Simplified methods for design of base‐isolated structures in the long‐period high‐damping range     

Ruediger Weitzmann  Makoto Ohsaki  Masayoshi Nakashima 《地震工程与结构动力学》2006,35(4):497-515

A recent trend in the design of base‐isolated structures is the extension of the natural period and the incorporation of high damping. This paper shows that the existing simplified methods perform less accurately in this field of application, mainly due to inappropriate use of spectral data and insufficiently adjusted equivalent models. The paper proposes new period‐dependent concepts to reduce pseudo‐acceleration spectra and to transform these values into total accelerations with respect to the viscous damping ratio. The model of equivalent damping is adjusted to reflect several period‐dependent effects. The estimation of the accelerations in MDOF systems is based on additional period shifts. All modifications are derived for a simplified linear approach based on eigenforms, and a non‐linear approach based on pushover and capacity spectrum analysis. To illustrate observed problems and to demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed concepts, example structures are studied in detail. Furthermore, intensive statistical tests prove the effectiveness of the modifications in a wide parameter range and show considerable improvements over traditional approaches. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

A Possible Role of Boiling in Ore Deposition: A Numerical Approach   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Kenichi Hoshino    Tom Itami    Ryouta Shiokawa  Makoto Watanabe 《Resource Geology》2006,56(1):49-54

Abstract. A possible role of boiling of the H₂O-NaCl-CO₂(-H₂S) fluid in ore deposition has been examined numerically by using the equations of state (EOS) of Duan et al. (1995, 1996), a modified EOS of Bowers and Helgeson (1983) and the water-rock interaction simulator MIX99 (Hoshino et al., 2000).
The following three models are examined to evaluate an efficiency of boiling on mineral precipitation: (1) hypothetical non-boiling process, (2) hypothetical boiling process with sulfur partitioned only in liquid phases and (3) boiling process in which partition ratios of H₂S between liquid and vapor phases are assumed to be the same as those of CO₂. The processes are simulated from 450C and 900 bar to 310C and 620 bar with an analytical step of 10C / 20 bar. Boiling occurs below 400C in the latter two processes when the initial composition (in mole fraction) of the fluid is: X_H2o = 0.84, X_NaC1 = 0.10 and X_Co2 = 0.06.
Ore deposition occurs abruptly at a boiling point when the partition ratios of total sulfur (X_s^vap/X_s^liq) are as high as those of total carbon during boiling. A decrease of concentration of sulfur in the liquid phase during boiling leads to an increase of pH of the solution, resulting in propelling mineral precipitation. It has been made clear that a possible role of boiling in ore formation mainly depends on the partition ratios of sulfur between the liquid and vapor phases, although they cannot be estimated accurately by the currently available EOS.  相似文献   

Statistical analysis for thermal data in the Japanese Islands     

Yasukuni Okubo  Youhei Uchida  Makoto Taniguchi  Akinobu Miyakoshi  Jan Safanda 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》2005,152(4):277-291

We calculated statistical average of thermal data to speculate regional thermal structure of the forearc area of the Japanese Islands. The three thermal statistical averages show a difference of a high thermal regime in the western part of forearc inner zone and a low in the Kanto forearc outer zone. The Kanto zone marks 18 K km⁻¹ for mean geothermal gradient, 44 mW m⁻² for mean heat flow, while the western inner zone shows 27 K km⁻¹ for mean geothermal gradient, 63 mW m⁻² for mean heat flow. The geothermal gradients of the Nobi Plain and the Osaka Plain in the western inner zone are 29 and 36 K km⁻¹, respectively, while the value of the Kanto Plain in the Kanto zone is 21 K km⁻¹. Taking account of the effect of accumulation of sediments, we see the difference in the thermal regime between the plains and conclude that the difference is significant. Heat flux in the crust depends on the volume of granite rich in radioactive elements. There are few granitic rocks in the Kanto zone, while granitic rocks are dominant in the western inner zone. The heat flow of 20 mW m⁻² is attributed to the granitic rocks of about 8 km in thickness. There are two oceanic plate subductions of the Pacific plate and the Philippine Sea plate under the Kanto zone, while only the Philippine Sea plate has been subducting under the western inner zone. The model simulation based on thermal and subduction model shows a heat flow ranging 50-60 mW m⁻² in the southwest Japan forarc area and a low value of about 20 mW m⁻² in the northeast Japan forearc area. The heat flux from the cooling oceanic lithosphere depends on the age of plate. The Shikoku Basin, a part of the Philippine Sea plate, off the western inner zone is 15-30 Ma, while the Pacific plate off the Kanto zone is 122-132 Ma. Theoretically, heat flux values of 15 and 50 Ma oceanic plates range 60-120 mW m⁻² and those of 122-132 Ma could be about 10 mW m⁻². If the heat flux contribution from the Philippine Sea plate under the Kanto zone is smaller than the plate under the western inner zone, there could be a thermal regime difference in order of several tens of mW m⁻². Conclusively, the cause of the difference of heat flux could be the uneven granitic rocks distribution and/or the difference of heat flux between the two subducting plate.  相似文献   

Effects of urbanization and groundwater flow on the subsurface temperature in Osaka, Japan     

Makoto Taniguchi  Takeshi Uemura 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》2005,152(4):305-313

Subsurface temperatures were analyzed to evaluate the effects of urbanization and groundwater flow in Osaka, the second largest metropolitan in Japan. The temperature-depth profiles were classified into three (recharge, intermediate and discharge) types based on the thermal gradient, shape of the profiles, and temperature itself. The locations of the three types of profiles represent the places of regional and local groundwater flow systems in Osaka plain. The analyses of subsurface temperature using heat conduction-convection theory under the condition of surface warming showed that the depth of minimum temperature in the profile increased with the groundwater recharge rate and time lapse from the beginning of surface warming due to urbanization. Comparisons between observed and estimated temperature profiles showed that the surface warming due to urbanization is larger and occurred earlier in the middle of the city than those in surrounding area, which agreed with the air temperature records.  相似文献   

Climatic and environmental changes at southeastern coast of Lake Biwa over past 3000 years, inferred from borehole temperature data     

Shusaku Goto  Hideki Hamamoto  Makoto Yamano 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》2005,152(4):314-325

In order to infer past climatic change in central Japan, we measured temperatures in a borehole at the Karasuma site, on the southeastern coast of Lake Biwa, and reconstructed sediment surface temperature history during the last 3000 years. The reconstructed temperature history shows apparent Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age, and contemporary temperature warming. However, the large amplitude of the temperature changes up to 4-5 K cannot be explained by past climatic change only, suggesting that there was some other cause of the larger amplitude temperature changes. The onsets of temperature decrease in the late 12th century a.d. and temperature increase in the mid 17th century a.d. appear to coincide with occurrences of two destructive earthquakes (1185 and 1662 a.d.) that caused water level changes of Lake Biwa. It suggests that the reconstructed sediment surface temperature history reflects the environmental change due to tectonically induced water level changes of the lake. If the annual mean of the ground surface temperature was higher than that of the bottom water temperature in a shallow part of the lake, which is consistent with the present-day data, the large amplitude of the sediment surface temperature change may be attributed to a combined effect of past climatic and environmental changes. Thus, we suggest that the borehole temperature at the Karasuma site preserves information not only on past climate changes but also on environmental changes due to tectonically induced water level changes.  相似文献   

Long-term monitoring of the temperature profile in a deep borehole: Temperature variations associated with water injection experiments and natural groundwater discharge     

Makoto Yamano  Shusaku Goto 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》2005,152(4):326-334

Long-term temperature monitoring was carried out in a borehole drilled for investigation of the Nojima fault, an active fault in SW Japan, using the distributed optical fiber temperature sensing (DTS) technique. Temperatures in the borehole had been measured every 1 m along an optical fiber cable with a resolution of about 0.1 K over a period of 6 years. Water injection experiments were conducted in this borehole in 1997, 2000 and 2003. Monitoring of the temperature profile was started after the first injection experiment, and the temperature profile remained very stable until the start of the second injection experiment. During the second and third experiments, the temperatures in the borehole dropped due to cooling by the injected water but no appreciable temperature change was observed below about 580 m. It clearly shows that the water leaked out of the hole around this point and the leaking depth is estimated to be about 540 m based on the shape of the temperature profile. After the injection was stopped, the recovery of the temperature to the undisturbed profile was exceptionally slow around the leaking point, resulting in a local temperature anomaly, probably because the water leaking out of the hole had cooled the surrounding formations extensively. A very similar temperature anomaly was observed at the beginning of temperature monitoring, which suggests that water leaked out at the same depth in the first injection experiment as well. Between the second and third injection experiments, the top of the borehole was kept open to allow groundwater discharge for about 1 month in 2000 and 2003. In both periods, groundwater flowed out continuously and the shapes of the observed temperature profiles indicate that the groundwater entered in the hole at the same depth as the leaking point during the injection experiments. The temperature records also show that the rate of discharge had been nearly constant through the two test periods. The water discharge appears to have been little affected by the water injection. These results demonstrate that the optical fiber temperature monitoring system is a very effective tool for hydrological experiments.  相似文献   

Deterioration of eelgrass,Zostera marina L., meadows by water pollution in Seto Inland Sea,Japan     

Tamaki H  Tokuoka M  Nishijima W  Terawaki T  Okada M 《Marine pollution bulletin》2002,44(11):1253-1258

Survival of transplanted Zostera marina L. (eelgrass) and environmental conditions (water quality, bottom sediments, sedimentation on leaves and flow regime) were studied concurrently in the center, edge, and at the outside of a eelgrass meadow located in a eutrophic coastal zone in northern Hiroshima Bay, Seto Inland Sea, Japan. Eelgrass transplants at the outside of the meadow declined significantly, whereas those at the center were consistently well established. Silt content in the bottom sediments at the outside was higher than that at the center. The sediment was oxic from the surface to 2 cm deep at the center, whereas those at the edge and the outside were reductive almost from the surface. The sediment characteristics typical in eutrophic water seemed to be a factor responsible for the deterioration of eelgrass meadows. Although suspended solid concentrations in the water columns were almost the same, the amount of sediments deposited on leaves of eelgrass at the outside was higher than that at the center of the meadow. The amount of the deposition at the outside seems to be enough to inhibit photosynthesis; i.e. photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) available for eelgrass was only 36% of that without any deposition. The deposition in the center, however, was small enough to allow 84% of the original PPFD. Flow rates, determined at 30 cm above the bottom, a half height of average eelgrass, suggested that the rate at the outside was not enough to remove deposited sediments from the surface of eelgrass leaves. Thus, the large amount of sediment deposition caused by water pollution and/or eutrophication seemed to be another factor to inhibit the survival of eelgrass at the outside edge of the meadow.  相似文献   

Seismicity changes related to a water injection experiment in the Nojima Fault Zone   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Keiichi Tadokoro  Kin'Ya Nishigami  Masataka Ando  Naoshi Hirata  Takashi Iidaka  Yukihiro Hashida  Kunihiko Shimazaki  Shiro Ohmi  Yasuyuki Kano  Makoto Koizumi  Shigemitsu Matsuo  Hiroo Wada 《Island Arc》2001,10(3-4):235-243

Abstract A water injection experiment was carried out by the scientific drilling program named the 'Nojima Fault Zone Probe' during the two periods 9–13 February and 16–25 March 1997. The pumping pressure at the surface was approximately 4 MPa. The total amount of injected water was 258 m³. The injection was made between depths of 1480 m and 1670 m in the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (DPRI) 1800 m borehole drilled into the Nojima Fault zone. A seismic observation network was deployed to monitor seismic activity related to the water injections. Seismicity suddenly increased in the region not far from the injection hole 4 or 5 days after the beginning of each water injection. These earthquakes were likely to be induced by the water injections. Most of the earthquakes had magnitudes ranging from −2 to +1. Numerous earthquakes occurred during the first injection, but only one could be reliably located and it was approximately 2 km north of the injection site. Between the two injection periods, earthquakes concentrated in the region approximately 1 km northwest of the injection site. During and after the second injection experiment, earthquakes were located approximately 1.5 km west of the injection site. Those earthquakes were located approximately 3 km or 4 km from the injection point and between 2 km and 4 km in depth. Values of intrinsic permeability of 10⁻¹⁴–10⁻¹⁵ m² were estimated from the time lapse of the induced seismic activity. The coefficient of friction in the area where the induced earthquakes occurred was estimated to be less than 0.3.  相似文献   

Lower crustal fluid distribution in the northeastern Japan arc revealed by high-resolution 3D seismic tomography     

Makoto Matsubara  Naoshi Hirata  Hiroshi Sato  Shin'ichi Sakai 《Tectonophysics》2004,388(1-4):33

The Ou Backbone Range strikes northwards through the central northeastern Japan arc and is bounded on both sides by the active reverse Uwandaira and Sen'ya faults. We have applied a traveltime inversion method (seismic tomography) with spatial velocity correlation to active and passive seismic data in order to investigate a three-dimensional (3-D) velocity structure. The data set contains 33,993 P- and 18,483 S-wave arrivals from 706 natural sources and 40 blasts, as well as 2803 P-wave traveltime data from 10 explosions detonated during the 1997 controlled source experiment. The traveltime inversion reveals a zone beneath the Ou Backbone Range in which P-wave velocities (V_P) are approximately 6–8% lower than the average velocity at equivalent depths. The low V_P and a low V_P to S-wave velocity (V_S) ratio (V_P/V_S) of about 1.65 suggest the presence of aqueous fluids in the middle crust.  相似文献   

Continuous Measurements of Ground-Water Seepage Using an Automatic Seepage Meter   总被引：6，自引：1，他引：6  

Makoto Taniguchi  Yoshiaki Fukuo 《Ground water》1993,31(4):675-679

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