Three-dimensional analysis of rows of piles as passive barriers for ground vibration isolation

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1015-1027

  Gao, G Y ^a   Li, Z Y ^a   Qiu, Ch ^b   Yue, Z Q ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Pudong Construction Project Management Co Ltd   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ground vibration; Integral equation; Multi rows of piles; Passive isolation; Rayleigh wave scattering

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

GROUND VIBRATION ISOLATION; MULTI-ROWS OF PILES; PASSIVE ISOLATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE SCATTERING;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOVEMENT; PILE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 33746973349     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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