40Ar/39Ar年代学数据处理软件ArArCALC简介

ArArCALC是40Ar/39Ar法数据处理专业软件,A.A.P. Koppers以Visual Basic编写的Microsoft Excel"宏",在Windows 95-Vista系统上均可运行.经过不断改进,ArArCALC已经发展成为一种功能强大且使用方便的软件,可全面进行40Ar/39Ar数据计算,包括回归时间零点值、坪年龄、全熔年龄和等时线年龄计算并自动作图,给出分析误差、内部误差和外部误差.更重要的是,ArArCALC能将原始数据、各种参数、计算结果和图件以可编辑的Excel格式给出.ArArCALC交互性强,用户可随时对有关参数进行修改,重新计算,提高了数据处理效率.鉴于上述优点,特此引荐ArArCALC.     

A phenomenological numerical approach for investigating grain size evolution in ductiley deforming rocks

The sizes of recrystallised grains in exhumed ductile shear zones are often used to infer conditions of deformation (i.e. stress, strain rate and temperature). Here we present a simple numerical method of calculating the dynamic evolution of grain size during ductile deformation. Our phenomenological method is based on the fact that the dynamic competition between grain growth and recrystallisation will drive grains towards a steady-state size. At each time increment, grain growth and reduction contributions are calculated, with magnitudes which depend on the difference between the current grain size and a desired steady-state grain size. In our models we use a recrystallised grain size piezometer to calculate the steady-state grain size for a given stress. Our numerical routine is incorporated into the SULEC finite element package, allowing us to explore spatial and temporal changes in grain size.As a test, we compare model results to measured grain sizes in quartz layers thinned and recrystallised around rigid garnet porphyroclasts under simple shear dominated deformation in the Alpine Fault Zone of New Zealand. Numerical models are able to replicate observed grain size variations, with boundary conditions consistent with those constrained for the central Alpine Fault Zone.     

关于强度折减有限元方法中边坡失稳判据的讨论

在边坡稳定性分析中采用强度折减弹塑性有限元方法时,所得到的总体安全系数在一定程度上依赖于所采用的失稳评判标准,通常以数值计算的收敛性作为边坡失稳判据。而有限元计算的数值收敛性受多种因素的影响,因而由此所得到的安全系数的合理性及其唯一性受到了质疑。为了考查目前各种失稳判据的合理性及其适用性,分别依据计算的收敛性、特征部位位移的突变性和塑性区的贯通性等3个失稳判据,针对某一典型边坡算例,采用强度折减弹塑性有限元方法进行稳定性分析,并与Spencer极限平衡法所得到的总体安全系数进行了对比。对比分析表明,以有限元数值计算的收敛性作为失稳判据在某些情况下所得到的安全系数可能误差较大,而采用特征部位位移的突变性或塑性区的贯通性作为失稳判据所得到的边坡安全系数与Spencer极限平衡法的计算结果比较接近,考虑到实用性与简便性,建议在边坡稳定性分析的强度折减有限元方法中联合采用特征部位位移的突变性和塑性区的贯通性作为边坡的失稳判据。