{"title":"Seismic response of buildings resting on soil isolated with EPS geofoam buffer","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijgee.298987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgee.298987","url":null,"abstract":"The present study deals with analyzing the efficacy of EPS (Epoxy Polystyrene) geofoam buffer as a soil-isolation medium to reduce the seismic energy transferred and, thereby to reduce the dynamic response of buildings under earthquake induced loads. Finite element simulation of the transient response of an integrated soil isolation-building system in which, buildings resting on raft foundation in medium dense sand beds, with and without soil-isolation mechanism has been carried out using a recorded accelerogram of El Centro earthquake. Four sets of three-dimensional buildings (one, two, three and four-storey) of single bay moment resisting concrete frames have been considered for the analysis. The EPS geofoam buffer of various thicknesses was placed at different depths below the raft foundation. The results under field-scale conditions indicate that soil isolation provided by the EPS geofoam buffer substantially reduces the earthquake energy transmission to the superstructure during a strong earthquake.","PeriodicalId":42473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering","volume":"76 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80531152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Wall Inclination Effect on the Dynamic Response of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls Using Shaking Table Tests","authors":"T. Bandyopadhyay, S. Nandan, P. Chakrabortty","doi":"10.4018/ijgee.310052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgee.310052","url":null,"abstract":"Shaking table tests were conducted in this study to determine the effect of facing wall inclinations, and the density of the backfill. Reduced-scale models reinforced with two layers of geogrid and fine sand as backfill were studied to identify the dynamic behaviour of mechanically stabilised earth walls. Five different angles of inclination of the facing walls were considered to study its effect on the responses. All seven models were excited by stepped amplitude sinusoidal base accelerations with incrementally increasing peak ground acceleration amplitudes and constant frequencies. The model wall's responses are compared in terms of the acceleration amplification and lateral displacements of the wall measured at different elevations. These tests revealed that horizontal displacement of the wall was maximum at the middle position of the wall. Minimum displacement was observed in the 20° inclined wall towards the backfill soil, which was 35% lower than the vertical wall. The accelerations were amplified along with the wall height. The wall having 10° inward inclination with dense backfill showed the maximum amplification (for high PGA). In the last part, an analytical study was conducted to calculate the acceleration amplifications and compared them with the experimental results. Higher values were observed in the case of the analytical approach as compared to the experimental study.","PeriodicalId":42473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83556226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical Modeling of Quaternary Sediment Amplification. Basin Size, ASCE Site Class and Fault Location","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijgee.303589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgee.303589","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of this study is to understand the dependency of basin amplification on-site and source parameters employing high computational numerical simulations. This study mainly addresses the effect of fault dip, size of the basin, site classification, and position of the basin on wave amplification. Two dip angles are considered, 7 and 9 degrees in this study to estimate the factor of amplification. Amplifications observed at the basin center and basin edge station for three different sizes of the basin are analyzed. Simulation results obtained from three different models with the ASCE site class C, D, and E basin sediment specifications are compared. To analyze the effect of basin relative position on amplification, we studied a model with two different basins embedded in bedrock, back and forth of the fault. This study observed multiple peaks at different time periods in response spectra drawn to amplification ratio versus time periods.","PeriodicalId":42473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering","volume":"126 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78518756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of artificial intelligence techniques in slope stability analysis A short review and future prospects","authors":"","doi":"10.4018/ijgee.298988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgee.298988","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have become a trusted methodology among researchers in the recent decade for handling a variety of geotechnical and geological problems. Machine learning (ML) algorithms are distinguished by their superior feature learning and expression capabilities as compared to traditional approaches, attracting researchers from a variety of domains to their growing number of applications. Different ML models are extensively used in the field of geotechnical engineering to accounting for the inherent spatial variability of soils in slope stability assessments. This study presents a brief overview of the application of several AI techniques in the area of slope stability, including adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system, artificial neural network, extreme learning machine, functional network, genetic programming, Gaussian process regression, least-square support vector machine, multivariate adaptive regression spline, minimax probability machine regression, relevance vector machine, and support vector machine.","PeriodicalId":42473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77393100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of a Monopile under Two-Way Cyclic Loading","authors":"D. Nigitha, Deendayal Rathod, K. Krishnanunni","doi":"10.4018/ijgee.2021070103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgee.2021070103","url":null,"abstract":"A large diameter monopiles are commonly used as an offshore wind turbine (OWT) foundation to withstand lateral cyclic loads due to wind and wave action. In the present study, a two-dimensional finite element analysis was performed to evaluate the behavior of a monopile under two-way lateral cyclic loading. The centrifuge test carried out on a 0.7m diameter pile was being used to validate the constituent model. The parametric study was carried out on a monopile by varying the slenderness ratio (L/D = 4, 5, and 6) and load amplitudes (30%, 40%, and 50% of the ultimate pile capacity). From the load-displacement response of a monopile, it was observed that the measured accumulated displacement increases drastically for the first load cycle. For a given embedded length, the lateral displacement was observed to increase with an increase in load amplitude. For an embedded length of L/D = 4, the increase in load amplitude from 30% - 40% resulted in an increase in lateral displacement to 24%.","PeriodicalId":42473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90787245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical Modeling of Near Fault Seismic Ground Motion for Denali Fault","authors":"Chenna Rajaram, R. Kumar","doi":"10.4018/ijgee.2021070104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgee.2021070104","url":null,"abstract":"An effective earthquake (Mw 7.9) struck Alaska on 3 November, 2002. This earthquake ruptured 340 km along Susitna Glacier, Denali and Totschunda faults in central Alaska. The peak ground acceleration (PGA) was recorded about 0.32 g at station PS10, which was located 3 km from the fault rupture. The PGA would have recorded a high value, if more instruments had been installed in the region. A numerical study has been conducted to find out the possible ground motion record that could occur at maximum horizontal slip during the Denali earthquake. The current study overcomes the limitation of number of elements to model the Denali fault. These numerical results are compared with observed ground motions. It is observed that the ground motions obtained through numerical analysis are in good agreement with observed ground motions. From numerical results, it is observed that the possible expected PGA is 0.62 g at maximum horizontal slip of Denali fault.","PeriodicalId":42473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85190376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Practical and Effective Solution to Earthquake (EQ) Catastrophe","authors":"O. Yilmazer, Yazgan Kırkayak, I. Yilmazer","doi":"10.4018/ijgee.2021070101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgee.2021070101","url":null,"abstract":"About 50-year direct observation indicated that any civil structure founded in/on rock do not get damage from earthquakes without tsunami effect. The main reason behind this is that the modulus of elasticity of saturated rocks is million times greater than that of saturated soil units. Furthermore, all saturated soil units are susceptible to liquefaction at varying degrees. Based on the past observations, none of the structures founded in/on rocky ground, has been affected from the recent destructive earthquakes studied by the authors in/and abroad. The studied earthquake cases highlighted again that the civil structures in/on rocky grounds, even adjacent to the epicenter, have not been affected from shaking of destructive earthquakes. In Turkey, the land needed for housing is one hundredth of the country. However, 57% is proper for housing. The remaining 43% consists mainly of forest, restricted zones, rugged terrains, and soil land which bears essentially plains and very locally landslides. Thus, earthquake disasters could be alleviated by implementing practical land use planning.","PeriodicalId":42473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88849051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Dhilipkumar, A. Bardhan, P. Samui, Sanjay S. Kumar
{"title":"Predicting Probability of Liquefaction Susceptibility based on a wide range of CPT data","authors":"B. Dhilipkumar, A. Bardhan, P. Samui, Sanjay S. Kumar","doi":"10.4018/ijgee.2021070102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgee.2021070102","url":null,"abstract":"In the present study, three efficient soft computing techniques i.e. GP, RVM, and MARS are utilized to predict the probabilistic liquefaction susceptibility of soils based on reliability analysis. For this, a sum of 253 Cone Penetration Test (CPT) data of nineteen major earthquakes occurred between 1964 and 2011 has been collected from the literature. Six liquefaction parameters such as corrected cone penetration resistance, total vertical stress, total effective stress, maximum horizontal acceleration, magnitude moment, and depth of penetration. To evaluate the overall performance of the proposed models, rank analysis has been carried out. Based on the values of performance indices, the GP model outperforms the other two models in terms of RMSE=0.15, R2 =0.77, and VAF=76.86 in the training stage while the same has been found 0.14, 0.81, and 80.46 in the testing phase. Also, the Rank Analysis confirms the superiority of the GP model in predicting the probability of liquefaction susceptibility of soils at all stages.","PeriodicalId":42473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering","volume":"333 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77789171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CodaQback","authors":"R. Biswas, N. Bora, Vaasudevan Srinivasan","doi":"10.4018/ijgee.2021010101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgee.2021010101","url":null,"abstract":"Attenuation study of a province is considered as a basic quantity for seismic hazard assessment. It has already been established that the study of two physical processes, namely the seismic sources and propagation of the waves, is essential for seismic-hazard mapping. Additionally, attenuation plays an important role towards scaling seismic hazard. Accordingly, a computational tool entitled CodaQback is presented. Based on back scattering model, this versatile software is equipped with user-friendly graphical user interface. It also allows quick picking of phases for computing coda attenuation parameter. All outputs after each execution step in CodaQback are efficiently exported step-wise into a separate folder in Excel and text formats. To validate the computing tool, it is tested in real data analysis and there is found to be good matching of computed values with already established ones. It is envisioned that this package will enable user to derive quick and reliable estimation of coda attenuation parameter irrespective of geological and geo-morphological units.","PeriodicalId":42473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74309277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Re-Look Into Modified Scaled Distance Regression for Prediction of Blast-Induced Ground Vibration","authors":"S. Dauji","doi":"10.4018/IJGEE.2021010103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJGEE.2021010103","url":null,"abstract":"Underground blasts are conducted for deep excavations, tunneling, or mining activities. Scaled distance regression analysis is performed in industry to estimate peak particle velocity from charge weight and distance. For addressing the uncertainties in estimating safe charge weight for controlled blasting, 95% confidence expression is generally used. For addressing inaccuracies arising from superimposition of blast waves in multi-hole blasting when using attenuation equation developed from single-hole blast data, a modified approach was proposed in literature. This article presents comparisons to establish that industrial practice of scaled distance regression would be as satisfactory as the proposed modified approach, when various performance measures (including parsimony) are considered together. Furthermore, industrial practice of using 95% confidence expression generated from sufficient data (say, 40 numbers) would result in safe charge weight estimation, whereas modified scaled distance approach (mean expression) could still result in few non-conservative values.","PeriodicalId":42473,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering","volume":"31 1","pages":"22-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79874435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}