Cyclic and post-cyclic monotonic behavior of Adapazari soils     

《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2015

The August 17, 1999 Kocaeli earthquake affected the city of Adapazari, which is located in the northwest of Turkey, with severe liquefaction and bearing capacity failures causing tilting of buildings, excessive settlements and lateral displacements. To understand the stress–strain behavior and pore pressure behavior of undisturbed soils during the earthquake, the cyclic and post-cyclic shear strength tests have been conducted on soil samples obtained from Adapazari in a cyclic triaxial test system within the scope of this research. Cyclic tests have been conducted under stress controlled and undrained conditions. Post-cyclic monotonic tests have been conducted following cyclic tests. The strength curves obtained in the experiments showed that the dynamic resistance of silty sand was found to be 45% lower than those of high plasticity soils (MH). The strength of clayey soils with the plasticity index of PI=15–16% was lower compared to the strength of high plasticity soils. Also, it was observed that silty sand soils had the lowest strength. The dynamic strength of the soils increased with the increase in plasticity.  相似文献   

Development of an empirical correlation for predicting shear wave velocity of Christchurch soils from cone penetration test data     

《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2015

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Centrifuge modeling of offshore wind foundations under earthquake loading     

《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2015

The construction of large offshore wind turbines in seismic active regions has great demand on the design of foundations. The occurrence of soil liquefaction under seismic motion will affect the stability of the foundations and consequently the operation of the turbines. In this study, a group of earthquake centrifuge tests was performed on wind turbine models with gravity and monopile foundations, respectively, to exam their seismic response. It was found that the seismic behavior of models was quite different in the dry or saturated conditions. Each type of foundation exhibited distinct response to the earthquake loading, especially in the offshore environment. In the supplementary tests, several remediation methods were evaluated in order to mitigate the relatively large lateral displacement of pile foundation (by fixed-end pile and multi-pile foundation) and excessive settlement of gravity foundation (by densification, stone column, and cementation techniques).  相似文献   

Pre-shear effect on liquefaction resistance of a Fujian sand     

《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2015

Pre-shear history has been shown to be a critical factor in the liquefaction resistance of sand. By contrast to prior experimental studies in which triaxial shear tests were used to examine the effects of pre-shear on the liquefaction resistance of sand, hollow cylinder torsional shear tests were used in this study to avoid the influence of the inherent anisotropy that is inevitably produced during the sample preparation process because of gravitational deposition. A series of cyclic undrained shear tests were performed on sand samples that had experienced medium to large pre-shear loading. The test results showed that the liquefaction resistance of sand can be greatly reduced by its pre-shear history, and a pre-shear strain within the range from 0.1% to 5% can cause sand to be more prone to liquefaction. During the cyclic shear tests, the samples that had experienced pre-shear loading exhibited different behaviors when cyclic shear loading started in different directions, i.e., the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction. If the cyclic loading started in the identical direction as the pre-shear loading, then the mean effective stress of the sand was almost unchanged during the first half of the loading cycle; if the cyclic loading started in the direction opposite to that of the pre-shear loading, then the mean effective stress decreased significantly during the first half of the loading cycle. However, this anisotropic behavior was only remarkable during the first loading cycle. From the second cycle onward, the speeds of the decrease in the mean effective stresses in the two types of shear tests became similar.  相似文献   

Spatiotemporal variation and driving forces of reference evapotranspiration in Jing River Basin,northwest China   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

Lihong Xu  Zhongjie Shi  Shulan Zhang  Xinzheng Chu  Pengtao Yu  Wei Xiong  Haijun Zuo  Yunni Wang 《水文研究》2015,29(23):4846-4862

Evapotranspiration is an important component of the hydrological cycle, which integrates atmospheric demands and surface conditions. Research on spatial and temporal variations of reference evapotranspiration (ET_o) enables understanding of climate change and its effects on hydrological processes and water resources. In this study, ET_o was estimated by the FAO‐56 Penman–Monteith method in the Jing River Basin in China, based on daily data from 37 meteorological stations from 1960 to 2005. ET_o trends were detected by the Mann–Kendall test in annual, seasonal, and monthly timescales. Sensitivity coefficients were used to examine the contribution of important meteorological variables to ET_o. The influence of agricultural activities, especially irrigation on ET_o was also analyzed. We found that ET_o showed a decreasing trend in most of the basin in all seasons, except for autumn, which showed an increasing trend. Mean maximum temperature was generally the most sensitive parameter for ET_o, followed by relative humidity, solar radiation, mean minimum temperature, and wind speed. Wind speed was the most dominant factor for the declining trend in ET_o. The more significant decrease in ET_o for agricultural and irrigation stations was mainly because of the more significant decrease in wind speed and sunshine hours, a mitigation in climate warming, and more significant increase in relative humidity compared with natural stations and non‐irrigation stations. Changes in ET_o and the sensitivity coefficient of meteorological variables in relation to ET_o were also affected by topography. Better understanding of ET_o response to climate change will enable efficient use of agricultural production and water resources, which could improve the ecological environment in Jing River Basin. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

相对密实度对随机波与定次数波作用下土体变形关系的影响          下载免费PDF全文

孟凡超  袁晓铭  卢滔 《地震工程学报》2015,37(2):476-480

通过砂土的一系列动三轴实验,研究不规则地震荷载作用下与定次数等幅荷载作用下土体变形间的关系,给出砂土相对密实度对二者间关系的影响规律。结果表明:真实地震荷载下土的变形发展与等幅正弦荷载明显不同,应变发展时程的形态主要受地震动的形态控制;应变比C与砂土相对密度间关系具有规律性,随相对密度增大而降低,若采用以20周作为标准作用次数、0.65倍地震波峰值为等幅荷载代替不规则的地震荷载,修正真实地震应力下的残余变形,其应变比C随砂土密实度的增大而减小。同时,冲击型荷载的应变比C`要远大于振动型荷载。  相似文献   

CT扫描技术在我国土工试验中的应用研究进展          下载免费PDF全文

王艳丽  程展林 《地震工程学报》2015,37(S1):35-39

介绍岩土CT可视化系统的特点,总结CT扫描技术在土工试验中的应用情况,包括黄土、冻土、膨胀土、粗粒土等土体的初始结构观测与结构性演化方面的研究进展,指出开发定量的计算机图像分析系统,通过CT细观结构图像来建立土体数值模型和开发研制动态试验CT扫描设备是今后应予以深入关注的研究方向。  相似文献   

中国格点化日降水极值统计模型及阈值的选取     

张昕怡  方国华闻昕叶健  郭玉雪 《气候变化研究进展》2017,13(4):346-355

采用年最大值法（AM）及超阈值峰量法（POT）分别构建基于0.5°×0.5°网格的全国地面日降水极值序列,建立基于广义极值分布（GEV）和广义帕累托分布（GPD）的降水极值统计模型,通过K-S检验评估模型拟合效果,研究全国日降水极值的统计规律及其空间分布特征,提出适用于不同地区极端日降水的极值分布模型与阈值选取标准,结果表明：(1)POT序列比AM序列更符合降水极值序列的要求;(2)为便于比较并提高模型拟合效果,POT序列的阈值由百分位数法确定效果较好;(3)阈值方案优选结果在空间分布上与中国干湿区域的划分有很好的相关性,在湿润地区宜将第90～94百分位数作为阈值,在半湿润和半干旱地区宜将第94～97百分位数作为阈值,在干旱地区则使用第97～99百分位数较为合适。  相似文献   

Numerical investigation on the impact resistance of road barriers of Micropile-MSE Wall for subgrade     

《Computers and Geotechnics》2017

The Micropile-MSE Wall, specially designed for mountain roadways, is used to simultaneously increase the MSE wall’s local stability, global stability and impact resistance of road barriers. Model tests were conducted first to validate the viability of the Micropile-MSE Wall. The impact resistance of the road barrier is then studied numerically. The test results indicate that the surcharge-induced earth pressure, base pressure and lateral displacement of Micropile-MSE Wall panels are effectively reduced. The impact loading on the barriers of the Micropile-MSE Wall is actually supported by the whole retaining structure, which increases the impact resistance of the road barrier significantly.  相似文献   

Influence of the intermediate principal stress and principal stress direction on the mechanical behavior of cohesionless soils using the discrete element method     

《Computers and Geotechnics》2017

In this paper, the Discrete Element Method (DEM) is employed to numerically explore the response of hollow cylinder specimens of granular soils under complex stress paths. Two series of numerical tests are conducted to clarify the effects of the principal stress direction α and the intermediate principal stress through the b-value on the mechanical response of granular materials. The effects of α and b-value on the non-coaxiality of the principal stress and the principal plastic strain increment directions are investigated. It is observed that b-value and α significantly affect the non-coaxial behavior of granular materials. Finally, the results are discussed and compared with those obtained from physical laboratory tests.  相似文献