滑移摩擦隔震系统在多向地面运动作用下的试验研究

基础隔震通常只考虑隔离水平地面运动，而对竖向地面运动的影响注意不够，本文进行了滑移摩擦隔震系统的振动台房屋模型试验，研究多向地面运动输入时上部结构反应和隔震系统的性能，试验中分别对模型输入了不同方向的地震动，其中包括水平单向、水平双向、水平和竖向及三向地震动输入，对试验结果进行了分析比较，结果表明竖向地震动输入对上部结构的水平地震反应有显著影响，同时在橡胶隔震支座中产生了竖向拉力。     

屋盖MR智能隔震系统对升船结构顶部厂房地震鞭梢效应的模糊控制

基于抑制升船结构顶部厂房地震鞭梢效应的目的，本文提出了升船结构顶部厂房屋盖MR智能隔震模糊控制的思想。文中，在建立屋盖智能隔震升船结构计算力学模型的基础上，建立了屋盖MR智能隔震系统对升船结构顶部厂房地震反应模糊控制的设计计算方法。文中并以中国某大坝巨型升船结构为背景，设计了屋盖MR智能隔震系统对升船结构顶部厂房地震反应模糊控制的控制系统。仿真分析和对MR阻尼器的参数研究表明，安装合适的屋盖MR智能隔震系统并采用模糊控制策略能有效地抑制具有不确定参数升船结构顶部厂房地震反应的鞭梢效应，且模糊控制器能保持较好的稳定性能。     

多层隔震结构的竖向地震作用研究

国外对隔震结构竖向地震反应的观测结果和对隔震结构竖向地震作用计算的规定,都与我国抗震规范有较大差别。本文通过反应谱和时程分析,讨论了多层隔震结构的竖向地震作用取值及竖向地震作用效应,对我国抗震规范的有关规定作了探讨,认为除位于近断层附近的隔震建筑外,其它隔震结构的竖向地震作用可取与不隔震结构相同;对于多层隔震建筑,多遇地震下可不考虑竖向地震作用,在罕遇地震下,应对所有隔震结构验算支座是否受拉或失稳,并且组合时应计入竖向地震作用效应。     

小高宽比隔震结构双向输入振动台试验研究及数值分析

本文对高宽比为2.5的普通钢框架隔震结构模型,采用多种不同的地震动进行了水平向和竖向双向地震输入的振动台试验研究,并利用时程分析法完成了模型结构地震反应的数值分析。试验结果表明,高宽比隔震结构在水平向和竖向双向输入情况下隔震层基本上不会进入拉伸应力状态,即使在9度大震E l Centro和Hach inohe波输入时,隔震层支座仍以受压为主。因此小高宽比隔震结构在场地好的情况下,结构不会出现倾覆,仅需考虑软弱土场地的受拉情况。试验发现竖向地震输入对小高宽比隔震结构水平反应的影响相当小;对小高宽比隔震结构进行水平向地震反应分析时,可以忽略竖向地震对结构的影响。     

基础隔震结构在竖向荷载作用下的内力分布特点

以一个3跨4排柱建筑为例,对非隔震结构和隔震结构在竖向荷载作用下的内力分布特点进行了对比研究,其中考虑了隔震层顶部梁板结构的荷载、刚度以及结构的梁柱刚度比等因素的影响.研究中发现,与非隔震结构相比,隔震结构一层柱子的柱端弯矩明显增大,隔震层顶部梁的梁端弯矩与其倚载成正比等规律.同时提出了基于非隔震结构的隔震结构在竖向荷载作用下内力的计算方法和“隔震影响系数”的概念.即,隔震结构的内力等于非隔震结构的内力乘以“隔震影响系数”.其中还进一步对“隔震影响系数”的影响因素进行了定量研究,得出了“隔震影响系数”的计算公式.本文所提出的计算方法与隔震结构在水平地震荷载作用下的内力计算方法思路一致,因此,该方法也进一步完善了隔震结构的设计理论.     

三维隔震系统振动台实验研究

针对目前隔震体系尚不能减小竖向地震反应的缺陷,提出并研制了采用碟形弹簧的竖向半主动隔震装置。竖向半主动隔震装置是由碟形弹簧和外套油缸组成的,且由电磁阀控制油缸内油体与外接蓄油箱内油体间的油路,可实现竖向半主动隔震控制,提出了竖向隔震控制的半主动策略,结合水平隔震支座可实现三维隔震。通过振动台地震模拟实验,验证了三维隔震体系的效能,该研究对高烈度地区隔震技术的改善具有应用参考价值。     

高层隔震结构非线性地震响应分析及设计方法研究

高层隔震结构的分析理论和设计方法是目前隔震技术向高层建筑推广的2个关键理论问题。本文以高烈度区宿迁市已经竣工的高层隔震建筑阳光大厦为工程实例,对高层隔震结构的非线性地震响应分析方法进行了研究,包括隔震支座竖向不同拉压刚度的模拟、各种类型的隔震支座水平力学特性的准确模拟,以及不同地震动输入方式和输入角度对隔震支座受拉情况的影响分析等;在此基础上,对隔震层的设计方法进行了分析,提出了隔震层设计的基本原则,进而给出了控制隔震层设计的基本指标,包括隔震支座的长期面压、极值面压、隔震层偏心率等;最后,对高层隔震结构的相关构造要求进行了必要的说明。     

双向耦合地震作用下滑移隔震结构振动控制及其优化研究

目前,滑移隔震结构的分析通常只考虑水平地震动而不考虑竖向地震动的影响,有关多向地震动及其相关性的研究也很少。水平与竖向地面运动具有相关性,从而影响控制效果,因此对双向耦合地震作用下滑移隔震结构模型的理论进行研究,建立动力分析模型并得出运动微分方程。以6层滑移隔震结构为例,对其进行地震反应分析。研究表明,在考虑竖向地震作用的情况下,滑移隔震结构也具有良好的控制作用,但是竖向地震作用的存在使结构的地震反应有不同程度的增加,其增量随着竖向地震作用的增加而增加。因此,在高烈度地区的滑移隔震结构应该考虑竖向地震作用对结构的影响。建立滑移隔震装置的参数优化设计模型,采用IHGA程序对结构的重要参数进行优化设计。结果表明,滑移隔震结构在各种工况下的各项地震反应均得到更好的控制。     

复合隔震支座在网格屋盖结构中的应用研究

将铅芯橡胶隔震垫与碟簧组合形成复合隔震垫,并应用于网格屋盖结构,利用串联弹簧模型预估铅芯橡胶隔震垫参数,利用单质点弹簧模型预估碟簧参数,结合实际工程,进行了模态分析、水平地震动时程分析及竖向地震动时程分析,表明复合隔震技术降低屋盖、下部结构加速度反应60%左右,降低由于地震引起的基顶反力约30%,但水平地震下隔震屋盖的侧移增大显著,应引起注意;文中提出的隔震垫参数预估模型得到了地震动时程分析的验证,可为工程参考。     

核电结构三维隔震研究

三维隔震对保护核电厂结构和内部设备设施安全具有重要意义。首先,设计了一种三维隔震控制系统,该系统包括水平隔震层和竖向隔震层,在竖向隔震层中设置抗摇摆装置以达到控制结构摇摆反应。其次,对三维隔震模型进行了振动台试验验证,振动台试验结果表明,该系统能有效减小上部结构地震响应。最后,对核岛厂房采用三维隔震技术进行了讨论,分析了强震作用下核岛厂房三维隔震结构反应特征。     

A Monte Carlo study of rainfall forecasting with a stochastic model

A procedure for short-term rainfall forecasting in real-time is developed and a study of the role of sampling on forecast ability is conducted. Ground level rainfall fields are forecasted using a stochastic space-time rainfall model in state-space form. Updating of the rainfall field in real-time is accomplished using a distributed parameter Kalman filter to optimally combine measurement information and forecast model estimates. The influence of sampling density on forecast accuracy is evaluated using a series of a simulated rainfall events generated with the same stochastic rainfall model. Sampling was conducted at five different network spatial densities. The results quantify the influence of sampling network density on real-time rainfall field forecasting. Statistical analyses of the rainfall field residuals illustrate improvement in one hour lead time forecasts at higher measurement densities.     

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration Aims And Scope

正This journal is established by the Institute of Engineering Mechanics(IEM),China Earthquake Administration,to promote scientific exchange between Chinese and foreign scientists and engineers so as to improve the theory and practice of earthquake hazards mitigation,preparedness,and recovery.To accomplish this purpose,the journal aims to attract a balanced number of papers between Chinese and     

Solute concentrations in the lower niger river and the source rock contribution

Water quality analyses for the Niger River for the 1980/81 hydrological year are presented. The samples were collected from the main river at Lokoja, and from two main tributaries, the Kaduna and the Benue Rivers. Different water types were distinguished by the concentrations of major ions. The type Ca > Na > Mg > K - HCO₃ > SO₄ > Cl was represented at all stations during at least part of the year. Chloride was found to dominate the sulphate ion in the Kaduna and Niger, while the Benue maintained a higher concentration of sulphate relative to chloride all year round. Distinct patterns of seasonal variation in the ion concentrations were observed, particularly for the samples collected at Lokoja. Low ion concentrations were prominent during periods of high discharge, while low flow periods coincided with high dissolved ion concentrations. The contribution of rainwater to the total dissolved solids in the river waters was assessed indirectly using rainwater chemistry data from the Gulf of Guinea. The estimated rainwater contribution to the Lower Niger amounts to 5.15 mg 1^?1. Geochemical weathering calculations involving reactions of the four major minerals of granitic rocks - anorthite, biotite, albite, and K-feldspar - with carbon dioxide and water, can account for the average water composition of the Lower Niger. The proportion of the ionic components was also related to the occurrence of the respective element in the minerals.     

Scenario predictions for potential near-field and far-field earthquakes affecting Hong Kong

Historical earthquakes noted in the written records of the South China region, including Hong Kong, are not well delineated along identified prominent fault sources. Despite the lack of any definitive, localised trend in the spatial distribution of seismic activity in the region, there does appear to be some major disparity in the seismic activity rates (especially for large magnitude earthquakes) between the near-field and the far-field regions of Hong Kong. Despite this observation, previous studies of the regional seismic activity and seismic ground motion hazard (the latter using a probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, PSHA) have considered very broad source zone regions, in which uniform levels of seismic activity have been assumed. The present paper further scrutinises this broad source zone (BSZ) approach by adopting a novel expanding circular disc (ECD) method to determine the rates of earthquake recurrence. Such a method is intended to counter-check previously developed models by determining earthquake scenario events in terms of magnitude–distance (M–R) pairs or combinations, having defined values of average return period. Unlike the BSZ approach, the ECD method specifically accounts for the supposed variations in the seismic activity rates between events in the near-field and the far-field of Hong Kong.The form of the developed method is particularly suited to the determination of design-level earthquake ground motions for bedrock sites, since it assumes a directionally-independent attenuation model as described in the companion paper. It is found that, whilst the BSZ approach may indicate the overall average levels of hazard that are representative of the South China region as a whole, it does not capture the large disparity in seismic activity rates between near-field and far-field events. This important feature is expected to have a significant impact upon engineering assessments of the seismic safety of structures in Hong Kong and elsewhere in the South China region. For example, it is found that for events with M≥6, the seismic activity rate (normalised by time and area) in the very far-field is around 3.5 times larger than in the near-field and medium-field of Hong Kong. The resulting design M-R combinations, covering a range of return periods from 70 to 2500 years, are limited, for very long return periods and for distant events, by the maximum credible earthquake (MCE) magnitude. Intensive research to determine this seismic hazard parameter is recommended, in order to refine further the results of the ECD analysis, which presently conservatively assumes the MCE to range between M=6 in the near-field of Hong Kong to M=8 in the very far-field, at distances greater than 280 km from Hong Kong.     

Depositional ages and characteristics of Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in southeastern Mongolia

Lower Cretaceous lacustrine oil shales are widely distributed in southeastern Mongolia. Due to the high organic carbon content of oil shale, many geochemical studies and petroleum exploration have been conducted. Although most of the oil shales are considered to be Early Cretaceous in age, a recent study reveals that some were deposited in the Middle Jurassic. The present study aims at establishing depositional ages and characteristics of the Jurassic and Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in Mongolia. The Lower Cretaceous Shinekhudag Formation is about 250 m thick and composed of alternating beds of shale and dolomite. The Middle Jurassic Eedemt Formation is about 150 m thick and composed of alternating beds of shale, dolomitic marl, and siltstone. The alternations of shale and dolomite in both formations were formed by lake level changes, reflecting precipitation changes. Shales were deposited in the center of a deep lake during highstand, while dolomites were formed by primary precipitation during lowstand. Based on the radiometric age dating, the Shinekhudag Formation was deposited between 123.8 ±2.0 Ma and 118.5 ±0.9 Ma of the early Aptian. The Eedemt Formation was deposited at around 165–158 Ma of Callovian–Oxfordian. The calculated sedimentation rate of the Shinekhudag Formation is between 4.7 ±2.6 cm/ky and 10.0 ±7.6 cm/ky. Shales in the Shinekhudag Formation show micrometer‐scale lamination, consisting of algal organic matter and detrital clay mineral couplets. Given the average thickness of micro‐laminae and calculated sedimentation rate, the micro‐lamination is most likely of varve origin. Both Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine oil shales were deposited in intracontinental basins in the paleo‐Asian continent. Tectonic processes and basin evolution basically controlled the deposition of these oil shales. In addition, enhanced precipitation under humid climate during the early Aptian and the Callovian–Oxfordian was another key factor inducing the widespread oil shale deposition in Mongolia.     

THEORETICAL APPROACH TO THE SOLUTION OF THE INFILTRATION PROBLEM

ABSTRACT

The one-dimensional transient downward entry of water in unsaturated soils is investigated theoretically. The mathematical equation describing the infiltration process is derived by combining Darcy's dynamic equation of motion with the continuity and thermodynamic state equations adjusted for the unsaturated flow conditions. The resulting equation together with the corresponding initial and boundary conditions constitues a mathematical initial boundary value problem requiring the solution of a nonlinear partial differential equation of the parabolic type. The volumetric water content is taken as the dependent variable and the time and the position along the vertical direction are taken as the independent variables. The governing equation is of such nature that a solution exists for t > 0 and is uniquely determined if two relationships are defined, together with the specified state of the system, at the initial time t = 0 and at the two boundaries. The two required relations are those of pressure versus permeability and pressure versus volumetric water content.

Since the partial differential equation has strong non-linear terms, a discrete solution is obtained by approximating the derivatives with finite-differences at discrete mesh points in the solution domain and integrated for the corresponding initial and boundary conditions. The use of an implicit difference scheme is employed in order to generate a system of simultaneous non-linear equations that has to be solved for each time increment. For n mesh points the two boundary conditions provide two equations and the repetition of the recurrence formula provides n—2 equations, the total being n equations for each time increment. The solution of the system is obtained by matrix inversion and particularly with a back-substitution technique. The FORTRAN statements used for obtaining the solution with an electronic digital computer (IBM 704) are presented together with the input data.

Analysis of the errors involved in the numerical solution is made and the stability and convergence of the solution of the approximate difference equation to that of the differential equation is investigated. The method applied is that of making a Fourier series expansion of a whole line of errors and then following the progress of the general term of the series expansion and also the behavior of each constituent harmonic. The errors (forming a continuous function of points in an abstract Banach space) are represented by vectors with the Fourier coefficients constituting a second Banach space. The amplification factor of the difference equation is shown to be always less than unity which guarantees the stability of the employed implicit recurrence scheme.

Experiments conducted on a vertical column packed uniformly with very fine sand, show a satisfactory agreement between the theoretically and experimentally obtained values. Many experimental results are shown in an attempt to explain the infiltration phenomenon with emphasis on the shape and movement of the wet front, and the effects of the degree of compaction, initial water content and deaired water on the infiltration rate.     

Late Permian post‐ophiolitic trondhjemites from Central Iran: a mark of subduction role in growth of Paleozoic continental crust

Late Permian trondhjemites in the Anarak area occur as stocks and dykes, which cross cut the Anarak ophiolite and its overlying metasedimentary rocks, and are exposed along the northern Anarak east–west main faults. These leucocratic intrusive bodies have enclaves of all ophiolitic units and metamorphic rocks. They are composed of amphibole, plagioclase (oligoclase), quartz, zircon and muscovite. Secondary minerals are chlorite (pycnochlorite), epidote, albite, magnetite and calcite. Whole‐rock major‐ and trace‐element analyses reveal that they are characterized by high SiO ₂ (67.8–71.0 wt%), Al ₂ O ₃ (14.9–17.1 wt%) and Na ₂ O (5.3–8.6 wt%), low K ₂ O (0.1–1.5 wt%; average: 0.8 wt%), low Rb/Sr ratio (0.01–0.40; average: 0.09), low Y (3–6 ppm), negative Ti, Nb and Ta anomalies, slightly negative or positive Eu anomaly, LREE enrichment and fractionated HREE. These rocks present 2 to 40 times enrichment in inclined chondrite‐normalized REE patterns. Geochemical characteristics of the Anarak trondhjemites all reflect melting of a mafic protolith at more than 10 kbar. The field evidence and whole‐rock chemistry reveal that these rocks have been crystallized from magmas derived from melting of subducted Anarak oceanic crust. This study reveals that melting of garnet amphibolite was an important element of continent formation in the study area.