华北地区地壳上地幔P波速度结构

本文利用近震体波资料,研究了华北地区地壳和上地幔P波速度结构。根据华北地区的大地构造特征,分四个区域研究。结果表明,各区之间P波速度结构存在明显差异,在较活动地区壳内和地幔顶部均有低速层存在,而稳定地区则没有,作者认为,这种横向不均匀性和低速层的存在可能是构造活动区的最主要的特征。     

Three-Dimensional Modeling of Shallow Shear-Wave Velocities for Las Vegas, Nevada, Using Sediment Type

A three-dimensional model of near-surface shear-wave velocity in the deep alluvial basin underlying the metropolitan area of Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), is being developed for earthquake site response projections. The velocity dataset, which includes 230 measurements, is interpolated across the model using depth-dependent correlations of velocity with sediment type. The sediment-type database contains more than 1 400 well and borehole logs. Sediment sequences reported in logs are assigned to one of four units. A characteristic shear-wave velocity profile b developed for each unit by analyzing closely spaced pairs of velocity profiles and well or borehole logs. The resulting velocity model exhibits reasonable values and patterns, although it does not explicitly honor the measured shear-wave velocity profiles. Site response investigations that applied a preliminary version of the velocity model support a two-zone ground-shaking hazard model for the valley. Areas in which clay predominates in the upper 30 m are predicted to have stronger ground motions than the rest of the basin.     

渡口及其邻近地区地壳浅层结构的研究

为了研究攀枝花-西昌构造带的地壳与上地幔顶部结构,在西起丽江东至者海全长350km的测线上进行了爆炸地震探测。本文利用所取得的六条地震记录剖面的P_g波组,研究测线下方地壳浅层结构。采用层状垂直梯度和横向不均匀模型,用理论走时和射线追踪方法来拟合实测P_g走时资料。得到深度为10km范围的地壳浅层结构和速度分布。 结果表明,该区地表P波速度以渡口至华坪一带为最高,达6.00km/s。向东西两侧逐步减小,东至者海为5.20km/s,西至丽江降为3.50km/s。局部地段因构造影响速度值有些起伏。从浅层结构和速度分布可见,该区存在箐河-程海、绿汁江、安宁河和甘洛-小江等深断裂带,并向地壳深部延伸。等速度线图表明,该区上地壳中有一高速岩体存在。攀枝花钒、钛、铁矿的富集以及其他热液型矿床的分布很可能与此有关。     

Assessing the Validity of Seismo-Acoustic Predictor Equations for Obtaining Seabed and Sub-Surface Sediment Physical Properties

The interdependence between the seismo-acoustic properties of a marine sediment and its geotechnical/physical parameters has been known for many years, and it has been postulated that this should allow the extraction of geotechnical information from seismic data. Though in the literature many correlations have been published for the surficial layer, there is a lack of information for greater sediment depths. In this article, a desktop study on a synthetic seafloor model illustrates how the application of published near-surface prediction equations to subsurface sediments (up to several tens of meters burial depth) can lead to spurious predictions. To test this further, acoustic and geotechnical properties were measured on a number of sediment core samples, some of which were subjected to loading in acoustically-equipped consolidation cells (oedometers) to simulate greater burial depth conditions. For low effective pressures (representing small burial depths extending to around 10 meters subsurface), the general applicability of established relationships was confirmed: the prediction of porosity, bulk density, and mean grain size from acoustic velocity and impedance appears generally possible for the investigated sedimentary environments. As effective pressure increases through, the observed relationships deviate more and more from the established ones for the near-surface area. For the samples tested in this study, in some instances increasing pressure even resulted in decreasing velocities. There are several possible explanations for this abnormal behavior, including the presence of gas, overconsolidation, or bimodal grain size distribution. The results indicate that an appropriate depth correction must be introduced into the published prediction equations in order to obtain reliable estimates of physical sediment properties for greater subsurface depths.     

近场脉冲型地震动作用下TMD-基础隔震混合控制结构的减震效果分析

近场地震动具有很高的加速度峰值和长周期的速度脉冲,因此能够对结构造成严重的破坏.基础隔震是一种有效的减震技术,然而这种单一的减震手段在低频具有很高能量的近场脉冲型地震动作用下已不能确保结构的安全,必须寻求新的减震策略.本文将速度脉冲模型与随机地震地面运动模型联合来生成近场脉冲型地震动,并以此作为激励,用MATLAB对近场脉冲型地震动作用下TMD-基础隔震混合控制结构及独立基础隔震结构的地震响应进行求解,比较研究该混合控制结构的减震效果.结果表明该混合控制方式可以有效地控制结构的位移,而对加速度的控制效果不明显.     

Variations of horizontal and vertical velocities over two-dimensional transverse dunes: A wind tunnel simulation of the effect of windward slope

The changes in wind velocity induced by dune topography have an important significance in dune dynamics. In this paper, the horizontal and vertical velocities over six transverse dune models were measured non-intrusively by means of Particle Image Velocimetry in a wind tunnel. The windward slope angle and the free-stream wind velocity both affected the horizontal and vertical velocity components. On the windward side, the acceleration of horizontal velocity depended mainly on the windward slope angle and the height above the dune surface, but was also affected by the free-stream wind velocity. The speed-up ratio increased with increasing slope angle but decreased with increasing height. The ascending vertical velocities also increased with increasing slope angle and free-stream wind velocity. The maximum values moved upper along the dune when the windward angle became steeper. In the leeward sides, the horizontal velocity decreased and reversed because of airflow separation; the maximum reverse velocity in the separation cell was about 17% of the free-stream wind velocity. Behind the dune crest, the airflow moves downwards, and its maximum downward velocity is found near the flow reattachment point. Finally, we discussed the significance of these velocity variations for sediment transport and dune dynamics.     

天山造山带地壳结构与构造──乌鲁木齐─库尔勒地震转换波测深剖面

沿乌鲁木齐－库尔勒３５０余公里长的测线上完成了穿越天山的地震转换波野外观测,得出天山造山带的深部构造剖面图和壳内Ｐ,Ｓ波速度结构模型．天山的结晶地壳可分为４层,各层的速度分别是：Ｖｐ值为５．９,６．３,６．６,６．９ｋｍ／ｓ;Ｖｓ值为３．２,３．５,３．７,３．９ｋｍ／ｓ。上地幔顶部的波速：Ｖｐ值为８．１０ｋｍ／ｓ。Ｖｓ值为４．６ｋｍ／ｓ。天山地区的地壳厚度为４２－５６ｋｍ,中天山最厚,达到５０－５６ｋｍ。地壳中部存在低速透镜体。探测结果表明,天山大地构造可分为北天山、中天山和南天山３个区,其地壳深部构造特征各不相同。用颤动构造理论来解释天山造山带的形成机制和演化较板块构造理论更为合理。     

三维叠前深度偏移速度分析及蒙特卡洛自动层速度拾取

是否能够正确地建立深度域三维速度模型是三维叠前深度偏移成败的关键 .本文根据Deregowski循环 ,利用叠前深度域地震成像对速度模型变化的敏感性 ,采用偏移迭代逐次逼近最佳成像速度 ,研究开发了一套快捷有效的三维叠前深度偏移深度域速度模型建立技术 .借鉴时间域CDP(共深度点 )道集上常规叠加速度分析的策略 ,在深度域CRP(共反射点 )道集上 ,提出剩余慢度平方谱的概念并建立相应的实现技术 .导出深度域中均方根速度与层速度之间的关系 ;按照串级偏移原理确定偏移循环过程中初始速度、剩余速度及修改后速度之间的关系 ;采用蒙特卡洛非线性优化算法实现从剩余慢度平方谱中自动拾取层速度 ,讨论了其地质速度约束条件和蒙特卡洛非线性优化的收敛准则 ,使得所拾取的层速度模型具有合理的地质意义并获得最佳偏移成像效果 .SEG EAGE理论模型数值试算验证了方法的有效性 ,在海拉尔盆地霍多莫尔工区 ,5 8km2 三维资料的速度模型建立并获得满意的三维叠前深度偏移成像 .     

Experimental evaluation of a glass curtain wall of a tall building

The seismic demand parameters including the floor acceleration amplification (FAA) factors and the interstory drift ratios (IDRs) were acquired from the floor response in time history analysis of a tall building subjected to selected ground motions. The FAA factors determined in this way are larger than those given in most current code provisions, but the obtained IDRs are close to the values given in some code provisions. Imposing a series of in‐plane pre‐deformations to two glass curtain wall (CW) specimens mounted on a shaking table, the IDRs were reproduced and the FAA factors were satisfied through applications of computed floor spectra compatible motion time histories, whose peak accelerations corresponded to the FAA factors. The CW specimens performed well during the whole experimental program with almost no change in the fundamental frequencies. No visible damage was observed in the glass panels. The maximum stresses detected in each component of the CW system were smaller than the design strengths. The obtained component acceleration amplification factor approached 3.35, which is larger than the value given in the current code provisions. In conclusion, the performance of the studied CW system is seismically safe. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Subsea pipeline walking with velocity dependent seabed friction

With the increase in demand and supply gap in the oil and gas industry, new developments of oil and gasinfrastructure are moving into deeper water. This requires design and construction of long high temperature and high pressure pipelines from deep sea to shore. These pipelines are subjected to cyclic expansion during operating cycles. Accumulated axial movement due to repeated thermal cycles may lead to global displacement referred to as ‘walking’. Walking rates depend on the restraint associated with seabed friction. In conventional analyses, seabed friction is independent of the rate of thermal loading and expansion but it has been recognised that the sliding resistance between a pipe and the seabed varies with velocity, partly due to drainage effects. In this paper a numerical model is used to explore the effect of velocity-dependent seabed friction. A velocity-dependent friction model is implemented in commercial software ABAQUS and validated via single element and simple (flat seabed) pipeline cases. This model features upper and lower friction limits, with a transition that occurs as an exponential function of velocity. A parametric study is performed using differing rates of heating and cool-down in walking situations driven by seabed slope, SCR end tension and the difference between heat up and cool down rates. The walking behaviour is compared to cases with constant friction and solutions are proposed to express the velocity-dependent response in terms of an equivalent constant friction. These equivalent friction values can then be applied in existing simple solutions or more complex numerical analyses, as a short cut method to account for velocity-dependent friction.