Interaction of piled foundation with a rupturing normal fault

Author:

ANASTASOPOULOS I.,KOURKOULIS R.,GAZETAS G.,TSATSIS A.

Abstract

Post-seismic observations in the 1999 Kocaeli earthquake in Turkey have indicated that piled foundations may be less suitable than stiff mat foundations in defending a structure against a major normal fault rupturing underneath. This paper explores the interplay of such a rupture, as it propagates in a moderately dense sand stratum, with an embedded two by four pile foundation (typical of common highway overpass bridges). An experimentally validated numerical scheme and constitutive law for sand are utilised in the analysis, with due attention to realistically modelling the non-linear pile–soil interface and the structural inelasticity of the piles. Parametric results identify and elucidate the development of different rupture mechanisms as a function of the exact location of the group relative to the fault and of the magnitude of the tectonic displacement (the fault offset). It is shown that even for a moderate fault offset (less than 0·5 m), lightly reinforced piles will fail structurally, while also forcing the pile cap and the bridge pier on top to undergo substantial rotation and displacement. Even heavy reinforcement might not prevent potentially disastrous displacements. Pile inelasticity is unavoidable and should be acceptable as part of a ductility-based design. However, despite the possible survival of the piles themselves, letting them reach the limit of their ductility capacity may lead to large cap rotation and displacements, which are likely to impose severe demands on the superstructure. Piled foundations may indeed be inferior to rigid raft foundations in protecting a structure straddling an active seismic fault, but with few notable exceptions.

Publisher

Thomas Telford Ltd.

Subject

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous),Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

Cited by 25 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3