Liquefaction Mapping in Finite Element Simulations有限元模拟中的液化映射.pdfVIP

Liquefaction Mapping in Finite-Element Simulations 1 2 Kirk C. Ellison, S.M.ASCE ; and José E. Andrade, A.M.ASCE Abstract: Recent criteria have been developed to describe the onset of static liquefaction in constitutive models. This paper expands the theory to a finite-element framework in order to predict potentially unstable regions in granular soils at the engineering scale. Example simulations are presented for two plane strain tests and a submarine slope to demonstrate the applicability of a proposed liquefaction criterion to boundary value problems. In addition, loading rate and mesh size effects on the liquefaction prediction are examined. The methodology presented herein shows promise as a means of predicting soil liquefaction based on solid mechanical theory rather than empiricism. DOI: 10.1061/ASCEGT.1943-5606.0000122 CE Database subject headings: Soil liquefaction; Finite element method; Constitutive models; Simulation. Introduction ever, the precise conditions that result in the onset of such insta- bilities have proven more difficult to determine. The phenomenon of liquefaction occurs in saturated cohesionless Recently, mathematical conditions have been proposed to soils when the rate of loading is so rapid that positive excess pore signal the onset of static liquefaction in constitutive models pressures develop before the water can drain away. As the pres- Andrade 2009; Borja 2006. Borja 2006 derived a general liq- sures build up, the effective stress and shear strength may de