Small-Strain Behavior of Granular Soils. II: Seismic Response Analyses and Model Evaluation
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Abstract
Using the recorded response at two vertical array sites, the SimSoil model presented in the companion paper is evaluated. The SimSoil model, which describes the small strain nonlinear behavior of granular materials, is implemented as a material model in AMPLE2000, a nonlinear, one-dimensional site response analysis code. Shear wave velocity profiles and laboratory test data available for both the La Cienega site, which was instrumented over , and the Lotung site, which was instrumented over , were used to determine SimSoil model parameters. Predictions from AMPLE2000 are compared with the measured response at several elevations for earthquakes that resulted in both nonlinear and nearly linear soil behavior. Using the available laboratory data and known input motions, the predictions of the response at these sites matched the recorded response well for varied magnitudes of shaking with a single set of parameters for each site.
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Acknowledgments
The writers would like to acknowledge the support provided by the National Science Foundation through a graduate research fellowship and CAREER award NSFCMS-963979. The writers would also like to thank the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Data Management Center for Strong Motion Seismology for providing the records from the Lotung site.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 132 • Issue 8 • August 2006
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Received: Jul 11, 2003
Accepted: Sep 29, 2005
Published online: Aug 1, 2006
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