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Dynamic response of a soft soil layer to flow and periodical disturbance
Author(s) -
Hsieh PingCheng
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.419
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1096-9853
pISSN - 0363-9061
DOI - 10.1002/nag.307
Subject(s) - biot number , poromechanics , boundary value problem , disturbance (geology) , geotechnical engineering , boundary layer , perturbation (astronomy) , mechanics , mathematics , geology , mathematical analysis , physics , porosity , porous medium , paleontology , quantum mechanics
The dynamic response of a soft soil layer of finite thickness under the mutual effects of flow and periodical disturbance at the free surface is discussed in this work. The homogeneous water is governed by potential theory and the soil layer obeys Biot's theory of poroelasticity. The boundary‐value problem is solved by an analytical algorithm, in which the wave number is found first. Secondly, the closed form solutions are found by a two‐parameter perturbation method with the boundary‐layer correction. The results are also compared with those of the poroelastic soil layer of infinite thickness to show the impermeable rigid boundary effect. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.