Oasys SIREN
Oasys SIREN = Displacement Output motion Soil Surface Bedrock Input motion
Response spectrum
The use of SIREN in the Seismic Design of Stonecutters Bridge Jack Pappin Site Response Liquefaction Foundation Design
Site Response ? Bedrock
Mexico City ground conditions
Ground conditions
SIREN - input parameters Soil profile Density Small strain shear modulus G0 g G/G with shear strain amplitude Input time history – selected to match target bedrock outcrop response from the seismic hazard assessment
Geophysical methods for G0 G0 = rVS2 Down hole insitu test
Down hole shear wave testing
Interpretation of Down-hole Seismic Survey Time Signals received by orthogonal sensors Shear wave arrival through the ground Reverse polarity signals generated by hitting beam from opposite directions P waves or S waves travelling through casing or grout column
Variation of G/G0 with shear strain amplitude 1 Gsec PI = 200 100 G0 50 30 15 OCR = 1 - 15 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 Cyclic shear strain (%)
G0(ij) = rvs(ij)2 where G0(ij) is the elastic shear modulus r is the bulk density of soil and vs(ij) is the shear wave velocity through soil Vs(vh) v Bender element (vs(vh)) Bender element (vs(hv)) Bender element (vs(hh)) Bender element probe Vs(hv) Vs(hh) Bender element Soil triaxial specimen Bender element embedded in base platen Bender element probe Hall-effect gauge (radial) Hall-effect gauge (axial)
Oasys SIREN = Displacement Output motion Soil Surface Bedrock Input motion
Calculated Site response effects Serviceability
Calculated Site response effects Ultimate
Calculated Site response effects Structural Integrity Limit State - SILS
Liquefaction
Liquefaction Philippines 1989
Liquefaction Philippines 1989
Standard method of assessing the likelihood Liquefaction Standard method of assessing the likelihood Percent fines (%) 35 15 <5 0.5 Note: figure applies for a magnitude 7.5 earthquake 0.4 Liquefaction 0.3 Average peak shear stress / vertical effective stress From SIREN 0.2 No Liquefaction 0.1 10 20 30 40 50 Corrected SPT N value (N1)
Predicted likelihood of liquefaction Serviceability Ultimate SILS
Foundation design - Lateral Loads on Piles 500 250 Bending Moment (kNM) 5 10 15 Horizontal displacement (mm) Soil displacement from SIREN Pile displacement Fill Alluvium 100 : 30 combination rule CDG Bedrock
Large Diameter Bored Piles Pile Caps
Pile group modelling Free field soil lateral displacement Piles Interface elements Soil Profile Free field soil lateral displacement Acceleration
Bending moments induced in piles