Dynamic response of a porous seabed around pipeline under three-dimensional wave loading

The evaluation of the wave-induced pore pressure around a buried pipeline is particularly important for pipeline engineers involved in the design of offshore pipelines. Most previous investigations of the wave-induced dynamic response around an offshore pipeline have limited to two-dimensional cases. In this paper, a three-dimensional model including buried pipeline is established, based on the existing DYNE3WAC models. Based on the proposed numerical model and poro-elastic soil material assumption, the effects of wave and soil characteristics, such as wave period, water depth, shear modulus and permeability, and configuration of pipelines, such as pipeline radius and pipeline buried depth, on the wave-induced excess pore pressure will be examined. Numerical results indicated that the normalized excess pore pressures versus z/h near the pipeline increase as the obliquity angle, wave period and water depth increase, and they decrease as the burial depth and radius of pipeline increase above the pipeline. Soil permeability has obvious influence on the wave-induced normalized excess pore pressure, and different soil material will result in distinct computation results.     

爆炸地震波作用下地下结构动力响应数值分析

爆炸地震波荷载类似于天然地震波荷载，但又不完全相同。基于有效应力动力分析法，运用二维显式有限差分程序FLAC对地下结构在竖向和水平爆炸地震波荷载作用下的动力响应进行数值分析。编制了周围土体介质分析模型的程序模块并与FLAC接口。考虑了水平和竖向爆炸地震波荷载对地下结构的耦合效应，得出了一些定性的结论。     

拱桥在竖向地震波输入下的行波共振现象

以某大跨公路拱桥为例讨论了行波作用对拱桥地震反应的影响机理.采用有限元程序计算分析了该拱桥在竖向地震动行波输入和一致输入下的动力反应,通过结果对比反映出行波地震反应并不简单随波速单调变化的现象.经过分析进一步提出了行波共振的概念,阐述了行波共振效应的产生机理.数值分析结果表明了考虑行波效应对大跨拱桥地震反应分析的重要性.     

波浪与地震对小尺度桩柱的共同作用研究

本文以某一实际平台桩柱为例,对其进行波浪作用以及波浪与地震共同作用研究。依据我国海港水文规范JTJ213-98、DNV的环境条件和环境荷载规范以及API的相关规范[1-3],对波浪荷载的计算采取不同的简化处理方式,从而分析流体的附加质量效应和流固耦合效应在不同工况下对桩柱结构响应的影响,并分析了该影响随工作水深和波浪参数的变化规律。结果表明,两种工况下流体的附加质量效应和流固耦合效应对桩柱响应的影响趋势并不相同,当进行波浪与地震共同作用分析时,有必要考虑流体附加质量效应和流固耦合效应对结构响应的影响。     

中国古代大木作结构斗栱竖向承载力的试验研究

为探讨中国古代大木作结构斗栱在竖向地震作用下隔震、减震机理以及相应的竖向极限承载能力，对三个缩尺比为l／3．52的二等材计心造两跳五铺作斗栱进行了竖向荷载作用下的试验研究，得出了相应的P-△曲线。结果表明，在竖向荷载作用下：(1)斗栱结构特性可视为变刚度线弹性变化，可用单自由度的质量-弹簧-阻尼器模型来说明；(2)斗拱的破坏始于华栱中部的塑性变形和劈裂；(3)在地震动过程中，其运动的竖向传递率大约为0．019，说明斗栱在减小结构地震响应方面发挥了重要作用；(4)在正常使用阶段，斗拱的内力与变形不超过其极限承载力的l／7左右，强度裕度很大。这保证了很多中国古代木结构能够抵御许多强烈地震作用并且矗立千年而不倒。     

Flow fields around tandem and staggered piers on a mobile bed

An experimental investigation on flow fields within the scour holes upstream and downstream of circular piers positioned in tandem and staggered arrangements is reported and compared with isolated piers on mobile beds with uniform sediment. The instantaneous bed elevations and instantaneous three dimensional (3D) velocities were measured using a 5 MHz Ultrasonic Ranging system and 16 MHz micro down looking acoustic Doppler velocimeter, respectively. The velocity and flow depth were measured at different locations under near equilibrium bed scour conditions. The measured 3D velocities were processed for the computation of flow parameters, such as velocity fields, streamline patterns, vorticity fields, and circulation. Furthermore, turbulence intensities, turbulent kinetic energy, Reynolds shear stresses, and bed shear stresses around the piers for all three pier configurations were computed from the detrended velocity signals to identify significant differences in the flow parameters and turbulence in the tandem and staggered pier arrangements as compared to those for an isolated pier. A recirculation zone was found near the bed in front of the rear pier in the tandem case from the streamline patterns. The vortices in the bi-vortex system were observed to be opposite to each other in the gap between the three piers in the staggered case. A strong secondary vortex also was observed apart from the primary vortex at the foot of the pier (θ = 0°) in all the three configurations. The strength of the horseshoe vortex (combination of primary and secondary vortices) was found to be higher at the front piers of the staggered arrangement as compared to those of the tandem piers, followed by the isolated pier. The bed shear stresses were found to be higher for the staggered piers than for the tandem piers in the direction of flow (θ = 0°). However, a 50% reduction in the bed shear stresses was observed behind the tandem piers at θ = 180°. The study reported in this paper provides the foundation for further investigation of countermeasures against local scour around tandem and staggered bridge piers on a mobile bed with non-uniform sediment.     

Modeling equilibrium bed profiles of short tidal embayments

In many tidal embayments, bottom patterns, such as the channel-shoal systems of the Wadden Sea, are observed. To gain understanding of the mechanisms that result in these bottom patterns, an idealized model is developed and analyzed for short tidal embayments. In this model, the water motion is described by the depth- and width-averaged shallow water equations and forced by a prescribed sea surface elevation at the entrance of the embayment. The bed evolves due to the divergence and convergence of suspended sediment fluxes. To model this suspended-load sediment transport, the three-dimensional advection–diffusion equation is integrated over depth and averaged over the width. One of the sediment fluxes in the resulting one-dimensional advection–diffusion equation is proportional to the gradient of the local water depth. In most models, this topographically induced flux is not present. Using standard continuation techniques, morphodynamic equilibria are obtained for different parameter values and forcing conditions. The bathymetry of the resulting equilibrium bed profiles and their dependency on parameters, such as the phase difference between the externally prescribed M₂ and M₄ tide and the sediment fall velocity, are explained physically. With this model, it is then shown that for embayments that are dominated by a net import of sediment, morphodynamic equilibria only exist up to a maximum embayment length. Furthermore, the sensitivity of the model to different morphological boundary conditions at the entrance of the embayment is investigated and it is demonstrated how this strongly influences the shape and number of possible equilibrium bottom profiles. This paper ends with a comparison between the developed model and field data for the Wadden Sea’s Ameland and Frisian inlets. When the model is forced with the observed M₂ and M₄ tidal constituents, morphodynamic equilibria can be found with embayment lengths similar to those observed in these inlets. However, this is only possible when the topographically induced suspended sediment flux is included. Without this flux, the maximum embayment length for which morphodynamic equilibria can be found is approximately a third of the observed length. The sensitivity of the model to the topographically induced sediment flux is discussed in detail.     

垂向非均匀介质中转换波转换点计算

转换点位置的计算是转换波资料处理中的一个关键问题. 本文提出了分别基于速度随深度线性变化、速度随垂直走时线性变化、慢度随深度线性变化和慢度随垂直走时线性变化四种等效垂向非均匀介质情况下转换点位置的计算方法. 研究了通过速度拟合、走时近似和相似系数谱三种方式选择合适的等效速度方法. 结合理论模型对非均匀介质转换点计算方法、渐进转换点计算方法、Thomsen近似公式和均匀介质解析计算方法的误差进行了分析,结果表明非均匀介质转换点计算方法能更准确地计算转换点位置.     

3-D shell analysis of cylindrical underground structures under seismic shear (S) wave action

The 3-D shell theory is employed in order to provide a new perspective to earthquake-induced strains in long cylindrical underground structures, when soil-structure interaction can be ignored. In this way, it is possible to derive analytical expressions for the distribution along the cross-section of axial, hoop and shear strains and also proceed to their consistent superposition in order to obtain the corresponding principal and von Mises strains. The resulting analytical solutions are verified against the results of 3-D dynamic FEM analyses. Seismic design strains are consequently established after optimization of the analytical solutions against the random angles which define the direction of wave propagation relative to the longitudinal structure axis, the direction of particle motion and the location on the structure cross-section. The basic approach is demonstrated herein for harmonic shear (S) waves with plane front, propagating in a homogeneous half-space or in a two layer profile, where soft soil overlays the bedrock.     

倾斜界面中反射波走时计算

对于平层界面和倾斜界面的反射地震波,基于射线理论,采用波动方程进行数值模拟;使用Matlab软件,编写2种界面不同倾角、不同震中距时反射地震波走时程序,绘制走时曲线,分析地震波的传播特点,为研究地震波在地球内部的传播路径提供参考。     

倾斜界面中反射波走时计算

对于平层界面和倾斜界面的反射地震波,基于射线理论,采用波动方程进行数值模拟;使用Matlab软件,编写2种界面不同倾角、不同震中距时反射地震波走时程序,绘制走时曲线,分析地震波的传播特点,为研究地震波在地球内部的传播路径提供参考。     

倾斜入射快纵波在饱和土中单个圆柱体周围的散射

在Biot饱和土波动理论的基础上,采用波函数展开法,研究了饱和土体中单个圆柱体对倾斜入射PI波的散射特性,计算了背向散射谱和总散射截面积。结果表明,饱和土体中PI波倾斜入射时,随着倾斜入射角的增大,总散射截面积在减小,产生的散射波主要以PI波和SV波为主;随着饱和土体渗透系数的减小,PI波、PⅡ波和SV波背向散射谱平均幅值均呈增大趋势,但PI波背向散射谱幅值变化程度较小。     

Modeling of vertical sounding ionograms for nonmonotonous ionospheric layers

The problem of radiosignal reflection from a plane layered isotropic ionosphere has been considered. The vertical sounding ionograms for ionospheric layers with a complicated structure have been modeled. It has been demonstrated that the structure of reflected signals depends on the degree of ionospheric irregularities. Diffuse reflection of radiosignals, caused by the vertical irregularity of the ionosphere, has been detected.     

On calculation of the vertical deflection and the geoid undulation from gravity anomalies

Specific features of the calculation of the vertical deflection and the geoidal undulation in the Arctic from gravity anomalies are discussed. Basic requirements to the initial model of the anomalous field are described. The technique of calculating the vertical deflection with arbitrarily fine detail is proposed. The ways for improving the models of gravity anomalies for solving the stated problems are suggested.     

Spacetime dynamics of bed forms due to turbulence around submerged bridge piers

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment - This work presents a study of spatiotemporal changes of scour-holes around sand embedded submerged circular and non-circular cylinders with...