Importance of Using Accurate Soil Profiles for the Estimation of Pile Kinematic Input Factors
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 145, Issue 8
Abstract
The influence of the variability of the soil profile on the translational and rotational kinematic interaction factors of pile foundations is analyzed. Variable-with-depth profiles representative of different soil types are considered, and their results are compared to those of equivalent homogeneous soils presenting the same average shear wave velocity. The seismic response of the foundation is computed through an efficient numerical model based on the integral reciprocity theorem in elastodynamics and specific Green’s functions for layered half-spaces. The assumption of the variable soil profile generally leads to a higher filtering effect of soil lateral displacements and increases the rotation of the foundation. The importance of the soil variability on the response of the supported structure is also analyzed in terms of its pseudo-spectral accelerations. The homogeneous assumption is found to be conservative for structures with low periods, while for other systems, especially those with an important contribution of the foundation rotation to the structural response, significantly higher maximum accelerations are obtained when considering the variable profile.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Prof. Rafael Gallego for his constructive comments that undoubtedly improved the quality of this work. This work was supported by the Subdirección General de Proyectos de Investigación of the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO) and Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) of Spain and FEDER through Research Projects BIA2014-57640-R and BIA2017-88770-R. G.M. Álamo is recipient of FPU Research Fellowship FPU14/06115 from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte of Spain. The authors are grateful for this support.
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Received: Dec 6, 2017
Accepted: Jan 25, 2019
Published online: Jun 13, 2019
Published in print: Aug 1, 2019
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