A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Shaking table testing of geofoam seismic buffers
AbstractThe paper describes the experimental design and results of tests used to investigate the use of compressible EPS (geofoam) seismic buffers to attenuate dynamic loads against rigid retaining wall structures. The tests were carried out using 1-m-high models mounted on a large shaking table. Three different geofoam buffer materials retaining a sand soil were tested under idealized dynamic loading conditions. The results of these tests are compared to a nominal identical structure without a seismic buffer. The test results demonstrate that the reduction in dynamic load increased with decreasing seismic buffer density. For the best case reported here, the maximum dynamic force reduction was 31% at a peak base acceleration of 0.7g.
Shaking table testing of geofoam seismic buffers
AbstractThe paper describes the experimental design and results of tests used to investigate the use of compressible EPS (geofoam) seismic buffers to attenuate dynamic loads against rigid retaining wall structures. The tests were carried out using 1-m-high models mounted on a large shaking table. Three different geofoam buffer materials retaining a sand soil were tested under idealized dynamic loading conditions. The results of these tests are compared to a nominal identical structure without a seismic buffer. The test results demonstrate that the reduction in dynamic load increased with decreasing seismic buffer density. For the best case reported here, the maximum dynamic force reduction was 31% at a peak base acceleration of 0.7g.
Shaking table testing of geofoam seismic buffers
Bathurst, Richard J. (author) / Zarnani, Saman (author) / Gaskin, Andrew (author)
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering ; 27 ; 324-332
2006-08-31
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Shaking table testing of geofoam seismic buffers
| Online Contents | 2007
Shaking table testing of geofoam seismic buffers
| British Library Online Contents | 2007
Experimental investigation of EPS geofoam seismic buffers using shaking table tests
| Tema Archive | 2007
A NUMERICAL MODEL FOR EPS GEOFOAM SEISMIC BUFFERS
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 2008
NUMERICAL PARAMETRIC STUDY OF EPS GEOFOAM SEISMIC BUFFERS
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 2007