Time-variant fragility analysis of the bridge system considering time-varying dependence among typical component seismic demands

This paper presents a copula technique to develop time-variant seismic fragility curves for corroded bridges at the system level and considers the realistic time-varying dependence among component seismic demands. Based on material deterioration mechanisms and incremental dynamic analysis, the time-evolving seismic demands of components were obtained in the form of marginal probability distributions. The time-varying dependences among bridge components were then captured with the best fitting copula function, which was selected from the commonly used copula classes by the empirical distribution based analysis method. The system time-variant fragility curves at different damage states were developed and the effects of time-varying dependences among components on the bridge system fragility were investigated. The results indicate the time-varying dependence among components significantly affects the time-variant fragility of the bridge system. The copula technique captures the nonlinear dependence among component seismic demands accurately and easily by separating the marginal distributions and the dependence among them.     

CHARACTERISTICS OF SATELLITE GRAVITY FIELD AND SEISMOGENIC MECHANISM IN THE LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE

Longmenshan fault zone is a famous orogenic belt and seismic zone in the southeastern Tibetan plateau of China. The Wenchuan M_S8.0 earthquake on May 12, 2008 and the Ya'an M_S7.0 earthquake on April 20, 2013 occurred in the central-southern part of Longmenshan fault zone. Because of its complex geological structures, frequent earthquakes and special geographical locations, it has attracted the attention of many scholars around the world. Satellite gravity field has advantages in studying gravity field and gravity anomaly changes before and after earthquake. It covers wide range, can be updated regularly, without difficulty in terms of geographical restrictions, and is not affected by environmental factors such as weather, terrain and traffic. Therefore, the use of high-precision Earth satellite gravity field data inversion and interpretation of seismic phenomena has become a hot topic in earth science research. In order to understand satellite gravity field characteristics of the Longmenshan earthquake zone in the southeastern Tibetan plateau and its seismogenic mechanism of earthquake disasters, the satellite gravity data was used to present the terrain information of the study area. Then, by solving the regional gravity anomaly of the Moho surface, the crustal thickness of the study area was inverted, and the GPS velocity field data was used to detect the crustal deformation rate and direction of the study area. Combining the tectonic setting of the Longmenshan fault zone and the existing deep seismic sounding results of the previous researchers, the dynamic characteristics of the gravity time-varying field after the earthquake in the Longmenshan earthquake zone was analyzed and the mechanism of the earthquake was explored. The results show that the eastward flow of deep materials in the eastern Tibetan plateau is strongly blocked at the Longmenshan fault zone. The continuous collision and extrusion process result in a "deep drop zone" in the Moho surface, and the long-term stress effect is conducive to the formation of thrust-nappe and strike-slip structures. The Longmenshan earthquake zone was in the large-scale gradient zone of gravity change before the earthquake, the deep plastic fluid material transport velocity differed greatly, the fluid pressure was enhanced, and the rock mechanical strength in the seismic source region was weakened, which contributed to the intrusion of crustal fluid and the upwelling of the asthenosphere. As a result, the continuous accumulation of material and energy eventually led to continuous stress imbalance in the deep part and shear rupture of the deep weak structure, causing the occurrence of the thrust-nappe and strike-slip earthquake.     

基于附有限制条件的多项式模型建立中国区域电离层模型

利用IGS站的实测数据,采用最小二乘多项式模型建立中国区域电离层延迟模型。由于该模型各时段间连续性不强,故对其附加时空域上的限制条件。结果表明,附有限制条件的多项式模型保证了模型的连续性,在一定程度上能更好地反映电离层随时间的变化特性。采用该模型,研究分析中国区域电离层的周日、季节变化特性。     

时变补给条件下河渠间潜水的一维非稳定运动

针对河渠间潜水的一维非稳定运动,考虑了补给强度的时变性,根据Boussinesq方程的第一线性化方法,应用Duhamel原理得到了方程的解析解,进一步得出补给强度为指数函数和三角函数的潜水位计算公式。通过算例分析补给强度指数增加、指数衰减和正弦函数变化条件下潜水面的变化特征,指数增加条件下潜水位单调增加,分水岭从高水位一侧向河间地块中部移动;指数衰减条件下潜水位先增大,后减小,具有一个峰值,分水岭先从高水位一侧向河间地块中部移动,之后随补给强度减弱返回到高水位河渠;正弦函数变化条件下潜水位表现出周期性起伏变化,且水位对补给的响应具有明显的时滞性,分水岭在高水位河渠与河间地块中部之间往复移动。研究结果可为量化分析地下水系统对气候变化的响应以及地表水地下水转化规律等问题提供理论依据。     

地壳形变与密度变化耦合运动探析

为整体解释现代大地测量数据,提出了地壳变形与密度变化耦合运动的基本思想;分析了地壳变形与密度变化耦合运动的基本理论;导出了由地壳形变与密度变化耦合运动引起的重力时间变化一般严格公式。     

Hydromechanical behavior of radially multilayered cylinders under time-varying loads

ABSTRACT

Geotechnical strata are often treated as horizontally homogeneous for hydromechanical analysis due to the vertical deposition of geological layers; however, such a treatment becomes no longer valid when vertical drilling or construction causes the localized disturbance of subsurface, which would result in radial heterogeneity of geomaterials. This paper presents a poroelastic solution for the saturated multilayered cylinder where multilayer is used to represent radial heterogeneity. After the application of Laplace transform, the governing equations in cylindrical coordinates are derived to obtain the stiffness matrix between stresses, displacements, and pore water pressure. The global matrix is assembled by the boundary conditions and the compatibility of interfaces between adjacent layers. Under time-dependent horizontal compression loads, a parametric study is performed for a cylinder comprised of two layers with distinct properties, and the results show that the load frequency and radial heterogeneity play a significant role in hydromechanical behavior of geomaterials: (1) the time-varying loading can induce a negative pore pressure, and the influence of cyclic loading with a high frequency is limited near the outer surface; (2) the radial heterogeneity due to permeability and compressibility affects the development of pore pressure.     

小波多分辨率分析时变系统参数识别算法的鲁棒性研究

针对多自由度时变系统参数识别问题,基于Daubechies小波多分辨率展开的时变参数辨识方法分析影响参数识别鲁棒性的各个因素。通过数值分析针对突变、线性慢变以及谐波快变的时变参数进行识别,研究结果表明:当基函数dbN一定时,在预先确立的分解尺度范围内,识别精度随分解尺度的增加而增加;待识别参数的频率特性对分解尺度的选择有很大影响,快时变参数比慢时变参数对分解尺度更为敏感;基函数dbN并不是影响识别精度的主要因素;在分解尺度相同的情况下,可以通过提高采样频率增加快时变参数识别精度。     

An advanced process for evaluating a linear dielectric constant–bulk electrical conductivity model using a capacitance sensor in field conditions

Abstract

The Hilhorst model was used to convert bulk electrical conductivity (σ_b) to pore water electrical conductivity (σ_p) under laboratory conditions by using the linear relationship between the soil dielectric constant (ε_b) and σ_b. In the present study, applying the linear relationship ε_b–σ_b to data obtained from field capacitance sensors resulted in strong positive autocorrelations between the residuals of that regression. We were able to derive an accurate offset of the relationship ε_b–σ_b and to estimate the evolution of σ_p over time by including a stochastic component to the linear model, rearranging it to a time-varying dynamic linear model (DLM), and using Kalman filtering and smoothing. The offset proved to vary for each depth in the same soil profile. A reason for this might be the changes in soil temperature along the soil profile.

Editor D. Koutsoyiannis; Associate editor M.D. Fidelibus     

Simulating hourly rainfall occurrence within an equatorial rainforest,Borneo Island / Simulation de l'occurrence de pluie horaire au sein de la forêt équatoriale,Ile de Bornéo

Abstract

The ability to simulate characteristics of the diurnal cycle of rainfall occurrence, and its evolution over the seasons is important to the forecasting of hydrological impacts resulting from land-use and climate changes within the humid tropics. This stochastic modelling study uses a generalized linear model (GLM) solution to second-order Markov chain models, as these discrete models are better at describing binary occurrence processes on an hourly time-scale than continuous-time approaches such as stochastic state-space models. We show that transition probabilities derived by the Markov chain method need to be time-varying rather than stationary to simulate the evolution of the diurnal cycle of rainfall occurrence over a Southeast Asian monsoon sequence. The conceptual and pragmatic links between discrete diurnal processes and continuous processes occurring over seasonal periods are thereby simulated within the same model.     

自然电位场的振动激励效应

Vibrator excitation generates not only reflections and refractions of wave fields on the subsurface interfaces but also electromagnetic waves with different frequencies. In this paper, we address the vibration-induced effects on the spontaneous potential field. The effects of controllable vibration on the spontaneous potential field were studied under real field geologic conditions. Experimental data confirmed that the vibration-induced effects on the spontaneous potential field do exist under field conditions. Monitoring records over a long time interval showed that there exist three information zones in the vibration-induced effects on the spontaneous potential field. These are the signal-varying zone, the extremestable zone, and the relaxation-recovery zone. Combined with different well-site data, it was concluded that the time-varying features of the anomalies in the information zones was closely related to the properties of the subsurface liquid （oil and water）.