Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
30 Mar 2001, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Abstract
This paper deals with the numerical modelling of free field traffic induced vibrations during the passage of a vehicle on an uneven road. The road unevenness subjects the vehicle to vertical oscillations that cause dynamic axle loads. A simple 2D vehicle model is used for the calculation of the axle loads from the longitudinal road profile. The free field soil response is calculated with the dynamic Betti-Rayleigh reciprocity theorem, using a transfer function between the road and the receiver that accounts for dynamic road-soil interaction. The calculation of the transfer function is based on a dynamic substructure method with a boundary element method for the soil and an analytical beam model for the road. The methodology is finally illustrated by a numerical example where the free field vibrations generated by the passage of a vehicle on a traffic plateau are calculated.
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
Lombaert, G. and Degrande, G., "The Modelling of Free Field Traffic Induced Vibrations by Means of a Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction Approach" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 10.
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The Modelling of Free Field Traffic Induced Vibrations by Means of a Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction Approach
San Diego, California
This paper deals with the numerical modelling of free field traffic induced vibrations during the passage of a vehicle on an uneven road. The road unevenness subjects the vehicle to vertical oscillations that cause dynamic axle loads. A simple 2D vehicle model is used for the calculation of the axle loads from the longitudinal road profile. The free field soil response is calculated with the dynamic Betti-Rayleigh reciprocity theorem, using a transfer function between the road and the receiver that accounts for dynamic road-soil interaction. The calculation of the transfer function is based on a dynamic substructure method with a boundary element method for the soil and an analytical beam model for the road. The methodology is finally illustrated by a numerical example where the free field vibrations generated by the passage of a vehicle on a traffic plateau are calculated.
