Attenuation of Rayleigh and pseudo surface waves in saturated soil by seismic metamaterials

verfasst von
Runcheng Cai, Yabin Jin, Bahram Djafari-Rouhani, Shuwei Zhou, Peixin Chen, Timon Rabczuk, Hehua Zhu, Xiaoying Zhuang
Abstract

Seismic metamaterials have received extensive research interest due to their bandgap properties, simplicity in design principles, and stability in response. They have been developed to protect buildings or architectures susceptible to damage from surface elastic waves. In practice, the ground soil is generally a multiphase medium, and the influence of its permeability and viscosity on seismic metamaterials is not yet clear. In this work, we developed a formulation that combines Biot's theory and Bloch-Floquet theorem to investigate the complex band structures and transmission properties of Rayleigh and pseudo surface waves (PSWs) for pillared and inclusion-embedded seismic metamaterials in saturated soil. It is shown that the ratio of fluid viscosity and permeability η/κ have an impact on the surface wave attenuation and the performances of seismic metamaterials, where the smaller ratio benefits the surface wave broadband attenuation and metamaterials attenuating effects. The complex band structures reveal that inclusion-embedded metamaterials can support the propagation of PSWs having a phase velocity higher than that of the transverse bulk waves. The PSWs are significantly affected by the rubber viscosity due to the mode displacements concentrated in the rubber coatings. The higher viscosity of metamaterials also allows for broadband attenuation of Rayleigh surface waves. The results of this study will present an appropriate way to design viscoelastic seismic metamaterials in saturated soil for low-frequency surface wave attenuation.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Fakultät für Mathematik und Physik
Externe Organisation(en)
Tongji University
Université de Lille 1
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company Ltd.
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Computers and geotechnics
Band
165
Anzahl der Seiten
12
ISSN
0266-352X
Publikationsdatum
01.2024
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geotechnik und Ingenieurgeologie, Angewandte Informatik
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105854 (Zugang: Geschlossen)