Natural soil generally exhibits significant transverse isotropy(TI)due to weathering and sedimentation,meaning that horizontal moduli differ from their vertical counterpart.The TI mechanical model is more appropriate ...Natural soil generally exhibits significant transverse isotropy(TI)due to weathering and sedimentation,meaning that horizontal moduli differ from their vertical counterpart.The TI mechanical model is more appropriate for actual situations.Although soil exhibits material nonlinearity under earthquake excitation,existing research on the TI medium is limited to soil linearity and neglects the nonlinear response of TI sites.A 2D equivalent linear model for a layered TI half-space subjected to seismic waves is derived in the transformed wave number domain using the exact dynamic stiffness matrix of the TI medium.This study introduces a method for determining the effective shear strain of TI sites under oblique wave incidence,and further describes a systematic study on the effects of TI parameters and soil nonlinearity on site responses.Numerical results indicate that seismic responses of the TI medium significantly differ from those of isotropic sites and that the responses are highly dependent on TI parameters,particularly in nonlinear cases,while also being sensitive to incident angle and excitation intensity.Moreover,the differences in peak acceleration and waveform for various TI materials may also be amplified due to the strong nonlinearity.The study provides valuable insights for improving the accuracy of seismic response analysis in engineering applications.展开更多
A numerical framework was proposed for the seismic analysis of underground structures in layered ground under inclined P-SV waves.The free-field responses are first obtained using the stiffness matrix method based on ...A numerical framework was proposed for the seismic analysis of underground structures in layered ground under inclined P-SV waves.The free-field responses are first obtained using the stiffness matrix method based on plane-wave assumptions.Then,the domain reduction method was employed to reproduce the wavefield in the numerical model of the soil–structure system.The proposed numerical framework was verified by providing comparisons with analytical solutions for cases involving free-field responses of homogeneous ground,layered ground,and pressure-dependent heterogeneous ground,as well as for an example of a soil–structure interaction simulation.Compared with the viscous and viscous-spring boundary methods adopted in previous studies,the proposed framework exhibits the advantage of incorporating oblique incident waves in a nonlinear heterogeneous ground.Numerical results show that SV-waves are more destructive to underground structures than P-waves,and the responses of underground structures are significantly affected by the incident angles.展开更多
Using a stiffness matrix method, we in- vestigate the propagation behaviors of elastic waves in one-dimensional （1D） piezoelectric/piezomagnetic （PE/PM） phononic crystals （PCs） with line defects by calculating e...Using a stiffness matrix method, we in- vestigate the propagation behaviors of elastic waves in one-dimensional （1D） piezoelectric/piezomagnetic （PE/PM） phononic crystals （PCs） with line defects by calculating energy reflection/transmittion coefficients of quasi-pressure and quasi-shear waves. Line defects are created by the re- placement of PE or PM constituent layer. The defect modes existing in the first gap are considered and the influences on defect modes of the material properties and volume fraction of the defect layers, the type of incident waves, the location of defect layer and the number of structural layers are discussed in detail. Numerical results indicate that defect modes are the most obvious when the defect layers are inserted in the middle of the perfect PCs; the types of incidence wave and material properties of the defect layers have important effects on the numbers, the location of frequencies and the peaks of defect modes, and the defect modes are strongly de- pendent on volume fraction of the defect layers. We hope this paper will be found useful for the design of PE/PM acoustic filters or acoustic transducer with PCs structures.展开更多
A cylindrical system of vector functions, the stiffness matrix method and the corresponding recursive algorithm are proposed to investigate the static response of transversely isotropic,layered magneto-electro-elastic...A cylindrical system of vector functions, the stiffness matrix method and the corresponding recursive algorithm are proposed to investigate the static response of transversely isotropic,layered magneto-electro-elastic（MEE） structures over a homogeneous half-space substrate subjected to circular surface loading. In terms of the system of vector functions, we expand the extended displacements and stresses, and deduce two sets of ordinary differential equations, which are related to the expansion coeficients. The solution to one of the two sets of these ordinary differential equations can be evaluated by using the stiffness matrix method and the corresponding recursive algorithm. These expansion coeficients are then integrated by adaptive Gaussian quadrature to obtain the displacements and stresses in the physical domain. Two types of surface loads, mechanical pressure and electric loading,are considered in the numerical examples. The calculated results show that the proposed technique is stable and effective in analyzing the layered half-space MEE structures under surface loading.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.U2139208。
文摘Natural soil generally exhibits significant transverse isotropy(TI)due to weathering and sedimentation,meaning that horizontal moduli differ from their vertical counterpart.The TI mechanical model is more appropriate for actual situations.Although soil exhibits material nonlinearity under earthquake excitation,existing research on the TI medium is limited to soil linearity and neglects the nonlinear response of TI sites.A 2D equivalent linear model for a layered TI half-space subjected to seismic waves is derived in the transformed wave number domain using the exact dynamic stiffness matrix of the TI medium.This study introduces a method for determining the effective shear strain of TI sites under oblique wave incidence,and further describes a systematic study on the effects of TI parameters and soil nonlinearity on site responses.Numerical results indicate that seismic responses of the TI medium significantly differ from those of isotropic sites and that the responses are highly dependent on TI parameters,particularly in nonlinear cases,while also being sensitive to incident angle and excitation intensity.Moreover,the differences in peak acceleration and waveform for various TI materials may also be amplified due to the strong nonlinearity.The study provides valuable insights for improving the accuracy of seismic response analysis in engineering applications.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41922059,42177134,and 51778487)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,CHD(300102262506)Top Discipline Plan of Shanghai Universities-Class I.
文摘A numerical framework was proposed for the seismic analysis of underground structures in layered ground under inclined P-SV waves.The free-field responses are first obtained using the stiffness matrix method based on plane-wave assumptions.Then,the domain reduction method was employed to reproduce the wavefield in the numerical model of the soil–structure system.The proposed numerical framework was verified by providing comparisons with analytical solutions for cases involving free-field responses of homogeneous ground,layered ground,and pressure-dependent heterogeneous ground,as well as for an example of a soil–structure interaction simulation.Compared with the viscous and viscous-spring boundary methods adopted in previous studies,the proposed framework exhibits the advantage of incorporating oblique incident waves in a nonlinear heterogeneous ground.Numerical results show that SV-waves are more destructive to underground structures than P-waves,and the responses of underground structures are significantly affected by the incident angles.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11102122)
文摘Using a stiffness matrix method, we in- vestigate the propagation behaviors of elastic waves in one-dimensional （1D） piezoelectric/piezomagnetic （PE/PM） phononic crystals （PCs） with line defects by calculating energy reflection/transmittion coefficients of quasi-pressure and quasi-shear waves. Line defects are created by the re- placement of PE or PM constituent layer. The defect modes existing in the first gap are considered and the influences on defect modes of the material properties and volume fraction of the defect layers, the type of incident waves, the location of defect layer and the number of structural layers are discussed in detail. Numerical results indicate that defect modes are the most obvious when the defect layers are inserted in the middle of the perfect PCs; the types of incidence wave and material properties of the defect layers have important effects on the numbers, the location of frequencies and the peaks of defect modes, and the defect modes are strongly de- pendent on volume fraction of the defect layers. We hope this paper will be found useful for the design of PE/PM acoustic filters or acoustic transducer with PCs structures.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. U1333201, 11502123 and 11262012 )
文摘A cylindrical system of vector functions, the stiffness matrix method and the corresponding recursive algorithm are proposed to investigate the static response of transversely isotropic,layered magneto-electro-elastic（MEE） structures over a homogeneous half-space substrate subjected to circular surface loading. In terms of the system of vector functions, we expand the extended displacements and stresses, and deduce two sets of ordinary differential equations, which are related to the expansion coeficients. The solution to one of the two sets of these ordinary differential equations can be evaluated by using the stiffness matrix method and the corresponding recursive algorithm. These expansion coeficients are then integrated by adaptive Gaussian quadrature to obtain the displacements and stresses in the physical domain. Two types of surface loads, mechanical pressure and electric loading,are considered in the numerical examples. The calculated results show that the proposed technique is stable and effective in analyzing the layered half-space MEE structures under surface loading.
