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A non-linear seismic response analysis method for 2-D saturated soil-structure system with an absorbing boundary is presented. According to the 3-D strain space multimechanism model for the cyclic mobility of sandy soil, a constitutive expression for the plane strain condition is first given. Next, based on Biot's two-phase mixture theory, the finite element equations of motion for a saturated soil-structure system with an absorbing boundary during earthquake loadings are derived. A simulation of the shaking table test is performed by applying the proposed constitutive model. The effectiveness of the absorbing boundary is examined for the 2-D non-linear finite element models subjected to random inputs. Finally, a numerical seismic response analysis for a typical saturated soil-structure system is performed as an application of the proposed method.

SUMMARYThe cyclic mobility behaviour of sand by the three-dimensional (3-D) strain space multimechanism model based on the micromechanics of granular material is investigated. The constitutive properties are characterized by the volumetric and shear mechanisms for the initial isotropic soil. The 3-D shear mechanism is decomposed into a number of microscopic plane-strain shear mechanisms in various orientations, each of which in turn consists of a number of microscopic simple shear mechanisms. Using an appropriate summation of mechanisms, the total deformation behaviour can be obtained by evaluating contributions from each mechanism. Based on the some assumptions, the dilatancy model proposed by Iai et al. ' is extended from the two-dimensional (2-D) space to the 3-D space. Comparisons of theoretically predicted results are made with experimental measurements.

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