Daily impact of climate on the pattern of urban family life : Indigenous courtyard houses of Baghdad regions of the hot-dry climates Part I: Daily shifts or daily movements in summer

During the day, there are considerable variations in the climatic factors prevailing in these regions. This is especially so during the 24-hour daily cycle of the long, hot and dry summer (mid-May to midOctober). Such climatic conditions have had a considerable impact on the daily living pattern of family life in the same season, particularly in the urban areas. During the same 24-hour cycle, they have compelled the inhabitants to shift their living activities both vertically in section and horizontally in plan; they do this in pursuit of more acceptable, if not, desirable internal thermal environmental ambience.     

关中窄院民居

对陕西省关中地区传统窄院民居的形成,平面与空间的构成特点,外观形态以及地方材料的合理运用等进行了归纳,分析和研究。     

Investigating the Social Dimensions of Transport Disadvantage II: From Concepts to Methods through an Empirical Case Study

This article is the second of two papers that review the field of spatially sensitive social scientific research into the links between social status and transport disadvantage. The first paper undertook a comprehensive review of the social scientific and transport planning literature to mark the level of development in the field and identify conceptual and methodological issues and constraints in this field of inquiry. The present article supports the advancement of socially and geographically sensitive transport research by opportunities for the development of more sophisticated spatial analytical methodologies. The approach we present is able to account for factors not previously addressed in either social or transport planning research, in particular the temporal dimensions of transport service accessibility. The article articulates the methodology through an empirical case study of socio-spatial transport disadvantage within the Gold Coast City. The article demonstrates that there are important theoretical and practical lessons to be gained for researchers and policy makers in addressing the social dimensions of transport and infrastructure provision. Further, the article argues that an attentiveness to new ways of combining and representing social and transport data-sets can promote policy relevant empirical social inquiry. The article also contributes in a productive way to the empirical knowledge of Australia's sixth-largest metropolitan area, which is often overlooked by urban scholars.     

降雨空间分布模式识别

以广东省内186个站点的年降雨量分布为基础，把模式识别的聚类分析理论方法引入降雨空间特征分类研究中，进行降雨特征空间分布模式识别，以预测无雨量站点的降雨模式，从而分析水资源的空间分布模式，以便制订有效的水资源利用方案。结果表明，广东省年降雨量在空间上的分布可划分为6类模式；同时基于BP人工神经网络算法，建立了以高程、气温、蒸发量为主要参数的可判别和预测无雨量测站区域的降雨空间分布模式所属类别的模型，经过模型的学习和验证，效果较好。     

Comparison of finite element reliability methods

The spectral stochastic finite element method (SSFEM) aims at constructing a probabilistic representation of the response of a mechanical system, whose material properties are random fields. The response quantities, e.g. the nodal displacements, are represented by a polynomial series expansion in terms of standard normal random variables. This expansion is usually post-processed to obtain the second-order statistical moments of the response quantities. However, in the literature, the SSFEM has also been suggested as a method for reliability analysis. No careful examination of this potential has been made yet. In this paper, the SSFEM is considered in conjunction with the first-order reliability method (FORM) and with importance sampling for finite element reliability analysis. This approach is compared with the direct coupling of a FORM reliability code and a finite element code. The two procedures are applied to the reliability analysis of the settlement of a foundation lying on a randomly heterogeneous soil layer. The results are used to make a comprehensive comparison of the two methods in terms of their relative accuracies and efficiencies.     

A fictitious domain decomposition method for the solution of partially axisymmetric acoustic scattering problems. Part I: Dirichlet boundary conditions

We present a fictitious domain decomposition method for the fast solution of high‐frequency acoustic scattering problems characterized by a partially axisymmetric sound‐soft scatterer. We apply this method to the solution of various mockup submarine problems, and highlight its computational advantages and intrinsic parallelism. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

HTR-10燃料元件装卸系统冷态调试

10MW高温气冷实验堆（HTR－10）是一座球床堆，由燃料元件装卸系统实现燃料元件的装卸和循环，且不需要停堆，为保证HTR－10的正常运行，燃料元件装卸系统必须安全，可靠，为此，必须对燃料元件装卸系统进行周密，细致的调试试验和验证，本文介绍了燃料元件装卸系统冷调试的主要调试项目，调试方法和调试结果。     

承压水漏斗地区地下水位时空分布预报的BP网络模型

依据水均衡原理，导出承压水漏斗区任意一点水位与其影响因素之间的复杂的非线性关系，在此基础上提出承压水漏斗水位时空分布预报的BP神经网络模型。该模型具有 分布参数模型的特征，且不需用到区域的水文地质参数。最后针对某实例进行了模型设计及预报分析，通过对部分观测井后期实测数据的训练，优选出双隐层的网络结构及其网络参数。随后用这些观测井的前3年数据进行了检验，并对其他观测井数据进行预报。计算表明，该模型对地下水位拟合与预报的合格率较高，可以获得研究区域某一时刻水位在空间上的分布。     

流域输沙模数与流域面积关系研究

提出至今所有流域泥沙输移比与流域面积关系其实质都是流域输沙模数与流域面积的关系。前人的流域输沙模数与流域面积关系的研究结论认为一般都是呈现反比关系，黄河中游流域输沙模数与流域面积不是这样的关系，这是一个特例。本文通过三个不同层面，即长江干流、黄河干流，长江上游、黄河中游主要支流及任意流域的流域输沙模数与流域面积关系的分析研究，认为黄河中游流域输沙模数与流域面积不是反比关系，这不是特例。因为，长江上游无论是干流还是支流或任意流域的流域输沙模数与流域面积同样不存在一个规律的反比关系。流域输沙模数与流域面积的真正关系不是受控于流域面积的大小，而是取决于流域所在区域的地质构造单元的性质、地貌类型及土地利用的合理性等多个因素，其中最本质的是地貌类型、地质构造单元的活动性质及控制面积。本研究可以推进河流泥沙学科的发展、开拓环境学科的研究思路和有助于流域大型水库的泥沙淤积前景的科学预测；同时对流域尺度转换理论在地学中的正确应用的可能性也是有重要的启迪作用。