Seismic analysis and design of rigid bridge abutments considering rotation and sliding incorporating non-linear soil behavior

A two-dimensional (2D) finite element analytical model is developed to analyze the seismic response of rigid highway bridge abutments, retaining and founded on dry sand. A well verified finite element code named FLEX is used for this purpose. The proposed model has the following characteristics: (1) The soil (dry sand in this study) is modeled by a 2D finite element grid; (2) The bridge abutment is molded as a rigid substructure; (3) The strength and deformation of the soil are modeled using the viscous cap constitutive model. This model consists of a failure surface and hardening cap together with an associated flow rule. The cap surface is activated for the soil under the wall to represent compaction during wall rocking. In addition, viscoelastic behavior is provided for representing the hysteretic-like damping of soil during dynamic loading; (4) Interface elements are used between the wall and the soil (at the backface of the wall and under its base) to allow for sliding and for debonding/recontact behavior; (5) The finite element grid is truncated by using an absorbing boundary approximation. Using this boundary at both sides of the grid simulates the horizontal radiation of energy scattered from the wall and the excavation. Shear beams are placed adjacent to the lateral boundaries from each side which give the far-field ground motion, for comparison with those computed adjacent to the boundaries. The analytical model is verified comparing predictions to results from dynamic centrifuge tests, with satisfactory agreement. The proposed model is used to study the dynamic response of an 8.0 m high and 3.0 m wide rigid bridge abutment (proportioned using the traditional approach to design) for different sinusoidal and earthquake acceleration input motions. The results from the analysis show that outward tilting of rigid bridge abutments is the dominant mode of response during dynamic shaking and that these abutments end up with a permanent outward tilt at the end of shaking. The results from all the analyzed cases of the 8.0 m high gravity retaining wall together with those from the analysis of the tilting wall centrifuge tests are discussed and used for proposing a practical method for evaluating the seismic response of rigid abutments during earthquakes.     

SD智能数显仪打印功能的实现

本文介绍了ＳＤ智能数显仪与微型打印机的接口,并编程实现其功能。     

Effects of pore fluids on quasi-static shear modulus caused by pore-scale interfacial phenomena

It is evident from the laboratory experiments that shear moduli of different porous isotropic rocks may show softening behaviour upon saturation. The shear softening means that the shear modulus of dry samples is higher than of saturated samples. Shear softening was observed both at low (seismic) frequencies and high (ultrasonic) frequencies. Shear softening is stronger at seismic frequencies than at ultrasonic frequencies, where the softening is compensated by hardening due to unrelaxed squirt flow. It contradicts to Gassmann's theory suggesting that the relaxed shear modulus of isotropic rock should not depend upon fluid saturation, provided that no chemical reaction between the solid frame and the pore fluid. Several researchers demonstrated that the shear softening effect is reversible during re-saturation of rock samples, suggesting no permanent chemical reaction between the solid frame and the pore fluid. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to explain this fluid–rock interaction mechanism theoretically, because it does not contradict to the assumptions of Gassmann's theory, but contradicts to its conclusions. We argue that the observed shear softening of partially saturated rocks by different pore fluids is related to pore-scale interfacial phenomena effects, typically neglected by the rock physics models. These interface phenomena effects are dependent on surface tension between immiscible fluids, rock wettability, aperture distribution of microcracks, compressibility of microcracks, porosity of microcracks, elastic properties of rock mineral, fluid saturation, effective stress and wave amplitude. Derived equations allow to estimate effects of pore fluids and saturation on the shear modulus and mechanical strength of rocks.     

The Interface Configuration of the Fresh‐/Dead Sea Water – Theory and Measurements

The high‐density Dead Sea water (1.235 g/cm³) forms a special interface configuration with the fresh groundwater resources of its surrounding aquifers. The fresh groundwater column beneath its surroundings is around one tenth of its length compared to oceanic water. This fact alone indicates the vulnerability of the fresh groundwater resources to the impacts of changes in the Dead Sea level and to saltwater migration. Ghyben‐Herzberg and Glover equations were used to calculate the volumes of water in coastal aquifers which were replaced by freshwater due to the interface seaward migration as a result of the drop in the level of the Dead Sea. For that purpose, the dynamic equation of Glover approach has been integrated to accommodate that type of interface readjustment. The calculated amounts of freshwater which substituted salt Dead Sea water due to the migration of interface are 3.21 · 10¹¹ m³, from a Dead Sea level of –392 m to τ411 m below sea level. The average porosity of coastal aquifers was calculated to range from 2.8 to 2.94%. Geoelectric sounding measurements showed that areas underlying the coastal aquifers formerly occupied by the Dead Sea water are gradually becoming flushed and occupied by freshwater. The latter is becoming salinized due to the residuals of Dead Sea water in the aquifer matrix, the present salinity of which is lower than that of the Dead Sea water. At the same time salt dissolution from the Lisan Marl formation is causing collapses along the shorelines in the form of sinkholes, tens of meters in diameter and depth.     

美国ASTM规范下标贯成果在尼罗河地质勘察中的应用

标准贯入试验是现场测定土体工程性质的重要原位试验,是现场快速判定土体密实度的重要依据,具有及时、可靠、经济等特点,在地质勘察中被广泛的应用。本文通过介绍标准贯入试验的基本原理和设备,比较了英国规范、美国ASTM规范和我国岩土工程勘察规范之间标准贯入试验的差异,介绍了标准贯入试验所适用的经验公式,结合在美国ASTM规范指导下具体的工程实践结果,应用标准贯入试验的结果分析了苏丹国尼罗河Dagash流域内的土体工程性质,对比钻探所得土样和袖珍贯入测力计试验结果,验证了标贯结果的正确性。     

阿西金矿床流体成矿的元素地球化学界面及X荧光测量识别试验

阿西金矿床元素地球化学界面的形成,是由区域地球化学高背景场和成矿流体作用的结果,其识别标志有岩石组合标志,构造变异标志和蚀变分带标志,同时,对Ｘ荧光测量方法识别元素地球化学界面的标志进行了有效性试验研究,效果良好。     

固体不极化电极的研制及其应用效果

介绍固体不极化电极的技术指标、性能及其与国内外同类产品的比较和使用效果.     

B码设备中的GPS时间信号接口

ＰＯ９７型ＧＰＳ／Ｂ码解调器把ＧＰＳ技术融入Ｂ码设备中,用于自动定时定位和精密时间同步。该设备的ＧＰＳ时码接口解出ＧＰＳ时间信号,并同步所有的时标信号和时间码信号。主要介绍了该接口的硬件和软件的实现过程。     

国家西部测图工程成果1980西安坐标系与CGCS2000国家大地坐标系转换方案的设计与实现

通过对西部测图工程成果数据的坐标转换试验,提出了一种有效的坐标转换方案。文中详细探讨了转换过程中的技术要点、解决方案以及在VB．NET中代码实现的过程。     

数字摄影测量系统与联机测图软件通用接口的开发

通过开发实例介绍了两种数字摄影测量系统(DPS)与测图软件的联机测图的实现过程,经对比分析提出DPS与行业测图软件之间进行联机测图通用方法。