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All Sky Camera and Fabry-Perot Interferometer Observations in the Northern Polar Cap

  • Wu Qian;Killeen Timothy L.;Solomon Stanley C.;McEwen Donald J.;Guo, Weiji
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.237-247
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    • 2002
  • We report all sky camera and Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) observations of mesospheric gravity waves and a 12-hour wave at Resolute $(75^{\circ}N)$ and a joint observation of 10-hour wave with Eureka $(80^{\circ}N)$. All sky camera observations showed a low occurrence of mesosphere gravity waves during equinoxes, which is similar to the mid-latitude region. A slightly higher occurrence near solstice appears to indicate that gravity waves are not filtered out by the neutral wind in the winter. The FPI observation of a 12-hour wave showed amplitude variations from day to day. The phase of the wave is mostly stable and consistent with the GSWM prediction in the winter. The phase shifts with season as predicted by the GSWM. Four events of the 12-hour wave were found in spring with amplitudes larger than the GSW predictions. The FPls at Resolute and Eureka also observed a wave with period close to 10 hours. The 10-hour wave maybe the result of the non-linear interaction between the semi-diurnal tide and the quasi-two day wave. Further studies are under way. Overall, the combined Resolute and Eureka observation have revealed some new fractures about the mesospheric gravity wave, tidal wave, and other oscillations.

Numerical Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Waves Caused by Breaking Waves around a Floating Offshore Structure (부유식 해양구조물 주위의 쇄파현상을 동반한 3차원 비선형성 파의 수치해석)

  • 박종천;관전수명
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.62-73
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    • 1996
  • Numerical simulation is made of the three-dimensional wave breaking motion about a part of a floating offshore structure containing a circular cylinder mounted vertically onto a lower hull in regular periodic gravity wave generated by a numerical wave maker. TUMMAC-VIII finite-difference method is newly developed for such a problem. By use of density-function technique the three-dimensional wave breaking motion is approximately implenented in the framework of rectangular grid system. A porosity technique is devised for the implementation of the no-slip bydy boundary conditions. The generation of breaking waves by the interaction of incident waves with the structure is well simulated and interesting features of breaking waves are revealed with containing degree of quantitative and qualitative accuracy.

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STUDIES OF GRAVITY WAVES USING MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER MEASUREMENTS OF OH(3-1)BANDS

  • Won, Young-In;Cho, Young-Min;Lee, Bang-Yong;Kim, J.
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2001
  • As part of a long-term program for polar upper atmospheric studies, temperatures and intensities of the OH(3-1) bands were derived from spectrometric observations of airglow emissions over King Sejong station($62.22^{circ}S,\;301.25^{circ}E$). These measurements were made with a Michelson interferometer to cover wavelength regions between 1000nm and 2000 nm. A spectral analysis was performed to individual nights of data to acquire information on the waves in the upper mesosphere/lower thermosphere. It is assumed that the measured fluctuations in the intensity and temperature of the OH (3-1) airglow were caused by gravity waves propagating through the emission layer. Correlation of intensity and temperature variation revealed oscillations with periods ranging from 2 to 9 hours. We also calculated Krassovsky’s parameter and compared with published values.

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Unsteady Interaction of the Surface Gravity Waves with the Nonuniform Current

  • Lee, Kwi-Joo;Kim, Kyoung-Hwa;Ra, Young-Kon;Shermeneva, M.A.;Shugan, I.V.
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.34-39
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    • 2002
  • 본 논문에서는 수면파(Surface wave)와 수중파 (Internal wave)간의 동적 상관관계에 관하여 수행된 연구결과를 정리하였다. 표면파의 비선형 문제는 파의 경사매개변수를 2차원으로 가정하여 해석하였으며, Cauchy 문제는 불균일 조류상의 균일 수면중력파에 대하여 해석하였다. 또한, 파의 경사, 주기의 범위(Frequency range) 그리고 자유표면하의 조류의 분포들간의 조화에 대한 연구가 수행되었으며 해류 및 이동파와 연계되어 수중파의 최전 후방에 형성될 수 있는 정적 파형 (Steady wave pattern)이 수면파형에 포함되었다.

Surface Gravity Waves with Strong Frequency Modulation

  • Lee Kwi-Joo;Shugan Igor V.;An Jung-Sun
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.20 no.3 s.70
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2006
  • Modulation theory describes propagation of surface waves with deep wave number and frequency modulation. Locally spectrally narrow wave packet can have accumulated large scale frequency shift of carrier wave during propagation. Some important nonlinear modulation effects, such as negative frequencies, phase kinks, crest pairing, etc., often observed experimentally at long fetch propagation of finite amplitude surface wave trains, are reproduced by the proposed theory. The presented model permits also to analyze the appropriately short surface wave packets and modulation periods. Solutions show the wave phase kinks to arise on areas' of relatively small free surface displacement in complete accordance with the experiments.

Capillary-Gravity waves on the Interface of a Two Layer Fluid-Derivation of K-dV Equation with Higher Order Terms

  • Choi, Jeongwhan
    • Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.151-157
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    • 1992
  • The objective of this paper is to study two dimensional waves on the interface between two immiscible, invicid and incompressible fluid bounded by two rigid varing boundaries when gravity and surface tension appear. By using unfied asymptotic method, a K-dV equation with higher order terms from which many model equations for the fluid domain can be obtained, is derived.

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Nonlinear Phenomena In Resonant Excitation of Flexural-Gravity Waves

  • Marchenko, Aleksey
    • Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2003
  • The influence of nonlinear phenomena on the behavior of stationary forced flexural-gravity waves on the surface of deep water is investigated, when the perturbation of external pressure moves with near-resonant velocity. It is shown that there are three branches of bounded stationary solutions turning into asymptotic solutions of the linear problem with zero initial conditions. For the first time ice sheet destruction by turbulent fluctuations of atmosphere pressure in ice adjacent layer in wind conditions is studied.

MHD WAVE ENERGY FLUXES GENERATED FROM CONVECTION ZONES OF LATE TYPE STARS

  • Moon, Yong-Jae;Yun, Hong-Sik
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.129-149
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    • 1991
  • An attempt has been made to examine the characteristics of acoustic and MHD waves generated in stellar convection zones($4000\;K\;{\leq}\;T_{eff}\;{\leq}\;7000\;K$, $3\;{\leq}\;\log\;g\;{\leq}\;4.5$). With the use of wave generation theories formulated for acoustic waves by Stein (1967), for MHD body waves by Musielak and Rosner (1987, 1988) and for MHD tube waves by Musielak et al.(l989a, 1989b), the energy fluxes are calculated and their dependence on effective temperature, surface gravity and megnetic field strength are analyzed by optimization techniques. In computing magneto-convection models, the effect of magnetic fields on the efficiency of convection has been taking into account by extrapolating it from Yun's sunspot models(1968; 1970). Our study shows that acoustic wave fluxes are dominant in F and G stars, while the MHD waves dominant in K and M stars, and that the MHD wave fluxes vary as $T_{eff}^4{\sim}T_{eff}^7$ in contrast to the acoustic fluxes, as $T_{eff}^{10}$. The gravity dependence, on the other hand, is found to be relatively weak; the acoustic wave fluxes ${\varpropto}\;g^{-0.5}$, the longitudinal tube wave fluxes ${\varpropto}\;g^{0.3}$ and the transverse tube wave fluxes ${\varpropto}\;g^{0.3}$. In the case of the MHD body waves their gravity dependence is found to be nearly negligible. Finally we assesed the computed energy fluxes by comparing them with the observed fluxes $F_{ob}$ of CIV(${\lambda}1549$) lines and soft X-rays for selected main sequence stars. When we scaled the corrected wave fluxes down to $F_{ob}$, it is found that these slopes are almost in line with each other.

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The Study on the Wave Pressure of the Tsunami Acting on the Permeable Structure (투과성구조물에 작용하는 지진해일파압에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Kwang-Ho;Choi, Hyun-Seok;Kim, Chang-Hoon;Kim, Do-Sam;Cho, Sung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.79-92
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    • 2011
  • In this study, wave pressure of short-period gravity waves and tsunami acting on the upright section of the horizontal-slit type caisson placed on the impermeable or permeable seabed, which is a well-known permeable breakwater with a good wave controlling ability, are investigated via numerical simulations. Further, the permeable seabed was modeled as the porous media with porosity of 0.4. Using the numerical results, the effects of the seabed conditions on the wave pressure on the front wall and inside wall of the chamber have been studied. In the numerical simulations, short-period gravity waves and tsunami(solitary wave or bore) with the same amplitude to the gravity wave are considered. A numerical wave tank is used, which is able to consider a gas-liquid two-phase flow in the same calculation zone. Numerical results show that the wave pressure of the tsunami was 3~5 times higher than the short-period gravity waves acting on the front wall and it was 2~4 times higher than the short-period gravity waves acting on the inner wall.

Structural Behavior in Slab-Column Connections with Shear Plate Using Structural Experiment and Non-destructive Test, Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves (구조 실험과 SASW를 이용한 플랫 플레이트 기둥-슬래브접합부에서의 구조적 거동에 관한 연구)

  • Joo, Hyun-Jee;Cho, Young-Sang
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.48-51
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    • 2004
  • This paper is to study the response of flat plate slab-column connections consisting of various types of shear reinforcement and steel plate subjected to gravity loadings, mainly punching shear forces using the non-destructive testing, spectral analysis of surface waves and structural experiments. The base specimen failed due to punching shear generated from the gravity. The three other types of slab shear reinforcement and steel plate showed effective in resisting punching shear for these types of connections under gravity loading. This study has focused in evaluating the velocity response of a Surface wave during the early age as the poured concrete specimens have been hardened, the possibility of damage detection in the slab-column connection and the relationship between the punching shear forces and the surface wave velocities under the condition that the punching shear forces had gradually increased until the flat plate slab in slab-column connection had been failed.

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