THE SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF BLOCK TYPE DEEP SOIL MIXING

MAHSA MORADI SHAGHAGHI; IRADJ  MAHMOUDZADEH KANI; HASSAN YOUSEFI

doi:10.1590/1679-78256439

THE SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF BLOCK TYPE DEEP SOIL MIXING

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MAHSA MORADI SHAGHAGHI SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN, TEHRAN, IRAN HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-5469-5763
IRADJ MAHMOUDZADEH KANI SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN, TEHRAN, IRAN HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0003-0124-7868
HASSAN YOUSEFI SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN, TEHRAN, IRAN HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0001-6784-7546

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-78256439

Abstract

DEEP SOIL MIXING METHOD (DSM) IS A NOVEL IN SITU TECHNOLOGY IN SOIL IMPROVEMENT IN WHICH DIFFERENT CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS ARE MIXED WITH SOIL AND FORM A SOIL-CEMENT COLUMN WITH IMPROVED ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS. DUE TO THE CONFIGURATIONS OF THESE IMPROVED SOIL-CEMENT COLUMNS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF DSM ARE FORMED, SUCH AS WALL TYPE, GRID (LATTICE) TYPE, BLOCK TYPE, ETC. DUE TO THE EXPANSION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES, THE USE OF BLOCK TYPE DSM TO CONTROL THE SETTLEMENTS OF SOIL HAS GROWN. IN ORDER TO USE THIS SOIL IMPROVEMENT UNDER THE FOUNDATION OF DIFFERENT STRUCTURES, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO STUDY THE SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF THIS MIXTURE USING SITE RESPONSE ANALYSIS AND WAVE PROPAGATION. IN THIS PAPER, THE SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF BLOCK TYPE SOIL-CEMENT MIXTURE IS STUDIED THROUGH FULLY NONLINEAR ANALYSES. NONLINEAR SOIL IS MODELED USING THE OVERLAY METHOD, WHICH USES THE PARALLEL ELEMENT MODELING CONCEPT. WHEREAS, THE BLOCK TYPE DSM IS MODELED WITH ELASTIC PERFECTLY PLASTIC BEHAVIOR USING THE MOHR-COULOMB CRITERION. IT IS OBSERVED THAT UTILIZING BLOCK TYPE DSM HAS POSITIVE EFFECTS IN SEISMIC RESPONSE OF THE SOIL LAYER, SUCH AS A CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION IN SURFACE RESPONSE ACCELERATION.

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2021-09-08

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Vol. 18 No. 6 (2021)

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