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The mechanical data show that the physical state of water impacts the friction properties of the experimental fault to a much greater extent than previously thought. For instance, in experiments performed with tri-axial machines (i.e., slip distance

Mineralogical species in bulk samples were identified using the search and match procedure implemented in PANalytical High Score Plus v.4.9.0 (Malvern Panalytical Ltd, Malvern, UK). Phyllosilicates and clay groups were recognized29.

W.F., L.Y., S.M., and G.D.T. conceived the study. W.F. and L.Y. performed the experiments with inputs from C.Y. and G.D.T. C.C. performed the temperature simulations. W.F. and R.G. carried out the microstructural analysis. L.G. and C. M. carried out the roughness analysis. W.F. wrote the first draft of the manuscript with inputs from L.Y. and G.D.T. All authors discussed and interpreted the results.

Coastal dynamics research is focused on addressing water quality problems and physical threats to public safety (storms, oil spills, waves, rip currents) on a localized and lake-wide basis. The length of time for these problems ranges from hours to days. Our research includes the development and use of hydrologic (water cycle), hydrodynamic (circulation of water), and ice models in the prediction of runoff, nutrient or bacteria loads, currents, water temperature, storm surge, waves, and ice cover. As a result, these predictions enable us to forecast events, such as beach closures, hazardous material spill paths, and movement of harmful algal blooms, among others.

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Our research on regional climate projections is based on atmospheric and coupled hydrodynamics-ice-ecosystem models. Results are used to predict the physical and ecological conditions of the Great Lakes over the course of yearly seasonal changes to decades. Our research tools are designed to examine the effects of climate on regional air temperature, precipitation, water levels, lake temperature and thermal structure, ice cover, and ecological changes and trends.

Understanding Great Lakes ice cover is crucial becauseit impacts a range of societal benefits provided by the lakes, from hydropower generation to commercial shippingto the fishing industry. The amount of ice cover varies from year to year, as well as how long it remains on the lakes. GLERL scientists are observing long-term changes in ice cover as a result of global warming. Studying, monitoring, and predicting ice coverage on the Great Lakes plays an important role in determining climate patterns, lake water levels, water movement patterns, water temperature structure, and spring plankton blooms.

The NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory's Next Generation Great Lakes Community Forecasting System (GLCFS) is an experimental set of hydrodynamic computer models that predict lake circulation and other physical processes (e.g.thermal structure, waves, ice dynamics) of the lakes and connecting channels in a real-time nowcast and forecast mode. These research models provide timely information on currents, water temperatures, short-term water level fluctuations (e.g. seiche, storm surge), ice, and waves out to 120 hours into the future.

Lake Champlain has experienced several flood events over the past decade, causing destruction of property and infrastructure in the binational basin. To better prepare for flood events, NOAA GLERL and the University of Michigan Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) developed a real-time flood forecast modeling system for the Lake Champlain-Richelieu River basin. This Experimental Lake Champlain Nowcast / Forecast System will inform future operational flood forecasts for the Lake Champlain-Richelieu River (LCRR) system and support inundation mapping as well as recreational forecasts and search and rescue efforts. This project is funded by the International Joint Commission's Lake Champlain-Richelieu River Study.

First, the results of the two model approaches were assessed and compared. The 2DV PM gave good results at the structure front because they reproduce shoaling, refraction, reflection and breaking processes. The PM results at the lee side of the structure are less good, because although it reproduces wave transmission, the PM does not simulate diffraction, longshore currents and sediment transport and it also does not accurately reproduce the water levels there, due to the piling-up effect of water, which gives rise to spurious results for this variable.The NM did not give good results at the structure front because although it reproduces shoaling, refraction and breaking, it does not simulate reflection. At the lee side of the structure, the NM allowed taking into account diffraction effects, which could not be included in the PM. Moreover, it could give more realistic set-up results in the leeside of the structure, because the NM did not feature the piling-up. However, the NM did not accurately represent the wave transmission. In terms of quality of the process representation for the LCS experiments, the PM and NM are complementary.Although other possible approaches were analyzed the CM approach existed in selecting the areas where either PM or NM gave the better performance. The assessment of the areas of better performance was process based, i.e. it took into account the physical processes that each model could simulate accurately in each area (in front or behind the structure). In particular, PM results were selected in the front of the structure and NM results at the leeside of the structure, expanding also the domain from 2DV to 2DH or Q3D (Figure 7).
Figure 7: Composite modelling approach. The 2DV PM models the area between the dashed lines and the NM models the whole domain (Q3D approach) [5].
Some limitations and constraints observed in 2DV physical models were overcome with the employed approach. Thus, an overall better representation of hydro-morphodynamic conditions around the structure was obtained. This approach was applied successfully to both emerged and submerged permeable low crested structures (Figure 8).
Figure 8: Final bathymetry after 9 tests ( case of emerged structure) [5].
It must be stressed that although the main objectives of this composite modelling exercise were achieved (extension of the domain from 2DV to 2DH/Q3D and overcoming of most of the constraints and limitations that the single models have), a number of uncertainties still persisted. Furthermore, some processes could not be assessed or reproduced by this technique. For instance, diffraction was only reproduced by the NM (and is therefore assessed qualitatively only), while the lower resolution of the NM did not allow to reproduce features such as ripples [85].
See also

• Scaling Issues in Hydraulic Modelling
• Hydrodynamic numerical models of wave-structure interaction
• Coastal Hydrodynamics And Transport Processes

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Self-assembling hydrogels are promising materials for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. However, designing hydrogels that replicate the 3-4 order of magnitude variation in soft tissue mechanics remains a major challenge. Here hybrid hydrogels are investigated formed from short self-assembling β-fibril peptides, and the glycosaminoglycan chondroitin sulfate (CS), chosen to replicate physical aspects of proteoglycans, specifically natural aggrecan, which provides structural mechanics to soft tissues. Varying the peptide:CS compositional ratio (1:2, 1:10, or 1:20) can tune the mechanics of the gel by one to two orders of magnitude. In addition, it is demonstrated that at any fixed composition, the gel shear modulus can be tuned over approximately two orders of magnitude through varying the initial vortex mixing time. This tuneability arises due to changes in the mesoscale structure of the gel network (fibril width, length, and connectivity), giving rise to both shear-thickening and shear-thinning behavior. The resulting hydrogels range in shear elastic moduli from 0.14 to 220 kPa, mimicking the mechanical variability in a range of soft tissues. The high degree of discrete tuneability of composition and mechanics in these hydrogels makes them particularly promising for matching the chemical and mechanical requirements of different applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Satellite image (Apple Maps) of Red Sea platform reefs QD2 and QD3 in the Qita Dukais reef system and pressure gauge (squares) and current profiler (triangles) locations. QD3 is sheltered from surface waves that typically propagate southeastward. Incident surface wave measurements were made at location RN. Inset shows bathymetry and instrument locations along QD3 transect. The current profiler at S2 was in a small hole (similar to S3) that was slightly off the bathymetry transect.

Estimates of the drag coefficient as a function of water depth for the laboratory experiments of McDonald et al. (2006). Solid circles are experiments with highest Re at each water depth. The empirical fit of McDonald et al. for the highest Re experiments and the fit to (4) are also shown.

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