简介：ItisdifficulttodesignaplatewithwideattenuationzonesinlowfrequencyregionbasedonBraggscatteringmechanism.Aplatewithperiodicrhombusholesisoptimizedanddesigned.Basedonthefiniteelementmethodunderperiodicboundaryconditions,thein-planedispersioncurvesofperiodicallyperforatedplatearecalculatedviaCOMSOL.ThefrequencyresponsesofperiodicallyperforatedplateareinvestigatedviaANSYSsimulation.Theplateswithperiodicholesaresuspendedanddynamicallytestedundersinusoidalexcitations.Theresultsshowthataperiodicallyperforatedplatewithrhombusholeshaswiderattenuationzonesthanplateswithcircularandhexagonalholes.Materialpropertieshaveagreatinfluenceonattenuationzones:nitrile-butadienerubberandsiliconrubbercaneasilyobtainlow-frequencyzones,whileincreasingporositycreateslowerandwiderzones.Thewidthofattenuationzoneincreasesasthehorizontalangleoftherhombusholesincreases.Ananalysisoftheattenuationzones'generationmechanismshowsthattheplatewithperiodicholesexhibitscharacteristicsofBraggscatteringandlocalresonantphononiccrystal,indicatinganinherentrelationshipbetweentwotypesofmechanisms.Theoptimizedplatehasacompleteattenuationzonerangingfrom5281.76-8824.30Hz.Thevibrationsaresignificantlyreducedwhenthenumberofperiodsisnolessthantwo.Theattenuationrangeobtainedviathenumericalmethodisgenerallyconsistentwiththeexperiment.Theresearchshedslightonthenoiseinsulationplateandhasthepotentialtoimprovethesoundenvironmentinvariousapplicationsduetoitssimplemanufacturing.

简介：Thequantitativeinterpretationofgravityanomaliesduetoshallowstructuresneedsseparationbetweenlongwavelengthanomalies(regionalanomalies)andshortwavelengthanomalies(residualanomalies).Theregional-residualfieldseparationcanbecarriedoutusingthepolynomialmethod.Inthiscase,theso-calledregionalfieldofordernistreatedasapolynomialofdegreen.Thepresentstudyshowsthatthedegreenmustvarybetweenasmallestvaluenminandamaximumvaluenmax.Thisarticlepresentsamethodtoprocessgravitydatathatallowsdeterminationofnminandnmaxforagivenstudyarea.WeapplythemethodtogravitydataoftheSouth-WestCameroonzone.Inthischosenstudyarea,wefindthatregionalanomalymapsofordersrangingfrom1to9andresidualanomalymapsofordersrangingfrom1to8canbeusedforsuitableinterpretation.Theanalysesshowthatonemayneedresidualanomalymapsofseveralorderstoperformsatisfactoryquantitativeinterpretationofthedifferentintrusivebodiesfoundinagivenarea.

简介：TheGarouaZoneinNorthCameroon,thesubjectofthisstudy,isknowntohaveundergonetectonicmovementsduringtheCretaceous,butthezone’sstructuraldataremainpoorlyknown.ThisstudyexploitstheBougueranomalytoimproveknowledgeofGarouatectonicsstructures.Inordertocharacterizethesestructures,twomethodsareused:Euler’sdeconvolutionmethodandthemethodofthehorizontalgradientoftheverticalderivative.SuperpositionoftheEuler’ssolutionsmapforindexN=1withthemapfromthehorizontalgradientoftheverticalderivativemethodallowsdeterminationofgravimetriclineaments,interpretedasfaultsoraslinearcontacts,fromwhichwededuceastructuralmapofthestudyarea.Basedonthismap,weidentifysixteenlineaments,ofwhichwecounteightaslinearcontactsandeightasfaults.Amongthefaults,wedenoteoneofdepthbetween4and8km,fivefaultsofdepthrangingbetween8and13km,andtwofaultsofdepthsbetween13and36km.Analysisofthesefaultsshowsthatthesevendeepestfaultsmightpresentanaturalriskinourstudyarea.Forpurposesofcivilprotection,suchdeepfaultsshouldbemonitoredandtakenintoconsiderationintheimplementationoflargepublicworks.Thestructuralmap,establishedhereinfromdataonthein-depthextensionofeachfault,thusincreasesscientificknowledgeintheareathatcanbeusedtositepublicworksinwaysthatreducerisk.

简介：Upwellingcoastalsystemscanbeusedtounderstandhowdissolvedoxygenandbiologicalproductivitycontroltheaccumulationofredox-sensitivemetalsinmarinesediments.Thealuminium(Al),cadmium(Cd),iron(Fe),nickel(Ni),molybdenum(Mo),vanadium(V),totalorganiccarbon(TOC),totalnitrogen(TN)andtotalsulfur(TS)contentsinsurficialsedimentcollectedfromdifferentwaterdepths(30,70,and120m)inthreenorthernChileanbaysinfluencedbycoastalupwellingandoxygenminimumzones(OMZs)weremeasured.Principalcomponentanalysis(PCA),clusteranalysis,andSpearman'srankcorrelationwereusedtoidentifythemechanismsresponsiblefortheredox-sensitivemetalaccumulation.Thecontentofredox-sensitivemetalsandorganiccomponentsinsedimentincreasedwithincreasingwatercolumndepth,whereaslithogenicmetalsdecreased.IntheMejillonesdelSurandCalderabays,theenrichmentfactorsoftheredox-sensitivemetalsshowedenrichmentforallmetalswithdepth.TheCdandVenrichmentsaremainlytheproductofbiogenicflowtotheseabed,andtheMoandNienrichmentsareduetopreservationunderlowsubsurfaceoxygenconditions.Sulfatereductionisnotanimportantmechanismintheaccumulationofredox-sensitivemetalsinthesedimentofthethreebays.ThePCAshowedthatthebehaviorsoftheredox-sensitivemetalsandorganiccomponentsreflectdifferencesintheeffectsoftheOMZinsedimentalongthecoastofnorthernChile,withamoreintenseOMZinMejillonesdelSurbayandweakerOMZsinCalderaandInglesabays.However,thehighdegreeofenrichmentinredox-sensitivemetalsinCalderaBaycanbeattributedtotheintenseactivityoftheminingindustrynearthebay,asituationthatproducesgeochemicalbehaviorsimilartothatobservedinMejillonesdelSurBay.