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Apr 26, 2012
Nonlinear FE Analyses of Soil-Pile Interaction in Liquefying Sand
Authors: Ross W. Boulanger, Dan W. Wilson, Bruce L. Kutter, Scott J. Brandenberg, and Dongdong ChangAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Projects
Abstract
Nonlinear dynamic analyses using the finite element (FE) method are compared to the results of dynamic centrifuge model tests of pile-supported structures in liquefying sand profiles. The FE models utilized soil spring elements that connect pile elements to one- or two-dimensional meshes of a soil profile. Development and implementation of the soil spring material models in the OpenSees FE platform are described. Single element examples are used to illustrate the behavior of the soil and soil spring material models. Comparisons of FE analyses to centrifuge test data of pile-supported structures in liquefying sand profiles suggest that these FE methods can reasonably approximate the essential features of soil and structural response.
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Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Projects
Pages: 403 - 410
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© 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Analysis (by type)
- Dynamic structural analysis
- Engineering fundamentals
- Finite element method
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Methodology (by type)
- Nonlinear analysis
- Nonlinear finite element analysis
- Numerical methods
- Soil analysis
- Soil dynamics
- Soil liquefaction
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Soil-pile interaction
- Soil-structure interaction
- Structural analysis
- Structural engineering
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Ross W. Boulanger
Professor, Dept. of Civil & Envir. Engrg., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, 95616
Dan W. Wilson
Research Engineer, Dept. of Civil & Envir. Engrg., Univ. of California, Davis, CA
Bruce L. Kutter
Professor, Dept. of Civil & Envir. Engrg., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, 95616
Scott J. Brandenberg
Graduate student, Dept. of Civil & Envir. Engrg., Univ. of California, Davis, CA
Dongdong Chang
Graduate student, Dept. of Civil & Envir. Engrg., Univ. of California, Davis, CA
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