简介:The Grandest Canyon in the WorldTheGrandestCanyonintheWorld¥byYangYichouFollowingnumerousinvestigationsandexpeditions,experts...
简介:OntheNamingoftheYarlungZangboCanyonWUZHENHUAIn1997,IatendedtheSecondSeminarontheComprehensiveDevelopmentandProtectionoftheY...
简介:Afewhours'drivetookmetoaplacecalledBingzhongluo,thelargestpieceofflatlandinthecanyon,wheretheNujiangRivertakestwoabruptturns,formingthefirstbendontheNujiangRiver,whichisabestknownscenicspotinChina.Atthesideoftheriverthereisatabletofpurewhitemarbleinscribedwithwordspaintedinbrightred,reading:“Bingzhongluo,theShangri-La.”
简介:Thispaperpresentsastep-by-stepprocedureusingthethree-dimensionalboundaryelementapproachtostudythebehaviorofsemi-circularcanyonsunderseismicshearwaves.TheboundaryelementcodeTDASCallowsutilizationforvariouscanyongeometries,evaluationofconcurrentseismicwavesandcalculationofthegroundmotionsoncanyonsduetoanexcitationatanyarbitrarypointoftheincidentfield.Consideringthewideningratioofthecanyon(includingprismatic,semi-prismaticandnon-prismaticcanyons),wavecharacteristics(wavelength,dimensionlessperiod,direction)andmaximumamplificationpattern,thesolutionwasappliedtocarryoutaseriesofparametricstudies.Itwasshownthatcanyonformcansignificantlyaffectthedisplacementamplification,especiallyatthepointslocatedonitsedges.Byincreasingthewavedimensionlessfrequency(η>1),theamplificationpatternbecomesmorecomplex.Onthebasisoftheresultsfromavarietyofconsideredcases,anewexpressionhasbeenpresentedforthelimitingwavelengthbeyondwhichthewideningofthecanyonwillnothaveamajoreffectonthedisplacementamplification.Toverifythereliabilityoftheproposedapproach,theobtainedresults,expressedintermsofdisplacementamplitude,werecomparedwiththosefromtheavailablepublishedliteratureandareasonablygoodagreementwasobserved.
简介:Thispaperpresents2.5DscatteringofincidentplaneSHwavesbyacanyoninlayeredhalf-spacebytheindirectboundaryelementmethod(IBEM).Thefreefieldresponseiscarriedouttogivethedisplacementsandstressesonthelinewhichformsboundaryofthecanyon.ThefictitiousuniformmovingloadsareappliedtothesamelinetocalculatetheGreen'sfunctionsforthedisplacementsandstresses.Theamplitudesoftheloadsaredeterminedbytheboundaryconditions.Thedisplacementsduetothefreefieldandfromthefictitiousuniformmovingloadshavetobeaddedtoobtainthewholemotion.Thenumericalresultsarecarriedoutforthecasesofacanyoninhomogenousandinonelayeroverbedrock.Theresultsshowthatthe2.5Dwavescatteringproblemisessentiallydifferentfromthe2Dcase,andthereexistdistinctdifferencesbetweenthewaveamplificationbyacanyoninlayeredhalf-spaceandthatinhomogeneoushalf-space.Thereasonsforthedistinctdifferenceareexplored,andtheeffectsofthethicknessandstiffnessofthelayerontheamplificationarediscussed.
简介:ItmaybesafetosaythatfewplacesonearthcanmatchtheNujiangCanyonintermsofcultural,ethnicandreligiousdiversity.Peopleof14ethnicgroupslivesidebysidepeacefullyinthissouthwestChinaarea,whereatleastfourreligions,plusnumerousfolkbeliefs,coexistinharmony,Fourallthis,plusasurpassingscenicbeautyandauniqueculturalheritage,peopleintheirtensofthousandshavecometosee,toenjoyand,aboveall,tobeinspired.
简介:Toevaluatetheimportanceofthecanyontopographyeffectsonlargestructures,basedonarigidframebridgeacrossa137-m-deepand600-m-widecanyon,theseismicresponseofthecanyonsiteisanalyzedusingatwo-dimensionalfiniteelementmodelunderdifferentseismicSVwaveswiththeassumptionsofverticalincidenceandobliqueincidencetoobtainthegroundmotions,whichareusedastheexcitationinputonthepierfoundationsofthebridgewithimprovedlargemassmethod.Theresultsindicatethatcanyontopographyhassignificantinfluencesonthegroundmotionsintermsofincidentangle.Thepeakgroundaccelerationvaluesvarygreatlyfromthebottomofthecanyontotheuppercorners.UnderverticalincidentSVwaves,attheuppercornersofcanyonthepeakgroundaccelerationsgreatlyincrease;whereasthepeakgroundaccelerationsdiminishatthebottomcornersofcanyon.UnderobliqueincidentSVwaves,theshakingofthecanyonslopeperpendiculartotheincidencedirectionismuchmoreseverethanthatoftheoppositesideofcanyon.Andthegroundsurfacehasbeencharacterizedbylargerdeformationsinthecaseofobliqueincidentwaves.Itisalsoconcludedthatthelowpiersandframeofthecontinuousrigidframebridgearemoresensitivetothemulti-supportseismicexcitationsthantheflexiblehighpiers.Thecanyontopographyaswellastheobliqueincidenceofthewavesbringsthecontinuousrigidframebridgesevereresponses,whichshouldbetakenintoaccountinbridgedesign.