Earthquakes contribute to the failure of anti-dip bedding rock slopes(ABRSs)in seismically active regions.The pseudo-static method is commonly employed to assess the ABRSs stability.However,simplifying seismic effects...Earthquakes contribute to the failure of anti-dip bedding rock slopes(ABRSs)in seismically active regions.The pseudo-static method is commonly employed to assess the ABRSs stability.However,simplifying seismic effects as static loads often underestimates rock slope stability.The development of a practical stability analysis approach for ABRSs,particularly in slope engineering design,is imperative.This study proposes a stability evaluation model for ABRSs,incorporating the viscoelastic properties of rock,to quantitatively assess the safety factor and failure surface under seismic conditions.The mathematical description of the pseudo-dynamic method,derived in this study,accounts for the viscoelastic properties of ABRSs and integrates the HoekeBrown failure criterion with the Kelvin-Voigt stress-strain relationship of rocks.Furthermore,to address concurrent translation-rotation failure in ABRSs,upper bound limit analysis is utilized to quantify the safety factor.Through a comparison with existing literature,the proposed method considers the effect of harmonic vibration on the stability of ABRSs.The obtained safety factor is lower than that of the quasi-static method,with the resulting percentage change exceeding 5%.The critical failure surface demonstrates superior positional accuracy compared to the Aydan and Adhikary basal planes,with minimal error observed between the physical model test and the numerical simulation test.The parameter sensitivity analysis reveals that the inclination of ABRSs exhibits the highest sensitivity(Sk)value across the three levels of horizontal seismic coefficient(kh).The study aims to devise an expeditious calculation approach for assessing the stability of ABRSs during seismic events,intending to offer theoretical guidance for their stability analysis.展开更多
To address the seismic face stability challenges encountered in urban and subsea tunnel construction,an efficient probabilistic analysis framework for shield tunnel faces under seismic conditions is proposed.Based on ...To address the seismic face stability challenges encountered in urban and subsea tunnel construction,an efficient probabilistic analysis framework for shield tunnel faces under seismic conditions is proposed.Based on the upper-bound theory of limit analysis,an improved three-dimensional discrete deterministic mechanism,accounting for the heterogeneous nature of soil media,is formulated to evaluate seismic face stability.The metamodel of failure probabilistic assessments for seismic tunnel faces is constructed by integrating the sparse polynomial chaos expansion method(SPCE)with the modified pseudo-dynamic approach(MPD).The improved deterministic model is validated by comparing with published literature and numerical simulations results,and the SPCE-MPD metamodel is examined with the traditional MCS method.Based on the SPCE-MPD metamodels,the seismic effects on face failure probability and reliability index are presented and the global sensitivity analysis(GSA)is involved to reflect the influence order of seismic action parameters.Finally,the proposed approach is tested to be effective by a engineering case of the Chengdu outer ring tunnel.The results show that higher uncertainty of seismic response on face stability should be noticed in areas with intense earthquakes and variation of seismic wave velocity has the most profound influence on tunnel face stability.展开更多
The conventional pseudo-dynamic(CPD)and modified pseudo-dynamic(MPD)methods are invoked to obtain the seismic bearing capacity of strip foundations using the limit equilibrium method,with a two-wedge failure mechanism...The conventional pseudo-dynamic(CPD)and modified pseudo-dynamic(MPD)methods are invoked to obtain the seismic bearing capacity of strip foundations using the limit equilibrium method,with a two-wedge failure mechanism.A spectral version of the conventional pseudo-dynamic method(SPD)is also invoked by considering the ground motion amplification factor,to be a function of the non-dimensional frequencyλ/B and soil damping.Numeric analyses show that bearing capacity results obtained by the MPD and SPD methods are generally consistent.Both experience the same general reduction in bearing capacity with the increase ofλ/B,with successive ups and downs corresponding to soil′s natural frequencies.For 5<λ/B<10,SPD and MPD results fluctuated between falling above and below CPD results.Forλ/B<2.5,SPD and MPD results were consistent with attenuation of the shear wave,while for 10<λ/B,amplification was exhibited.Results obtained by the CPD method monotonically decrease,due to the fact that CPD fails to inherently consider site effects and damping,and instead and relies on a single factor to consider the ground motion amplification.展开更多
The required reinforcement force to prevent instability and the yield acceleration of reinforced slopes are computed under seismic loading by applying the kinematic approach of limit analysis in conjunction with the p...The required reinforcement force to prevent instability and the yield acceleration of reinforced slopes are computed under seismic loading by applying the kinematic approach of limit analysis in conjunction with the pseudo-dynamic method for a wide range of soil cohesion, friction angle, dilation angle and horizontal and vertical seismic coefficients. Each parameter threatening the stability of the slope enhances the magnitude of the required reinforcement force and vice versa. Moreover, the yield acceleration increases with the increase in soil shear strength parameters but decreases with the increase in the slope angle. The comparison of the present work with some of the available solutions in the literatures shows a reasonable agreement.展开更多
Probabilistic analysis is a rational approach for engineering design because it provides more insight than traditional deterministic analysis. Probabilistic evaluation on seismic stability of three dimensional (3D) sl...Probabilistic analysis is a rational approach for engineering design because it provides more insight than traditional deterministic analysis. Probabilistic evaluation on seismic stability of three dimensional (3D) slopes is studied in this paper. The slope safety factor is computed by combining the kinematic approach of limit analysis using a three-dimensional rotational failure mechanism with the pseudo-dynamic approach. The variability of input parameters, including six pseudo-dynamic parameters and two soil shear strength parameters, are taken into account by means of Monte-Carlo Simulations (MCS) method. The influences of pseudo-dynamic input variables on the computed failure probabilities are investigated and discussed. It is shown that the obtained failure probabilities increase with the pseudo-dynamic input variables and the pseudo-dynamic approach gives more conservative failure probability estimates compared with the pseudo-static approach.展开更多
The evaluation of the seismic stability of an expanded municipal solid waste(MSW) landfill is very important in seismic prone zones.In this paper,the pseudo-dynamic method was used to calculate the average safety fact...The evaluation of the seismic stability of an expanded municipal solid waste(MSW) landfill is very important in seismic prone zones.In this paper,the pseudo-dynamic method was used to calculate the average safety factor for the expanded landfill with a trapezoidal berm based on under-berm failure conditions.Furthermore,the effects of the variation of parameters such as the amplification factor,seismic coefficient,height of berm,angle of back slope of berm,and depth of waste mass at the back slope on the seismic stability of the landfill were studied.The results indicated that the influences of the vertical seismic coefficient,height of berm,and angle of the back slope of the berm on the seismic stability of the landfill are weakened as the amplification factor increases,but the influence of the horizontal seismic coefficient on the seismic stability of the landfill is strengthened.On the other hand,a certain ratio of the height of the waste mass above the back slope to the depth of waste mass at the back slope,or the reasonable consideration of the magnitude of the amplification factor will be conducive to the seismic design of the landfill.In addition,the results obtained by the pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic methods were compared.展开更多
In order to investigate the stability problem of shield tunnel faces subjected to seismic loading,the pseudodynamic method(P-DM)was employed to analyze the seismic effect on the face.Two kinds of failure mechanisms of...In order to investigate the stability problem of shield tunnel faces subjected to seismic loading,the pseudodynamic method(P-DM)was employed to analyze the seismic effect on the face.Two kinds of failure mechanisms of active collapse and passive extrusion were considered,and a seismic reliability model of shield tunnel faces under multifailure mode was established.The limit analysis method and the response surface method(RSM)were used together to solve the reliability of shield tunnel faces subjected to seismic action.Comparing with existing results,the results of this work are effective.The effects of seismic load and rock mass strength on the collapse pressure,extrusion pressure and reliability index were discussed,and reasonable ranges of support pressure of shield tunnel faces under seismic action were presented.This method can provide a new idea for solving the shield thrust parameter under the seismic loading.展开更多
An attempt has been made to study the behavior of nailed vertical excavations in medium dense to dense cohesionless soil under seismic conditions using a pseudo-dynamic approach. The effect of several parameters such ...An attempt has been made to study the behavior of nailed vertical excavations in medium dense to dense cohesionless soil under seismic conditions using a pseudo-dynamic approach. The effect of several parameters such as angle of internal friction of soil （φ）, horizontal （kh） and vertical （kv） earthquake acceleration coefficients, amplification factor （fa）, length of nails （L）, angle of nail inclination （a） and vertical spacing of nails （S） on the stability of nailed vertical excavations has been explored. The limit equilibrium method along with a planar failure surface is used to derive the formulation involved with the pseudo-dynamic approach, considering axial pullout of the installed nails. A comparison of the pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic approaches has been established in order to explore the effectiveness of the pseudo-dynamic approach over pseudo-static analysis, since most of the seismic stability studies on nailed vertical excavations are based on the latter. The results are expressed in terms of the global factor of safety （FOS）. Seismic stability, i.e., the FOS of nailed vertical excavations is found to decrease with increase in the horizontal and vertical earthquake forces. The present values of FOS are compared with those available in the literature.展开更多
In order to evaluate the seismic stability of reinforced soil walls against bearing capacity failure,the seismic safety factor of reinforced soil walls was determined by using pseudo-dynamic method,and calculated by c...In order to evaluate the seismic stability of reinforced soil walls against bearing capacity failure,the seismic safety factor of reinforced soil walls was determined by using pseudo-dynamic method,and calculated by considering different parameters,such as horizontal and vertical seismic acceleration coefficients,ratio of reinforcement length to wall height,back fill friction angle,foundation soil friction angle,soil reinforcement interface friction angle and surcharge.The parametric study shows that the seismic safety factor increases by 24-fold when the foundation soil friction angle varies from 25°to 45°,and increases by 2-fold when the soil reinforcement interface friction angle varies from 0 to 30°.That is to say,the bigger values the foundation soil and/or soil reinforcement interface friction angles have,the safer the reinforced soil walls become in the seismic design.The results were also compared with those obtained from pseudo-static method.It is found that there is a higher value of the safety factor by the present work.展开更多
A new method was presented to determine the safety factor of wall stability against overturning based on pseudo-dynamic approach. In this time-dependent method, the actual dynamic effect with variation of time and pro...A new method was presented to determine the safety factor of wall stability against overturning based on pseudo-dynamic approach. In this time-dependent method, the actual dynamic effect with variation of time and propagation of shear and primary wave velocities through the backfills was considered. Planar failure surface was considered behind the retaining wall. The results were compared with those obtained from Mononobe-Okabe theory. It is found that there is a higher value of safety factor by the present dynamic analysis. The effects of wall inclination, wall friction angle, soil friction angle and horizontal and vertical seismic coefficients on the overturning stability of retaining wall were investigated. The parametric study shows that both horizontal and vertical seismic accelerations have decreasing effect on the overturning stability of retaining wall.展开更多
A retrofitting technology using precast steel reinforced concrete（PSRC） panels is developed to improve the seismic performance of old masonry buildings. The PSRC panels are built up as an external PSRC wall system s...A retrofitting technology using precast steel reinforced concrete（PSRC） panels is developed to improve the seismic performance of old masonry buildings. The PSRC panels are built up as an external PSRC wall system surrounding the existing masonry building. The PSRC walls are well connected to the existing masonry building, which provides enough confinement to effectively improve the ductility, strength, and stiffenss of old masonry structures. The PSRC panels are prefabricated in a factory, significantly reducing the situ work and associated construction time. To demonstrate the feasibility and mechanical effectivenss of the proposed retrofitting system, a full-scale five-story specimen was constructed. The retrofitting process was completed within five weeks with very limited indoor operation. The specimen was then tested in the lateral direction, which could potentially suffer sigifnicant damage in a large earthquake. The technical feasibility, construction workability, and seismic performance were thoroughly demonstrated by a full-scale specimen construction and pseudo-dynamic tests.展开更多
A pseudo-dynamic testing program was generated on a fabricated composite frame with steel plate shear walls （SPSWs） to study its seismic perlbrmance. The specimen was a three-storey single-bay frame, which was compo...A pseudo-dynamic testing program was generated on a fabricated composite frame with steel plate shear walls （SPSWs） to study its seismic perlbrmance. The specimen was a three-storey single-bay frame, which was composed of H- section steel columns and composite beams, and was assembled by bolted height-adjustable steel beam-to-column connections （BHA connections）. Beam-only-connected SPSWs were selected as lateral load resisting members. The specimen was subjected to four ground motions of progressively increasing intensity. The results showed that： （1） beam-only-connected S PSWs provided sufficient lateral load resistance, lateral stiffness, and energy dissipation capacity to the fabricated frame via the tension ficld action developed in their infill panels; （2） the fabricated frame, assembled by BHA connections, exhibited substantial redundancy and good ductility; （3） an undesirable failure mode of the fabricated frame, in huge earthquakes, included severe cracking in composite beams and block shear failure in SPSWs＇ connections; （4） the inter-storey shear force distribution determined by ASCE/SE1 7-10 was verified with experimental data.展开更多
In earthquake prone areas, understanding of the seismic passive earth resistance is very important for the design of different geotechnical earth retaining structures. In this study, the limit equilibrium method is us...In earthquake prone areas, understanding of the seismic passive earth resistance is very important for the design of different geotechnical earth retaining structures. In this study, the limit equilibrium method is used for estimation of critical seismic passive earth resistance for an inclined wall supporting horizontal cohesionless backfill. A composite failure surface is considered in the present analysis. Seismic forces are computed assuming the backfill soil as a viscoelastic material overlying a rigid stratum and the rigid stratum is subjected to a harmonic shaking. The present method satisfies the boundary conditions. The amplification of acceleration depends on the properties of the backfill soil and on the characteristics of the input motion. The acceleration distribution along the depth of the backfill is found to be nonlinear in nature. The present study shows that the horizontal and vertical acceleration distribution in the backfill soil is not always in-phase for the critical value of the seismic passive earth pressure coefficient. The effect of different parameters on the seismic passive earth pressure is studied in detail. A comparison of the present method with other theories is also presented, which shows the merits of the present study.展开更多
A method combining the pseudo-dynamic approach and discretization technique is carried out for computing the active earth pressure.Instead of using a presupposed failure mechanism,discretization technique is introduce...A method combining the pseudo-dynamic approach and discretization technique is carried out for computing the active earth pressure.Instead of using a presupposed failure mechanism,discretization technique is introduced to generate the potential failure surface,which is applicable to the case that soil strength parameters have spatial variability.For the purpose of analyzing the effect of earthquake,pseudo-dynamic approach is adopted to introduce the seismic forces,which can take into account the dynamic properties of seismic acceleration.A new type of micro-element is used to calculate the rate of work of external forces and the rate of internal energy dissipation.The analytical expression of seismic active earth pressure coefficient is deduced in the light of upper bound theorem and the corresponding upper bound solutions are obtained through numerical optimization.The method is validated by comparing the results of this paper with those reported in literatures.The parametric analysis is finally presented to further expound the effect of diverse parameters on active earth pressure under non-uniform soil.展开更多
Modem dynamic tests such as networked collaborative pseudo-dynamic testing （PDT） provide new tools to study the dynamic performance of large and complex structures. In this paper, several networked collaborative PDT...Modem dynamic tests such as networked collaborative pseudo-dynamic testing （PDT） provide new tools to study the dynamic performance of large and complex structures. In this paper, several networked collaborative PDT systems established in China and abroad are introduced, including a detailed description of the first networked collaborative platform that involved the construction of a standardized demonstration procedure for networked collaborative PDT. The example is a multi-span bridge with RC piers retrofitted by FRP, and a networked structural laboratory （NetSLab） platform is used to link distributed laboratories located at several universities together. Substructure technology is also used in the testing. The characteristics, resource sharing and collaborative work of NetSLab are described, and the results illustrate that use of the NetSLab is feasible for studying the dynamic performance of multi-span bridge structures.展开更多
A formula was derived for the computation of seismic active earth pressure behind retaining wall using pseudo-dynamic method.This formula considered the actual dynamic effect with variation of time and propagation of ...A formula was derived for the computation of seismic active earth pressure behind retaining wall using pseudo-dynamic method.This formula considered the actual dynamic effect with variation of time and propagation of shear and primary wave velocities through the soil backfills.The influence of tension crack in the top portion of the backfill under seismic loading was investigated.The effects of wall friction angle,soil friction angle,horizontal and vertical seismic coefficients on the seismic active force were also explored.The parametric study shows that the total seismic active force increases as horizontal seismic coefficient increases,while it decreases with the increase in vertical seismic coefficient,internal friction angle and unit cohesion.The seismic active force calculated by the proposed method is larger than that calculated by previous theory.展开更多
A new discretization technique is proposed for a three-dimensional(3D)tunnel face in weak strata with a random position in space.This method limits the angle,height,and thickness of the strata on the tunnel face.The o...A new discretization technique is proposed for a three-dimensional(3D)tunnel face in weak strata with a random position in space.This method limits the angle,height,and thickness of the strata on the tunnel face.The original whole piece of soil is separated by a series of parallel planes,and two parallel planes are used as a stratum.Each radial discrete plane is separated when it passes through the strata,and the change in the soil properties of discrete points on the truncated plane is considered separately inside the strata.Considering the spatial and temporal characteristics of seismic waves,a pseudo-dynamic analysis of the tunnel face is carried out.The tunnel face active damage types under earthquake conditions are quantitatively analyzed,and the corresponding support pressure design diagrams are given for the case without weak strata.For the case containing weak strata,the presence of weak strata can have adverse effects on the face.The failure mechanism of the weak strata is given by the discretization method.For different friction angles,the presence of the weak strata changes the friction angles of the soils.For the thickness,location and angle of the weak strata,the variation in the support pressure is given in this paper.To more intuitively depict the change in the failure mechanism in the presence of weak strata,the change in the failure mechanism under different thicknesses and weaknesses of weak strata is plotted.展开更多
Earthquake-induced slope failures are common occurrences in engineering practice and pre-stressed anchor cables are an effective technique in maintaining slope stability,especially in areas that are prone to earthquak...Earthquake-induced slope failures are common occurrences in engineering practice and pre-stressed anchor cables are an effective technique in maintaining slope stability,especially in areas that are prone to earthquakes.Furthermore,the soil at typical engineering sites also exhibit unsaturated features.Explicit considerations of these factors in slope stability estimations are crucial in producing accurate results.In this study,the seismic responses of expansive soil slopes stabilized by anchor cables is studied in the realm of kinematic limit analysis.A modified horizontal slice method is proposed to semi-analytically formulate the energy balance equation.An illustrative slope is studied to demonstrate the influences of suction,seismic excitations and anchor cables on the slope stability.The results indicate that the stabilizing effect of soil suction relates strongly to the seismic excitation and presents a sine shape as the seismic wave propagates.In higher and steeper slopes,the stabilizing effect of suction is more evident.The critical slip surface tends to be much more shallow as the seismic wave approaches the peak and vice versa.展开更多
Due to rainfall infiltration,groundwater activity,geological processes,and natural erosion,soil often exhibits heterogeneity and unsaturation.Additionally,seismic events can compromise slope stability.Existing analyti...Due to rainfall infiltration,groundwater activity,geological processes,and natural erosion,soil often exhibits heterogeneity and unsaturation.Additionally,seismic events can compromise slope stability.Existing analytical solutions typically consider a single failure mode,leading to inaccurate slope stability assessments.This study analyzes the impact of matric suction through three nonlinear shear strength models and adopts a heterogeneous soil model where cohesion linearly increases with depth.An improved pseudo-dynamic method is used to account for seismic effects.Based on a three-dimensional(3D)trumpet-shaped rotational failure mechanism,a new framework is established to analyze the stability of 3D two-bench slopes in heterogeneous unsaturated soil under seismic effects.The internal energy dissipation rate and external power at failure are calculated,and the gravity increase method is introduced to derive an explicit expression for the safety factor(F_(s)).The results are compared with previously published results,demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed method.Sensitivity analyses on different parameters are conducted,discussing the influence of various factors on F s.This study proposes a new formula for calculating the F_(s) of 3D two-bench slopes in heterogeneous unsaturated soil under seismic effects,providing a practical application for slope engineering.展开更多
In the past, the pseudo-static method used to be the most common for evaluating the stability of landslides under seismic loads, in which static forces acting on the center of gravity of a sliding body are used to con...In the past, the pseudo-static method used to be the most common for evaluating the stability of landslides under seismic loads, in which static forces acting on the center of gravity of a sliding body are used to consider the effects of earthquake. However, seismic loads of rock and soil differ from time and location to time and location. Obviously, it is irrational for the pseudo-static approach to be applied to solving dynamic problems. In this paper, a displacement- pseudo-dynamic model is proposed to assess seismic stability of landslides, in which the sinusoidal- cosinusoidal wave is applied to simulating earthquake displacement, and an ＂amplification factor＂ of peak seismic displacement is referred to as the amplification of seismic wave when it propagates from the bottom to the top of the landslide. The effects of physico-mechanical behaviors of a sliding body on seismic stability of soil slopes are taken into account as well as inertia forces and damping forces. The sensitivity analyses on the permanent displacement and the dynamic factor of safety of landslides are studied in detail. Moreover, a large-scale Tangjiashan landslide that occurred in Wenchuan earthquake is investigated to verify the robustness and precision of the present method. It is found that the results from the present method is in good agreement with those from the previous method.展开更多
基金funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42072303)the State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection Independent Research Project(Grant No.SKLGP2021Z004).
文摘Earthquakes contribute to the failure of anti-dip bedding rock slopes(ABRSs)in seismically active regions.The pseudo-static method is commonly employed to assess the ABRSs stability.However,simplifying seismic effects as static loads often underestimates rock slope stability.The development of a practical stability analysis approach for ABRSs,particularly in slope engineering design,is imperative.This study proposes a stability evaluation model for ABRSs,incorporating the viscoelastic properties of rock,to quantitatively assess the safety factor and failure surface under seismic conditions.The mathematical description of the pseudo-dynamic method,derived in this study,accounts for the viscoelastic properties of ABRSs and integrates the HoekeBrown failure criterion with the Kelvin-Voigt stress-strain relationship of rocks.Furthermore,to address concurrent translation-rotation failure in ABRSs,upper bound limit analysis is utilized to quantify the safety factor.Through a comparison with existing literature,the proposed method considers the effect of harmonic vibration on the stability of ABRSs.The obtained safety factor is lower than that of the quasi-static method,with the resulting percentage change exceeding 5%.The critical failure surface demonstrates superior positional accuracy compared to the Aydan and Adhikary basal planes,with minimal error observed between the physical model test and the numerical simulation test.The parameter sensitivity analysis reveals that the inclination of ABRSs exhibits the highest sensitivity(Sk)value across the three levels of horizontal seismic coefficient(kh).The study aims to devise an expeditious calculation approach for assessing the stability of ABRSs during seismic events,intending to offer theoretical guidance for their stability analysis.
基金Project([2018]3010)supported by the Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Major Project,China。
文摘To address the seismic face stability challenges encountered in urban and subsea tunnel construction,an efficient probabilistic analysis framework for shield tunnel faces under seismic conditions is proposed.Based on the upper-bound theory of limit analysis,an improved three-dimensional discrete deterministic mechanism,accounting for the heterogeneous nature of soil media,is formulated to evaluate seismic face stability.The metamodel of failure probabilistic assessments for seismic tunnel faces is constructed by integrating the sparse polynomial chaos expansion method(SPCE)with the modified pseudo-dynamic approach(MPD).The improved deterministic model is validated by comparing with published literature and numerical simulations results,and the SPCE-MPD metamodel is examined with the traditional MCS method.Based on the SPCE-MPD metamodels,the seismic effects on face failure probability and reliability index are presented and the global sensitivity analysis(GSA)is involved to reflect the influence order of seismic action parameters.Finally,the proposed approach is tested to be effective by a engineering case of the Chengdu outer ring tunnel.The results show that higher uncertainty of seismic response on face stability should be noticed in areas with intense earthquakes and variation of seismic wave velocity has the most profound influence on tunnel face stability.
文摘The conventional pseudo-dynamic(CPD)and modified pseudo-dynamic(MPD)methods are invoked to obtain the seismic bearing capacity of strip foundations using the limit equilibrium method,with a two-wedge failure mechanism.A spectral version of the conventional pseudo-dynamic method(SPD)is also invoked by considering the ground motion amplification factor,to be a function of the non-dimensional frequencyλ/B and soil damping.Numeric analyses show that bearing capacity results obtained by the MPD and SPD methods are generally consistent.Both experience the same general reduction in bearing capacity with the increase ofλ/B,with successive ups and downs corresponding to soil′s natural frequencies.For 5<λ/B<10,SPD and MPD results fluctuated between falling above and below CPD results.Forλ/B<2.5,SPD and MPD results were consistent with attenuation of the shear wave,while for 10<λ/B,amplification was exhibited.Results obtained by the CPD method monotonically decrease,due to the fact that CPD fails to inherently consider site effects and damping,and instead and relies on a single factor to consider the ground motion amplification.
文摘The required reinforcement force to prevent instability and the yield acceleration of reinforced slopes are computed under seismic loading by applying the kinematic approach of limit analysis in conjunction with the pseudo-dynamic method for a wide range of soil cohesion, friction angle, dilation angle and horizontal and vertical seismic coefficients. Each parameter threatening the stability of the slope enhances the magnitude of the required reinforcement force and vice versa. Moreover, the yield acceleration increases with the increase in soil shear strength parameters but decreases with the increase in the slope angle. The comparison of the present work with some of the available solutions in the literatures shows a reasonable agreement.
文摘Probabilistic analysis is a rational approach for engineering design because it provides more insight than traditional deterministic analysis. Probabilistic evaluation on seismic stability of three dimensional (3D) slopes is studied in this paper. The slope safety factor is computed by combining the kinematic approach of limit analysis using a three-dimensional rotational failure mechanism with the pseudo-dynamic approach. The variability of input parameters, including six pseudo-dynamic parameters and two soil shear strength parameters, are taken into account by means of Monte-Carlo Simulations (MCS) method. The influences of pseudo-dynamic input variables on the computed failure probabilities are investigated and discussed. It is shown that the obtained failure probabilities increase with the pseudo-dynamic input variables and the pseudo-dynamic approach gives more conservative failure probability estimates compared with the pseudo-static approach.
文摘The evaluation of the seismic stability of an expanded municipal solid waste(MSW) landfill is very important in seismic prone zones.In this paper,the pseudo-dynamic method was used to calculate the average safety factor for the expanded landfill with a trapezoidal berm based on under-berm failure conditions.Furthermore,the effects of the variation of parameters such as the amplification factor,seismic coefficient,height of berm,angle of back slope of berm,and depth of waste mass at the back slope on the seismic stability of the landfill were studied.The results indicated that the influences of the vertical seismic coefficient,height of berm,and angle of the back slope of the berm on the seismic stability of the landfill are weakened as the amplification factor increases,but the influence of the horizontal seismic coefficient on the seismic stability of the landfill is strengthened.On the other hand,a certain ratio of the height of the waste mass above the back slope to the depth of waste mass at the back slope,or the reasonable consideration of the magnitude of the amplification factor will be conducive to the seismic design of the landfill.In addition,the results obtained by the pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic methods were compared.
基金Projects(51804113,52074116)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2020M682563)supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation+1 种基金Project(19C0743)supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Hunan Provincial Education Department,ChinaProject(E52076)supported by the Science Foundation of Hunan University of Science and Technology,China。
文摘In order to investigate the stability problem of shield tunnel faces subjected to seismic loading,the pseudodynamic method(P-DM)was employed to analyze the seismic effect on the face.Two kinds of failure mechanisms of active collapse and passive extrusion were considered,and a seismic reliability model of shield tunnel faces under multifailure mode was established.The limit analysis method and the response surface method(RSM)were used together to solve the reliability of shield tunnel faces subjected to seismic action.Comparing with existing results,the results of this work are effective.The effects of seismic load and rock mass strength on the collapse pressure,extrusion pressure and reliability index were discussed,and reasonable ranges of support pressure of shield tunnel faces under seismic action were presented.This method can provide a new idea for solving the shield thrust parameter under the seismic loading.
文摘An attempt has been made to study the behavior of nailed vertical excavations in medium dense to dense cohesionless soil under seismic conditions using a pseudo-dynamic approach. The effect of several parameters such as angle of internal friction of soil （φ）, horizontal （kh） and vertical （kv） earthquake acceleration coefficients, amplification factor （fa）, length of nails （L）, angle of nail inclination （a） and vertical spacing of nails （S） on the stability of nailed vertical excavations has been explored. The limit equilibrium method along with a planar failure surface is used to derive the formulation involved with the pseudo-dynamic approach, considering axial pullout of the installed nails. A comparison of the pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic approaches has been established in order to explore the effectiveness of the pseudo-dynamic approach over pseudo-static analysis, since most of the seismic stability studies on nailed vertical excavations are based on the latter. The results are expressed in terms of the global factor of safety （FOS）. Seismic stability, i.e., the FOS of nailed vertical excavations is found to decrease with increase in the horizontal and vertical earthquake forces. The present values of FOS are compared with those available in the literature.
文摘In order to evaluate the seismic stability of reinforced soil walls against bearing capacity failure,the seismic safety factor of reinforced soil walls was determined by using pseudo-dynamic method,and calculated by considering different parameters,such as horizontal and vertical seismic acceleration coefficients,ratio of reinforcement length to wall height,back fill friction angle,foundation soil friction angle,soil reinforcement interface friction angle and surcharge.The parametric study shows that the seismic safety factor increases by 24-fold when the foundation soil friction angle varies from 25°to 45°,and increases by 2-fold when the soil reinforcement interface friction angle varies from 0 to 30°.That is to say,the bigger values the foundation soil and/or soil reinforcement interface friction angles have,the safer the reinforced soil walls become in the seismic design.The results were also compared with those obtained from pseudo-static method.It is found that there is a higher value of the safety factor by the present work.
基金Project(50879077) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘A new method was presented to determine the safety factor of wall stability against overturning based on pseudo-dynamic approach. In this time-dependent method, the actual dynamic effect with variation of time and propagation of shear and primary wave velocities through the backfills was considered. Planar failure surface was considered behind the retaining wall. The results were compared with those obtained from Mononobe-Okabe theory. It is found that there is a higher value of safety factor by the present dynamic analysis. The effects of wall inclination, wall friction angle, soil friction angle and horizontal and vertical seismic coefficients on the overturning stability of retaining wall were investigated. The parametric study shows that both horizontal and vertical seismic accelerations have decreasing effect on the overturning stability of retaining wall.
基金Scientific Research Fund of Institute of Engineering Mechanics,CEA under Grant No.2016A06International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China under Grant No.2014DFA70950National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.51378478,51161120360
文摘A retrofitting technology using precast steel reinforced concrete（PSRC） panels is developed to improve the seismic performance of old masonry buildings. The PSRC panels are built up as an external PSRC wall system surrounding the existing masonry building. The PSRC walls are well connected to the existing masonry building, which provides enough confinement to effectively improve the ductility, strength, and stiffenss of old masonry structures. The PSRC panels are prefabricated in a factory, significantly reducing the situ work and associated construction time. To demonstrate the feasibility and mechanical effectivenss of the proposed retrofitting system, a full-scale five-story specimen was constructed. The retrofitting process was completed within five weeks with very limited indoor operation. The specimen was then tested in the lateral direction, which could potentially suffer sigifnicant damage in a large earthquake. The technical feasibility, construction workability, and seismic performance were thoroughly demonstrated by a full-scale specimen construction and pseudo-dynamic tests.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 51378147）
文摘A pseudo-dynamic testing program was generated on a fabricated composite frame with steel plate shear walls （SPSWs） to study its seismic perlbrmance. The specimen was a three-storey single-bay frame, which was composed of H- section steel columns and composite beams, and was assembled by bolted height-adjustable steel beam-to-column connections （BHA connections）. Beam-only-connected SPSWs were selected as lateral load resisting members. The specimen was subjected to four ground motions of progressively increasing intensity. The results showed that： （1） beam-only-connected S PSWs provided sufficient lateral load resistance, lateral stiffness, and energy dissipation capacity to the fabricated frame via the tension ficld action developed in their infill panels; （2） the fabricated frame, assembled by BHA connections, exhibited substantial redundancy and good ductility; （3） an undesirable failure mode of the fabricated frame, in huge earthquakes, included severe cracking in composite beams and block shear failure in SPSWs＇ connections; （4） the inter-storey shear force distribution determined by ASCE/SE1 7-10 was verified with experimental data.
文摘In earthquake prone areas, understanding of the seismic passive earth resistance is very important for the design of different geotechnical earth retaining structures. In this study, the limit equilibrium method is used for estimation of critical seismic passive earth resistance for an inclined wall supporting horizontal cohesionless backfill. A composite failure surface is considered in the present analysis. Seismic forces are computed assuming the backfill soil as a viscoelastic material overlying a rigid stratum and the rigid stratum is subjected to a harmonic shaking. The present method satisfies the boundary conditions. The amplification of acceleration depends on the properties of the backfill soil and on the characteristics of the input motion. The acceleration distribution along the depth of the backfill is found to be nonlinear in nature. The present study shows that the horizontal and vertical acceleration distribution in the backfill soil is not always in-phase for the critical value of the seismic passive earth pressure coefficient. The effect of different parameters on the seismic passive earth pressure is studied in detail. A comparison of the present method with other theories is also presented, which shows the merits of the present study.
基金Projects(51908557,51378510)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China。
文摘A method combining the pseudo-dynamic approach and discretization technique is carried out for computing the active earth pressure.Instead of using a presupposed failure mechanism,discretization technique is introduced to generate the potential failure surface,which is applicable to the case that soil strength parameters have spatial variability.For the purpose of analyzing the effect of earthquake,pseudo-dynamic approach is adopted to introduce the seismic forces,which can take into account the dynamic properties of seismic acceleration.A new type of micro-element is used to calculate the rate of work of external forces and the rate of internal energy dissipation.The analytical expression of seismic active earth pressure coefficient is deduced in the light of upper bound theorem and the corresponding upper bound solutions are obtained through numerical optimization.The method is validated by comparing the results of this paper with those reported in literatures.The parametric analysis is finally presented to further expound the effect of diverse parameters on active earth pressure under non-uniform soil.
基金The Key Project of the Major Research Plan of Natural Science Foundation of China Under Grant No.90715036the Key Project of the Natural Science Foundation of China Under Grant No.50338020
文摘Modem dynamic tests such as networked collaborative pseudo-dynamic testing （PDT） provide new tools to study the dynamic performance of large and complex structures. In this paper, several networked collaborative PDT systems established in China and abroad are introduced, including a detailed description of the first networked collaborative platform that involved the construction of a standardized demonstration procedure for networked collaborative PDT. The example is a multi-span bridge with RC piers retrofitted by FRP, and a networked structural laboratory （NetSLab） platform is used to link distributed laboratories located at several universities together. Substructure technology is also used in the testing. The characteristics, resource sharing and collaborative work of NetSLab are described, and the results illustrate that use of the NetSLab is feasible for studying the dynamic performance of multi-span bridge structures.
基金Project(50879077)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘A formula was derived for the computation of seismic active earth pressure behind retaining wall using pseudo-dynamic method.This formula considered the actual dynamic effect with variation of time and propagation of shear and primary wave velocities through the soil backfills.The influence of tension crack in the top portion of the backfill under seismic loading was investigated.The effects of wall friction angle,soil friction angle,horizontal and vertical seismic coefficients on the seismic active force were also explored.The parametric study shows that the total seismic active force increases as horizontal seismic coefficient increases,while it decreases with the increase in vertical seismic coefficient,internal friction angle and unit cohesion.The seismic active force calculated by the proposed method is larger than that calculated by previous theory.
基金This study is supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University,China(Grant No.2022ZZTS0696)。
文摘A new discretization technique is proposed for a three-dimensional(3D)tunnel face in weak strata with a random position in space.This method limits the angle,height,and thickness of the strata on the tunnel face.The original whole piece of soil is separated by a series of parallel planes,and two parallel planes are used as a stratum.Each radial discrete plane is separated when it passes through the strata,and the change in the soil properties of discrete points on the truncated plane is considered separately inside the strata.Considering the spatial and temporal characteristics of seismic waves,a pseudo-dynamic analysis of the tunnel face is carried out.The tunnel face active damage types under earthquake conditions are quantitatively analyzed,and the corresponding support pressure design diagrams are given for the case without weak strata.For the case containing weak strata,the presence of weak strata can have adverse effects on the face.The failure mechanism of the weak strata is given by the discretization method.For different friction angles,the presence of the weak strata changes the friction angles of the soils.For the thickness,location and angle of the weak strata,the variation in the support pressure is given in this paper.To more intuitively depict the change in the failure mechanism in the presence of weak strata,the change in the failure mechanism under different thicknesses and weaknesses of weak strata is plotted.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.52208345,52008124,52268054the Opening Fund of State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection under Grant No.SKLGP2022K002+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province under Grant No.BK20210479the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No.JUSRP121055。
文摘Earthquake-induced slope failures are common occurrences in engineering practice and pre-stressed anchor cables are an effective technique in maintaining slope stability,especially in areas that are prone to earthquakes.Furthermore,the soil at typical engineering sites also exhibit unsaturated features.Explicit considerations of these factors in slope stability estimations are crucial in producing accurate results.In this study,the seismic responses of expansive soil slopes stabilized by anchor cables is studied in the realm of kinematic limit analysis.A modified horizontal slice method is proposed to semi-analytically formulate the energy balance equation.An illustrative slope is studied to demonstrate the influences of suction,seismic excitations and anchor cables on the slope stability.The results indicate that the stabilizing effect of soil suction relates strongly to the seismic excitation and presents a sine shape as the seismic wave propagates.In higher and steeper slopes,the stabilizing effect of suction is more evident.The critical slip surface tends to be much more shallow as the seismic wave approaches the peak and vice versa.
基金Project(51378510)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China。
文摘Due to rainfall infiltration,groundwater activity,geological processes,and natural erosion,soil often exhibits heterogeneity and unsaturation.Additionally,seismic events can compromise slope stability.Existing analytical solutions typically consider a single failure mode,leading to inaccurate slope stability assessments.This study analyzes the impact of matric suction through three nonlinear shear strength models and adopts a heterogeneous soil model where cohesion linearly increases with depth.An improved pseudo-dynamic method is used to account for seismic effects.Based on a three-dimensional(3D)trumpet-shaped rotational failure mechanism,a new framework is established to analyze the stability of 3D two-bench slopes in heterogeneous unsaturated soil under seismic effects.The internal energy dissipation rate and external power at failure are calculated,and the gravity increase method is introduced to derive an explicit expression for the safety factor(F_(s)).The results are compared with previously published results,demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed method.Sensitivity analyses on different parameters are conducted,discussing the influence of various factors on F s.This study proposes a new formula for calculating the F_(s) of 3D two-bench slopes in heterogeneous unsaturated soil under seismic effects,providing a practical application for slope engineering.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51325903 and 51279218)Natural Science Foundation Project of CQ CSTC(Nos.CSTC2013KJRC-1JCCJ30001 and CSTC2015jcyjys30001)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.CDJXS12201108)
文摘In the past, the pseudo-static method used to be the most common for evaluating the stability of landslides under seismic loads, in which static forces acting on the center of gravity of a sliding body are used to consider the effects of earthquake. However, seismic loads of rock and soil differ from time and location to time and location. Obviously, it is irrational for the pseudo-static approach to be applied to solving dynamic problems. In this paper, a displacement- pseudo-dynamic model is proposed to assess seismic stability of landslides, in which the sinusoidal- cosinusoidal wave is applied to simulating earthquake displacement, and an ＂amplification factor＂ of peak seismic displacement is referred to as the amplification of seismic wave when it propagates from the bottom to the top of the landslide. The effects of physico-mechanical behaviors of a sliding body on seismic stability of soil slopes are taken into account as well as inertia forces and damping forces. The sensitivity analyses on the permanent displacement and the dynamic factor of safety of landslides are studied in detail. Moreover, a large-scale Tangjiashan landslide that occurred in Wenchuan earthquake is investigated to verify the robustness and precision of the present method. It is found that the results from the present method is in good agreement with those from the previous method.
