Determination of Viscoelastic Properties of Soil and Prediction of Static and Dynamic Response
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 19, Issue 7
Abstract
This paper employs a general and direct method to determine the time-dependent stress–strain behavior of soil using a Prony series parameter fitting. The rheological stress–strain data obtained from the relaxation test of soil are used to evaluate the Prony series parameters employing the method of nonlinear curve fitting. The optimized extraction of Prony series parameters for four different Indian soils is presented, which depicts the viscoelastic behavior of different soils considered in the study. Later, finite-element models are developed to simulate and validate the time-dependent constitutive relationship of the soil under both static and dynamic loading conditions. Using such time-dependent constitutive relationships of the soil, stress relaxation, creep, and steady-state dynamic response of the footing-soil system are explored through some example problems.
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Volume 19 • Issue 7 • July 2019
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Received: May 7, 2018
Accepted: Jan 24, 2019
Published online: May 3, 2019
Published in print: Jul 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Oct 3, 2019
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