Impact of bidirectional shaking on the seismic response of level and sloping ground sand deposits

双向振动对水平和倾斜地面砂沉积物地震响应的影响

• 批准号: 536830-2018
• 负责人: Taiebat, Mahdi
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=699168
• 关键词: Impact; bidirectional; shaking; seismic; response

When conducting seismic site response analysis, typically only one of the shearing directions of the ground motions is considered. Existing research shows that neglecting the other components of the earthquake load can lead to an underestimation of the seismic demand. Currently, engineering practice loosely addresses this issue by a means of a rough scaling factor applied to unidirectional demand. However, recent studies have revealed that the impact of bidirectional shaking can be more challenging and significant, for both level and sloping grounds, increasing indices of performance such as settlement, liquefaction potential, and displacements, among others. The objective of this project is to investigate the effects of bidirectional shaking on the seismic response of sand deposits and to propose an evidence-based framework to account for it in engineering practice. Based on a verified and validated numerical approach, a database of nonlinear fully coupled three-dimensional analysis of sand deposits subjected to unidirectional and bidirectional seismic shearing will be developed to evaluate a wide range of scenarios. In collaboration with the industry partner BGC Engineering, different cases of the layered level and sloping ground conditions will be considered. The results will be compiled and analyzed to understand the effects of the bidirectional seismic shearing on the performance of the studied cases and to develop a well-informed simplified approach to account for that in engineering practice. The outcomes of this research and, in particular, the proposed framework, will be used by the industrial partner organization. This collaborative research will provide the engineering community in Canada with tools and means to improve the efficiency of the seismic design of major structures such as water dams and tailings storage facilities.

在进行地震场地响应分析时，通常仅考虑地面运动的剪切方向之一。现有研究表明，忽略地震荷载的其他组成部分可能会导致低估地震需求。目前，工程实践通过应用于单向需求的粗略比例因子来松散地解决这个问题。然而，最近的研究表明，无论是水平地面还是倾斜地面，双向震动的影响都更具挑战性和显着性，增加了沉降、液化潜力和位移等性能指标。该项目的目的是研究双向振动对沙沉积物地震响应的影响，并提出一个基于证据的框架来在工程实践中解释它。基于经过验证和验证的数值方法，将开发一个对单向和双向地震剪切作用下的砂沉积物进行非线性全耦合三维分析的数据库，以评估各种情况。与行业合作伙伴 BGC Engineering 合作，将考虑分层和倾斜地面条件的不同情况。将对结果进行汇编和分析，以了解双向地震剪切对研究案例性能的影响，并开发一种消息灵通的简化方法来解释工程实践中的情况。这项研究的成果，特别是拟议的框架，将由工业合作伙伴组织使用。这项合作研究将为加拿大工程界提供工具和手段，以提高水坝和尾矿储存设施等主要结构的抗震设计效率。