TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic analysis of layered systems under a moving harmonic rectangular load based on the spectral element method
AU - Sun, Zhaojie
AU - Kasbergen, Cor
AU - Skarpas, Athanasios
AU - Anupam, Kumar
AU - van Dalen, Karel N.
AU - Erkens, Sandra M.J.G.
N1 - Accepted Author Manuscript
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In order to design high-performance roadways, a robust tool which can compute the structural response caused by moving vehicles is necessary. Therefore, this paper proposes a spectral element method-based model to accurately and effectively predict the 3D dynamic response of layered systems under a moving load. A layer spectral element and a semi-infinite spectral element are developed to respectively model a layer and a half-space, and the combinations of these two elements can simulate layered systems. The detailed mathematical derivation and numerical validation of the proposed model are included. Additionally, this model is used to investigate the dynamic characteristics of a pavement structure under a moving harmonic rectangular load. The results show that the proposed model can accurately predict the dynamic response of layered systems caused by a moving load. It is also found that the vertical displacement amplitude curves of surface points caused by a moving harmonic load are asymmetric along the moving direction, and this property is more dominant at higher velocities. In addition, the amplitudes of these vertical displacements are smaller if the loading frequency is higher or the loss factor is bigger. Finally, the loading area and Poisson's ratio only have effect on the displacement amplitudes of points in the close vicinity of the loading area. The proposed model is beneficial to the development of engineering methods for pavement design and is a promising parameter back-calculation engine for pavement quality evaluation.
AB - In order to design high-performance roadways, a robust tool which can compute the structural response caused by moving vehicles is necessary. Therefore, this paper proposes a spectral element method-based model to accurately and effectively predict the 3D dynamic response of layered systems under a moving load. A layer spectral element and a semi-infinite spectral element are developed to respectively model a layer and a half-space, and the combinations of these two elements can simulate layered systems. The detailed mathematical derivation and numerical validation of the proposed model are included. Additionally, this model is used to investigate the dynamic characteristics of a pavement structure under a moving harmonic rectangular load. The results show that the proposed model can accurately predict the dynamic response of layered systems caused by a moving load. It is also found that the vertical displacement amplitude curves of surface points caused by a moving harmonic load are asymmetric along the moving direction, and this property is more dominant at higher velocities. In addition, the amplitudes of these vertical displacements are smaller if the loading frequency is higher or the loss factor is bigger. Finally, the loading area and Poisson's ratio only have effect on the displacement amplitudes of points in the close vicinity of the loading area. The proposed model is beneficial to the development of engineering methods for pavement design and is a promising parameter back-calculation engine for pavement quality evaluation.
KW - Dynamic response
KW - Layered systems
KW - Moving load
KW - Spectral element method
KW - Doppler effect
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068877523&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2019.06.022
DO - 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2019.06.022
M3 - Article
SN - 0020-7683
VL - 180-181
SP - 45
EP - 61
JO - International Journal of Solids and Structures
JF - International Journal of Solids and Structures
ER -