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Dynamic soil-structure interaction of simply supported high-speed railway bridges
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Civil and Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering and Bridges.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7927-7402
2020 (English)Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Research performed on the subject of dynamic soil-structure interaction (SS) concerning railway bridges is presented in this thesis with the focus on simply supported railway bridges supported by shallow foundations in soil strata on bedrock. The research aims to obtain insight into the SSI of high-speed railway bridges and to provide recommendations on how to model the soil-bridge system from a design perspective.

A three-dimensional (3D) simply supported soil-bridge model was first developed and the effects from model assumptions made on the soil-foundation system was evaluated in a 3D setting (paper I). The soil-foundation system was then refined and a model assumptions study was performed in order to evaluate the effects of model assumptions on impedance functions, including the influence of the permanent load acting on the soil-foundation system (paper II). Finally, a study of the assembled soil-bridge system was performed in an extensive parametric study including a set of 2D bridge models in combination with a set of shallow foundations in soil strata on bedrock (paper III). A supplementary section related to paper III was also added in this thesis, showing the effects of the substructure mass.

The model assumptions made when creating the soil-foundation model and the soil-bridge model can be very important and must be made with care. The permanent load acting on the soil-foundation systems of shallow foundations may alter the impedance functions significantly. The substructure mass may alter the behavior of the soil-bridge system depending on its magnitude, and neglecting it gives inaccurate results. The 3D effects of SSI do not cause high vibrations due to modes other than the first bending mode, and assuming a 2D bridge model is generally acceptable.

The effects of SSI on the soil-bridge systems with shallow soil strata are largely dependent on the ratio between the natural frequency of the bridge and the fundamental frequency of the soil. Depending on the value of this ratio, the effect of including SSI in bridge models may contribute to the bridge obtaining a negligible, conservative, or non-conservative response, as compared to the bridge with the assumption of non-flexible supports.

Abstract [sv]

Forskning i syfte att utröna effekten av dynamisk jord–struktur-interaktion (SSI)på järnvägsbroar presenteras i denna avhandling med huvudfokus på fritt upplagdabroar med stöd av plattgrundlagda fundament i jordar på fast berggrund. Forsknin-gen syftar till att ge förståelse för interaktionen mellan jord och järnvägsbroar samtatt ge rekommendationer på hur systemet kan modelleras ur ett designperspektiv.En tredimensionell (3D) fritt upplagd jord–bromodell utvecklades först och effek-terna av modellantaganden gjorda på jord–grundläggningssystemet utvärderadesi en 3D miljö (artikel I). Jord–grundläggningssystemet förfinades och en studiegenomfördes för att utvärdera effekterna av modellantaganden på impedansfunk-tioner, inklusive påverkan av den permanenta belastningen som verkar på jord–grundläggningssystemet (artikel II). Slutligen utfördes en omfattande parametriskstudie av det sammansatta jord–brosystemet där en uppsättning tvådimensionella(2D) bromodeller kombinerades med en uppsättning jordar (artikel III). Ett kom-pletterande avsnitt relaterat till artikel III lades till i denna avhandling som visareffekterna av massan av underbyggnaden på jord–brosystemet.De modellantaganden som görs vid skapandet av jord–grundläggningsmodeller ochjord–bromodeller kan vara mycket viktiga och bör utföras med varsamhet. Den per-manenta belastningen som verkar på jord–grundläggningssystemet kan väsentligtförändra impedansfunktionerna. Massan av underbyggnaden kan vidare ändra re-sponsen i jord–brosystemet, beroende på dess storlek, och att försumma den kan gefelaktiga resultat. De 3D effekterna av SSI orsakar inte höga vibrationer på grundav andra moder än den första böjmoden, och att anta en 2D bromodell är såledesgenerellt sett motiverat.Effekterna av SSI på jord–brosystemet i grunda jordar beror till stor del av kvotenmellan brons naturliga frekvens och jordens fundamentala frekvens. Beroende påvärdet på denna kvot kan effekten av att inkludera SSI i bromodeller bidra till attbron får en försumbar, konservativ, eller icke-konservativ respons, i jämförelse medbron med antagandet om fasta upplag.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2020. , p. 40
Series
TRITA-ABE-DLT ; 2025
Keywords [en]
Dynamic soil-structure interaction, Railway bridge, Impedance function, Soil dynamics, High-speed train
National Category
Infrastructure Engineering
Research subject
Civil and Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering and Bridges
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279651ISBN: 978-91-7873-616-4 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-279651DiVA, id: diva2:1461378
Presentation
2020-09-25, Via Zoom -- https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66066062747, Du som saknar dator/datorvana kan kontakta jeanmarc@kth.se / Use the e-mail address if you need technical assistance, Stockholm, 13:00 (English)
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Available from: 2020-09-03 Created: 2020-08-26 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved
List of papers
1. Considering dynamic soil-structure interaction in design of high-speed railway bridges
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Considering dynamic soil-structure interaction in design of high-speed railway bridges
2017 (English)In: X International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2017, Elsevier, 2017, Vol. 199, p. 2384-2389Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This article presents preliminary theoretical results on the influence of dynamic soil-structure interaction (SSI) of slab foundations. Impedance functions, representing the dynamic SSI, were obtained from FE-models depicting the soil for a few cases of different geotechnical preconditions. The obtained impedance functions were attached to single-span bridges and HSLM-A analyses were performed. The effect of the impedance functions on the bridge response was studied and compared to the ultimate case of a bridge on rigid supports. The influence of SSI seems to have a significant effect on railway bridges. This study shows that by including this effect in bridge design, the damping ratio of the system is largely increased, giving lower acceleration amplitudes in the bridge, while the natural frequencies are less affected.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2017
Series
Procedia Engineering, ISSN 1877-7058 ; 199
Keywords
Bridge Dynamics, High-Speed Railway, Impedance, Soil-Structure Interaction
National Category
Infrastructure Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-215898 (URN)10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.264 (DOI)000422868902088 ()2-s2.0-85029902247 (Scopus ID)
Conference
10th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2017, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Rome, Italy, 10 September 2017 through 13 September 2017
Note

QC 20171018

Available from: 2017-10-18 Created: 2017-10-18 Last updated: 2024-03-15Bibliographically approved
2. The Influence of Model Assumptions on the Dynamic Impedance Functions of Shallow Foundations
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Influence of Model Assumptions on the Dynamic Impedance Functions of Shallow Foundations
2020 (English)In: International Journal of Civil Engineering, ISSN 1735-0522, Vol. 18, no 11, p. 1315-1326Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The influence of model assumptions on the dynamic impedance functions of shallow foundations is investigated using finite elements in two studies. The first investigates the effects of model assumptions in different combinations including embedment of the foundation, variation of modulus with depth, and permanent load acting on the foundation. The second study is a parametric analysis investigating the effects of permanent load at varying soil depths and with different soil modulus coefficients. Shallow foundations in strata of frictional soil on top of bedrock are considered. Small-strain modulus and modulus reduction relationships are used in an iterative process to update the modulus due to the permanent load. The results show that model assumptions can have a large influence on impedance functions. The static stiffness coefficients differ, in some instances by more than 100%. The impedance functions, normalized with the static stiffness coefficients match each other well in the pre-resonance frequency range. However, in the frequency range above the fundamental frequency, the normalized impedance functions show a large variation. Further, the results show that the influence of the permanent load is largest in the case of shallow and stiff soil strata, both regarding normalized impedance functions as well as the static stiffness coefficient, which can be increased up to 67%. The change in fundamental frequency was however minimal.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature, 2020
Keywords
Dynamic impedance functions; Permanent load; Dynamic soil-structure interaction; Soil dynamics
National Category
Infrastructure Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279123 (URN)10.1007/s40999-020-00526-3 (DOI)000540192800001 ()2-s2.0-85091154405 (Scopus ID)
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QC 20200922

Available from: 2020-08-17 Created: 2020-08-17 Last updated: 2023-10-02Bibliographically approved
3. On the influence of shallow soil strata on the dynamic soil-structure interaction of simply supported high-speed railway bridges
Open this publication in new window or tab >>On the influence of shallow soil strata on the dynamic soil-structure interaction of simply supported high-speed railway bridges
2020 (English)In: International Journal of Rail transportation, ISSN 2324-8378, E-ISSN 2324-8386Article in journal (Refereed) Accepted
Abstract [en]

The influence of dynamic soil-structure interaction (SSI) on simply supported railway bridges is investigated. Impedance functions are calculated considering shallow foundations in soil strata limited by bedrock. The impedance functions are coupled to bridge models, and the assembled soil-bridge systems are investigated addressing the modal properties. A parametric study is performed on a large set of soil-bridge systems. Finally, the response to train loading is analysed. The study shows that the effects of SSI are essentially different depending on whether radiation damping is active or not. Shorter bridges are often affected by radiation damping and the response due to train loading may be significantly reduced when SSI is considered. However, for longer bridges (>15 m) the effect of SSI is often small. Due to the stiffness reduction of the impedance, some bridges may even have a detrimental effect from SSI and a reduction of the traffic speed is obtained.

National Category
Infrastructure Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279125 (URN)10.1080/23248378.2020.1817804 (DOI)000693819000001 ()2-s2.0-85091141266 (Scopus ID)
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QC 20200922

Syskonpost till ID: diva2:1600518 (published)

Available from: 2020-08-17 Created: 2020-08-17 Last updated: 2022-06-26Bibliographically approved

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