Discrete modeling of strain accumulation in granular soils under low amplitude cyclic loading

An advanced understanding of the strain accumulation phenomenon in granular soils subjected to low amplitude cyclic loading with relatively high frequency is needed to enhance the ability to predict the settlement of granular soils induced by vibrations. In the current study, the discrete element method is used to study this phenomenon. A loose and a medium dense sample composed of a relatively large number of spheres are considered. A series of stress controlled cyclic triaxial tests with different excitation amplitudes and frequencies is performed on these samples at different static stress states. The response of these samples at the macroscopic and microscopic scales is analyzed. The sample density, the cyclic stress amplitude and the static stress state importantly affect strain accumulation. However, the cyclic excitation frequency has a small effect on strain accumulation. At the microscopic scale, frictional sliding occurring at a few contacts continuously dissipates energy and the fraction of these contacts varies periodically during cyclic loading. The coordination number of these samples increases slightly as strain accumulates. However, the anisotropy remains almost constant during low amplitude cyclic excitation. A qualitatively good agreement between numerical and experimental results is found.     

椭球体的视电阻率特征

椭球体是最具代表性的典型三维地电体之一,它三个轴的长短经过变化后可以和多种形状的地电体相似。因此,实现了椭球体电阻率的求解,就可以模拟绝大多数三维地电体的电阻率曲线。从拉普拉斯方程的求解出发,得到了均匀空间中存在的水平椭球体异常表达式,并用简单加倍的方法得到了均匀半空间中水平椭球体的视电阻率公式,结合倾斜旋转椭球体的视电阻率公式的规律,得到了倾斜椭球体的视电阻率公式,再进行一系列简化得到板状体。最后分析对比了均匀电场中旋转椭球体和板状体的视电阻率曲线的形态和规律。结论表明:旋转椭球体与板状体的视电阻率曲线的走向大体相似,且板状体的曲线相比旋转椭球体较缓和。对于低阻情况,在异常体顶部附近的视电阻率异常为零,异常体的倾向一侧有极小值,反倾向一侧有极大值,曲线随倾角α的增大而逐渐变陡。对于高阻情况,视电阻率的极大值出现在异常体顶部附近,两侧有极小值,倾向一侧的曲线较缓和而反倾向一侧的曲线较陡峭,随着倾角α的增大,视电阻率异常变大。     

自定义坐标系的建立及其坐标变换实现

大地基准(含数学椭球体)和投影方式的组合形成多种投影坐标系。地质勘查工作者常遇到坐标转换问题和建立自定义坐标问题,尤其是当我国北京54坐标系和西安80坐标系地质数据的GIS化时。GIS软件已经成为地质勘查的基本工具,而地质数据GIS化的第一步就是建立坐标系统。本文论述了如何使用Map Info和GeosoftOasis MontajTM两种常见地质勘查GIS软件建立自定义坐标,主要是如何在该两个软件中构建自定义大地基准(datum),并且给出了如何使用两个软件进行坐标变换的步骤。     

斜轴变形椭球高斯投影方法

针对东西跨度较大的线路,借助最小二乘法建立斜轴参考椭球,以减小高斯投影横坐标;通过坐标系转换理论,推导出测区在各坐标系下的空间直角坐标,进而确定测区相对于斜轴参考椭球上的大地坐标;利用椭球变换法建立斜轴变形椭球以减小因高程引起的投影变形。以某铁路线为例,可知"斜轴变形椭球高斯投影方法"可大大减小投影后横轴方向分量,避免高斯投影分带现象,同时有效减小高程及其引起的投影变形。该方法数学模型严谨、运算过程清晰,便于编制相关软件,可投入工程使用。     

椭球面上绘制大地线的算法

针对传统二维线划图无法表达大区域地理要素的问题,该文提出了一种在椭球面上绘制大地线的算法。以等间距内插空间直线逼近空间曲线这一思想作为基础,通过Bessel大地主题正、反算及克莱劳方程,实现大地线内插与绘制的综合分析与解算。实验结果表明,该方法较好地解决了在参考椭球面上难以精确绘制大地线的问题,对传统地图向三维椭球面线划图的转换与应用具有一定的参考价值。     

Polygonal deformation bands

We report for the first time the occurrence of polygonal faults in sandstone, which is compelling given that layer-bound polygonal fault systems have been observed so far only in fine-grained sediments such as clay and chalk. The polygonal faults are shear deformation bands that developed under shallow burial conditions via strain hardening in dm-wide zones. The edges of the polygons are 1–5 m long. The shear deformation bands are organized as conjugate faults along each edge of the polygon and form characteristic horst-like structures. The individual deformation bands have slip magnitudes ranging from a few mm to 1.5 cm; the cumulative average slip magnitude in a zone is up to 10 cm. The deformation bands heaves, in aggregate form, accommodate a small isotropic horizontal extension (strain <0.005). The individual shear deformation bands show abutting T-junctions, veering, curving, and merging where they mechanically interact. Crosscutting relationships are rare. The interactions of the deformation bands are similar to those of mode I opening fractures. The documented fault networks have important implications for evaluating the geometry of km-scale polygonal fault systems in the subsurface, top seal integrity, as well as constraining paleo-tectonic stress regimes.     

The origin of strain patterns resulting from contemporaneous deformation and metamorphism in the Sambagawa metamorphic belt

Abstract The magnitudes of plastic strains of 104 metacherts were determined from the deformed shape of initially spherical radiolarians in the Sambagawa high- P type metamorphic belt of Western Shikoku, Japan. The strain magnitude increases with increasing metamorphic temperature from several per cent to 250%. The a₂/a₃ ratio of strain ellipsoids in the higher metamorphic grades decreases with increasing metamorphic grade while the a₁/a₂ ratio increases rapidly. The long axis of the strain ellipsoid for every grade is nearly parallel to the length of the metamorphic belt, suggesting that the flow direction of the synmetamorphic deformation was uniform along the belt. A map of strain zones within the Sambagawa high- P type metamorphic belt reveals that the metamorphic belt underwent a progressive bulk inhomogeneous shear deformation and that the high-grade zones represent a deep-seated boundary shear zone on the accretionary wedge between a subducting oceanic plate and the immobile rigid continental plate.     

An alternative deduction of the hill-type surfaces of the spatial 3-body problem

In the present paper, inequalities stronger than Sundman's and the best possible zero velocity surfaces of the spatial 3-body problem first obtained by Saari (1987) are deduced using a modified version of the transformation developed by Zare (1976). The notion of inertia ellipsoid is used to show the equivalence of the present authors' result to that of Saari's.     

Continuous GPS and broad-scale deformation across the Rhine Graben and the Alps

In order to study the ongoing tectonic deformation in the Rhine Graben area, we reconstruct the local crustal velocity and the strain rate field from GPS array solutions. Following the aim of this work, we compile the velocities of permanent GPS stations belonging to various networks (EUREF, AGNES, REGAL and RGP) in central western Europe. Moreover, the strain rate field is displayed in terms of principal axes and values, while the normal and the shear components of the strain tensor are calculated perpendicular and parallel to the strike of major faults. The results are compared with the fault plane solutions of earthquakes, which have occurred in this area. A broad-scale kinematic deformation model across the Rhine Graben is provided on the basis of tectonics and velocity results of the GPS permanent stations. The area of study is divided into four rigid blocks, between which there might be relative motions. The velocity and the strain rate fields are reconstructed along their borders, by estimating a uniform rotation for each block. The tectonic behaviour is well represented by the four-block model in the Rhine Graben area, while a more detailed model will be needed for a better reconstruction of the strain field in the Alpine region.

辽南北瓦沟长英质岩石应变组构演化

岩石的应变组构型式与岩石成分、变形环境和应变过程有着密切关系。北瓦沟地区低角闪岩相条作下的长英质岩石,表现脆性、韧性和韧脆性过渡,因而在剪切作用过程中形成了相应的应变组构型式,即脆性应变组构、韧性应变组构和脆-韧性应变组构。而且随着应变过程的发展,应变组构也表现出一定的演化规律。