Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
30 Mar 2001, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Abstract
Steady state vertical vibration tests were conducted on test blocks measuring 1.5m x 0.75m x 0.7 m and 3m x 1.5m x 0.7m resting on ground surface. The amplitudes of vibration the blocks were measured at different frequencies. Dynamic shear modulus of the soil at site was also determined by conducting in-situ tests. The natural frequencies and amplitudes of vibration were calculated by (i) elastic half space method and (ii) impedance function method. A comparison was then made of the observed and the computed values natural frequencies and the vibration amplitudes. The data obtained shows that for this case the natural frequencies could be reasonably predicted by either of these methods. The observed and computed amplitude however showed a wide scatter. Further details are given in the paper.
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
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Puri, Vijay K. and Das, Braja M., "Vertical Vibrations of Block Foundations" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 17.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session02/17
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Vertical Vibrations of Block Foundations
San Diego, California
Steady state vertical vibration tests were conducted on test blocks measuring 1.5m x 0.75m x 0.7 m and 3m x 1.5m x 0.7m resting on ground surface. The amplitudes of vibration the blocks were measured at different frequencies. Dynamic shear modulus of the soil at site was also determined by conducting in-situ tests. The natural frequencies and amplitudes of vibration were calculated by (i) elastic half space method and (ii) impedance function method. A comparison was then made of the observed and the computed values natural frequencies and the vibration amplitudes. The data obtained shows that for this case the natural frequencies could be reasonably predicted by either of these methods. The observed and computed amplitude however showed a wide scatter. Further details are given in the paper.
