Local identification of soil and soil-structure systems using shape-acceleration arrays

Mourad Zeghal, Tarek Abdoun, Ahmed Elmekati, Victoria Bennett, Lee Danisch

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Abstract

A local identification technique is developed to analyze the response of soil and soil-structure systems utilizing measurements from a newly developed Wireless Shape-Acceleration Array (WSAA). Local analyses of the constitutive behavior of these systems are performed using acceleration records provided by a cluster of closely spaced sensors. The developed new technique does not require the availability of boundary condition measurements, or solution of an associated boundary value problem. The constitutive behavior at a specific location is analyzed independently of adjacent response mechanisms or material properties. Numerical simulations of a soil-retaining wall system were used to demonstrate the capabilities of this local system identification technique. The combination of the developed Wireless Shape-Acceleration Array (WSAA) and local identification technique constitute a step toward autonomous monitoring technology and analysis tools capable of providing a realistic picture of acceleration, large deformation and failure of soil and soil-structure systems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationFMGM 2007 - Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Field Measurments in Geomechanics
Pages64
Number of pages1
Edition175
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event7th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, FMGM 2007 - Boston, MA, United States
Duration: Sep 24 2007Sep 27 2007

Publication series

NameGeotechnical Special Publication
Number175
ISSN (Print)0895-0563

Other

Other7th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, FMGM 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston, MA
Period9/24/079/27/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Building and Construction
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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