Since the impounding of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the channel of the Yangtze River has become a busy watercourse and the probability of landslide-induced tsunamis has increased. In the case of landslide-induced tsun...Since the impounding of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the channel of the Yangtze River has become a busy watercourse and the probability of landslide-induced tsunamis has increased. In the case of landslide-induced tsunamis in the Three Gorges Reservoir, even after shipping closures in advance, there are still facilities and objects in urgent need of protection within the risk zone of the watercourse, such as wharfs, marine fueling stations, berthed ships. The emergency protection against and decay of landslide-induced tsunamis in inland watercourses is a new challenge. In this study, 37 sets of wave decay experiments were conducted with the hydromechanics numerical method. The wave decay efficiencies of common simple structures including submerged horizontal plate, horizontal plate on the water surface, inclined thin plate and cross-plates in coastal areas were compared and analyzed. Cross-plates structure showed better wave decay capacity than other simple plates. The wave decay performance of cross-plates was related to five modes of energy dissipation and transformation, namely run-up/run-down, overtopping, reflecting, return flow and disturbed wave orbital path. The type of wave had little relation with the decay performance of cross-plates, but a strong correlation with cross-plates structure, especially the height of the vertical emerged plate. The best decay performance was observed when the ratio of wave amplitude to emerged vertical plate height was between 1 and 1.5, which can reduce up to about 8o% of the incoming wave amplitude. Finally, the emergency way of cross-plates applied to the decay of landslide-induced tsunami in river course is discussed. This study provides a conceptual reference for related studies to practice the attenuation of landslide-induced tsunami in reservoirs.展开更多
Hydroplaning speed can be affected by pavement texture depth,thickness of water film,tire pressure and tread depth.In this study,to understand the influence of pavement texture on the hydroplaning speed,a new lab-scal...Hydroplaning speed can be affected by pavement texture depth,thickness of water film,tire pressure and tread depth.In this study,to understand the influence of pavement texture on the hydroplaning speed,a new lab-scale apparatus has been designed and manufactured.The lack of proportion between linear movement of vehicle shaft and the wheel rotation was found to be a good index to determine hydroplaning threshold.A 5%drop in the ratio of wheel-to-axle rotation has been assumed as an index to determine hydroplaning threshold.Based on the measures,a simplified model was developed that is able to predict the hydroplaning speed depending on pavement's texture characteristics.The results indicated that a 77%increase in mean texture depth cause 9%increase in hydroplaning threshold speed.展开更多
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation Project of China(41372321)China Geological Survey Project(121201009000150018)
文摘Since the impounding of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the channel of the Yangtze River has become a busy watercourse and the probability of landslide-induced tsunamis has increased. In the case of landslide-induced tsunamis in the Three Gorges Reservoir, even after shipping closures in advance, there are still facilities and objects in urgent need of protection within the risk zone of the watercourse, such as wharfs, marine fueling stations, berthed ships. The emergency protection against and decay of landslide-induced tsunamis in inland watercourses is a new challenge. In this study, 37 sets of wave decay experiments were conducted with the hydromechanics numerical method. The wave decay efficiencies of common simple structures including submerged horizontal plate, horizontal plate on the water surface, inclined thin plate and cross-plates in coastal areas were compared and analyzed. Cross-plates structure showed better wave decay capacity than other simple plates. The wave decay performance of cross-plates was related to five modes of energy dissipation and transformation, namely run-up/run-down, overtopping, reflecting, return flow and disturbed wave orbital path. The type of wave had little relation with the decay performance of cross-plates, but a strong correlation with cross-plates structure, especially the height of the vertical emerged plate. The best decay performance was observed when the ratio of wave amplitude to emerged vertical plate height was between 1 and 1.5, which can reduce up to about 8o% of the incoming wave amplitude. Finally, the emergency way of cross-plates applied to the decay of landslide-induced tsunami in river course is discussed. This study provides a conceptual reference for related studies to practice the attenuation of landslide-induced tsunami in reservoirs.
文摘Hydroplaning speed can be affected by pavement texture depth,thickness of water film,tire pressure and tread depth.In this study,to understand the influence of pavement texture on the hydroplaning speed,a new lab-scale apparatus has been designed and manufactured.The lack of proportion between linear movement of vehicle shaft and the wheel rotation was found to be a good index to determine hydroplaning threshold.A 5%drop in the ratio of wheel-to-axle rotation has been assumed as an index to determine hydroplaning threshold.Based on the measures,a simplified model was developed that is able to predict the hydroplaning speed depending on pavement's texture characteristics.The results indicated that a 77%increase in mean texture depth cause 9%increase in hydroplaning threshold speed.
