Local site effects evaluation by surface wave and H/V survey methods in Senirkent (Isparta) region,southwestern Turkey

This study aimed to investigate the site characterization of the Senirkent Basin(Isparta) by using the microtremor(H/V) and surface wave analysis(ReMi) methods. Senirkent district, which is located on the foothill of the Kap? Mountain, are prone to seismic and landslide hazards. After the last landslip disaster(1995), the city has continued to develop on the alluvial basin. The microtremor data collected at 41 stations were analyzed. The predominant frequency and the amplification of the soil were found to be in the range of 1.8–6.6 Hz and 0.8–6.8, respectively. These are 4.0-6.8 Hz and 1-2.5 around the slope of the Kap? Mountain and 0.8-3.6 Hz and 3.0-6.6 at alluvium deposits of the valley. The ReMi data collected along 41 profiles were analyzed to obtain a V_(s30) map. The soil classifications were done by using V_(s30) values according to NEHRP soil classification criteria. The results showed that the southern area of the study had better soil conditions with V_(s30) between 360-1160 m/s and soil class between C and B. The alluvium deposits on the north are relatively low with V_(s30) in the range of 260-360 m/s and soil class D.     

Dynamic stiffness of foundation embedded in layered halfspace based on wave propagation in cones

An Erratum has been published for this article in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 33(6) 2004, 793. The dynamic stiffness of a foundation embedded in a multiple‐layered halfspace is calculated postulating one‐dimensional wave propagation in cone segments. In this strength‐of‐materials approach the sectional property of the cone segment increases in the direction of wave propagation. Reflections and refractions with waves propagating in corresponding cone segments occur at layer interfaces. Compared to rigorous procedures the novel method based on cone segments is easy to apply, provides conceptual clarity and physical insight in the wave propagation mechanisms. This method postulating one‐dimensional wave propagation in cone segments with reflections and refractions at layer interfaces is evaluated, calculating the dynamic stiffness of a foundation embedded in a multiple‐layered halfspace. For sites resting on a flexible halfspace and fixed at the base, engineering accuracy (deviation of ±20%) is achieved for all degrees of freedom with a vast parameter variation. The behaviour below the cut‐off frequency in an undamped site fixed at its base is also reliably predicted. The accuracy is, in general, better than for the method based on cone frustums, which can lead to negative damping. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

电磁波井间CT成象技术及其在岩土工程中的应用

简要叙述了电磁波ＣＴ成象技术的基本原理、工作方法及其在岩土工程中诸如机场跑道、隧道工程和高层建筑地基评价中的应用。通过井下激发和观测电磁波能量的衰减，利用ＣＴ技术重建了地下介质在观测平面内相对吸收系数的二维分布图象，这些图象直观准确地反映出地下介质的构造形态、地层界面、风化壳以及破碎带的分布特征，在岩土工程探测中发挥了重要作用。     

地层大尺度运动的一次记录

在文章《大尺度地层内的分层运动》(中国工程科学2006年第8卷第6期pp.14-22)中,报告了大尺度地层内分层运动的证据。本文就其中检测到的[2001年11月6日1时52分(GMT)]一次大幅度单脉冲记录波形,提供进一步的大尺度地层运动的特征信息。     

《地震工程与工程振动》1995～1999年论文的统计分析

本文对《地震工程与工程振协》１９９５￣１９９９年５年间刊载的论文、作者和引文进行了较全面的统计,运用文献计量学的原理与方法,分析了文献群内存在的数量规律;定量地描述了期刊论文的平均载文量、作者合作度、核心作者和引文情况;对其进行了客观的评价以期为地震工程学科的发展和本刊的发展提供可参考数据。     

工程VSP技术在三峡坝区中的应用

通过对长江三峡枢纽工程坝区白岩尖１井的工程ＶＳＰ测试，在采用四分量采集、双子波监控和复杂波场的波形识别等技术的基础上，提出反映岩石特性的多种动弹模量，综合解释井口周围复杂的花岗岩岩体内部风化带分布和裂隙及岩脉充填分布．     

A procedure for damage-based seismic design of moment frame structures

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering - A new method for seismic design of structures with the aim of controlling earthquake damage to a prescribed level is presented in this paper. The method is...     

防撞梁在超高车辆撞击铁路桥梁中的防撞性能研究

作为交通运输工程中不可或缺的一部分,铁路桥梁在生命线及基础设施系统中发挥着重要的作用,一旦被超高车辆撞击,将会造成难以估计的生命及财产损失。提出4个不同配置（横梁、支撑）防撞梁,作为一种缓冲机制安装于桥梁可能发生撞击的主梁底部区域,并通过1:5缩尺模型对防撞梁的防撞性能及工作原理进行研究,并提出基于数值模拟的简化分析方法,实验结果表明:4个防撞梁对于降低桥梁在冲击荷载下的动力响应均有很好效果,能够有效降低桥梁结构在冲击荷载下的动力响应,塑性变形折减至50%,变形能力较好的防撞梁防撞性能更好,此外,基于数值模拟的简化分析方法是有效的。     

Identification of dynamic soil properties through shaking table tests on a large saturated sand specimen in a laminar shear box

Many laminar shear boxes have recently been developed into sliding-frame containers that can reproduce 1D ground-response boundary conditions. The measured responses of such large specimens can be utilized to back-calculate soil properties. This study investigates how the boundary effect in large specimens affects the identified soil properties through shaking table tests on a soil-filled large laminar box conducted at the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering in Taiwan. The tested soil-box system is unique because only 80% of the container is filled with soil. This system can be regarded as a two-layer system: an empty top and soil-filled bottom. The dynamic properties of this two-layer system are identified through various approaches, including theoretical solutions of wave propagation, free vibration, and nonparametric stress–strain analyzes. Therefore, the coupling effect of the box and soil can be evaluated. Results show that, compared with the two-layer system considering the influence of the box, the conventional approach with a single-layer system slightly underestimates shear wave velocity but obtains the same damping ratio of the soil layer. In addition, the identified modulus reduction and damping curves in the two-layer system are consistent with those obtained in a laboratory test on a small specimen. Furthermore, based on detailed acceleration measurements along different depths of soil, a piecewise profile of shear wave velocity is built. The identified shear wave velocity increases with depth, which is not uniform and differs from the constant velocity typically assumed for the specimen.     

Miracles,misconceptions and scotomas in the theory of solitary waves

ABSTRACT

In an age of billion dollar particle accelerators and Mars rovers, it is surprising that solitary waves were first discovered by a man on horseback with no tools but his own eyes. A century and a half later, more complicated patterns of ridges, so-called hyperelliptic two-polycnoidal waves, were discovered in the ocean during a beach vacation. The inverse scattering method, which solves nonlinear partial differential equations through a sequence of solving purely linear equations, is a blend of quantum theory and hydrodynamics that arose from informal, unstructured conversations (i.e. goofing off) among a group of postdocs from different disciplines who were randomly assigned to the same office. The cnoidal wave in the lemniscate case is well-approximated by a nonlinear solitary wave and equally well approximated by a linear sine wave. It is always and exactly the superposition of solitary waves even in the limit in which it is an infinitesimal sine wave. The history and science of solitary waves has the disorienting quality of an M. C. Escher drawing. Here, we cannot give an understanding of these deep subjects in so brief an article; rather we strive to unveil the beauty and unexpectedness of these topics to give the reader a reason to pursue these in the much more comprehensive reviews and books we cite. Further, we stress the “scotomas” (blind spots), misconceptions and surprises, the sociology and epistemology of science. It is true that failed theories, scotomas, serendipity and cognitive saltation (progress in jumps) is characteristic of science. It is also true that the invention of the train was the invention of the train wreck. Engineering learns from each disaster and science should do the same. The highly nonlinear history of nonlinear waves is reported not to disrespect the past but to replace scientific fatalism with a constructive wariness. We are not smarter or more enlightened than Scott Russell or Stokes or Landau, but we can learn from their scotomas and misconceptions as much as from their triumphs.     

Comparison of three different methods in investigating shallow shear-wave velocity structures in Ilan,Taiwan

The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) and National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE) launched a project to build an engineering geological database for strong-motion stations in Taiwan in 2000. The project measures shear-wave velocity using the suspension PS-logging method. In this study, we conduct array measurements of microtremors and apply the stress wave propagation method (SWPM) at seven free-field strong-motion stations in Ilan County to estimate shallow shear-wave velocity structures. We focus on the sediment layers of the top 100 m to compare the shear-wave velocity structures of the three different methods. There are some misfits among the results of the three different methods; so we calculate the values of Vs₃₀, Vs₁₀₀ and plot S-wave travel-time curves of these methods for each site to analyze the misfits effectively. This analysis helped us to prove the efficiency of the microtremor array method in investigating shear-wave velocity structures in the shallow subsurface. Moreover, the horizontal-to-vertical ratios of microtremors for each survey point show the existence of divergence at the same site. We considered this as evidence that misfits are caused by the heterogeneous nature of sediments and also due to the nature of the methods as being one-, two- and three-dimensional. Furthermore, the average shear-wave velocity structure of microtremor arrays may be more representative of the whole site.     

Stream function finite elements for nearshore current

This paper presents a finite element method for the analysis of nearshore current, which is mainly induced by surface waves. The analysis is divided into two parts, i.e., the analysis of wave and the analysis of currents. The basic equations are conservation of wave number, wave energy, momentum and continuity. The first two are for wave analysis and the last two for the current analysis. The wave angle is determined from the conservation law of wave number. Using the resulting wave angle and the conservation of wave energy, the distribution of wave height is derived. The radiation stress is derived from the wave angle and height. The nearshore current flow is obtained from the conservations of momentum and continuity including the radiation stress. All the numerical procedures are based on the finite element method. For the analysis of the wave angle and wave height, the incremental iteration method and logarithmic function formulation are employed. For the analysis of the current flow, the stream function formulation is used. From the numerical computations, it is seen that the finite element method presented in this paper is very valuable in practical applications. The method is applied to the analysis of the nearshore current flow of Twan Bay in Japan.     

解耦纵横波反射波走时反演

基于常规弹性波动方程的反射波走时反演结合走时和反射波信息可以有效的摄取模型参数中的低波数成分,然而纵横波之间的耦合效应以及纵横波速度对波场的敏感性差异,导致反演的非线性问题增强.为此本文研究了基于解耦波动方程的反射波走时反演,并提出改进的时移互相关目标函数,分别隐式计入射波场快照与反传波场快照的时移量,很大程度的降低了纵波、横波之间的耦合关系,并提高纵横波速度低波数信息的反演质量.最后模型测试证明了本文方法的正确性.     

基于精细积分法的三维弹性波数值模拟(英文)

波动方程有限差分法是地震数值模拟中的一种重要的方法,对理解和分析地震传播规律、分析地震属性和解释地震资料有着非常重要的意义。但是有限差分法由于其离散化的思想,产生了不稳定性。精细积分法在有限差分法的基础上,在时间域采用解析解的表达形式,在空间域保留任意差分格式,发展成为半解析的数值方法。本文结合并发展了以往学者的成果,推导了任意精细积分法的三维弹性波正演模拟计算公式,并对其稳定性进行了数值分析。在计算实例中,实现了精细积分法二维和三维弹性波模型的地震正演模拟,对计算结果的分析表明,精细积分法反射信号走时准确,稳定性好,弹性波场相较于声波波场,弹性波波场成分更为丰富,包含了更多波型成分(PP-和PS-反射波、透射波和绕射波),这对实际地震资料的解释和储层分析有重要的意义。实践证明,该方法可直接应用到弹性波的地质模型的数值模拟中。     

柯西波场及在角度域成像条件中的应用

角度域成像道集是叠前深度偏移的重要输出结果,它是偏移速度分析、各向异性分析和AVA分析等研究工作的基础.目前存在的角度域成像道集的生成方法受计算效率或角度分辨率的影响,仍然满足不了实际生产的要求.角度域成像道集的生成方法可以大致分为直接法和间接法两大类.在直接方法中,波矢量方向计算和局部平面波分解是两个最重要的内容,它们共同决定角度域成像条件的实现效率和角度域成像道集的质量.为了完善现有的角度域成像道集生成方法,本文提出一种新的波矢量计算方法和局部平面波分解方法.本文先用波动方程任意时刻的柯西条件构造一个只含原波场负频率成分的柯西波场,然后根据柯西波场在时间波数域的振幅谱计算波场的波矢量方向.该方法仅在需要计算波矢量方向的时刻合成柯西波场,不需要增加额外的数据读写操作,是一种高效的波矢量计算方法.本文还以柯西波场为基础提出一种高效的局部平面波分解方法,保证角度域成像条件的实现效率.结合柯西波场和局部平面波分解方法,本文最后给出一种新的角度域成像方法.文中最后的数值实验证明该方法得到的角度域成像道集具有理想的角度分辨率,可以反映地下构造的角度照明情况.     

基于波场垂向和水平方向外推的高陡构造偏移

常规的单程波波动方程偏移成像方法对大角度的高陡构造偏移成像存在内在的限制.根据波动方程在各个空间方向的数学特性和高陡构造反射地震波的传播特征,通过把地震波分解为垂向的上下行波、水平方向的前后行波和左右行波,提出基于波场垂向外推和水平方向外推相结合的单程波波动方程高陡构造偏移成像方法,即用波场垂向外推的单程波波动方程偏移成像方法解决中低角度平缓构造的偏移成像,用波场水平方向外推的单程波波动方程偏移成像方法解决中高角度陡倾构造的偏移成像.这种基于波场垂向和水平方向外推相结合的高陡构造偏移成像方法是常规单程波波动方程叠前深度偏移成像方法的补充和改进,它相对基于全波方程的逆时偏移具有计算效率上的优势.     

波导法测量油井持水率的理论、方法和实验研究

油井内的钢铁质套管可视为大口径圆波导，为应用电磁波传播方法测量管内混合流体的持水率提供了可能性．本文通过分析油井套管构成的导波系统的电磁波传输特性，提出一种波导测量方法，并用数值模拟和物理模拟实验结果，考察方法的可行性．结果表明，波导法具有特殊优点和良好应用前景．     

土中Love波弥散特性

利用有限单元法及解析法建立和求解了土中Love波特征方程以及位移计算公式．计算结果表明,这一计算方法比纯解析法优越,可以用来分析均质和非均质上中Love波弥散性．本文利用这一方法详细讨论了Love波在上软下硬地基及软夹层地基中的传播特性和弥散特性．上软下硬地基Love波具有弥散性,土层的剪切波及厚度对Love波弥散曲线影响较大,而质量密度的相对变化对Love彼弥散曲线影响较小．软夹层地基中低频时Love波以第一模态波为主,现场所测为第一模态波波速;高频时存在多个高模态波,土中传播的波为这几个高模态波的叠加波,现场所测波速随两传感器的位置不同而有波动．     

Experimental study on the seismic response of braced reinforced concrete frame with irregular columns

A 15-storey K-braced reinforced concrete model frame with irregular columns, i.e., T-shaped, L-shaped, as well as +-shaped columns, was constructed and tested on the six-degree-of-freedom shaking table at the State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering in Tongji, China. Two types of earthquake records, El-Centro wave (south-north direction) and Shanghai artificial wave (SHAW) with various peak accelerations and principal-secondary sequences, were input and experimentally studied. Based on the shaking table tests and theoretical analysis, several observations can be made. The failure sequence of the model structure is brace→beam→column→joints, so that the design philosophy for several lines of defense has been achieved. Earthquake waves with different spectrums not only influence the magnitude and distribution of the earthquake force and the storey shear force, but also obviously affect the magnitude of the displacement response. The aftershock seismic response of previously damaged reinforced concrete braced frames with irregular columns possesses the equivalent elastic performance characteristic. Generally speaking, from the aspects of failure features and drift ratio, this type of reinforced concrete structure provides adequate earthquake resistance and can be promoted for use in China.