液化土层对地表加速度反应谱的影响

采用一种改进的有效应力方法研究土层液化对地表加速度反应谱的影响，分析中考虑了砂层的厚度、埋深和输入地震波的幅值和波型等因素。分析结果表明，土层液化使地表加速度反应谱的特征周期至少延长0．1秒以上，使原Ⅱ类场地变为Ⅲ类场地，高烈度时易变成Ⅳ类场地，反应谱中周期0．8秒-1．0秒是液化砂层加震或减震的一个分界点，液化对反应谱短周期分量具有一定的减震作用，而对长周期分量有非常显著的放大作用。     

输入地震动相位特性对不同类别场地土层地震反应影响

以某Ⅷ度设防区基岩场地地震危险性计算为基础,拟合不同随机相位的人造地震动时程作为输入,采用一维等效线性化方法,计算了Ⅱ类、Ⅲ类和Ⅳ类典型场地的土层地表地震反应。结果表明:(1)在不同地震动强度、不同随机相位基岩时程输入条件下,对不同类型场地土层地震反应计算得到的地表加速度峰值和反应谱值相对极差差别较大,地震动相位特征对土层地震反应的影响不可忽略;在反应谱特征周期2.0 s内,地表峰值和反应谱值变异系数随输入地震动强度的增大有增大趋势;(2)采用统计学方法计算给出了不同场地类别的基岩输入随机相位样本时程的必要数量,不同场地类别不同地震强度输入条件下所需要的最少样本量不同。在输入地震动强度不大(PGA0.20 g)且满足反应谱变异系数在均值加1倍标准差范围内时,不同类别场地至少需要15组不同随机相位的基岩时程,基本能满足均值统计要求;在输入地震动强度较大(PGA≥0.20 g),满足反应谱变异系数在均值加1倍标准差范围内时,至少需要30组不同随机相位的基岩时程,才能满足均值统计要求。     

人工拟合地震动时程参数对场地反应的影响分析

采用目标谱拟合法人工合成地震动时程,拟合过程中对包络线参数进行定量的变化,进行土层地震反应分析.根据其对场地反应的影响,讨论时程参数对人工拟合地震动时程的影响规律,为场地抗震设防参数的选取提供依据.研究结果表明:t1、t2和c不同时,所拟合的地震动时程对土层地震反应结果有较大影响,其影响程度与土层结构关系密切.     

液化土层对地表位移谱的影响

通过现场地震记录分析和理论计算,研究了液化土层对地表位移谱的影响规律,提出了液化位移增量谱和液化修正位移谱.对比了美国Superstition Hills地震和日本阪神地震中液化场地加速度时程和位移时程,分析了液化和非液化场地位移谱区别.采用改进的一维有效应力分析方法,计算了在不同强度和波型地震波输入下厚度和埋深不同的液化砂层对地表位移谱的影响.结果表明:液化对地表位移和位移谱有显著放大作用,位移谱在1s左右开始增大,加震最显著频段为1～5s,谱位移增加0.1～0.7m,烈度8度时平均加震增幅0.1～0.25m,9度时平均增幅0.4～0.7m.     

考虑远场大震对持时影响的人工地震动时程

概率地震危险性分析方法确定的场地地震动反应谱Sa(T,(),综合考虑了场地周围潜在震源区对场地地震危险性的影响,通常称为一致概率反应谱,即不同控制周期T对应谱值的超越概率相同.在获得Sa(T,()后,还需要以Sa(T,()为目标合成用于场地土层地震反应分析或结构动力反应分析的人工地震动时程,通常步骤如下:     

Ⅳ类场地某医院隔震结构抗震设防参数确定

针对隔震技术在Ⅳ类场地应用抗震设防参数不明确问题,以天津塘沽某医院工程场地抗震设防参数确定为例,在充分考虑了工程场地的地震环境和地质条件的基础上进行土层反应分析,给出了场地相关反应谱,按当前的法律法规标定场地相关反应谱给出了场地设计谱,再以场地设计谱为目标谱拟合给出了地表设计地震动时程(包括人造地震动时程和调整后天然时程),满足了隔震结构抗震设计对抗震设防要求,有利于隔震技术在Ⅳ类场地建筑结构中的应用推广。     

基于蒙特卡洛方法的剪切波速误差影响分析

场地土层剪切波速测试不可避免会存在误差,误差达30%左右。目前,在对剪切波速误差对土层地震反应计算影响的研究中,设计波速误差或者设计土层模型的方式偏于理想化。为更接近现实情况,本文基于实测土层模型,用蒙特卡洛方法研究剪切波速误差对土层地震反应计算结果的影响。本文搜集并建立了均匀分布在山东地区的132个场地计算模型,涵盖了山东境内分布广泛的Ⅱ类场地和Ⅲ类场地。根据蒙特卡洛随机模拟原理,对每一场地计算模型,在实测剪切波速值30%的偏差范围内随机生成100组剪切波速值,分别进行土层地震反应计算,分析反应谱值、反应谱平台值和特征周期的变化。研究表明,30%以内的随机波速误差会导致某些周期处的反应谱的变化达30%以上,其对反应谱平台值最大的影响大多在10%~50%之间,对Ⅱ类场地特征周期的最大影响大多在0~50%之间,对Ⅲ类场地特征周期的最大影响大多在20%~90%之间。     

三种土层结构反应谱特征周期的统计分析

本文人工合成了若干条能够反映不同地震动特征的基岩加速度时程,并将其作为土层地震反应分析的地震动输入。选取了若干个软弱夹层分别在底部、中部和顶部的场地剖面,利用工程上广泛应用的场地地震反应分析的一维等效线性化波动方法,计算了不同场地类别,3种土层结构在不同地震动输入下的地表加速度反应谱的特征周期。给出了不同土层结构在统计意义上的反应谱特征周期的平均值,并通过与正常剖面反应谱特征周期的比较给出了不同场地类别,3种土层结构的反应谱特征周期的影响系数。本文的研究结果对进一步考虑场地分类具有一定的意义。     

三种土层结构反应谱平台值的统计分析

本文以建筑抗震设计规范规定的反应谱为目标谱,通过调整加速度峰值和特征周期来人工合成数百条加速度时程曲线,并将其作为土层地震反应分析的地震动输入。在若干有工程意义的场地剖面中,选取和构造了部分软弱土层分别在底部、中部和顶部的三种土层剖面,利用土层地震反应分析的一维等效线性化波动方法,计算了不同土层剖面在不同地震动输入下的地表加速度反应谱的平台值。在统计分析的基础上,给出了不同场地三种土层结构的反应谱平台值的平均值。通过与正常剖面的反应谱平台值比较,给出了三种土层结构的反应谱平台值的影响系数。本文的研究获得了一些有意义的成果。     

场地类型对反应谱平台值的影响

文中在总结一些学者研究基础上,利用土层地震反应分析的一维等效线性化波动方法,以建筑抗震设计规范规定的反应谱为目标谱,合成不同加速度峰值和特征周期加速度时程曲线共28条,将其作为土层地震反应分析的输入地震动,选取和构造了四种场地类型的225个土层剖面,计算了不同土层剖面在不同地震动输入下的设计反应谱的平台值.基于统计分析...     

A Monte Carlo study of rainfall forecasting with a stochastic model

A procedure for short-term rainfall forecasting in real-time is developed and a study of the role of sampling on forecast ability is conducted. Ground level rainfall fields are forecasted using a stochastic space-time rainfall model in state-space form. Updating of the rainfall field in real-time is accomplished using a distributed parameter Kalman filter to optimally combine measurement information and forecast model estimates. The influence of sampling density on forecast accuracy is evaluated using a series of a simulated rainfall events generated with the same stochastic rainfall model. Sampling was conducted at five different network spatial densities. The results quantify the influence of sampling network density on real-time rainfall field forecasting. Statistical analyses of the rainfall field residuals illustrate improvement in one hour lead time forecasts at higher measurement densities.     

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration Aims And Scope

正This journal is established by the Institute of Engineering Mechanics(IEM),China Earthquake Administration,to promote scientific exchange between Chinese and foreign scientists and engineers so as to improve the theory and practice of earthquake hazards mitigation,preparedness,and recovery.To accomplish this purpose,the journal aims to attract a balanced number of papers between Chinese and     

Solute concentrations in the lower niger river and the source rock contribution

Water quality analyses for the Niger River for the 1980/81 hydrological year are presented. The samples were collected from the main river at Lokoja, and from two main tributaries, the Kaduna and the Benue Rivers. Different water types were distinguished by the concentrations of major ions. The type Ca > Na > Mg > K - HCO₃ > SO₄ > Cl was represented at all stations during at least part of the year. Chloride was found to dominate the sulphate ion in the Kaduna and Niger, while the Benue maintained a higher concentration of sulphate relative to chloride all year round. Distinct patterns of seasonal variation in the ion concentrations were observed, particularly for the samples collected at Lokoja. Low ion concentrations were prominent during periods of high discharge, while low flow periods coincided with high dissolved ion concentrations. The contribution of rainwater to the total dissolved solids in the river waters was assessed indirectly using rainwater chemistry data from the Gulf of Guinea. The estimated rainwater contribution to the Lower Niger amounts to 5.15 mg 1^?1. Geochemical weathering calculations involving reactions of the four major minerals of granitic rocks - anorthite, biotite, albite, and K-feldspar - with carbon dioxide and water, can account for the average water composition of the Lower Niger. The proportion of the ionic components was also related to the occurrence of the respective element in the minerals.     

Scenario predictions for potential near-field and far-field earthquakes affecting Hong Kong

Historical earthquakes noted in the written records of the South China region, including Hong Kong, are not well delineated along identified prominent fault sources. Despite the lack of any definitive, localised trend in the spatial distribution of seismic activity in the region, there does appear to be some major disparity in the seismic activity rates (especially for large magnitude earthquakes) between the near-field and the far-field regions of Hong Kong. Despite this observation, previous studies of the regional seismic activity and seismic ground motion hazard (the latter using a probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, PSHA) have considered very broad source zone regions, in which uniform levels of seismic activity have been assumed. The present paper further scrutinises this broad source zone (BSZ) approach by adopting a novel expanding circular disc (ECD) method to determine the rates of earthquake recurrence. Such a method is intended to counter-check previously developed models by determining earthquake scenario events in terms of magnitude–distance (M–R) pairs or combinations, having defined values of average return period. Unlike the BSZ approach, the ECD method specifically accounts for the supposed variations in the seismic activity rates between events in the near-field and the far-field of Hong Kong.The form of the developed method is particularly suited to the determination of design-level earthquake ground motions for bedrock sites, since it assumes a directionally-independent attenuation model as described in the companion paper. It is found that, whilst the BSZ approach may indicate the overall average levels of hazard that are representative of the South China region as a whole, it does not capture the large disparity in seismic activity rates between near-field and far-field events. This important feature is expected to have a significant impact upon engineering assessments of the seismic safety of structures in Hong Kong and elsewhere in the South China region. For example, it is found that for events with M≥6, the seismic activity rate (normalised by time and area) in the very far-field is around 3.5 times larger than in the near-field and medium-field of Hong Kong. The resulting design M-R combinations, covering a range of return periods from 70 to 2500 years, are limited, for very long return periods and for distant events, by the maximum credible earthquake (MCE) magnitude. Intensive research to determine this seismic hazard parameter is recommended, in order to refine further the results of the ECD analysis, which presently conservatively assumes the MCE to range between M=6 in the near-field of Hong Kong to M=8 in the very far-field, at distances greater than 280 km from Hong Kong.     

Depositional ages and characteristics of Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in southeastern Mongolia

Lower Cretaceous lacustrine oil shales are widely distributed in southeastern Mongolia. Due to the high organic carbon content of oil shale, many geochemical studies and petroleum exploration have been conducted. Although most of the oil shales are considered to be Early Cretaceous in age, a recent study reveals that some were deposited in the Middle Jurassic. The present study aims at establishing depositional ages and characteristics of the Jurassic and Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in Mongolia. The Lower Cretaceous Shinekhudag Formation is about 250 m thick and composed of alternating beds of shale and dolomite. The Middle Jurassic Eedemt Formation is about 150 m thick and composed of alternating beds of shale, dolomitic marl, and siltstone. The alternations of shale and dolomite in both formations were formed by lake level changes, reflecting precipitation changes. Shales were deposited in the center of a deep lake during highstand, while dolomites were formed by primary precipitation during lowstand. Based on the radiometric age dating, the Shinekhudag Formation was deposited between 123.8 ±2.0 Ma and 118.5 ±0.9 Ma of the early Aptian. The Eedemt Formation was deposited at around 165–158 Ma of Callovian–Oxfordian. The calculated sedimentation rate of the Shinekhudag Formation is between 4.7 ±2.6 cm/ky and 10.0 ±7.6 cm/ky. Shales in the Shinekhudag Formation show micrometer‐scale lamination, consisting of algal organic matter and detrital clay mineral couplets. Given the average thickness of micro‐laminae and calculated sedimentation rate, the micro‐lamination is most likely of varve origin. Both Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine oil shales were deposited in intracontinental basins in the paleo‐Asian continent. Tectonic processes and basin evolution basically controlled the deposition of these oil shales. In addition, enhanced precipitation under humid climate during the early Aptian and the Callovian–Oxfordian was another key factor inducing the widespread oil shale deposition in Mongolia.     

THEORETICAL APPROACH TO THE SOLUTION OF THE INFILTRATION PROBLEM

ABSTRACT

The one-dimensional transient downward entry of water in unsaturated soils is investigated theoretically. The mathematical equation describing the infiltration process is derived by combining Darcy's dynamic equation of motion with the continuity and thermodynamic state equations adjusted for the unsaturated flow conditions. The resulting equation together with the corresponding initial and boundary conditions constitues a mathematical initial boundary value problem requiring the solution of a nonlinear partial differential equation of the parabolic type. The volumetric water content is taken as the dependent variable and the time and the position along the vertical direction are taken as the independent variables. The governing equation is of such nature that a solution exists for t > 0 and is uniquely determined if two relationships are defined, together with the specified state of the system, at the initial time t = 0 and at the two boundaries. The two required relations are those of pressure versus permeability and pressure versus volumetric water content.

Since the partial differential equation has strong non-linear terms, a discrete solution is obtained by approximating the derivatives with finite-differences at discrete mesh points in the solution domain and integrated for the corresponding initial and boundary conditions. The use of an implicit difference scheme is employed in order to generate a system of simultaneous non-linear equations that has to be solved for each time increment. For n mesh points the two boundary conditions provide two equations and the repetition of the recurrence formula provides n—2 equations, the total being n equations for each time increment. The solution of the system is obtained by matrix inversion and particularly with a back-substitution technique. The FORTRAN statements used for obtaining the solution with an electronic digital computer (IBM 704) are presented together with the input data.

Analysis of the errors involved in the numerical solution is made and the stability and convergence of the solution of the approximate difference equation to that of the differential equation is investigated. The method applied is that of making a Fourier series expansion of a whole line of errors and then following the progress of the general term of the series expansion and also the behavior of each constituent harmonic. The errors (forming a continuous function of points in an abstract Banach space) are represented by vectors with the Fourier coefficients constituting a second Banach space. The amplification factor of the difference equation is shown to be always less than unity which guarantees the stability of the employed implicit recurrence scheme.

Experiments conducted on a vertical column packed uniformly with very fine sand, show a satisfactory agreement between the theoretically and experimentally obtained values. Many experimental results are shown in an attempt to explain the infiltration phenomenon with emphasis on the shape and movement of the wet front, and the effects of the degree of compaction, initial water content and deaired water on the infiltration rate.     

Late Permian post‐ophiolitic trondhjemites from Central Iran: a mark of subduction role in growth of Paleozoic continental crust

Late Permian trondhjemites in the Anarak area occur as stocks and dykes, which cross cut the Anarak ophiolite and its overlying metasedimentary rocks, and are exposed along the northern Anarak east–west main faults. These leucocratic intrusive bodies have enclaves of all ophiolitic units and metamorphic rocks. They are composed of amphibole, plagioclase (oligoclase), quartz, zircon and muscovite. Secondary minerals are chlorite (pycnochlorite), epidote, albite, magnetite and calcite. Whole‐rock major‐ and trace‐element analyses reveal that they are characterized by high SiO ₂ (67.8–71.0 wt%), Al ₂ O ₃ (14.9–17.1 wt%) and Na ₂ O (5.3–8.6 wt%), low K ₂ O (0.1–1.5 wt%; average: 0.8 wt%), low Rb/Sr ratio (0.01–0.40; average: 0.09), low Y (3–6 ppm), negative Ti, Nb and Ta anomalies, slightly negative or positive Eu anomaly, LREE enrichment and fractionated HREE. These rocks present 2 to 40 times enrichment in inclined chondrite‐normalized REE patterns. Geochemical characteristics of the Anarak trondhjemites all reflect melting of a mafic protolith at more than 10 kbar. The field evidence and whole‐rock chemistry reveal that these rocks have been crystallized from magmas derived from melting of subducted Anarak oceanic crust. This study reveals that melting of garnet amphibolite was an important element of continent formation in the study area.