Numerical simulation and development of data inversion in borehole ultrasonic imaging

The major function of underground nuclear waste disposal is to avoid the migration of radionucleides towards the biosphere during their active period. This function can be deteriorated by the EDZ (excavated damaged zone) around the excavation. The EDZ analysis is therefore crucial in the performance assessment of the storage. The paper deals with the determination of the EDZ around a nuclear waste storage cavity using borehole ultrasonic imaging (azimuthal tomography). Indeed, before processing experimental data obtained with this tool, it is necessary to establish that data can be satisfactorily inverted. This analysis is based on a method that is able to sound and image the rock mass velocity field. The velocity field is numerically simulated (3D geomechanical modeling) based on an assumption on the relationship between stress and velocity fields. In order to evaluate a radial velocity profile starting from inter-sensor distance and their corresponding traveltimes, different ray tracing algorithms are tested using synthetic data. These tests led to a simple and fast approach (implemented in a Mathematica package) to process a large quantity of data.     

Landslide susceptibility assessment using SVM machine learning algorithm

This paper introduces the current machine learning approach to solving spatial modeling problems in the domain of landslide susceptibility assessment. The latter is introduced as a classification problem, having multiple (geological, morphological, environmental etc.) attributes and one referent landslide inventory map from which to devise the classification rules. Three different machine learning algorithms were compared: Support Vector Machines, Decision Trees and Logistic Regression. A specific area of the Fruška Gora Mountain (Serbia) was selected to perform the entire modeling procedure, from attribute and referent data preparation/processing, through the classifiers' implementation to the evaluation, carried out in terms of the model's performance and agreement with the referent data. The experiments showed that Support Vector Machines outperformed the other proposed methods, and hence this algorithm was selected as the model of choice to be compared with a common knowledge-driven method – the Analytical Hierarchy Process – to create a landslide susceptibility map of the relevant area. The SVM classifier outperformed the AHP approach in all evaluation metrics (κ index, area under ROC curve and false positive rate in stable ground class).     

基于实时监测的河口糖厂滑坡监测系统研究

滑坡监测工作已经开展了多年,本文提出滑坡监测的内容包括基础因子、诱发因子和过程因子三部分,认为诱发因子和过程因子是滑坡监测的重点.针对降雨型滑坡监测,提出降雨-入渗-位移变形三者相结合的滑坡监测技术方法,并在河口糖厂滑坡监测工程中应用,实现了监测数据的实时自动采集、自动传输、自动入库的全自动监测系统.通过监测可知,河口...     

戒台寺滑坡的数值模拟分析

北京戒台寺滑坡是由采矿引发的特大型岩石滑坡,采用大型通用有限差分软件FLAC3D对滑坡进行数值分析及平面应变情况计算,通过改变材料弹性模量、泊桑比、容重、C、Φ值等指标,尽可能模拟滑体、滑带及滑床等地层岩性特征和地表的变形特征。根据过去、现在、将来可能发生的情况,设计了八种工况。按各种不同工况依次计算滑坡体内部的应力、位移和塑性区的发展变化、结构物内部受力与变形情况。验证了滑坡的变形特征及其发生发展机理,为类似工程提供了参考经验。     

卡基娃滑坡的形成机制和稳定性浅析

卡基娃滑坡位于木里河卡基娃水电站拟建坝址下游左岸,为一特大型基岩古滑坡,其稳定性关系到建坝、建库的可行性和安全性。通过勘察,掌握了滑坡的边界条件、变形特征和形成机制;结合河谷地貌史的研究,采用宏观分析和定量计算相结合的方法对滑坡稳定性进行了评价,为下一步工作奠定了基础。该滑坡是川西高山峡谷区弯曲-拉裂型滑坡的典型代表,通过其形成机制和稳定性的研究,对今后认识和研究该类型的滑坡有一定帮助。     

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Arid and semi-arid regions are susceptible to high levels of erosion.A rapid and cost effective methodological erosion assessment for these regions is required to describe and monitor the processes that control erosion.This study uses remote sensing to describe the contribution of several factors that control erosion.Topography,land use,vegetation density,soil properties and climatic proxies are used to determine erosion risk and to provide basic maps of water and soil conservation practices. A hierarchi...     

Architecture of turbidite channel systems on the continental slope: Patterns and predictions

The study of many slope channel systems has led to the development of rules in the form of observations, measurements, and hypotheses. For example, we hypothesize that high abandonment relief can strongly influence the location of the subsequent channel element and will result in an organized channel stacking pattern in which the path of the younger channel element approximates the path of the former element. The rules were developed with the objective of constructing forward models of petroleum reservoirs that are internally consistent, reproducible, and quantifiable. Channelized turbidite deposits can be interpreted to be the product of multiple cycles of waxing-waning flow energy at multiple scales. Systematic changes in the volume and caliber of turbidity flows through time trigger a fall of the equilibrium profile, which drives erosion and sediment bypass across the slope, followed by a rise of the equilibrium profile, which allows deposition on the slope of increasingly mud-rich sediments through time. In most turbidite successions, at least three scales of waxing-waning cyclicity can be interpreted: element, complex set, and sequence. The stacking pattern of channel elements within a complex set-scale cycle tends to be sequential: (1) erosion and sediment bypass; (2) amalgamation of channel elements associated with a low rate of aggradation; (3) a disorganized stacking pattern of channel elements associated with a moderate rate of aggradation; and (4) an organized stacking pattern of channel elements associated with a high rate of aggradation. Stages 1 and 2 may be absent or minor in mud-rich systems but prominent in sand-rich systems. Conversely, stage 4 may be prominent in mud-rich systems but absent in sand-rich systems. Event-based forward modeling, utilizing rules, can produce realistic architectures, such as the four stages described above. Multiple realizations and multiple alternative models can be constructed to quantitatively examine the probability of specific parameters of interest such as pore volume and connectivity.     

Dynamic modeling of cable towed body using nodal position finite element method

This paper analyses nonlinear dynamics of cable towed body system. The cable has been modeled and analyzed using a new nodal position finite element method, which calculates the position of the cable directly instead of the displacement by the existing finite element method. The newly derived nodal position finite element method eliminates the need of decoupling the rigid body motion from the total motion, where numerical errors arise in the existing nonlinear finite element method, and the limitation of small rotation in each time step in the existing nonlinear finite element method. The towed body is modeled as a rigid body with six degrees of freedom while the tow ship motion is treated as a moving boundary to the system. A special procedure has been developed to couple the cable element with the towed body. The current approach can be used as design tool for achieving improved directional stability, maneuverability, safety and control characteristics with the cable towed body. The analysis results show the elegance and robustness of the proposed approach by comparing with the sea trial data.     

Effect of basal guided waves on landslides

A landslide model riding on basal guided waves is investigated to explain lower net frictions at high slide velocities from the wave-theoretical point of view. It is shown that there is a wave propagated along the basal layer at the phase velocity equal to the slide velocity, as well as a guided wave with considerably higher phase velocities propagated likewise along the basal layer as a leaking mode at low slide velocities. With increasing slide velocity the phase velocity of the guided wave decreases until it is equal to that of the slide mass. Over this threshold slide velocity, a sonic boom is generated around the basal layer, and the shock contributes to a loosening of the slide mass into a fluidized state. Landslides on long slide-ways are more liable to exceed this threshold velocity since their slide velocities tend to be higher than those on short slide-ways of a similar shape. Hence, the reduction of net friction of landslides can possibly be better correlated with the lengths of slide-ways than with the volumes of landslides as is widely maintained.     

整体大地测量的确定性参数模型

本文将整体大地测量各类观测方程中作为随机信号的重力场参数（ΔN，ξ，η）均表达为重力异常Δg的泛函，又引入Δg的B样条函数并以样条系数C_(11)作待定参数，提出一种整体大地测量的确定性参数模型，给出了相应系数矩阵的表达式和算法，最后对该模型的求解问题作了说明。