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The influence of the soil constitutive models on the seismic analysis of pile-supported wharf structures with batter piles in cut-slope rock dike Cover

The influence of the soil constitutive models on the seismic analysis of pile-supported wharf structures with batter piles in cut-slope rock dike

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|Jul 2020

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Finite element model of the wharf.

Figure 2

Stiffness parameters of standard drained triaxial test results: (1) for the MC model, (2) for the HS model, (3) for the HSS model [66]

Figure 3

Characteristic stiffness-strain behavior in logarithmic scale (after Atkinson and Sallfors [36] and Mair[76]) (Atkinson, 2000)[77].

Figure 4

Calibration of soil parameters of MC model in numerical soil element tests for rockfill, dense sand and loose sand.

Figure 5

Unscaled input accelerogram from 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

Figure 6

Total displacements with MC model.

Figure 7

Total displacements with HS model.

Figure 8

Total displacements with HSS model.

Figure 9

Nodal displacement vectors for the wharf supported piles (m)[28].

Figure 10

Pore pressure of the numerical model

Figure 11

Total pore pressure contours (Pa)[28].

Figure 12

Total displacements of the piles.

Soil parameters used for HS model

ParametersUnitDense sandLoose sandRockfill
E50refE_{50}^{ref}kN/m26.032 × 1041.638 × 1042.232 × 104
EoedrefE_{oed}^{ref}kN/m24.826 × 1041.310 × 1041.786 × 104
EurrefE_{ur}^{ref}kN/m21.810 × 1044.914 × 1046.696 × 104
PrefkN/m2100100100
M-0.50.50.5
K0nc\user2{K}_0^{nc}-0.39820.45240.2929
Rf-0.90.90.9

Additional input parameters of HSS model_

ParametersUnitDense sandLoose sandRockӿll
γ0.7-4.918 × 10–43.629 × 10–44.246 × 10–4
G0refG_0^{ref}kN/m21.051 × 1059.108 × 1041.038 × 105

Lateral and vertical displacement time histories at the top and at the toe of the rock dike_

ModelLateral and vertical displacements at the rock dike topLateral and vertical displacements at the rock dike toe
MC
HS
HSS

Soil parameters used for the MC model_

ParametersUnitDense sandLoose sandRockfill
φ°3733.245
ψ°2170
CkN/m20.50.515
ν-0.30.30.2
EkN/m26.032 × 1041.638 × 1042.232 × 104

Pile and deck properties_

ParametersUnitPileDeck
EAkN/m162.75 × 10417.85 × 106
EIkN.m2/m70.49 × 10396.724 × 103
wkN/m/m0.6336.9436
ν-0.20.2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0050 | Journal eISSN: 2083-831X | Journal ISSN: 0137-6365
Language: English
Page range: 191 - 209
Submitted on: Jun 21, 2019
Accepted on: May 7, 2020
Published on: Jul 5, 2020
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2020 Lylia Deghoul, Smail Gabi, Adam Hamrouni, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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