NEES-Pile: Experimental and Computational Study of Pile Foundations Subjected to Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading COMPARISON BETWEEN CENTRIFUGE AND REAL SCALE MODEL TESTS: LG0 - SG1 By Student: Marcelo Gonzalez Professor: Tarek Abdoun Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute August 20 th , 2007
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NEES-Pile: Experimental and Computational Study of Pile Foundations Subjected to
Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading
COMPARISON BETWEEN CENTRIFUGE AND REAL SCALE MODEL TESTS:
LG0 - SG1By
Student: Marcelo GonzalezProfessor: Tarek Abdoun
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAugust 20th, 2007
Table of Contents
BUFFALO REAL SCALE
Water, 1 cpK= 1E-2 cm/secDR = 55%
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. SIMULATION OF LG0
1.1 Model configuration, soil properties, Instrumentation and centrifuge model preparation.
1.2 Input acceleration.1.3 Time History responses.1.4 Stress – Strain responses.
2. SIMULATION OF LG0
2.1 Model configuration, soil properties, Instrumentation and centrifuge model preparation.
2.2 Input acceleration.2.3 Time History responses and profiles of the data.2.4 Stress – Strain responses.
3. DISCUSSION
SIMULATIONLG0
BUFFALO REAL SCALE
Water, 1 cpK= 1E-2 cm/secDR = 55%
SIMULATION OF LG0
Soil Properties and InstrumentationLG0
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0.01 0.1 1
Particle size, mm
% S
oil
pa
ss
ing
RPI F55
BUFFALO F55
D50 = 0.258 mmD10 = 0.155 mmFC = 0.1%e min = 0.608e max = 0.800Gs = 2.665K = 1 x 10-2 cm/sec, 40%DR