Observed Suspended Sediment Dynamics during a Tidal Cycle above Submerged Asymmetric Compound Sand Waves

The data from Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler （ADCP） of the three-dimensional current-field, echo intensity, modulation of Suspended Sediment Concentration （SSC）, and related water levels and wind velocities have been analyzed as a function of water depth above submerged asymmetric compound sand waves during a tidal cycle in the Lister Tiefofthe German Bight in the North Sea. Signatures of vertical current component, echo intensities and calculated SSC modulations in the water column depend strongly on wind and current velocity. Bursts of vertical current component and echo intensity are triggered by sand waves itself as well as by superimposed megaripples due to current wave interaction at high current ≥ 1.0 m＇s1 and wind speeds ≥ 10.0 m·s^-1, preferably of opposite directions, measured at high spatial resolution. The magnitude of currents and SSC modulations during ebb and flood tidal current phases are only weakly time dependent, whereas the local magnitudes of these parameters are variable in space above the sand waves. Some hydrodynamic parameters are further investigated and analyzed, showing a consistence of ADCP measurements in the applied theory.

A POLAROGRAPHIC CATALYTIC WAVE OF OXYGEN INDUCED BY DIPHENYLAMINE COMPOUNDS

It is reported in this paper a polarographic catalytic double wave of oxygen reduction caused by diphenylamine compounds(diphs).The electrochemical process of the wave includes the polarographic generation of the superoxide anion O_2^- and the dismutation of O_2^- catalyzed by diphs with redox pseudoreversibility.

The Perturbed Riemann Problem for a Geometrical Optics System

The perturbed Riemann problem for a hyperbolic system of conservation laws arising in geometrical optics with three constant initial states is solved.By studying the interactions among of the delta-shock,vacuum,and contact discontinuity,fourteen kinds of structures of Riemann solutions are obtained.The compound wave solutions consisting of delta-shocks,vacuums,and contact discontinuities are found.The single and double closed vacuum cavitations develop in solutions.Furthermore,it is shown that the solutions of the Riemann problem for the geometrical optics system are stable under certain perturbation of the initial data.Finally,the numerical results completely coinciding with theoretical analysis are presented.

Propagation of Weak Pressure Waves against Two Parallel Subsonic Streams

In this paper, the characteristics of a pressure wave propagating against two parallel subsonic streams in a constant-area straight duct are investigated by one-dimensional analysis, two-dimensional numerical simulation, and experiments. Computations have been carried out by the two-dimensional Euler Equations using the Chakravarthy-Osher-type TVD scheme. Optical observations by the schlieren method as well as wall pressure measurements have been performed to clarify both the structure and the propagation velocity of pressure waves. The results show that the pressure wave propagating against the streams changes into a bifurcated pressure wave and the bifurcation occurs in the low speed streams. It is also found that the propagation velocity of the pressure wave obtained by the analysis and computation agrees well with the present experimental data.

The Riemann Problem for the Dispersive Nonlinear Shallow Water Equations

The complete analytical solution of the Riemann problem for the homo-geneous Dispersive Nonlinear Shallow Water Equations [Antuono, Liapidevskii andBrocchini, Stud. Appl. Math., 122 (2009), pp. 1-28] is presented, for both wet-bed anddry-bed conditions. Moreover, such a set of hyperbolic and dispersive depth-averagedequations shows an interesting resonance phenomenon in the wave pattern of the solu-tion and we define conditions for the occurrence of resonance and present an algorithmto capture it. As an indirect check on the analytical solution we have carried out a de-tailed comparison with the numerical solution of the government equations obtainedfrom a dissipative method that does not make explicit use of the solution of the localRiemann problem.