Experimental examination on the heterogeneity parameter Cv of earthquake precursors*

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2002-01-11
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Tworocksampleswithdifferentstructuresandmaterialsweredeformedunderabiaxialloadingsystem,andmulti-pointstrainmeasurementswereperformedforeachsample.ThedistributionofstrainanomaliesduringthedeformationandtheinstabilityprocesswereanalyzedbyusingCvvalueputforwardbyWANGXiao-qingandCHENXue-zhong,etal,aparametertodescribetheheterogeneousdistributionofearthquakeprecursors,soastoexaminethemethodofCvvalueandtoexploreitsphysicalmeaningexperimentally.TheresultshowsthatthechangeofCvvalueiscorrelatedtothechangeofdeformationcharacteristicsandisaneffectiveparametertodescribetheheterogeneityofprecursordistribution.Cvvalueincreasesfirstlyandthendecreasesbeforetheinstability,andtheinstabilityoccurswhenCvvaluedecreasestothelevelbeforeincreasing.ThisindicatesthatCvvaluemaybeausefulparameterforearthquakeprediction.