Semi-analytical solution for the 3D response of a tunnel embedded in an elastic half-space subject to seismic waves

This paper presents a semi-analytical solution for the 3D problem of a cylindrical tunnel embedded in an elastic half-space subject to plane harmonic compressional and shear waves. Both the tunnel and soil are modelled as an elastic continuum. Conformal mapping is employed to transform the original physical domain with boundary surfaces of two...

Seismic inversion of soil damping and stiffness using multichannel analysis of surface wave measurements in the marine environment

Determination of soil material damping is known to be difficult and uncertain, especially in the offshore environment. Using an advanced inversion methodology based on multichannel spectral analysis, Scholte and Love wave measurements are used to characterize subsea soil from a North Sea site. After normalization, a determinant-based objective...

A method for identification of an effective Winkler foundation for largediameter offshore wind turbine support structures based on in-situ measured small-strain soil response and 3D modelling

A procedure is presented for the derivation of an effective small-strain soil stiffness governing the soil– structure interaction of large-diameter monopiles. As a first step, geophysical measurements are used to estimate the depth-dependent shear modulus G of the soil stratum. The second step is to use this modulus and an estimated Poisson’s...

Upscaling in porous media: Consequences of reducing the phase on the dynamic behavior of a homogenized medium

Effective-medium approaches are widely used to model initially heterogeneous systems: it saves computational time. In poroelasticity (two-phase media), it is advantageous to use one-phase effective medium if possible: it simplifies computations even more. In this paper we discuss situations where phase reduction introduces significant inaccuracy...