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The effect of pile cap stiffness on the seismic response of soil-pile-structure systems under near-fault ground motions

  • Abbasi, Saeed (Department of Civil Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University) ;
  • Ardakani, Alireza (Department of Civil Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University) ;
  • Yakhchalian, Mansoor (Department of Civil Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University)
  • Received : 2019.09.14
  • Accepted : 2021.01.17
  • Published : 2021.01.25
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Abstract

Ground motions recorded in near-fault sites, where the rupture propagates toward the site, are significantly different from those observed in far-fault regions. In this research, finite element modeling is used to investigate the effect of pile cap stiffness on the seismic response of soil-pile-structure systems under near-fault ground motions. The Von Wolffersdorff hypoplastic model with the intergranular strain concept is applied for modeling of granular soil (sand) and the behavior of structure is considered to be non-linear. Eight fault-normal near-field ground motion records, recorded on rock, are applied to the model. The numerical method developed is verified by comparing the results with an experimental test (shaking table test) for a soil-pile-structure system. The results, obtained from finite element modeling under near-fault ground motions, show that when the value of cap stiffness increases, the drift ratio of the structure decreases, whereas the pile relative displacement increases. Also, the residual deformations in the piles are due to the non-linear behavior of soil around the piles.

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