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An Investigation into Nonlinearity of Foundation Soil of Gravity Retaining Wall Based on an Inversion Method
Strong earthquake ground motion leads to residual displacements of gravity retaining walls. Since large deformation occurs in foundation soil, nonlinear mechanical behavior should not be neglected in numerical modeling. The inversion methodology in geophysics is borrowed here to study the nonlinearity, i. e. the variation of shear modulus and damping ratio with the increase of shear strain of soil. A simplified model for the seismic displacement of retaining walls is combined with a genetic algorithm for the inversion. The dynamic shear modulus and damping ratio curves, representing the nonlinear property of foundation soil in a centrifuge test for gravity retaining walls, is obtained by the use of an inversion scheme. The result indicates that, for low level of shear strain, the shear modulus is larger than that used in the literature, implying that the model ground may be stiffer than expectation. For high level of shear strain, the inverted damping ratio is larger than the conventional one, which has efficiently suppressed an overestimation of seismic displacements. It is also displayed that the inversion method is an effective way to obtain quantitatively the dynamic nonlinearity of foundation soil of gravity retaining walls.
An Investigation into Nonlinearity of Foundation Soil of Gravity Retaining Wall Based on an Inversion Method
Strong earthquake ground motion leads to residual displacements of gravity retaining walls. Since large deformation occurs in foundation soil, nonlinear mechanical behavior should not be neglected in numerical modeling. The inversion methodology in geophysics is borrowed here to study the nonlinearity, i. e. the variation of shear modulus and damping ratio with the increase of shear strain of soil. A simplified model for the seismic displacement of retaining walls is combined with a genetic algorithm for the inversion. The dynamic shear modulus and damping ratio curves, representing the nonlinear property of foundation soil in a centrifuge test for gravity retaining walls, is obtained by the use of an inversion scheme. The result indicates that, for low level of shear strain, the shear modulus is larger than that used in the literature, implying that the model ground may be stiffer than expectation. For high level of shear strain, the inverted damping ratio is larger than the conventional one, which has efficiently suppressed an overestimation of seismic displacements. It is also displayed that the inversion method is an effective way to obtain quantitatively the dynamic nonlinearity of foundation soil of gravity retaining walls.
An Investigation into Nonlinearity of Foundation Soil of Gravity Retaining Wall Based on an Inversion Method
Xi, Hong-Yan (author) / Zhang, Jun-hua (author) / Sun, Jing (author) / Li, Jing (author) / Wang, You-qing (author) / Chen, Xian-Mai (author) / Wang, Fu-Tong (author)
2012
5 Seiten
Conference paper
English
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