Pool research

However, the above-described fundamental problems (e.g. enviromnental factors, controls, test-phases see Section 6.2.2.) cannot be resolved by further developments of individual tests, but require a comprehensive comparative examination. Such a study should comprise the definition of reference conditions and standardised reference sediments (controls) as the basis for the comparability of several sediment contact tests that are used within one test battery. Further, toxicity thresholds should be defined to assure assessment methods. Meaningful answers to these fundamental questions of sediment risk assessment and classification can be found by pooling research efforts in a joint research project. Such a project is the here described SeKT joint research project (SeKT Sediment Kontakt Test). 

The thermocline was ventilated in the NSCS, which was accompanied by the occurrence of potential vorticity with a specific circulation pattern. The thermocline ventilation is a seasonal phenomenon in the SCS actually. The potential vorticity in winter has a high value center and its distribution looks like a thin and fiat ellipsoid. Around the edge of this center, a horizontal circulation movement can be tracked. Water subducted into a thermocline from the mixed layer moves southward in the path of the cyclone along the edge of a seasonal potential vorticity pool. Research shows that signals in terms of the monthly temperature increment seem to come from the intrusion of the Kuroshio into the SCS. These show that seasonal variation in the SCS can deeply effect the thermocline. Thus, a study of the SCS upper circulation should include thermocline dynamics. Moreover, research into the dynamics of the thermocline and the mixed layer can help interpret the seasonal variation in the SCS circulation. 

Influence of pool research on the bottom-up and top-down approaches. 

Pool research may help to analyse promising areas of biology for their suitability for biomimetic developments, as well as to define more precisely the field of study concerning applicability. Extensive tests on the basis of simplified models help to isolate the active principles of natural examples. In this early step of biomimetic research, the results can already be compared with those of existing technical solutions. At this point, the potential for a successful transfer to technology becomes evident. 

During recent years pool research has helped to spot a multiplicity of promising beginnings. Almost every possible demand a building should meet has a functioning example in nature. Most of them work on a microscopic scale, making textiles the ideal means of implementation, for textiles offer the opportunity of fabricating miniaturized structures. 

Five racks of test coupons were immersed in the spent fuel basin of the swimming pool research reactor at the CIAE. The rack numbers, the coupon materials and the immersion dates are listed in Table 7.1. The coupons were assembled in the rack to evaluate general corrosion, crevice attack and galvanic... 

Reactor type Swimming pool research reactor... 

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