Sealing law of far-field spectra based on observed parameters of the specific barrier model     

Apostolos S. Papageorgiou  Keiiti Aki 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1985,123(3):353-374

A set of acceleration source spectra is constructed using the observed parameters of the specific barrier model of Papageorgiou and Aki. The spectra show a significant departure from the ²-model at the high frequency range. Specifically, the high frequency spectral amplitudes of seismic excitation are higher as compared to the level predicted by the ²-model. This is also supported by other observational evidence. The high frequency amplitudes of acceleration scale proportionally to the square root of the rupture areaS, to the rupture spreading velocityv, and to the local strain drop (/) (=strain drop in between barriers). The local strain drop in between barriers is not related in a simple way to the global strain drop, which is the strain drop estimated by assuming that it is uniform over the entire rupture area. Consequently, the similarity law does not apply. Using the source spectra which we constructed, we derive expressions for high frequency amplitudes of acceleration such asa _rms anda _max. Close to the fault both are independent of fault dimensions and scale as (/µ)(f)^1/2, while away from the fault plane they scale asW ^1/2(/µ)(f)^1/2, whereW is the width of the fault and f is the effective bandwidth of the spectra.  相似文献   

Influence of lateral-load-resisting system on the earthquake response of structures—a system identification study     

Apostolos S. Papageorgiou  Bing-Chang Lin 《地震工程与结构动力学》1989,18(6):799-814

Analysis and comparison of the dynamic responses of three well instrumented (with accelerographs) high-rise buildings shaken during the 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake are presented. The buildings examined in the present work are (i) the Town Park Towers Apartment building, a 10-storey, concrete shear wall building; (ii) the Great Western Savings and Loan building, a 10-storey building with concrete frames and shear walls; and (iii) the Santa Clara County Office building, a 13-storey, moment-resistant steel frame building. The structures are located within 2 km of each other and, as may be confirmed by visual inspection of the recorded seismograms, experienced similar ground motions. One-dimensional and three-dimensional linear structural models are fitted to the observations using the modal minimization method' for structural identification, in order to determine optimal estimates of the parameters of the dominant modes of the buildings. The time-varying character of these parameters over the duration of the response is also investigated. Comparison of the recorded earthquake response of the structures reveals that the type of lateral-load-resisting system has an important effect on the dynamic behaviour of the structures because it controls the spacing of the characteristic modes on the frequency axis. The Santa Clara County Office building has closely spaced natural frequencies and exhibits strong torsional response and modal coupling. Its dynamic behaviour is contrasted with that of the Great Western Savings and Loan building which has well separated natural frequencies and exhibits small torsional response and no modal coupling. Strong modal coupling causes a beating-type phenomenon and makes earthquake response of structures different from that envisioned by codes.  相似文献   

Study of the earthquake response of the base-isolated Law and Justice Center in Rancho Cucamonga     

Apostolos S. Papageorgiou  Bing-Chang Lin 《地震工程与结构动力学》1989,18(8):1189-1200

The recorded earthquake response of a base-isolated building—the Foothill Communities Law and Justice Center in Rancho Cucamonga—shaken by the 1985 Redlands earthquake (M_L 4–8) is discussed and analysed by employing system identification techniques. The calculated response of one-dimensional and three-dimensional linear structural models is fitted to the recorded motions of the superstructure using the ‘modal minimization method’ for structural identification, in order to determine optimal estimates of the parameters of the dominant modes of the building. Simple one-dimensional analyses are used to identify also the effective values of key parameters (e.g. damping) of the isolation system. Furthermore, the recorded motions obtained from the densely instrumented foundation (i.e. below the isolation bearings) of the structure and from the free-field station located 330 ft

1 1 ft =0.3048 m; 1 mile=1.609 km.

from the building show how the presence of the structure affects the incoming seismic waves. It is observed that the transverse component of motion (i.e. the component which is perpendicular to the long dimension of the plan of the building) is affected by the presence of the structure considerably more than the longitudinal component. Factors contributing to this effect are the extreme length of the structure (414 ft) and the rotational motions of the superstructure caused by the spatial variability of ground motion. It is pointed out that, despite the fact that the shift in the effective frequency of the structure induced by the isolation was very small, the elastomeric bearings were very effective in reducing the accelerations transmitted to the structure. This is attributed to the damping capacity of the isolation. Based on the observed response of the building to this small earthquake it can be stated with confidence that the structure performed according to expectations.  相似文献   

Propagation and amplification of seismic waves in 2-D valleys excited by obliquely incident P- and SV-waves     

Apostolos S. Papageorgiou  Jaekwan Kim 《地震工程与结构动力学》1993,22(2):167-182

The seismic motion in sediment-filled valleys due to incident SH-waves has been studied exhaustively. However, the response of such geologic structures to incident SV- and P-waves has not been studied as thoroughly. The response of a 2-D model of the valley of Caracas, Venezuela—a NS cross-section through the Palos Grandes district—to incident plane SV- and P-waves is investigated using the discrete wave number boundary element method. It is observed that the differences in the predictions of the 1-D and 2-D models are more pronounced for SV-waves than for SH-waves, especially when SV-waves are incident at (or near) the critical angle i_c. The valley responds very strongly to the horizontally propagating P-wave (SP-wave) which is induced when SV-waves, incident at the critical angle, interact with the free surface of the half-space. However, the SP-wave, being a wave diffracted at a boundary, is likely to be sensitive to impedance contrasts, to the presence of other interfaces in the medium, and to the topography surrounding the valley. These aspects of the problem need further investigation.  相似文献   

SPIRE point source photometry: within the Herschel interactive processing environment (HIPE)     

Chris Pearson  Tanya Lim  Chris North  George Bendo  Luca Conversi  Darren Dowell  Matt Griffin  Terry Jin  Nicolas Laporte  Andreas Papageorgiou  Bernhard Schulz  Dave Shupe  Anthony J. Smith  Kevin Xu 《Experimental Astronomy》2014,37(2):175-194

The different algorithms appropriate for point source photometry on data from the SPIRE instrument on-board the Herschel Space Observatory, within the Herschel Interactive Processing Environment (HIPE) are compared. Point source photometry of a large ensemble of standard calibration stars and dark sky observations is carried out using the 4 major methods within HIPE: SUSSEXtractor, DAOphot, the SPIRE Timeline Fitter and simple Aperture Photometry. Colour corrections and effective beam areas as a function of the assumed source spectral index are also included to produce a large number of photometric measurements per individual target, in each of the 3 SPIRE bands (250, 350, 500μm), to examine both the accuracy and repeatability of each of the 4 algorithms. It is concluded that for flux densities down to the level of 30mJy that the SPIRE Timeline Fitter is the method of choice. However, at least in the 250 and 350μm bands, all 4 methods provide photometric repeatability better than a few percent down to at approximately 100mJy. The DAOphot method appears in many cases to have a systematic offset of ～8 % in all SPIRE bands which may be indicative of a sub-optimal aperture correction. In general, aperture photometry is the least reliable method, i.e. largest scatter between observations, especially in the longest wavelength band. At the faintest fluxes, <30mJy, SUSSEXtractor or DAOphot provide a better alternative to the Timeline Fitter.  相似文献   

Modeling, synthetics and engineering applications of strong earthquake wave motion     

Masanobu Shinozuka  George Deodatis  Ruichong Zhang  Apostolos S. Papageorgiou 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》1999,18(3):182

State of the art in modeling, synthetics, statistical estimation, and engineering applications of strong ground motion is reported in this paper. In particular, models for earthquake wave motion are presented, in which uncertainties both in the earth medium and the seismic source are taken into consideration. These models can be used to synthesize realistic strong earthquake ground motion, specifically near-field ground motion which is quite often not well recorded in real earthquakes. Statistical estimation techniques are also presented so that the characteristics of spatially-correlated earthquake motion can be captured and consequently used in investigating the seismic response of such large scale structures as pipelines and long-span bridges. Finally, applications of synthesized strong ground motion in a variety of engineering fields are provided. Numerical examples are shown for illustration.  相似文献   

Accidental eccentricity in symmetric buildings due to wave passage effects arising from near‐fault pulse‐like ground motions          下载免费PDF全文

Yenan Cao  George P. Mavroeidis  Kristel C. Meza‐Fajardo  Apostolos S. Papageorgiou 《地震工程与结构动力学》2017,46(13):2185-2207

This article investigates the characteristics of the accidental eccentricity in symmetric buildings due to torsional response arising from wave passage effects in the near‐fault region. The soil–foundation–structure system is modeled as a symmetric cylinder placed on a rigid circular foundation supported on an elastic halfspace and subjected to obliquely incident plane SH waves simulating the action of near‐fault pulse‐like ground motions. The translational response is computed assuming that the superstructure behaves as a shear beam under the action of translational and rocking base excitations, whereas the torsional response is calculated using the mathematical formulation proposed in a previous study. A broad range of properties of the soil–foundation–structure system and ground motion input are considered in the analysis, thus facilitating a detailed parametric investigation of the structural response. It is demonstrated that the normalized accidental eccentricity is most sensitive to the pulse period (T_P) of the near‐fault ground motions and to the uncoupled torsional‐to‐translational fundamental frequency ratio (Ω) of the structure. Furthermore, the normalized accidental eccentricities due to simplified pulse‐like and broadband ground motions in the near‐fault region are computed and compared against each other. The results show that the normalized accidental eccentricity due to the broadband ground motion is well approximated by the simplified pulse for longer period buildings, while it is underestimated for shorter period buildings. For symmetric buildings with values of Ω commonly used in design practice, the normalized accidental eccentricity due to wave passage effects is less than the typical code‐prescribed value of 5%, except for buildings with very large foundation radius. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Changes of macrofaunal functional composition at sedimentary habitats in the vicinity of fish farms     

Nafsika Papageorgiou  Kalliopi Sigala  Ioannis Karakassis   《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2009,83(4):561-568

The relationship of functional diversity and composition was studied in gradients of organically enriched sediments from four Mediterranean fish farms. Within-functional trait diversity was also used to examine the functional redundancy of specific functional traits. Characteristics considered to respond to different geochemical conditions of the sediment were chosen for the traits list of that organism and were classified into ecological and morphological traits. Each trait was split up into several categories chosen to encompass the range of possible attributes of all species. The abundance of species possessing the same code was summed for each sample. Functional codes analyses differentiated between the sediment types and the TOC states, confirming the sensitivity of the functional characteristics to the geochemistry of the sediment. Changes in species number and abundance in the compared sites determined the shifts of the functional processes and not the presence or absence of individual traits. The important functional codes for the homogeneity within the examined habitats were fewer in the disturbed areas indicating that the functioning of these ecosystems is significantly reduced.  相似文献   

On the date of construction of Lechaion,western harbor of ancient Corinth,Greece     

S. Stiros  P. Pirazzoli  R. Rothaus  S. Papageorgiou  J. Laborel  M. Arnold 《Geoarchaeology》1996,11(3):251-263

Lechaion, the western harbor of ancient Corinth, was an artificial harbor excavated in a marshy area and connected to the open sea through a channel with revetment walls. It was probably the most important harbor of this type in antiquity, and one of the most important harbors in Greece for more than one millennium. Yet, the date of construction of this harbor is a matter of debate; 600 B.C., ca. 44 B.C., and A.D. 350 are the most probable dates. Geomorphological and biological investigations, in combination with AMS radiocarbon dating of exposed marine shells found in the walls of the channel leading to the inner basin of the harbor indicate that the channel was open to the sea before a seismic land uplift that probably occurred sometime in the fifth to third century B.C. These data indicate that the construction of the harbor began in ca. 600 B.C., the period of Corinthian expansion to the Ionian Sea and southern Italy. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  相似文献