Numerical analysis of kinematic soil-pile interaction

Journal Article · Tue Jul 08 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2963892· OSTI ID:21149032

Castelli, Francesco; Maugeri, Michele ^[1]; Mylonakis, George ^[2]

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1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria no. 6, 95125, Catania (Italy)
2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Rio GR-26500, Patras (Greece)

In the present study, the response of singles pile to kinematic seismic loading is investigated using the computer program SAP2000. The objectives of the study are: (1) to develop a numerical model that can realistically simulate kinematic soil-structure interaction for piles accounting for discontinuity conditions at the pile-soil interface, energy dissipation and wave propagation; (2) to use the model for evaluating kinematic interaction effects on pile response as function of input ground motion; and (3) to present a case study in which theoretical predictions are compared with results obtained from other formulations. To evaluate the effects of kinematic loading, the responses of both the free-field soil (with no piles) and the pile were compared. Time history and static pushover analyses were conducted to estimate the displacement and kinematic pile bending under seismic loadings.

• OSTI ID: 21149032
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1020; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

58 GEOSCIENCES
ACCOUNTING
BENDING
COMPUTER CODES
COOLING
ENERGY LOSSES
FORECASTING
FOUNDATIONS
GROUND MOTION
LOADING
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
SEISMOLOGY
SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS
SOILS
WAVE PROPAGATION