Initial results from long-term measurements of atmospheric humidity and related parameters in the marine boundary layer at two locations in the Gulf of Mexico

Measurements of boundary layer moisture have been acquired from Rotronic MP-100 sensors deployed on two NDBC buoys in the northern Gulf of Mexico from June through November 1993. For one sensor, which was retrieved approximately 8 months after deployment, the post- and precalibrations agreed closely and fell well within WMO specifications for accuracy. The second sensor operated continuously from June 1993 to February 1997 (3.5 years). Buoy observations of relative humidity and supporting data were used to calculate specific humidity and the surface fluxes of latent and sensible heat. Specific humidities from the buoys were compared with observations of moisture obtained from nearby ship reports, and the correlations were generally high (0.7–0.9). Surface gravity wave spectra were also acquired. The time series of specific humidity and the other buoy parameters revealed three primary scales of variability, small (h), synoptic (days), and seasonal (months). The synoptic variability was clearly dominant and occurred primarily during September, October, and November. Most of the synoptic variability was due to frontal systems that dropped down into the Gulf of Mexico from the continental US followed by air masses which were cold and dry. Cross-correlation analyses of the buoy data indicated that: (1) the moisture field was highly coherent over distances of 800 km or more in the northern Gulf of Mexico; and (2) both specific humidity and air temperature served as tracers of the motion associated with propagating atmospheric disturbances. These correlation analyses also revealed that the prevailing weather systems generally entered the buoy domain from the South prior to September, but primarily from the North thereafter. Spectra of the various buoy parameters indicated strong diurnal and semidiurnal variability for barometric pressure and sea surface temperature (SST) and lesser variability for air temperature, wind speed and significant wave height. The surface fluxes of latent and sensible heat were dominated by the synoptic events which took place from September through November with the transfer of latent heat being primarily from the ocean to the atmosphere. Finally, an analysis of the surface wave observations from each buoy, which included calculations of wave age and estimates of surface roughness, indicate that major heat and moisture flux events coincide with periods of active wave growth, although the data were insufficient to identify any causal relationships.     

气泡动力学数值模型的稳定性研究

基于势流假设,建立气泡动力学数值模型,并开发计算程序.系统地分析了不同模型、不同单元类型的计算精度,以及网格划分、时间步等因素对计算结果的影响,验证了本文数值模型的收敛性,并在计算过程中分析了动能、势能及总能量随时间的变化.为考核文中建立的气泡动力学计算模型的有效性,分别将轴对称模型及三维模型与Rayleigh-Plesset气泡模型的精确解及实验数据、实验照片进行了对比分析,分析表明,计算结果与Rayleigh-Plesset模型及实验数据吻合很好,表明文中建立的计算模型是可行的、有效的.并分析了气泡在重力场中的运动特性.     

结合均值导纳法的声呐腔自噪声统计能量分析

讨论了湍流边界层激励下声呐腔自噪声统计能量分析。采用圆柱一圆板组合结构模拟艏部声呐罩,重点讨论了湍流边界层输入功率计算,及利用均值导纳法求解多耦合结构之间的直接耦合损耗因子及问接耦合损耗因子,给出了详细的理论推导,最后给出了具体的算例。分析结果可作为湍流边界层激励下声呐腔自噪声工程估算的参考。     

改进振动法在地下工程动力时程计算中的应用

地下工程受到周围土体的约束作用,其动力反映与地面工程有所区别,如将源于地面工程的振动法用于地下工程的动力时程计算分析,需要进行相应的改进.文章通过计算分析发现,振动法用于地下工程动力时程计算时,在计算模型边界条件和波动传播时间效应方面不能反映波动对地下工程作用的实质;通过对比分析,在这两个方面对常规振动法进行了改进;提出了适用于地下工程动力时程计算的改进振动法.该方法的计算模型采用左右两侧粘弹性底部固定的人工边界条件,波动输入采用能够反映波动传播时间效应的分层加速度动态输入法,其计算分析结果与理论解吻合较好,适用于地下工程的动力时程计算分析.     

Traffic modelling in system boundary expansion of road pavement life cycle assessment

This paper uses a case study of a UK inter-urban road, to explore the impact of extending the system boundary of road pavement life cycle assessment (LCA) to include increased traffic emissions due to delays during maintenance. Some previous studies have attempted this but have been limited to hypothetical scenarios or simplified traffic modelling, with no validation or sensitivity analysis. In this study, micro-simulation modelling of traffic was used to estimate emissions caused by delays at road works, for several traffic management options. The emissions were compared to those created by the maintenance operation, estimated using an LCA model. In this case study, the extra traffic emissions caused by delays at road works are relatively small, compared to those from the maintenance process, except for hydrocarbon emissions. However, they are generally close to, or above, the materiality threshold recommended in PAS2050 for estimating carbon footprints, and reach 5–10% when traffic flow levels are increased (hypothetically) or when traffic management is imposed outside times of lowest traffic flow. It is recommended, therefore, that emissions due to traffic disruption at road works should be included within the system boundary of road pavement LCA and carbon footprint studies and should be considered in developing guidelines for environmental product declarations of road pavement maintenance products and services.     

基于格子Boltzmann方法的船舶风力助推转子绕流特性

风力转子推进装置节能环保,降低推力成本,有利于船舶行业的绿色发展。基于多松弛格子Boltzmann方法,对并列风力助推转子绕流进行数值模拟。首先模拟单圆柱绕流的流动特性,以验证程序的可靠性,重点探究双圆柱的间距比和转速比对圆柱绕流特性的影响。获取圆柱的升阻力系数以及尾流流型,验证临界转速比的存在。结果显示:旋转可以有效地抑制涡的生成和脱落,当转速比达到临界转速比时,漩涡彻底消失,流场变得稳定;时均升力系数的绝对值和时均阻力系数随转速比的增大分别增大和减小。     

浸没边界格子Boltzmann方法的改进及转动圆柱绕流模拟

针对浸没边界格子Boltzmann方法计算效率不足的问题,提出一种改进浸没边界格子Boltzmann方法。通过使用作用力格子Boltzmann模型,并简化流固耦合作用力的计算方法,使计算流程得到简化,同时,对比原方法转动圆柱绕流计算结果,计算时间缩短一半以上,提高了数值计算效率。结合改进算法研究转动圆柱绕流的流场升阻力系数、压力系数、流场速度等流体参数场随转速比的关系,揭示了一定的转动圆柱绕流动力学规律。研究结果表明,改进方法准确可靠。     

轴对称回转体的CFD分析及厚边界层理论计算

本文采用CFD计算技术和厚边界层理论的积分法,对轴对称回转体周围的绕流场速度分布、表面压力、摩擦阻力系数以及边界层厚度分布进行了数值分析计算。本文提供了两种方法的计算结果,并与有关文献给出的试验结果进行了比较和验证。对比表明,计算结果和试验结果的趋势基本一致,在一定程度上验证CFD方法和厚边界层积分法的有效性和可靠性。     

空间不均匀湍流边界层激励下声呐腔自噪声统计能量分析

利用统计能量分析法建立了湍流边界层激励下水下航行器声呐腔自噪声水动力分量的计算模型。采用一种新的回转体模型模拟声呐罩，重点讨论空间分布不均匀的湍流边界层对声呐罩的输入功率的计算及统计能量分析参数的确定，利用Fluent软件计算边界层的分离点及一些重要参数。最后给出了一具体的算例。可作为空间不均匀湍流边界层激励下声呐腔自噪声的工程估算的参考。     

流固耦合振动流体边界元拟湿模态综合法

本文用流体边界元结合結构模态综合技术对大型结构的流固耦合问题的计算方法进行了研究。基于对用常数边界元计算附连水质量的物理意义的研究,并结合结构部分的计算,提出了一种假设的模态——拟湿模态。数值计算表明,本文的理论结果有足够的精度。