CHEN Yu-long, HUANG Dong. Centrifuge test of deformation characteristics of overburden clay subjected to normal and reverse fault rupture[J]. 2017, 38(S1): 189-194.
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CHEN Yu-long, HUANG Dong. Centrifuge test of deformation characteristics of overburden clay subjected to normal and reverse fault rupture[J]. 2017, 38(S1): 189-194.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2017.S1.022.
Centrifuge test of deformation characteristics of overburden clay subjected to normal and reverse fault rupture
centrifugal tests with 20-step normal and reverse faulting were conducted to investigate the deformation characteristics and rupture propagation of overburden saturated clay. The results show that
duo to normal fault
several paralleled tensile ruptures appear on surface. Normal fault rupture gradually shifts from dip slip direction toward to the hanging wall as the throw increases. Ruptures develop toward to the hanging wall and mainly appear near fault rupture line. Whereas as a result of reverse faulting
smaller and less ruptures appear in hanging wall
relatively far from fault rupture line. The displacement increases as the throw increases. Ground below fault rupture line remains stationary during faulting; but above fault rupture line it moves compatibly with the hanging wall. The peak slope increases as the throw increases. The peak slope position shifts toward to the hanging wall for normal faulting and to footwall for reverse faulting. The reverse faulting induced impact region is larger than that by normal faulting.