Numerical modelling of installation effects for diaphragm walls in sand

The scopes of this work are to study the mechanisms of load transfer and the deformations of the ground during slurry trenching and concreting in dry sand and to evaluate their effects on service structural loads, wall deflections and ground displacements behind the wall caused by subsequent excavation. A series of three-dimensional finite element analyses was carried out modelling the installation of diaphragm walls consisting of panels of different length. The soil was modelled as either linearly elastic-perfectly plastic or incrementally non-linear (hypoplastic) with elastic strain range. Plane strain analyses of diaphragm walls of identical cross section were also carried out in which wall installation was either modelled or the wall was wished in place (WIP). The analyses predict ground movements consistent with the experimental observations both in magnitude and trend. The results also show that the maximum horizontal wall deflections and structural loads reduce with increasing panel aspect ratio towards a minimum which is about twice the value computed for WIP analyses. Panel aspect ratios should be larger than about three to take advantage of the three-dimensional effects. The pattern and magnitude of surface vertical displacements obtained from linearly elastic-perfectly plastic analyses, no matter whether three- or two-dimensional, are unrealistic.     

采空区上方建筑物地基附近的地表沉陷

根据载荷作用线上水平位移的特征和采空区上覆岩层破断后的结构形态,确定了位移边界条件;给出了采空区上方任意点的沉降位移、地表沉陷、地表水平位移以及建筑群引起的地表沉陷;探讨了在采空区和建筑物载荷的共同作用下地表的移动特性。研究结果表明:建筑物引起的地表沉陷与建筑物和采空区的相对位置有关;建筑物附近的地表下沉随着采空区上覆岩土层厚度的增加而减小,呈非线性变化;在沉降范围内,建筑物两侧地表的水平位移均匀分布,方向相向,均指向建筑物。     

Time evolution of twin domains in cordierite: a computer simulation study

The time and temperature evolution of twinning in cordierite is simulated using three computer models. The orientation of walls between twin domains in natural cordierite follows mainly the ferroelastic pattern which minimises the strain energy of the walls between twin-related domains. Such ferroelastic twinning is simulated in an elastic three-states Potts model in which each structural six-membered ring is represented by a three state pseudo-spin. The resulting twin pattern in a sample with 3169 structural rings shows sector trilling and fine scale ferroelastic wall patterns which coarsen with increasing annealing time. The poorly defined wall directions observed in cordierite were found to be related to twin walls which do not minimise the strain energy. Instead, these walls are located along the corners of pseudo-hexagonal rings and appear as the consequence of local rather than global interatomic interactions. Simulations using two-dimensional (38028 atoms) and three-dimensional (408 228 atoms) structural models show a predominance of these topological walls over the strain walls at early stages in the ordering process. The domain structure in the simulation is patchy rather than corresponding to repeated stripe structures found in other ferroelastic and co-elastic materials. In all models, a strong tendency for sector trilling is observed. In kinetic tweed patterns a novel 60o tweed is found at atomic length scales while the usual strain-mediated 90o tweed appears at mesoscopic length scales. An unusual surface tension effect in domain formation and ’writhing’, fluid-like motion was found in the three-dimensional structural model. This motion, along with the existence of non strain-mediated walls may contribute to cordierite’s poorly defined domain wall directions at the early stages of domain coarsening. Received: 11 March 1998 / Revised, accepted: 28 August 1998     

Seismic Retrofit of Gravity Retaining Walls for Residential Fills Using Ground Anchors

Failure of several gravity retaining walls in residential areas built on reclaimed land, during the October 23, 2004 Chuetsu earthquake in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, determined the authorities to consider the seismic retrofit of the walls in order to mitigate future similar disasters in the urban environment. This study addresses the effectiveness of ground anchors in improving the seismic performance of such retaining structures through a sliding block analysis of the seismic response of an anchored gravity retaining wall supporting a dry homogeneous fill slope subject to horizontal ground shaking. Sliding failure along the base of the wall and translational failure along a planar slip surface of the active wedge within the fill material behind the wall were considered in the formulation, whereas the anchor load was taken as a line load acting on the face of the gravity retaining wall. The effects of magnitude and orientation of anchor load on the yield acceleration of the wall-backfill system and seismically induced wall displacements were examined. It was found that for the same anchor orientation, the yield acceleration increases in a quasi-linear manner with increasing the anchor load, whereas an anchor load of a given magnitude acting at various orientations produces essentially identical yield accelerations. On the other hand, the computed earthquake-induced permanent displacements of the anchored gravity retaining wall decrease exponentially with increasing magnitude of anchor load. Additionally, the influence of backfill strength properties (e.g., internal friction angle) on the seismic wall displacement appears to diminish considerably for the anchored gravity retaining wall. A dynamic displacement analysis conducted for the anchored gravity retaining wall subjected to various seismic waveforms scaled to the same peak earthquake acceleration revealed a good correlation between the calculated permanent wall displacements and the Arias intensity parameter characterizing the input accelerogram.     

Failure mechanism in an extremely slow rock slide at Bitchu-Matsuyama castle site (Japan)

One of the specific problems related to historical structures is the fact that they are prone to damage caused by even very small deformations acting over a long period of time, such as creep or extremely small rock displacements. If any damage has already occurred, the determination of the rock slope failure mechanism is one of the prerequisites for successful mitigation technique selection. In this study a medieval castle in central Japan, suffering damage caused by deformation of the rock mass in the subgrade of the castle, was investigated using a combination of field investigation, high-precision monitoring and physical modeling experiments. Using these techniques an attempt to determine the failure mechanism of the rock slope was made. Based on the field investigation a toe-slope failure seemed to be the main triggering factor activating the deformations in the upper slope area, right below the defense walls of the castle. The displacement monitoring of the surface rock blocks revealed a slumping failure with the backward rotational component prevailing over the sliding in the immediate vicinity of the castle wall. This was in accordance with the expectations obtained from the structural analysis of the rock mass carried out during the field investigation. The displacements obtained during the rock block monitoring, especially from the crack gauges, were not sufficient for drawing a satisfactory conclusions about the failure mechanism of the blocks located in the central part of the slope. Therefore, the failure mechanisms of rock blocks inferred from their displacements obtained from the monitoring were correlated with the results of modeling experiments carried out on the scaled slope model. The physical modeling revealed a possibility of toppling failure of rock blocks in the central area of the slope caused mainly by block interlocking, which was supported by the data from surface tilt meters installed additionally in the field. Furthermore, the possibility of the occurrence of forward and backward rock block rotations in the same sliding body at given conditions was supported by the physical modeling experiments.     

土工格室柔性挡墙变形规律数值模拟研究

土工格室柔性挡墙作为一种新型公路边坡支挡结构,在公路工程建设中具有广阔的应用前景。柔性挡墙墙背土压力与挡墙的变形形态及位移量大小密切相关。运用岩土工程有限元分析软件Plaxis研究了柔性挡墙在不同工况下的变形规律,计算分析了挡墙的高宽比、坡度以及路基表面荷载对于挡墙的变形性状的影响。研究结果表明,高宽比较大时,挡墙的水平位移量和自身的挠曲变形较大,墙背变形表现为外凸的抛物线形。随着高宽比的减小,挡墙的水平位移量和挠曲变形逐渐减小,墙背变形形态亦发生了变化;挡墙顶部的水平位移随着坡度的变小而迅速减小;随着填土表面荷载的增大,挡墙顶部的水平位移量逐渐减小,而总水平位移量和挠曲变形却逐渐增大。研究成果为柔性挡墙土压力计算方法的提出提供合理的理论依据,对于土工格室柔性挡墙的设计具有一定的参考价值     

A detailed investigation of block dynamic sliding by the discontinuous deformation analysis

An extensive examination of the discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) in block dynamic sliding modeling is carried out in this paper. Theoretical solutions for a single block sliding on an arbitrarily inclined plane by applying the horizontal/vertical seismic loadings to the sliding block as acceleration time histories or to the base as constraint displacement time histories are derived. As compared with the theoretical solutions, for a single block sliding, the DDA predicts the sliding displacements and block interaction forces accurately under various base incline angles and friction angles under both the harmonic loadings and a real seismic loading. The vertical seismic component may influence the block sliding displacements to different extent, and the DDA can capture these phenomena successfully and give accurate results. For the calculation of the single block relative sliding, both the theoretical and the DDA solutions indicate that applying the seismic accelerations as constraint displacement time histories (derived by integrating the seismic accelerations twice) to the base is equivalent to applying the seismic accelerations as volume forces to the sliding block in the opposite directions. The DDA modeling also demonstrates that this conclusion still stands for the case of multi‐block sliding. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

高速铁路小变形下陡坡地基路肩桩板墙力学响应

掌握高速铁路陡坡地基条件下路肩桩板墙力学特性是路堤侧向变形控制的关键。以贵广高速铁路某陡坡地基路肩桩板墙为试验工点,对墙背土压力、桩身内力与变形进行了900余天现场长期观测,讨论了墙后路堤分层填筑引起的墙土侧向变形形态差异及机械碾压残余应力对土压力分布的影响。结果表明：适应高速铁路小变形要求的强约束、深锚固路肩桩板墙能有效控制陡坡地基路堤侧向变形,桩体仅呈0.94‰的近似刚性转动,填筑完成后变形约占30%,且1.0～1.5 a趋于稳定;经碾压密实的墙后粗粒土填料,即使在小变形下依然能达到主动土压力状态;分层填筑引起墙后填土侧向变形呈现的“上小下大”分布形态与墙体位移相反,是墙背土压力呈现出中部大、两端小抛物线分布模式的重要因素;基于适筋梁受力状态及平截面假定,分别结合实测钢筋应力与混凝土应变换算得到的桩身弯矩具有良好的一致性,与极限地基反力法的理论计算吻合。     

卸荷条件下三峡地下厂房大型联合块体稳定性的三维数值模拟分析

块体稳定性分析一般采用只考虑重力条件下的刚体极限平衡方法来进行计算,而没有考虑开挖卸荷后块体的二次应力场对块体的稳定性的影响。文中按照实际施工工序,对三峡地下电站主厂房的两大型顶拱边墙联合块体进行三维数值模拟分析。分析结果表明:块体的顶拱部分在开挖过程中垂直厂房轴线的水平方向始终为受压状态且压应力随开挖过程逐渐增大(其很难沿结构面“爬坡”失稳,因此对结构面的起伏度进行了研究,并统计确定了其在结构面强度参数中的贡献),而垂直应力在顶拱开挖结束时卸荷基本结束,变形相对较小,沿滑面向开挖区滑移;块体的边墙部分在两个方向均表现为卸荷,特别是垂直厂房轴线的水平方向卸荷明显,在其表部甚至出现拉应力区,变形以向开挖区水平变形为主,水平方向变形量为竖向变形量的7～9倍,且总变形量较顶拱部分大得多,因此块体边墙部分在失稳前并非沿块体滑面滑移,而是向开挖区水平卸荷回弹为主。基于数值模拟结果,对块体的可能失稳的变形规律和应力分布特征进行了分析,并且提出了块体稳定度的概念,从而对其稳定性作出相应的评价。     

岩石强度对冲断层形成特征影响的砂箱实验研究

实验通过地形变化的砂箱模型模拟了两盘岩石强度差异对冲断层形成特征的影响作用。模型设计为在基底收缩参与的情况下 ,变形前地面坡度递增的单侧挤压系列。实验结果显示 ,当变形前地形水平乃至初始地面坡度很小 (<7°)时 ,挤压作用形成两组倾向相反的冲断层。若初始地面坡度显著 (>7°) ,则只形成倾向与挤压方向相反的一组冲断层。结合应力分析认为 ,若两盘岩石强度均一或相近 ,挤压作用形成两组对冲断层 ;当强度明显差异的两盘发生碰撞时 ,强度大的一盘优先向能量弱的方向释放能量 ,形成向另一盘仰冲的一组冲断层。实验结果与陆陆碰撞带剖面断层形态上有较好的相似性。     

On the mechanical interaction between a fluid-filled fracture and the earth's surface

The mechanical interaction between a fluid-filled fracture (e.g., hydraulic fracture joint, or igneous dike) and the earth's surface is analyzed using a two-dimensional elastic solution for a slit of arbitrary inclination buried beneath a horizontal free surface and subjected to an arbitrary pressure distribution. The solution is obtained by iteratively superimposing two fundamental sets of analytical solutions.For uniform internal pressure the slit behaves essentially as if it were in an infinite region if the depth-to-center is three times greater than the half-length. For shallower slits interaction with the free surface is pronounced: stresses and displacements near the slit differ by more than 10% from values for the deeply buried slit. The following changes are noted as the depth-to-center decreases:

1. (1) the mode I stress intensity factor increases for both ends of the slit, but more rapidly at the upper end;

2. (2) the mode II stress-intensity factor is significantly different from zero (except for vertical slits) suggesting propagation out of the original plane of the slit;

3. (3) displacements of the slit wall are asymmetric such that the slit gaps open more widely near the upper end. Similar changes are noted if fluid density creates a linear pressure gradient that is smaller than the lithostatic gradient. Under such conditions natural fractures should propagate preferentially upward toward the earth's surface requiring less pressure as they grow in length.

If deformation near the surface is of interest, the model should account explicitly for the free surface. Stresses and displacements at the free surface are not approximated very well by values calculated along a line in an infinite region, even when the slit is far from the line. As depth-to-center of a shallow pressurized slit decreases, the following changes are noted:

1. (1) displacements of the free surface increase to the same order of magnitude as the displacements of the slit walls,

2. (2) tensile stresses of magnitude greater than the pressure in the slit are concentrated along the free surface. The relative surface displacements over a shallow vertical slit are downward over the slit and upward to both sides of this area. The tensile stress acting parallel to the free surface over a shallow vertical slit is concentrated in two maxima adjacent to a point of very low stress immediately over the slit.

The solution is used to estimate the length-to-depth ratio at which igneous sills have gained sufficient leverage on overlying strata to bend these strata upward and form a laccolith. The pronounced mode II stress intensity associated with shallow horizontal slits explains the tendency for some sills to climb to higher stratigraphie horizons as they grow in length. The bimodal tensile stress concentration over shallow vertical slits correlates qualitatively with the distribution of cracks and normal faults which flank fissure eruptions on volcanoes. The solution may be used to analyze surface displacements and tilts over massive hydraulic fractures in oil fields and to understand the behavior of hydraulic fractures in granite quarries.     

Computation of sliding displacements of seawalls under earthquake conditions

To understand the serviceability aspects of seawalls, it is essential to study the permanent displacements of seawalls that occur during the earthquakes. Studies in the existing literature have concentrated on displacements of retaining walls with dry backfills; to the authors’ observation there is no specific analytical investigation devoted to the earthquake-induced displacements of retaining walls with submerged backfills. This paper focuses on sliding displacements of gravity type seawall retaining a submerged backfill under active earth pressure condition during the earthquakes. The threshold seismic acceleration coefficients required for initiation of sliding and the amount of sliding displacement due to seismic loading are calculated by adopting Newmark’s sliding block method. One of the prime features of the study is the estimation of seismic inertia forces in the submerged soil and wall applying the modified pseudo-dynamic method. The comparison of the results obtained using the proposed analytical formulation with the existing literature found to be in good agreement. A comprehensive parametric study has been conducted to understand the effects of different parameters such as seismic horizontal and vertical acceleration coefficients, soil and wall friction angles, width of the wall, wall inclination and excess pore water pressure ratio.

     

扩底桩的上拔试验及其颗粒流数值模拟

通过原型试验和应用颗粒流理论及其PFC2D程序数值模拟,研究了黄土中扩底桩承受上拔荷载的宏观力学性能及其细观结构,以及扩底桩在上拔荷载下的位移、极限上拔承载力和破坏机理.结果表明增加扩底桩扩大端的高度对提高承载力是有效的;破坏机理为土的减压软化和损伤软化的渐进性破坏.并提出了扩底桩极限上拔承载力计算式,计算值与实测值相吻合.应用颗粒流理论分析了颗粒细观结构、受影响区域、扩底桩的上拔位移和土中滑裂面.颗粒流模拟的土中滑裂面、荷载与位移关系和宏观试验实测结果相一致.     

Faults of the Baikal rift zone

Baikal rift-zone faults range in magnitude from major through regional to local. The major, transcrustal faults of pre-Cenozoic initiation frame the structural pattern of the rift zone. Rifting causes a rejuvenation of all important faults regardless of their original type, many becoming oblique-slip faults. The displacement directions correlate well with the strike of the faults in terms of a single strain field for the region. Amplitudes of vertical and horizontal displacements are discussed. The general directions of the main crustal stresses are shown on a schematic diagram which illustrates the origin of different morphogenic groups of faults, and the main stages of their evolution.     

Seismic Analysis of Shear-Wall Structures with Vertically Installed Dampers

Theapplicationofreinforcedconcrete(RC)shear wallbuildingsisquitecommoninseismicare as.Shearwalls,withlargerigidityandhigh strength,aretheprimarymembersforresistinghori zontalloadsinbuildingstructures.Butunderthe forceofasevereearthquake,shearwallsareprone…     

铁路台阶式加筋土挡墙潜在破裂面特征模型试验

铁路台阶式加筋土挡墙的设计方法尚不成熟,现有设计方法不能满足铁路边坡工程实践的需求。潜在破裂面的确定是加筋土挡墙设计的关键,但现行规范仅对10 m以下单级加筋土挡墙的潜在破裂面有了明确的规定。为了研究台阶式加筋土挡墙在铁路荷载作用下潜在破裂面的特征,设计了1:4的大比例尺二级台阶式加筋土挡墙室内模型试验,以周期性加卸载的方式模拟铁路荷载,通过监测墙面水平位移、墙顶沉降及土工格栅筋带变形,分析确定潜在破裂面的位置和形状。试验结果表明：I级墙（下级墙）潜在破裂面形状与现行规范中的0.3H法破裂面类似,但位置更深,且下部破裂面更缓,表明潜在不稳定范围更大;II级墙（上级墙）潜在破裂面形状与朗肯主动破裂面基本一致,但并未从II级墙坡脚剪出,而是内移刺入I级墙体;研究结果可为铁路台阶式加筋土挡墙的设计提供理论参考。     

碎石环梁与混凝土环梁超大储罐强夯地基沉降变形对比研究

地层沉降及不均匀沉降控制是储罐建造安全性保障的重要环节。本文重点分析了加设碎石环梁强夯地层的沉降变形特征,综合比较了碎石环梁与混凝土环梁加固储罐地基土的环向、径向沉降与不均匀沉降差异;指出地层差异能影响两类环梁基础的地基土加固效果;考察了碎石环梁弹性模量改变对储罐地基土沉降规律的影响;比较了截面为矩形的混凝土环梁与梯形碎石环梁对储罐地层的加固效果;并给出了碎石环梁加固储罐地基土的工程建议。研究成果可为类似工程建设提供借鉴参考。     

Investigation of the integrated retaining system to limit deformations induced by deep excavation

A series of three-dimensional finite element analyses of deep excavations with the integrated system between buttress walls and diaphragm walls was conducted to investigate the effect of the buttress wall intervals, treatments, locations, height, and thickness on limiting deformations induced by deep excavation. The integrated retaining system was formed by maintaining buttress walls when soil was excavated. The wall deflection control mechanism of the integrated retaining system mainly came from the combined stiffness between the buttress wall and the diaphragm wall. In addition, the ground settlement control mechanism came from the combined stiffness between the buttress wall and the diaphragm wall, and the frictional resistance between the buttress wall and the surrounding soil. For achieving 50% reduction in the wall deflection and the ground surface settlement, the length and intervals of buttress walls that were applied to the integrated retaining system were at least 4 and 8 m, respectively. When the deflection at the diaphragm wall head was well restrained, for example, by the floor slab, the position of the buttress wall head could be located at a depth the diaphragm wall starts to bulge out. In such a case, the performance between the full height and limited height of buttress walls was quite close. Furthermore, a new well-documented excavation project was analyzed to verify the performance of the integrated retaining system. Results showed that the integrated retaining system worked excellently if the joints between buttress walls and diaphragm walls were constructed properly.     

Role of shear along horizontal plane in the formation of helicoidal structures

An unusual structural paragenesis, complicated by brachyanticlines, is revealed for the first time in the sedimentary cover of the West Siberian Plate by 3D seismic surveying. These are linear (in plan view) systems of en-echelon arranged low-amplitude normal faults related to wrench faults in the basement. On different sides off a wrench fault, the planes of normal faults dip in opposite directions, forming a helicoidal structure that resembles the blades of a propeller. In the section parallel to the wrench fault, the boundaries of the beds and normal fault planes dip in opposite directions as well. In the section across the strike of the normal faults converging toward the basement, the beds take the shape of an antiform with a crest sagged along the normal faults (flower structure). This structural assembly was formed as a result of interference of stress fields of horizontal shear in the vertical plane (induced by faulting in the basement) and in the horizontal plane (caused by gravity resistance of the cover). In this case, the displacements along the normal faults develop in both the vertical and, to a greater extent, horizontal directions, so that the faults in cover are actually characterized by normal-strike-slip kinematics. The regional N-S-trending compression of the West Siberian Plate is the main cause of shearing along the NW- and NE-trending faults in the basement, which make up a rhomb-shaped system in plan view. Petroliferous brachyanticlines, whose axes, notwithstanding tectonophysical laws, are oriented in the direction close to the maximum compression axis, are known in the large wrench fault zones of Western Siberia. Our experiments with equivalent materials showed that a local stress field arising at the ends of echeloned Riedel shears within a wrench fault zone may be a cause of the formation of such brachyanticlines. The progressive elongation of Riedel shears leads to the corresponding elongation of the brachyanticlines located between their ends. The performed study has shown that the known types of interference of elementary geodynamic settings such as horizontal shear along the vertical plane + horizontal compression (transpression) and horizontal shear along the vertical plane + horizontal extension (transtension) may be supplemented by combination of horizontal shears along the vertical and horizontal planes, resulting in tectonic lamination. By analogy, we propose to name this type of interference of elementary shear settings translamination. Petroliferous helicoidal structures arise in the given geodynamic setting of translamination.