Earthquake epicentroids in the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan-Zhangjiakou region inversed by gravity variation data

Introduction Since the 1960s, gravity changes associated with seismogenesis and earthquake occurrences have been found by many researchers and various physical mechanisms have been proposed to explain these relationship (MEI, 1993; Chen, et al, 1979; Li, Fu, 1983). The US/China joint project beginning in 1981 presented a thorough study of the relationship between gravity variations and earthquake occurrences in the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan-Zhangjiakou (BTTZ) region, leading to a combined…     

非轴对称荷载下圆形隧洞围岩弹塑性分析解析解

考虑岩石材料的应变软化及扩容效应,采用岩石材料的弹性-塑性软化-塑性残余三线性应力-应变软化模型和莫尔-库仑屈服准则,推导了非轴对称荷载下圆形隧洞围岩弹性区、塑性软化区和塑性残余区的应力场、应变场、位移场和塑性区半径的近似解析解,适用于围岩塑性区较大且侧压力系数1≤λ<3的情况。该近似解析方法与有限元法的计算结果较为接近,可代替有限元方法进行简单的圆形隧洞围岩弹塑性分析。     

An elastoplastic constitutive model for rockfills incorporating energy dissipation of nonlinear friction and particle breakage

A new elastoplastic model is developed for rockfills within the general critical state framework incorporating the state parameter. Two state functions are proposed to characterize the evolution of volume dilation and strain softening of rockfills, and a modified breakage index based on the concept of Hardin's relative breakage is defined to describe the progressive crushing of rockfills. The nonassociated plastic flow rule is derived from a state dependent dilatancy equation, and it incorporates energy dissipation due to intrinsic nonlinear friction and particle breakage upon shearing. Thus, their couple effect on the plastic deviatoric and volumetric deformation of rockfills is taken into account in the current model. The numerical analyses are carried out for a series of drained triaxial tests on the modeled rockfills at various consolidation pressures and stress paths. The volume dilation/contraction and strain softening/hardening of rockfills are accurately predicted by the proposed model, and the particle breakage and nonlinear critical state shear strength of rockfills are also well captured. The research findings indicate that the current model is applicable to represent the complex stress–strain–volume change behavior of rockfills in general. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

2007年宁洱6.4级地震横波分裂研究

通过研究2007年6月3日宁洱Ms6.4地震余震序列的三分向记录,为探索横波分裂现象以及上地壳存在裂隙各向异性提供依据,并发现快速S波偏振有两个优势方向,分别为NW140°和Nwl50°,这与宁洱地区的主应力场方向基本一致.横波分裂延迟时间能够动态反映地下应力场的变化趋势,且较大余震发生之前延迟时间出现大幅度上升.     

川滇强震震源区形变潮汐短临变化特征

对应1993～2001年间川滇地区的武定、丽江、宁蒗等强震孕育过程，应用距离震中100km范围内的形变潮汐观测资料，研究了倾斜、水平应变短临变化图像和该区域形变潮汐在扩容、地震成核过程中的特征。定量分析了潮汐因子相对变化与地壳弹性参数变化的关系。     

Gradient plasticity modelling of strain localization in granular materials

The flow stress in the yield surface of plastic constitutive equation is modified with a higher order gradient term of the effective plastic strain to model the effect of inhomogeneous deformation in granular materials. The gradient constitutive model has been incorporated into the finite element code ABAQUS and used to simulate biaxial shear tests on dry sand. It is shown that the shape of the post-peak segment of the load displacement curve predicted by the numerical analysis is dependent on the mesh size when gradient term is not used. Use of an appropriate gradient coefficient is shown to correct this and predict a unique shape of the load displacement curve regardless of the mesh size. The gradient coefficient required turns out to be approximately inversely proportional to the mesh elemental area. Use of the strain gradient term is found to diffuse the concentration of plastic strains within shear band resulting in its consistent width. The coefficient of the higher gradient term appears as a function of the grain size, the mean confining stress, and the plastic softening modulus. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于广义位势理论的土的数值弹塑性模型及其初步应用研究

广义位势理论从数学角度出发建立土的本构模型,可克服传统本构理论的不足,而又同时包含了传统理论作为其特例,从而为土的本构模型研究提供新的和适用性更广的理论。以广义虎克定律为基础的邓肯-张模型以其简单方便、参数确定容易且有明确的物理意义而得到广泛的应用,而其最大缺点则是不能反映土的剪胀性;此外,邓肯-张模型采用双曲线函数拟合试验曲线也有一定的局限性。为保留其参数确定简便的优点,并弥补其不足,基于广义位势理论建立了数值弹塑性模型。该模型保留了邓肯-张模型在参数确定方面的简单性,同时由于采用了广义位势理论来建模,不再受广义虎克定律的限制,因而可弥补邓肯-张模型在反映土体剪胀性方面的缺陷。此外,该模型采用数值手段来表示试验曲线的建模方法,可以克服邓肯-张模型采用双曲线函数表示试验曲线方法的局限性,具有更为广泛的适应性。通过对一碎石桩复合土体三轴试验结果的数值模拟表明：基于广义位势理论的数值弹塑性模型计算与试验结果吻合良好,且在反映碎石的剪胀特性方面优于邓肯-张模型,从而初步证明了该模型的合理性及优越性。     

Study of dilatancy behaviors of calcareous soils in a triaxial test

Abstract

In this article, the dilatancy of calcareous soil is studied systematically based on triaxial consolidation drainage shear tests, and the difference in dilatancy between calcareous soil and siliceous soil is also investigated. It was found that: ① Calcareous soil experience obvious dilated deformation. Dilatancy tendency increases with increasing related density and decreases with increasing confining pressure. ② The volumetric strain rate initially increases from negative to positive. After it reaches a maximum, there is a small decrease in the volumetric strain rate, but it is still greater than zero, and the stress-strain curves are of softening type. ③ For the same condition, the dilatancy deformation of calcareous sand begins later than that of siliceous sand, and the volume compression before dilatancy is also larger for calcareous sand. ④ The critical state alone cannot accurately describe the entire deformation process of soil, and it is proposed that the phase transformation state be added to the standard method used to assess soil dilatation and contraction. ⑤ Based on the statistical analysis of experimental data, mathematical relationships were established between void ratio, relative density, and effective confining pressure of phase transformation state and critical state, respectively.

• Highlights

• Reports results from a well-designed experiment that includes a good amount of samples and data.

• Effects of relative density and effective confining pressure on deformation mode and mechanical properties of calcareous sand are evaluated.

• The difference in dilatancy between calcareous sand and siliceous sand was compared

• The phase-transformation state and critical state were compared with the axial strain, volumetric strain and deviatoric stress.

• Using phase-transformation void ratio and critical void ratio to describe the whole deformation process of calcareous sand is proposed.

• The mathematical expressions of phase-transformation void ratio and critical void ration were given, respectively.

     

基于神经网络对有限元强度折减法分析

基于改进BP神经网络方法对目前较为流行的强度折减法的理论进行分析。人工神经网络可以模拟人脑的思维,可以在完全不知道数据分布形式和变量之间确切关系的的情况下处理边坡各参数之间的复杂非线性映射,利用这一优势预测分析不同的理论在实际应用中的准确性。将已经通过工程手段计算出结果的数据以输入单元、隐含层和输出单元的形式代入系统进行神经网络训练,不同的屈服准则对应训练出不同的网络系统。用训练好的网络对检验数据进行预测分析,还使用这一方法预测了不同剪胀角对边坡破坏的影响程度及趋势,结果显示,对于平面应变问题,在有限元强度折减法中使用DP4和DP5准则所得到的效果较好,DP1准则的误差最大。     

岩土材料在非关联流动法则下剪胀角选取探讨

岩土材料属于摩擦型材料,其强度特性时参数指标的选取至关重要。当前对剪胀角存在模糊认识,导致在理论分析和数值模拟分析中常会产生较大误差。在分析传统的滑移线场理论的基础上,采用广义塑性理论,证明了岩土材料在非关联流动法则条件下的剪胀角应取? /2,且此时体变必为0。通过对具有精确理论解的经典Prandtl地基承载力课题的数值模拟分析,分别对关联流动法则、非关联流动法则剪胀角取? /2及非关联流动法则剪胀角取0三种情况下地基的承载力进行了计算。结果表明,上述3种情况下得到的极限荷载的误差为2 %,但滑移线场与理论解有较大差异。其中,在非关联流动法则条件下,采用剪胀角? =? /2所得到的滑移线场与Prandtl理论解一致,而采用? =0所得到的滑移线场与理论解有较大的偏差。这说明目前在非关联流动法则条件下采用? = 0虽然可得到相应的正确的极限荷载,但是相应的滑移线场具有较大的误差,同时也证明了岩土材料在非关联流动法则条件下的剪胀角应该选取? /2,而不是目前通常采用的0。