Geomechanical Properties of Shear Zones in the Eastern Aar Massif,Switzerland and their Implication on Tunnelling     

S. Laws  E. Eberhardt  S. Loew  F. Descoeudres 《Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering》2003,36(4):271-303

Summary ¶Rock zones containing a high fracture density and/or soft, low cohesion materials can be highly problematic when encountered during tunnel excavation. For example in the eastern Aar massif of central Switzerland, experiences during the construction of the Gotthard highway tunnel showed that heavily fractured areas within shear zones were responsible for overbreaks in the form of chimneys several metres in height. To understand and estimate the impact of the shear zones on rock mass behaviour, knowledge concerning the rock mass strength and deformation characteristics is fundamental. A series of laboratory triaxial tests, performed on samples from granite- and gneiss-hosted shear zones revealed that with increasing degree of tectonic overprint, sample strength decreases and rock behaviour shows a transition from brittle to ductile deformation. These trends may be explained by increasing fracture densities, increasing foliation intensity, increasing thickness of fine-grained, low cohesion fracture infill, and increasing mica content associated with the increasing degree of tectonic overprint. As fracture density increases and the influence of discrete, persistent discontinuities on rock mass strength decreases, behaviour of the test samples becomes more and more representative of rock mass behaviour, i.e. that of a densely fractured continuum. For the purpose of numerical modeling calculations, the shear zones may be subdivided with respect to an increasing fracture density, foliation intensity and mica content into a strongly foliated zone, a fractured zone and a cohesionless zone, which in turn exhibit brittle, brittle-ductile and ductile rock mass constitutive behaviour, respectively.Received December 17, 2001; accepted January 9, 2003 Published online April 29, 2003  相似文献   

Wave-influenced deltas: geomorphological implications for facies reconstruction   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

Janok P. Bhattacharya  Liviu Giosan† 《Sedimentology》2003,50(1):187-210

ABSTRACT A process‐based facies model for asymmetric wave‐influenced deltas predicts significant river‐borne muds with potentially lower quality reservoir facies in prodelta and downdrift areas, and better quality sand in updrift areas. Many ancient barrier‐lagoon systems and ‘offshore bars’ may be better reinterpreted as components of large‐scale asymmetric wave‐influenced deltaic systems. The proposed model is based on a re‐evaluation of several modern examples. An asymmetry index A is defined as the ratio between the net longshore transport rate at the mouth (in m³ year^?1) and river discharge (in 10⁶ m³ month^?1). Symmetry is favoured in deltas with an index below ≈ 200 (e.g. Tiber, lobes of the Godavari delta, Rosetta lobe of the Nile, Ebro), whereas deltas with a higher index are asymmetric (e.g. Danube – Sf. Gheorghe lobe, Brazos, Damietta lobe of the Nile). Periodic deflection of the river mouth for significant distances in the downdrift direction occurs in extreme cases of littoral drift dominance (e.g. Mahanadi), resulting in a series of randomly distributed, quasi‐parallel series of sand spits and channel fills. Asymmetric deltas show variable proportions of river‐, wave‐ and tide‐dominated facies both among and within their lobes. Bayhead deltas, lagoons and barrier islands form naturally in prograding asymmetric deltas and are not necessarily associated with transgressive systems. This complexity underlines the necessity of interpreting ancient depositional systems in a larger palaeogeographic context.  相似文献   

岩体工程质量分级应用研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

任重阳  唐爱松 《岩土力学》2003,(Z1)

岩体质量评价采用的测试技术包括地质勘察、弹性波检测和室内岩石力学试验。结合水布垭水利枢纽大坝建基岩体工程质量评价实例,对岩体工程质量分级的应用进行了研究。  相似文献   

新世纪的科技和岩土工程发展   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：4  

黄理兴 《岩土力学》2003,(Z2)

从科技的发展谈论了人才的需求;以三峡工程、青藏铁路、西气东输、南水北调典型工程为例,论述了现代岩土工程与发展;并就21世纪岩土工程研究热点发表了自己的看法。  相似文献   

A New Tethered Balloon-Borne Payload for Fine-Scale Observations in the Cloudy Boundary Layer     

Holger Siebert  Manfred Wendisch  Thomas Conrath  Ulrich Teichmann  Jost Heintzenberg 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2003,106(3):461-482

A new scientific payload is introduced for fine-scale measurements of meteorological (wind vector, static air temperature, humidity, and air pressure) and microphysical (aerosol particles and cloud droplets) properties, suspended below a tethered balloon. The high resolution sensors and the tethered balloon are described. Measurements in a lifted fog layer from a first field campaign are presented.The detailed investigation of the fog/haze and the temperature inversion layer demonstrates the damping influence of the fog on temperature fluctuations, while thewind fluctuations are significantly decreased by theevolving temperature inversion, whichwas about 30 m above the fog layer.From spectral analysis the noise floors of the high-resolution sensors are determined to10^-6 kg m^-3 for the LWC (liquid water content) and 4 mK for the fast temperature sensor (UFT-B). The correlation betweentemperature and LWC structures in shallow haze layers is investigated. The release of latent heat and the corresponding warming in the haze of about 0.1 K could be quantified.  相似文献   

土的工程力学性质与其电阻率关系实验研究   总被引：15，自引：0，他引：15  

郭秀军  刘涛  贾永刚  黄潇雨 《地球物理学进展》2003,18(1):151-155

建立岩土的工程力学性质与其地球物理参数的量化关系是实现工程物探资料量化解释的必然前提。本次工作在分析影响土的工程力学性质和电阻率的共同因素基础上，通过室内实验，研究了不同类型土的粒度成分、含水率、饱和度、密实度与其电阻率的关系，并在此基础上探讨了耗土的压缩系数、粘聚力、压缩模量与电阻率的关系，得出了一系列的关系曲线及一些拟合公式，并对这些公式的含义进行了解释。  相似文献   

DB16智能大型岩土工程无损检测仪及其应用   总被引：3，自引：5，他引：3  

龙士国  马天朗 《地球物理学进展》2003,18(3):434-439

介绍一种智能大型岩土工程无损检测仪及其应用。该仪器以大功率稀土超磁致伸缩换能器作震源，以与计算机并行接口连接的高速数据传输的16通道DB16数据采集系统进行声波采集，以高灵敏度的低频压电陶瓷(PZT)换能器作接收，用声波层析成像(CT)技术进行数据处理，检测结果用彩色等高图表示。该仪器从参数的设置到数据的采集、保存、CT数据的处理、CT成像等全在一专用软件中完成，操作方便快捷。给出了利用本仪器对某大型水库的泄流深孔挑流鼻坎混凝土浇注质量无损检测的应用实例。  相似文献   

冰云短波辐射特性参数化   总被引：1，自引：3，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

张国栋 《应用气象学报》1997,8(3):283-291

该文对卷云和高层云分别构造了15种冰晶尺度分布，3种云高和云厚，总共30种冰水含量、90种冰水程长模式。对尺度小于与大于30 μm的冰晶粒子的单次散射特性分别用表面积等效冰球Mie理论和射线光学理论进行计算。采用delta-Eddington法计算了在4种不同地面反射率下冰云的多重散射辐射传输特性，提出了冰云辐射特性的参数化公式，指出参数化公式可以用于气候模式或大气环流模式。  相似文献   

Amelioration of soil fertility by woody perennials in cropping fields: evaluation of three tree species in the semi-arid zone of Nigeria     

I. A. Jaiyeoba 《Journal of Arid Environments》1996,33(4):473-482

Soil was sampled from cropping fields in radial patterns from beneathAcacia albida, Parkia bigloboza(Jacq.) Benth. andEucalyptus camaldulensisDehnh. near Zaria, Nigeria. Results of analysis show a significant coarsening of soil texture and a decrease in organic matter and cation exchange capacity with increasing distance from all three tree species at a depth of 0–15 cm. Concentrations of nitrogen and some exchangeable cations decreased significantly with increasing distance from beneath acacia and parkia, and soil pH decreased with increasing distance from eucalyptus. The implication of the results for land management are discussed in relation to increasing productivity and soil use sustainability.  相似文献   

恐龙蛋化石物质组分研究     

陈克樵  王毅民 《岩矿测试》1996,15(3):192-197

研究了ＸＬ０１恐龙蛋化石蛋腔内壁和腔内絮状物质的无机组分。采用常规的双目实体显微镜、偏光显微镜及扫描电子显微镜、电子探针和Ｘ光衍射仪，对蛋腔内主要三种矿物物相的物理性质、化学组成及矿物晶体结构进行了研究。并对腔内的矿物形态、结构特点及有利于有机大分子ＤＮＡ保存的条件做了讨论  相似文献