等NCEP/NCAR再分析资料，对近20年来热带印度洋与太平洋海温异常(SSTA)及相关的环流特征量进行综合分析和研究，发现热带印度洋的内部耦合动力特征模态—偶极子模的强度，存在着年代间的差异，80年代偏弱，90年代偏强。热带印度洋与热带太平洋海气耦合系统之间存在着相互作用，80年代热带印度洋的SSTA主要是对太平洋ENSO的响应，90年代太平洋ENSO的异常发展在一定程度上是受印度洋偶极子模态异常活跃影响的结果。从观测资料诊断分析的角度，找出了90年代后ZC耦合模式对ENSO事件预报失败的可能原因。  相似文献   

全球陆地生态系统与大气之间碳交换的模拟研究   总被引：31，自引：1，他引：31  

李银鹏  季劲钧 《地理学报》2001,56(4):379-389

利用陆面物理过程和植被生理生态过程完全动态耦合的大气植被相互作用模式 (AVIM) ,对全球陆地生态系统的净初级生产力进行模拟。全球陆地生态系统植被分为 1 3类 ,土壤质地分为 7类 ,确定了各种植被和土壤的模式参数。采用全球陆地 0 .5× 0 .5网格点气候平均资料 ;以 30分钟为步长进行积分。并用全球不同地区各种植被类型的 1 9个 NPP观测样点数据校准模型。AVIM模拟全球陆地生态系统 NPP的主要模拟结果如下 :全球陆地生态系统净初级生产力 (NPP)总量约为 60 .72 Gt Cyr- 1。分析了不同植被类型的 NPP分布 ,模式较好地模拟了全球陆地生态系统净初级生产力的纬向分布和区域分布的差异 ,模拟出中国植被生产力的分布特征。陆地生态系统净初级生产力与温度、降水和辐射等气候因素在不同地区有不同程度相关性 ,北方针叶林地区气候因子与 NPP的相关性明显 ,反映出植被对环境因子的不同响应及其物候特征。赤道热带雨林地区NPP与气候因子的相关性不明显。  相似文献   

Relationship between erosion and sediment yield in drainage basins of loess gully-hilly areas     

Chen Hao 《地理学报(英文版)》2001,11(1):71-79

From a long-term point of view, the balance between erosion and sediment yield in a drainage system can basically realize, i.e., the delivery ratio can be close to 1. However, substantial variations among individual rainfall events or between annual delivery ratio exist, causing frequent sediment retaining or re-erosion and re-delivery of the retained sediments in a short period of time. Thus the delivery ratio will be < 1 or > 1. The sediment delivery ratio is closely related to the spatial distribution of rainfall and magnitude of rise and fall of peak flood and that of runoff depth in the drainage system. Delivery ratio of single event in a drainage system and changes of delivery capacity of silt-laden runoff in various classes of gullies can be expressed by transformation mechanism of shear force of a single rainstorm event with flood resulting from increase and decrease of peak flood per unit area.  相似文献   

湘西金矿尾矿—水相互作用：1．环境地球化学效应   总被引：8，自引：2，他引：8  

谭凯旋  王岳军  郭锋  谢焱石 《矿物学报》2001,21(1):53-58

湘西金矿在生产过程中产生了大量的尾矿。该区尾矿－水相互作用强烈，并引起了尾矿中重金属元素的释放、迁移和对水体－土壤、蔬菜等表生环境的重金属污染。污染程度较大的元素均为Au、Sb、As、Cd、Hg、W等，与尾矿中元素的富集特征相一致。尾矿中重金属元素的水迁移能力由大到小顺序为Au、Cd、W、Sb、Pb、As、Zn、Cu。元素的生物吸收系数由大至小顺序为Cd、Au、Zn、Hg、Sb、Cu、Pb、As、W。植物中金属元素浓度主要受土壤中的浓度、植物种类和吸收的影响。  相似文献