Physical modeling of kinematic pile-soil interaction under seismic conditions

L. Dihoru, S. Bhattacharya, C. A. Taylor, D. Muir Wood, F. Moccia, A. L. Simonelli, G. Mylonakis

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Abstract

A series of shaking table tests were carried out to study the kinematic response of flexible piles in layered soil deposits under seismic excitation. These tests were carried out in a deformable shear stack where the dynamic responses of the pile and the free field were recorded for various seismic inputs, soil configurations and pile head boundary conditions. The pile bending moments were measured along the length of the pile using strain gauges. The bending moment profiles are compared with the predictions made by three theoretical models of kinematic pile-soil interaction: (a) Dobry & O'Rourke (1983); (b) Mylonakis et al. (1997) and (c) Nikolaou et al. (2001). This study showed that the theoretical models predicted the maximum kinematic pile response with a variable degree of success. The observed differences can be attributed to the limitation imposed by the idealizations in the respective model regarding the non-linear nature of the soil.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationPhysical Modelling in Geotechnics - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2010, ICPMG 2010
Pages123-128
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event7th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2010, ICPMG 2010 - Zurich, Switzerland
Duration: 28 Jun 20101 Jul 2010

Publication series

NamePhysical Modelling in Geotechnics - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2010, ICPMG 2010
Volume1

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2010, ICPMG 2010
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityZurich
Period28/06/101/07/10

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