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Effect of cushion types on the seismic response of structure with disconnected pile raft foundation

Yang, Yang; Cheng, Yi Pik; Gong, Weiming; Fan, Hong; Dai, Guoliang; (2023) Effect of cushion types on the seismic response of structure with disconnected pile raft foundation. Structures , 48 pp. 1333-1345. 10.1016/j.istruc.2022.12.099. Green open access

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Abstract

In recent years, the benefits of reducing the impacts of the earthquake on the seismic response of disconnected pile raft foundation (DPRF) have simulated increasing research on this type of foundation to provide references for foundation design. One effective way to study the seismic response of soil-structures is to investigate the scaled models in 1-g shaking table tests. In this paper, a series of scaled 1-g shaking table tests were carried out to study the seismic response of scaled nuclear power stations with DPRF under earthquake excitations founded in clay. Three different cushion types were adopted to study their different effects on the seismic response of the structure and the foundation. The fundamental structural frequency, horizontal displacement, and acceleration results showed that cushion A with well-graded gravel and cushion B with a mixture of two gravel sizes were better than cushion C with a single gravel size. Although the cushion type had an insignificant influence on the bending moments of the disconnected piles, the maximum bending moments in all cases were found to be proportional to the near-pile acceleration. Furthermore, design engineers should pay more attention to the rocking of a structure with DPRF under earthquake loads.

Type: Article
Title: Effect of cushion types on the seismic response of structure with disconnected pile raft foundation
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2022.12.099
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.12.099
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: BEHAVIOR, DESIGN, Disconnected pile raft foundation, Dynamic bending moment, Engineering, Engineering, Civil, Gravel cushion, NETWORK, NUMERICAL-ANALYSIS, Science & Technology, Seismic response, Shaking table tests, SINGULAR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION, Technology
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10167561
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