DRUCKER-PRAGER MODELS FOR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF GRANULAR METAMATERIALS IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

Problem of developing methods for protecting buildings and structures from the vibrations transmitted to them from the soil under the action of seismic effects is extremely important to date. One of these modern methods is seismic pads. The purpose of this work was to study the effectiveness of adding a pad of granu-lar metamaterials under the foundation of the building to decrease influence of seismic shear waves. The Finite Element Analysis of Mohr-Coulomb models was used to achieve this goal. The FE model consists of a ten-story superstructure rested on the slab foundation, under which there is a layer of granular metamateri-als. The values of five variables that affect the mechanical properties of these metamaterials were analyzed (density – cohesion – internal friction angle – Young's modulus – Poisson's ratio) for two different pad thicknesses. The dynamic analysis performed using the software package Abaqus/CAE showed the effec-tiveness of the granular metamaterials in their ability to significantly reduce magnitudes of displacements, velocities and accelerations in the building compared to the same values in the absence of these metamateri-als. The analysis also revealed that among the studied variables, the cohesion is the parameter most influenc-ing the effectiveness of metamaterials in their ability to dissipate seismic waves, while no significant effect was observed for the other parameters