Open AccessSIMULATION OF SOIL LIQUEFACTION DUE TO EARTHQUAKE LOADING USING THE UBC3D-PLM MODEL
Author(s) -
Armen Ter-Martirosyan,
Osman Ahmad
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
stroitelʹstvo i arhitektura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2500-1477
pISSN - 2308-0191
DOI - 10.29039/2308-0191-2019-7-3-39-44
Subject(s) - liquefaction , soil liquefaction , geotechnical engineering , mitigation of seismic motion , stiffness , seismic microzonation , geology , earthquake simulation , environmental science , seismology , engineering , structural engineering , earthquake scenario , seismic hazard
Liquefaction is a phenomenon in which the stiffness and strength of a soil are reduced as a result of seismic effect or other dynamic effects. Liquefaction was the basic reason of the big damages caused by many earthquakes around the world. The basic step in the processes of predicting the soil liquefaction is the modeling of soil behavior. At the present time, numerous soil models are presented. Nevertheless, only some of them can simulate this process. Model UBC3D-PLM is one of these models which can be used. In this paper, the possibilities of this model are considered by modeling on the PLAXIS software package the seismic impact on a building with its different heights. The actual data of Upland earthquake 1990 near Los Angeles city was used. Results of this simulation showed us the difference in the behavior of the soil mass under the impact of an earthquake compared with the elastic behavior, as well as showed us the necessary to use the UBC3D-PLM model to estimate the seismic impact.