Dynamic Earth Pressures - Simplified Methods PDF

Dynamic Earth Pressures - Simplified Methods
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Reading Assignment
Lecture Notes
Other Materials
Ostadan and White paper
Wu and Finn paper
Homework Assignment
1. Use an 1D EQL ground response model and acceleration time history

developed in homework assignment #3 (Matahina Dam - scaled to the
fundamental period of the surrounding soil) to do the following:
a. Calculate the dynamic thrust against a buried rigid wall using the
Ostadan-White method for the new Orson-Spencer Hall structure that
is 10 m below the ground surface, assuming site class C. Use Vs values
consistent with the mid-range of the site class (20 points).
b. Calculate the dynamic pressure distribution to be applied against the
buried structure using the Ostadan-White method for the same
structure. Show this distribution versus depth on a depth plot. (10
points)
2. Use the M-O method to estimate the factor of safety against sliding and
overturning for a gravity wall using the acceleration time history from the
previous homework assignment 3. (20 points)
The wall is a yielding wall retaining wall and is 4 m high and is 1 m thick at
the base and tapers to 0.6 m at the top. The retained backfill behind the is
flat (i.e., horizontal) and has a unit weight of 22 kN/m^3 with a drained
friction angle of 35 degrees and the backfill is unsaturated. Also, the base of
the wall rests on backfill material and is embedded 0.6 m in this material at
its base.
Assume that the horizontal acceleration used in the design is 50 percent of

the peak ground acceleration. You may also neglect the vertical component
of acceleration.
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Coulomb Theory
Note Eq. 11.13

of Kramer has
an error.

Mononobe - Okabe - Active Case

Mononobe - Okabe - Active Case (cont.)

Mononobe - Okabe Passive Case

(from AASHTO LRFD
Mononobe - Okabe Application Bridge Design
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Specifications, 2012)

Mononobe - Okabe Application (cont.)
(from AASHTO LRFD

Bridge Design

Other Methods Allowed within AASHTO
(from AASHTO LRFD

Bridge Design

Gravity Wall Example

Cantilevered Wall Example

Cantilevered Wall Example (cont.)

Cantilevered Wall Example (cont.)
Summary Results
static dynamic
F.S. Sliding = 2.29 1.36 FS static 1.25 to 2
F.S. Overturning = 2.97 1.51 FS static 2 to 3
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Seed and Whitman - Simplified Method
the base.

Choudhury et al. 2006

Choudhury et al. 2006 (cont.)
Rigid Case

horizontal
acceleration
vertical
acceleration
mass of wedge
weight of wedge

Q = total
inertial
force
T = period of
wave
Pae = static +s
ismic active
thrust
active

passive

Results - Active case
Static case
kh and kv = 0

kv = 0

kv = 0.5 kh

Results - Passive Case
Static case
kh and kv = 0

kv = 0

kv = 0.5 kh

Comparison with Mononobe-Okabe Method

Comparison with Mononobe-Okabe Method

Non-Yielding Walls

Non-Yielding Walls (cont.)

Non-Yielding Walls -Observations from Earthquakes

Non-Yielding Walls - Ostadan and White
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
Poissons ratio of soil = 1/3
Kinematic SSI is considered.
Inertial SSI is not considered.
The solution is derived from SSI analyses using SASSI.

Non-Yielding Walls - Ostadan and White (cont.)
Amplitude at low frequency


Recall that M-O method

is only valid for yielding
wall; hence it forms a
lower bound
The use of the low frequency (i.e., long period) amplitude is based on the
findings of the Lotung experiment site (see previous).

L = infinite


Ostadan and White (Steps)
1. Perform seismic ground response analysis (using SHAKE) and obtain the
acceleration response spectrum at the base mat level in the free-field at 30%
damping.
2. Obtain the total mass using:
m = 0.50 H2
3. Obtain the total 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
where Sa is the spectral acceleration at the base mat level for the free field at
the fundamental frequency of the soil column with 30 percent damping.
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 (normalized 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.

Ostadan and White (Summary)
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.
Solution! Perfect isolation!

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Sunday, August 14, 2011 3:32 PM

1. Use an 1D EQL ground response model and acceleration time history

Assume that the horizontal acceleration used in the design is 50 percent of

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Note Eq. 11.13

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(from AASHTO LRFD

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F.S. Sliding = 2.29 1.36 FS static 1.25 to 2

F.S. Overturning = 2.97 1.51 FS static 2 to 3

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Results - Active case

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Results - Passive Case

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Comparison with Mononobe-Okabe Method

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