Characteristics of frequency content of near-fault ground motions during the Chi-Chi earthquake

Introduction The dynamic response of structural systems subjected to earthquake ground shaking is sig-nificantly affected by the frequency content of input ground motions. When the frequency content of a predominant earthquake ground motion closely matches the natural period of a structural sys-tem, the dynamic response is significantly enhanced and thus may cause severe damage (Chopra, 1995). Therefore, it is of great importance to evaluate the frequency content of ground motions. In recent …     

Fractal size and spatial distributions of fault zones: An investigation into the seismic Chelungpu Fault, Taiwan

Abstract   The fractality of fault zones of thickness T for the 248-m-long core from a borehole penetrating the northern segment of the seismic Chelungpu Fault, Taiwan, was analyzed. The frequency curve of T shows that the fractal dimension is normal when T is smaller than a characteristic thickness T _c, and it becomes abnormally large when T exceeds T _c. The fractal dimensions of size and spatial distributions of T increase as the mean distribution density of T increases, which is inconsistent with the evolution laws for ordinary brittle faults. This discrepancy implies that the thickening rate of T when T is more than T _c is not constant, but a decreasing function of fault displacement. The slow thickening rate is related to the elastohydrodynamic lubrication which was effective on the fault when T exceeds T _c. This slip instability mechanism can explain the large, fast and smooth slip on the northern segment of the Chelungpu Fault during the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake.     

浙江桐庐地区船山组多重地层划分

桐庐沈村剖面船山组，主体为深灰色泥晶灰岩，厚138．77m，与下伏地层黄龙组、上覆地层梁山组均呈整合接触，是一个跨系的岩石地层单位。在该组中划分出5个化石带：下部为①Streptognathodus elegantulus牙形刺带和②Triticites subcrassulus（ting）带，归属逍遥阶；中部为③sphoeroschwagerina subrotunda（ting）带，归属紫松阶；上部为④EoparcoCusulina pseudosimplex（ting）带和⑤Sweetognathus paraguizhouensis牙形刺带，归属隆林阶。石炭系与二叠系的界线位于Triticites subcrassulus带与sphaeroschwagerina subrotunda带之间，即沈村剖面第15层与16层之间。船山组可划分出3个正层序（Os）和7个四级层序（Ss），主要成岩环境为潮坪相、台地相和台地边缘相3种类型。对船山组中-上部高频旋回研究显示，每个米级旋回层时限约0．3Ma，主要受地球偏心率长周期400ka的控制。     

探地雷达复信号分析的几点讨论

采用H ilbert变换的复信号分析方法,求取相位时对噪声很敏感,所以分析前的滤波处理是非常重要的,常用的反正切求取相位角方法,不利于求取包含真实反射信息的相位θ(t)。针对以上两个问题,采用了与探地雷达垂向分辨能力相关的尺度,对原始数据进行了滤波操作。滤波后的数据保证了与原始数据相同的分辨能力,有效地压制了干扰信号。同时,具有良好的数学性质,为复信号分析提供了有利的条件。利用反余弦计算相角,方便了程序设计,且求得的相角易于变换为真实相角(ω0t θ(t)),为提取真正与反射信息相关的相位θ(t)提供了便利。应用优化方法求解瞬时相位、瞬时频率等信息,将真正与反射信息相关的θ(t)与ω0t分离,提高了分辨能力,同时还可得到ω0随时间变化的曲线,为分析探地雷达的频散现象提供了依据。     

The complexity feature of crust-mantle boundary in Zhangbei seismic region and its tectonic implication

The ProP waveform data obtained from a deep seismic sounding profile, which ran through Zhangbei seismic region, were processed by means of both seismic wave complexity coefficient and frequency spectrum analysis methods, and the complexity characteristics of crest-mantle boundary beneath the studied area and its adjacent region were determined. The results show that the place below epicenter can be taken as boundary, the northern side of which is Inner Mongolia axis with small complexity coefficient and the southern side of which is Huai＇an basin with large complexity coefficient. The different spectrum patterns at the two sides of the epicenter were inferred from spectrum analysis. In the epicentral area, there have been multi-period magmatic eruptions since Meso-Cenozoic and craters exist at the surface. From the velocity imaging of middle and upper crust in Zhangbei seismic region it can be found that there are crustal low velocity bodies around the craters and also there are low velocity zones, which went into deep crust. It is suggested that the distinct zones of crust-mantle boundary complexity may be the margin, where the magma had intruded due to magma activity in Meso-Cenozoic. The southern side with large complexity coefficient is deep magmatic activity area and the northern side with small complexity coefficient is stable crust-mantle tectonics. The difference of crust-mantle complexity provides deep background for the development of strong earthquake.     

Improved methods to transform frequency‐dependent complex stiffness to time domain

A method to transform the frequency‐dependent complex stiffness to the impulse response in the time domain was proposed in the previous paper. However, there is a problem in that the accuracy and the convergence of the transformed impulse response are not good in some cases. Moreover, the hysteretic damping was not considered in the previous study although it is essential for practical purposes. In this paper, transform method improvements are proposed. First, the accuracy and the convergence are improved by taking the concept of virtual mass into account. Then, a more improved method for transforming the complex stiffness with large hysteretic damping to the time domain is proposed using the least square method. It is well known that the rigorous transform of the hysteretic damping is impossible because it is non‐causal. So this method is thought to be an approximate causalization process. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Estimation of frequency dependent coda wave attenuation structure at the vicinity of Cairo Metropolitan Area

Estimation of seismic wave attenuation in the shallow crust in terms of coda wave Q structure previously investigated in the vicinity of Cairo Metropolitan Area was improved using seismograms of local earthquakes recorded by the Egyptian National Seismic Network. The seismic wave attenuation was measured from the time decay of coda wave amplitudes on narrow bandpass filtered seismograms based on the single scattering theory. The frequency bands of interest are from 1.5 to 18 Hz. In general, the values obtained for various events recorded at El-Fayoum and Wadi Hagul stations are very similar for all frequency bands. A regional attenuation law Q _c = 85.66 f ^0.79 was obtained.     

基于摄动有限元方法对梁结构损伤的识别

结构损伤的定量识别是工程技术中急待解决的问题。利用矩阵摄动和结构有限元动力学理论推出梁结构损伤程度定量识别的公式和方法,该方法仅需要在役结构的固有频率测量值就可识别结构的损伤位置和损伤程度,而且可以识别结构的老化程度,避免了由模态振型识别损伤,因测量自由度不足带来的误差,通过对一钢悬臂梁损伤识别的数值仿真,证明了该方法的有效性。该方法具有较大的工程应用价值。     

基于振幅和瞬时频率的震相自动识别方法

为了充分反映地震信号振幅增大和频率改变的特征,发展了一种以振幅和瞬时频率比乘积为特征参量的震相自动识别方法。谐波信号和有限实际地震记录的应用表明,本方法具有较高的识别精度。     

亚洲夏季风爆发与热源强迫下的热带大气Rossby波

对南海夏季风爆发前的风场和局地对流凝结加热强迫作用进行了合成分析, 表明南海夏季风爆发前局地对流凝结加热作用对与南海夏季风爆发密切相关的低频涡对的产生起着重要作用.然后, 从动力学的角度研究了带有外部热源强迫的赤道β平面上的Rossby波, 利用Gardner-Morikawa变换和摄动展开方法, 得到了热源强迫下描写赤道Rossby的mKdV方程, 进而得到了不同热源形式下切变气流中赤道非线性Rossby波的解析解.结果表明, 不同类型的热源对赤道Rossby波的结构起着非常重要的作用, 同时也为南海夏季风爆发前低频涡对的形成给出了一种动力学解释.