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Theory of efficient array observations of microtremors with special reference to the SPAC method

SPAC 방법에 근거한 상시진동의 효과적 배열 관측 이론

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  • Published : 2006.02.28
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Abstract

Array observations of the vertical component of microtremors are frequently conducted to estimate a subsurface layered-earth structure on the assumption that microtremors consist predominantly of the fundamental mode Rayleigh waves. As a useful tool in the data collection, processing and analysis, the spatial autocorrelation (SPAC) method is widely used, which in practice requires a circle array consisting of M circumferential stations and one centre station (called "M-station circle array", where M is the number of stations). The present paper considers the minimum number of stations required for a circle array for efficient data collection in terms of analytical efficacy and field effort. This study first rearranges the theoretical background of the SPAC algorithm, in which the SPAC coefficient for a circle array with M infinite is solely expressed as the Bessel function, $J_0(rk)$ (r is the radius and k the wavenumber). Secondly, the SPAC coefficient including error terms independent of the microtremor energy field for an M-station circle array is analytically derived within a constraint for the wave direction across the array, and is numerically evaluated in respect of these error terms. The main results of the evaluation are: 1) that the 3-station circle array when compared with other 4-, 5-, and 9-station arrays is the most efficient and favourable for observation of microtremors if the SPAC coefficients are used up to a frequency at which the coefficient takes the first minimum value, and 2) that the Nyquist wavenumber is the most influential factor that determines the upper limit of the frequency range up to which the valid SPAC coefficient can be estimated.

상시진동의 수직 성분에 대한 배열 관측은 상시진동이 대부분 레일리파의 기본 모드로 이루어졌다는 가정하에 지하 층서구조를 추정하기 위해 자주 수행된다. 자료획득, 처리 및 분석의 유용한 도구로서 공간 자기상관(SPAC) 방법이 많이 사용되는데 이는 실제로 M개의 원형 수진기 배열과 중앙의 하나 측점으로 이루어진다 (M 측점 원형 배열). 이 논문에서는 분석 효율 및 현장 노력의 관점에서 효율적인 자료획득을 위한 원형 배열에 필요한 측점의 최소 수에 대해 연구하였다. 이 연구에서는 먼저 M 무한대의 원형 배열을 위한 SPAC 계수들이 단지 Bessel 함수 J0(rk)(r은 반지름, k는 파수)로서 표현되는 SPAC 알고리듬의 이론적 배경을 재정리하였다. 두번째로 M 측점 원형 배열에 대해 상시진동 에너지장과 무관한 오차항을 포함하는 SPAC 계수들을 배열을 가로지르는 파의 방향에 한해 해석적으로 유도해 내고 수치적으로 이들 오차항들에 대해서 평가하였다. 주요 평가 결과들은: 1) 만약 SPAC 계수들이, 계수가 첫번째 최소값을 갖는 주파수까지 이용되면 다른 4-, 5-, 9-측점 배열들에 비교했을 때 3-측점 원형배열이 상시진동의 관측에 효율적이고 유리하다. 2) 나이퀴스트 파수가 유효한 SPAC 계수가 평가될 수 있는 주파수의 상한선을 결정하는데 가장 영향을 끼치는 요소이다.

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