Constitutive Model for 1-D Cyclic Soil Behaviour Applied to Seismic Analysis of Layered Deposits

• Published in: SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 147 - 159
• Main Authors: Gerolymos, Nikos, Gazetas, George
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Elsevier B.V 01.06.2005; The Japanese Geotechnical Society; Japanese Geotechnical Society
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Buildings. Public works; Computation methods. Tables. Charts; cyclic loading; damping; Exact sciences and technology; Geotechnics; nonlinear ground response; Port Island array; shear modulus; soft clay seismic response; Soil mechanics. Rocks mechanics; soil model (IGC: D7/E8/E13); Structural analysis. Stresses; Structure-soil interaction; Asia; Japan; shear modulus; soil model (IGC: D7/E8/E13); nonlinear ground response; soft clay seismic response; cyclic loading; damping; Port Island array; Damping; Constitutive equation; Dynamic response; Clay; Earthquake engineering; Shear modulus; Stress strain relation; Nonlinear analysis; Soft soil; Soil mechanics; Seismic analysis; Earthquakes; Cyclic load; Numerical simulation; soil model

A phenomenological constitutive model, 'BWGG', is developed for the non-linear one-dimensional ground response analysis of layered sites. The model reproduces the nonlinear hysteretic behaviour of a variety of soils, and possesses considerable flexibility to represent complex patterns of c...