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Numerical Modelling of
Soil-structure Interaction Problems

Hoe Yeow
Software
In-house Oasys SAFE for 2D problems
Propped excavation Berm excavation Tunnel & tunnelling
-20.00 20.00 60.00 100.0
X [m]
Scale x 1:500 y 1:500
-5.000
.0
5. 000
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
Y

[
m
]
Faade model Embankment and slope
SoftwareBP00.1
In-house Oasys LS-Dyna for 3D problems (PC based)

Car crash Air bag
Gravity foundation Tunnelling Piled raft
BRICK soil model

State of the art non-
linear, small strain fine
grain soil model
(Simpson 92)

London Clay
Singapore Marine Clay
Florence clays
Bangkok clays
Hong Kong CDG (back
analyses only)
Why Numerical Modelling? HP000.1
Design requirements
Economic design
Justifying critical design
Complex problems, evaluating risks
Investigate failures
Ground movement damage assessments
Clients requirements

Design Requirements (Potts and Zdravkovic, 1999)
Economic DesignBP00.1
2m
Homogeneous
Isotropic
clay
1m
= 20kN/m
3
d
1m
c' = 5kPa
|' = 25
(o/|') = 0.67
s'
w
= 0
8m
1
3
5
7
9
8.7m
7.3m
6.0m
LE
Pseudo
FE
FE/FD
W
a
l
l

E
m
b
e
d
m
e
n
t

d

(
m
)
500
1000
1152
837
734
LE
Pseudo
FE
FE/FD
C
a
l
c
u
l
a
t
e
d

M
a
x
i
m
u
m

U
L
S

W
a
l
l

B
M
(
k
N
m
/
m
)
minimum saving of 860,000
reduction of excavation programme
from 15 months to 6 months
page 145 ..
combined numerical modelling and observation method
Value for money - Batheaston Bypass BP00.1
(1998)
Value for money Canary Wharf Piled Raft BP00.1
Base grouted bored pile (capacity o
m
')
Raft action to increase mean effective stress
Savings of 30% in piling cost
Complex soil-structure interaction
Justifying critical design and approval BP00.1
Metsovitikos Bridge
(original design)
Tunnelling operation
- complex ground conditions
- highly 3D
- slope stability
- ubiquitous joint model
- complex SCL sequence
(previously known as NATM)
- large excavation next to
existing tunnels
Gravity anchor
foundation
Ashford Box Design (1.8km cut and cover, 15m deep)BP00.1
Non-symmetrical
Interaction btw. walls
Permanent under slab
drainage system
Permeability, k
h
> k
v
Observation method
Complex problem, evaluate construction
risks and approval
RC bored
pile, 1.8m
diameter
Steel tunnel 3.68m
diameter, 0.508m
segment width,
124mm flange
thickness
Each element
is 0.508m wide,
to represent a
segment
Horizontal
displacement
Deformed shape
200x magnified
Investigate failureBP00.1
Hull tunnel
Heathrow Express Tunnel Collapse
Ground Movement & Damage AssessmentsBP00. 1
Excavation
Computed
tunnels
distortion
Effects on
existing tunnels
Britannic House
Clients requirements (Florence TAV Station, Italy)
Tension piles
Pseudo-FE
FREW
Railway loading
Non linear, small strain soil
model
Coupled consolidation
Compare with pseudo-FE
computation
Non-linear soil model
Wall
28m
SAFE
Prop 1
Prop 2