Effect of wave non‐linearity on the standing‐wave‐induced seabed response

A standing wave in front of a seawall may reach a height more than twice of its incident component. When excess pore pressure occurs, it may even induce seabed instability, hence endangering the structure. This issue was studied previously using only linear wave theory. In this paper, standing‐wave theory to a second‐order approximation is applied, in order to demonstrate the differences between these two solutions. The spatial and temporal variations in the instantaneous pore pressure are first calculated, in addition to their vertical distributions. The effects of wave height, water depth and the degree of soil saturation on pore pressure distributions are then discussed, followed by the net pore pressure averaged over one wave cycle. The results suggest the existence of a residual pore pressure in the seabed and its net pore pressure can be used to estimate the wave‐induced liquefaction potential in a soil column. It also indicates that, in deep water, the second‐order solution predicts that a negative pore pressure at an antinode which may be greater than a positive pressure. Overall, the second‐order solution is found to agree better with the experimental results of the pore pressures available, compared to the linear solution. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

随机波浪作用下海床动力响应及液化的理论分析

运用随机波浪理论,基于广义Biot动力固结理论,建立了能够考虑波浪荷载随机特性影响的计算海床动力响应及液化深度的解析数值模型,并从时域上进行求解分析.通过与传统线性规则波浪荷载作用下海床动力响应及液化深度的数值结果的对比分析,详细讨论了考虑波浪荷载的随机特性对于求解海床动力响应及液化深度的影响程度.结果表明,根据随机波浪理论计算得到的海床中的超孔隙水压力、水平有效应力、竖向有效应力、剪应力表现出较强的不规则性,其幅值沿着海床深度方向的变化趋势与根据线性规则波浪理论计算得到结果的变化趋势基本相同,但在同数量级上更大,同时计算得到的海床最大液化深度明显大于根据线性规则波浪理论计算得到的结果.因此,在海洋地基设计和自由场地安全评估时应该合理地考虑波浪荷载的随机特性.     

Coupled simulation of wave propagation and water flow in soil induced by high‐speed trains

The purpose of this paper is to simulate the coupled dynamic deformation and water flow that occur in saturated soils when subjected to traffic loads, which is a problem with several practical applications. The wave propagation causes vibrations leading to discomfort for passengers and people in the surroundings and increase wear on both the vehicle and road structure. The water flow may cause internal erosion and material transport in the soil. Further, the increased pore water pressure could reduce the bearing capacity of embankments. The saturated soil is modelled as a water‐saturated porous medium. The traffic is modelled as a number of moving wheel contact loads. Dynamic effects are accounted for, which lead to a coupled problem with solid displacements, water velocity and pressure as primary unknowns. A finite element program has been developed to perform simulations. The simulations clearly demonstrate the induced wave propagation and water flow in the soil. The simulation technique is applicable to railway as well as road traffic. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

爆炸液化场地中浅埋钢筋混凝土结构动力响应的现场试验研究

饱和砂土地基在爆炸荷载作用下会发生液化,地基上的结构物将受到爆炸荷载及地基液化的双重作用,从而产生不均匀沉降和破坏性变形。基于大型现场爆炸液化试验,对场地上钢筋混凝土(RC)结构的动力响应和地基液化后RC结构的变形进行了分析研究。结果表明:液化场地中浅埋RC结构产生了明显的不均匀沉降,且最大沉降量达到结构高度的10%,结构差异沉降达到最大沉降量的1/5,结构沉降变形在液化后15 h时基本稳定;RC结构表面未产生明显的裂缝,动态拉、压应变均在400??以内,不会对结构造成显著破坏;结构动力响应表现为柱侧加速度峰值明显大于梁侧,但柱侧动力稳定所需时间较梁侧短,即柱承受了更大的瞬时冲击力且其抵抗瞬时冲击力的能力更强。研究结果可以为在可液化地基中的浅埋RC结构稳定设计等工程情况提供参考。     

Effect of velocity hiatuses in oscillatory flow on migration and geometry of ripples: wave‐flume experiments

A series of wave‐flume experiments was conducted to closely look at characteristics of geometry and migration of wave‐generated ripples, with particular reference to the effect of velocity ‘hiatuses’ during which the near‐bed flow velocity becomes much smaller than the threshold of sediment movement. Three types of wave patterns were generated: two types for simulating waves with intervening velocity hiatuses; and regular waves for comparison purposes. In the former two types, two different wavelengths of water waves were generated alternately in the course of a wave test: the wave with a longer wavelength was set large enough to mobilize the bottom sediment, whereas the wave with a shorter wavelength was set too small to mobilize the sediment. The former two types were designed to be different in sequence of convexity and concavity of wave patterns. The sequence with the convex–concave longer wave and successive convex–concave shorter wave was described as a ‘zero‐up‐crossing’ wave pattern, and the inverse sequence was described as a ‘zero‐down‐crossing’ wave pattern. The ripples developed under oscillatory flow with intervening hiatuses manifested the following characteristics in geometry and migration. (i) The morphological characteristics of ripples, namely wavelength, height and the ripple steepness, are unaffected by the intervening hiatuses of velocity. (ii) The directions of ripple migration under the zero‐up‐crossing and zero‐down‐crossing wave patterns corresponded well with the directions of the flow immediately before onset of the hiatuses. (iii) The observation of sand particle movement on the ripple surface indicated that, under the zero‐up‐crossing waves, the velocity hiatus prevents the entrained sediment cloud from being thrown onshore, and thus the sediment grains thrown onshore are fewer than those thrown offshore. As a result of the sediment movement over one wave‐cycle, the net sediment transport is directed offshore under the zero‐up‐crossing wave pattern. (iv) The velocity of ripple migration was highly correlated with acceleration skewness. Under most of the zero‐up‐crossing (zero‐down‐crossing) wave patterns, flow acceleration skewed negative (positive) and ripples migrated offshore (onshore).     

波浪和潮波作用下黄河口快速沉积海床土非均匀固结试验研究

黄河高含沙量水体在弱潮陆相河口入海,80 %的泥沙在河口附近快速堆积。过去研究发现,黄河三角洲潮滩表层沉积物呈现非均匀固结状态。为了揭示该现象产生的机制,在黄河刁口流路三角洲叶瓣潮坪上,现场取土配置黄河口快速沉积形成的流体状堆积物,研究快速沉积的粉质海床土在波浪和潮波作用下的孔压响应及非均匀固结过程。利用静力触探、十字板剪切试验、孔隙水压力监测等原位测试手段,实时测定快速沉积的海床土强度和孔压变化过程。研究发现,快速沉积的粉质土在自重作用下的固结速度很快,正常固结完成后,强度随时间的发展依然不断增加,沿深度方向出现类似原状土体的固结非均匀现象和似超固结状态;在波浪和潮波作用下快速沉积粉质土孔压沿深度出现非均匀变化,在波浪作用下出现了超静孔压的积累。分析发现,该固结状态和强度沿深度方向非均匀变化是由于土体在潮波及潮波和波浪的联合作用下形成的;潮滩表层土体在波浪荷载长期作用下形成硬壳层。     

水平和竖向地震作用下液化场地群桩基础动力响应试验研究

为研究水平和竖向(双向)耦合地震作用下液化场地群桩基础的动力响应,设计了可液化地基-群桩基础-框筒结构动力相互作用体系振动台模型试验。选取不同类型模拟地震波作为振动台试验激励,通过对比水平地震作用和双向耦合地震作用下土体加速度、超孔隙水压力和群桩应变等试验结果,进而分析双向耦合地震作用对可液化地基和群桩基础动力响应的影响。研究结果表明:双向耦合地震作用下,液化场地土体竖向加速度峰值随土体埋深高度的减小而逐渐增大;饱和砂土的液化效应与双向耦合地震作用和输入地震波的类型有关;相比水平地震作用,不同种类波双向耦合地震作用下群桩基础桩身中部和底部的应变峰值增大,桩顶应变峰值变化略有不同;双向耦合地震作用加剧了建筑结构群桩体系的摇摆和倾斜。研究结果对可液化地基上群桩基础的抗震设计和防灾减灾具有十分重要的研究意义。     

近远震作用下黄土滑坡动力响应与变形——以甘肃天水震区黎坪村滑坡为例

中国黄土高原区地震滑坡灾害效应重、潜在风险高,地震滑坡响应和变形机理是研究热点之一。以天水震区黎坪村大型黄土滑坡为例,采用标准正弦波探讨了近远震地震动要素对滑坡动力响应的影响特征,采用汶川远震和岷县近震地震动时程记录反演了滑坡实际变形特征。结果显示,测点PGA放大系数随振幅的变化规律与坡体位置有关,测点PGA放大系数在坡体位置大于0.75倍坡高时,随振幅的增加而减小;当小于0.75倍坡高时,随振幅的增加而显著增强;测点PGA放大系数与频率变化呈负相关性,即随着频率的增加而减小。坡体变形与振幅和持时变化呈正相关性,即测点最大水平和竖直位移随着振幅和持时增加而增加,滑坡急剧变形的临界幅值约为0.05 g;坡体变形与频率变化呈负相关性,坡体测点最大水平和竖直位移随频率变大呈下降趋势,滑坡急剧变形临界频率约为5 Hz;对比分析显示,振幅对坡体失稳的影响程度大于频率的影响程度。相比岷县近震,坡体主滑体滑动与汶川远震产生的高幅值、低频率及长持时的地震波作用密不可分,表明在地震滑坡稳定性研究时,如果忽视远场强震影响,可能导致潜在安全风险。关于近震和远震作用下滑坡动力响应及其变形差异研究方法对地震滑坡稳定性分析研究具有借鉴意义。     

A non‐linear coupled finite element–boundary element model for the prediction of vibrations due to vibratory and impact pile driving

This paper presents a non‐linear coupled finite element–boundary element approach for the prediction of free field vibrations due to vibratory and impact pile driving. Both the non‐linear constitutive behavior of the soil in the vicinity of the pile and the dynamic interaction between the pile and the soil are accounted for. A subdomain approach is used, defining a generalized structure consisting of the pile and a bounded region of soil around the pile, and an unbounded exterior linear soil domain. The soil around the pile may exhibit non‐linear constitutive behavior and is modelled with a time‐domain finite element method. The dynamic stiffness matrix of the exterior unbounded soil domain is calculated using a boundary element formulation in the frequency domain based on a limited number of modes defined on the interface between the generalized structure and the unbounded soil. The soil–structure interaction forces are evaluated as a convolution of the displacement history and the soil flexibility matrices, which are obtained by an inverse Fourier transformation from the frequency to the time domain. This results in a hybrid frequency–time domain formulation of the non‐linear dynamic soil–structure interaction problem, which is solved in the time domain using Newmark's time integration method; the interaction force time history is evaluated using the θ‐scheme in order to obtain stable solutions. The proposed hybrid formulation is validated for linear problems of vibratory and impact pile driving, showing very good agreement with the results obtained with a frequency‐domain solution. Linear predictions, however, overestimate the free field peak particle velocities as observed in reported field experiments during vibratory and impact pile driving at comparable levels of the transferred energy. This is mainly due to energy dissipation related to plastic deformations in the soil around the pile. Ground vibrations due to vibratory and impact pile driving are, therefore, also computed with a non‐linear model where the soil is modelled as an isotropic elastic, perfectly plastic solid, which yields according to the Drucker–Prager failure criterion. This results in lower predicted free field vibrations with respect to linear predictions, which are also in much better agreement with experimental results recorded during vibratory and impact pile driving. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.