The radiated seismic energy is an important index for the intensity assessment of microseismic(MS)events and the early warning of dynamic disasters.However,the energy of MS signals is significantly attenuated due to t...The radiated seismic energy is an important index for the intensity assessment of microseismic(MS)events and the early warning of dynamic disasters.However,the energy of MS signals is significantly attenuated due to the heterogeneity and viscous damping of rock media.Therefore,the study on attenuation characteristics of MS signals in underground engineering has practical significance for the accurately estimation of radiated seismic energy.Based on a pendulum impact test facility and MS monitoring system,an in situ investigation was carried out to explore attenuation characteristics at a deep tunnel.The results show that the seismic energy and peak particle velocity(PPV)attenuation are exponentially related to the propagation distance.The attenuation coefficient of energy is larger than that of PPV.With the increase in the input impact-energy,the seismic energy attenuation coefficient decreases as a power function.An empirical relationship between energy attenuation coefficient and wave impedance of rock mass was established in this scenario.Moreover,the time-frequency characteristics and energy distribution laws of impact-induced signals were investigated by the continuous wavelet transform(CWT)and wavelet packet analyses,respectively.The dominant frequency of signals decreases gradually as the propagation distance increases.Based on the energy attenuation characteristics,a new method was proposed to calculate the released source energy of MS events in the field.This study can provide an insight into energy attenuation characteristics of seismic waves and references for attenuation correction in seismic energy calculation.展开更多
基金The support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51978541,41941018 and 51839009)is gratefully acknowledged。
文摘The radiated seismic energy is an important index for the intensity assessment of microseismic(MS)events and the early warning of dynamic disasters.However,the energy of MS signals is significantly attenuated due to the heterogeneity and viscous damping of rock media.Therefore,the study on attenuation characteristics of MS signals in underground engineering has practical significance for the accurately estimation of radiated seismic energy.Based on a pendulum impact test facility and MS monitoring system,an in situ investigation was carried out to explore attenuation characteristics at a deep tunnel.The results show that the seismic energy and peak particle velocity(PPV)attenuation are exponentially related to the propagation distance.The attenuation coefficient of energy is larger than that of PPV.With the increase in the input impact-energy,the seismic energy attenuation coefficient decreases as a power function.An empirical relationship between energy attenuation coefficient and wave impedance of rock mass was established in this scenario.Moreover,the time-frequency characteristics and energy distribution laws of impact-induced signals were investigated by the continuous wavelet transform(CWT)and wavelet packet analyses,respectively.The dominant frequency of signals decreases gradually as the propagation distance increases.Based on the energy attenuation characteristics,a new method was proposed to calculate the released source energy of MS events in the field.This study can provide an insight into energy attenuation characteristics of seismic waves and references for attenuation correction in seismic energy calculation.
