Nonlinear seismic soil–pile–structure interactions: Shaking table tests and FEM analyses

• Published in: Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering (1984) Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 300 - 310
• Main Authors: Chau, K.T., Shen, C.Y., Guo, X.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Earthquakes, seismology; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Engineering geology; Exact sciences and technology; Finite element analyses; Internal geophysics; Natural hazards: prediction, damages, etc; Shake table; Soil–pile–structure interaction; Shake table; Soil–pile–structure interaction; Finite element analyses; concrete; experimental studies; fissures; steel; damage; models; density; finite element analysis; earthquakes; structure soil interaction; shaking table; acceleration; sand; piles; soils; seismic waves; Soil-pile-structure interaction

In this paper, a soil–pile–structure model is tested on a shaking table subject to both a sinusoidal wave and the acceleration time history of the scaled 1940 El Centro earthquake. A medium-size river sand is compacted into a 1.7-m-high laminar rectangular tank to form a loose fill with a relative d...