Reliability assessment of granular filters in embankment dams     

Roberto Mínguez  Fernando Delgado  Ignacio Escuder  Manuel G. de Membrillera 《国际地质力学数值与分析法杂志》2006,30(10):1019-1037

Empirical criteria have been used successfully to design filters of most embankment large dam projects throughout the world. However, these empirical rules are only applicable to a particular range of soils tested in laboratory and do not take into account the variability of the base material and filter particle sizes. In addition, it is widely accepted that the safety of fill dams is mainly dependent on the reliability of their filter performance. The work herein presented consists in a new general method for assessing the probability of fulfilling any empirical filter design criteria accounting for base and filter heterogeneity by means of first‐order reliability methods (FORM), so that reliability indexes and probabilities of fulfilling any particular criteria are obtained. This method will allow engineers to estimate the safety of existing filters in terms of probability of fulfilling their design criteria and might also be used as a decision tool on sampling needs and material size tolerances during construction. In addition, sensitivity analysis makes possible to analyse how reliabilities are influenced by different sources of input data. Finally, in case of a portfolio risk assessment, this method will allow engineers to compare the safety of several existing dams in order to prioritize safety investments and it is expected to be a very useful tool to evaluate probabilities of failure due to internal erosion. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Implications of low-pass filtering on power spectra and autocorrelation functions of turbulent velocity signals     

《Mathematical Geology》1997,29(5):653-668

Filtering either through the electronics of an instrument or through digital procedure is performed routinely on geophysical data. When velocity fluctuations are measured in turbulent flows using electromagnetic current meters (ECMs), a builtin lowpass Butterworth filter of order n usually attenuates fluctuations at high frequencies. However, the effects of this filter may not be acknowledged in turbulence studies, thus impeding comparisons between data collected with different ECMs. This paper explores the implications of the filters on the characteristics of velocity signals, mainly on variance, power spectra, and correlation analyses. Variance losses resulting from filtering can be important but will vary with the order n of the Butterworth filter, decreasing as n increases. Knowing the filter response, it is possible to reconstruct the original signal spectrum to evaluate the effect of filtering on variance and to allow comparisons between data collected with different instruments. The autocorrelation function also is affected by filtering which increases the value of the coefficients in the first lags, resulting in an overestimation of the integral length scale of coherent structures. These important effects add to those related to size and shape differences in ECM sensors and must be taken into account in comparative studies.  相似文献   

Parameter sensitivity of three Kalman filter schemes for assimilation of water levels in shelf sea models   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

J.V.T. Srensen  H. Madsen  H. Madsen 《Ocean Modelling》2006,11(3-4):441-463

In applications of data assimilation algorithms, a number of poorly known assimilation parameters usually need to be specified. Hence, the documented success of data assimilation methodologies must rely on a moderate sensitivity to these parameters. This contribution presents a parameter sensitivity study of three well known Kalman filter approaches for the assimilation of water levels in a three dimensional hydrodynamic modelling system. The filters considered are the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF), the reduced rank square root Kalman filter (RRSQRT) and the steady Kalman filter. A sensitivity analysis of key parameters in the schemes is undertaken for a setup in an idealised bay. The sensitivity of the resulting root mean square error (RMSE) is shown to be low to moderate. Hence the schemes are robust within an acceptable range and their application even with misspecified parameters is to be encouraged in this perspective. However, the predicted uncertainty of the assimilation results are sensitive to the parameters and hence must be applied with care. The sensitivity study further demonstrates the effectiveness of the steady Kalman filter in the given system as well as the great impact of assimilating even very few measurements.  相似文献   

外差激光雷达测量水体布里渊散射可行性研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

刘金涛  陈卫标  宋小全  刘智深 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》2002,32(1):139-144

该文分析外差激光雷达测量水体布里渊散射的可行性。借助测量水体布里渊散射的频移 ,可得到水体声速或温度。文中利用两条 12 7I2 吸收线锁定激光输出频率 ,产生稳定的频差约为7.5 GHz发射激光和激光本振。通过对 12 7I2 吸收线稳定度、激光频率稳定度、系统信噪比和反演精度的分析和计算机模拟 ,得出水体深度 2 5 m以内水体布里渊散射频移的测量误差可以控制在2 .5 MHz以内 ,达到水中声速 0 .6 m/ s或温度 0 .1℃的测量精度。  相似文献   

基于小波变换的全色和多光谱遥感图像融合     

张大明  李璐  符茂胜  罗斌 《国土资源遥感》2008,(1):50-54,I0002

基于多分辨率小波变换,针对高分辨率全色图像和多光谱图像的融合,提出了一种基于方向可调滤波器的区域能量测量的小波变换融合算法.将此方法与HIS和传统小波的融合方法比较,结果表明,该方法在保留多光谱图像光谱信息的同时,能够更好地保留高分辨率图像的空间信息,融合效果有较大改善.  相似文献   

System identification of instrumented bridge systems     

Yalin Arici  Khalid M. Mosalam 《地震工程与结构动力学》2003,32(7):999-1020

Several recorded motions for seven bridge systems in California during recent earthquakes were analysed using parametric and non‐parametric system identification (SI) methods. The bridges were selected considering the availability of an adequate array of accelerometers and accounting for different structural systems, materials, geometry and soil types. The results of the application of SI methods included identification of modal frequencies and damping ratios. Excellent fits of the recorded motion in the time domain were obtained using parametric methods. The multi‐input/single‐output SI method was a suitable approach considering the instrumentation layout for these bridges. Use of the constructed linear filters for prediction purposes was also demonstrated for three bridge systems. Reasonable prediction results were obtained considering the various limitations of the procedure. Finally, the study was concluded by identifying the change of the modal frequencies and damping of a particular bridge system in time using recursive filters. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Application of the Linear Prediction filters in equatorial electrojet studies     

G K Rangarajan 《Journal of Earth System Science》1992,101(4):329-338

Wiener filters are derived from the horizontal field data of two adjacent equatorial electrojet stations, Adis Ababa and Trivandrum from several sequences of quiet days. The time invariant property of the filter is established and the filter is applied to conditions marked by afternoon counter electrojet events. The prediction efficiency is shown to be consistently high. Possible uses of this technique in studies related to generating mechanisms of counter electrojet events and the day-to-day variability in electrojet currents are indicated. Inter-relationships and day-to-day variability of different components of the fields at the two stations are highlighted.  相似文献   

一种纹理特征融合分类算法     

赵银娣  张良培  李平湘 《武汉大学学报(信息科学版)》2006,31(3):278-281

分别利用多通道Gabor滤波器和马尔可夫随机场模型对纹理图像进行分析，得到两组特征影像。将上述两组特征影像进行融合，最后利用融合后的数据实现图像的分类。实验证明，基于上述方法的纹理特征融合分类算法大大提高了图像的分类精度。  相似文献   

Effects of Interference and Oxidation on the UV/Visible Rejection Properties of Filters for Soft X-ray Detectors     

M. Barbera  A. Collura  A. Dara  M. Leone  F.R. Powell  S. Serio  S. Varisco  M.V. Zombeck 《Experimental Astronomy》1997,7(1):51-63

We report on UV/Visible transmission measurements of aluminum coated Lexan filters designed as UV blocking filters for soft x-ray detectors. Transmission of the filters in the 2300-8000 Å wavelength range is significantly higher than expected. It cannot be accounted for applying a simple slab model of the transmission and adopting material properties reported in the literature. We show that this is due to interference effects which are strongly dependent on the filter geometry, and to oxidation of exposed aluminum surfaces and/or chemical interaction with the plastic support. The results of this work have led to the redesign of the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility High Resolution Camera UV blocking filters.  相似文献   

结合Gabor纹理与几何特征的高分辨率遥感影像城区道路提取方法     

胡华龙  吴冰  黄邵美 《测绘科学技术学报》2015,(4):395-400

在充分考虑道路频谱在不同频带、不同方向上能量分布的基础上,提出一种基于Gabor纹理与几何特征相结合的高分辨率遥感影像城区道路提取方法。首先通过Gabor滤波器组得到遥感影像不同频带、不同方向上的Gabor纹理特征,并利用K-means方法对遥感影像进行分割;然后利用形态学方法分割与道路相连的地物,并选取适当的几何特征剔除非道路地物;最后利用形态学方法对道路网进行修整。实验结果表明,该方法可以有效、便捷地从高分辨率遥感影像中提取城区主干道路网。  相似文献