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Effects of Nonuniform Temperature Distribution on Degradation of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Authors: Cavalheiro Gabriel M. , Iriyama Takuto , Nelson George J. , Huang Shan , Zhang Guangsheng 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
The effects of nonuniform temperature distribution on the degradation of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are investigated in this study. A Li-ion battery stack consisting of five 3 Ah pouch cells connected in parallel was tested for 2215 cycles and compared with a single baseline cell. The behaviors of temperature distribution, degradation, and current distribution of the stack were characterized and discussed. Results supported the hypothesis that nonuniform temperature distribution causes nonuniform and accelerated degradation. All cells in the stack experienced higher temperature rise and degraded faster than the baseline cell. In particular, capacity retention of the middle cell in the stack decreased to 50.7% after 2215 cycles, while the baseline cell capacity retention was still 87.8%. The resistance of cells in the stack experienced nonuniform but similar pattern of variation with cycling. The resistances remained stable in early cycles, then experienced a rapid increase, and then became stable again. The middle cell resistance increased abruptly in the last 20 cycles before failure. Current distribution behaviors of the stack also changed significantly during cycling, which was consistent with cell resistance behaviors. The middle cell experienced much higher C rate than average, suggesting that its accelerated degradation can be attributed to the synergized effects of higher local temperature and higher local current.
Force Measurements of the Flow Around Arrays of Three and Four Columns With Different Geometry Sections, Spacing Ratios, and Incidence Angles
Authors: Gonçalves Rodolfo Trentin , Hirabayashi Shinichiro , Vaz Guilherme , Suzuki Hideyuki 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
An experimental campaign for the flow around a stationary array of three and four columns with low aspect ratio, H/L = 1.5, piercing the water free surface, was carried out in a towing tank. These numbers of columns correspond to typical multi-column offshore systems, such as semi-submersibles (SS), tension leg platforms (TLPs), and floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs). Three parameters were investigated: the spacing ratio between column centers (from two up to four characteristic lengths), current incidence angles, and column section geometries (circular, square, and diamond). The Reynolds number of the experiments was 100,000. Forces were measured in each column using a three degrees-of-freedom load cell, and results of lift and drag forces were presented for each column separately and the whole system. The results of mean and standard deviation of forces were assessed using a statistical uncertainty analysis procedure for finite length measurements’ signals. This methodology not only assesses the quality of the experimental data but also facilitates validation of numerical tools. The objectives of the current work were therefore manifold: to better understand the influence of the relative position, shape, and incidence angle on multi-column offshore structures; to create a reliable database for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) validation; and to prepare the path to flow-induced motions (FIMs) experimental and numerical work of free-moving multi-column offshore systems.
Two- and Three-Dimensional Simulation of Sound Attenuation by Cylinder Arrays
Authors: Zhang Junjian , Zheng Z. Charlie , Ke Guoyi 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
A finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation coupled with an immersed-boundary method is used to investigate sound attenuation through both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) cylinder arrays. The focus is on sound attenuation behaviors near Bragg’s bandgap frequencies for periodic structures. Both 2D and 3D simulations show that the finite cylinder arrays produce significant sound attenuation near the bandgap frequencies, with more attenuation effects in the 2D cylinder arrays because of the uniformity of sound source and neglected structure diffraction in the third dimension. When extended to 3D simulation, which can accommodate physically realistic conditions, sound attenuation near Bragg’s frequencies is reduced in comparison with 2D results. The 3D simulation also reaches a better agreement when comparing with the measurement data from the literature. Results and discussions on arrangement of cylinder arrays to achieve better sound attenuation effects are also presented.
Constitutive Properties Determination of Human Cranium by an Experimental–Computational Modal Analysis
Authors: Eslaminejad Ashkan , Hosseini-Farid Mohamad , Ziejewski Mariusz , Karami Ghodrat 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
In this paper, we identified the material constitutive parameters of the human skull from reported tensile test results. Initially, we applied both linear-elastic and Mooney–Rivlin nonlinear hyperelastic constitutive models to the available tensile test data at different strain rates of 0.005, 0.10, 10, and 150 1/sec. It was shown that the suggested hyperelastic model fitted the test results with higher accuracy in comparison with the linear-elastic model. In the next step, the experimental modal analysis was carried out through roving hammer-impact tests on a dried human skull. The first four natural frequencies of the skull were measured to be 496, 543, 1250, and 1287 Hz, and these values were verified by the modal assurance criterion. Then, a 3D finite element (FE) model of that human skull was created by a 3D scanner and discretized to carry out a computational modal analysis. The performance of the determined material properties for the human skull from both linear and hyperelastic material models was evaluated using FE modal analysis. The calculated modal frequencies were then compared to the experimentally measured frequencies. It was shown that the material parameters from both the linear and hyperelastic constitutive models obtained at a strain rate of 0.10 1/sec, provided the best performance in computational modal analysis with minimum deviations relative to the experimental results. These results confer a better understanding of the human skull behavior among different strain rates, which could increase the accuracy of nonlinearity dynamic simulations on the skull.
Blood Volumes Following Preseason Heat Versus Altitude: A Case Study of Australian Footballers
Authors: McLean Blake D. , White Kevin , Gore Christopher J. , Kemp Justin 
Published: October 2019

Purpose: There is debate as to which environmental intervention produces the most benefit for team sport athletes, particularly comparing heat and altitude. This quasi-experimental study aimed to compare blood volume (BV) responses with heat and altitude training camps in Australian footballers. Methods: The BV of 7 professional Australian footballers (91.8 [10.5] kg, 191.8 [10.1] cm) was measured throughout 3 consecutive spring/summer preseasons. During each preseason, players participated in altitude (year 1 and year 2) and heat (year 3) environmental training camps. Year 1 and year 2 altitude camps were in November/December in the United States, whereas the year 3 heat camp was in February/March in Australia after a full exposure to summer heat. BV, red cell volume, and plasma volume (PV) were measured at least 3 times during each preseason. Results: Red cell volume increased substantially following altitude in both year 1 (d = 0.67) and year 2 (d = 1.03), before returning to baseline 4 weeks postaltitude. Immediately following altitude, concurrent decreases in PV were observed during year 1 (d = −0.40) and year 2 (d = −0.98). With spring/summer training in year 3, BV and PV were substantially higher in January than temporally matched postaltitude measurements during year 1 (BV: d = −0.93, PV: d = −1.07) and year 2 (BV: d = −1.99, PV: d = −2.25), with year 3 total BV, red cell volume, and PV not changing further despite the 6-day heat intervention. Conclusions: We found greater BV after training throughout spring/summer conditions, compared with interrupting spring/summer exposure to train at altitude in the cold, with no additional benefits observed from a heat camp following spring/summer training.
Uranium isotopic constraints on the nature of the prehistoric flood at the Lajia site, China
Authors: Li Le , Chen Jun , Hedding David William , Fu Yuanhe , Ye Maolin , Li Gaojun 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
The catastrophic landslide-dam outburst flood, possibly caused by the same earthquake that destroyed the well-dated Lajia archaeological site, in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in China, may provide an accurate constraint on the age of the first Chinese dynasty (Xia Dynasty), which, according to Chinese ancient documents, has been associated with flood-control activities. The key link between the destructive earthquake and the megaflood is a flood-related blackish sand layer (BSL) covering the Lajia site on terraces high above the Yellow River channel. However, the BSL, which mainly consists of debris of local schist, may have originated from mudflows in local gullies rather than an outburst flood from the Yellow River that swept predominantly schist debris from channel slopes and/or a landslide dam. The composition of the fine particles in the BSL can help to discriminate the provenance of the BSL because an outburst flood would consist of suspended particles from the Yellow River, while a mudflow origin would incorporate fine particles from the local gullies. However, the similar geological origin between the Yellow River sediments and the Quaternary eolian loess and Tertiary reddish clay sediments that feed the local gullies precludes the application of traditional geochemical source tracers. This work shows that the 234U/238U activity ratio, which reflects the comminution age, of the fine particles in the BSL is very similar to that of the Yellow River sediments but not to the sediments in the local gullies, supporting an outburst flood origin of the BSL. Thus, the emergence of the Xia Dynasty can be constrained to be shortly after the sudden destruction of the Lajia site, if the outburst flood is the same event that initiated nationalization as described in the Chinese ancient documents.
Fault reactivation and strain partitioning across the brittle-ductile transition
Authors: Meyer Gabriel G. , Brantut Nicolas , Mitchell Thomas M. , Meredith Philip G. 
Published: October 2019

AbstractThe so-called “brittle-ductile transition” is thought to be the strongest part of the lithosphere, and defines the lower limit of the seismogenic zone. It is characterized not only by a transition from localized to distributed (ductile) deformation, but also by a gradual change in microscale deformation mechanism, from microcracking to crystal plasticity. These two transitions can occur separately under different conditions. The threshold conditions bounding the transitions are expected to control how deformation is partitioned between localized fault slip and bulk ductile deformation. Here, we report results from triaxial deformation experiments on pre-faulted cores of Carrara marble over a range of confining pressures, and determine the relative partitioning of the total deformation between bulk strain and on-fault slip. We find that the transition initiates when fault strength (σf) exceeds the yield stress (σy) of the bulk rock, and terminates when it exceeds its ductile flow stress (σflow). In this domain, yield in the bulk rock occurs first, and fault slip is reactivated as a result of bulk strain hardening. The contribution of fault slip to the total deformation is proportional to the ratio (σf − σy)/(σflow − σy). We propose an updated crustal strength profile extending the localized-ductile transition toward shallower regions where the strength of the crust would be limited by fault friction, but significant proportions of tectonic deformation could be accommodated simultaneously by distributed ductile flow.
Recrystallization and chemical changes in apatite in response to hypervelocity impact
Authors: Kenny Gavin G. , Karlsson Andreas , Schmieder Martin , Whitehouse Martin J. , Nemchin Alexander A. , Bellucci Jeremy J. 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Despite the wide utility of apatite, Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH), in the geosciences, including tracing volatile abundances on the Moon and Mars, little is known about how the mineral responds to the extreme temperatures and pressures associated with hypervelocity impacts. To address this deficiency, we here present the first microstructural analysis and chemical mapping of shocked apatite from a terrestrial impact crater. Apatite grains from the Paasselkä impact structure, Finland, display intragrain crystal-plastic deformation as well as pervasive recrystallization—the first such report in terrestrial apatite. A partially recrystallized grain offers the opportunity to investigate the effect of shock recrystallization on the chemical composition of apatite. The recrystallized portion of the fluorapatite grain is depleted in Mg and Fe relative to the remnant non-recrystallized domain. Strikingly, the recrystallized region alone hosts inclusions of (Mg,Fe)2(PO4)F, wagnerite or a polymorph thereof. These are interpreted to be a product of phase separation during recrystallization and to be related to the reduced abundances of certain elements in the recrystallized domain. The shock-induced recrystallization of apatite, which we show to be related to changes in the mineral’s chemical composition, is not always readily visible in traditional imaging techniques (such as backscattered electron imaging of polished interior surfaces), thus highlighting the need for correlated microstructural, chemical, and isotopic studies of phosphates. This is particularly relevant for extraterrestrial phosphates that may have been exposed to impacts, and we urge the consideration of microstructural data in the interpretation of the primary or secondary nature of elemental abundances and isotopic compositions.
Stable oxygen and carbon isotopes of carbonates in lake sediments as a paleoflood proxy
Authors: Kämpf Lucas , Plessen Birgit , Lauterbach Stefan , Nantke Carla , Meyer Hanno , Chapligin Bernhard , Brauer Achim 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Lake sediments are increasingly explored as reliable paleoflood archives. In addition to established flood proxies including detrital layer thickness, chemical composition, and grain size, we explore stable oxygen and carbon isotope data as paleoflood proxies for lakes in catchments with carbonate bedrock geology. In a case study from Lake Mondsee (Austria), we integrate high-resolution sediment trapping at a proximal and a distal location and stable isotope analyses of varved lake sediments to investigate flood-triggered detrital sediment flux. First, we demonstrate a relation between runoff, detrital sediment flux, and isotope values in the sediment trap record covering the period 2011–2013 CE including 22 events with daily (hourly) peak runoff ranging from 10 (24) m3 s−1 to 79 (110) m3 s−1. The three- to ten-fold lower flood-triggered detrital sediment deposition in the distal trap is well reflected by attenuated peaks in the stable isotope values of trapped sediments. Next, we show that all nine flood-triggered detrital layers deposited in a sediment record from 1988 to 2013 have elevated isotope values compared with endogenic calcite. In addition, even two runoff events that did not cause the deposition of visible detrital layers are distinguished by higher isotope values. Empirical thresholds in the isotope data allow estimation of magnitudes of the majority of floods, although in some cases flood magnitudes are overestimated because local effects can result in too-high isotope values. Hence we present a proof of concept for stable isotopes as reliable tool for reconstructing flood frequency and, although with some limitations, even for flood magnitudes.
Insights into post-Miocene uplift of the western margin of the Colorado Plateau from the stratigraphic record of the lower Colorado River
Authors: Crow Ryan S. , Howard Keith A. , Beard L. Sue , Pearthree Philip A. , House P. Kyle , Karlstrom Karl E. , Peters Lisa , McIntosh William , Cassidy Colleen , Felger Tracey J. , Block Debra 
Published: October 2019

AbstractThe spatial and temporal distribution of Pliocene to Holocene Colorado River deposits (southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico) form a primary data set that records the evolution of a continental-scale river system and helps to delineate and quantify the magnitude of regional deformation. We focus in particular on the age and distribution of ancestral Colorado River deposits from field observations, geologic mapping, and subsurface studies in the area downstream from Grand Canyon (Arizona, USA). A new 4.73 ± 0.17 Ma age is reported for a basalt that flowed down Grand Wash to near its confluence with the Colorado River at the eastern end of what is now Lake Mead (Arizona and Nevada). That basalt flow, which caps tributary gravels, another previously dated 4.49 ± 0.46 Ma basalt flow that caps Colorado River gravel nearby, and previously dated speleothems (2.17 ± 0.34 and 3.87 ± 0.1 Ma) in western Grand Canyon allow for the calculation of long-term incision rates. Those rates are ∼90 m/Ma in western Grand Canyon and ∼18–64 m/Ma in the eastern Lake Mead area. In western Lake Mead and downstream, the base of 4.5–3.5 Ma ancestral Colorado River deposits, called the Bullhead Alluvium, is generally preserved below river level, suggesting little if any bedrock incision since deposition. Paleoprofiles reconstructed using ancestral river deposits indicate that the lower Colorado River established a smooth profile that has been graded to near sea level since ca. 4.5 Ma. Steady incision rates in western Grand Canyon over the past 0.6–4 Ma also suggest that the lower Colorado River has remained in a quasi–steady state for millions of years with respect to bedrock incision. Differential incision between the lower Colorado River corridor and western Grand Canyon is best explained by differential uplift across the Lake Mead region, as the overall 4.5 Ma profile of the Colorado River remains graded to Pliocene sea level, suggesting little regional subsidence or uplift. Cumulative estimates of ca. 4 Ma offsets across faults in the Lake Mead region are similar in magnitude to the differential incision across the area during the same approximate time frame. This suggests that in the past ∼4 Ma, vertical deformation in the Lake Mead area has been localized along faults, which may be a surficial response to more deep-seated processes. Together these data sets suggest ∼140–370 m of uplift in the past 2–4 Ma across the Lake Mead region.
Geotechnical data synthesis for GIS-based analysis of fault zone geometry and hazard in an urban environment
Authors: Weidman Luke , Maloney Jillian M. , Rockwell Thomas K. 
Published: October 2019

AbstractMany fault zones trend through developed urban areas where their geomorphic expression is unclear, making it difficult to study fault zone details and assess seismic hazard. One example is the Holocene-active Rose Canyon fault zone, a strike-slip fault with potential to produce a M6.9 earthquake, which traverses the city of San Diego, California (USA). Several strands trend through densely populated areas, including downtown. Much of the developed environment in San Diego predates aerial imagery, making assessment of the natural landscape difficult. To comply with regulations on development in a seismically active area, geotechnical firms have conducted many private, small-scale fault studies in downtown San Diego since the 1980s. However, each report is site specific with minimal integration between neighboring sites, and there exists no resource where all data can be viewed simultaneously on a regional scale. Here, geotechnical data were mined from 268 individual reports and synthesized into an interactive geodatabase to elucidate fault geometry through downtown San Diego. In the geodatabase, fault segments were assigned a hazard classification, and their strike and dip characterized. Results show an active zone of discontinuous fault segments trending north-south in eastern downtown, including active faults outside the mapped regulatory Earthquake Fault Zone. Analysis of fault geometry shows high variability along strike that may be associated with a stepover into San Diego Bay. This type of geodatabase offers a method for compiling and analyzing a high volume of small-scale fault investigations for a more comprehensive understanding of fault zones located in developed regions.
Thinning rates of retinal nerve layer and ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer in various stages of normal tension glaucoma
Authors: Inuzuka Hiroko , Sawada Akira , Inuzuka Masayuki , Yamamoto Tetsuya 
Published: October 2019

AimsTo compare the changes in the macular retinal nerve fibre layer (mRNFL), macular ganglion cell layer and inner plexiform layer (mGCIPL), and circumpapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (cpRNFL) in various stages of normal tension glaucoma (NTG) using spectral domain optical coherence tomography.MethodsEyes with NTG (n=218) were assigned into three groups based on initial mean deviation (MD) as follows: mild (MD>−6 dB), moderate (−6 dB≥MD≥−12 dB) and severe (−12 dB>MD>−20 dB). Annual rates of change in mRNFL, mGCIPL and cpRNFL thickness were calculated by linear regression analysis.ResultsAge, gender, spherical equivalent, and average intraocular pressure during follow-up were not significantly different among the three groups. There were significant differences in the mRNFL, mGCIPL and cpRNFL among the three groups at baseline (p<0.0001 in all sectors except for the mRNFL in the superonasal sector). The average thinning rates of the mRNFL, mGCIPL and cpRNFL were −0.38±0.32 µm/year, −0.62±0.46 µm/year and −0.86±0.83 µm/year, respectively. No significant difference in the rates of change in the mRNFL and mGCIPL were found among the groups in any sector. However, there was a significant difference in the rate of change in the cpRNFL among the groups (in all sectors: p<0.0001).ConclusionsChanges in the mRNFL and mGCIPL can reflect the progression of NTG even in its advanced stage. However, careful interpretation of changes in the cpRNFL in the advanced stage of glaucoma is warranted due to a potential floor effect.