The tunnel seismic advance prediction method with wide illumination and a high signal-to-noise ratio

Tunnel seismic prediction is widely used in the field of tunnel seismic advance detection. The illumination of the target and the signal-to-noise ratio of the data are two key factors affecting the precision of data interpretation. Current seismic prospecting has shortcomings on sites: (1) The lighting shots are solely towards one side of the tunnel wall, (2) the geophones are placed far away from the tunnel face and (3) the surface waves from the tunnel wall dominate over the reflection waves, lowering the signal-to-noise ratio of the data at the tunnel wall. This paper proposes a tunnel symmetrical geometry to tackle the above challenges. The arrangement is to place 12 sources uniformly on each side of the tunnel wall and six geophones on the tunnel wall and face. Results of simulated data and measured data show that the proposed method enables (1) broad illumination of the target body, (2) the enhancement of illumination energy of the target body, and (3) higher data signal-to-noise ratio. The proposed symmetrical geometry method provides better interpretation in terms of broader coverage, higher quality and greater distance of investigation.     

适于陡坡带砂砾岩体的地震资料叠前时间偏移处理技术

随着勘探程度的不断提高,断陷盆地陡坡带砂砾岩体油气藏成为了重点勘探对象之一,但陡倾角的大断层、非均质性强的砂砾岩体使得常规的叠后偏移成像方法成果难以满足勘探开发的需要.采用叠前时间偏移处理技术,开展针对性的叠前预处理技术、精细的速度模型建立和关键参数的合理选取等研究,三维叠前时间偏移处理较常规三维叠后时间偏移处理获得了较高质量的成像剖面,且输出的道集可以用于砂砾岩体储层描述研究.     

Simple evaluation of the effect of seismic isolation by covering a tunnel with a thin flexible material

Long-term earthquake observations at different tunnel sites within a variety of alluvial soil deposits have clearly demonstrated that a tunnel, which exhibits rather flexible nature within its surrounding soil, follows closely the motion of the soil mass during an earthquake. Therefore, coating a tunnel with a soft material will be a possible measure for minimizing damage to tunnels. This paper provides a clear perspective on the feasibility of this measure by using simple solutions to idealized problems.     

坑道直流电阻率超前聚焦探测新方法研究

研究和提出了一种坑道直流电阻率超前聚焦探测新方法.该方法通过在掌子面上设立不同功能的环状电极组,使一次场电流具有像探照灯一样的聚焦功能,可有效探测坑道掘进前方不良地质体的存在,达到超前预报的目的.本文首先介绍了直流电阻率超前聚焦探测的基本原理,并给出了两种聚焦观测方式.为了验证所提方法的可行性,通过轴对称电性介质二维异常电位有限元数值模拟方法,对聚焦观测条件下几例坑道模型进行了模拟计算.结果表明,该方法对异常反映明显,可进行即时解释,建议在坑道超前预报中逐步推广使用.     

瞬变电磁隧道超前预报成像技术

为解决隧道掌子面前含水带病害快速有效探测问题,尝试把对含水带结构反映敏感的瞬变电磁法引入到隧道掌子面前进行工作.文中介绍了瞬变电磁超前预报的工作装置形式;通过对掌子面特定环境的分析,提出引用“浮动薄板”理论,以二次电导微分参数为特征量建立隧道超前预报成像系统.推导出以等效导电薄板为虚拟像源的磁场响应与电导之间的非线性关系式. 通过引入辅助函数,采用遗传算法求得电导参数.最终以二次电导微分参数绘制成像剖面.对地电模型进行数值模拟和对应用实例进行了成像,结果表明成像方法对隧道掌子面前方水体病害预报效果明显.     

坑道全空间直流聚焦超前探测模拟研究

常规坑道直流电阻率超前探测方法在掌子面后方观测,受到坑道腔体和工作环境的影响较大,增加了资料解释的难度.利用同性电流相斥原理,并参考地面电阻率垂向测深和直流侧向测井技术设计出适合坑道空间掌子面和侧壁测量的垂直聚焦电位和梯度电位超前探测方案.应用有限元数值模拟技术,对三维坑道空间中掌子面和侧壁探测方案的聚焦超前探测效果进...     

Dynamic response of a tunnel buried in a saturated poroelastic soil layer to a moving point load

The dynamic response of a tunnel buried in a two-dimensional poroelastic soil layer subjected to a moving point load was investigated theoretically. The tunnel was simplified as an infinite long Euler–Bernoulli beam, which was placed parallel to the traction-free ground surface. The saturated layer was governed by Biot’s theory. Combined with the specified boundary conditions along the beam and saturated poroelastic layer, the coupled equations of the system were solved analytically in the frequency–wavenumber domain based on Fourier transform. The time domain responses were obtained by the fast inverse Fourier transform. The critical velocity of the considered structure was determined from the dispersion curves. The different dynamic characteristics of the elastic soil medium and the saturated poroelastic medium subjected to the underground moving load were investigated. It is concluded that, for coarse materials or fine materials subjected to the high-velocity loading, models ignoring the coupling effects between the pore fluid and the soil skeleton may cause errors. The shear modulus and the permeability coefficients of the saturated soil as well as the load moving velocity had significant influence on the displacement and pore pressure responses.     

Dynamic response of a piecewise circular tunnel embedded in a poroelastic medium

Recently, considerable efforts have been devoted to evaluation of seismic dynamic response of a circular tunnel. Conventional approaches have considered integral liners embedded in an elastic medium. In this study, we re-examine the problem with piecewise liners embedded in a porous medium. Surrounding saturated porous medium of tunnels is described by Biot's poroelastic theory, while the liner pieces and the connecting joints are treated as curved beams and characterized by curved beam theories. The scattered wave field in the porous medium is obtained by the wave function expansion method. The differential equations governing the vibration of a curved beam is discretized by the General Differential Quadrature (GDQ) method. The domain decomposition method is used to establish the global discrete dynamic equations for the piecewise tunnel. The surrounding soil and the tunnel are coupled together via the stress and the displacement continuation conditions which are implemented by the boundary collocation method. Numerical results demonstrate that the stiffness difference between the liner piece and the connecting joints has a considerable influence on the internal forces of the liner piece.     

The mechanism of slope instability due to rainfall-induced structural decay of earthquake-damaged loess

Natural loess slopes are characterized by a strong geological structure, which is an important factor in maintaining slope stability. The magnitude and duration of the earthquake may disturb the soil structure at different levels degrees, locally changing the arrangement between soil particles. The process of rainfall humidification weakens the cementation between soil particles, and the disturbance and humidification change the structural state of the soil, which in turn causes sliding of the slope along with the decay of soil mechanical properties. As slope instability is often the result of a series of post-earthquake ripple effects, it is of great scientific significance to study the mechanism of slope instability due to the structural decay of earthquake-damaged loess exacerbated by rainfall. In this paper, the impact of structural decay of loess on slope stability is simulated by GEOSTUDIO software under three conditions: pre-earthquake rainfall, post-earthquake rainfall and earthquake, taking the landslide in Buzi Village, Min County, Gansu Province as an example. The comparative analysis of the calculation results shows that the structural properties of the slope without earthquake disturbance are influenced by infiltration amount. When it is fully saturated, the structural properties are similar to those of saturated soil, and the safety factor is reduced by 12.9%. In addition, the earthquake intensity and duration have different degrees of structural damage to the soil. When the structure is fully damaged, it is similar to that of remodelled soil, and the safety factor is reduced by 45.84%. Notably, the process of the earthquake and the following humidification generates the most serious damage to the loess structure, with a reduction in the safety factor of up to 56.15%. The quantitative analysis above obviously illustrates that the post-earthquake rainfall causes the most severe damage to structural loess slopes, and the resulting landslide hazard should not be underestimated.     

高烈度区公路隧道横通道地震响应分析

双洞隧道主隧道与横通道交接部位是隧道抗震中的薄弱位置,以穿越高烈度区隧道为背景,采用MIDAS GTS-NX有限元分析软件,对在汶川地震动作用下的公路隧道横通道进行地震响应分析。在X方向和Y方向地震动荷载的共同作用下,通过对围岩和衬砌的计算结果研究,得出以下结论:隧道整体的最大相对位移主要发生在主隧道与横通道拱顶和连接处;衬砌相对位移随埋深增加而减小;隧道产生的横向变形更大;横通道边墙位置更容易受到剪切破坏,主隧道与横通道连接处拱脚的弯矩、剪力、最大主应力和最大剪应力最大,应重点采取设防措施。     

Earthquake damage to earth dams in Japan—maximum epicentral distance to cause damage as a function of magnitude

Small scale agricultural earth dams have been damaged by several past earthquakes. Damage to earth dams occurred at distances from the epicentre that increased in proportion to the scale of the earthquakes. On studying the damage a constant relation between the magnitude of the earthquake and maximum epicentral distance where the damage occurred was obtained. This relationship is similar to that obtained between the magnitude and the maximum epicentral distance at which liquefaction occurs. This, and the fact that earth dams which have been damaged several times due to liquefaction were near the critical epicentral distance, suggests that liquefaction of the foundation ground is the main cause of damage to earth dams.     

Stability analysis of a slope subject to real accelerograms by finite elements. Application to San Pedro cliff at the Alhambra in Granada

The dynamic stability analysis of slopes is often conducted by the traditional method of slices, using pseudo-static calculations. However, the response of a geotechnical structure subjected to seismic loads can be studied through a dynamic finite element analysis, which can be considered one of the most complete available tools, as information about the stress distribution and the deformations can be obtained. The dynamic analysis of the stability of San Pedro cliff at the Alhambra in Granada is studied in this paper. The results have been compared with pseudo-static calculations worked out with the method of slices. Real accelerograms have been selected for the dynamic tests. Thorough in situ and laboratory tests have been conducted in order to properly characterize the cliff. The soil constitutive model is also explained in this paper. Finally, the influence of the sources of energy dissipation has been studied through the material damping, the integration scheme and the boundary conditions.     

Correlating measured and simulated dynamic responses of a tall building to long‐distance earthquakes

For almost a decade, a 66‐storey, 280m tall building in Singapore has been instrumented to monitor its dynamic responses to wind and seismic excitations. The dynamic characteristics of the tall building have been investigated via both the finite element method and the experimental modal analysis. The properties of the finite element model have been shown to correlate well with those derived from the data recorded during the ambient vibration tests. During the study period, 21 sets of earthquake ground motions have been recorded at the building site. The basement motions may be divided into three categories based on their predominant frequency components with respect to the building's fundamental frequency. The calibrated three‐dimensional finite element model is employed to simulate the seismic response of the tall building. Correlation analysis of the time histories between the recorded data and the simulated results has been carried out. The correlation analysis results show that the simulated dynamic response time histories match well with those of the recorded dynamic responses at the roof level. The results also show that the simulated maximum response at the roof level is close to the peak response recorded during the earthquakes. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Required separation distance between decks and at abutments of a bridge crossing a canyon site to avoid seismic pounding

Major earthquakes in the past indicated that pounding between bridge decks may result in significant structural damage or even girder unseating. With conventional expansion joints, it is impossible to completely avoid seismic pounding between bridge decks, because the gap size at expansion joints is usually not big enough in order to ensure smooth traffic flow. With a new development of modular expansion joint (MEJ), which allows a large joint movement and at the same time without impeding the smoothness of traffic flow, completely precluding pounding between adjacent bridge decks becomes possible. This paper investigates the minimum total gap that a MEJ must have to avoid pounding at the abutments and between bridge decks. The considered spatial ground excitations are modelled by a filtered Tajimi‐Kanai power spectral density function and an empirical coherency loss function. Site amplification effect is included by a transfer function derived from the one‐dimensional wave propagation theory. Stochastic response equations of the adjacent bridge decks are formulated. The effects of ground motion spatial variations, dynamic characteristics of the bridge and the depth and stiffness of local soil on the required separation distance are analysed. Soil–structure interaction effect is not included in this study. The bridge response behaviour is assumed to be linear elastic. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The variation of soil erodibility with slope position in a cultivated canadian prairie landscape

This study examined the variation in soil erodibility along hillslopes in a Prairie landscape. The soil loss produced by simulated rainfall on undisturbed soils was used as an index of relative soil erodibility. Relative erodibility, and several soil properties, were measured at the summit, shoulder, midslope footslope and toeslope of 11 slope transects in an area of cultivated grassland soils on hummocky glacial till. The variation of erodibility with slope position was statistically significant, and slope position explained about 40 per cent of the variation in the erodibility measurements. Erodibility was 14 per cent higher on the shoulder and midslope, and 21 per cent lower on the toeslope, than on the summit and footslope. Local variation in erodibility along slopes was considered to be an important control on patterns of soil erosion in the landscape. The variation of erodibility along the slopes reflected soil property trends. The greatest erodibility was associated with upper slope positions where soils tended to be shallow, coarse, poorly leached and low in organic matter, while lower erodibility was found at lower slope positions with deep, organic-rich and leached soils. Of the individual soil properties considered, silt and sand content were the most highly correlated with erodibility. The results, together with results from other studies, also suggest that net erosion and erodibility are positively related.     

地下采煤情况下地表黄土边坡稳定性分析

针对近年来我国西北黄土地区地下采煤诱发地表变形,从而导致地表黄土边坡失稳及滑坡问题,使用显式有限元、动力学大变形计算方法以及土动力学基本理论进行分析研究,并提出一种适用于地下动态扰动对地表边坡稳定性影响的分析方法。通过计算分析得知,地下采煤对地表边坡稳定性的影响是一个动态的过程,所提方法具有较高的计算效率,且能够分析边坡的渐进破坏过程。     

含软弱夹层岩质边坡的模态分析及其对边坡地震动力响应影响的初步研究

本文以含软弱夹层岩质边坡作为研究对象,基于数值软件ANSYS的模态分析给出了含不同倾角与厚度软弱夹层边坡的前5阶固有频率与振型,并分析了夹层倾角和厚度对边坡固有模态的影响。接着,结合已有的大型振动台模型试验结果,在小应变范围内讨论了边坡的固有模态与其动力响应特性之间的关系。结果表明:(1)在夹层倾角相同时,含较厚软弱夹层边坡固有频率低于含较薄软弱夹层边坡;(2)在夹层厚度相同时,随着倾角增加,夹层从反倾变化到顺倾,低阶(1、2)固有频率也逐渐增加,而高阶(3、4、5)固有频率则呈下降趋势;(3)从第3、4阶开始,边坡变形受夹层影响增强;(4)基于加速度傅里叶谱比分析得出的边坡响应放大频率与边坡前5阶固有频率范围接近,加速度和位移响应在夹层及以上部位响应强烈,与边坡前5阶振型较为一致,预示了边坡的共振响应。需要指出的是,本文得出的结论尚且不能用于准确解释边坡在大变形及破坏阶段的动力响应特征,但可为边坡动力特性及共振响应的深入研究提供思路。     

Lateral and longitudinal flight dispersals of a stonefly,Alloperla ishikariana (Plecoptera,Chloroperlidae), from the hyporheic zone in a gravel-bed river in Japan

The life-history traits of amphibitic insects are not well understood. These insects inhabit saturated interstitial areas below the riverbed (hyporheic zone) at the larval stage, mate in terrestrial habitats, and return to rivers for oviposition, but there is no knowledge concerning their dispersal characteristics. We sought to address this by examining how far amphibitic insects disperse away from the channel (laterally) and along upstream or downstream (longitudinally) in a gravel-bed river. Alloperla ishikariana was selected as the focal species because it numerically dominates other amphibites in an 18-km study segment of a 4th-order gravel-bed river in Hokkaido, Northern Japan. Malaise traps were set at various distances from the channel towards the riparian forest to estimate lateral dispersal distances. An elevated stable nitrogen isotope ratio in downstream larvae, caused by the influence of effluent from a wastewater treatment plant, was used to assess longitudinal dispersal by identifying and tracking adult movements. Laterally, 50th and 90th percentile dispersal distances were 11.66 and 35.09 m for female A. ishikariana and 20.59 and 59.20 m for male, respectively; this overlapped with distances previously estimated for other aquatic benthic taxa. Longitudinally, 50th and 90th percentile dispersal distances were 0.74 and 1.43 km for female and 3.11 and 7.87 km for male, respectively. Alloperla ishikariana had one of the longest upstream traveling distances compared with other aquatic insects, and the longest among Plecoptera taxa known thus far where male exhibited a greater dispersal distance. A higher number of adults demonstrated upstream movement, suggesting an upstream bias in the longitudinal dispersal of A. ishikariana. Overall, amphibitic stoneflies did not exhibit distinct dispersal characteristics compared with the results of previous reports on presumably benthic taxa. Our findings support an improved visualization of a multi-dimensionally connected river ecosystem in terms of material flow, including vertical connectivity.     

Evaluation of the use of paleotsunami deposits to reconstruct inundation distance and runup heights associated with prehistoric inundation events,Crescent City,southern Cascadia margin

Historic‐ and prehistoric‐tsunami sand deposits are used to independently establish runup records for tsunami hazard mitigation and modeled runup verification in Crescent City, California, located in the southern Cascadia Subduction Zone. Inundation from historic (1964) farfield tsunami (~5–6 m runup height) left sand sheet deposits (100–200 m width) in wetlands located behind a low beach ridge [3–4 m elevation of the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88)]. The most landward flooding lines (4·5–5 m elevation) in high‐gradient alluvial wetlands exceed the 1964 sand sheet records of inundation by 1–2 m in elevation. The most landward flooding in low‐gradient alluvial wetlands exceed the corresponding sand sheet record of inundation distance by 1000 m. Nevertheless, the sand sheet record is an important proxy for high‐velocity inundation. Sand sheet deposition from the 1964 historic tsunami closely corresponds to the landward extent of large debris transport and structural damage in the Crescent City waterfront. The sand sheet deposits provide a proxy for maximum hazard or ‘kill zone’ in the study area. Six paleotsunami sand sheets (0·3–3 ka) are recorded in the back‐ridge marshes in Crescent City, yielding a ~450 year mean recurrence interval for nearfield Cascadia tsunami. Two paleotsunami sand deposit records, likely correlated to Cascadia ruptures between 1·0 and 1·5 ka, are traced to 1·2 km distance and 9–10 m elevation, as adjusted for paleo‐sea level. The paleotsunami sand deposits demonstrate at least twice the runup height, and four times the inundation distance of the farfield 1964 tsunami sand sheet in the same marsh system. The preserved paleotsunami deposits in Crescent City are compared to the most landward flooding, as modeled by other investigators from a predicted Cascadia (~ Mw 9) rupture. The short geologic record (~1·5 ka) yields slightly lower runup records than those predicted for the modeled Mw 9 rupture scenario in the same marsh, but it generally verifies predicted maximum tsunami runup for use in the planning of emergency response and rapid evacuation. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.