循环荷载下粉土液化流动特性拖球试验研究

基于流体力学中的Stokes黏滞阻力理论,以振动台试验为基础,开发了一套测量液化过程中粉土流变特性的拖球试验装置。在铺有粉土海床的模型箱内埋设光滑小球,通过测量小球水平运动过程中所受阻力值的大小,计算粉土液化的表观动力黏度,分析粉土液化过程中的表观动力黏度与超孔压比之间的关系,以及液化后表观黏度与应变率的变化规律。试验结果表明,振动台试验下,孔隙压力表现为迅速上升,粉土迅速达到液化状态;振动过程对海床固结影响较大;粉土海床在未达到完全液化状态时（ru<1）,表观黏度随超孔压比增大而减小,在液化状态下（ru=1）,剪应力随应变率增大而减小,粉土呈现出剪切稀化的特点,为典型的非牛顿流体特征。     

海床式静力触探在黄河口海底土工程特性研究中的应用

海床式静力触探设备工作效率高,能够实现从垂向上对地层的连续探测,数据分辨率较好。通过对黄河口海域3个静力触探孔和1个地质钻孔的分析,将研究区20m以浅地层自上而下划分为粉土、粉质黏土、粉土夹粉砂或粉砂、粉质黏土、粉土五层,静力触探曲线对粉土层中的硬壳层和粉质黏土层中的贝壳夹层等特殊地质现象有很好的反映。对粉质黏土的静力触探参数与物理力学参数进行相关性分析,得到适合该区域的回归方程。采用基于CPT数据的液化判别法,对研究区表层粉土液化可能性进行评判,通过Seed简化法计算的周期应力比(CSR)与Olsen法计算的周期阻力比(CRR)的大小比较,得出当抗震设防烈度为7度时,研究区表层粉土不会液化,当抗震设防烈度为8度时,粉土层将发生液化,计算最大液化深度3.7m。     

基于ASM-IV对波致海床沉积物再悬浮过程研究

波浪是导致沉积物再悬浮发生的主要动力条件之一,通过室内水槽试验利用浊度剖面仪(Argus Surface Meter IV,简称ASM-IV)研究15 cm恒定波高的波浪持续作用下沉积物再悬浮的发生过程,试验过程中确立了黄河三角洲地区水体悬沙浓度与ASM-IV所测浊度之间的相关关系,研究了波致海床沉积物再悬浮的发生发展过程,分析计算波致沉积物再悬浮泥沙总量及其通量随时间和空间的变化规律,定量地计算出本次试验中波致悬浮泥沙总量以及液化所导致沉积物再悬浮量及其所占比例。研究发现,波致液化作用是沉积物再悬浮的主要动因,液化悬沙量占总悬沙量的76.4%,本试验对进一步探讨波浪作用下海床沉积物再悬浮过程具有一定的参考意义。     

A study of stability of the seafloor foundation on a gently sloping continental shelf

Abstract

The possibility of seafloor failure under external loadings on a gently sloping continental shelf is controlled, to a large extent, by the geotechnical characters of subbottom sediments (e.g., shear strength, compressibility, and liquefaction potential) and structural factors (e.g., sedimentary stratification). By means of undis‐turbing coring, in‐situ acoustic measurement, and subbottom profiling, the authors conducted an investigation into the seafloor instabilities and possibilities of sediment slope failure within the continental shelf off the Pearl River mouth, which is one of the most important areas for offshore development in the northern South China Sea. Based on in‐situ and laboratory measurements and tests for sediment physical properties, static and dynamic behavior, and acoustic characteristics, the analyses indicate: (1) subbottom sediments that originated from terrigenous clay during the Pleistocene are compact and overconsolidated, and the mean sound velocity in such sediments is relatively high; (2) the maximum vertical bearing capacity of subbottom sediments is efficiently conservative on the safe side for dead loads of light structures, and the trench walls are stable enough while trenching to a depth of about 2 m below the seafloor under still water; and (3) it is quite improbable that the subbottom sediments liquefy under earthquake (M ≤ 6) or storm wave loading.     

黄河水下三角洲粉质土扰动土层特征及成因探析

黄河水下三角洲上分布着大量的扰动土层,其性质与周围未扰动土相比有很大的差异。在老黄河口区选择扰动土层的典型分布区,利用工程地质钻探取样、原位静力触探试验和浅地层剖面探测对海底扰动土层的厚度及工程地质特征进行了调查分析。结果表明,与未扰动土相比,扰动土的重度较大、孔隙比较小、含水率较低、强度有一定程度的提高。同时,分别对风暴潮作用下黄河水下三角洲粉质土的瞬时液化极限深度和残余液化极限深度进行了计算。计算结果表明,残余液化极限深度较大。将残余液化极限深度、通过浅地层剖面探测结果所得的扰动土层厚度以及通过土工试验统计结果所得的扰动土层厚度进行了对比,发现三者对应很好。对黄河水下三角洲粉质土中扰动土层的形成机制进行了探讨,认为风暴潮作用过程中产生的土体液化是其主要诱因。     

水牛家心墙堆石坝地震永久变形及液化分析

对水牛家心墙堆石坝进行了地震永久变形和液化分析,在地震永久变形分析时,采用把求得的应变增量转化为等效结点荷载而按平衡原理分析的方法;在液化问题分析时,采用有效应力法。     

An AI-based model for describing cyclic characteristics of granular materials

Modelling cyclic behaviour of granular soils under both drained and undrained conditions with a good performance is still a challenge. This study presents a new way of modelling the cyclic behaviour of granular materials using deep learning. To capture the continuous cyclic behaviour in time dimension, the long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network is adopted, which is characterised by the prediction of sequential data, meaning that it provides a novel means of predicting the continuous behaviour of soils under various loading paths. Synthetic datasets of cyclic loading under drained and undrained conditions generated by an advanced soil constitutive model are first employed to explore an appropriate framework for the LSTM-based model. Then the LSTM-based model is used to estimate the cyclic behaviour of real sands, ie, the Toyoura sand under the undrained condition and the Fontainebleau sand under both undrained and drained conditions. The estimates are compared with actual experimental results, which indicates that the LSTM-based model can simultaneously simulate the cyclic behaviour of sand under both drained and undrained conditions, ie, (a) the cyclic mobility mechanism, the degradation of effective stress and large deformation under the undrained condition, and (b) shear strain accumulation and densification under the drained condition.     

地震作用下南黄海海上风电场水平场地液化特性分析

江苏近海属南黄海海域,是我国海上风电场最集中的地区,目前约占全国总装机容量的70%～75%,该区覆盖层厚度大,桩长深度范围(一般40～60m)多为粉砂、粉土、粉质黏土地层,尤其是泥面以下20m深度为易液化粉砂-粉土地层。而南黄海地区亦是我国的地震多发区,因此,研究了该区海上风电场水平场地的地震液化特性。首先基于南黄海某海上风电场50个机位的钻探资料统计特征建立了地层概化模型;随后通过动三轴试验和共振柱试验标定了土体动力分析参数;然后反演了3条地震波(EL-Centro波、Northridge波、Kobe波),将地表附近地震动峰值加速度PGA分别调整为0.05g、0.10g、0.20g、0.40g并进行场地液化分析,重点分析了地震作用下地层的超孔压比、总沉降、分层沉降等特性。研究发现,该区地层为可液化地层。当PGA=0.05g时,各层监测点的超孔压比均小于1.0,地层总沉降为1 cm左右;当PGA为0.10g和0.20g时,仅表层(12 m内)地层完全液化,地层总沉降分别为10 cm和17 cm;PGA=0.40g输入时,泥面下20 m地层均完全液化,地层总沉降为30 cm左右。不同地震...     

Prediction method of seismic residual deformation of caisson quay wall in liquefied foundation

The multi-spring shear mechanism plastic model in this paper is defined in strain space to simulate pore pressure generation and development in sands under cyclic loading and undrained conditions,and the rotation of principal stresses can also be simulated by the model with cyclic behavior of anisotropic consolidated sands.Seismic residual deformations of typical caisson quay walls under different engineering situations are analyzed in detail by the plastic model,and then an index of liquefaction extent is applied to describe the regularity of seismic residual deformation of caisson quay wall top under different engineering situations.Some correlated prediction formulas are derived from the results of regression analysis between seismic residual deformation of quay wall top and extent of liquefaction in the relative safety backfill sand site.Finally,the rationality and the reliability of the prediction methods are validated by test results of a 120 g-centrifuge shaking table,and the comparisons show that some reliable seismic residual deformation of caisson quay can be predicted by appropriate prediction formulas and appropriate index of liquefaction extent.     

Wave-induced pore water pressure in marine cohesive soils

1 IntroductionSeafloor stability has engaged more and more at-tention of mankind with the exploration of ocean re-sources. The damages caused by seafloor instability areubiquitous in the world.Many researchers carried out studies on the porewater pressure buildup and liquefaction caused bywave-induced loading. Seed and Rahman (1978) first-ly developed a methodology in which the generationand contemporaneous dissipation of pore water pres-sure can be evaluated. Then Ishihara and Towhata(1983)…