The open-source code DualSPHysics is used in this work to compute the wave run-up in an existing dike in the Chinese coast using realistic dimensions, bathymetry and wave conditions. The GPU computing power of the Dua...The open-source code DualSPHysics is used in this work to compute the wave run-up in an existing dike in the Chinese coast using realistic dimensions, bathymetry and wave conditions. The GPU computing power of the DualSPHysics allows simulating real-engineering problems that involve complex geometries with a high resolution in a reasonable computational time. The code is first validated by comparing the numerical free-surface elevation, the wave orbital velocities and the time series of the run-up with physical data in a wave flume. Those experiments include a smooth dike and an armored dike with two layers of cubic blocks. After validation,the code is applied to a real case to obtain the wave run-up under different incident wave conditions. In order to simulate the real open sea, the spurious reflections from the wavemaker are removed by using an active wave absorption technique.展开更多
Background The plastic scintillator detector(PSD)is one of the detectors in the high energy cosmic radiation detection(HERD)facility,which is designed for gamma-ray detection and a redundant charge measurement.Backspl...Background The plastic scintillator detector(PSD)is one of the detectors in the high energy cosmic radiation detection(HERD)facility,which is designed for gamma-ray detection and a redundant charge measurement.Backsplash will lead to a decrease in PSD’s performance of gamma-ray detection and charge measurement,which should be carefully considered.Purpose Two preliminary segmentation schemes of the PSD and two veto strategies have been proposed to suppress the backsplash effect.In this paper,we focus on the influence of the backsplash caused by gamma rays.The gamma-ray trigger efficiency and identification efficiency were studied in the case of different cell sizes and veto strategies,which can provide guidance on the PSD design.Methods A Monte Carlo simulation based on Geant4 has been performed.To simplify the simulation,the PSD is segmented into 1 cm3 cubes which can be easily aggregated into cells with different sizes during analysis.Results and conclusion Side_Veto can be used as a baseline design of veto strategy,whereas Smart_Veto can be selected as an upgraded design.Both the PSD bar cell with a width of less than 11 cm and the PSD tile cell with a width of less than 20 cm can achieve a sufficiently high gamma-ray trigger efficiency(>80%),which realizes the primary goal of the PSD.Meanwhile,both the PSD bar cell with a width of less than 3 cm and the PSD tile cell with a width of less than 20 cm can ensure a sufficiently high gamma-ray identification efficiency(>80%)for photons up to 800 GeV.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFC1404801)
文摘The open-source code DualSPHysics is used in this work to compute the wave run-up in an existing dike in the Chinese coast using realistic dimensions, bathymetry and wave conditions. The GPU computing power of the DualSPHysics allows simulating real-engineering problems that involve complex geometries with a high resolution in a reasonable computational time. The code is first validated by comparing the numerical free-surface elevation, the wave orbital velocities and the time series of the run-up with physical data in a wave flume. Those experiments include a smooth dike and an armored dike with two layers of cubic blocks. After validation,the code is applied to a real case to obtain the wave run-up under different incident wave conditions. In order to simulate the real open sea, the spurious reflections from the wavemaker are removed by using an active wave absorption technique.
基金This research was supported by Youth Innovation Promotion Association,CASNational Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant No.12027803,U1731239Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS,Grant No.QYZDY-SSW-SLH008.
文摘Background The plastic scintillator detector(PSD)is one of the detectors in the high energy cosmic radiation detection(HERD)facility,which is designed for gamma-ray detection and a redundant charge measurement.Backsplash will lead to a decrease in PSD’s performance of gamma-ray detection and charge measurement,which should be carefully considered.Purpose Two preliminary segmentation schemes of the PSD and two veto strategies have been proposed to suppress the backsplash effect.In this paper,we focus on the influence of the backsplash caused by gamma rays.The gamma-ray trigger efficiency and identification efficiency were studied in the case of different cell sizes and veto strategies,which can provide guidance on the PSD design.Methods A Monte Carlo simulation based on Geant4 has been performed.To simplify the simulation,the PSD is segmented into 1 cm3 cubes which can be easily aggregated into cells with different sizes during analysis.Results and conclusion Side_Veto can be used as a baseline design of veto strategy,whereas Smart_Veto can be selected as an upgraded design.Both the PSD bar cell with a width of less than 11 cm and the PSD tile cell with a width of less than 20 cm can achieve a sufficiently high gamma-ray trigger efficiency(>80%),which realizes the primary goal of the PSD.Meanwhile,both the PSD bar cell with a width of less than 3 cm and the PSD tile cell with a width of less than 20 cm can ensure a sufficiently high gamma-ray identification efficiency(>80%)for photons up to 800 GeV.
