Finite element analysis of flow patterns near geological lenses in hydrodynamic and hydrothermal systems   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Chongbin Zhao  B. E. Hobbs  H. B. Mühlhaus  & A. Ord 《Geophysical Journal International》1999,138(1):146-158

We use theoretical and numerical methods to investigate the general pore-fluid flow patterns near geological lenses in hydrodynamic and hydrothermal systems respectively. Analytical solutions have been rigorously derived for the pore-fluid velocity, stream function and excess pore-fluid pressure near a circular lens in a hydrodynamic system. These analytical solutions provide not only a better understanding of the physics behind the problem, but also a valuable benchmark solution for validating any numerical method.
  Since a geological lens is surrounded by a medium of large extent in nature and the finite element method is efficient at modelling only media of finite size, the determination of the size of the computational domain of a finite element model, which is often overlooked by numerical analysts, is very important in order to ensure both the efficiency of the method and the accuracy of the numerical solution obtained. To highlight this issue, we use the derived analytical solutions to deduce a rigorous mathematical formula for designing the computational domain size of a finite element model. The proposed mathematical formula has indicated that, no matter how fine the mesh or how high the order of elements, the desired accuracy of a finite element solution for pore-fluid flow near a geological lens cannot be achieved unless the size of the finite element model is determined appropriately.
  Once the finite element computational model has been appropriately designed and validated in a hydrodynamic system, it is used to examine general pore-fluid flow patterns near geological lenses in hydrothermal systems. Some interesting conclusions on the behaviour of geological lenses in hydrodynamic and hydrothermal systems have been reached through the analytical and numerical analyses carried out in this paper.  相似文献   

Study on Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Pipelines in Open Trenches     

ZHANG Rixiang XING Zhizhuang GUO Jianjiang Associate Professor  Dept. of Civil Engineering  Dalian University of Technology  Dalian  P. R. China Professor  Dept. of Civil Engineering  Dalian University of Technology  Dalian  P. R. China Master  Dept. of Civil Engineering  Dalian University of Technology  Dalian  P. R. China 《中国海洋工程》1999,(4)

Based on hydrodynamic model tests,the relationship between relative hydrodynamic coefficientand cycle coefficient K_c is obtained by introducing the relative trench shape coefficient α_r;there is a goodrelation for the shallow trench.According to α_r of the designed trench shape and pre-chosen K_c,the reduc-tion coefficient and sheltering effect can be decided by the result provided in this paper.  相似文献   

An Experimental Investigation on Wave Loading on a Platform Mat     

Miao Guoping  Yao Meiwang  Zhang Chengyi  Ji Chunqun Professor  School of Naval Architecture  Ocean Engineering  Shanghai Jiao Tong University  Shanghai Senior Engineer  School of Naval Architecture  Ocean Engineering  Shanghai Jiao Tong University  Shanghai Engineer  School of Naval Architecture  Ocean Engineering  Shanghai Jiao Tong University  Shanghai 《中国海洋工程》1998,(1)

Overall wave loading and local hydrodynamic pressure distributions on a platform mat in reg-ular waves for shallow waters are experimentally investigated in order to examine the severity of thenonlinear effects and shallow water effects.Wave focusing phenomenon is observed in the tests.The meas-ured results may also provide a comparison basis for the theoretical development to consider the nonlinearinteraction between waves and viscous flow by introducing viscosity into wave theories.  相似文献   

太湖梅梁湾水动力及相关过程的研究   总被引：56，自引：13，他引：43  

秦伯强  胡维平  陈伟民  季江  范成新  陈宇炜  高锡芸  杨龙元  高光  黄文钰  姜家虎  张琛  刘元波  周子元 《湖泊科学》2000,12(4):327-334

太湖是位于长江下游的一个大型水湖泊,水动力过程和要素对浅水湖泊的环境演化有着复杂和深远的影响,本文基于１９９８年开展的有关太湖梅梁湾的水动力过程的野外调查结果,总结了梅梁湾在夏季盛行风向条件下湖流特征,发现了梅梁湾在夏季偏南风条件下,表层湖流以顺时针环流为主要特征,但在湾内靠近梁溪河口地区,流场受地形影响而有所不同,反映在叶绿素浓度和总磷、总氮浓度分布上,因受湖流影响较大而富集在梁溪河口周转,即偏  相似文献   

Uncertainty in levee heights and its effect on the spatial pattern of flood hazard in a floodplain     

Joy Sanyal 《水文科学杂志》2017,62(9):1483-1498

Levees are not usually built to a uniform height due to the varying priority of protecting urban and agricultural lands and they are often maintained in segments. Ad hoc alteration of the heights of these segments may aggravate flood conditions. Alterations lead to complex feedback loops in velocity and depth of water that are difficult to predict. A large number of possible configurations of the levee segments renders a deterministic modelling approach ineffective. The current analysis, based on a two-dimensional hydrodynamic model involving 1000 Monte Carlo realizations of randomly varying levee heights in segments, presents a methodology of dealing with the effect of uncertainty in levee heights on the inundation pattern in a probabilistic framework. Spatially distributed model outcomes include the likelihood of inundation, range and standard deviation of flood depths and maximum speed of water. The results indicate the necessity of adopting a probabilistic approach for robust flood hazard assessment when dealing with levee segments with uncertain heights.