To deal with the construction difficulties of Xiangjiaba underground hydropower station,such as complex geological conditions,narrow rock bench,high loading,high quality requirements and urgent time limit,the project ...To deal with the construction difficulties of Xiangjiaba underground hydropower station,such as complex geological conditions,narrow rock bench,high loading,high quality requirements and urgent time limit,the project adopted the concept of precision blasting.The explosive energy and rock mass fragmentation were well controlled by taking reasonable excavation sequence,designing steel pipe drilling frame,the additional techniques of double layer smooth blasting,evenly micro charge,staggered arrangement of boreholes and pre-stressed anchors.These technologies ensured the excavation quality of the rock face beam,achieving successful blasting results:Semi hole ratio was 100%in Ⅱ surrounding rock,99.2%in Ⅲ surrounding rock and 90%~ 97.3%in Ⅳ surrounding rock;underbreak was avoided and the average backbreak was only2.9 cm;the unevenness was 0 ~ 4 cm;the influence depth of blasting and unloading was 0.2 ~ 0.7 cm.展开更多
The lower Jinsha River basin is located at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in Southwest China,a region with intense tectonic movements and frequent moderate to strong seismic activities.Cascade hydropower...The lower Jinsha River basin is located at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in Southwest China,a region with intense tectonic movements and frequent moderate to strong seismic activities.Cascade hydropower stations have been constructed along the lower Jinsha River since 2012.However,research on the effect of the impoundment of large-scale cascade reservoirs in a river basin on local seismic activities is currently lacking.Accurately identifying earthquake locations is essential for studying reservoir-induced earthquakes.Analyzing the spatiotemporal migration process of seismic activities based on complete and precise earthquake relocation is fundamental for determining the fluid diffusion coefficient,constructing fault models for reservoir areas,identifying earthquake types,exploring earthquake mechanisms,and evaluating seismic hazards.The seismicity pattern in the Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoir areas,where seismic activities had been weak for a long time,has changed with the successive impoundment of the two reservoirs,showing microseismic events and seismic clusters.We investigated the spatiotemporal characteristics of seismic activities in the Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoir areas using the waveform cross-correlation-based double-difference relocation technique and the b-value analysis method.We discovered that seismic events after the impoundment of these two reservoirs exhibited different characteristics in different regions.The seismic activities at the Xiluodu dam quickly responded to the rising water level,with the seismic intensity decaying rapidly afterward.These events were concentrated in the limestone strata along both sides of the Jinsha River,with a shallow focal depth,generally within 5 km,and a high b-value of approximately 1.2.Such features are close to those of karst-type earthquakes.Microseismic activities frequent occur on the eastern bank of the Yongshan reservoir section downstream of the Xiluodu dam,with two parallel NW-trending earthquake strips visible after precise earthquake relocation.The M_(S)5.2 earthquake near Wuji town on August 17,2014,had prominent foreshocks and aftershocks distributed in a clear NW-trending 20-km-long strip,perpendicular to the riverbank.These seismic events had a low b-value of approximately 0.7.The orientation of the node plane revealed by the strike-slip focal mechanism of the mainshock is consistent with that of the strip formed by the foreshock-mainshock-aftershock sequence,indicating the existence of a NW-striking concealed fault.Seismic activities near the Yanjin-Mabian fault upstream of the Xiangjiaba reservoir area since 2013 were concentrated in a NW-trending strip,with several near EW-trending seismic clusters on its western side,and with the largest event having a magnitude of M_(L)3.7.So far,the impoundment of the Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoirs has not triggered seismic activities on the large Jinyang-Ebian and Yanjin-Mabian faults nearby.展开更多
A series of experiments were carried out on multi-horizontal submerged jets with four different model scales of 1：36, 1：57, 1：80, 1：200. In routine tests, scale effects have to be considered, due to complex vortex...A series of experiments were carried out on multi-horizontal submerged jets with four different model scales of 1：36, 1：57, 1：80, 1：200. In routine tests, scale effects have to be considered, due to complex vortex structure and strong air entrainment in stilling basin. Our focus was laid on measuring and analyzing the time-averaged pressure distribution, water depth and closed-to-bed velocity in the stilling basin of multi-horizontal submerged jets. The experiments results show that the model scale has but a slight effect on the time-averaged hydraulic characteristics in the stilling basin of multi-horizontal submerged jets, which indicates that the results of time-averaged hydraulic characteristics for a normal pressure model are reliable. However, the scale effects of air entrainment, fluctuation pressure and vortex structure call for further investigations in order to make the results of experiments serve as scientific references for practical engineering.展开更多
文摘To deal with the construction difficulties of Xiangjiaba underground hydropower station,such as complex geological conditions,narrow rock bench,high loading,high quality requirements and urgent time limit,the project adopted the concept of precision blasting.The explosive energy and rock mass fragmentation were well controlled by taking reasonable excavation sequence,designing steel pipe drilling frame,the additional techniques of double layer smooth blasting,evenly micro charge,staggered arrangement of boreholes and pre-stressed anchors.These technologies ensured the excavation quality of the rock face beam,achieving successful blasting results:Semi hole ratio was 100%in Ⅱ surrounding rock,99.2%in Ⅲ surrounding rock and 90%~ 97.3%in Ⅳ surrounding rock;underbreak was avoided and the average backbreak was only2.9 cm;the unevenness was 0 ~ 4 cm;the influence depth of blasting and unloading was 0.2 ~ 0.7 cm.
基金funded by the project of"The Seismogenesis and Discrimination Methods of Cascade Reservoir in the Lower reaches of Jinsha River"(No.JG/20023B)from the China Three Gorges Construction Engineering Corporationthe National Key R&D Program project(No.2021YFC3000703)。
文摘The lower Jinsha River basin is located at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in Southwest China,a region with intense tectonic movements and frequent moderate to strong seismic activities.Cascade hydropower stations have been constructed along the lower Jinsha River since 2012.However,research on the effect of the impoundment of large-scale cascade reservoirs in a river basin on local seismic activities is currently lacking.Accurately identifying earthquake locations is essential for studying reservoir-induced earthquakes.Analyzing the spatiotemporal migration process of seismic activities based on complete and precise earthquake relocation is fundamental for determining the fluid diffusion coefficient,constructing fault models for reservoir areas,identifying earthquake types,exploring earthquake mechanisms,and evaluating seismic hazards.The seismicity pattern in the Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoir areas,where seismic activities had been weak for a long time,has changed with the successive impoundment of the two reservoirs,showing microseismic events and seismic clusters.We investigated the spatiotemporal characteristics of seismic activities in the Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoir areas using the waveform cross-correlation-based double-difference relocation technique and the b-value analysis method.We discovered that seismic events after the impoundment of these two reservoirs exhibited different characteristics in different regions.The seismic activities at the Xiluodu dam quickly responded to the rising water level,with the seismic intensity decaying rapidly afterward.These events were concentrated in the limestone strata along both sides of the Jinsha River,with a shallow focal depth,generally within 5 km,and a high b-value of approximately 1.2.Such features are close to those of karst-type earthquakes.Microseismic activities frequent occur on the eastern bank of the Yongshan reservoir section downstream of the Xiluodu dam,with two parallel NW-trending earthquake strips visible after precise earthquake relocation.The M_(S)5.2 earthquake near Wuji town on August 17,2014,had prominent foreshocks and aftershocks distributed in a clear NW-trending 20-km-long strip,perpendicular to the riverbank.These seismic events had a low b-value of approximately 0.7.The orientation of the node plane revealed by the strike-slip focal mechanism of the mainshock is consistent with that of the strip formed by the foreshock-mainshock-aftershock sequence,indicating the existence of a NW-striking concealed fault.Seismic activities near the Yanjin-Mabian fault upstream of the Xiangjiaba reservoir area since 2013 were concentrated in a NW-trending strip,with several near EW-trending seismic clusters on its western side,and with the largest event having a magnitude of M_(L)3.7.So far,the impoundment of the Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoirs has not triggered seismic activities on the large Jinyang-Ebian and Yanjin-Mabian faults nearby.
基金Project supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program,Grant No. 2007CB714105)the Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 2008108111)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (Grant No. NCET-08-0378)
文摘A series of experiments were carried out on multi-horizontal submerged jets with four different model scales of 1：36, 1：57, 1：80, 1：200. In routine tests, scale effects have to be considered, due to complex vortex structure and strong air entrainment in stilling basin. Our focus was laid on measuring and analyzing the time-averaged pressure distribution, water depth and closed-to-bed velocity in the stilling basin of multi-horizontal submerged jets. The experiments results show that the model scale has but a slight effect on the time-averaged hydraulic characteristics in the stilling basin of multi-horizontal submerged jets, which indicates that the results of time-averaged hydraulic characteristics for a normal pressure model are reliable. However, the scale effects of air entrainment, fluctuation pressure and vortex structure call for further investigations in order to make the results of experiments serve as scientific references for practical engineering.
