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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2010.26.1.45

Prediction of the Natural Frequency of Pile Foundation System in Sand during Earthquake  

Yang, Eui-Kyu (Eng. Research Institute, Seoul National Univ.)
Kwon, Sun-Yong (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Seoul National Univ.)
Choi, Jung-In (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Seoul National Univ.)
Kim, Myoung-Mo (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Seoul National Univ.)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.26, no.1, 2010 , pp. 45-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is important to calculate the natural frequency of a piled structure in the design stage in order to prevent resonance-induced damage to the pile foundation and analyze the dynamic behavior of the piled structure during an earthquake. In this paper, a simple but relatively accurate method employing a mass-spring model is presented for the evaluation of the natural frequency of a pile-soil system. Greatly influencing the calculation of the natural frequency of a piled structure, the spring stiffness between a pile and soil was evaluated by using the coefficient of subgrade reaction, the p-y curve, and the subsoil elastic modulus. The resulting natural frequencies were compared with those of 1-g shaking table tests. The comparison showed that the natural frequency of the pile-soil system could be most accurately calculated by constructing a stiffness matrix with the spring stiffness of the Reese (1974) method, which utilizes the coefficient of the subgrade reaction modulus, and Yang's (2009) dynamic p-y backbone curve method. The calculated natural frequencies were within 5% error compared with those of the shaking table tests for the pile system in dry dense sand deposits and 5% to 40% error for the pile system in saturated sand deposits depending on the occurrence of excess pore water pressure in the soil.
Keywords
1-g shaking table tests; Mass-spring model; Natural frequency; Pile-soil system; Spring coefficient;
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