Displacement, strain and stress fields due to shear and tensile dislocations in a viscoelastic half-space

Okada (1992) provided expressions for the displacement and strain fields due to a finite rectangular source in an elastic, homogeneous and isotropic half-space. Starting with these results, we applied the correspondence principle of linear viscoelasticity to derive the quasi-static displacement, strain and stress fields in a viscoelastic, homogeneous and isotropic half-space. We assume that the medium deforms viscoelastically with respect to both the shear and the normal stresses but keeps a constant bulk modulus; in particular, the shear modulus relaxes as Maxwell fluid. We presented the viscoelastic effect on displacement, displacement gradient and stress fields, for a choice of parameter values. The viscoelastic effect due to the sudden dislocation reaches a limit value after about 10 times the Maxwell time. The expressions obtained here provide tools for the study of viscoelastic relaxation of lithosphere associated with seismic and volcanic phenomena.     

Seismic motion in urban sites consisting of blocks in welded contact with a soft layer overlying a hard half-space

We address the problem of the response to a seismic wave of an urban site consisting of   N _b   blocks overlying a soft layer underlain by a hard substratum. The results of a theoretical analysis, appealing to a space–frequency mode-matching (MM) technique, are compared to those obtained by a space–time finite-element (FE) technique. The two methods are shown to give rise to the same prediction of the seismic response for   N _b = 1  , 2 and 40 blocks. The mechanism of the interaction between blocks and the ground, as well as that of the mutual interaction between blocks, are studied. It is shown, in the first part of this paper, that the presence of a small number of blocks modifies the seismic disturbance in a manner which evokes qualitatively, but not quantitatively, what was observed during the 1985 Michoacan earthquake in Mexico City. Anomalous earthquake response at a much greater level, in terms of duration, peak and cumulative amplitude of motion, is shown, by a theoretical and numerical analysis in the second part of this paper, to be induced by the presence of a large (≥10) number of identical equi-spaced blocks that are present in certain districts of many cities.     

Relation between deformation and seismicity in the active fault zone of Kamchatka, Russia

In the regional geodetic network of the Russian Far East, an active fault zone of the Kamchatka peninsula has been selected in order to study the relation between seismic activity and deformation. This paper provides the first results of a detailed and high-precision 3-km long levelling profile, along which geodetic data have been collected weekly for almost three years. The data processing and analytical methods that were originally used have been elaborated for this particular type of very small local network. In the active fault zone, two distinct ways of releasing accumulated potential energy, i.e. seismicity and 'fault superintensive movements', have been registered. The inverse correlation that is discovered between deformation rate and seismic activity could be useful in earthquake forecasts.     

广州市中心城区餐饮店空间分异与机制差异研究——基于传统店与外卖店的对比

O2O模式（Online to Offline）使餐饮店经营模式与空间分布发生巨大变化,餐饮店空间分布现象与机制成为研究热点。本文将餐饮店分为仅提供堂食服务的传统店和同时提供堂食与餐饮配送服务的外卖店,利用核密度、双变量空间自相关、半变异函数、标准差椭圆、空间计量模型等方法,分析广州市中心城区传统店与外卖店的空间分异与机制。研究发现：① 2020年传统店主要集聚于自荔湾区多宝街道东至天河区石牌街道;外卖店呈多中心分布,以天河区天河南街道、冼村街道、海珠区江南中街道和赤岗街道为核心;二者在越秀区中部、天河区西南部、车陂街道、海珠区西北部等有多处高高集聚区。② 两种餐饮店空间分异较明显,易受随机性因子影响;外卖店较少分布在越秀区和荔湾区,整体分布范围较小,仅有很弱的空间自相关性,更多呈零散分布特征。③ 餐饮店空间分布受人口密度和餐饮店集聚的正作用;但受教育程度、路网密度、邻近高等院校、公交站、商圈等因素能提高外卖店比例,外卖店有更高店铺付租能力,更邻近地铁站和低经济密度地区,传统店则与其相反。     

Thermal acclimation and non-shivering thermogenesis in three species of South American rodents: a comparison between arid and mesic habitats

Non-hibernating mammals that live in seasonal and arid environments change their non-shivering thermogenesis (NST) capacity to maintain homeothermy. Metabolic capabilities of animals, such as NST, are considered adaptive plastic traits because they have a broad range of possible phenotypes with different ambient temperatures (i.e. the reaction norm). Consequently, we determined the reaction norm for NST in Octodon degus (Bennett, 1832; m_b=189 g) andPhyllotis darwini (Waterhouse, 1837; m_b=61 g) from the mesic habitat of central Chile, and inPhyllotis xanthopygus (Waterhouse, 1837; m_b=67 g) from the high Andean plains of northern Chile, an arid and seasonal habitat. Octodon degus showed a 22% increase in NST with thermal acclimation, whereas P. xanthopygus showed a 112% increase, and P. darwini showed a 117% increase in NST, being the largest change observed. These results are in agreement with our hypothesis of evolutionary inertia, which states that observed metabolic plasticity in Phyllotis species is consequence of their high Andean origin, in spite of the fact the actual habitat ofP. darwini is the less seasonal central valley of Chile.     

不透水地表盖度视角下中美城市群空间结构对比——以“京津冀”与“波士华”为例

将城市不透水地表盖度产品应用于城市群空间结构研究具有重要价值。本文基于多源遥感数据提取了“京津冀”与“波士华”城市群近40年（1972-2011年）亚像元级不透水地表专题信息,构建了城市群空间结构对比分析数据集;并引入引力模型和景观格局理论,利用引力指数、景观格局指数以及空间结构参数等,采用地理信息系统空间分析方法,从城市群与城市两个尺度对城市群空间结构进行了对比研究。结果表明：① “京津冀”城市群不透水地表快速增长,而“波士华”城市群较为稳定;② “京津冀”城市群空间结构经历了城市孤立发展阶段、双核心城市群阶段、城市群组阶段以及城市群网络化阶段,“波士华”城市群空间结构较为稳定,空间结构呈现出“点—轴”带状分布;③ 中国城市不透水地表盖度“高—高”聚集区呈现出典型团块状“摊大饼”形态,而美国城市呈现出一种“多中心集聚、分散成组”的态势;④ “京津冀”城市群生态、生产与生活用地不透水地表面积占比均高于“波士华”城市群。最后,基于两国城市群空间结构的对比结果,从空间布局优化角度对“京津冀”城市群的发展提出了初步建议。     

A comparison of scenario-based hybrid bilevel and multi-objective location-allocation models for earthquake emergency shelters: a case study in the central area of Beijing,China

The accurate location and allocation of disaster emergency shelters are key components of effective urban planning and emergency management. Various models have been developed to solve the location-allocation problem, but gaps remain with regard to model realism and associated applicability. For the available location and allocation models of earthquake emergency shelters, uncertainty with respect to earthquake hazard, population exposure, rate of damage to buildings and the effects of evacuee behavior are often neglected or oversimplified. Moreover, modifying the models can be an alternative means of improving the solution quality when the optimization algorithm has difficulty coping with a complex, high-dimensional problem. This article develops a scenario-based hybrid bilevel model that addresses the concerns related to high-dimensional complexity and provides a higher degree of realism by incorporating the uncertainties of population dynamics and earthquake damage scenarios into location-allocation problems for earthquake emergency shelters. A modified particle swarm optimization algorithm combined with a simulated annealing algorithm was applied to derive solutions using the hybrid bilevel model and a conventional multi-objective model, and the solutions obtained using the two models were then compared. The novel features of the study include the hybrid bilevel model that considers the dynamic number of evacuees and its implementation for earthquake emergency shelter location and allocation. The results show that the solutions significantly differ between daytime and nighttime. When applied to the multi-objective model, the optimization algorithm is time consuming and may only find the local optima and provide suboptimal solutions in the considered scenarios with more evacuees. By contrast, the hybrid bilevel model shows more desirable performance because it significantly reduces the dimensionality of the location-allocation problem based on a two-step-to-reach approach. The proposed hybrid bilevel model is proven to be useful for optimal shelter allocation, and the presented results can be used as a reference for balancing the interests of the government and residents during the planning of shelters in Beijing.     

中国能源-粮食生产对水资源竞争的关系——基于水足迹的视角

通过对水-能源-粮食系统的定量分析,能更好的探究三者之间的协同作用,对提高区域资源综合利用效率、促进区域可持续发展具有重要意义。本文基于水足迹视角探讨了1990—2017年中国31个地区能源-粮食生产对水资源的竞争关系,并借助ESTDA模型框架对其时空动态特征进行分析。结果表明:①中国化石能源水足迹的时间演变特征可分为缓慢下降-快速上升-平稳下降3个阶段,其中化石能源灰水足迹平均占化石能源水足迹的70%以上;电力水足迹呈持续上升态势,其中电力蓝水足迹平均占电力水足迹的70%以上;粮食蓝水足迹上升幅度明显,平均占农业用水总量的70%以上。②能源-粮食水足迹总量空间分布格局受区域资源禀赋差异影响较大。③时间序列上,中国能源-粮食生产对水资源竞争指数呈逐年上升态势;空间分布上,同时兼顾能源生产与粮食生产的黄河中下游区、东北地区为竞争指数高值集聚区,其余地区竞争指数相对较小。④ LISA时间路径分析显示,中国南方地区能源-粮食水资源竞争指数的空间格局的稳定性比北方更强;各地区在不同程度上均受局部结构的时空依赖效应影响;竞争指数空间格局变化具有较强的整合性且空间凝聚性较强。⑤能源-粮食生产对水资...