Realistic Modeling of Seismic Wave Ground Motion in Beijing City

— Algorithms for the calculation of synthetic seismograms in laterally heterogeneous anelastic media have been applied to model the ground motion in Beijing City. The synthetic signals are compared with the few available seismic recordings (1998, Zhangbei earthquake) and with the distribution of observed macroseismic intensity (1976, Tangshan earthquake). The synthetic three-component seismograms have been computed for the Xiji area and Beijing City. The numerical results show that the thick Tertiary and Quaternary sediments are responsible for the severe amplification of the seismic ground motion. Such a result is well correlated with the abnormally high macroseismic intensity zone in the Xiji area associated with the 1976 Tangshan earthquake as well as with the ground motion recorded in Beijing city in the wake of the 1998 Zhangbei earthquake.     

Modeling of Ground Motion at Napoli for the 1688 Scenario Earthquake

The Sannio seismogenic area turns out to be responsible for the highest peak ground accelerations (PGA) and seismic response spectra (SRS) at Napoli. The 1688 earthquake is considered representative of the area, and realistic synthetic seismograms have been computed for this scenario earthquake at the historical center and the eastern sector of Napoli. The use of a hybrid technique based on mode summation and finite-difference methods is fully justified by the available detailed knowledge about the geological and geophysical properties of the Neapolitan subsoil. This modeling makes it possible to recognize that amplifications of ~2 for PGA and >3 for SRS are to be expected because of the pyroclastic soil cover. Based on the information contained in the available catalogs, different magnitudes have been considered. Taking into account the correlation, valid for the Italian territory, between synthetic PGA and observed intensities, it turns out that the most probable magnitude (M) of the 1688 earthquake is 6.7, while M?=?7.3 should be assigned to a conservative scenario earthquake. Comparison of the computed response spectra for the 1688 scenario earthquake with the Italian seismic building code shows that the code is adequate with respect to the expected effects at the historical center of Napoli, but that it underestimates the possible ground motion at the eastern sector, in particular at the newly developed area built after the 1980 earthquake.     

柴达木盆地东部地震地面运动放大效应

柴达木盆地是青藏高原东北部大型断陷山间盆地,该地区的流动观测记录了2008年11月10日发生于大柴旦附近的M_W6.3地震。和附近的基岩上的记录相比,盆地内部的记录显示出非常显著的地面运动放大效应,表现为峰值速度的增大、持续时间的延长,其呈现出长持续时间的后续震相。傅里叶频谱分析表明盆地内部显著的后续震相的频率和直达波相比较低,地面质点运动轨迹图显示后续震相为面波运动特征。为了解释地面运动的差异,构建二维模型,通过交错网格高阶有限差分方法计算了地震波在盆地内部的传播过程,结果显示盆地内部低速层的存在造成直达波的放大以及多次反射与转换,盆地边缘结构造成的波的相干叠加产生了强烈的次生面波,其低频、大振幅、长持续时间的特征是盆地内部地面运动放大的主要原因。     

冀东南堡油田设计地震动参数研究

新发现的冀东南堡油田位于地震和断裂活动较强的渤海湾地区,抗震设防问题不容忽视。本文分析了油田所在地区的地震活动和地震构造环境,并在此基础上划分出了潜在震源区,确定了地震动衰减关系,进行了地震危险性分析。然后根据油田周边相关工程的工程地质条件特征,建立了场地土动力模型,进行了土层地震反应计算,确定了场地设计地震动参数。结果表明,局部场地条件对地震动峰值和反应谱的影响较大,需对场地工程地质条件进行详细研究。     

Ground Motion Modeling for Seismic Hazard Analysis in the Near-source Regime: An Asperity Model

—A new, yet simple, method using the asperity model to estimate ground motion in the near-source regime for probabilistic seismic hazard analyses is proposed in this study. This near-source model differs from conventional empirical attenuation equations. It correlates peak ground motions with the local contributing source in terms of the static stress drop released non-uniformly on the causative fault plane rather than with the whole seismic source in terms of magnitude. Here the model is simplified such that ground motions at a rock or firm soil site near extended vertical strike-slip faults are dominated by direct shear waves. The proposed model is tested by comparing its predictions with strong ground motion observations from the 1979 Imperial Valley and the 1984 Morgan Hill earthquakes. The results have revealed that ground motions in the near-source region can be adequately predicted using the asperity model with appropriate calibration factors. The directivity effect of ground motion in the near-source region is negligible for high-frequency accelerations. The cut-off frequency (?_max?) at a site is an important parameter in the near-source region. Higher values of ?_max yield higher estimates of peak ground accelerations. For high-frequency structures, ?_max should be carefully estimated. In the near- source region both non-uniform and uniform source models can produce non-stationary high-frequency ground motions. Peak motions may not be caused by the nearest sections of the fault (even if the uniform source model is considered).     

考虑脉冲参数随机性的近断层地震动降维建模

根据50组近断层脉冲型强震动记录,采用连续小波变换提取最强速度脉冲分量,建立最强速度脉冲峰值时刻的统计模型。对近断层地震动加速度高频分量的演变功率谱模型参数进行识别,并利用谱表示-随机函数方法实现了降维模拟,进而积分得到速度高频分量。对脉冲参数进行随机化处理,并采用改进Gabor小波模型随机模拟速度低频分量。将速度高频分量与低频分量叠加得到近断层地震动速度时程。数值算例表明,近断层地震动加速度代表性时程集合的幅值谱和反应谱均与实测记录拟合一致,验证了降维模拟方法的工程适用性。近断层脉冲型地震动的降维模拟与概率密度演化理论相结合,可实现工程结构的随机地震反应与抗震可靠性精细化分析。     

近断层脉冲型地震动的长周期效应

近断层地区是地震破坏最严重的地区,而脉冲型地震动是近断层地震动独有的特征。速度脉冲可能对近断层的长周期结构有巨大的潜在破坏能力。基于这种情况,本文选择了近断层脉冲型地震动的长周期地震动效应作为研究对象,希望给近断层长周期结构的抗震设防带来启示。     

Engineering Ground Motion Modeling in the Near-Source Regime Using the Specific Barrier Model for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis

—The specific barrier model is used for the first time to simulate ground motion accelerations for the purpose of probabilistic seismic hazard analyses at sites near a dominant fault system. It incorporates the simulation of fault geometry and the relationship between the stress drop and seismic moment to estimate the number of cracks on the fault for the specific barrier model. Radiated direct shear waves are established following Boore’s (1983) procedure. The simulated peak ground accelerations (PGA) are then calibrated by strong-motion data. Basically, the model is of uniform source, and the directivity of the source is not taken into consideration. The results show that the calibrated PGA values are not sensitive to the relationship between the stress drop and seismic moment. However, the calibrated PGA values may increase about 20 percent for sites near the fault when the cut-off frequency,?f _max?, is raised from 5 Hz to 10 Hz. The variability of the simulated ground motion is, in general, smaller than that of the empirical strong-motion data shown in the literature. This may be improved by adding randomness into the parameter of ?f _max and uncertainties into the empirical relationships adopted in the model. The simulated attenuation curves may be used to judge which types of conventional attenuation equations are better at representing the attenuation of PGA for sites near the fault, especially for large earthquake events.     

云南分区地震动衰减关系

受震源特性、传播路径等因素的影响,地震动特征具有很强的区域性。在近年来获取的强震动记录的基础上,根据地震地质特征和强震动记录的分布情况,将云南划分为3个区域．采用统计法和映射法,分别构建了这3个区域的地震动峰值衰减关系,并时其进行了分析和对比。     

Using Active Faults and Seismicity for the Strong Motion Modeling in the Eastern Rif (Northern Morocco)

— The aim of this study is to conduct a probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for the eastern Rif area in northern Morocco. The source zones were established on the basis of the seismicity database, the fracturing analysis deduced from Landsat7 ETM digital enhancement and marine seismic reflection profiles. By the use of this information together with the selected attenuation relationship, the peak ground acceleration contour maps are produced for specific return periods. The map has been divided into intervals of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude to calculate the values at each grid point and draw the seismic hazard curves. The results of seismic hazard assessment are displayed as iso-acceleration contours expected to be exceeded during typical economic life times of structures.     

随机振动有限断层方法计算衡水市强地面运动参数

主要介绍了随机振动的有限断层模型在强地面运动研究中的应用,考虑V30(地下30m的平均剪切波速)对强地面运动结果的影响。以衡水为例,计算了6条周边断层设定地震在衡水市的峰值加速度、峰值速度和时程曲线。对衡水市区危害相对最小的是新河断裂和护驾池断裂,峰值加速度值在50~90cm/s2左右,峰值速度在10cm/s以下,对应到中国地震烈度表为Ⅵ~Ⅶ度;对衡水主城区危害最大的是衡水断裂,峰值加速度值在200~360cm/s2左右,峰值速度在30~45cm/s之间,对应的烈度值为Ⅷ~Ⅸ度。     

卢龙地震动场的预测

分别用经验格林函数方法和随机方法对卢龙ML5.7地震的地震动进行模拟对比研究,结果显示:用经验格林函数方法模拟得到的波形和反应谱都与原始记录接近,用该方法模拟的地震动,无需掌握场地的具体情况;对于无小震记录的地区,如果知道了其场地情况与附近有小震记录地区相似,可以用该小震记录作为经验格林函数模拟地震动。对于不能用经验格林函数方法模拟地震动的地区,可以用随机方法模拟地震动。用随机方法模拟地震动具有简单、方便、无需小震记录的优点。根据卢龙场地具体条件,尝试用两种方法结合预测了卢龙地震加速度场,结果比较好地反映了断层周围加速度的峰值分布规律。     

Site Specific Ground Motion Modeling and Seismic Response Analysis for Microzonation of Baku,Azerbaijan

We investigated ground response for Baku (Azerbaijan) from two earthquakes of magnitude M6.3 occurred in Caspian Sea (characterized as a near event) and M7.5 in Shamakhi (characterized as a remote extreme event). S-wave velocity with the average shear wave velocity over the topmost 30 m of soil is obtained by experimental method from the V _P values measured for the soils. The downtown part of Baku city is characterized by low V_S30 values (< 250 m/s), related to sand, water-saturated sand, gravel-pebble, and limestone with clay. High surface PGA of 240 gal for the M7.5 event and of about 190 gal for the M6.3 event, and hence a high ground motion amplification, is observed in the shoreline area, through downtown, in the north-west, and in the east parts of Baku city with soft clays, loamy sands, gravel, sediments.     

Modeling the dynamics of the block structure and seismicity of the Caucasus

Based on the morphostructural zoning scheme of the Caucasus, the block structure reflecting the real fault geometry and the block formation of the region is constructed. Several dozens of numerical experiments are conducted for simulating the dynamics of the block structure and the arising seismicity. The modeling relies on the following principles. It is assumed that the structure is composed of perfectly rigid blocks separated by infinitely thin fault planes. On the fault planes and on the blocks' bottoms, the blocks viscoelastically interact with each other and with the underlying medium. At each time instant, the translational displacements and rotations of the blocks are calculated from the condition of the quasi-static equilibrium of the entire block structure. The earthquakes occur in accordance with the dry friction model at the time instants when within a certain segment of the fault the stress-to-pressure ratio exceeds the given threshold. The modeling yields the synthetic catalog of the Caucasian earthquakes the spatial distribution of which reflects a set of characteristic features of the real seismicity. The similarity is observed in the magnitude–frequency diagrams of the synthetic and real seismicity. The comparison of the positions of the epicenters of the strong synthetic earthquakes with the results of recognizing the highly seismically active areas in the Caucasus demonstrates the presence of such epicenters in a few highly active areas where, according to the observations, strong earthquakes have not occurred to date.     

岩溶场地地表地震动特性研究

对典型岩溶场地进行土层地震反应分析,并与非岩溶场地土层的地震反应进行对比,研究岩溶场地地表地震动的基本特性,为岩溶区工程场地地震动参数的确定提供参考。实例研究表明:与非岩溶场地的土层地震反应相比,岩溶场地土层对地震波的放大效应较强,地表地震动的频率偏高;当岩溶场地中发育有土洞时,地表地震动加速度峰值比不含土洞的岩溶场地要大。     

Ground motion prediction equations based on shallow crustal earthquakes in Georgia and the surrounding Caucasus

Strong ground motions caused by earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 3.5 to 6.9 and hypocentral distances of up to 300 km were recorded by local broadband stations and three-component accelerograms within Georgia’s enhanced digital seismic network. Such data mixing is particularly effective in areas where strong ground motion data are lacking. The data were used to produce models based on ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs), one benefit of which is that they take into consideration information from waveforms across a wide range of frequencies. In this study, models were developed to predict ground motions for peak ground acceleration and 5%-damped pseudo-absolute-acceleration spectra for periods between 0.01 and 10 s. Short-period ground motions decayed faster than long-period motions, though decay was still in the order of approximately 1/r. Faulting mechanisms and local soil conditions greatly influence GMPEs. The spectral acceleration (SA) of thrust faults was higher than that for either strike-slip or normal faults but the influence of strike-slip faulting on SA was slightly greater than that for normal faults. Soft soils also caused significantly more amplification than rocky sites.     

Characterization of Earthquake Strong Ground Motion

— Some underwater landslides are triggered by strong ground motions caused by earthquakes. This paper reviews current concepts and trends in the characterization of strong ground motion. Improved empirical ground motion models have been derived from a strong motion data set that has grown markedly over the past decade. However, these empirical models have a large degree of uncertainty because the magnitude-distance-soil category parameterization of these models often oversimplifies reality. This reflects the fact that other conditions that are known to have an important influence on strong ground motions, such as near-fault rupture directivity effects, crustal waveguide effects, and basin response effects, are not treated as parameters of these simple models. Numerical ground motion models based on seismological theory that include these additional effects have been developed and extensively validated against recorded ground motions, and used to estimate the ground motions of past earthquakes and predict the ground motions of future scenario earthquakes.     

地形对地震动的影响规律研究

基于四川自贡西山公园台站实测的汶川地震波以及大型振动台试验数据,研究了地形对16种地震动强度参数和反应谱的影响规律,并详细分析了自贡西山公园场址内地表峰值加速度的变化规律。结果表明,在EW方向,高程仅对PGD、SMA、VSI、HI、V_RMS具有一定的影响;在NS方向,高程对PGD、V_RMS、SMA、SED、A_RMS、VSI、HI的作用可以忽略;在UD方向,SMV、PGD、V_RMS、SMV、ASI、VSI、HI的大小几乎不受高程的影响;斜坡场地反应谱幅值在短周期部分（T≤1 s）随着高程的增加而增加,长周期部分（T＞1 s）反应谱幅值几乎不发生变化,局部地形对加速度响应的影响程度大于高程。     

长周期地震动研究综述

本文对长周期地震动研究的主要方法,即经验统计方法和震源模型方法进行了总结,分析了它们的适用范围和存在的问题。对长周期地震动的研究趋势进行了分析。