基于复合方法的天水盆地宽频带地震动模拟

本文采用有限差分和随机振动合成结合的复合方法,模拟了当礼县—罗家堡断裂发生矩震级Mw7.7级大地震时,在天水盆地产生的宽频带地震动场,分析了在设定地震条件下盆地内的地震动分布特征,为该区黄土地震滑坡分析提供了地震动参数结果。结果显示:(1)有限差分法和随机振动合成法可以很好地互补,得到盆地内地表宽频带地震动;(2)地震在盆地区域产生了强烈地震动,PGA(峰值加速度)介于150~900 gal,离断层较近的区域东南角的PGA最大,随着断层距的增加,PGA逐渐减小。河谷南侧的PGA值相比北侧较大,具备诱发滑坡的强大动力条件;(3)盆地区域PGV(峰值速度)最大为120 cm/s。受第四系覆盖层放大效应和地形放大效应共同影响,水平向地震动在盆地区域东侧和中部具有较大PGV,而西侧PGV相对较小。竖向地震动在盆地区域东侧较弱,而在中部和西侧较强,特别是最西侧陡峭的山坡上,PGV达到了最大值。此外,竖向地震动明显受到覆盖层厚度的影响,譬如在盆地区域南侧的中间部位,也具有较大的PGV。     

《ArcGIS软件应用》教学方法改进

《ArcGIS软件应用》是一门年轻的课程,也是一门操作性很强的专业课程。针对当前高校学生在软件应用类课程学习中存在的问题进行调查,结果显示,这些问题主要集中在理论知识未掌握、缺乏上机练习、缺乏学习兴趣3个方面。通过对该3个因素进行分析,建议在ArcGIS软件应用教学中,引入翻转课堂教学模式,并适当改变教学环境,同时引入案例教学,以增强教学效果。     

模拟地震波场的伪谱和高阶有限差分混合方法

伪谱法是一种高效、高精度计算非均匀介质地震波传播的数值方法,但是由于它的微分算子的全局性,使得该方法不适用于分散内存的并行计算.本文将有限差分算子的局部性和伪谱法算子的高效、高精度相结合,发展基于两种方法的伪谱/有限差分混合方法.该方法在一个空间坐标方向上利用交错网格高阶有限差分算子,在另外的空间坐标方向上利用交错网格伪谱法算子,既保留了后者的高效、高精度优势,又便于在PC集群上实现并行计算.对二维模型的计算显示,混合方法能有效处理介质不连续面,在保证伪谱法计算精度的情况下,提供了一种并行计算的可能途径.     

元认知理论框架下大学英语教学与测试模式探析

元认知是人们对自身认知活动的自我意识、自我监控与自我调节,元认知理论在学习实践中具有广泛的适应性。大学英语教学中运用元认知策略改革教学与测试模式,能提高学生的自主学习能力,取得良好的教学效果。     

Higher-order compositional modeling with Fickian diffusion in unstructured and anisotropic media

We present advances in compositional modeling of two-phase multi-component flow through highly complex porous media. Higher-order methods are used to approximate both mass transport and the velocity and pressure fields. We employ the Mixed Hybrid Finite Element (MHFE) method to simultaneously solve, to the same order, the pressure equation and Darcy's law for the velocity. The species balance equation is approximated by the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) approach, combined with a slope limiter. In this work we present an improved DG scheme where phase splitting is analyzed at all element vertices in the two-phase regions, rather than only as element averages. This approximation is higher-order than the commonly employed finite volume method and earlier DG approximations. The method reduces numerical dispersion, allowing for an accurate capture of shock fronts and lower dependence on mesh quality and orientation. Further new features are the extension to unstructured grids and support for arbitrary permeability tensors (allowing for both scalar heterogeneity, and shear anisotropy). The most important advancement in this work is the self-consistent modeling of two-phase multi-component Fickian diffusion. We present several numerical examples to illustrate the powerful features of our combined MHFE–dg method with respect to lower-order calculations, ranging from simple two component fluids to more challenging real problems regarding CO₂ injection into a vertical domain saturated with a multi-component petroleum fluid.     

Development of a hybrid simulation controller for full‐scale experimental investigation of seismic retrofits for soft‐story woodframe buildings

Hybrid simulations of a full‐scale soft‐story woodframe building specimen with various retrofits were carried out as part of the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research project – NEES‐Soft: seismic risk reduction for soft‐story woodframe buildings. The test structure in the hybrid simulation was a three‐story woodframe building that was divided into a numerical substructure of the first story with various retrofits and a full‐scale physical substructure of the upper two stories. Four long‐stroke actuators, two at the second floor and two at the roof diaphragm, were attached to the physical substructure to impose the simulated seismic responses including both translation and in‐plane rotation. Challenges associated with this first implementation of a full‐scale hybrid simulation on a woodframe building were identified. This paper presents the development and validation of a scalable and robust hybrid simulation controller for efficient test site deployment. The development consisted of three incremental validation phases ranging from small‐scale, mid‐scale, to full‐scale tests conducted at three laboratories. Experimental setup, procedure, and results of each phase of the controller development are discussed, demonstrating the effectiveness and efficiency of the incremental controller development approach for large‐scale hybrid simulation programs with complex test setup. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Validation of ground‐motion simulations for historical events using MDoF systems

The study presented in this paper addresses the issue of engineering validation of Graves and Pitarka's (2010) hybrid broadband ground motion simulation methodology with respect to some well‐recorded historical events and considering the response of multiple degrees of freedom (MDoF) systems. Herein, validation encompasses detailed assessment of how similar is, for a given event, the seismic response due to comparable hybrid broadband simulated records and real records. In the first part of this study, in order to investigate the dynamic response of a wide range of buildings, MDoF structures are modeled as elastic continuum systems consisting of a combination of a flexural cantilever beam coupled with a shear cantilever beam. A number of such continuum systems are selected including the following: (1) 16 oscillation periods between 0.1 and 6 s; (2) three shear to flexural deformation ratios to represent respectively shear‐wall structures, dual systems, and moment‐resisting frames; and (3) two stiffness distributions along the height of the systems, that is, uniform and linear. Demand spectra in terms of generalized maximum interstory drift ratio (IDR) and peak floor acceleration (PFA) are derived using simulations and actual recordings for four historical earthquakes, namely, the 1979 M_w 6.5 Imperial Valley earthquake, 1989 M_w 6.8 Loma Prieta earthquake, 1992 M_w 7.2 Landers earthquake, and 1994 M_w 6.7 Northridge earthquake. In the second part, for two nonlinear case study structures, the IDR and PFA distributions over the height and their statistics, are obtained and compared for both recorded and simulated time histories. These structures are steel moment frames designed for high seismic hazard, 20‐story high‐rise and 6‐story low‐rise buildings. The results from this study highlight the similarities and differences between simulated and real records in terms of median and intra‐event standard deviation of logs of seismic demands for MDoF building systems. This general agreement, in a broad range of moderate and long periods, may provide confidence in the use of the simulation methodology for engineering applications, whereas the discrepancies, statistically significant only at short periods, may help in addressing improvements in generation of synthetic records. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

芦山地震有限断层混合震源模型模拟

建立了基于有限断层的芦山地震的混合震源模型,突出破裂面上滑动量分布中凹凸体的主导作用,同时借助k平方模型表达对震源复杂性认识尚不够深入所带来的随机性.混合震源模型中全局震源参数均值与局部震源参数均值的确定,主要依据统计的半经验标定公式,进一步借助截断正态分布将区域地震、地质构造、地震活动性提供的参数限值结合起来,生成最终的震源参数值.基于上述思路,本文共建立了30组芦山地震混合震源模型,进而以芦山地震8个近场观测台站为试算点,借助地震动反应谱残差评价的方法,从30组模型中选定了表达“平均”特征的混合震源模型.     

测量学实践教学的改革与实践

测量学是一门技术性和实践性很强的专业基础课,实践教学是整个教学过程中的重要环节。近几年来,测绘工程系以土木工程等6个本科专业为试点,从更新实践教学内容和教学方法、加强实践教学基础条件建设、创新实践教学考核评价方法等方面进行了系统的研究和大胆的改革,建立与完善了一套完整的测量学实践教学体系,在培养学生的合作精神和动手能力方面收到了良好效果。     

小模块、多方向、校企合作人才培养模式研究——以测绘与地理信息技术专业为例

本课题旨在研究打破传统的严格课程界限,以项目为依托,根据行业发展的重要方向,把项目中需要的岗位技能划分为一系列小实验模块,将企业流水线的作业模式贯穿到教学实践中,在测绘地理信息行业蓬勃发展的前景下,培养行业需要的合格人才。