Global Methodology for Soil Behavior Identification and its Application to the Study of Site Effects
Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
29 Mar 2001, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Abstract
Though it is now admitted that non-linear modeling of soil behavior is necessary to represent some important aspects of the soil response under strong ground motion (for example, irreversible settlements and pore-pressure build-up), the elastoplastic models are not yet used in the everyday design processes. One of the obstacles is the difficulty to identify the models’ parameters. A methodology to identify the soil mechanical parameters is presented and applied to an elastoplastic model. The strategy is based on the use of minimum physical and easily measurable parameters. The key parameter necessary for characterizing the clay is its Liquidity Limit, while for the sand, the grain size distribution plays an important role. Once the methodology presented and validated comparing the response of the model’s response with the available data from the literature, the methodology is used to study the seismic response of the Mexico site.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2001 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Modaressi, A. and López-Caballero, F., "Global Methodology for Soil Behavior Identification and its Application to the Study of Site Effects" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 7.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session01/7
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Global Methodology for Soil Behavior Identification and its Application to the Study of Site Effects
San Diego, California
Though it is now admitted that non-linear modeling of soil behavior is necessary to represent some important aspects of the soil response under strong ground motion (for example, irreversible settlements and pore-pressure build-up), the elastoplastic models are not yet used in the everyday design processes. One of the obstacles is the difficulty to identify the models’ parameters. A methodology to identify the soil mechanical parameters is presented and applied to an elastoplastic model. The strategy is based on the use of minimum physical and easily measurable parameters. The key parameter necessary for characterizing the clay is its Liquidity Limit, while for the sand, the grain size distribution plays an important role. Once the methodology presented and validated comparing the response of the model’s response with the available data from the literature, the methodology is used to study the seismic response of the Mexico site.
