Influence of fines content on the undrained cyclic shear strength of sand–clay mixtures

A series of undrained cyclic triaxial tests were performed on sand–clay mixtures with various sand–clay mixing ratios. Prior to the primary tests, the threshold fines content was examined by consistency tests, which was found to be approximately 20%. For sand–clay mixtures with a sand-matrix (fines content less than the threshold fines content), the cyclic shear strength of low-density mixtures increases and that of high-density mixtures decreases with increasing fines content. However, for sand–clay mixtures with a fines-matrix (fines content greater than the threshold fines content), there exists a unique correlation between the cyclic shear strength and global void ratio for different fines content. The equivalent granular void ratio is introduced in this paper to account for the contribution ratio of the fines to soil skeleton. As a result, a unique relationship between cyclic shear strength and equivalent granular void ratio was observed for pure sand and sand–clay mixtures with a sand-matrix.     

利用GRACE重力卫星观测数据反演全球时变地球重力场模型

本文基于短弧长法开发了一套由低轨卫星数据解算重力场的系统ANGELS（ANalyst of Gravity Estimation with Low-orbit Satellites）,成功用GRACE Level1B数据解算出全球时变重力场模型（第一版IGG-CAS系列模型）,并与国际三大知名重力卫星相关研究机构：美国德克萨斯大学空间中心CSR （Center for Space Research）、德国GFZ地学研究中心（GeoForschungsZentrum）和美国宇航局JPL喷气推进实验室（Jet Propulsion Laboratory）发布的全球时变重力场模型（RL05模型）进行了详细的比较分析.通过每阶大地水准面差距的对比结果表明,IGG-CAS模型的精度接近RL05模型的精度.对以上四家机构在2004-2010年的时变重力场模型经过相同的去条带和高斯滤波处理,可以发现四家GRACE反演陆地水时变信号的空间分布十分接近,在长江流域反演的陆地水时变信号,两两之间的相关系数均大于0.8.通过反演撒哈拉沙漠干旱地区的时变信号来评估反演的精度水平,IGG-CAS、CSR-RL05、GFZ-RL05和JPL-RL05反演结果的均方差分别为1.5 cm、1.1 cm、1.1 cm和1.2 cm等效水柱高.综合表明IGG-CAS时变重力场反演模型的精度接近于目前国外主要机构最新公布的时变重力场模型.     

新型框架结构弹塑性地震反应的等效线性化方法研究

等效线性化方法是计算结构弹塑性地震反应的实用方法.通过对几种等效线性化方法的比较分析,提出了基于FEMA440 （2005）计算等效刚度和等效阻尼比的等效线性化方法;分别采用静力弹塑性分析方法和等效线性化方法,分析了局部使用高性能纤维增强混凝土新型框架结构的弹塑性地震反应.结果表明,两种方法所得结构的地震反应均比较接近.因此,本文建议的等效线性化方法能够较好地预测新型框架结构的弹塑性地震反应.     

Rapid equivalent dose estimation for eolian dune sands using a portable OSL reader and polymineralic standardised luminescence growth curves: Expedited sample screening for OSL dating

Portable optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) readers are robust devices that allow rapid determination of luminescence signals of polymineralic coarse-grained samples. To date, however, the utility of portable OSL readers has largely been confined to the construction of luminescence profiles that depict variations of luminescence signal intensities with depth. Because the luminescence signals used to construct such profiles are uncalibrated, it is neither practical to quantitatively compare portable OSL data from different sites nor is it possible to approximate sample ages. Such comparisons could be facilitated by converting portable OSL signals into equivalent doses (D_e). However, determining D_e requires the construction of unique growth curves for each sample; a laborious procedure that negates the rapidity associated with portable measurements. To circumvent that limitation, we construct standardised growth curves (SGCs) using normalized regeneration dose signals obtained using a portable OSL reader from the feldspar component of polymineralic sands from five disparate eolian dune sites in Alberta, Canada. Comparison of SGCs from different samples indicates general congruence and we merge these to construct a regionally applicable curve which we test by comparing the D_e obtained from given samples with that obtained using conventional OSL dating protocols. Results show that, though the uncertainties associated with the portable OSL data are high, the D_e values from the two approaches are linearly proportional. This direct variation enables portable OSL SGC D_e values to be used independently in reconnaissance studies that aim to screen samples for more detailed analysis using standard OSL methods. The affordability of portable OSL readers suggests that the approach could be attractive to researchers who do not have ready access to conventional OSL readers.     

城镇有限场地条件下的物探找水试验

为在城区强干扰环境、有限场地条件下进行物探方法找水,特利用等值反磁通瞬变电磁法,在湖南郴州市某城镇进行了野外试验。在地表调查和周边人文环境基础上,常规电测深等找水有效手段在城镇区域难以施工,面对这个难题利用等值反磁通瞬变电磁法进行试验,其利用对偶中心耦合装置消除了收发线圈感应耦合来消除干扰。首先根据地质信息设计了近似南北向的4条剖面,然后进行了发射频率试验并进行单点连续探测,最后利用探测结果绘制了多测道曲线和二维模拟断面等值线图并设计了钻孔。钻探验证结果表明:等值反磁通瞬变电磁法在强干扰、场地受限的城镇区域找水效果较好,是一种值得推广的新方法。     

Relating equal smectite content and basal spacing to the residual friction angle of soils

The residual shear strength of soils is increasingly becoming an active research area, as landslides occur almost daily all over the world. Since Skempton published his landmark paper in 1964, several researchers proposed correlations between soil index properties and residual friction angle of soils for preliminary estimates. However, recent data gathered from Japanese colluvium soils indicate that previously proposed charts correlating soil index properties with residual friction angle yield very poor estimates. In this study, first previously published Japanese data are reevaluated to establish a theoretical foundation for such correlations. Then, it is shown that equivalent smectite content (ESC) largely controls the residual friction angle of soils. In the second stage of the paper using the data of several researchers, it is shown that there is piecewise linear correlation between the equivalent basal spacing (EBS) and the residual friction angle. This study lays down a foundation for theoretical correlation between EBS and residual friction angle of soils.     

Influence of soil non-linearity on the dynamic response of high-speed railway tracks

The main objectives of this paper are the evaluation of the relevance of the non-linear behaviour of the soil on the track response and the validation of a methodology, which includes these effects through an equivalent linear analysis. The proposed numerical model is based on 2.5D finite/infinite elements method, coupled with an iterative procedure in order to obtain an agreement between the strain levels and the dynamic properties of the materials. In order to validate the model, the case study of Ledsgard was simulated, and the experimental and numerical results of displacements of the track were compared, considering several circulation speeds for the X2000 train. From the results, it is possible to recognize that the stiffness degradation, function of the strain level, plays a relevant role for the case of high-speed railway lines on soft ground. Moreover, the simulations developed with the proposed methodology provided similar results to those observed, independently of the train speed, contrary to what was obtained when the elastic linear model was used.     

大地等效电容量及其测量方法

在脉冲供电和正弦交流供电地电阻率观测研究中, 大地容性效应会引起测量误差。 本文按照电子学等效电路的方法提出了大地等效电容量的概念, 研究了大地等效电容量的测量方法, 为合理确定脉冲供电参数和减小交流地电阻率测量误差奠定了基础。     

THE EQUIVALENT SLOPE - A NEW METHOD FOR CALCULATING SOIL LOSS FROM IRREGULAR SLOPES

he slopes in field conditions are always irregular, but the supposed uniform slopes are used in most erosion models. Some studies used several uniform slopes to approximate an irregular slope for estimating soil erosion. This approximation is both time-consuming and weak in physical insights. In this paper, the concept of equivalent slope is presented based on that runoff potential on uniform slope is equal to that of irregular slope, and the equivalent uniform slope is used to estimate soil erosion instead of the irregular slopes. The estimated results of slope-length factors for convex and concave slopes are consistent with those from the method of Foster and Wischmeier, The experiments in the southern part of the Loess Plateau in China confirmed the applicability of the present method. The method is simple and has, to some extent, clear physical meanings, and is applicable for estimating soil erosion from irregular slopes.     

采用等效渗透系数法搜索渗流自由面

采用一个具体的实例对比分析了当前最为常用的几种自由面确定方法 ,阐明了各自的优缺点 ;然后在此基础上对单元传导矩阵调整法作了简化和改进 ,提出了等效渗透系数法。应用表明 ,等效渗透系数法不仅具有足够的计算精度 ,而且还具备算法简单、易推广等优点