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Ciancimino Andrea Anastasopoulos Ioannis Foti Sebastiano Gajo Alessandro 《Acta Geotechnica》2022,17(9):3697-3717
Foundation scour can have a detrimental effect on the performance of bridge piers, inducing a significant reduction of the lateral capacity of the footing and accumulation of permanent settlement and rotation. Although the hydraulic processes responsible for foundation scour are nowadays well known, predicting their mechanical consequences is still challenging. Indeed, its impact on the failure mechanisms developing around the foundation has not been fully investigated. In this paper, numerical simulations are performed to study the vertical and lateral response of a scoured bridge pier founded on a cylindrical caisson foundation embedded in a layer of dense sand. The sand stress–strain behaviour is reproduced by employing the Severn-Trent model. The constitutive model is firstly calibrated on a set of soil element tests, including drained and undrained monotonic triaxial tests and resonant column tests. The calibration procedure is implemented considering the stress and strain nonuniformities within the samples, by simulating the laboratory tests as boundary value problems. The numerical model is then validated against the results of centrifuge tests. The results of the simulations are in good agreement with the experimental results in terms of foundation capacity and settlement accumulation. Moreover, the model can predict the effects of local and general scour. The numerical analyses also highlight the impact of scouring on the failure mechanisms, revealing that the soil resistance depends on the hydraulic scenario.
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Soil failure can be used for seismic protection of structures 总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0
I. Anastasopoulos G. Gazetas M. Loli M. Apostolou N. Gerolymos 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2010,8(2):309-326
A new seismic design philosophy is illuminated, taking advantage of soil “failure” to protect the superstructure. Instead of over-designing the foundation to ensure that the loading stemming from the structural inertia can be “safely” transmitted onto the soil (as with conventional capacity design), and then reinforce the superstructure to avoid collapse, why not do exactly the opposite by intentionally under-designing the foundation to act as a “safety valve” ? The need for this “reversal” stems from the uncertainty in predicting the actual earthquake motion, and the necessity of developing new more rational and economically efficient earthquake protection solutions. A simple but realistic bridge structure is used as an example to illustrate the effectiveness of the new approach. Two alternatives are compared : one complying with conventional capacity design, with over-designed foundation so that plastic “hinging” develops in the superstructure; the other following the new design philosophy, with under-designed foundation, “inviting” the plastic “hinge” into the soil. Static “pushover” analyses reveal that the ductility capacity of the new design concept is an order of magnitude larger than of the conventional design: the advantage of “utilising” progressive soil failure. The seismic performance of the two alternatives is investigated through nonlinear dynamic time history analyses, using an ensemble of 29 real accelerograms. It is shown that the performance of both alternatives is totally acceptable for moderate intensity earthquakes, not exceeding the design limits. For large intensity earthquakes, exceeding the design limits, the performance of the new design scheme is proven advantageous, not only avoiding collapse but hardly suffering any inelastic structural deformation. It may however experience increased residual settlement and rotation: a price to pay that must be properly assessed in design. 相似文献
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Tunnels are believed to be rather “insensitive” to earthquakes. Although a number of case histories seem to favor such an argument, failures and collapses of underground
structures in the earthquakes of Kobe (1995), Düzce–Bolu (1999), and Taiwan (1999) have shown that there are exceptions to
this “rule”. Among them: the case of tunnels crossed by fault rupture. This paper presents the analysis and design of two highway cut-and-cover
tunnels in Greece against large tectonic dislocation from a normal fault. The analysis, conducted with finite elements, places
particular emphasis on realistically modeling the tunnel-soil interface. Soil behavior is modeled thorough an elastoplastic
constitutive model with isotropic strain softening, which has been extensively validated through successful predictions of
centrifuge model tests. A primary conclusion emerging from the paper is that the design of cut-and-cover structures against
large tectonic deformation is quite feasible. It is shown that the rupture path is strongly affected by the presence of the
tunnel, leading to development of beneficial stress-relieving phenomena such as diversion, bifurcation, and diffusion. The
tunnel may be subjected either to hogging deformation when the rupture emerges close to its hanging-wall edge, or to sagging deformation when the rupture is near its footwall edge. Paradoxically, the maximum stressing is not always attained with
the maximum imposed dislocation. Therefore, the design should be performed on the basis of design envelopes of the internal
forces, with respect to the location of the fault rupture and the magnitude of dislocation. Although this study was prompted by the needs of a specific project, the method of analysis,
the design concepts, and many of the conclusions are sufficiently general to merit wider application. 相似文献
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Meysam Fadaee I. Anastasopoulos G. Gazetas M.K. Jafari M. Kamalian 《地震工程与工程振动(英文版)》2013,12(3):473-486
When seismic thrust faults emerge on the ground surface,they are particularly damaging to buildings,bridges and lifelines that lie on the rupture path.To protect a structure founded on a rigid raft,a thick diaphragm-type soil bentonite wall(SBW) is installed in front of and near the foundation,at sufficient depth to intercept the propagating fault rupture.Extensive numerical analyses,verified against reduced–scale(1 g) split box physical model tests,reveal that such a wall,thanks to its high deformability and low shear resistance,"absorbs" the compressive thrust of the fault and forces the rupture to deviate upwards along its length.As a consequence,the foundation is left essentially intact.The effectiveness of SBW is demonstrated to depend on the exact location of the emerging fault and the magnitude of the fault offset.When the latter is large,the unprotected foundation experiences intolerable rigid-body rotation even if the foundation structural distress is not substantial. 相似文献
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Behaviour of deep immersed tunnel under combined normal fault rupture deformation and subsequent seismic shaking 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Ioannis Anastasopoulos Nikos Gerolymos Vasileios Drosos Takis Georgarakos Rallis Kourkoulis George Gazetas 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2008,6(2):213-239
Immersed tunnels are particularly sensitive to tensile and compressive deformations such as those imposed by a normal seismogenic
fault rupturing underneath, and those generated by the dynamic response due to seismic waves. The paper investigates the response
of a future 70 m deep immersed tunnel to the consecutive action of a major normal fault rupturing in an earthquake occurring
in the basement rock underneath the tunnel, and a subsequent strong excitation from a different large-magnitude seismic event
that may occur years later. Non-linear finite elements model the quasi-static fault rupture propagation through the thick
soil deposit overlying the bedrock and the ensuing interaction of the rupture with the immersed tunnel. It is shown that despite
imposed bedrock offset of 2 m, net tension or excessive compression between tunnel segments could be avoided with a suitable
design of the joint gaskets. Then, the already deformed (“injured”) structure is subjected to strong asynchronous seismic
shaking. The thick-walled tunnel is modelled as a 3-D massive flexural beam connected to the soil through properly-calibrated
nonlinear interaction springs and dashpots, the supports of which are subjected to the free-field acceleration time histories.
The latter, obtained with 1-D wave propagation analysis, are then modified to account for wave passage effects. The joints between tunnel segments are modeled with special non-linear hyper-elastic elements, properly accounting
for their 7-bar longitudinal hydrostatic pre-stressing. Sliding is captured with special gap elements. The effect of segment
length and joint properties is explored parametrically. A fascinating conclusion emerges in all analysed cases for the joints
between segments that were differentially deformed after the quasi-static fault rupture: upon subsequent very strong seismic
shaking, overstressed joints de-compress and understressed joints re-compress—a “healing” process that leads to a more uniform
deformation profile along the tunnel. This is particularly beneficial for the precariously de-compressed joint gaskets. Hence,
the safety of the immersed tunnel improves with “subsequent” strong seismic shaking! 相似文献
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This is the second paper of two, which describe the results of an integrated research effort to develop a four-step simplified approach for design of raft foundations against dip-slip （normal and thrust） fault rupture. The first two steps dealing with fault rupture propagation in the free-field were presented in the companion paper. This paper develops an approximate analytical method to analyze soil-foundation-structure interaction （SFSI）, involving two additional phenomena： （i） fault rupture diversion （Step 3）; and （ii） modification of the vertical displacement profile （Step 4）. For the first phenomenon （Step 3）, an approximate energy-based approach is developed to estimate the diversion of a fault rupture due to presence of a raft foundation. The normalized critical load for complete diversion is shown to be a function of soil strength, coefficient of earth pressure at rest, bedrock depth, and the horizontal position of the foundation relative to the outcropping fault rupture. For the second phenomenon （Step 4）, a heuristic approach is proposed, which ＂scans＂ through possible equilibrium positions to detect the one that best satisfies force and moment equilibrium. Thus, we account for the strong geometric nonlinearities that govern this interaction, such as uplifting and second order （P-△） effects. Comparisons with centrifuge-validated finite element analyses demonstrate the efficacy of the method. Its simplicity makes possible its utilization for preliminary design. 相似文献
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Over the past few decades, earthquake engineering research mainly focused on the effects of strong seismicshaking. After the 1999 earthquakes in Turkey and Taiwan, and thanks to numerous cases where fault rupture causedsubstantial damage to structures, the importance of faulting-induced deformation has re-emerged. This paper, along withits companion (Part Ⅱ), exploits parametric results of finite element analyses and centrifuge model testing in developing afour-step semi-analytical approach for analysis of dip-slip (normal and thrust) fault rupture propagation through sand, itsemergence on the ground surface, and its interaction with raft foundations. The present paper (Part Ⅰ) focuses on the effectsof faulting in the absence of a structure (i.e., in the free-field). The semi-analytical approach comprises two-steps: the firstdeals with the rupture path and the estimation of the location of fault outcropping, and the second with the tectonically-induced displacement profile at the ground surface. In both cases, simple mechanical analogues are used to derive simplifiedsemi-analytical expressions. Centrifuge model test data, in combination with parametric results from nonlinear finite elementanalyses, are utilized for model calibration. The derived semi-analytical expressions are shown to compare reasonably wellwith more rigorous experimental and theoretical data, thus providing a useful tool for a first estimation of near-fault seismichazard. 相似文献
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This paper explores the effectiveness of a new approach to foundation seismic design. Instead of the present practice of over‐design, the foundations are intentionally under‐dimensioned so as to uplift and mobilize the strength of the supporting (stiff) soil, in the hope that they will thus act as a rocking–isolation mechanism, limiting the inertia transmitted to the superstructure, and guiding plastic ‘hinging’ into soil and the foundation–soil interface. An idealized simple but realistic one‐bay two‐story reinforced concrete moment resisting frame serves as an example to compare the two alternatives. The problem is analyzed employing the finite element method, taking account of material (soil and superstructure) and geometric (uplifting and P–Δ effects) nonlinearities. The response is first investigated through static pushover analysis. It is shown that the axial forces N acting on the footings and the moment to shear (M/Q) ratio fluctuate substantially during shaking, leading to significant changes in footing moment‐rotation response. The seismic performance is explored through dynamic time history analyses, using a wide range of unscaled seismic records as excitation. It is shown that although the performance of both alternatives is acceptable for moderate seismic shaking, for very strong seismic shaking exceeding the design, the performance of the rocking‐isolated system is advantageous: it survives with no damage to the columns, sustaining non‐negligible but repairable damage to its beams and non‐structural elements (infill walls, etc.). Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Marianna Loli Jonathan A. Knappett Michael J. Brown Ioannis Anastasopoulos George Gazetas 《地震工程与结构动力学》2014,43(15):2341-2359
Experimental proof is provided of an unconventional seismic design concept, which is based on deliberately underdesigning shallow foundations to promote intense rocking oscillations and thereby to dramatically improve the seismic resilience of structures. Termed rocking isolation, this new seismic design philosophy is investigated through a series of dynamic centrifuge experiments on properly scaled models of a modern reinforced concrete (RC) bridge pier. The experimental method reproduces the nonlinear and inelastic response of both the soil‐footing interface and the structure. To this end, a novel scale model RC (1:50 scale) that simulates reasonably well the elastic response and the failure of prototype RC elements is utilized, along with realistic representation of the soil behavior in a geotechnical centrifuge. A variety of seismic ground motions are considered as excitations. They result in consistent demonstrably beneficial performance of the rocking‐isolated pier in comparison with the one designed conventionally. Seismic demand is reduced in terms of both inertial load and deck drift. Furthermore, foundation uplifting has a self‐centering potential, whereas soil yielding is shown to provide a particularly effective energy dissipation mechanism, exhibiting significant resistance to cumulative damage. Thanks to such mechanisms, the rocking pier survived, with no signs of structural distress, a deleterious sequence of seismic motions that caused collapse of the conventionally designed pier. © 2014 The Authors Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 相似文献