Author:
Díaz Miguel A.,Mánica Miguel A.,Botero Eduardo,Ovando-Shelley Efraín,Osorio Luis
Abstract
Due to the extensive use of one-dimensional equivalent linear analyses to determine the free-field response of nonlinear soil deposits, dynamic numerical simulations able to reproduce an analogous response to equivalent linear codes are of great value for practical engineering, particularly for dynamic soil-structure interaction problems. An appealing alternative, for problems not close to a failure condition, is to assume a linear elastic behaviour of the soil but with stiffness parameters derived from one-dimensional equivalent linear analyses, i.e. consistent with the level of deformation induced by the input motion. In this approach, energy dissipation has to be artificially incorporated through material damping formulations. In this work, local, Rayleigh, and hysteretic damping formulations in FLAC were assessed to emulate results from one-dimensional equivalent linear analysis. A main feature of the analyses is that they consider a site having a considerably stratified soil deposit, in which the shear wave velocity profile displays significant variations and where the selection of some parameters in the damping formulations is not a trivial task. Results provide relevant insights into the performance of the adopted damping formulations and the selection of material damping parameters to reproduce results of equivalent linear analyses.
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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