简介：Amongexistingremotesensingapplications,land-basedX-bandradarisaneffectivetechniquetomonitorthewavefields,andspatialwaveinformationcouldbeobtainedfromtheradarimages.Two-dimensionalFourierTransform(2-DFT)isthecommonalgorithmtoderivethespectraofradarimages.However,thewavefieldinthenearshoreareaishighlynon-homogeneousduetowaverefraction,shoaling,andothercoastalmechanisms.Whenappliedinnearshoreradarimages,2-DFTwouldleadtoambiguityofwavecharacteristicsinwavenumberdomain.Inthisarticle,weintroducetwo-dimensionalWaveletTransform(2-DWT)tocapturethenon-homogeneityofwavefieldsfromnearshoreradarimages.Theresultsshowthatwavenumberspectraby2-DWTatsixparallelspacelocationsinthegivenimageclearlypresenttheshoalingofnearshorewaves.Wavenumberofthepeakwaveenergyisincreasingalongtheinshoredirection,anddominantdirectionofthespectrachangesfromSouthSouthWest(SSW)toWestSouthWest(WSW).Toverifytheresultsof2-DWT,waveshoalinginradarimagesiscalculatedbasedondispersionrelation.Thetheoreticalcalculationresultsagreewiththeresultsof2-DWTonthewhole.Theencouragingperformanceof2-DWTindicatesitsstrongcapabilityofrevealingthenon-homogeneityofwavefieldsinnearshoreX-bandradarimages.

简介：Twonear-fieldmethods,namelytheintegralmethodanddifferentialmethod,werepresentedforgivingsecond-ordermeandriftforcesandmomentsbetweentwofixedsubmergedbodiesinregularwaves.Fortheintegralmethod,withaseriesofmathematicalmanipulations,second-orderdriftforcesandmomentscouldbeeasilyexpressedbydistributedsourceswhichcouldbecalculatedbysourcedistributiontechniqueswiththeassumptionthattheamplitudeofshipmotionsaresmallonthebasisofthelinear3Dfrequencytheory.Forthedifferentialmethod,driftforcesandmomentscouldbeexpressedbythederivativeofvelocitypotentialwithrespecttospacecoordinate.Becausetwobodieswouldbehaveasasinglebodywhiletheclearanceisverylarge,thenumericalresultsofonesphereinsuchcaseweregivenandcomparedwithanalyticalresultsofasinglespherewhichdoesnotinvolvetheeffectoffreesurface.Whensubmergeddepthbecomesenoughlarge,agoodagreementcanbereached.Thentheintegralmethodwasusedtopredictthesecond-orderdriftforcesandmomentsoftwosubmergedspheresandspheroidswithasmalllateralseparationdistanceinwavescomparedwiththenumericalresultsobtainedbythedifferentialmethodandtheyagreewell.Bycomparison,itindicatestheinteractioneffectsbetweentwosubmergedbodieshaveaprofoundinfluenceonthedriftforcesandmoments.Inthispaper,theforwardspeedeffectonsubmergedsphereswasalsoconsidered.

简介：ParticleImageVelocimetry(PIV)techniquewasemployedtostudyexperimentallygas-liquidtwo-phaseflowinanaerationtank.IntermsofthePIVprinciples,analgorithmofPIVbasedontheFastFourierTransformation(FFT)wasworkedout.ThePIVprogramwasdevelopedandverified,andthenwasusedtomeasurethreekindsofstatesinthetestingdevice.Theprogramwasalsousedtocalculateandanalyzetherelatedparameters.Theexperimentaldataindicatethatthebubblesintestingdevicehavethelongestresidenttimeandstrongerturbulentintensityforthegas-liquidtwo-phaseflowinaspecialcase(Case3),resultingingreatincreaseoftheoxygentransferringspeedandefficiency,wherebyprovidingthebasisfortheselectiondesignofaerationtank.

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简介：Thepapermainlyfocusesondescribingthemodificationmadetoanewdepth-averagedtwo-equationturbulentclosuremodelbasedontherevisedκ-ωmodelrecently.Inthecaseofsidedischargedjetswithtempera-turedifferenceandtransversecurrent,thenewmodelhasbeeninvestigatednumericallyindetail.Asapracticalexampleofapplicationtousethenewmodel,thesidedischargeofthecoolingwaterfromthreeoutletsintoanatu-ralriverononebankhasbeensimulated,andthegeomorphicvariationunderwaterhasbeentreatedsuitably.Twodepth-averagedmodels,andhavebeenused,thelaterwastheuniqueoneuptothepresent.Emphasisisplacedonthecomparativeresearchwithdifferentmodelsunderthesamecomputationalconditions.Ithasbeenverifiedthatifthedischargedflowratesarerelativelysmall,whenthepollutantplumeinthenearandtransitionalzonsispredicted,theagreementwithexperimentalandfielddatasimulatedbythemodelisbetterthanbythemodelorothermethodscommonlyusedinengineering.