Reduction of peak ground velocity by nonlinear soil response – II:excitation by a P-wave pulse

Gicev, Vlado and Trifunac, Mihailo and Todorova, Marija (2021) Reduction of peak ground velocity by nonlinear soil response – II:excitation by a P-wave pulse. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-021-2054-3, 20. pp. 823-841.

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Abstract

We study the reduction of peak velocity on the ground surface of a soil valley caused by loss of wave energy
by large nonlinear strains and strain localization inside the valley, for excitation by a half-sine P-wave pulse. This study is a follow up to our previous study of out of plane response for excitation by an SH-pulse. In this paper, we consider the inplane response, and assume that the soil material does not support tension, but the normal stress at a point in the soil can be compression (negative) or zero. A point in the soil with zero stress behaves as a stress-free point, it does not transmit normal stress and appears as a crack point. Because of this, along with the nonlinear response associated with compression and shear,
the in-plane response in this study is more complex than that of the out-of-plane SH response. We study the interplay of two opposing eff ects: (i) jump in impedance from a higher value (half-space) to a lower value (valley), which amplifi es the linear motions at the free surface of the valley, and (ii) the occurrence of nonlinear zones in the valley, which reduce the motion at the valley surface.

Item Type: Article
Impact Factor Value: 2.138
Subjects: Engineering and Technology > Civil engineering
Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences
Engineering and Technology > Other engineering and technologies
Divisions: Faculty of Computer Science
Depositing User: Mirjana Kocaleva Vitanova
Date Deposited: 15 Oct 2021 10:03
Last Modified: 15 Oct 2021 10:03
URI: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/28577

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