Download - Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure
![Page 1: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Seismic Pressures on Buried and Seismic Pressures on Buried and Retaining WallsRetaining Walls
Steven F. Bartlett, Ph.D., P.E.Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Farhang Ostadan, Ph.D., P.E.Bechtel, San Francisco
![Page 2: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
2October 2004
ObjectivesObjectives– Earth pressures under seismic loading
• Yielding Walls• Non-Yielding Walls
– Compaction Induced Stress (Matt Francis, URS)
– Reduction of Lateral Earth Pressures (Matt Francis, URS)
– Panel• Bill Gordon• Joergen Pilz• Matt Francis• Steven Bartlett
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 3: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
3October 2004
Near Fault Near Fault SeismicitySeismicity
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 4: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
4October 2004
Types of WallsTypes of Walls
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
• Gravity
• Cantilever
• Braced
• Tieback
• Soil Reinforced
• Rigid Walls (Basement Walls)
![Page 5: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
5October 2004
Seismic Behavior of WallsSeismic Behavior of Walls
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
• Yielding Walls– Can the wall move sufficiently enough to develop
the active earth pressure state?
• Modes of yielding– Translation (sliding)– Rotation– Flexible (MSE)
• Non-Yielding Walls– Basement walls are non-yielding walls
• Do not develop the active earth pressure state
![Page 6: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
6October 2004
MononobeMononobe--Okabe (MOkabe (M--O) MethodO) Method• Effect of ground motion on retaining walls was recognized
by Okabe (1924) and Mononobe (1929) following the great Kanto earthquake of 1923.
• The M-O method
– Based on Coulomb’s theory of static soil pressure
– Pseudostatic method
– Valid for yielding walls
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 7: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
7October 2004
MononobeMononobe--Okabe (MOkabe (M--O) MethodO) Method
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
• F. E. analyses by Pitilakis (1987) found good agreement between F. E. analyses results andMononobe-Okabe theory and observed behavior, and that the M-O theory is satisfactory for design purposes if the wall movement was about 0.5 percent of the height of the wall.
0.05 x 20 ft = 0.1 ft deflection required for M0.05 x 20 ft = 0.1 ft deflection required for M--O O method to be validmethod to be valid
![Page 8: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
8October 2004
MM--O Lateral Earth PressureO Lateral Earth Pressure
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
φδ
β
i
PAE
F
W
av * Wah*W
α
Fh Fh = ah * W= ah * WFv = Fv = av av * W* W
![Page 9: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
9October 2004
MM--O Lateral Earth PressureO Lateral Earth Pressure
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
PAEAE = 1/2 γ H22 (1-avv) KAEAE
PAEAE = PAA + ∆PAEAE
Static Earth Pressure + Earthquake PressureStatic Earth Pressure + Earthquake Pressure
h = (PAA H / 3 + ∆PAEAE (0.6) H) / PAEAE
Height of Resultant Force (h)Height of Resultant Force (h)
![Page 10: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
10October 2004
MM--O Seismic Earth Pressure CoefficientO Seismic Earth Pressure Coefficient
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
where:θ = tan-1 (a
![Page 11: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
11October 2004
MM--O SummaryO Summary• In spite of much better understanding of soil-
structure interaction effects and many criticisms of the M-O method, the M-O method is widely used for building walls.
• In this regard, the M-O method is one the most abused methods in the geotechnical practice.
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 12: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
12October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Wood, 1973)
• Wood developed a finite element solution for a non-yielding wall.
• While the solution is based on dynamic modal analysis (hence dynamic), the solution used in practice is a static solution based on horizontal body force of 1g acceleration.
• Need to know PGA, Poisson’s ratio and density of the soil to get the pressure.
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 13: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
13October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Wood, 1973)
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 14: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
14October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Wood, 1973)
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
∆∆PPeqeq = = γγHH22(a(ahh/g)/g)FFpp
![Page 15: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
15October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Wood, 1973)
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 16: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
16October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth PressuresRecent Experiments and Observations
• In recent years recorded data from many underground structures have been examined.
• Lotung 1/4-scale model, in Lotung, Taiwan (1987).– The studies show that seismic soil pressure is:
• affected by the long period part of the ground motion• function of relative motion between the soil and the
structure (soil-structure interaction)• amplified near the resonant frequency of the backfill • a function of soil nonlinearity
• Many recent observations from Japan confirmed the above findings
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 17: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
17October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth PressuresRecent Experiments and Observations
• Lotung 1/4-scale model, in Lotung, Taiwan (1987).
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 18: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
18October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
Assumptions and Method
• Assume the building basemat is founded on rock.• Input ground motion at basemat elevation.
• The walls of the building are effectively rigid.• 30 foot-embedment considered
• 5 percent material damping of soil• Poisson’s ratio of soil = 1/3
• Kinematic SSI is considered.• Inertial SSI is not considered.
• The solution is derived from SSI analyses using SASSI.
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 19: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
19October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 20: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
20October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
0 5 10 15 20Frequency (Hz)
Am
plitu
de o
f Pre
ssur
e TF
Vs = 500 ft/sVs = 1000 ft/sVs = 1500 ft/sVs = 2000 ft/s
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
Transfer FunctionsTransfer Functions
![Page 21: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
21October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
• Careful examination of dynamic soil pressure response from a SSI solution shows that the pressure response is very similar to the response of a single degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system.
• Also, the natural frequency of the results can be normalized by the soil column frequency
fsoil column = Vs / (4 x H)
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 22: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
22October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5Normalized Frequency
Nor
mal
ized
Am
plitu
de Vs = 500 ft/sVs = 1000 ft/sVs = 1500 ft/sVs = 2000 ft/s
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005(F/F soil)
A/A @ low frequency
Normalized Transfer FunctionsNormalized Transfer Functions
![Page 23: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
23October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
NormalizedPressure Profile
(normalized tomax. pressure at surface)
![Page 24: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
24October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
Observations from SSI analyses
• Response of system was controlled by stiffness at long period, damping at resonance and inertia at short period, similar to a SDOF system.
• The pressure amplitude and its distribution was obtained from the low frequency solution of the response.
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 25: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
25October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
• To estimate the damping and the total force, the soil-wall system was subjected to 6 different input motions.
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
0.1 1 10 100Frequency (Hz)
Spec
tral
Acc
elet
atio
n (g
)
EUS - LOCALEUS DISTANTATC S1WUSRG1.60LOMA PRIETA
![Page 26: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
26October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
• The resulting force for each event was computed from the SSI analysis and the associated mass and damping were back calculated.
m = 0.50 ρ H2 Ψν
• The maximum amplification of the pressure response is controlled by the radiation damping due to continuity of the soil behind the wall.
• The damping associated with the response is about 30% due to high level of radiation damping.
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
)2)(1(2
ννν
−−=Ψ
![Page 27: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
27October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 28: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
28October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
COMPUTATIONAL STEPS1. Perform seismic ground response analysis
(using SHAKE) and obtain the acceleration response spectrum at the basemat level in the free-field at 30% damping.
2. Obtain the total mass using:
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
m = 0.50 ρ H2 Ψν
![Page 29: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
29October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
3. Obtain the seismic lateral force by multiplying the mass from Step 2 by the spectral amplitude of the free-field response (Step 1) at the soil column frequency.
F = m Sa free field for fsoil
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 30: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
30October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
4. Calculate the max. lateral earth pressure (ground surface) by dividing the results for step 3 by the area under the normal soil pressure curve (area = 0.744 H)
5. Calculate the lateral pressure distribution verses depth by multiply the max. lateral earth pressure by the p(y) function below.
p(y) = - .0015 + 5.05y - 15.84y2 + 28.25y3
- 24.59y4 + 8.14y5
where y is the normalized height (Y/H) measured from the base of the wall.
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 31: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
31October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Ostadan and White, 1997)
• The method was verified by comparing the results of the simple computational steps with the direct solution from SASSI.
• The verification included 4 different wall heights, 6 different input time histories and 4 different soil properties.
• The method is very simple and only involves free-field (e.g. SHAKE) analysis and a number of hand computational steps.
• The method has been adopted by building code (NEHRP 2000) and will be included in the next version of ASCE 4-98.
• The Ostadan-White method is by no means a complete solution to the seismic soil pressure problem. It is merely a step forward at this time.
•Oct. 2005Oct. 2005
![Page 32: Seismic Lateral Earth Pressure](https://reader031.vdocuments.pub/reader031/viewer/2022020105/54e7f4ad4a7959704f8b468b/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
32October 2004
Seismic Lateral Earth PressuresSeismic Lateral Earth Pressures(Mitigation Strategies)
Oct. 2005Oct. 2005