Site effect on vulnerability of high-rise shear wall buildings under near and far field earthquakes

Worldwide experience repeatedly shows that damages in structures caused by earthquakes are highly dependent on site condition and epicentral distance. In this paper, a 21-storey shear wall-structure built in the 1960s in Hong Kong is selected as an example to investigate these two effects. Under various design earthquake intensities and for various site conditions, the fragility curves or damage probability matrix of such building is quantified in terms of the ductility factor, which is estimated from the ratio of storey yield shear to the inter-storey seismic shear. For high-rise buildings, a higher probability of damage is obtained for a softer site condition, and damage is more severe for far field earthquakes than for near field earthquakes. For earthquake intensity of VIII, the probability of complete collapse (P) increases from 1 to 24% for near field earthquakes and from 1 to 41% for far field earthquakes if the building is moved form a rock site to a site consisting a 80 m thick soft clay. For intensity IX, P increases from 6 to 69% for near field earthquake and from 14 to 79% for far field earthquake if the building is again moved form rock site to soft soil site. Therefore, site effect is very important and not to be neglected. Similar site and epicentral effects should also be expected for other types of high-rise structures.     

Seismic hazard in Takamatsu Japan from fault trenching and paleo-liquefaction studies

Takamatsu is a harbor city of 330,000 people on the northern shore of Shikoku Island, southwest Japan. Earthquakes in the Nankai Trough, typically of magnitude M 8+, have been considered the primary source of seismic hazard for the island and Takamatsu. A major active fault system, the Median Tectonic Line, runs across the Shikoku from east to west near the north shore. There is no documented historical seismicity associated with this major fault system in Shikoku or with associated faults such as the 20 km Nagao Fault near Takamatsu. Therefore the trenches were cut across some of the more important faults to expose the record of past seismicity. Additional data on past seismicity is derived from paleo-liquefaction studies in the Takamatsu plain. This paper describes the trenching and paleo-seismic studies and discusses the implications of the findings for seismic hazard in Takamatsu.     

Flow and deformation failure of sandy slopes

The effects of earthquake induced pore pressure on seismic and post seismic stability conditions of cohesionless slopes are investigated with reference to the infinite slope scheme. In cohesionless slopes the shear strength reduction caused by pore pressure build-up may lead the slope to a deformation failure or to a flow failure if liquefaction conditions are approached. Two critical values of the seismic induced pore pressure ratio are introduced to evaluate the effect of shear strength reduction on the slope failure mechanism. The results are given in the form of stability charts and a procedure for the evaluation of the seismic stability condition is described. The procedure gives useful information about the failure mechanism that slopes may exhibit and the displacement analysis which should be carried out.     

北祁连东段及其邻区地震滑坡的基本特征和危险区预测

本文根据野外调查和航片解译，研究了北祁连东段及其邻区地震滑坡的基本特征和形成条件，探讨了地震滑坡的动力机制，并在本区使用多因素模糊数学综合评判方法预测滑坡危险区。     

青海南山断裂茶卡北山－大水桥形变带地震地质特征

本文是根据１９９４年中国－法国在青海的联合地震地质考察的结果，对于位于共和盆地北缘的青海南山断裂做了简要描述，确定这是一条既古老又长期复活的断裂，且具有分段性。同时作者对于芬卡北山－大水桥形变带做了系统阐述，并根据该地区的地震地质特征，初步估定了这里曾为古地震震中所在。作者也对该地区的一组活褶皱做了介绍，并提出对于活褶皱的研究应该得到我们的充分重视。     

全球流体通道网

新近取得的深反射与全球地震层析成像资料,为地球内部结构和流体通道的研究提供了一些依据．通过研究这些地震资料,可以了解地球内部物质分布状态的几何模式．综合研究表明,地球内存在流体通道网,它连通地球外核、中幔圈、软流圈和岩石圈,是固体地球系统的重要组成部分．这种通道网络象“动脉”那样把地球外核中的流体和热量向外传送,但与热羽说不同的是,不见得有对应的“静脉”存在以保持地幔质量平衡．固体地球作为多层次多要素的巨型复杂系统,其动力学过程要用浑沌理论去解释．研究地球流体活动的轨迹和吸引子,将有助于深入了解地球活动的规律性．     

滑坡危险性分析中地震动的概率性估算及地震滑坡的危险性评判

论述了滑坡危险性分析中如何科学地估算地震力的问题。主要思路概括为：将滑坡体视为一个完整体系的结构物（或震动对象）,将滑坡场点视为一个工程场点,利用比较成熟的地震危险性概率分析方法计算滑坡体未来若干年内可能遭遇的不同超越概率水平下的地震峰值加速度,这种不确定性的地震加速度是由地震预报的不确定性带入的,由此计算地震力和惯性力。最后,对地震触发滑坡的机理展开讨论。     

埋藏基岩断裂对地震波动影响的超声模拟研究

地球表层的地质构造对地震波动有不容忽视的影响，研究其规律，对于探查地壳结构乃至了解地球表层动力学特征具有重要意义。应用超声模拟方法，从基岩断裂对波传播和波场分布的影响以及基岩断裂倾向对地表地震动频率的影响三个方面研究了埋藏基岩断裂对地震波动的影响，揭示了一系列现象和规律。     

相控震源定向地震波信号分析

应用可控震源地震勘探,当环境噪声很强,采用组合震源工作仍不能满足信噪比要求时,引入能形成定向地震波的相控震源.由相控震源定向照明地震理论分析,主波束方向上3单元相控震源产生的反射地震波信号信噪比比单震源高6.53~9.54 dB,比组合震源高1.76~4.77dB.为研究相控地震实际效果,在同一测区进行了三种震源地震对比实验.由单炮地震记录和水平叠加时间剖面可知,相控震源反射波信号信噪比明显高于单震源情况,略高于组合震源情况.进一步对反射波信号功率谱特性做定量分析,得到如下结果：与单震源情况相比,相控震源使各道反射波信号信噪比提高了0.75~8.15 dB,平均提高3.65 dB;与组合震源情况相比,各道信噪比提高了0.93~3.17 dB,平均提高2.02 dB,实验结果与理论分析吻合.综上所述可知,基于相控震源的定向照明地震技术是可行的,可以有效提高地震信号的信噪比.     

汶川地震余震序列的地震各向异性

利用2008年5月12日汶川地震震源区及周边地震台站记录的余震序列资料,使用剪切波分裂系统分析法,分析了汶川地震发震构造龙门山断裂带及周边地区的地壳各向异性特征,推断了地壳最大主压应力方向及空间分布特征.研究结果表明：大致以安县为界,位于龙门山北东段的台站快剪切波的偏振方向为北东向,与断裂带走向一致;而位于龙门山西南段的台站快剪切波的偏振方向为北西向,与断裂带走向垂直;这个特征同样揭示出龙门山断裂带西南段逆冲、北东段带有明显走滑性质的特征.研究还显示,靠近龙门山与鲜水河、安宁河小江断裂交汇区附近的台站快剪切波的偏振方向表现比较离散,这可能是由震源区局部的复杂地质构造引起,与该地区复杂的主压应力方向特点一致.