Evaluation of two atmospheric models for wind–wave modelling in the NW Mediterranean

The NW Mediterranean experiences, as illustrated by the last decade, strong and rapidly varying storms with severe waves and winds. This has motivated a continuous validation of models and the efforts to improve wave and wind predictions. In this paper we use two atmospherics models, MASS (from SMC-Meteorological Office of Catalunya) and ARPEGE (from Météo-France), to force two third generation wave models: WAM and SWAN. The evaluation and comparison has been carried out for two severe storms registered in November 2001 and March–April 2002.The ARPEGE and MASS models predicted higher 10 m wind speeds than coastal meteorological stations, a fact attributed to local land influences. Regarding the 10 m wind direction, models do not present large differences, although considerable deviations from recorded data were found during some dates. ARPEGE presents less scatter and lower errors than MASS when compared with QuikSCAT data.The 10m wind fields from both atmospheric models were used to force the two selected wave models and analyse the errors and sensitivities when predicting severe wave storms. The wave model simulations show some interesting results; during the storm, the spatial wave pattern using ARPEGE showed a higher maximum, although the values of significant wave height at the buoys were lower than the ones forced by MASS (with both WAM and SWAN). The SWAN simulations show a better agreement in predicting the growing and waning of the storm peaks. The prediction of mean period was improved when using the ARPEGE wind field. However the underestimation by SWAN due to the large energy at high frequencies was evident. Validation of spectral shape predictions showed that it still has considerable error when predicting the full frequency spectra. The storms showed bimodal spectral features which were not always reproduced by wave models and are likely to be responsible for part of the discrepancies.     

钢质浮标（浮体）验收办法分析

从验收要求、验收规则、验收程序和验收方法4个方面对钢质浮标（浮体）的验收办法进行了分析,为了方便浮标使用单位做好钢质浮标（浮体）验收记录工作、界定停止验收的条件,编制了钢质浮标（浮体）验收记录表,使验收工作具有了可操作性。     

Assessment of wind quality for oceanographic modelling in semi-enclosed basins

The quality of surface winds derived from four meteorological models is assessed in the semi-enclosed Adriatic Sea over a 2-month period: a global hydrostatic model ECMWF T511 (40 km resolution), a hydrostatic limited area model LAMBO (20 km), and two non-hydrostatic limited area models: LAMI (7 km) and COAMPS™ (4 km). These wind models are used to drive a 2 km resolution wave model (SWAN) of the Adriatic, and wind and wave results are compared with observations at the ISMAR oceanographic tower off Venice. Waves are also compared at buoy locations near Ancona and Ortona. Consistently with earlier studies, the ECMWF fields underestimate the wind magnitude and do not reproduce the known spatial structure of strong wind events. The results show that the higher-resolution, limited area models LAMI and COAMPS exhibit better amplitude response than the coarser ECMWF: there is a 3- to 4-fold reduction of the wind underestimation at the platform (from 36% to 8–11%). The wave response is also improved with LAMI and COAMPS: there is a 2-fold reduction in the underestimation of wave heights at the platform. These non-hydrostatic models also produce wind fields with more realistic small-scale, spatial structure during strong wind events. The temporal correlation between observed and modelled wind, however, is highest with the global ECMWF model due to the fact that large-scale features can be predicted deterministically, whereas small-scale features can only be predicted stochastically. Models with less small-scale structure have better correlation because they have less “noise.” This explanation is supported by increased correlation between modelled and observed waves, the waves representing a smoothing of the wind over fetch and duration. Although there is room for improvement, the high-resolution, non-hydrostatic models (LAMI and COAMPS) offer significant advantages for driving oceanographic simulations in semi-enclosed basins such as the Adriatic Sea.     

剖面探测浮标上浮运动研究

文章提出一种新的改变剖面探测浮标浮力的结构方法,即通过液压缸的伸长和缩短改变浮标的体积进而改变浮标浮力.给出浮标的结构简图并介绍浮标的控制过程,校核液压缸的推力;用力学分析的方法推导出浮标匀速运动时的速度,并计算出浮标上浮所需要的体积;分两种状态推导出浮标从静止开始上浮直到匀速运动这段过程内的瞬时加速度以及速度方程.     

基于A柱-后视镜车内气动噪声数值模拟与预测

针对后视镜引起的前侧窗与车内气动噪声问题,采用计算流体力学(CFD)方法对某商用车进行车外后视镜区域数值模拟和车内噪声预测的研究。稳态分析采用RANS模型中SST(Menter)k-ω模型,瞬态分析采用基于SST(Menter)k-ω的分离涡模拟(DES);通过分析后视镜侧窗区域的稳态静压力与瞬态动压力、速度和涡量云图,揭示了因A柱-后视镜而产生车窗表面的湍流压力脉动的机理;同时求解瞬态流场获得两侧车窗表面湍流压力脉动载荷。采用声学FEM方法将车窗表面湍流压力脉动作为边界条件来计算气动噪声的传播,基于车内声学空间不同频率的声压级云图分布规律,说明了车内气动噪声主要集中在中低频段和声压级最大的分布区域;驾驶员左耳旁声压级曲线展示了20-2 500 Hz频段内声压级变化规律。最后进行实车道路滑行测试,证实了气动噪声在车速80-110 km/h时较为明显的结论;采用CFD结合声学有限元的方法可较为准确地预测车内100-2 500 Hz气动噪声的声压级,为优化后视镜、降低驾驶室内气动噪声提供仿真和试验的技术方案。