Site response studies in Mumbai using (H/V) Nakamura technique

The importance of characterizing the site effects in urban areas, especially Mumbai, the commercial capital of India, with a quarter of land below sea level, is well realized. Mumbai is built on a cluster of seven basaltic islands that were merged together through reclamation of land from the Arabian Sea. Due to rapid urbanization, the demarcation between reclaimed areas and original islands is blurred. A pilot study is undertaken to investigate and characterize the local site effects at 27 locations in Mumbai. The Nakamura technique is used to estimate the fundamental frequency of soft soils at each site, characterized by the ratio (H/V) of the Fourier spectra of the horizontal and vertical components of ambient noise measurements made with a 3-component short period (1 Hz) seismograph. Validation of peak frequency was done using both pre-event and event data. The peak amplification was also validated through measurements at a 10-m exposed soil section and over a soil dump. Overall, the site responses correlate well with the local geology and the lithologs obtained at 40 boreholes at 8 locations The reclaimed areas are characterized by resonance frequencies ranging from 3.3 to 4.6 Hz with significant peak amplification (>4) in contrast to hard rock sites that do not exhibit peak amplification. The hard rock sites with soil cover exhibit peak amplification in the frequency range 3.3–10.5 Hz indicating large variations in soil thickness. The H/V curves at most sites exhibit clear single peaks with large amplitude, which could be associated with sharp discontinuities corresponding to a uni-model of a single layer with large velocity contrast overlying the basement. The low resonance frequencies together with large amplification of site responses enable identifying and demarcating reclaimed areas that form important inputs in the seismic microzonation of Mumbai.     

Site response analysis using one-dimensional equivalent-linear method and Bayesian filtering

Site response analysis is crucial to define the seismic hazard and distribution of damage during earthquakes. The equivalent-linear (EQL) is a numerical method widely investigated and used for site response analysis. Because several sources of uncertainty are involved in this type of analysis, parameters defining the numerical models need to be identified from in-situ measurements. In this paper, a Bayesian inference method to estimate the expected values and covariance matrix of the model parameters is presented. The methodology uses data from downhole arrays recorded during earthquakes. Two numerical applications show the good performance and prediction capabilities of the proposed approach.     

城市固体垃圾填埋场选址的地质条件评价

随着我国工业化、城市化进程的加快,不断增长的城市垃圾及处置问题日益突出。卫生填埋是现阶段处理城市垃圾的主要方法。做好填埋场的地质条件研究,对填埋场选址及建设甚为重要。探讨城市固体垃圾填埋场选址应注意的地质问题,对其地质条件进行了分析和评价;根据GIS的技术特点及在填埋场选址中的具体应用,提出了解决问题的建议与对策。     

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。     

城市生活固体废弃物处置规划和场地选址方向探讨

城市生活固体废弃物已成为重要环境污染问题之一,地质环境工作应为废弃物的填埋选址,防治污染提供服务。北京地质环境部门受北京市主管部门委托开展了全市生活固体废弃物填埋场地适宜性区划,卫生填埋场地环境地质影响评价,其成果已为市规划、环境行政部门所利用。     

Arsenicosis in Cambodia: Case studies and policy response

Naturally occurring As found in groundwaters has been identified to be a problem in at least 10 provinces of Cambodia with Kandal being one of the most heavily impacted. Estimates, using groundwater quality and population data for Kandal Province of Cambodia, suggest that over 100,000 people are at high risk of chronic As exposure. Levels in some areas approach 3500 μg/L, against the Cambodian Standard of 50 μg/L. Considerable work remains to adequately characterize the extent of As hazard and its possible health effects in Cambodia and the region. It is likely that additional populations will develop health problems attributed to As, of particular concern is arsenicosis. The symptoms of arsenicosis have been generally assumed to develop after 8–10 years of consumption of water with elevated As levels, however, new cases discovered in Cambodia have been identified with exposure times as short as 3 years. The rapid onset of arsenicosis may be attributed to contributing risk factors related to socioeconomic status, including malnutrition. It is thus imperative to develop strategies to rapidly identify possible regions of enrichment, to minimize exposure to As-rich waters, and to educate affected populations. To date the response to the As hazard has been led by the Ministry of Rural Development in cooperation with international organizations and NGOs, to identify at risk areas, and educate communities of the risk of As-rich water. However better coordination between government bodies, NGOs and donor agencies active in the field of water supply and treatment is essential to minimize future As exposure.     

浙江省江山市城区建筑场地类型初析

在简要阐述浙江省江山市城区地质背景的基础上，划分了城区建筑场地的类型，并提出了场地客级的一些初步意见。     

Techniques for slope stability analysis: Site specific studies from Idukki district,Kerala

The occurrences of slope failures are frequent in Idukki district of Kerala state particularly along the road cuttings and hill slopes causing disruption in traffic, loss of lives and property. This demands a critical evaluation of stability of slopes along the hill roads. This paper deals with stability analysis of a typical hard rock profile at Chuzhappu and a lateritic profile at Kumili along the road connecting Kottayam and Kumili. A large number of factors have been examined and studied; the orientation of discontinuities has been identified as one of the major inherent factors influencing slope instability along Chuzhappu hard rock profile. These have been analysed carefully using stereographic/equal area projection technique in order to determine the vulnerability to slope failure and to understand the type of rock slide that can occur in this profile. The buoyant force of water acting along the discontinuities after heavy rain storm further aids the down slope movement. As the laterite slope is mostly homogeneous, Bishops method and Swedish method were adopted for stability analysis of laterite slope at Kumili. The study also examines the efficacy and applicability of the different methods employed in soil mechanics to assess the stability of laterite slope.The results obtained by this method are compared by actual field conditions. The stability assessment indicates that two sectors at Chuzhappu and one sector at Kumili profile are at the geo-technical threshold of failure, when piezometric head rises during rainstorm. The study indicates that these methods are highly useful in determining the Factor of Safety in profiles with similar geological setting.     

Site response analysis for deep and soft sedimentary deposits of Dhaka City,Bangladesh

Natural Hazards - The ground motion intensity of an earthquake is significantly changed when seismic waves propagate from the bedrock to the near-surface soft geological materials. The ground where...     

Site response zones and short-period earthquake ground motion projections for the Las Vegas Basin

A deterministic seismic hazard analysis was conducted to address the effect of local soil conditions on earthquake-induced strong ground motion in the Las Vegas Basin, Nevada (US). Using a large geological and geotechnical database, two response units were defined: a fine-grained unit, predominantly clay; and a coarse-grained unit, predominantly gravel. A moderate number of high-quality shallow shear wave velocity measurements were collected from which characteristic shear wave velocity profiles were developed for each response unit. An equivalent-linear one-dimensional site response model was used. The model was calibrated using a basin-wide, small-strain ground motion database. Calibration tests showed that ground motion projections become increasingly conservative with increasing ground-motion amplitude. Projections were overconservative for the coarse-grained response unit, likely due to the sparseness of the velocity database. For the earthquake response analyses, historical ground motions were used to model characteristic ‘bedrock’ motion for earthquakes on 10 faults judged to be critical. Response spectral envelopes were generated for each unit through Monte-Carlo simulations. For the fine-grained response unit, 95th percentile peak ground acceleration, peak spectral acceleration and predominant period were 310 cm/s², 1100 cm/s², and 0.29 s, respectively. With respect to codified design spectra, projections are lower at short periods and higher at long periods. Projections of peak spectral accelerations for the coarse-grained response unit, were more than double that of codified spectra; however, they are believed to be overconservative. Near-fault effects and basin-edge effects, though potentially important, were not considered in these analyses.     

Geotechnical aspects and ground response studies in Bhuj earthquake, India

The extent of damage and affected areas in Bhuj earthquake (26th January 2001) has provided a unique opportunity to evaluate a wide range of geotechnical issues. A large area in the Rann of Kutch experienced massive liquefaction resulting in ground subsidence and lateral flow. A large number of dams in the Kutch district suffered moderate to severe damages. Many buildings were damaged and collapsed in the city of Ahmedabad situated on the bank of the Sabarmati River. In this paper, the ground response studies at a site in Ahmedabad City along with observations of geotechnical aspects such as ground cracking, sand volcanoes and liquefaction of soils associated with the Bhuj earthquake are discussed. The ground response studies indicate that the varying degree of damage to multistorey buildings in Ahmedabad in the close proximity of Sabarmati river area was essentially due to the collapse and undesirable settlement of partly saturated silty sand deposits. Large settlements are attributed to amplification of the ground and the near resonance condition. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Numerical studies on lateral load response of fin piles

In the recent past, in order to cater lateral loads, provision of fins to monopiles is evolving as an option for enhancing their lateral load capacity. Numerical and experimental studies pertaining to fin piles subjected to lateral loading are very limited. It is very difficult to understand the behaviour of fin piles through conventional soil pile theories, due to their different fin configurations. In the present study, three-dimensional finite element analyses were performed on regular piles (pile without fins) as well as fin piles. For fin piles, different fin lengths, orientation and position were considered during the analyses. The results have shown that fins placed at the top portion of the piles are more effective than fins placed at bottom of the pile. In all cases, fin piles exhibited more lateral load-carrying capacity compared to regular piles. When fin’s length is less than half of the pile length, lateral load-carrying capacity of fin piles is same irrespective of their orientation. However, fin’s orientation is significant, when fin length is more than 0.5 times length of piles, star fin piles exhibit more lateral load-carrying capacity compared to diagonal and straight fin piles. Fin piles experienced less bending moment compared to regular piles for a given lateral load. Further, it was also noticed that lateral load-carrying capacity of the fin piles depend upon fins’ length and their orientation.     

Geographical agglomeration and co-agglomeration of exporters and nonexporters in China

There is growing literature providing insights on the mechanism of industrial agglomeration in the transitional China. Although industries with more exports are found more agglomerated, the extent, process, and determinants of agglomeration of exporting enterprises remain under-explored due to data availability issue. Based on the Annual Survey of Industrial Firms in 2002 and 2007, this study investigated driving forces of the spatial agglomeration of exporters and the co-agglomeration of exporters and nonexporters using three digit level industries as observations. The empirical results imply that agglomeration benefits underpin the agglomeration of exporters and their co-agglomeration with nonexporters.     

某傍河研究区的地下水化学分析

为研究常见地表污染源对地下水造成的影响,开展了某傍河区域的研究。在对傍河研究区开展野外调查、钻探取样分析等工作的基础上,从水化学角度对研究区地下水进行了系统分析,揭示了研究区内污染河水与地下水并没有明显的水力联系,深、浅含水层水力联系微弱;浅层地下水化学成分的形成以溶滤作用为主,并存在阳离子交换作用,易受到地表污染源及人为活动的影响;深层地下水化学成分的形成主要受到大区域水文地质环境演化的影响。     

多 层 含 水 层 中 的 井 点 降 水

根据湖北省石首市第二水厂净水厂泵站地层为多层含水层的特点，在基坑施工中采用抽水井抽水和盲井导水相结合的降水方案，取得了较好的效果。     

Flood risks in a dynamic urban agglomeration: a conceptual and methodological assessment framework

The analysis of risk and its causes is a crucial prerequisite for the development of risk prevention and mitigation measures in the scope of disaster risk management. This paper investigates on the problem of annually occurring floods in Santiago de Chile applying a framework for risk assessment, especially developed for the usage in a large urban area. A case-specific set of variables and indicators was compiled to show the relevant components and their interrelations influencing the flood risk and to provide a tool for monitoring and evaluating their changes over time. Methods for gathering information about the three components of risk, that is, hazard, elements at risk, and vulnerability, comprise the interpretation of very high resolution satellite data, the analysis of GIS, and census data as well as household surveys and expert interviews. The work shows how the assessment framework can be applied in practice to derive a geodata-based flood risk map at the scale of the administrative unit of a building block that can be used as a local decision-making tool.     

Land Use History and Site Formation Processes at the Punic Site of Pauli Stincus in West Central Sardinia

The site of Pauli Stincus is located near the town of Terralba, on the inland shores of the Gulf of Oristano in west central Sardinia, Italy, and was occupied between the mid‐4th and the late 2nd century B.C. The site and its surroundings were the object of a joint archaeopedological and geomorphological study, which complemented the data from archaeological excavations. This study allowed us to evaluate the suitability of the different landscape and soil components for crop production in the Punic period. The discovery of a buried plow soil at the site's edge enabled us to identify a set of agricultural practices carried out by Punic farmers. These included the removal of sandy topsoil to cultivate deeper horizons enriched in illuvial clay, the use of a "sodbuster" or "rip ard," and the periodic burning of weeds, stubble, and other harvesting residues. The present study helped us to better understand the formation processes of the archaeological record at Pauli Stincus. Large quantities of allochtonous calcareous material were imported to the site from wet areas closer to the coast in order to produce earth‐based construction material, such as bricks and daub. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Site Monitoring of a Tunnel Opening—Introducing the Site Monitoring Technique of Tunnel opening in Japan—

The tunnel construction method based on “NATM” principle is tried and has been spread out gradually in china . It is important to monitor the tunnel opening during the construction with “NATM” , which is still a weak link in china. This paper briefly sums up the basic conception and direction principle of “NATM”, and it also expounds of significance and main contents of site monitoring. Furthermore, there gives an example to explain the results of monitoring at the tunnel of “Mine Yen” in Japan. The method of so called “Direct-strain-control” which was proposed by Prof. Shunsuke Sakurai of Kobe university in Japan introduced emphatically in this paper. This method considers the strain as a failure criterion to evaluate the stability of tunnel opening.     

青岛集浩工地推行项目法施工的探讨

对青岛集浩工地推行的项目法施工，从理论和实践上进行了分析，着重阐述了管理方法的贯彻、落实和在工程项目中的运用。