Book review of TURBULENCE – AN INTRODUCTION FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS by P.A. Davidson,Oxford University Press, 2004, XIX + 657 pp., £90.00, $174.50 hardback (ISBN 0-19-852948-1), £35.00, $69.50 paperback (ISBN 0-19-852949-X).     

H. K. Moffatt 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2013,107(1):95-97

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By T. G. Cowling. Adam Hilger Ltd, x + 136 pp. £10.00 (ISBN O 85274 300 9) July 1976.  相似文献   

Non linear waves in two dimensional keplerian flows     

E. Siregar  J. Léorat  J. P. Poyet  A. Pouquet 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2013,107(2):69-104

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Accretion discs in astrophysics are fundamental for converting gravitational binding energy into observed electromagnetic radiation. We study the behavior of waves in a two dimensional supersonic Keplerian flow inside a given gravitational potential. We present the effects of shearing and rotation on short waves, and the numerical study of the dynamical stability of such flows with respect to various perturbations. We show that a large class of dynamical effects, due to pressure and associated to short time scales, may be excited.  相似文献   

Nonlinear analysis of laterally loaded rigid piles in cohesive soil     

Lianyang Zhang  Saeed Ahmari 《国际地质力学数值与分析法杂志》2013,37(2):201-220

This article presents a method for the nonlinear analysis of laterally loaded rigid piles in cohesive soil. The method considers the force and the moment equilibrium to derive the system equations for a rigid pile under a lateral eccentric load. The system equations are then solved using an iteration scheme to obtain the response of the pile. The method considers the nonlinear variation of the ultimate lateral soil resistance with depth and uses a new closed‐form expression proposed in this article to determine the lateral bearing factor. The method also considers the horizontal shear resistance at the pile base, and a bilinear relationship between the shear resistance and the displacement is used. For simplicity, the modulus of horizontal subgrade reaction is assumed to be constant with depth, which is applicable to piles in overconsolidated clay. The nonlinearity of the modulus of horizontal subgrade reaction with pile displacement at ground surface is also considered. The validity of the developed method is demonstrated by comparing its results with those of 3D finite element analysis. The applications of the developed method to analyze five field test piles also show good agreement between the predictions and the experimental results. The developed method offers an alternative approach for simple and effective analysis of laterally loaded rigid piles in cohesive soil. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

An answer to an important controversy and the need for caution when using simple models to predict inelastic earthquake response of buildings with torsion     

Stavros A. Anagnostopoulos  Christina Alexopoulou  Kyriakos G. Stathopoulos 《地震工程与结构动力学》2010,39(5):521-540

This paper presents evidence that the extension of conclusions based on the widely used simplified, one story, eccentric systems of the shear‐beam type, to actual, nonsymmetric buildings and consequent assessments of the pertinent code provisions, can be quite erroneous, unless special care is taken to match the basic properties of the simplified models to those of the real buildings. The evidence comes from comparisons of results obtained using three variants of simplified models, with results from the inelastic dynamic response of three‐ and five‐story eccentric buildings computed with detailed MDOF systems, where the members are idealized with the well‐known plastic hinge model. In addition, a convincing answer is provided on a pertinent hanging controversy: For frame‐type buildings, designed in accordance with the dynamic provisions of modern codes (such as EC8 or IBC2000), which allow reduced shears at the stiff edge due to torsion, the frames at the flexible sides are the critical elements in terms of ductility demands. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

A nonlinear stability analysis of convection in a generalized incompressible fluid     

Lorna Richardson 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2013,107(1-4):169-182

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We establish a nonlinear stability result for convection in a generalized incompressible fluid. Both numerical calculations and an asymptotic analysis are carried out. The linear and nonlinear results are shown to be very close in both cases, implying that the region of possible subcritical instabilities is very small.

During this work I was supported by a research studentship awarded by the Science and Engineering Council of the United Kingdom.  相似文献   

Topographic instability and multiple equilibria on an f-plane     

P. F. Linden 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2013,107(3-4):163-182

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The flow of a two-layer flow in a rotating channel on an f-plane over topography with sinusoidal variation of height in a direction parallel to the flow is investigated. When the two layers flow in opposite directions a resonance is found when the topographic scale matches the free mode of the system. We examine the stability of the forced mode in the vicinity of this resonance by means of a perturbation expansion of the topographic height. Both subresonant and super-resonant instabilities are found and their equilibration is examined. For small values of the dissipation multiple equilibria are found. The topographic drag releases potential energy even when the flow is baroclinically stable.  相似文献   

On-line estimation of nonlinear physical systems     

George Christakos 《Mathematical Geology》1988,20(2):111-133

Recursive algorithms for estimating states of nonlinear physical systems are presented. Orthogonality properties are rediscovered and the associated polynomials are used to linearize state and observation models of the underlying random processes. This requires some key hypotheses regarding the structure of these processes, which may then take account of a wide range of applications. The latter include streamflow forecasting, flood estimation, environmental protection, earthquake engineering, and mine planning. The proposed estimation algorithm may be compared favorably to Taylor series-type filters, nonlinear filters which approximate the probability density by Edgeworth or Gram-Charlier series, as well as to conventional statistical linearization-type estimators. Moreover, the method has several advantages over nonrecursive estimators like disjunctive kriging. To link theory with practice, some numerical results for a simulated system are presented, in which responses from the proposed and extended Kalman algorithms are compared.  相似文献   

滑坡灾害预报的非线性动力学方法   总被引：29，自引：0，他引：29  

秦四清  张倬元 《水文地质工程地质》1993,20(5):1-4

基于现代反演理论,建立了滑坡灾害预测的非线性动力学模型,给出了可预报时间尺度的确定方法及稳定性判断准则。通过实例分析表明,非线性动力学分析方法是行之有效的。  相似文献   

江汉盆地T油田新沟嘴组成岩流体及流体／矿物反应热力学     

倪师军  罗雨田 《地球化学》1993,(4):347-355

对江汉盆地Ｔ油田主要的工业储层－下第三系新光沟嘴组沉积岩石的成岩流体进行了热力学研究。实测的成岩矿物流体包裹体的均一温度为１１０－１３９℃，属于该区中成岩阶段的温度范围（６７－１５５℃）。成岩流体的压力为１０．２－５６ＭＰａ。成岩流体中阳离子的活度出现Ｃａ＾２＋＞Ｍｇ＾２＋＞Ｎａ＾＋＞Ｋ＾＋＞Ｆｅ＾３＋＞Ｆｅ＾２＋；阴离子的活离出现ＨＣＯ３＾－＞ＳＯ４＾２－＞Ｆ＾－＞Ｃｌ＾－＞ＣＯ３＾２－；气相成  相似文献   

用非线性模型研究环境温度场和涡度场对台风发生、发展的影响   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

杨成彬  郑祖光  王雨 《大气科学》1994,18(Z1):810-819

本文采用二维板对称高截断谱模式研究了环境温度场和偶度场对台风发生、发展的影响，指出整层平均的环境温度场的水平梯度和涡度场是影响台风重要因子。较强的环境温度汤梯度的作用类似于水平方向不均匀加热场的作用，能造成暖区上升、冷区下沉的热力直接环流，并且温度场的梯度越大，环流越强。对于整层平均的绝对涡度场而言，只有弱的正的平均绝对涡度才有利于台风的维持。  相似文献