Experience in using a guide vane design with a “floating” lower bearing

Conclusion The use of the floating bearing of the vanes in the lower ring of the gate apparatus makes it possible to reduce the cycle and labor expenditures of manufacture at the plant and on assembly of the gate apparatus with a substantial improvement of the quality of assembly.Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 4, pp. 45–47, April, 1984.     

Physical–chemical measurements in the water column along a transect through a tilapia cage fish farm in Lake Malawi,Africa

The initiation of cage aquaculture in the shallow southeast arm of Lake Malawi has raised concerns about its possible impact on the surrounding environment and the highly diverse fish community. To evaluate the impact of the cage operation on the surrounding environment, observations were made over an annual cycle in 2007 at a production capacity of ~ 200 tonnes fish/year. Impacts of the cage wastes in the water column in the vicinity of the cages were minimal despite the substantial discharges from the cages. No significant differences were observed in concentrations of dissolved and particulate nutrients (ammonia, nitrate, phosphate, particulate C,N and P), chlorophyll, chlorophyll fluorescence, dissolved oxygen, total suspended solids, Secchi depths and extinction coefficient of photosynthetically active radiation between the cage site and the control stations upstream or downstream of the fish farm. Although sedimentation rates measured in traps were higher under the cages than at control sites, the sediment flux was a small percentage of total feeds added to the cages. Apparently cage wastes were efficiently dispersed by water currents which averaged 9.3 cm/s below the fish cages. Consumption of the wastes by wild fish species which aggregated around the fish cages and their movement in the vicinity of the cages also contributed to the dispersion of the cage wastes and served to dilute impact of the cages. In combination, these physical and biological processes reduced the immediate impact of the cage farming operation and must be considered in the siting of future cage farms.     

The role of groundwater in loading of nutrients to a restricted bay in a Precambrian Shield lake Part 2. – Numerical modeling

Previous modeling of hydrologic and nutrient budgets of lakes in Precambrian Shield regions have generally ignored groundwater as a source of water and supplier or sink of nutrients. This paper and its companion (Part 1) address this science gap by probing the role of groundwater in the nutrient balance for a restricted bay of a Precambrian Shield lake (Lake of the Woods) that experienced extensive shoreline development in the 1990s. Based on field data (Part 1), we applied a 3D reactive transport model (FEFLOW) to simulate the fate of nutrients in a cottage septic plume in groundwater and seepage into the bay. Corresponding simulations are for chloride and septic tracers in the plume, and 1D modeling of the mass balance of one septic tracer (acesulfame) in the bay. Our results suggest that, before they reach the lake, significant portions of the septic plume contaminants are attenuated by various processes, including uptake by transpiring plants. Extrapolating, we estimate that, for annual fluxes to the bay, groundwater seepage contributes ~1–3% of the phosphorus (P) and ~2–5% of the dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN). The results suggest that these groundwater nutrient fluxes to the bay are derived mainly from natural background sources. In contrast, cottage septic plumes contribute a quarter of the groundwater flux of DIN to Poplar Bay, while the septic contribution of P to the bay is negligible. We estimate that the largest sources of P and DIN fluxes to Poplar Bay are influx from the open lake and atmospheric deposition.     

Flow of a micropolar fluid in a micro-channel under the action of an alternating electric field: Estimates of flow in bio-fluidic devices

The paper is devoted to a study of the electro-osmotic flow of a micropolar bio-fluid, when the flow takes place between two plates that are in a state of periodic vibrations. Considering blood as a micropolar fluid, it is found that the amplitude of oscillation of the microparticles of blood increases when the micropolar effect is pronounced more and more and that a rise in DebyeHückel parameter enhances both the velocity and microrotation gradient. The results provide guidelines for the improvement of design of bio-sensing and micro-fluidic devices. The study leads to the conclusion that electrical double layers formed in the vicinity of the wall can significantly alter the flow dynamics of physiological fluids in micro-bio-fluidic devices.     

Behaviour and Performance of a Water Resource System in Québec (Canada) Under Adapted Operating Policies in a Climate Change Context

The behaviour of the water resource system of the Peribonka River (Quebec, Canada) exploited for hydropower is evaluated under various hydrological regimes, using different climate change scenarios. The hydrological regime of the recent past and the regimes of 30 climate projections are considered. The potential hydrological regimes are simulated for climate projections from five general circulation models (GCM) for two greenhouse gas emission scenarios and three temporal horizons (2020, 2050 and 2080). For each hydrological regime, weekly reservoir operating rules are calculated with a dynamic and stochastic optimization model. Simulations of the water resource system with adapted operating rules in these climate change contexts are compared with the management of the water resource system at the control period (1961–1990). For the majority of climate projections, the analysis of simulations in the context of climate change shows an increase in hydropower and in annual unproductive spills. These increases reach 22% and 300%, respectively, compared to the control period. Also, the reliability of a reservoir is compromised for half of the climate projections, with annual probabilities reaching above the maximum operating levels, up to 0.3%, whereas these probabilities were null for the control period. Despite the rise in production, the annual efficiency of the power plants would fluctuate between −5 to +8%, depending on the power plant, the climate projection and the horizon.     

Fouling cake layer in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating saline wastewaters: curse or a blessing?

The treatment of inhibitory (saline) wastewaters is known to produce considerable amounts of soluble microbial products (SMPs), and this has been implicated in membrane fouling; the fate of these SMPs was of considerable interest in this work. This study also investigated the contribution of SMPs to membrane fouling of the; (a) cake layer/biofilm layer, (b) the compounds below the biofilm/cake layer and strongly attached to the surface of the membrane, (c) the compounds in the inner pores of the membrane, and (d) the membrane. It was found that the cake/biofilm layer was the main reason for fouling of the membrane. Interestingly, the bacteria attached to the cake/biofilm layer showed higher biodegradation rates compared with the bacteria in suspension. Moreover, the bacteria attached to the cake layer showed higher amounts of attached extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) compared with the bacteria in suspension, possibly due to accumulation of the released EPS from suspended biomass in the cake/biofilm layer. Molecular weight (MW) analysis of the effluent and reactor bulk showed that the cake layer can retain a large fraction of the SMPs in the reactor and prevent them from being released into the effluent. Hence, while cake layers lead to lower fluxes in submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors (SAMBRS), and hence higher costs, they can improve the quality of the reactor effluent.     

What's in a name? Taxonomy and nomenclature of invasive gobies in the Great Lakes and beyond

The species identities, scientific names, and relationships of Eurasian gobies that invaded the Laurentian Great Lakes – and other species that are predicted to invade in the future – are evaluated here using recently resolved DNA characters. The Round Goby and the Freshwater Tubenose Goby entered the Great Lakes ca. 1990 via ballast water originating from Black Sea ports. The Round Goby spread extensively throughout the Great Lakes and adjacent rivers, whereas the Freshwater Tubenose Goby recently began to expand its range. Both species also are widely invasive in Eurasia, dispersing via canals and shipping. Several of their relatives – the Monkey, Racer, and Bighead gobies – also are invasive in Eurasia, and are predicted to invade the Great Lakes. We discuss results from phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences from 4 mitochondrial and nuclear gene regions, and provide a revision of their scientific nomenclature. The Freshwater Tubenose Goby was redefined as Proterorhinus semilunaris, which is markedly different and distinctive from the Marine Tubenose Goby Proterorhinus marmoratus. The genus Neogobius, as formerly defined, contained multiple evolutionary lineages and incorrect scientific names. We thus restricted Neogobius to just 4 species—including the Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus and the Black Sea Monkey Goby Neogobius fluviatilis. Several previously recognized subgenera, which were incorrectly grouped in Neogobius, were elevated to the level of genera. Notably, the Racer Goby became Babka gymnocephalus and the Bighead Goby now is Ponticola kessleri. These changes made the names consistent with their true relationships and species characters, which are essential for identifying and characterizing these gobies in invasive and native habitats.     

Capillary effect on the sloshing of a fluid in a rectangular tank submitted to sinusoidal vertical dynamical excitation

Surface tension effects on fluid sloshing in a tank subjected to external excitation has been less studied. This work aims at understanding this phenomenon in order to derive practical solutions to problems faced in several engineering. A tank containing a fluid with a free surface is submitted to gravity and capillary forces and subject to external dynamic excitation. Introduction of vertical sinusoidal dynamical excitation leads to a problem of paramtric oscillations governed by the Mathieu equation. Analysis of the Mathieu equation shows the existence of stable and unstable regions in the stability diagram. Some results induced by harmonic excitations on the fluid sloshing are presented. When the external dynamical excitation amplitude ~ is small, periodic solutions appear in stable regions and when e increases, the fluid behavior is not perfectly periodic and the amplitudes are not regular. Nonlinear effects make the behavior of the fluid complicated and render it almost unpredictable. In stable regions, the solution remains bounded at any time. When changing the perturbation parameter 6, the phase difference increases and also with the increase of the surface tension.     

Seasonal variation in light penetration and subsurface chlorophyll-α in southern Lake Michigan observed by a glider

The Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) in collaboration with the Great Lakes Observing System and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA GLERL) deployed an autonomous underwater glider in southern Lake Michigan several times per year between 2012 and 2019 to collect offshore (>30 m depth) limnological measurements, including temperature, photosynthetically active radiation (beginning during 2015), and chlorophyll-α fluorescence. From these data, we calculated mixed layer depth, several measures of light penetration (diffuse attenuation coefficient, first optical depth, euphotic zone depth), and depth of the subsurface chlorophyll-α maxima. During summer, mean offshore mixed layer depth was typically 10–15 m, K_d for PAR was 0.1–0.17 m^?1, first optical depth was 6–9 m, euphotic zone depth was 35–40 m, and depth of subsurface chlorophyll-α maxima was 30–35 m. We also observed substantial spatial and temporal variation in these values across the basin and within and among seasons. Glider-based observations provide a wider horizontal and vertical perspective than other methods (e.g., ship- and satellite-based observations, buoys, and fixed moorings), and are therefore a valuable, complementary tool for Great Lakes limnology. The set of observations reported here provide seasonal and basin-scale information that may help to identify anomalies useful for future glider-assisted investigation into the role of biophysical processes in Great Lakes limnology and ecology.     

HIGH ORDER LAGRANGIAN VELOCITY STATISTICS IN A TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOW WITH Re_τ=80

The scaling properties of high-order Lagrangian velocity structure functions are investigated numerically for a turbulent flow with a friction-velocity based Reynolds number Re_τ=80.The Lagrangian particles are released from locations of different distances to the wall.The relative scaling exponents ■ of the longitudinal velocity component are found to increase with the released distance to the wall and to approach asymptotically to theoretical predictions.However,the scaling exponents ■ of the transverse velocity component are smaller than ■,indicating a more intermittent nature.Specifically for the release locations in the center region,the relative scaling exponents ■ agree very well with theoretical predictions.     

EXPERIMENTAL ESTIMATION OF A SCALING EXPONENT FOR TIP VORTEX CAVITATION VIA ITS INCEPTION TEST IN FULL- ANDMODEL-SHIP

Tip vortex cavitation noise of marine propeller became primary concerns to reduce hazardous environmental impacts from commercial ship or to keep the underwater surveillance of naval ships. The investigations of the tip vortex and its induced noise are normally conducted through the model test in a water cavitation tunnel. However the Reynolds number of model-test is much smaller than that of the full-scale, which subsequently results in the difference of tip vortex cavitation inception. Hence, the scaling law between model-and full-scales needs to be identified prior to the prediction and assessment of propeller noise in full scale. From previous researches, it is generally known that the incipient caivtation number of tip vortex can be represented as a power of the Reynolds number. However, the power exponent for scaling, which is the main focus of this research, has not been clearly studied yet. This paper deals with the estimation of scaling exponent based on tip vortex cavitation inception test in both full-and model-scale ships. Acoustical measurements as well as several kind of signal processing technique for an inception criterion suggest the scaling exponent as 0.30. The scaling value proposed in this study shows slight difference to the one of most recent research. Besides, extrapolation of model-ship noise measurement using the proposed one predicts the full-scale noise measurement with an acceptable discrepancy.     

水流与壁面间切应力估计方法的比较研究

精确估计水流与壁面间切应力在泥沙输移和水利工程安全方面具有重要意义。通过选取并整理文献数据,对现今七种主要的水流与壁面间切应力的估计方法在不同雷诺数的条件下进行评价和比较,发现总体上湍流动能外推法和雷诺应力外推法估计壁面切应力的可靠性和精确度最高,平均相对误差分别为3.2%和5.2%。湍流能量法、湍流动能法和雷诺应力法次之,以壁定理的精确度最低,但其所需的数据较容易获取。二阶应力法的精确度取决于阻力系数的取值。其中,壁定理和二阶应力法的估计值偏高而更加安全,湍流动能外推法的估计值较为准确,而其余方法给出的估计值偏低。所得结果对不同条件下水流与壁面间切应力估计方法的选择以及直接测量仪器的校准有一定的参考价值。     

Numerical study of high-order Lagrangian structure functions in a turbulent channel flow with low Reynolds number

The scaling exponents of Lagrangian velocity structure functions from orders 1 to 10 in a low Reynolds number turbulent channel flow are investigated by using direct numerical simulation. The Reynolds number Re_τ is 80 (based on friction velocity on the wall). The Lagrangian velocity structure functions are shown to obey the scaling relations <Δv^q(τ)>∼τ^ζL(q). The scaling exponents are normalized by ζ_L(2) (so-called ESS procedure). The coincidence between the theoretical predictions and numerical calculations is very good for the longitudinal scaling exponent in the channel center. It is also found that the high-order longitudinal scaling exponents agree with theoretical values better than those for the transverse direction.

     

湍浮力射流形成后区特性的预报

应用作者所提出的数学模型和计算方法,对浮力射流形成后区的特性进行了预报。得出中性浮力点以前的形成后区,可分为非浮力区、过渡区和卷流区。得到了非浮力区和卷流区的时均流速、时均温差、雷诺切应力、湍动能及其耗散率的分布和湍动能的平衡。这些预报结果与试验资料基本吻合。     

中东某抽蓄地下厂房洞室群地震动力响应分析

针对中东某抽水蓄能电站地下厂房抗震稳定性问题,以掌握地下厂房洞室群围岩地震动力响应为目标,采用动力时程分析方法,依据当地及欧洲标准,对该地下厂房洞室群地震响应进行三维非线性数值模拟,分析了洞室围岩加速度、位移、塑性区、应力分布特征及支护受力特征。结果表明:在地下厂房洞室群围岩开挖面上,围岩的加速度会表现出明显的放大效应,且结构面上会加剧加速度响应;位移时程响应与输入地震荷载位移时程曲线形态一致,但在幅值和相位上有一定差异;围岩相对变形、残余变形较大的部位与加速度放大系数较大的部位一致,围岩塑性区和应力松弛区增加较为明显的部位与加速度放大系数较大、相对变形和残余变形较大的部位基本一致;在地震作用下,围岩支护结构受力增长较小,锚杆受力超过300 MPa的百分比与围岩变形、塑性区的发展规律一致。研究成果对地下工程围岩抗震稳定性分析和抗震设计具有参考价值。     

有植被河道的水力特性研究

利用三维超声波多普勒流速仪(ADV)量测有植被时水槽不同测点位置的瞬时流场。分析了测点位置和水深与植被高度比对时均流速分布的影响。试验结果表明植被层上下水流结构复杂,柔性植被的存在使垂线流速降低,所测得的流速分布在植被层顶部附近呈现“<”形状,在植被区域内部流速分布近似为“3”形。分析了植被区水流紊动强度和雷诺应力的垂线分布情况。水流紊动强度和雷诺应力在植被区域的上层相对较大,说明在该处发生着剧烈的质量和动量交换以及很强的剪切作用。     

Turbulent flow structure at a 90-degree open channel confluence: Accounting for the distortion of the shear layer

City channels often have a smaller width-to-depth ratio in comparison to natural rivers due to the limited land availability. The penetration of the tributary into the main channel can cause the distortion of the shear layer. The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the mean and turbulent flow structure in the distorted shear layer in a discharge-adjustable plexiglass circulating flume. Three-dimensional velocities were collected and hydrodynamics and turbulence characteristics such as mean velocity field, turbulent kinetic energy, Reynolds shear stress, turbulence spectrum, and occurrence probabilities of quadrant events were analyzed. The results showed that a stronger helical cell was formed and extended for a longer distance downstream when the tributary channel had a higher flow rate than the main channel. The maximum Reynolds shear stress and the ejection and sweep events were mainly distributed at the middle zone of the water depth, rather than near the water surface, which were coincident with the shear layer as indicated by the turbulence kinetic energy. No obvious energy concentration was observed, and the power law relations for individual velocity components all had an exponent slightly larger than −5/3 in the flow frequency. The distortion of the shear layer resulted in an increase in occurrence probabilities of ejection and sweep events within the shear layer, which were related to the turbulence presenting vortices induced by wall. If the discharge ratio remained unchanged, an increase in the discharge of both channels resulted in an increase in some parameters, such as velocity, turbulent kinetic energy, and the absolute values of Reynolds shear stress, while the shear layer was distorted to a larger extent as the discharge of each channel decreased. All these results suggested that sediment transport, bed morphology and contaminant transport in the distorted shear layer at city channel confluences may differ significantly from that at natural river confluences.     

Numerical investigation of Reynolds number and scaling effects in microchannels flows

Compared with conventional channels, experiments of microchannel often exhibit some controversial findings and sometimes even opposite trends, most notably the effects of the Reynolds number and the scaled channel height on the Poiseuille number. The experimental method has still been constrained by two key facts, firstly the current ability to machine microstructures and secondly the limitation of measurement of parameters related to the Poiseuille number. As a consequence, numerical method was adopted in this study in order to analyze a flow in two-dimensional rectangular microchannels using water as working fluid. Results are obtained by the solution of the steady laminar incompressible Navier-Stokes equations using control volume finite element method(CVFEM) without pressure correction. The computation was made for channel height ranging from 50 ?m to 4.58 ?m and Reynolds number varying from 0.4 to 1 600. The effect of Reynolds number and channel heights on flow characteristics was investigated. The results showed that the Poiseuille numbers agree fairly well with the experimental measurements proving that there is no scale effect at small channel height. This scaling effect has been confirmed by two additional simulations being carried out at channel heights of 2.5 ?m and 0.5 ?m, respectively and the range of Reynolds number was extended from 0.01 up to 1 600. This study confirm that the conventional analysis approach can be employed with confidence for predicting flow behavior in microchannels when coupled with carefully matched entrance and boundary conditions in the dimensional range considered here.     

Application of first-order and Monte Carlo analysis in watershed water quality models

To achieve effective environmental control, it is important to develop methodologies for dealing with uncertainties in model simulation of pollution behaviour and effects. Several procedures have been proposed to quantify uncertainties in modelling studies. This paper utilizes the two methods that are widely applied, i.e. functional analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation.The first-order part of the functional analysis method provides a measure of uncertainties in dependent variables in terms of uncertainties in independent variables. The procedure is based on first-order terms in the Taylor series expansion of the dependent variable about its mean value with respect to one or more independent variables. The major assumption in this procedure is that all independent and dependent variables are the second moment variables (SMV), which means that the behaviour of any SMV is completely described by its mean and standard deviation. The mathematical simplicity of the procedure allows application by simple input-output models. Consequently, it has been applied to many environmental simulators, e.g. hydrological models, stream water quality models, lake water quality models and ground water pollution models.The Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) method uses a large number of repeated trials or simulations with the values for stochastic inputs or uncertain variables selected at random from their assumed parent probability distributions to establish an expected range of model uncertainty.