Exploring the evidence for unidentified earthquake-causing faults in the orogenic zones,and primarily the interior parts(Shah,2013),has been an ongoing quest for centuries(Willis,1923;Baker et al.,1988;Yeats et al.,19...Exploring the evidence for unidentified earthquake-causing faults in the orogenic zones,and primarily the interior parts(Shah,2013),has been an ongoing quest for centuries(Willis,1923;Baker et al.,1988;Yeats et al.,1992;Wesnousky et al.,1999;Malik et al.,2010;Coudurier-Curveur et al.,2020;Shah et al.,2020).These faults are potentially dangerous due to their unknown risk and deformation budget,two of the most important aspects of mapping and understanding the vulnerability and hazards associated with active faults.展开更多
深部岩体节理往往存在不同程度的软弱充填物质,导致岩体力学性质更为复杂。开展恒定法向刚度CNS边界条件下,考虑高初始法向应力及不同节理粗糙系数JRC−充填度△组合模式的加锚充填节理岩体剪切试验,结合微观电镜扫描(scanning electron ...深部岩体节理往往存在不同程度的软弱充填物质,导致岩体力学性质更为复杂。开展恒定法向刚度CNS边界条件下,考虑高初始法向应力及不同节理粗糙系数JRC−充填度△组合模式的加锚充填节理岩体剪切试验,结合微观电镜扫描(scanning electron microscope,简称SEM)分析充填节理部分宏微观结构演变特征,推导CNS边界条件下峰值剪胀角相关计算方法。研究结果表明:当△<0.5,试件剪应力强度呈现应力硬化;当1.0<△≤1.5,剪应力强度由基本恒定演化为应力软化。当△小于临界充填度△_(cr),JRC成为峰值抗剪强度主要影响因素。△在节理法向变形中起到控制作用,随着△的增加,出现剪胀、先剪胀后剪缩、剪缩3种演化规律,JRC则影响着试件剪胀−剪缩变化程度。充填节理部分破坏模式随着△的增加主要经历3个阶段:粗糙点磨平、充填物质摩擦、充填物质磨碎。微观角度下由疏松多孔结构形式演化为散体碎屑状结构形式。受挤压破碎区与挤压应力集中区二者的相互演化机制影响,锚杆剪切变形模式逐渐由△=0的“近似”拉剪变形向△=1.5的拉弯变形模式演变。在此基础上,提出了一种CNS边界条件下加锚充填节理岩体峰值剪胀角的计算公式,并进行了试验验证及边界条件影响参数敏感性分析。展开更多
Seismic ground faulting is the greatest hazard for continuous buried pipelines.Over the years,researchers have attempted to understand pipeline behavior mostly via numerical modeling such as the finite element method....Seismic ground faulting is the greatest hazard for continuous buried pipelines.Over the years,researchers have attempted to understand pipeline behavior mostly via numerical modeling such as the finite element method.The lack of well-documented field case histories of pipeline failure from seismic ground faulting and the cost and complicated facilities needed for full-scale experimental simulation mean that a centrifuge-based method to determine the behavior of pipelines subjected to faulting is best to verify numerical approaches.This paper presents results from three centrifuge tests designed to investigate continuous buried steel pipeline behavior subjected to normal faulting.The experimental setup and procedure are described and the recorded axial and bending strains induced in a pipeline are presented and compared to those obtained via analytical methods.The influence of factors such as faulting offset,burial depth and pipe diameter on the axial and bending strains of pipes and on ground soil failure and pipeline deformation patterns are also investigated.Finally,the tensile rupture of a pipeline due to normal faulting is investigated.展开更多
The plate flexure and normal faulting characteristics along the Tonga, Japan, Izu-Bonin and Mariana Trenches are investigated by combining observations and modeling of elastoplastic deformation of the subducting plate...The plate flexure and normal faulting characteristics along the Tonga, Japan, Izu-Bonin and Mariana Trenches are investigated by combining observations and modeling of elastoplastic deformation of the subducting plate. The observed average trench relief is found to be the smallest at the Japan Trench(3 km) and the largest at the Mariana Trench(4.9 km), and the average fault throw is the smallest at the Japan Trench(113 m) and the largest at the Tonga Trench(284 m). A subducting plate is modeled to bend and generate normal faults subjected to three types of tectonic loading at the trench axis: vertical loading, bending moment, and horizontal tensional force. It is inverted for the solutions of tectonic loading that best fit the observed plate flexure and normal faulting characteristics of the four trenches. The results reveal that a horizontal tensional force(HTF) for the Japan Trench is 33%, 50% and 60% smaller than those of the Mariana, Tonga and Izu-Bonin Trenches, respectively. The normal faults are modeled to penetrate to a maximum depth of 29, 23, 32 and 32 km below the sea floor for the Tonga,Japan, Izu-Bonin and Mariana Trenches, respectively, which is consistent with the depths of relocated normal faulting earthquakes in the Japan and Izu-Bonin Trenches. Moreover, it is argued that the calculated horizontal tensional force is generally positively correlated with the observed mean fault throw, while the integrated area of the reduction in the effective elastic thickness is correlated with the trench relief. These results imply that the HTF plays a key role in controlling the normal faulting pattern and that plate weakening can lead to significant increase in the trench relief.展开更多
Physical model tests have been conducted by various researchers to investigate fault rupture propagation and ground deformation induced by bedrock faulting. However, the effects of pre-existing fracture on ground defo...Physical model tests have been conducted by various researchers to investigate fault rupture propagation and ground deformation induced by bedrock faulting. However, the effects of pre-existing fracture on ground deformation are not fully understood. In this work, six centrifuge tests are reported to investigate the influence of pre-existing fracture on ground deformation induced by normal faulting in sand, clay and nine-layered soil with interbedded sand and clay layers. Shear box tests were conducted to develop a filter paper technique, which was adopted in soil model preparation to simulate the effects of pre-existing fracture in centrifuge tests. Centrifuge test results show that ground deformation mechanism in clay, sand and nine-layered soil strata is classified as a stationary zone, a shearing zone and a rigid body zone. Inclination of the strain localization is governed by the dilatancy of soil material. Moreover, the pre-existing fracture provides a preferential path for ground deformation and results in a scarp at the ground surface in sand. On the contrary, fault ruptures are observed at the ground surface in clay and nine-layered soil strata.展开更多
To investigate the influence of magnitude and distribution of the transverse normal pressure on deformation behavior of sheet metal,viscous pressure bulge test (VPB) of overlapping sheet metals is proposed,where the o...To investigate the influence of magnitude and distribution of the transverse normal pressure on deformation behavior of sheet metal,viscous pressure bulge test (VPB) of overlapping sheet metals is proposed,where the overlapped sheet metal is deformed under the dual-sided normal pressure provided by viscous medium and the overlapping sheet.The transverse normal pressure loading features provided by overlapping sheet metals are first simulated by DEFORM-2D.It shows that the magnitude and space distribution of transverse normal pressure are dependent on strain hardening exponent n-,strength coefficient K-and thickness t-values of the overlapping sheet metal.Based on the stress,deviator stress and strain distribution resulted from the finite element simulation,it indicated that the uniform transverse normal pressure has no effect on deviator stress,the figure and strain distribution of bulge specimens have no change.The non-uniform transverse normal pressure can remarkably change the figure and metal flow of specimens,and the formability of sheet metal can be improved by controlling the transverse normal pressure distribution.展开更多
文摘Exploring the evidence for unidentified earthquake-causing faults in the orogenic zones,and primarily the interior parts(Shah,2013),has been an ongoing quest for centuries(Willis,1923;Baker et al.,1988;Yeats et al.,1992;Wesnousky et al.,1999;Malik et al.,2010;Coudurier-Curveur et al.,2020;Shah et al.,2020).These faults are potentially dangerous due to their unknown risk and deformation budget,two of the most important aspects of mapping and understanding the vulnerability and hazards associated with active faults.
文摘深部岩体节理往往存在不同程度的软弱充填物质,导致岩体力学性质更为复杂。开展恒定法向刚度CNS边界条件下,考虑高初始法向应力及不同节理粗糙系数JRC−充填度△组合模式的加锚充填节理岩体剪切试验,结合微观电镜扫描(scanning electron microscope,简称SEM)分析充填节理部分宏微观结构演变特征,推导CNS边界条件下峰值剪胀角相关计算方法。研究结果表明:当△<0.5,试件剪应力强度呈现应力硬化;当1.0<△≤1.5,剪应力强度由基本恒定演化为应力软化。当△小于临界充填度△_(cr),JRC成为峰值抗剪强度主要影响因素。△在节理法向变形中起到控制作用,随着△的增加,出现剪胀、先剪胀后剪缩、剪缩3种演化规律,JRC则影响着试件剪胀−剪缩变化程度。充填节理部分破坏模式随着△的增加主要经历3个阶段:粗糙点磨平、充填物质摩擦、充填物质磨碎。微观角度下由疏松多孔结构形式演化为散体碎屑状结构形式。受挤压破碎区与挤压应力集中区二者的相互演化机制影响,锚杆剪切变形模式逐渐由△=0的“近似”拉剪变形向△=1.5的拉弯变形模式演变。在此基础上,提出了一种CNS边界条件下加锚充填节理岩体峰值剪胀角的计算公式,并进行了试验验证及边界条件影响参数敏感性分析。
基金This work was conducted at the Physical Modeling and Centrifuge Laboratory of the Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Department in the School of Civil Engineering,University of Tehran
文摘Seismic ground faulting is the greatest hazard for continuous buried pipelines.Over the years,researchers have attempted to understand pipeline behavior mostly via numerical modeling such as the finite element method.The lack of well-documented field case histories of pipeline failure from seismic ground faulting and the cost and complicated facilities needed for full-scale experimental simulation mean that a centrifuge-based method to determine the behavior of pipelines subjected to faulting is best to verify numerical approaches.This paper presents results from three centrifuge tests designed to investigate continuous buried steel pipeline behavior subjected to normal faulting.The experimental setup and procedure are described and the recorded axial and bending strains induced in a pipeline are presented and compared to those obtained via analytical methods.The influence of factors such as faulting offset,burial depth and pipe diameter on the axial and bending strains of pipes and on ground soil failure and pipeline deformation patterns are also investigated.Finally,the tensile rupture of a pipeline due to normal faulting is investigated.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41706056,91628301 and U1606401the Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences under contract Nos Y4SL021001,QYZDY-SSW-DQC005,YZ201325 and YZ201534+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China under contract No.2017A030310066the China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association under contract No.DY135-S2-1-04
文摘The plate flexure and normal faulting characteristics along the Tonga, Japan, Izu-Bonin and Mariana Trenches are investigated by combining observations and modeling of elastoplastic deformation of the subducting plate. The observed average trench relief is found to be the smallest at the Japan Trench(3 km) and the largest at the Mariana Trench(4.9 km), and the average fault throw is the smallest at the Japan Trench(113 m) and the largest at the Tonga Trench(284 m). A subducting plate is modeled to bend and generate normal faults subjected to three types of tectonic loading at the trench axis: vertical loading, bending moment, and horizontal tensional force. It is inverted for the solutions of tectonic loading that best fit the observed plate flexure and normal faulting characteristics of the four trenches. The results reveal that a horizontal tensional force(HTF) for the Japan Trench is 33%, 50% and 60% smaller than those of the Mariana, Tonga and Izu-Bonin Trenches, respectively. The normal faults are modeled to penetrate to a maximum depth of 29, 23, 32 and 32 km below the sea floor for the Tonga,Japan, Izu-Bonin and Mariana Trenches, respectively, which is consistent with the depths of relocated normal faulting earthquakes in the Japan and Izu-Bonin Trenches. Moreover, it is argued that the calculated horizontal tensional force is generally positively correlated with the observed mean fault throw, while the integrated area of the reduction in the effective elastic thickness is correlated with the trench relief. These results imply that the HTF plays a key role in controlling the normal faulting pattern and that plate weakening can lead to significant increase in the trench relief.
基金Project supported by the Earthquake Administration of Beijing Municipality and the National Development and Reform Commission of ChinaProject(IRT1125) supported by the program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University, China
文摘Physical model tests have been conducted by various researchers to investigate fault rupture propagation and ground deformation induced by bedrock faulting. However, the effects of pre-existing fracture on ground deformation are not fully understood. In this work, six centrifuge tests are reported to investigate the influence of pre-existing fracture on ground deformation induced by normal faulting in sand, clay and nine-layered soil with interbedded sand and clay layers. Shear box tests were conducted to develop a filter paper technique, which was adopted in soil model preparation to simulate the effects of pre-existing fracture in centrifuge tests. Centrifuge test results show that ground deformation mechanism in clay, sand and nine-layered soil strata is classified as a stationary zone, a shearing zone and a rigid body zone. Inclination of the strain localization is governed by the dilatancy of soil material. Moreover, the pre-existing fracture provides a preferential path for ground deformation and results in a scarp at the ground surface in sand. On the contrary, fault ruptures are observed at the ground surface in clay and nine-layered soil strata.
文摘To investigate the influence of magnitude and distribution of the transverse normal pressure on deformation behavior of sheet metal,viscous pressure bulge test (VPB) of overlapping sheet metals is proposed,where the overlapped sheet metal is deformed under the dual-sided normal pressure provided by viscous medium and the overlapping sheet.The transverse normal pressure loading features provided by overlapping sheet metals are first simulated by DEFORM-2D.It shows that the magnitude and space distribution of transverse normal pressure are dependent on strain hardening exponent n-,strength coefficient K-and thickness t-values of the overlapping sheet metal.Based on the stress,deviator stress and strain distribution resulted from the finite element simulation,it indicated that the uniform transverse normal pressure has no effect on deviator stress,the figure and strain distribution of bulge specimens have no change.The non-uniform transverse normal pressure can remarkably change the figure and metal flow of specimens,and the formability of sheet metal can be improved by controlling the transverse normal pressure distribution.
