<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper presents a concept for vibration-mitigation techniques with the potential to reduce ground vibration amplitudes by applying an additional vibration source. The idea of an additional generator is verified in the case of an impact load for the points located on the ground surface and below it. Equations of motion for the damped transversally isotropic ground model with the absorbing boundary conditions are presented and numerically integrated using FlexPDE software, based on the finite element method. The efficiency of the solution is analyzed in terms of reducing the vertical and horizontal components. Results are presented in the form of a dimensionless amplitude reduction factor. In each case being analyzed, a vibration mitigation effect in a three-story building was achieved.</p></abstract>

This paper presents a concept for vibration-mitigation techniques with the potential to reduce ground vibration amplitudes by applying an additional vibration source. The idea of an additional generator is verified in the case of an impact load for the points located on the ground surface and below it. Equations of motion for the damped transversally isotropic ground model with the absorbing boundary conditions are presented and numerically integrated using FlexPDE software, based on the finite element method. The efficiency of the solution is analyzed in terms of reducing the vertical and horizontal components. Results are presented in the form of a dimensionless amplitude reduction factor. In each case being analyzed, a vibration mitigation effect in a three-story building was achieved.

The Efficiency of an Active Generator in the Case of a Deep Foundation Location

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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This paper presents a concept for vibration-mitigation techniques with the potential to reduce ground vibration amplitudes by applying an additional vibration...

The Efficiency of an Active Generator in the Case of a Deep Foundation Location

Published Online: May 17, 2017

Page range: 3 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sgem-2017-0001

Keywords
vibration-mitigation techniques, wave propagation, soil dynamics

© by Aneta Herbut

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Efficiency of an Active Generator in the Case of a Deep Foundation Location

Published Online: May 17, 2017

Page range: 3 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sgem-2017-0001

Keywordsvibration-mitigation techniques, wave propagation, soil dynamics

© by Aneta Herbut

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
vibration-mitigation techniques, wave propagation, soil dynamics