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Dynamic Behaviors of a Bridge under Seismic Excitations Considering Stiffness Degradation with Various Abutment-Soil Conditions (교대인접토체의 특성에 따른 강성저하를 고려한 교량시스템의 지진거동분석)

  • 김상효;마호성;경규혁;이상우
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2000.04b
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    • pp.347-354
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    • 2000
  • The seismic behaviors of a bridge system with several simple spans are examined to see the effects of the longitudinal stiffness degradation due to abutment-soil interaction. The abutment-backfill system is modeled as one degree-of-freedom-system with nonlinear spring and linear damper. various soil-conditions surrounding the abutment such as loose sand, medium dense sand, and dense sand are considered in the bridge seismic analysis. The idealized mechanical model for the whole bridge system is modeled by adopting the multiple-degree-of-freedom system, which can consider components such as pounding phenomena, friction at the movable supports, rotational and translational motions of foundations, and the nonlinear pier motions. The stiffness of the abutment is found to be rapidly reduced at the beginning of the earthquakes, and to be converged to constant values shortly after the displacement approaches to the Predefined critical values. It is observed that the maximum relative distanced an maximum relative displacements are generally Increased as the relative density of a soil decreases As the peak ground acceleration increases, the response ratio of the case considering stiffness degradation to the case considering constant stiffness decreases.

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The Influence of Grain Size of Sandy Soil on the Strength and Stiffness of Silicate-Grouted Soil. (사질토의 입경이 물유리계 약액주입권결토에 강도 및 강성에 미치는 영향)

  • Jeong, Hyeong-Sik;Cheon, Byeong-Sik;Ryu, Jae-Il
    • Geotechnical Engineering
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.29-38
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    • 1988
  • One of the main objectives of researches for the chemical grouting is to assess the changes in soil properties caused by injection of chemical grout. Especially the changes in the strength properties of soils, such as elastic modulus, shear modulus of ground due to injection of chemical grout has drawn our attention. Since the specific surface changes with variation in the grain size of sandy soil, the influence of grain size of sandy toil on the strength and stiffness of silicate-grouted soil was investicated in this study by earring out uniaxial and triaxial compression tests. It was found that the strength and stiffness of grouted soil increased as the grain size of sandy soil decreases, the possibility of estimating the strength of grouted soil was confirmed through the study of relationship between specific surface of sandy soil and the strength of chemical gel.

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Seismic Behavior Analysis of a Bridge Considering stiffness Degradation due to Abutment-Soil Interaction (교대-토체의 강성저하를 고려한 교량의 지진거공분석)

  • 김상효
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.357-366
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    • 2000
  • Longitudinal dynamic behaviors of a bridge system under seismic excitations are examined with various magnitudes of peak ground accelerations. The stiffness degradation due to abutment-soil interaction is considered in the bridge model which may play the major role upon the global dynamic characteristics. The idealized mechanical model for the whole ridge system is proposed by adopting the multiple-degree-of-freedom system which can consider components such as pounding phenomena friction at the movable supports rotational and translational motions of foundations and the nonlinear pier motions. The abutment-soil interaction is simulated by utilizing the one degree-of-freedom system with nonlinear spring. The stiffness degradation of the abutment-soil system is found to increase the relative displacement under moderate seismic excitations.

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Study on The Estimation of Pipeline. Soil Interaction Force. during Longitudinal Permanent Ground Deformation (종방향 영구지반변형 발생시 관$\cdot$지반 상호작용력의 산정에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Tae-Wook
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.170-175
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    • 2003
  • The ASCE formula of pipeline' soil interaction force is the basis of semi-analytical relationship for buried pipelines subjected to longitudinal permanent ground deformation due to seismic induced liquefaction. However, since the ASCE formula has been developed based on the stiffness of non-liquefied region, it is needed to modify for the varied stiffness of liquefied region. With this object, the consideration of decreasing effect of soil stiffness in liquefied region is made: i.e. the spatial distributions of pipeline. soil interaction force in liquefied region. It means that the improved formula can reflect various patterns of permanent ground deformation more realistically. Through the comparative analyses using both the improved and ASCE formula, the applicability of the improved, the limitation of the existing formula and semi-analytical relationship are discussed.

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Study on The Estimation of Pipeline.Soil Interaction Force during Longitudinal Permanent Ground Deformation (종방향 영구지반변형 발생시 관.지반 상호작용력의 산정에 관한 연구)

  • 김태욱;임윤묵;김문겸
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.114-122
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    • 2002
  • The ASCE formula of lifeline.soil interaction force is the basis of semi-analytical relationship for buried pipelines subjected to longitudinal permanent ground deformation due to seismic induced liquefaction. However, since the ASCE formula has been developed based on the stiffness of non-liquefied region, it is needed to modify for the varied stiffness of liquefied region. With this object, the consideration of decreasing effect of soil stiffness in liquefied region is made: i.e. the spatial distributions of pipeline-soil interaction force in liquefied region. It means that the improved formula can reflect various patterns of permanent ground deformation more realistically. Through the comparative analyses using both the improved and ASCE formula, the applicability of the improved and the limitation of the ASCE formula and semi-analytical relationship are discussed. Also, relative influences of various parameters are evaluated for the clarification of behavior of pipeline subjected to longitudinal permanent ground deformation due to liquefaction.

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Shaking Table Testing Method Considering the Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction (건물과 지반의 동적상호작용을 고려한 진동대 실험법에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Sung-Kyung;Lee, Sang-Hyun;Chung, Lang
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2010.09a
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    • pp.184-191
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    • 2010
  • This paper proposes the shaking table testing method for replicating the dynamic behavior of soil-structure interaction (SSI) system, without any physical soil model and only using superstructure model. Applying original SSI system to the substructure method produces two substructures; superstructure and soil model corresponding to experimental and numerical substructures, respectively. Interaction force acting on interface between the two substructures is observed from measuring the accelerations of superstructure, and the interface acceleration or velocity, which is the needed motion for replicating the dynamic behavior of original SSI system, is calculated from the numerical substructure reflecting the dynamic soil stiffness of soil model. Superstructure is excited by the shaking table with the motion of interface acceleration or velocity. Analyzing experimental results in time and frequency domains show the applicability the proposed methodologies to the shaking table test considering dynamic soil-structure interaction.

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Development and Performance Evaluation of In-situ Dynamic Stiffness Analyzer (원위치 동적강성 분석기의 개발 및 성능평가)

  • Kim, Dong-Ju;Byun, Yong-Hoon
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.61 no.2
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    • pp.41-50
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    • 2019
  • Stiffness characteristic of subgrade is one of the most important aspects for the design and evaluation of pavement and railway. However, adequate field testing methods for evaluating the stiffness characteristics of the subgrade have not been developed yet. In this study, an in-situ dynamic stiffness analyzer (IDSA) is developed to evaluate the characteristics of subgrade stiffness along the depth, and its performance is evaluated in elastic materials and a compacted soil. The IDSA consists of a falling hammer system, a connecting rod, and a tip module. Four strain gauges and an accelerometer are installed at the tip of the rod to analyze the dynamic response of the tip generated by the drop of hammer. Based on the Boussinesq's method, the stiffness and Young's modulus of the specimens can be calculated. The performance of IDSA was tested on three elastic materials with different hardness and a compacted soil. For the repeatability of test performance, the dynamic signals for force and displacement of the tip are averaged from the hammer impact tests performed five times at the same drop height. The experimental results show that the peak force, peak displacement, and the duration depend on the hardness of the elastic materials. After calculating the stiffness and elastic modulus, it is revealed that as the drop height of hammer increases, the stiffness and elastic moduli of MC nylon and the compacted soil rapidly increase, while those of urethanes less increase.

An Experimental Study on Behavior Characteristic of the Soil Nailed Wall with Facing Stillness (전면벽체 강성에 따른 쏘일네일링 벽체의 거동특성에 관한 실험적 고찰)

  • 김홍택;강인규;권영호;조용훈
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2002.03a
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    • pp.279-286
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    • 2002
  • Recently, there are many attempts to expand a temporary soil nailing system into a permanent wall due to the advantage of soil nailing system, that is efficient and economic use of underground space and decreasing the total construction cost. However, the proper design approach of a permanent soil nailing system has not been proposed by now in Korea. Permanent soil nailing system which utilizes precast concrete walls for the facing of soil nailing system Is already used in many countries. In general, the cast-in-place concrete facings or rigid walls were constructed in bottom-up way after construction of soil nailing walls finished preliminarily In this paper, various laboratory model tests have been carried out to investigate the failure mode, behavior characteristics, and tensile force at nail head in each load level in respects of the variation of stiffness of the facing.

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The effect of pile cap stiffness on the seismic response of soil-pile-structure systems under near-fault ground motions

  • Abbasi, Saeed;Ardakani, Alireza;Yakhchalian, Mansoor
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.87-96
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    • 2021
  • Ground motions recorded in near-fault sites, where the rupture propagates toward the site, are significantly different from those observed in far-fault regions. In this research, finite element modeling is used to investigate the effect of pile cap stiffness on the seismic response of soil-pile-structure systems under near-fault ground motions. The Von Wolffersdorff hypoplastic model with the intergranular strain concept is applied for modeling of granular soil (sand) and the behavior of structure is considered to be non-linear. Eight fault-normal near-field ground motion records, recorded on rock, are applied to the model. The numerical method developed is verified by comparing the results with an experimental test (shaking table test) for a soil-pile-structure system. The results, obtained from finite element modeling under near-fault ground motions, show that when the value of cap stiffness increases, the drift ratio of the structure decreases, whereas the pile relative displacement increases. Also, the residual deformations in the piles are due to the non-linear behavior of soil around the piles.

Degradation Characteristics of Strength and Stiffness due to Soils (흙의 종류에 따른 강도와 강성저하 특성)

  • Song, Byung-Woong;Kim, Hong-Taek;Yasuhara, Kazuya;Murakami, Satosh;Park, Inn-Joon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2004.03b
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    • pp.253-260
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    • 2004
  • Many scholars and researchers has been studied for many kinds of soil characteristics, but a lot of part are still unsolved. Cyclic load-induced decreasing characteristics of strength and stiffness of soils are also well not known among them. To know that, the characteristics of five kinds of soils; clay, plastic and non-plastic silt, sand, and a weathered soil are compared with dividing two types as plastic or non-plastic soils through direct simple shear(DSS) test. From the results of DSS test, it is known that decreasing characteristics of strength and stiffness are different according to soil types. The strength of plastic and non-plastic soils increases with increment of plasticity index and decrement of volume decrease potential, respectively. And the decreasing stiffness of plastic and non-plastic soils increases with decrement of plasticity index and increment of volume decrease potential, respectively.

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