Simplified Constitutive Model for Simulation of Cyclic Response of Shallow Foundations: Validation against Laboratory Tests
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 137, Issue 12
Abstract
The nonlinear response of shallow foundations has been studied experimentally and analytically. However, the engineering community is not yet convinced of the applicability of such concepts in practice. A key prerequisite is the ability to realistically model such effects. Although several sophisticated constitutive models are readily available in the literature, their use in practice is limited, because (1) they typically require extensive soil testing for calibration; (2) as they are implemented in highly specialized numerical codes, they are usually restricted to simple superstructures; and (3) in most cases, they can only be applied by numerical analysis specialists. Attempting to overcome some of these difficulties, this paper develops a simplified but fairly comprehensive constitutive model for analysis of the cyclic response of shallow foundations. On the basis of a kinematic hardening constitutive model with Von Mises failure criterion (readily available in commercial finite element codes), the model is made pressure sensitive and capable of reproducing both the low-strain stiffness and the ultimate resistance of clays and sands. Encoded in ABAQUS through a simple user subroutine, the model is validated against (a) centrifuge tests of shallow footings on clay under cyclic loading and (b) large-scale tests of a square footing on dense and loose sand under cyclic loading, conducted in the European Laboratory for Structural Analysis for the TRISEE project. The performance of the model is shown to be quite satisfactory, and discrepancies between theory and experiment are discussed and potential culprits are identified. Requiring calibration of only two parameters and being easily implemented in commercial FE codes, the model is believed to provide an easily applicable engineering solution.
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Acknowledgments
This work forms part of the EUEU research project “DARE” (“Soil-Foundation-Structure Systems beyond Conventional Seismic Failure Thresholds: Application to New or Existing Structures and Monuments”), which is funded through the Seventh Framework Programme “Ideas,” Support for Frontier Research—Advanced Grant, under contract number UNSPECIFIEDERC-2008-AdG 228254-DARE.
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Volume 137 • Issue 12 • December 2011
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