Options
Effects of compaction on the seismic performance of embankments built with gravel
Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
5T. Sismologia, geofisica e geologia per l'ingegneria sismica
Status
Published
JCR Journal
JCR Journal
Peer review journal
Yes
Title of the book
Issue/vol(year)
/106 (2018)
Pages (printed)
231-242
Issued date
August 2018
Abstract
The effects of compaction on the seismic performance of gravelly embankments is investigated transferring the precision of very accurate laboratory tests on the constituent material into the prediction of the large scale response. The stress-strain response observed upon monotonic and cyclic tests is captured by a critical state elastic-plastic model used as a virtual simulator of experiments to determine the influence of the initial state on the soil response. This dependency is introduced in equivalent linear elastic-perfectly plastic models as function of the state variable ψ to study the propagation of shear waves through horizontally layered landfills and em- bankments. A parametric analysis is performed assigning systematically variable seismic inputs, soil density and geometry to see the role of these factors on the soil response and the sliding resistance of the embankment. The study reveals an exceptionally high resistance of the gravel that enables embankment with steep abutments to resist against severe earthquakes.
Type
article
File(s)
No Thumbnail Available
Name
Modoni et al. - 2018 - Effects of compaction on the seismic performance of embankments built with gravel.pdf
Size
2.58 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
d832b2818f5169407fa17a71e191afba