简介:Thepotentialforharvestingenergyfromaflexibledeltawingusingapiezoelectricbimorphisexperimentallyinvestigated.Differentconfigurationsoftheproposedharvestingsystemweretestedinawindtunneloverabroadrangeofairspeeds.Inadditiontoevaluatingthelevelofharvestedpower,ananalysisisperformedtoextractcriticalaspectsfortherelationbetweenspeed,flexibility,geometryandthepotentialpowerthatcanbeharvestedfromaclamped,cantileveredflexibledeltawingatlowanglesofattackandlowspeeds.Thisanalysisprovidesaninsightintoparametersthatimpactenergyharvestingfromflexiblemembranesorelements.
简介:ThePearlRiverEstuaryarea,locatedinthemiddlepartofthesouthernChinacoastalseismicbelt,haslongbeenconsideredapotentialsourceofstrongearthquakesabovemagnitude7.0.Toscientificallyassessthepotentialstrongearthquakeriskinthisarea,athree-dimensionalartificialseismicsoundingexperiment,consistingofareceivingarrayandseabedseismograph,wasperformedtorevealthedeepcrustalstructureinthisregion.Weusedartificialship-borneair-gunexcitationshotsassources,andfixedandmobilestationsasreceiverstorecordseismicdatafromMaytoAugust2015.ThispaperpresentsresultsalongalinefromthewesternsideofthePearlRiverEstuarytothewesternsideoftheBaijing-Gaoming-Jinwanprofile.Atwo-dimensionalvelocitystructurewasconstructedusingseismictravel-timetomography.TheinversionresultsshowthattheMohodepthis27kminthecoastalareaand30kminthenorthwestofthePearlRiverEstuaryarea,indicatingthatthecrustthinsfromlandtosea.Twostructuraldiscontinuitiesandmultiplelow-velocityanomaliesappearinthecrustalsection.Insidebothdiscontinuityzones,alow-velocitylayer,withaminimumvelocityof6.05kms?1,existsatadepthofabout15km,andanother,withaminimumvelocityof6.37kms?1,existsatadepthofabout21.5kmbetweenthemiddleandlowercrust.Theselowvelocitiessuggestthatthediscontinuitiesmayconsistofpartlymoltenmaterial.Earthquakeswithmagnitudeshigherthan5.0occurredinthelow-velocitylayeralongtheprofile.ThedeepKaiping-Enpingfault,rootedinthecrust,maybeoneofthemostimportantchannelsfordeepmaterialupwellingandisrelatedtotectonicmovementsincetheCretaceousinthePearlRiverDeltatectonicriftbasin.
简介:InordertoexaminetheseasonalandspatialdistributionsofbenthicanimalsintheintertidalmudflatofthesouthernYellowRiverDelta,fieldinvestigationswerecarriedoutin2007and2008andmultiplemethodswereapplied.Resultsshowedthat,thebiomassofmacrobenthosrangedat0.75-1151.00gwetm-2andaveragedat156.31gwetm-2,inwhichMactraveneriformisaccountedfor75.6%-93.4%ofthetotalmacrobenthicbiomass.Morethan90%ofmacrobenthosinhabitedinthemiddleandlowtidelines,andhigherbiomassoccurredinearlysummerandlowerinwinter.Statisticalanalysisshowedthat:1)M.veneriformisgrowthwasprimarilyfavoredathighertemperatureandlowersalinity;2)afterlongtimeinteraction,benthicbivalvegrazersledtopatchingdistributionsofChlorophylla(Chla);3)macrobenthicbiomasspositivelyrelatedwithChlawhentheconcentrationofChlawaslow,buttheywerenegativelyrelatedwhenChlaconcentrationwashigh;and4)furthermore,thebiomassofbenthicbivalvespeakedinthesedimentwithmediangrainsizeabout0.55mm,butdecreasedgraduallyincoarseorfinesediments.Thesecondaryproductivityrangedat0.37?283.68gm-2yr-1andaveragedat47.88gm-2yr-1,inwhich69.7%wascontributedbyM.veneriformisItwasestimatedthatprimaryproductionwastransformedtosecondaryproductionatarateof6.87%approximately,whichimpliesthatthereisalocalsustainabilityofhighbivalveproduction.