scholarly journals Analysis of Shaking Table Tests of Underground Structures considering the Influence of the Structure-Soil Interface

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Feng Shuang Guo ◽  
Yun Sheng Wang ◽  
Chang Bao Wang ◽  
LiJuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Contact Surface ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Surface Effect ◽  
Underground Structure ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Peak Acceleration ◽  
Underground Structures ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Contact Effect ◽  
Soil Interface

To investigate the seismic performance of underground structures under the action of the structure-soil interface, in this study, experiments were performed using plexiglass structures (two pieces) and a concrete structure (one piece) as the research objects. The surface of one plexiglass structure was prepainted with a layer of cement mortar as the contact surface between the structure and soil, and the other plexiglass structure was not treated and used for comparison. A rigid model box measuring 2.25 m × 2.25 m × 1.5 m was placed on a 3 m × 3 m shaking table, and the box was filled with the configured model soil and the underground structure prepared in advance. Input transverse uniform excitation was imparted to the whole system. A shaking table model test was performed on the underground structures to analyse the acceleration response, stress strain, and earth pressure changes in the underground structure, and the influence of the contact surface on the seismic dynamics of the underground structure was evaluated. The test results showed that under uniform excitation, the dynamic characteristics of the underground structures were greatly affected by the intensity and depth of the seismic waves. (1) When the soil-structure contact was considered, the stress and strain of the structures increased significantly, and the stress-strain value was significantly greater than the stress-strain value of the soil-structure interface in a fully bonded state. (2) There were inconsistencies between the acceleration peak curve of the plexiglass structure considering the contact effect and the acceleration peak curve of the plexiglass structure without considering the contact effect. The difference between the two lies mainly in the corresponding maximum peak acceleration and the Fourier spectrum amplitude. With respect to the value and frequency composition, regardless of whether the input acceleration intensity was 0.2 g or 0.5 g, the peak acceleration of the organic structure was greater when the contact surface effect was considered than without the contact surface effect. Therefore, the structure-soil interface needs to be considered in actual engineering. The presence of the contact surface improves the safety of the structure and is helpful for seismic design. The results of this study provide a basis for further research on the influence of soil-pipe contact on the seismic response of underground structures.

scholarly journals Seismic Analysis Method for Underground Structure in Loess Area Based on the Modified Displacement-Based Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 11245
Author(s):  
Ruijie Zhang ◽  
Dan Ye ◽  
Jianting Zhou ◽  
Dengzhou Quan
Keyword(s):  
Design Research ◽  
Seismic Analysis ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Underground Structure ◽  
Time History ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Underground Structures ◽  
Loess Area ◽  
Geological Conditions ◽  
Displacement Based

At present, the seismic design research of underground structures in loess areas is lagging behind compared with practical engineering requirements. The selection of seismic calculation methods and parameters does not consider the influences of the special geological conditions in various regions, so their usefulness is limited. Based on the above problems, a modified displacement-based method (DBM) was proposed and its application was compared with the most commonly used methods of analysis (force-based design method, displacement-based design method, detailed equivalent static analysis numerical method, and the full dynamic time-history method). The results were also validated by considering data from shaking table tests conducted on a case study involving the underground Feitian Road subway station in Xi’an. The results show that compared with DBM, the average accuracy of the modified DBM technique is improved by 41.65%. The modified DBM offers good accuracy, simplicity in its model, a rapid analysis time, and easy convergence.

Improvement of Laminar Shear Container for Shaking Table Test

2012 ◽  
Vol 588-589 ◽  
pp. 1889-1893
Author(s):  
Hai Feng Sun ◽  
Li Ping Jing ◽  
Qing Hai Wei ◽  
Xian Chun Meng
Keyword(s):  
Soil Structure ◽  
Shaking Table Test ◽  
Boundary Effect ◽  
Underground Structure ◽  
Dynamic Interaction ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Important Method ◽  
Model Soil ◽  
Structure Dynamic ◽  
Laminar Shear

Shaking table test is an important method to study on the problem of the soil-structure dynamic interaction. The property of the soil container directly affects the accuracy of the result. A laminar shear container was designed for shaking table test. And a shaking table test on soil-underground structure dynamic interaction which structure lay in clay was conducted. The results of the test show that the container eliminated the boundary effect when the dynamic load was applied in only one horizontal direction. Meanwhile, the stiffness of the soil container could be changed according to the change of the model soil, which is applicable to decrease the boundary effect.

scholarly journals Modification Research of the Internal Substructure Method for Seismic Wave Input in Deep Underground Structure-Soil Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Bao ◽  
Jingbo Liu ◽  
Dongyang Wang ◽  
Shutao Li ◽  
Fei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Seismic Wave ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Underground Structure ◽  
Computational Effort ◽  
Seismic Loads ◽  
Underground Structures ◽  
Computational Accuracy ◽  
Substructure Method ◽  
Deep Underground

A new internal substructure method for seismic wave input in soil-structure systems was recently proposed. This method simplifies the calculation of equivalent input seismic loads and avoids the participation of artificial boundaries in the process of seismic wave input. However, in previous research and applications, the internal substructures are usually intercepted down from the free surface, which forms large substructures and increases the computational effort for data management on the substructure nodes, especially for deep underground structures. In this study, the internal substructure method is modified by intercepting the internal substructures entirely beneath the free surface and adjacently around the underground structures. Then, the equivalent input seismic loads are obtained through the dynamic analysis of the internal substructures and applied to the corresponding positions of the total soil-structure models. Thus, the earthquake energy can be more efficiently input into the region near the underground structures without losing computational accuracy. We provide the detailed implementation procedures of this modified method and validate its applicability and accuracy through the scattered problems of underground cavities in homogeneous and layered half-space sites.

Shaking Table Test Study on Seismic Performance Improvement for Underground Structures with Center Column Enhancement

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuizhou Yue ◽  
Yonglai Zheng ◽  
Shuxin Deng
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Shaking Table Test ◽  
Underground Structure ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Seismic Resistance ◽  
Deformation Analysis ◽  
Underground Structures ◽  
Structure Deformation ◽  
Carbon Fiber Cloth

Central columns have long been demonstrated to play a vital role in withstanding not only static gravity loads but also seismic loads like earthquakes. A series of modeling tests are implemented on shaking table instrument to reflect the mechanism of soil — structure interaction and examine the validity of method of uplifting underground structural seismic resistance through strengthening central columns. An innovative method of enhancing central columns by adhering carbon fiber cloth onto column’s peripheral surface is introduced into a series of shaking table modeling tests, in which two two-layer underground model structures are constructed for comparison, one without any column remedy acts as a benchmark for reference and the other is amended with carbon fiber cloth adhered on column surface. Test results show that soft round model box adopted in tests serves well in simulating earthquake actions with negligible boundary effects on wave transfer; soil dynamic characteristics and the relative stiffness of structure to surrounding soil will interactively limit mutual motion and deformation. Racking deformation assumption may be not applicable for overall two-layer underground structure deformation analysis, but may be suitable for inter-layer displacement calculation for single layer in multi-layer rectangular underground structures. The adopted column enhancement measure could not only greatly increase the stiffness ratio of model structure to soil, reducing structure deformation, but also improve the integrity of underground structure by narrowing down the deformation difference between two structural layers, certifying that such a measure could be validly used in improving the seismic resistance capacity for already built underground structures without enough aseismic consideration when designed.

Shaking Table Test to Underground Structures in Layered Foundation

2013 ◽  
Vol 353-356 ◽  
pp. 1461-1465
Author(s):  
Wei Feng Sun ◽  
Li Ping Jing ◽  
Yan Zou ◽  
Ning Bo Yang ◽  
Yong Qiang Li
Keyword(s):  
Sandy Soil ◽  
Shaking Table Test ◽  
Underground Structure ◽  
Soil Layer ◽  
Damage Mechanism ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Test Model ◽  
Underground Structures ◽  
Similarity Ratio

A three-story underground structure shaking table test had been carried on to study the earthquake damage mechanism of underground structure in layered foundation. The test model was similar to typical subway station according to a certain similarity ratio, and the soils were disturbed sandy soil and silty clay dug from the site of Harbin subway. Shaking table tests to this typical model in silty clay and alternating layers of clay and sand were performed to reveal the effect of different layered soils. Results show that the sandy soil layer can reduce the damage of the soil and underground structure, the damage of underground structure is mainly controlled by displacement of the surrounding soil, and the response of shallow buried underground structure is larger than deep buried.

About Contemporary Seismic Analysis of Underground Structures

2018 ◽  
Vol 931 ◽  
pp. 91-99
Author(s):  
Alexander M. Belostotskiy ◽  
Pavel A. Akimov ◽  
Dmitry S. Dmitriev
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Seismic Analysis ◽  
Underground Structure ◽  
Soil Structure Interaction ◽  
Underground Structures ◽  
Structure Interaction ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Element Method

This paper is devoted to actual problems of seismic analysis of underground structures. Brief classification and overview of corresponding methods of analysis (force-based methods, displacement-based methods, numerical methods of seismic analysis of coupled system “soil – underground structure” and approaches to problems of soil-structure interaction) is presented. Special static finite element method with substructure technique for seismic analysis of underground structures is described. Dynamic soil-structure interaction system can be decomposed into three sub-structures: structure, near-field and far-field soil. The first stage of static finite element method is solving the free field shear stress, acceleration, velocity and displacement, when the moment that the relative displacement of the soil that the underground structure located in reaches the maximum. The second stage is computing of internal forces and parameters of boundary conditions. The third stage is construction of the static finite element model and imposing the loads and constrains computed at the second stage and then making a static analysis.

Contact Mechanism Analysis between Soil Structure and Underground Structures under Seismic Forces

2008 ◽  
Vol 400-402 ◽  
pp. 821-827
Author(s):  
Jin Li Wang ◽  
Hai Qing Liu ◽  
Xue Qing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Design ◽  
Contact Surface ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Surface Model ◽  
Mechanism Analysis ◽  
Underground Structures ◽  
Seismic Forces ◽  
Contact Mechanism

the soil-structure appeared slipped of roadway under earthquake, using the Coulomb contact surface model and built soil-structure of roadway contact model for analyzing, and got slip rule at different direction and position under horizontal and vertical direction and pointed out the corner as the weakness position; the beneath of roadway has more slipping; the vault is vulnerable to the level of shear failure; and gave reference for roadway structure for the seismic design.

The Analysis of Test of the Seismic Response for the Metro Station Structure Considering Soil-Structure Interaction

2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 2600-2604
Author(s):  
Ying Ming Zhou ◽  
Shu Wei Wang ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
Li Na Yao
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Response ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Underground Structure ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Underground Structures ◽  
Metro Station ◽  
General Law ◽  
Station Structure

In this paper, the subway station structure seismic response of large-scale three-dimensional shaking table model test is analysis, the model system acceleration response time, the stress response of the model structure of the schedule and structure of the surface of the earth pressure time is obtained, which has been the subway underground structure seismic response of the general law, the conclusion can provide a reliable basis and guidance for the seismic design of the MTR underground structures in the general venue.

scholarly journals Experimental Assessment of the Effect of Vertical Earthquake Motion on Underground Metro Station

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 5182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiming Zhang ◽  
Emilio Bilotta ◽  
Yong Yuan ◽  
Haitao Yu ◽  
Huiling Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Soil Structure ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Dynamic Strain ◽  
Earthquake Loading ◽  
Underground Structures ◽  
Ground Acceleration ◽  
Structural Dynamic ◽  
Experimental Assessment ◽  
Metro Station ◽  
Adjacent Soil

This paper presents experimental assessment of the effect of the ratio of vertical to horizontal peak ground acceleration (RVH) on underground metro station. An atrium-style metro station embedded in artificial soil subjected to earthquake loading is examined through shaking table tests. The experimental results for three different RVH, including soil acceleration, soil-structure acceleration difference, dynamic soil normal stress (DSNS), and structural dynamic strain, are presented and the results are compared with the case of horizontal-only excitation. It is found that for an atrium-style metro station, the differences in horizontal acceleration amplitude between the structure and the adjacent soil rise with increasing RVH, which are different at different depths. The most significant differences occur at the depth of the ceiling slab. It is also observed that both the amplitude and distribution of peak DSNS have obvious differences between the left and right side walls at all levels. It is therefore concluded that the RVH has a significant influence on dynamic soil-structure interaction. It is believed that under extreme earthquake loading, such as near fault zones, RVH is a parameter of paramount importance and should be accounted for in the seismic analyses and seismic performance assessments of underground structures, especially for those with zero or near-zero buried depth, such as atrium-style metro stations.

The Research Methods of Soil and Structural Dynamic Interaction

2011 ◽  
Vol 250-253 ◽  
pp. 2068-2073
Author(s):  
Xiao Li Dong
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Response ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Underground Structure ◽  
Dynamic Interaction ◽  
Subway Station ◽  
Underground Structures ◽  
Structural Dynamic ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Urban Construction ◽  
Structure Dynamic

This paper will introduce the basic methods of soil-structure dynamic interaction at home and abroad, and analysis the advantages and disadvantages of these methods. Finally, the paper will put forward opinions on the research tendency of soil-structure dynamic interaction. With the development of urbanization, the urban population, planning area and urban environment are faced with tremendous stress, so developing and utilizing the underground space becomes the concerns of many cities. In recent decades, the underground structure has been widely used in urban construction, transportation, national defense engineering, and hydraulic engineering and so on. Especially in the urban construction, with underground railway which has been seemed as the large-capacity backbone and fast public transport system has become an important issue of urban passenger traffic solution. In our country, there are still large potential in developing and utilizing the underground structure and the structure forms will become more and more complicated. China is a strong and frequent earthquake country, the earthquake-proof problems about the underground structures such as Long-span subway station has become city astigmatic engineering and the important research content on disaster prevention and mitigation. These researches can ensure the safe use of underground structures and reduce natural disasters to humankind. To the subway station and the tunnel structure, soil characteristics significantly influence the structure seismic response and destruction features. In seismic response process, the overburden of gravitational can greatly affect on the structural seismic response. The solution to the underground structure seismic problem should focus on two aspects: on one hand we should focus on the research of soil-structure dynamic interaction; on the other hand, we should deal with soil’s half-limitlessness simulation problem.

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