• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.167-181
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• 2024

The soil-structure relative stiffness is a key factor affecting the seismic response of underground structures. It is of great significance to study the soil-structure relative stiffness for the soil-structure interaction and the seismic disaster reduction of subway stations. In this paper, the dynamic shear modulus ratio and damping ratio of an inhomogeneous soft soil site under different buried depths which were obtained by a one-dimensional equivalent linearization site response analysis were used as the input parameters in a 2D finite element model. A visco-elasto-plastic constitutive model based on the Mohr-Coulomb shear failure criterion combined with stiffness degradation was used to describe the plastic behavior of soil. The damage plasticity model was used to simulate the plastic behavior of concrete. The horizontal and vertical relative stiffness ratios of soil and structure were defined to study the influence of relative stiffness on the seismic response of subway stations in inhomogeneous soft soil. It is found that the compression damage to the middle columns of a subway station with a higher relative stiffness ratio is more serious while the tensile damage is slighter under the same earthquake motion. The relative stiffness has a significant influence on ground surface deformation, ground acceleration, and station structure deformation. However, the effect of the relative stiffness on the deformation of the bottom slab of the subway station is small. The research results can provide a reference for seismic fortification of subway stations in the soft soil area.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.191-203
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• 2010

To investigate the critical buckling load and post-buckling behavior of an axially loaded pile entirely embedded in soil, the non-linear large deflection differential equation for a pinned pile, based on the Winkler-model and the discretionary distribution function of the foundation coefficient along pile shaft, was established by energy method. Assuming that the deflection function was a power series of some perturbation parameter according to the boundary condition and load in the pile, the non-linear large deflection differential equation was transformed to a series of linear differential equations by using perturbation approach. By taking the perturbation parameter at middle deflection, the higher-order asymptotic solution of load-deflection was then found. Effect of ratios of soil depth to pile length, and ratios of pile stiffness to soil stiffness on the critical buckling load and performance of piles (entirely embedded and partially embedded) after flexural buckling were analyzed. Results show that the buckling load capacity increases as the ratios of pile stiffness to soil stiffness increasing. The pile performance will be more stable when ratios of soil depth to pile length, and soil stiffness to pile stiffness decrease.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.5-16
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• 2016

성토지지말뚝공법에서 연약지반 강성, 성토체의 내부마찰각, 토목섬유의 인장강성, 성토고의 변화가 한계높이로 표현되는 하중 전이 흙 아치의 형태에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 수치해석적으로 분석하였다. 매개변수 해석결과에서 연약지반 강성이 한계높이에 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤다. 주 영향요소인 연약지반 강성과 다른 매개변수의 조합에 대해 한계높이가 어떻게 변화하는지 등고선도 형태의 도표를 제시하고 분석하였다. 해석 결과는 연약지반 강성과 성토고의 조합에 대해 한계높이가 매우 민감하게 변함을 보였다. 연약지반 강성이 충분히 낮은 조건에서 성토체의 내부마찰각에 대해 한계높이가 민감하게 변하였다. 토목섬유가 포설된 조건에서는 토목섬유 인장강성의 변화가 한계높이 변화에 큰 영향을 주지 않았다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.341-358
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• 2024

This paper reports several plane-strain trapdoor tests conducted to investigate the effects of reinforcement on soil arching development under localized surface loading with a loading plate width three times the trapdoor width. An analogical soil composed of aluminum rods with three different diameters was used as the backfill and Kraft paper with two different stiffness values was used as the reinforcement material. Four reinforcement arrangements were investigated: (1) no reinforcement, (2) one low stiffness reinforcement R1, (3) one high stiffness reinforcement R2, and (4) two low stiffness reinforcements R1 with a backfill layer in between. The stiffness of R2 was approximately twice that of R1; therefore, two R1 had approximately the same total stiffness as one R2. Test results indicate that the use of reinforcement minimized soil arching degradation under localized surface loading. Soil arching with reinforcement degraded more at unloading stages as compared to that at loading stages. The use of stiffer reinforcement had the advantages of more effectively minimizing soil arching degradation. As compared to one high stiffness reinforcement layer, two low stiffness reinforcement layers with a backfill layer of certain thickness in between promoted soil arching under localized surface loading. Due to different states of soil arching development with and without reinforcement, an analytical multi-stage soil arching model available in the literature was selected in this study to calculate the average vertical pressures acting on the trapdoor or on the deflected reinforcement section under both the backfill self-weight and localized surface loading.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.577-588
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• 2018

A major concern in deep excavation project in soft clay deposits is the potential for adjacent buildings to be damaged as a result of the associated excessive ground movements. In order to accurately determine the wall deflections using a numerical procedure such as the finite element method, it is critical to use the correct soil parameters such as the stiffness/strength properties. This can be carried out by performing an inverse analysis using the measured wall deflections. This paper firstly presents the results of extensive plane strain finite element analyses of braced diaphragm walls to examine the influence of various parameters such as the excavation geometry, soil properties and wall stiffness on the wall deflections. Based on these results, a multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) model was developed for inverse parameter identification of the soil relative stiffness ratio. A second MARS model was also developed for inverse parameter estimation of the wall system stiffness, to enable designers to determine the appropriate wall size during the preliminary design phase. Soil relative stiffness ratios and system stiffness values derived via these two different MARS models were found to compare favourably with a number of field and published records.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.31-43
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• 2015

성토지지말뚝구조의 다양한 조건에서 토목섬유의 인장강성 변화가 성토체 및 토목섬유의 연직변위와 말뚝효율에 미치는 영향을 수치해석적으로 평가하였다. 매개변수 해석을 위해 연약지반의 강성, 성토재의 내부 마찰각과 팽창각, 토목섬유를 포함한 복합 재료층의 휨 강성을 변화시켰다. 토목섬유의 인장강성이 증가하면 말뚝효율이 증가하지만 그 증가량은 해석 조건에 따라 다르다. 성토재의 내부 마찰각이 매우 낮거나 복합 재료층의 휨 강성이 매우 높으면 뚜렷한 말뚝효율 증가가 나타났다. 연약지반의 강성이 매우 낮은 경우에 토목섬유의 인장강성을 증가시키면 뚜렷하게 연직 변위가 감소하였다. 복합 재료층의 휨 강성이 높으면 토목섬유 인장강성을 증가시켜 말뚝효율이 크게 향상되었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제68권2호
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• pp.159-170
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• 2018

This paper aims to develop response modification factors for stiffness degrading structures by incorporating soil-structure interaction effects. A comprehensive parametric study is conducted to investigate the effects of key SSI parameters, natural period of vibration, ductility demand and hysteretic behavior on the response modification factor of soil-structure systems. The nonlinear dynamic response of 6300 soil-structure systems are studied under two ensembles of accelograms including 20 recorded and 7 synthetic ground motions. It is concluded that neglecting the stiffness degradation of structures can results in up to 22% underestimation of inelastic strength demands in soil-structure systems, leading to an unexpected high level of ductility demand in the structures located on soft soil. Nonlinear regression analyses are then performed to derive a simplified expression for estimating ductility-dependent response modification factors for stiffness degrading soil-structure systems. The adequacy of the proposed expression is investigated through sensitivity analyses on nonlinear soil-structure systems under seven synthetic spectrum compatible earthquake ground motions. A good agreement is observed between the results of the predicted and the target ductility demands, demonstrating the adequacy of the expression proposed in this study to estimate the inelastic demands of SSI systems with stiffness degrading structures. It is observed that the maximum differences between the target and average target ductility demands was 15%, which is considered acceptable for practical design purposes.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.43-52
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• 1990

수평방향의 조화진동을 받는 말뚝주변의 지반특성에 관한 각종 계수들의 효과를 연구하였다. 그리고 비선형 해석을 위하여 말뚝주변의 흙을 성질이 같은 여러개의 동심고리 모양으로 나누어 지반반력 또는 흙의 강성을 계산하였으며 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1) 강성의 실수와 허수부분은 무차원 주파수가 증가함에 따라 전단 계수비, 포아슨비, 그리고 외부영역까지의 거리의 비에 대하여 큰 변화를 나타냈고 그 차이는 강성의 허수부분에 더 현저하게 나타났다. 2) 흙의 강성의 외부영역까지의 거리가 증가할수록 현저하게 감소하였는데 강성의 실수부분은 주파수가 작을수록 크게 나타났다. 반면에 허수부분은 작게 나타났다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.529-537
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• 2005

This paper proposes the shaking table testing method, without any soil specimen only using building model as an experimental part, considering dynamic soil-structure interaction based on the substructure method. The two-layered soil is assumed as a soil model of the entire soil-structure interaction syhstem(SSI) in this paper. Differently from the constant soil stiffness, the frequency-dependent dynamic soil stiffness is approximated for the case of both acceleration and velocity feedback, respectively. The interaction force is observed from measuring the accelerations at superstructure. Using the soil filters corresponding to the approximated dynamic soil stiffness, the shaking table drives the acceleration or velocity, which the needed motion to give the building specimen the SSI effects. Experimental results show the applicability the proposed methodologies to the shaking table test considering dynamic soil-structure interaction.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.655-676
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• 2013

In this study, strength reduction factors and inelastic displacement ratios are investigated for SDOF systems with period range of 0.1-3.0 s considering soil structure interaction for earthquake motions recorded on soft soil. The effect of stiffness degradation on strength reduction factors and inelastic displacement ratios is investigated. The modified-Clough model is used to represent structures that exhibit significant stiffness degradation when subjected to reverse cyclic loading and the elastoplastic model is used to represent non-degrading structures. The effect of negative strain - hardening on the inelastic displacement and strength of structures is also investigated. Soil structure interacting systems are modeled and analyzed with effective period, effective damping and effective ductility values differing from fixed-base case. For inelastic time history analyses, Newmark method for step by step time integration was adapted in an in-house computer program. New equations are proposed for strength reduction factor and inelastic displacement ratio of interacting system as a function of structural period($\tilde{T}$, T) ductility (${\mu}$) and period lengthening ratio ($\tilde{T}$/T).