黄河水下三角洲浅表土体的风暴液化问题

黄河水下三角洲的地质勘察揭示了海底浅表地层发生的各种灾害地质现象.以风暴浪导致海底土体液化观点,结合土体动力三轴试验、波浪水槽试验,对黄河水下三角洲浅表地层土体的液化发生条件、形成模式、液化土体运动以及地层发生的重新层化问题进行了分析,指出黄河水下三角洲的灾害地质由于风暴浪导致海底粉质土液化运动而形成,液化后土体运动形...     

黄河水下三角洲浅表土体的风暴液化问题探讨

黄河水下三角洲的地质勘察揭示了海底浅表地层发生的各种灾害地质现象。本文以风暴浪导致海底土体液化观点,结合土体动力三轴试验、波浪水槽试验,对黄河水下三角洲浅表地层土体的液化发生条件、形成模式、液化土体运动以及地层发生的重新层化问题进行了分析,指出黄河水下三角洲的灾害地质由于风暴浪导致海底粉质土液化运动而形成,液化后土体运动形式与波浪运动一致,液化土体运动造成的土颗粒分异而使地层重新层化,并初步指出了风暴浪导致海底土体液化在地学、环境、工程等方面的研究问题。     

黄河水下三角洲土体失稳研究现状与展望

高分辨率声学调查结果表明,黄河水下三角洲上存在大量的不稳定地貌.总结了关于黄河水下三角洲海底土体的塌陷与滑坡2种失稳破坏的研究现状,指出目前对塌陷与滑坡机理研究的成果主要还是定性分析或推测,缺少理论计算分析和现场及室内的测试验证.     

现代长江、黄河河口水下三角洲 不稳定性的对比研究

现代长江口、黄河口水下三角洲地区的海底上发育有大量规模形态各异的不稳定性现象。其中沙波和浅埋的生物气体是长江口水下三角洲发育的主要形态，而滑坡和一些冲蚀结构则是黄河口水下三角洲的主要类型；它们在分布上也有较大的差异，长江水下三角洲主要呈垂直岸线分布，而在黄河水下三角洲则表现为平行岸线分布；分析认为这些现象与其河口的沉积环境和动力机制密切相关。     

黄河水下三角洲海底粉土微观结构分形特征研究

以黄河水下三角洲海底粉土为研究对象,基于扫描电子显微镜技术获得了大量的海底粉土SEM(scanning electron microscopy)图像,综合运用Image-Pro Plus(IPP)和Photoshop图像处理软件来提取粉土的微观结构参数,以分形理论为指导,运用"周长-面积法"对海底粉土进行了分形特征研究,分析了阈值、放大倍数对粉土分形维数的影响及确定方法,并探讨了分形维数的环境及工程地质意义。研究结果表明,黄河水下三角洲海底粉土的颗粒及孔隙具有特殊的分形特征,分形维数为1.6~1.8;不同分维值在一定程度上反映了波浪扰动强度的不同;分形维数可以表征抗剪强度参数,粉土的黏聚力和内摩擦角随分维值的增大而增大。     

南黄海旧黄河水下三角洲的沉积物和沉积相

据历史记载,两千多年来,黄河决口1500多次,重要的改道26次,其中大改道9次.公元1194年,黄河曾夺淮南注黄海,至1855年,黄河抢夺徙驻河再次调头北去.在1194～1855年的661年间,古黄河以填海造陆的巨匠身份,塑造了一个大型的三角洲,而旧黄河水下三角洲的研究过去并未见有专门报导.1973年—1979年期间,海洋地质调查局曾在旧黄河水下三角洲海区开展过比例尺为1:50万的海洋地质综合概查和旧黄河口的浅滩地质路线性调查.沉积物取样网距为5×6到10×10公里,连续测深的线距为10公里.比较系统地取得了海水、海底地形、表层和沉积物柱状样的地质、生物、化学等方面的系统资料.在分析研究上述资料的基础上),本文就旧黄河水下三角洲的沉积物和沉积相进行初步的探讨.     

黄河水下三角洲沉积物输运及海底冲淤研究

根据黄河水下三角洲的特点,建立了一个垂直平均二维沉积物输运数学模型,结合潮流和沉积物资料,模拟研究了沉积物输运机制和海底冲淤演变过程。模拟结果表明,垂直河口射流的潮流决定了本区沉积物净输运的总体格局,风应力对悬浮泥沙和推移质泥沙运动也起到重要作用。潮流底应力和活动层厚度分布表明,黄河口门和埕岛油田附近海域是潮流底应力和活动层厚度高值区,为沉积物活跃区,海底稳定性弱,易于侵蚀再搬运。冲淤计算表明,埕岛油田附近海域为冲刷中心区;现在河口水下三角洲在断流时为冲刷区,正常行河时则转为淤积区。     

黄河水下三角洲高浓度黏性泥沙流变特性及其影响因素

黏性泥沙在黄河水下三角洲广泛分布,其在外部载荷作用下易引发泥沙淤积、冲刷、海床流化等问题,对港口、航道、海底管线等工程设施构成巨大威胁。利用黄河水下三角洲埕岛海域所取海底表层沉积物,制备不同固结时间和不同含水率的高浓度黏性泥沙样品。采用R/S流变仪,对所制备高浓度黏性泥沙样品进行全剪切速率下的流变试验,分析黄河水下三角洲高浓度黏性泥沙流变特性及含水率和固结时间对流变特性的影响。结果表明,高浓度黏性泥沙在剪切荷载作用下流化失稳,发生相态转化;屈服应力在固结120 min后增加了35%;含水率50%以上高浓度黏性泥沙在高剪切速率下表现出剪切增稠行为,且随含水率增加剪切增稠行为越明显;Power模型适用于含水率大于50%的高浓度黏性泥沙在高剪切速率下的流变行为。本研究可为海底黏性泥沙运动过程数值模拟与海底重力流等灾害预测提供参考。     

埕岛油田海底管道悬空治理和检测

埕岛油田位于废弃的黄河水下三角洲前缘,海底地形变化较快,该区域的海底管道悬空现象比较严重。本研究介绍了海底管道悬空的治理措施和检测方法,提出了海底管道悬空治理效果的三种检测方案,并以埕岛油田某输油管道一端的悬空治理效果的检测为例,说明了防冲刷仿生海草防护技术对海底悬空管道有一定的治理效果。     

废弃黄河三角洲侵蚀机理的试验研究

通过物理模型试验对河口水下三角洲冲刷侵蚀机理进行研究是研究三角洲侵蚀机理的一种重要方法,但这种方法一般比较少用,也许与底床对波浪响应的研究比较复杂有关。用物理模型试验的方法,通过分析底床对波浪作用过程的孔压响应以及地形变化,研究了粉土液化对海床的影响,河口水下三角洲在波浪作用下冲刷侵蚀的整个过程,沙坝的形成和变化,以及软黏土层在波浪作用下的受力情况和变化情况。由于软黏土层本身的特性和所处的冲刷侵蚀环境,使其容易发生流变和蠕变,最终产生刺穿现象,对海洋工程造成巨大的损害。海底沙波是一种常见的海底地貌,这里重点研究了波浪和海底地形对沙波的形成和特性的影响。     

Implications of gas content for predicting the stability of submarine slopes

Abstract

The behavior of gas‐laden, soft submarine soils subjected to changes in mean normal and shearing stresses is discussed. Information developed for partially saturated soils is extended to soft sediments. Calculations indicating that gas‐laden submarine soils generally have degrees of saturation in situ that exceed ～ 90% are presented. Therefore, it is suggested that insignificant error is introduced in predicting the effective stresses of soft sediments using the standard effective stress equation and neglecting the pore‐gas pressure.

The presence of gas is shown to permit volume changes of soft sediments under wave loadings. The compressibility of the gaswater pore fluid is quantified. The pore‐pressure response, related to the ratio of the compressibility of the pore fluid and soil structure, is shown to be similar to that of fully saturated soils. The relevance of “undrained”; shipboard tests to the prediction of slope stability is discussed. It is concluded that the presence of gas leads to undrained strengths, as measured on recovered samples, which are lower than those that occur in situ. The use of these measured strengths in stability calculations leads to conservative predictions of submarine slope stability.     

曹妃甸深槽斜坡稳定性影响因素敏感性分析

海洋灾害地质因素中,虽然海底滑坡发生频率不高、但造成的灾害损失往往会较严重,斜坡的稳定性受众多因素综合影响,且各因素对斜坡稳定性的影响程度存在差异,其敏感性分析一直是国内外研究的重要内容。本文以曹妃甸深槽海底斜坡为研究对象,分析了水下斜坡稳定性的影响因素。应用滑坡稳定性分析软件Geo-Slope对黏聚力、内摩擦角、重度、坡度等内在敏感因素以及地震动参数、附加荷载和波高这3个外在敏感因素进行了单因素敏感性分析,认为内在因素中内摩擦角最为敏感,外在因素中地震动参数的敏感度最高。通过对水下斜坡稳定性影响因素及其敏感性分析,可为海底滑坡的防治规划提供依据。     

Investigation of the stability of submarine sensitive clay slopes underwave-induced pressure

The exploration and exploitation of marine georesources ordinarily disturbs the submarine soft clay surrounding construction areas and leads to a significant decrease in the shear strength of structured and sensitive clayey soils in submarine slopes. Under wave action, local slides can even trigger large-scale submarine landslides, which pose a serious threat to offshore infrastructure such as pipelines and footings. Therefore, accurately evaluating the stability of submarine sensitive clay slopes under wave-induced pressure is one of the core issues of marine geotechnical engineering. In this paper, a kinematic approach of limit analysis combined with strength reduction technique is presented to accurately evaluate the real-time stability of submarine sensitive clay slopes based on the log-spiral failure mechanism, where external work rates produced by wave-induced pressure on slopes are obtained by the numerical integration technique and then are applied to the work-energy balance equations. The mathematical optimization method is employed to achieve the safety factors and the critical sliding surfaces of submarine slopes at different time in a wave cycle. On this basis, the stability of submarine sensitive clay slopes under various wave parameters is systematically investigated. In particular, extreme wave conditions and special cases of slope lengths no more than one wavelength are also discussed. The results indicate that waves have some negative effects on the stability of submarine sensitive clay slopes.     

南海北部陆坡峡谷区海底沉积物工程地质特征及区域稳定性评价

The upper part of the continental slope in the northern South China Sea is prone to submarine landslide disasters,especially in submarine canyons. This work studies borehole sediments, discusses geotechnical properties of sediments, and evaluates sediment stability in the study area. The results show that sediment shear strength increases with increasing depth, with good linear correlation. Variations in shear strength of sediments with burial depth have a significantly greater rate of change in the canyon head and middle part than those in the canyon bottom. For sediments at the same burial depth, shear strength gradually increased and then decreased from the head to the bottom of the canyon, and has no obvious correlation with the slope angle of the sampling site. Under static conditions, the critical equilibrium slope angle of the sediments in the middle part of the canyon is 10° to 12°, and the critical slope angle in the head and the bottom of the canyon is 7°. The results indicate that potential landslide hazard areas are mainly distributed in distinct spots or narrow strips on the canyon walls where there are high slope angles.     

Slope-confined submarine canyons in the Baiyun deep-water area,northern South China Sea: variation in their modern morphology

On the basis of newly collected multibeam bathymetric data, chirp profiles and existing seismic data, we presented a detailed morphological interpretation of a series of slope-confined canyons in water depths of 300–2000 m in the Baiyun deep-water area, northern margin of the South China Sea. Although these canyons are commonly characterized by regular spacing and a straight-line shape, they vary in their lengths, starting and ending water depths, canyon relief, slope gradients, wall slope gradients and depth profiles along the axis. The eastern canyons (C1–C8) have complex surface features, low values in their slope gradient, canyon relief and wall slope gradient and high values in their length and starting and ending depth contrasting to the western ones (C9–C17). From the bathymetric data and chirp profiles, we interpret two main processes that have controlled the morphology and evolution of the canyons: axial incision and landsliding. The western part of the shelf margin where there were at least four stages of submerged reefs differs from the eastern part of the shelf margin where sedimentary undulations occurred at a water depth of ~650 m. We consider that the variation in morphology of submarine canyons in the study area is the result of multiple causes, with the leading cause being the difference in stability of the upper slope which is related to the submerged reefs and sedimentary undulations.     

波致海底缓倾角无限坡滑动稳定性计算分析探讨

波浪作用下海底无限坡滑动稳定性计算的极限平衡法中,忽略了坡体水平向应力状态的影响,为此,针对波浪作用下海底缓倾角无限边坡的特点,提出直接基于滑动面处土体应力状态的滑动稳定性计算方法(简称应力状态法),并分析了其适用范围。对具体算例的分析表明,应力状态法计算得出的安全系数大于极限平衡法的安全系数,且随着滑动面深度的增加、土体泊松比以及边坡坡角的增大,两种计算方法得出的安全系数的差异会逐渐增大;对于波浪作用下的海底缓倾角无限边坡,在失稳时极可能沿具有一定厚度的滑动带而不是单一的滑动面而滑动,且波致最大剪应力所在的深度,常常不是斜坡体最易失稳滑移的深度。     

Large-scale seafloor stability evaluation of the northern continental slope of South China Sea

Abstract

With the continuous expansion of energy demand, the deep-water continental slope in the northern South China Sea has become one of the significant offshore oil and gas exploration regions. The frequent occurrence of marine geological hazards in this region, especially submarine landslides, can cause serious damage to engineering facilities. However, there have been few studies on the stability of the northern continental slope of the South China Sea; these studies mainly focused on a specific submarine slope or small-range evaluation, resulting in a lack of large-scale and quantitative understanding. Hence, considering the variation in the physical and mechanical properties of marine soils with depth, formulas for calculating the safety factor of submarine slopes by an infinite sliding model are established, and the factors affecting slope stability such as soil properties, slope gradient and horizontal seismic action are systematically investigated. Using GIS techniques, the terrain slope gradients and a historical seismic database of the northern South China Sea are obtained. Combined with soil mechanical parameters, a regional stability evaluation of the northern continental slope is carried out. Furthermore, the distribution of risk zones is given. On the whole, under strong seismic action, large-scale submarine slope instability occurs and must be highly considered when assessing risk. This achievement is of great significance to engineering sites, route selection and engineering risk assessment.     

Submarine slope stability analysis during natural gas hydrate dissociation: Discussion

Abstract

Volume change during natural gas hydrate dissociation is important for calculation of excess pore pressure and corresponding submarine slope stability. A short discussion is presented here to the paper of Wang et al. including some notes about the standard condition and parameters used in their model. This discussion calls attention to the wrong use of standard temperature and pressure during calculation of volume change, excess pore pressure, and submarine slope stability.     

Submarine slope stability analysis during natural gas hydrate dissociation

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the stability of submarine slope during the natural gas hydrate dissociation. A model is deduced to calculate the excess pore fluid pressure. In addition, a new method is proposed to define and calculate the factor of safety (FoS) of the submarine slope. Case study is also performed, results of which show that dissociation of hydrates would decrease the stability of submarine slope. If the cohesion of the hydrate-bearing sediments is small, the submarine slope would become unstable because of the shear failure. If the cohesion of the hydrate-bearing sediments is large enough, the tensile failure would happen in the hydrate-bearing sediments and the excess pore pressure may explode the submarine slope. Under the drained condition, the submarine slope may remain stable because the buildup of excess pore fluid pressure could not take place. Moreover, FoS would be underestimated by the assumption that natural gas hydrates dissociate in the horizontally confined space, but would be overestimated by only taking into account of the base of the natural gas hydrate-bearing sediments. The compressibility factor of natural gas should also be considered because treating natural gas as ideal gas would underestimate the stability of submarine slope.     

Reliability analysis of submarine slope considering the spatial variability of the sediment strength using random fields

The properties of marine sediments vary spatially, and the undrained shear strength of marine clay increases linearly with depth because of depositional processes and the effective overburden pressure. To evaluate the stability of submarine slope considering the spatial variability of soil strength, the random field discretized by the Karhunen-Loève expansion is combined with the limit equilibrium method to conduct reliability analysis. For simplicity, our physical model does not include many complexities such as the effects of excess pore water pressure on the stability of submarine slopes. Stability estimates of the infinite slope model, under both static and seismic loading, are made with three types of one-dimensional stationary or non-stationary random fields. The two-dimensional slope model is also analyzed, where the shear strength varies with the positions of the strips because of the discrete random-field function for the soil material. In submarine slope reliability analysis, the non-stationary random field of the linearly increasing soil strength is used, instead of the commonly used stationary one. To obtain the failure probability through Monte Carlo simulations, a novel response surface method based on Gaussian process regression is introduced to build the surrogate model. The computational efficiency is significantly increased, because there is a considerable reduction of calls of the deterministic analysis. Therefore, the proposed method makes the prediction of submarine landslides which are usually rare events with very small probabilities more efficient.