During the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, the river valley from Yingxiu to Wenchuan experienced numerous landslides and became a prominent area of landslide complexes. The present large landslide complex near the earthquake epicenter consisted of Laohuzui slide 1, Laohuzui slide 2 and Douyaping slide. The scale, geology, morphology, sliding process, and failure mechanism of the landslide complex are analyzed by means of field investigation, aerial photograph and stereographic projection technique. Characteristics of these three slides including seismic response of slope, landslide debris, damage and potential failure are discussed: the convex slope and the upslope of fractured granitic rock at high altitude are highly prone to landsliding under earthquake; the high source altitude and long travel path determine grain sizes and the deposit angle of the slide debris; the landslide complex completely buries the G213 roadway and dams up the Minjiang River in these sections; after the earthquake, rainfall, aftershocks and river erosion may retrigger new failures, such as retrogressive slide of weathered fractured rock, colluvial landslide, debris flow, embankment failure and rockfall. The following are presented as suggested remedial measures to protect the roadway and stabilize the slope: the removing and trenching, protective concrete/rock blocks against erosion, retaining structure, rockfall stopping wall, rockfall restraining net, rock bolt, and the planting of vegetation. 相似文献
On 3 August 2014, the Ludian earthquake struck northwest Yunnan Province with a surface wave magnitude of 6.5. This moderate earthquake unexpectedly caused high fatalities and great economic loss. Four strong motion stations were located in the areas with intensity V, VI, VII and IX, near the epicentre. The characteristics of the ground motion are discussed herein, including 1) ground motion was strong at a period of less than 1.4 s, which covered the natural vibration period of a large number of structures; and 2) the release energy was concentrated geographically. Based on materials collected during emergency building inspections, the damage patterns of adobe, masonry, timber frame and reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures in areas with different intensities are summarised. Earthquake damage matrices of local buildings are also given for fragility evaluation and earthquake damage prediction. It is found that the collapse ratios of RC frame and confined masonry structures based on the new design code are significantly lower than non-seismic buildings. However, the RC frame structures still failed to achieve the ‘strong column, weak beam’ design target. Traditional timber frame structures with a light infill wall showed good aseismic performance. 相似文献
Ground motion amplification induced by topography plays a vital role in engineering seismology. A topographic array of 8 accelerographs has been operating along the ridge in Xishan Park since 2007. The topographic site effects in Zigong city are studied based on the strong motion data of 2008 Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake (the epicentral distance?=?225 km) and 2019 Ms 5.2 Zizhong earthquake (the epicentral distance?=?29 km). We compare the peak ground acceleration (PGA) of the two earthquakes and find that the PGA of Station 7#, which locates on a relatively steep slope, is amplified by 4.41 times comparing with the reference station in Zizhong earthquake, while this value is only 1.62 in Wenchuan earthquake. Fourier amplitude spectrum shows that the high frequency content of Zizhong earthquake is more abundant because of its smaller epicentral distance. By using the standard spectral ratio (SSR) method, we conclude that the amplification occurs because high-frequency ground motion is likely to resonate at small-scale features. Finally, the 3D numerical simulations are used to verify these conclusions. Our work indicates that more sophisticated numerical models need to be established for more accurate topographic site effects quantification. In addition, the influence of nearby topographic features should be considered when selecting reference stations.