Sliding fragility of block‐type non‐structural components. Part 1: Unrestrained components

Motivated by the development of performance‐based design guidelines with emphasis on both structural and non‐structural systems, this paper focuses on seismic vulnerability assessment of block‐type unrestrained non‐structural components under sliding response on the basis of seismic inputs specified by current seismic codes. Two sliding‐related failure modes are considered: excessive relative displacement and excessive absolute acceleration. It is shown that an upper bound for the absolute acceleration response can be assessed deterministically, for which a simple yet completely general equation is proposed. In contrast, fragility curves are proposed as an appropriate tool to evaluate the excessive relative displacement failure mode. Sample fragility curves developed through Monte‐Carlo simulations show that fragility estimates obtained without taking into account vertical base accelerations can be significantly unconservative, especially for relatively large values of the coefficient of friction. It is also found that reasonable estimates of relative displacement response at stories other than the ground in multistorey buildings cannot in general be obtained by simply scaling the ground acceleration to the peak acceleration at the corresponding storey. Failure modes considered in this study are found to be essentially independent of each other, a property that greatly simplifies assessment of conditional limit states. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

山西大同盆地口泉断裂全新世古地震活动

野外调查表明 ,口泉断裂断错了断面附近的 3级地貌面 ,包括大同盆地西侧全新世形成的洪积扇后缘及位于洪积扇冲沟内的Ⅰ ,Ⅱ级阶地。其中冲沟内Ⅱ级阶地为剥蚀阶地 ,Ⅰ级阶地为堆积阶地 ,Ⅰ级阶地面的地层时代距今 2 52ka。在该断裂的悟道及上黄庄 2个地点开挖的大探槽表明 ,在距今 1 2 3万年以来该断裂曾发生 4次古地震事件 ,其中 3次分别发生在接近距今 2 52 ,5 6 8,13 73ka。另一次古地震事件发生在距今 6 76～ 10 82ka。这些数据有可能反映了口泉断裂具备准周期的强震活动。这 4次古地震事件的平均间隔约为 3 74ka ,最新一次古地震与上一次事件的时间间隔约为 3 16ka。 2个大探槽各次事件的平均最小同震垂直位移为 1 8m。这些资料对重新评价口泉断裂未来的地震潜势具有重要意义     

中国三峡地区汛期降水量的正态性研究

为了分析三峡地区降水量序列的正态性和谱结构,对降水量的常见各种变换进行试验性研究。试验包括单站降水量、降水量的平方根、立方根和Γ分布概率值等非线性变换,以及级别变换。研究区域多站平均降水量、区域降水量的主分量、区域降水量的非线性变换后的主分量和区域降水量的级别变换后的主分量等序列。研究发现三峡地区单站降水量的各种变换不改变序列原始谱结构,仅影响概率分布的偏度和峰度,使其较好地遵从正态分布,其中以Γ分布的变换以及级别变换在分布的偏度上为最好。 区域降水量的各种变换的综合指数(区域平均值和主分量)正态性及谱结构分析表明,除区域平均值变换后不改变原单站序列的谱结构外,主分量的综合指数能改变原单站序列的谱结构,同时也影响概率分布的偏度和峰度,使其能较好地遵从正态分布。其中以降水量的立方根和Γ分布概率变换以及级别变换,在分布的偏度上有较好的效果。     

正常椭球内部场的内蕴几何与密度分布

将重力场内蕴几何结构的研究引入到正常椭球内部场的研究中，深入探讨了内蕴几何量及其与内部物理量之间的关系，并据此建立了弱平衡条件下的基本微分方程，进而给出确定椭球内部内蕴几何量与场源密度分布的方法。研究表明，平衡形状理论中的Ｗａｖｒｅ公式和Ｃｌａｉｒａｕｔ方程可由内蕴几何与内部物理量之间的关系导出，它们是在平衡假设下取椭球近似的结果。     

The effects of pre-existing normal faults on thrust ramp development: An example from the northern Apennines,Italy

The Umbria-Marche foreland fold-and-thrust belt in the northern Apennines of Italy provides excellent evidence to test the hypothesis of synsedimentary-structural control on thrust ramp development. This orogenic belt consists of platform and pelagic carbonates, Late Triassic to Miocene in age, whose deposition was controlled by significant synsedimentary extension. Normal faulting, mainly active from Jurassic through Late Cretaceous-Paleogene time, resulted in significant lateral thickness variability within the related stratigraphic sequences. By Late Miocene time the sedimentary cover was detached from the underlying basement and was deformed by east-verging folds and west-dipping thrusts. Two restored balanced cross sections through the southernmost part of the belt show a coincidence between the early synsedimentary normal faults and the late thrust fault ramps. These evidences suggest that synsedimentary tectonic structures, such as faults and the related lithological lateral changes, can be regarded as mechanically important controlling factors in the process of thrust ramp development during positive tectonic inversion processes.     

恐龙蛋化石物质组分研究

研究了ＸＬ０１恐龙蛋化石蛋腔内壁和腔内絮状物质的无机组分。采用常规的双目实体显微镜、偏光显微镜及扫描电子显微镜、电子探针和Ｘ光衍射仪，对蛋腔内主要三种矿物物相的物理性质、化学组成及矿物晶体结构进行了研究。并对腔内的矿物形态、结构特点及有利于有机大分子ＤＮＡ保存的条件做了讨论