Surface Wave Processes on the Continental Shelf and Beach

There is a growing need for surface wave information on the continental shelf and beach to estimate sea state, and to provide input for models of currents, sediment transport, radar backscatter and aerosol generation. While surface wave spectra in the open ocean evolve slowly over distances of O(100-1000 km), wave properties on the continental shelf and beach are highly variable (typical length scales of 0.1-10 km) owing to a variety of topographic effects (e.g., shoaling, refraction, scattering) and strongly enhanced nonlinear interactions and dissipation. The long-term goal of this research is to develop a better understanding of the physical processes that affect the generation, propagation and dissipation of surface waves in shallow coastal waters, and improve the accuracy of models that predict the transformation of wave properties across the shelf and beach.Award Numbers: N0001497WR30010 N0001497WR30011 N0001497WR30012 N0001497WR3007

Surface Wave Processes on the Shelf and Beach

LONG-TERM GOAL: There is a growing need for surface wave information on the continental shelf and beach to estimate sea state, and to provide input for models of currents, sediment transport, radar backscatter and aerosol generation. While surface wave spectra in the open ocean evolve slowly over distances of O(100-1000 km), wave properties on the continental shelf and beach are highly variable (typical length scales of 0.1-10 km) owing to a variety of topographic effects (e.g., shoaling, refraction, scattering) and strongly enhanced nonlinear interactions and dissipation. The long-term goal of this research is to develop a better understanding of the physical processes that affect the generation, propagation and dissipation of surface waves in shallow coastal waters, and improve the accuracy of models that predict the transformation of wave properties across the shelf and beach.Award Numbers: N0001499WR30012N0001499WR30117N0001499WR30011N0001499WR30008N0001499WR30009N0001499WR20063N0001499WR2015

Surface Wave Processes on the Continental Shelf and Beach

LONG-TERM GOALS: There is a growing need for surface wave information on the continental shelf and beach to estimate sea state, and to provide input for models of currents, sediment transport, radar backscatter and aerosol generation. While surface wave spectra in the open ocean evolve slowly over distances of O(100-1000 km), wave properties on the continental shelf and beach are highly variable (typical length scales of 0.1-10 km) owing to a variety of topographic effects (e.g., shoaling, refraction, scattering) and strongly enhanced nonlinear interactions and dissipation. The long-term goal of this research is to develop a better understanding of the physical processes that affect the generation, propagation and dissipation of surface waves in shallow coastal waters, and improve the accuracy of models that predict the transformation of wave properties across the shelf and beach.Award Numbers: N0001402WR20187N0001402WR2015

In-Situ Wave Observations in the High Resolution Air-Sea Interaction DRI

LONG-TERM GOALS: Ocean wave prediction models, based on a spectral energy balance, are widely used to obtain windwave forecasts and hindcasts on global and regional scales (e.g., Komen et al., 1994). However, these inherently stochastic models assume a Gaussian and homogeneous sea state and thus do not describe the nonlinear instability processes that can dramatically alter the structure of wave groups and produce anomalously large waves, also known as ‘freak’ or ‘rogue’ waves (e.g., Janssen, 2003). Fully deterministic modeling capabilities are now becoming available that incorporate these nonlinear effects and provide the detailed phase-resolved sea surface predictions needed in many applications. Concurrent with the development of new models, advances in radar remote sensing techniques are enabling the detailed observation of the sea surface on the scales of wave groups and individual waves. The long-term goal of this research is to test these emerging new models and measurement technologies in realistic sea states and use them to better understand and predict the wave group structure and occurrence of extreme waves in the ocean.Award Number: N0001407WR2016

In-Situ Wave Observations in the High Resolution Air-Sea Interaction DRI

LONG-TERM GOALS: Ocean wave prediction models, based on a spectral energy balance, are widely used to obtain windwave forecasts and hindcasts on global and regional scales (e.g., Komen et al., 1994). However, these inherently stochastic models assume a Gaussian and homogeneous sea state and thus do not describe the nonlinear instability processes that can dramatically alter the structure of wave groups and produce anomalously large waves, also known as ‘freak’ or ‘rogue’ waves. Fully deterministic modeling capabilities are now becoming available that incorporate these nonlinear effects and provide the detailed phase-resolved sea surface predictions needed in many applications. Concurrent with the development of new models, advances in radar remote sensing techniques are enabling the detailed observation of the sea surface on the scales of wave groups and individual waves. The long-term goal of this research is to test these emerging new models and measurement technologies in realistic sea states and use them to better understand and predict the wave group structure and occurrence of extreme waves in the ocean.Award Numbers: N0001412WX20004, N00014091034

Elliptic flow from two- and four-particle correlations in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV

Elliptic flow holds much promise for studying the early-time thermalization attained in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions. Flow measurements also provide a means of distinguishing between hydrodynamic models and calculations which approach the low density (dilute gas) limit. Among the effects that can complicate the interpretation of elliptic flow measurements are azimuthal correlations that are unrelated to the reaction plane (nonflow correlations). Using data for Au + Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV from the STAR time projection chamber, it is found that four-particle correlation analyses can reliably separate flow and nonflow correlation signals. The latter account for on average about 15% of the observed second-harmonic azimuthal correlation, with the largest relative contribution for the most peripheral and the most central collisions. The results are also corrected for the effect of flow variations within centrality bins. This effect is negligible for all but the most central bin, where the correction to the elliptic flow is about a factor of 2. A simple new method for two-particle flow analysis based on scalar products is described. An analysis based on the distribution of the magnitude of the flow vector is also described.alle Autoren: C. Adler11, Z. Ahammed23, C. Allgower12, J. Amonett14, B. D. Anderson14, M. Anderson5, G. S. Averichev9, J. Balewski12, O. Barannikova9,23, L. S. Barnby14, J. Baudot13, S. Bekele20, V. V. Belaga9, R. Bellwied31, J. Berger11, H. Bichsel30, A. Billmeier31, L. C. Bland2, C. O. Blyth3, B. E. Bonner24, A. Boucham26, A. Brandin18, A. Bravar2, R. V. Cadman1, H. Caines33, M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez2, A. Cardenas23, J. Carroll15, J. Castillo26, M. Castro31, D. Cebra5, P. Chaloupka20, S. Chattopadhyay31, Y. Chen6, S. P. Chernenko9, M. Cherney8, A. Chikanian33, B. Choi28, W. Christie2, J. P. Coffin13, T. M. Cormier31, J. G. Cramer30, H. J. Crawford4, W. S. Deng2, A. A. Derevschikov22, L. Didenko2, T. Dietel11, J. E. Draper5, V. B. Dunin9, J. C. Dunlop33, V. Eckardt16, L. G. Efimov9, V. Emelianov18, J. Engelage4, G. Eppley24, B. Erazmus26, P. Fachini2, V. Faine2, K. Filimonov15, E. Finch33, Y. Fisyak2, D. Flierl11, K. J. Foley2, J. Fu15,32, C. A. Gagliardi27, N. Gagunashvili9, J. Gans33, L. Gaudichet26, M. Germain13, F. Geurts24, V. Ghazikhanian6, O. Grachov31, V. Grigoriev18, M. Guedon13, E. Gushin18, T. J. Hallman2, D. Hardtke15, J. W. Harris33, T. W. Henry27, S. Heppelmann21, T. Herston23, B. Hippolyte13, A. Hirsch23, E. Hjort15, G. W. Hoffmann28, M. Horsley33, H. Z. Huang6, T. J. Humanic20, G. Igo6, A. Ishihara28, Yu. I. Ivanshin10, P. Jacobs15, W. W. Jacobs12, M. Janik29, I. Johnson15, P. G. Jones3, E. G. Judd4, M. Kaneta15, M. Kaplan7, D. Keane14, J. Kiryluk6, A. Kisiel29, J. Klay15, S. R. Klein15, A. Klyachko12, A. S. Konstantinov22, M. Kopytine14, L. Kotchenda18, A. D. Kovalenko9, M. Kramer19, P. Kravtsov18, K. Krueger1, C. Kuhn13, A. I. Kulikov9, G. J. Kunde33, C. L. Kunz7, R. Kh. Kutuev10, A. A. Kuznetsov9, L. Lakehal-Ayat26, M. A. C. Lamont3, J. M. Landgraf2, S. Lange11, C. P. Lansdell28, B. Lasiuk33, F. Laue2, A. Lebedev2, R. Lednický9, V. M. Leontiev22, M. J. LeVine2, Q. Li31, S. J. Lindenbaum19, M. A. Lisa20, F. Liu32, L. Liu32, Z. Liu32, Q. J. Liu30, T. Ljubicic2, W. J. Llope24, G. LoCurto16, H. Long6, R. S. Longacre2, M. Lopez-Noriega20, W. A. Love2, T. Ludlam2, D. Lynn2, J. Ma6, R. Majka33, S. Margetis14, C. Markert33, L. Martin26, J. Marx15, H. S. Matis15, Yu. A. Matulenko22, T. S. McShane8, F. Meissner15, Yu. Melnick22, A. Meschanin22, M. Messer2, M. L. Miller33, Z. Milosevich7, N. G. Minaev22, J. Mitchell24, V. A. Moiseenko10, C. F. Moore28, V. Morozov15, M. M. de Moura31, M. G. Munhoz25, J. M. Nelson3, P. Nevski2, V. A. Nikitin10, L. V. Nogach22, B. Norman14, S. B. Nurushev22, G. Odyniec15, A. Ogawa21, V. Okorokov18, M. Oldenburg16, D. Olson15, G. Paic20, S. U. Pandey31, Y. Panebratsev9, S. Y. Panitkin2, A. I. Pavlinov31, T. Pawlak29, V. Perevoztchikov2, W. Peryt29, V. A. Petrov10, M. Planinic12, J. Pluta29, N. Porile23, J. Porter2, A. M. Poskanzer15, E. Potrebenikova9, D. Prindle30, C. Pruneau31, J. Putschke16, G. Rai15, G. Rakness12, O. Ravel26, R. L. Ray28, S. V. Razin9,12, D. Reichhold8, J. G. Reid30, G. Renault26, F. Retiere15, A. Ridiger18, H. G. Ritter15, J. B. Roberts24, O. V. Rogachevski9, J. L. Romero5, A. Rose31, C. Roy26, V. Rykov31, I. Sakrejda15, S. Salur33, J. Sandweiss33, A. C. Saulys2, I. Savin10, J. Schambach28, R. P. Scharenberg23, N. Schmitz16, L. S. Schroeder15, A. Schüttauf16, K. Schweda15, J. Seger8, D. Seliverstov18, P. Seyboth16, E. Shahaliev9, K. E. Shestermanov22, S. S. Shimanskii9, V. S. Shvetcov10, G. Skoro9, N. Smirnov33, R. Snellings15, P. Sorensen6, J. Sowinski12, H. M. Spinka1, B. Srivastava23, E. J. Stephenson12, R. Stock11, A. Stolpovsky31, M. Strikhanov18, B. Stringfellow23, C. Struck11, A. A. P. Suaide31, E. Sugarbaker20, C. Suire2, M. Sumbera20, B. Surrow2, T. J. M. Symons15, A. Szanto de Toledo25, P. Szarwas29, A. Tai6, J. Takahashi25, A. H. Tang14, J. H. Thomas15, M. Thompson3, V. Tikhomirov18, M. Tokarev9, M. B. Tonjes17, T. A. Trainor30, S. Trentalange6, R. E. Tribble27, V. Trofimov18, O. Tsai6, T. Ullrich2, D. G. Underwood1, G. Van Buren2, A. M. VanderMolen17, I. M. Vasilevski10, A. N. Vasiliev22, S. E. Vigdor12, S. A. Voloshin31, F. Wang23, H. Ward28, J. W. Watson14, R. Wells20, G. D. Westfall17, C. Whitten, Jr.6, H. Wieman15, R. Willson20, S. W. Wissink12, R. Witt33, J. Wood6, N. Xu15, Z. Xu2, A. E. Yakutin22, E. Yamamoto15, J. Yang6, P. Yepes24, V. I. Yurevich9, Y. V. Zanevski9, I. Zborovský9, H. Zhang33, W. M. Zhang14, R. Zoulkarneev10, and A. N. Zubarev

Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Montmorillonite-Organic Interactions under Varying Salinity: An Insight into Enhanced Oil Recovery

Enhanced oil recovery is becoming commonplace in order to maximize recovery from oil fields. One of these methods, low-salinity enhanced oil recovery (EOR), has shown promise; however, the fundamental underlying chemistry requires elucidating. Here, three mechanisms proposed to account for low-salinity enhanced oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs are investigated using molecular dynamic simulations. The mechanisms probed are electric double layer expansion, multicomponent ionic exchange, and pH effects arising at clay mineral surfaces. Simulations of smectite basal planes interacting with uncharged nonpolar decane, uncharged polar decanoic acid, and charged Na decanoate model compounds are used to this end. Various salt concentrations of NaCl are modeled: 0‰, 1‰, 5‰, and 35‰ to determine the role of salinity upon the three separate mechanisms. Furthermore, the initial oil/water-wetness of the clay surface is modeled. Results show that electric double layer expansion is not able to fully explain the effects of low-salinity enhanced oil recovery. The pH surrounding a clay’s basal plane, and hence the protonation and charge of acid molecules, is determined to be one of the dominant effects driving low-salinity EOR. Further, results indicate that the presence of calcium cations can drastically alter the oil wettability of a clay mineral surface. Replacing all divalent cations with monovalent cations through multicomponent cation exchange dramatically increases the water wettability of a clay surface and will increase EOR

Accuracy Effects of Shelling a Part in the SLS Process 306

In order to reduce SLS process time in the manufacture of a mould insert, the idea of shelling the geometry of the insert has been tested. Some shelling strategies have been successful with the RapidToolTM process, proving the feasibility of the idea. It has been observed in the tests, for both polymer and RapidSteel2.0TM materials, that size accuracy, particularly of small features in the scanning (X) direction, depends on vector length (VL). When a sudden change in VL occurs, this leads to steps on the sintered surface. This paper presents both experimental observations of this and simulation results from a finite element model.Mechanical Engineerin

Open charm yields in d+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200 GeV

Midrapidity open charm spectra from direct reconstruction of D0(D0-bar)-->K± pi ± in d+Au collisions and indirect electron-positron measurements via charm semileptonic decays in p+p and d+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200 GeV are reported. The D0(D0-bar) spectrum covers a transverse momentum (pT) range of 0.1<pT<3 GeV/c, whereas the electron spectra cover a range of 1<pT<4 GeV/c. The electron spectra show approximate binary collision scaling between p+p and d+Au collisions. From these two independent analyses, the differential cross section per nucleon-nucleon binary interaction at midrapidity for open charm production from d+Au collisions at BNL RHIC is d sigma NNcc-bar/dy=0.30±0.04(stat)±0.09(syst) mb. The results are compared to theoretical calculations. Implications for charmonium results in A+A collisions are discussed

Measurements of transverse energy distributions in Au+Au collisions at sqrt [sNN ]=200 GeV

Transverse energy ( ET ) distributions have been measured for Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN ]=200 GeV by the STAR Collaboration at RHIC. ET is constructed from its hadronic and electromagnetic components, which have been measured separately. ET production for the most central collisions is well described by several theoretical models whose common feature is large energy density achieved early in the fireball evolution. The magnitude and centrality dependence of ET per charged particle agrees well with measurements at lower collision energy, indicating that the growth in ET for larger collision energy results from the growth in particle production. The electromagnetic fraction of the total ET is consistent with a final state dominated by mesons and independent of centrality