In-plane foundation-soil interaction for embedded circular foundations   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Maria I. Todorovska 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》1993,12(5)

Foundation soil interaction is studied using an analytical two-dimensional model, for circular foundations embedded in a homogeneous elastic half-space and for incident plane P- and SV- and for surface Rayleigh waves. The scattered waves are expanded in complete series of cyclindrical wave functions. A detailed analysis is presented of the foundation response to unit amplitude incident waves as a function of the type of incident waves and angle of incidence, the depth of the embedment and the foundation mass per unit length.It is shown that free-field translations and point rotation approximate well the foundation input motion only for very long incident waves. For shorter incident waves, those in general overestimate the foundation input motion. Neglecting the rotation of the foundation input motion (which is usually done in practice) may eliminate a major contribution to the base excitation of buildings and may cause nonconservative estimates of the forces in these buildings. Incident waves appear as ‘longer’ to a shallow foundation than to a deeper foundation. Therefore, deeper foundations are more effective in reflecting and scattering the short incident waves.  相似文献   

Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die Wasserausscheidung des Goldhamsters und ihre Beeinflussung durch meteorologische Vorgänge     

Beatrix Maria Flad-Schnorrenberg 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》1957,8(3-4):407-430

Zusammenfassung Bei der Bestimmung der täglich von Goldhamstern ausgeschiedenen Harnmenge wurden Schwankungen beobachtet, die nicht von einem vorhandenen Tages- oder Jahresrhythmus der Hamster verursacht sein können. Diese Schwankungen traten stets bei allen Tieren, die sich im Versuch befanden, gleichmäßig auf, obwohl sie stets unter konstanten Bedingungen gehalten wurden. Dabei wurde festgestellt, daß sich nur der Wassergehalt des Harnes und damit die Konzentration änderte, während die Menge der ausgeschiedenen festen Stoffe gleich blieb. Die Ursache für diese Mengenschwankungen des Harnes konnte in einer Beeinflussung der Wasserausscheidung durch meteorologische Vorgänge gefunden werden, und zwar wurde festgestellt, daß der Wechsel zwischen einer hauptsächlich durch tagesrhythmische Strahlung bestimmten Witterung und einer vorwiegend durch aperiodisch überlagerte Advektiveinflüsse bestimmten Wetterlage eine statistisch gesicherte Wirkung auf den Organismus ausübt. Dagegen konnte eine Beziehung zu einem einzelnen Wetterelement nicht festgestellt werden.

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Summary With the determination of the urine quantity daily secreted by gold-hamsters, variations have been registered, which cannot likely be caused by an existing daily or annual rhythm of hamsters. These variations have shown a uniform shape with all animals experimented with, though having been kept under constant conditions. It could be found that only the water-percentage of the urine and with it the concentration varied, while the quantity of secreted solid particles remained unchanged. The cause for these variations of the urine quantity could be traced in an influence of the meteorological situation on the water secretion; it has been stated that the change between a weather condition, which is mainly determined by the diurnal rhythm of radiation, and one mainly determined by superimposed aperiodical advective influences, shows an effect on the organism which is statistically significant. A relation, however, to a particular weather element could not be traced.

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Résumé En déterminant la quntité d'urine journalière secrétée par des hamsters dorés, on a observé des variations qui ne pouvaient provenir d'un rythme journalier ou annuel propre aux hamsters Ces variations ont été observées uniformément chez tous les animaux avec lesquels on fit les expériences, bien qu'ils aient été soumis à des conditions constantes. On a remarqué que seul le pourcentage en eau, donc la concentration de l'urine variait, tandis que la quantité de matière solide restait la même. En outre, on a pu constater que ces variations de la quantité d'urine étaient causées par l'influence des conditions météorologiques sur la secrétion d'eau. Ainsi, on a observé que le changement d'une situation déterminée principalement par le rythme diurne du rayonnement à une situation déterminée surtout par des influences advectives apériodiques superposées, produisait un effet sur l'organisme; cet effect est significant au point de vue statistique, mais il n'a pas été possible d'établir une relation avec un élément météorologique déterminé.

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Nach einer Dissertation der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität München, 1956.  相似文献   

An ideal isotropic bidimensional filter and its application in the interpretation of gravity anomalies     

Zadro  Maria Bozzi 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1969,13(3):239-251

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica - Den Gegenstand der Untersuchung bildete der ideale, zweidimensionale Filter mit der Übertragungsfunktion gleich 1 in einem Kreisgebiet, dessen Mittelpunkt...  相似文献   

A technique to improve the empirical mode decomposition in the Hilbert-Huang transform   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

陈扬波  冯青 《地震工程与工程振动(英文版)》2003,2(1):75-85

The Hilbert-based time-frequency analysis has promising capacity to reveal the time-variant behaviors of a system. To admit well-behaved Hilbert transforms, component decomposition of signals must be performed beforehand. This was first systematically implemented by the empirical mode decomposition (EMD) in the Hilbert-Huang transform, which can provide a time-frequency representation of the signals. The EMD, however, has limitations in distinguishing different components in narrowband signals commonly found in free-decay vibration signals. In this study, a technique for decomposing components in narrowband signals based on waves’ beating phenomena is proposed to improve the EMD, in which the time scale structure of the signal is unveiled by the Hilbert transform as a result of wave beating, the order of component extraction is reversed from that in the EMD and the end effect is confined. The proposed technique is verified by performing the component decomposition of a simulated signal and a free decay signal actually measured in an instrumented bridge structure. In addition, the adaptability of the technique to time-variant dynamic systems is demonstrated with a simulated time-variant MDOF system.  相似文献   

Paleoenvironmental evolution of the Paratethys in the Slovenian Basin during the Late Paleogene     

Gerhard?SchmiedlEmail author  Maria?Scherbacher  Angela?A.?Bruch  Bogomir?Jelen  James?H.?Nebelsick  Christoph?Hemleben  Volker?Mosbrugger  Helena?Rifelj 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2002,91(1):123-132

Several sections from the uppermost Eocene and Oligocene of northern Slovenia have been investigated with respect to sedimentary facies, foraminiferal assemblages, stable isotopes, carbonate microfacies, and palynology. The main objective was to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental history of the Paleogene Paratethys in this region of the eastern Alpine realm. The sediments exhibit a transgressive succession beginning with conglomerates, sandstones, and mudstones of fluvial and lacustrine origin followed by carbonates and muddy marls indicating marine conditions. The foraminiferal faunal changes from brackish to shallow marine to deeper marine assemblages and the distribution of the palynofloras corroborate the sedimentological results. Microfacies analysis of the limestones shows a wide variation of shallow water, generally mud-rich facies dominated by coralline algae, foraminifera, and corals. Microfaunas adapted to low-oxygen conditions indicate temporal sluggish bottom-water circulation which can be associated with high fresh-water fluxes. These results are discussed as reflecting both the global sea-level rise during the Early Oligocene and the regional tectonic and climatic evolution.  相似文献   

Plain strain soil–structure interaction model for a building supported by a circular foundation embedded in a poroelastic half-space     

Maria I. Todorovska  Yousef Al Rjoub 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2006,26(6-7):694-707

A simple theoretical model for soil–structure interaction in water saturated poroelastic soils is presented, developed to explore if the apparent building–foundation–soil system frequency changes due to water saturation. The model consists of a shear wall supported by a rigid circular foundation embedded in a homogenous, isotropic poroelastic half-space, fully saturated by a compressible and inviscid fluid, and excited by in-plane wave motion. The motion in the soil is governed by Biot's theory of wave propagation in fluid saturated porous media. Helmholtz decomposition and wave function expansion of the two P-wave and the S-wave potentials is used to represent the motion in the soil. The boundary conditions along the contact surface between the soil and the foundation are perfect bond (i.e. welded contact) for the skeleton, and either drained or undrained hydraulic condition for the fluid (i.e. pervious or impervious foundation). For the purpose of this exploratory analysis, the zero stress condition at the free surface is relaxed in the derivation of the foundation stiffness matrix, which enables a closed form solution. The implications of this assumption are discussed, based on published comparisons for the elastic case. Also, a closed form representation is derived for the foundation driving forces for incident plane (fast) P-wave or SV wave. Numerical results and comparison with the full-scale measurements are presented in the companion paper, published in this issue.  相似文献   

Effects of rainfall on soil–structure system frequency: Examples based on poroelasticity and a comparison with full-scale measurements     

Maria I. Todorovska  Yousef Al Rjoub   《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2006,26(6-7):708-717

In this paper, a simple two-dimensional soil–structure interaction model, based on Biot's theory of wave propagation in fluid saturated porous media, is used to explain the observed increase of the apparent frequencies of Millikan library in Pasadena, California, during heavy rainfall and recovery within days after the rain. These variations have been measured for small amplitude response (to microtremors and wind excitation), for which Biot's linear theory is valid. The postulated hypothesis is that the observed increases in frequency are due to the water saturation of the soil. The theoretical model used to explore this hypothesis consists of a shear wall supported by a circular foundation embedded in a poroelastic half-space. This rigid foundation model may be appropriate only for the NS response of Millikan library. This paper presents results for the foundation stiffness, and for the system response for model parameters similar to those for Millikan library (located on alluvium with shear wave velocity of about 300 m/s). The foundation impedance matrix, foundation input motion and system response are compared for dry and fully saturated half-space, with permeable and impermeable foundation. The results show that for embedded foundations, the effects of saturation on the horizontal foundation stiffness are as significant as for the vertical stiffness, contrary to what has been known for surface foundations investigated by other authors. Further, the results suggest a 1–2% increase in system frequency of the first two modes of vibration, depending on the drainage condition along the foundation–soil interface. Such increases agree qualitatively with the observations.  相似文献   

Characterization of volcanic thermal anomalies by means of sub-pixel temperature distribution analysis     

Valerio Lombardo  Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno  Stefania Amici 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2006,68(7-8):641-651

The simultaneous solution of the Planck equation (involving the widely used “dual-band” technique) using two shortwave infrared (SWIR) bands allows for an estimate of the fractional area of the hottest part of an active lava flow (f _h) and the background temperature of the cooler crust (T _c). The use of a high spectral and spatial resolution imaging spectrometer with a wide dynamic range of 15 bits (DAIS 7915) in the wavelength range from 0.501 to 12.67 μm resulted in the identification of crustal temperature and fractional areas for an intra-crater hot spot at Mount Etna, Italy. This study indicates the existence of a relationship between these T _c and f _h extracted from DAIS and Landsat TM data. When the dual band equation system is performed on a lava flow, a logarithmic distribution is obtained from a plot of the fractional area of the hottest temperature vs. the temperature of the cooler crust. An entirely different distribution is obtained over active degassing vents, where increases in T _c occur without any increase in f _h. This result indicates that we can use scatter plots of T _c vs. fh to discriminate between different types of volcanic activity, in this case between degassing vents and lava flows, using satellite thermal data.  相似文献   

Book Review of “World Housing Encyclopedia – Summary Publication 2004”     

Maria Bostenaru Dan 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2006,4(2):207-209

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PM₁₀ and heavy metal measurements in an industrial area of southern Italy   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Maria Ragosta  Rosa Caggiano  Mariagrazia D'Emilio  Serena Sabia  Serena Trippetta  Maria Macchiato   《Atmospheric Research》2006,81(4):304-319

Atmospheric particulate concentrations and heavy metal content are measured from March to July 2001 at an industrial site located in a rural zone of the southern Italy. PM₁₀ samples are collected by a low-volume sampler and each sample is analysed by AAS techniques for its content of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn. We measure also temperature, atmospheric pressure and relative humidity, and we collect anemometric data. The study purpose is the investigation of pollutant levels in an industrial area located in a rather unpolluted region and the characterization of the correlation structure among particulate concentrations, heavy metal content and local meteorological parameters. Data analysis is carried out by means of univariate and multivariate statistical methods. In the investigated period, the average value of PM₁₀ daily concentrations (24 μg Nm^− 3) does not exceed the national standard of 40 μg Nm^− 3 and only nine values are higher than the European daily limit value of 50 μg Nm^− 3. Particularly, the occurrence of two anomalous values (183 μg Nm^− 3 in 3 March and 94 μg Nm^− 3 in 22 June) seems to be related to no-local events as confirmed both by in situ data measured in the AQM network of Potenza city (about 10 km far from the study area) and by remote measurements performed in the same days. Regarding the heavy metal levels, we observe high levels of Cr (34 ng Nm^− 3), Ni (85 ng Nm^− 3) and Zn (214 ng Nm^− 3) in agreement with the local industrial source pattern. The multivariate analysis, carried out using meteorological parameters as exogenous variables, allow to evaluate the role of the different variables as driving factors of the correlation structure among the metals.  相似文献