Vertical and Torsional Vibration of Foundations in Inhomogeneous Media
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
- Vol. 114 (9), 1002-1021
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9410(1988)114:9(1002)
Abstract
A study of the dynamic impedances for radially inhomogeneous, infinite viscoelastic layers with a circular hole, and for piles embedded in a medium represented by such layers is made. Systems in vertical and torsional modes of vibration are examined considering both a discontinuous variation in shear modulus and an exponentially increasing, continuous variation. The results are evaluated over wide ranges of the parameters involved and compared with those obtained for a homogeneous layer. In addition, the harmonic response of strip foundations supported at the surface of a vertically inhomogeneous viscoelastic half‐space is examined, and it is shown that within the framework of a previously proposed approximation, the impedances of such foundations for both horizontal and vertical modes of vibration may be deduced from those obtained for the vertically excited, radially inhomogeneous layer.Keywords
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