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Description: Strontium isotopic compositions of the interstitial water and carbonate from marine sediments sampled during IODP 308, in two basins (the normally-pressured Brazos-Trinity Basin IV and the over-pressured Ursa Basin) on the northern slope of the Gulf of Mexico, are present in this study. In the Brazos-Trinity Basin IV, the 87Sr/86Sr ratios of the interstitial water range from 0.70917 to 0.70954, with carbonates sharing similar or slightly lower values from 0.70851 to 0.70952. The interstitial water above 31 m shows similar 87Sr/86Sr ratio close to that of seawater, whereas the interstitial water below 31 m shows more radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr ratios, possibly indicating a water/rock interaction between the fluid and silicate component in the deep basin sediments. The Sr-isotope ratios of the carbonates are less radiogenic than the seawater, which may reflect a terrestrial carbonate input (such as limestone) transported through the Brazos and Trinity rivers. In the Ursa Basin, the 87Sr/86Sr ratios of the interstitial water range from 0.70887 to 0.70999, those of the carbonate vary from 0.70808 to 0.70930. Both the interstitial water and carbonate show a similar trend of 87Sr/86Sr ratios throughout the depth. The 87Sr/86Sr ratios of the interstitial water decrease from the sea floor surface to the minimum at the Seismic Reflector S10. A lateral fluid incursion with less radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr ratios along the Seismic Reflector S10 can be inferred in the Ursa Basin. It is suggested that the lateral fluid incursion shows a seawater origin, modified by diagenetic reactions including the dissolution of halite. Between the Seismic Reflector S10 and S40, 87Sr/86Sr ratios of the interstitial water increase linearly to the maximum. Along the Seismic Reflector S40, a lateral fluid incursion with more radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr ratios is again recognized. The fluid may have also originated from seawater, but modified by the diagenesis of terrigenous sediments, likewise characterized by highly radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr compositions. A two-dimension fluid-flow model in the Ursa Basin is established.

Description: The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 308 (IODP308) drilled normal-pressured sediments from the Brazos-Trinity Basin IV and over-pressured sediments from the Ursa Basin on the northern slope of the Gulf of Mexico. The interstitial water samples from the normal-pressured basin show B concentrations and B isotopic compositions ranging from 255 to 631 µM (0.6 to 1.5 times of seawater value) and from +29.1 to +42.7 per mil (relative to NIST SRM 951), respectively. A wider range is observed both for B concentrations (292 to 865 µM, 0.7 to 2.1 times of seawater value) and d11B values (+25.5 to +43.2 per mil) of the interstitial water in the over-pressured basin. The down-core distribution of B concentrations and d11B values in the interstitial waters are sensitive tracers for assessing various processes occurring in the sediment column, including boron adsorption/desorption reactions involving clay minerals and organic matter in sediments as well as fluid migration and mixing in certain horizons and in the sediment column. In the normal-pressured basin adsorption/desorption reactions in shallow sediments play the major role in controlling the B content and B isotopic composition of the interstitial water. In contrast, multiple processes affect the B content and d11B of the interstitial water in the over-pressured Ursa Basin. There, the stratigraphic level of the maxima of B and d11B correspond to seismic reflectors. The intruded fluids along the seismic reflector boundary from high to low-topography mix with local interstitial water. Fluid flow is inferred in the Blue Unit (a coarse sandstone layer, connecting the high- to low-pressured region) from the freshening of interstitial water in Ursa Basin Site U1322, and upward flow by the overpressure expels fluid from the overburden above the Blue Unit.

Description: A wrinkling-based method is proposed to create various surface micropatterns regulated by a hardened skin layer with a periodic stiffness distribution on a soft material. It is shown that the surface patterns generated by this technique are controlled by three fundamental surface deformation modes that involve sinusoidal wrinkling, Euler buckling, and rigid rotation of the skin. Systematic experiments and a phase diagram validate the efficacy and robustness of the proposed method.

Description: Author(s): Fei Jia, Bo Li, Yan-Ping Cao, Wei-Hua Xie, and Xi-Qiao Feng Three-dimensional surface wrinkling of soft cylindrical tissues induced by differential growth is explored. Differential volumetric growth can cause their morphological stability, leading to the formation of hexagonal and labyrinth wrinkles. During postbuckling, multiple bifurcations and morphologic... [Phys. Rev. E 91, 012403] Published Tue Jan 13, 2015

Description: This paper study the structure and operating characteristic of the hybrid energy system which is made of super-capacitor and battery. The system is controlled by strategy of bus voltage following. The bus voltage can change the state from swings to stable quickly when load mutation occurs in the micro grid. The transient impact also can be reduced by this way. The passage set up the model of energy system and make an analysis by the software named MATLAB/Simulink. At last, the passage proves the correctness and the effectiveness of the control strategy and draws a conclusion that the transient impact can be inhibited which occurs in the bus voltage of energy system.

Description: According to the traits of harmonics in microgrid, a new CANN controller which combines BP and RBF neural network is proposed to control APF to detect and suppress harmonics. This controller has the function of current prediction. By simulation in Matlab / Simulink, this design can shorten the delay time nearly 0.02s (a power supply current cycle) in comparison with the traditional controller based on ip-iq method. The new controller also has higher compensation accuracy and better dynamic tracking traits, it can greatly suppress the harmonics and improve the power quality.