Nonlinear earthquake response analysis and energy calculation for seismic slit shear wall structures

Based on the concept of structural passive control, a new type of slit shear wall, with improved seismic performance when compared to an ordinary solid shear wall, was proposed by the authors in 1996. The idea has been verified by a series of pseudo-static and dynamic tests. In this paper a macro numerical model is developed for the wall element and the energy dissipation device. Then, nonlinear time history analysis is carried out for a 10-story slit shear wall model tested on a shaking table. Furthermore, the seismic input energy and the individual energy dissipated by the components are calculated by a method based on Newmark-β assumptions for this shear wall model, and the advantages of this shear wall are further demonstrated by the calculation results from the viewpoint of energy. Finally, according to the seismic damage criterion on the basis of plastic accumulative energy and maximum response, the optimal analysis is carried out to select design parameters for the energy dissipation device.     

Recent developments in seismically isolated buildings in Japan

The Building Standard Law of Japan and related Enforcement Order and Notifications have been substantially revised since the year 2000 to introduce a performance-based regulatory and deregulation system for building control systems. Up to then, time-history analyses were mandatory for isolated buildings and had to be specially approved by the Minster of the Ministry of Construction (MOC). Simplified design procedures based on the equivalent linear method for seismically isolated buildings have been issued as “Notification 2009 — Structural calculation procedure for buildings with seismic isolation” from MOC, and are now integrated into the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation (MLIT). Along with Notification 2009, “Notification 1446 of year 2000 — Standard for specifications and test methods for seismic isolation devices” was also issued. Buildings with heights equal to or less than 60m and that are designed according to these Notifications, including base isolated buildings, only need approval from local building officials, and no longer require the special approval of the Minister of MLIT. This paper summarizes: 1) some statistics related to buildings with seismic isolation completed up to the end of 2001; 2) simplified design procedures required by Notification 2009 of year 2000; and 3) performance of seismic isolation devices required by Notification 1446 of year 2000.     

Tectonique transpressive en terre Adélie au Paléoprotérozoı̈que (Est Antarctique)Palaeoproterozoic transpression in Terre Adélie (East Antarctica)

The Palaeoproterozoic units of Terre Adélie show two types of structural domains associated with HT–LP metamorphic conditions: domes and NS–N340° striking vertical shear zones. Shear zones reflect dextral transpressive motions. Domes reflect sub-vertical shortening and principal stretching subparallel to shear zones. They could partly result from longitudinal flow coeval with transpression. Deformations are comparable to those described along the eastern and western boundaries of the Archean Gawler Craton (South-East Australia), which underlines the continuity between these two areas before opening of the Austral Ocean. To cite this article: A. Pelletier et al., C. R. Geoscience 334 (2002) 505–511.     

甘肃小西弓金矿地质地球化学特征及成因探讨

小西弓金矿产于敦煌岩群的低绿片岩相变质岩层中，受NWW向脆韧性剪切带控制。二云母征岩不仅是矿源层，而且还是赋矿围岩。成矿流体主要是印支期岩浆期后含金热液，还包括少量变质水和大气降水，淋滤韧性剪切带内岩石中的Au元素并在有利的部位成矿。     

黄土滑坡临滑预报的应变控制方法

我国西北部地区黄土沉积巨厚，地质构造复杂，土体强度低，水敏感性强，各种类型的黄土滑坡广泛分布。黄土滑坡具有滑动规模大、滑动速度快、灾害损失严重等特点。黄土滑坡滑动时间预报，特别是临滑预报在地质灾害防治领域具重要意义。根据黄土力学性质试验与典型黄土滑坡变形分析研究结果，在对比分析黄土剪切应变特性与滑坡滑动破坏机制的基础上，论文提出了一种黄土滑坡临滑预报的应变控制方法。建立了中、浅层与厚层黄土滑坡的应变破坏标准。经多处滑坡实例验证，结果基本合理，可应用于黄土滑坡临滑预报。     

山东蒙阴县埠洼金矿与韧性剪切带的关系

埠洼金矿受NW向台上-盘东沟韧性剪切带的控制，矿体产于剪切带中南部的英云质超糜岩中，矿体呈右行侧列式分布，成矿体用与韧性剪切变形变质导致的动力分异作用密切相关，赋矿空间为韧-脆性剪切作用形成的扩容带，是在韧性剪切基础上形成的金矿床。     

陕川丁家林-太阳坪含金脆-韧性剪切带特征

丁家林-太阳坪脆-韧性剪切带处于扬子地台、秦岭及松潘-甘孜褶皱带的结合部,出露长度大于10 km,走向40～50°,以密集的褶曲带、劈理带、石英脉带单独或组合出现为标志.主要经历了2期变形,第1期脆-韧性剪切变形分2个阶段.S1阶段茂县群地体发生低级变质并形成千枚理S1,分异石英脉q1;S2阶段分异q2并发生金矿化,形成S2.第2期韧-脆性剪切变形发育韧-脆性断层S3,分异q3,并发育擦痕和阶步及强烈金矿化.晚期韧-脆性剪切作用叠加在早期脆-韧性剪切变形之上.丁家林-太阳坪金矿带的2期内生成矿作用与变形作用同步进行,其控、容矿构造为脆-韧性剪切变形组构.     

艾肯能塔格韧性剪切带

艾肯能塔格韧性剪切带位于东天山干沟至却勒塔格一带的古元古界兴地塔格岩群中，构造上属于中天山隆起带并受控于阿其克库都克大断裂．岩性主要为一套花岗质糜棱岩、糜棱岩化火山岩、糜棱岩化碳酸岩等．岩石变形较强，韧性剪切宏观构造明显，显微变形发育．存在两期变形特征，变形时代为中下奥陶世洋盆闭合时，剪切位移量为8km左右．