Seismic Performance of a River Dike Improved by Sand Compaction Piles
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 22, Issue 6
Abstract
Sand compaction piling is one of the commonly used countermeasures for earthquake liquefaction hazard of river dikes. This paper presents a case study of the performance of an instrumented dike in northeast Japan that was improved by sand compaction piles and subjected to the 2003 Northern Miyagi Earthquake, with the aim to better understand the effectiveness of this ground improvement method. Simulation has been carried out by means of a fully coupled numerical procedure which employs a sophisticated cyclic elastoplastic constitutive model and the updated Lagrangian algorithm. Comparisons between the field measurements and the computed responses, including the time histories of accelerations and pore-water pressures at different locations, show reasonably good agreement. Numerical simulation has also been made of the same dike but without ground improvement to identify the effects of sand compaction piles in altering the performance of the dike. The study demonstrates that the comprehensive numerical procedure is a promising tool for development of seismic performance-based design of earth structures.
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Acknowledgments
The writers would like to thank Dr. Saiichi Sakajo and Dr. Takeshi Nishioka of Kiso-Jiban Consultants Co. Ltd., Japan for their kind assistance during the course of this work. The support provided by the National Basic Research Programs of China (UNSPECIFIED2006CB705800 and UNSPECIFIED2006CB202400) is also gratefully acknowledged.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 22 • Issue 6 • December 2008
Pages: 381 - 390
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© 2008 ASCE.
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Received: Jun 1, 2007
Accepted: Mar 11, 2008
Published online: Dec 1, 2008
Published in print: Dec 2008
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