Strain-threshold- and frequency-dependent seismic simulation of nonlinear soils

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摘要 Aone-dimensionalequivalentlinearmethod(EQL)iswidelyusedinestimatingseismicgroundresponse.Forthismethod,theshearmodulusanddampingratioofinelasticsoilaresupposedtobefrequencyindependent.However,historicalearthquakerecordsandlaboratorytestresultsindicatethatnonlinearsoilbehaviorisfrequencydependent.Severalfrequency-dependentequivalentlinearmethods(FDEQL)relatedtotheFourieramplitudeofshearstraintimehistoryhavebeendevelopedtotakeintoaccountthefrequency-dependentsoilbehavior.Furthermore,theshearstrainthresholdplaysanimportantroleinsoilbehavior.Forshearstrainsbelowtheelasticshearstrainthreshold,soilbehavesessentiallyasalinearelasticmaterial.Toconsidertheeffectofelastic-shear-strain-thresholdandfrequency-dependentsoilbehavioronwavepropagation,theshear-strain-threshold-andfrequency-dependentequivalentlinearmethod(TFDEQL)isproposed.AseriesofanalysesisimplementedforEQL,FDEQL,andTFDEQLmethods.Resultsshowthatelastic-shear-strain-thresholdandfrequency-dependentsoilbehaviorplaysagreatinfluenceonthecomputedsiteresponse,especiallyforthehighfrequencyband.Also,theeffectofelastic-strain-thresholdandfrequency-dependentsoilbehavioronthesiteresponseisanalyzedfromrelativelyweaktostronginputmotion,andresultsshowthattheeffectismorepronouncedasinputmotiongoesfromweaktostrong.
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出处 《地震学报:英文版》 2014年6期
出版日期 2014年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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