Field investigation into the biodegradation of TCE and BTEX at a former metal plating works

The paper is based on a recent programme of groundwater monitoring at an industrial site in west London. Redevelopment of the site in 1997 revealed high levels of soil and groundwater pollution by hydrocarbon fuels, trichloroethylene (TCE) and soluble metal salts (e.g. free cyanide, chromium VI and nickel). The pollution originated from a previous metal plating and galvanising works at the site. As part of the redevelopment works, the owners undertook limited excavation works and groundwater extraction to remove the pollutant. However, groundwater sampling has continued to show high levels of pollution. Following discussion with the environment regulator in late 1998, a groundwater monitoring programme was agreed to investigate the potential for co-degradation of the petroleum fuel and TCE. Groundwater samples have been taken from six existing boreholes (1C to 6C). The location of the monitoring boreholes relates to past pollution spillages and the layout of the new factory building. Chemical analyses of groundwater samples show elevated aqueous concentrations of chloroethenes with a classical reduction pathway for trichloroethylene (TCE) leading to an accumulation of vinyl chloride.     

动力试桩中冲击能量对桩身完整性检测的影响

通过分析不同能量的冲击脉冲在预制桩接缝处传播的不同特征,解释了高、低应变动力试桩评价预制桩完整性时产生差别的原因;提出了桩身完好系数β与试验应力水平相关的观点,并由此分析了高、低应变动力试桩在检测灌注桩桩身完整性时产生差别的原因;分析了动力试桩中,因土阻力和桩身材料阻尼引起的应力波衰减作用对桩身的完整性检测精度 的影响。     

人工冻土声波参数试验研究

用ＳＹＣ－２型声波探测仪，对取自淮南矿区井下冻粘土，冻砂土进行了测定。其声波纵横波速振幅衰减系数及动弹模与冻土温度、含水量、容重的关系均用于幂指数形式较好地描述。其中容波速，动弹模及振衰减的影响最大；其次为温度、含水量；冻土振幅度衰减系数对其物理参数变化的敏感性大于波速。另外还研究了冻粘土与冻砂土怕波特性差异、截载大小及加载时间对冻土怕特性影响。     

Investigation of Capable Fault and Identification of Diffuse Seismicity

Based on the author's experience in the siting of nuclear power plants,some important points and methods for investigation of capable fault and the identification of diffuse seismicity are discussed in the paper.     

Dependence of coda attenuation on frequency and lapse time in central Greece

The dependence of coda attenuationQ _c on frequency and lapse time was studied. Data from small local earthquakes, recorded at three stations (VMR, VSI and VFI) of the VOLNET network operating in central Greece, were used.Q _c was estimated by applying the single scattering model to bandpass-filtered seismograms, over a frequency range of 1 to 12 Hz. Analysis was performed every 10 s until the end on overlapping time windows.Q _c is found to depend on frequencyf in Hz according to a power law,Q _c =Q ₀ f ⁿ . ObservedQ ₀ ranges from 30 to 100 and the powern ranges from 0.90 to 0.70.Q ₀ increases andn decreases with lapse time increasing. A strong dependence ofQ _c on lapse time was also found. In the frequency range of 1 to 8 Hz and at a short lapse time,Q _c values were found to be similar for all three stations. On the other hand, at the longest analyzed time window (50 s), the estimatedQ _c values show a discrepancy which is more obvious at a higher frequency band. The scattering coefficient around the central station VSI is found to range from 0.029 to 0.0041 km^–1.Q _c from the single scattering model andQ _s from the amplitude ratio of directS to coda waves for the VSI station are similar. We believe dependence of coda attenuationQ _c on frequency and lapse time is caused by a combination of geotectonic features and depth variation asQ _s .     

Attenuation operators and complex wave velocities for scattering in random media

The concept of attenuation operators and complex velocities is applied to scattering attenuation in two and three dimensions, using the minimum-phase assumption for the attenuation operator. Acoustic 2D finite-difference computations of synthetic seismograms show, that the attenuation operator describes well the decay and lowpass filtering of the averaged wave form, which follows from averaging travel-time-corrected wave forms along the wave front. In the case of exponential random media, analytical forms of the attenuation operators and complex velocities are available. The complex velocities are incorporated into the reflectivity method. As an application, synthetic seismograms are presented for theS _n wave, attenuated by lithospheric velocity and density fluctuations. The limitations of attenuation operators and complex velocities for scattering are also discussed. With these quantities it is not possible to model phenomena related to the scattered waves themselves, such as amplitude and travel-time fluctuations along the wave front, codas and precursors.     

Effects of fractures on seismic-wave velocity and attenuation

The effects of fractures on the seismic velocity and attenuation of a rock are investigated using theoretical results and experimental data. Fractures in a rock mass influence the traveltimes and amplitudes of seismic waves that have propagated through them. The displacement discontinuity model, recently employed in fracture investigations, is modified to describe the effect of fractures on seismic-wave velocity and attenuation. This new model, the modified displacement discontinuity model (MDD), is formulated in a way analogous to transmission-line analysis. The fractures are treated as transmission lines for the passage of seismic waves. The MDD takes into consideration realistic fracture parameters which include the fracture length, the fractional area of a fracture surface in contact, and the nature of the infilling material. A single fracture of varying geometric and material properties is shown to affect dramatically the transmission properties of a propagating waveform, and hence the seismic velocity and attenuation. These effects have been shown to result in a frequency-dependent velocity and attenuation. The sensitivity of the fracture parameters to seismic-wave velocity and attenuation was investigated and interesting results were obtained. Fracture parameters used in designing experimental models consisting of synthetically manufactured cracks were fed into the MDD and a well-known crack model, Hudson's model, for comparison. Velocities as a function of the incident-wave angle were obtained from both numerical models and were compared with the results from the experimental modelling. For P waves, the MDD model results show better agreement with those of the experimental model for all crack densities investigated than those from Hudson's model.     

建筑物下爆破地震效应的研究——"爆破安全规程"的应用与修正

叙述了大姚铜矿的大药量爆破振动效应观测,研究了在建筑物下的爆破施工中,如何确保建筑物安保证安全生产最大用药量的问题,结合“爆破安全规程”药量指数m的应用与修正,从而得出正在对爆破上方的建筑物地面爆破振动动加速度a,速度v随爆心距地面投影r与爆心深度h之比值（r/h)的衰减变化规律;发现临近正对爆心的地面振动有强心现象,并定义它为“极震”效应;定义“极震”效应系数N为正对爆心实测加速度a或速度v与用振动衰减普适式求得值a'或v'之比（N＝a/a',或N=v/v'）。经多年的安全生产证明,采用振动衰减普适式（药量指娄m=1/3)和“极震”效应系数修正法,效果良好,获得生产最佳用药量,民房安全率达98％左右。