Vibration isolation using open or filled trenches: Part 1: 2-D homogeneous soil

DE Beskos, B Dasgupta, IG Vardoulakis - Computational mechanics, 1986 - Springer
The problem of structural isolation from ground transmitted vibrations by open or infilled
trenches under conditions of plane strain is numerically studied. The soil medium is …

Novel periodic pile barrier with low-frequency wide bandgap for Rayleigh waves

C Zhao, C Chen, C Zeng, W Bai, J Dai - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to investigate the propagation of low-frequency seismic surface waves in
periodic in-filled barriers from the viewpoint of bandgaps. Based on Bloch-Flouquet theory …

Modelling of pile wave barriers by effective trenches and their screening effectiveness

SE Kattis, D Polyzos, DE Beskos - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 1999 - Elsevier
The three-dimensional problem of isolation of vibration by a row of piles is studied
numerically on the basis of a model replacing the row of piles by an effective trench in order …

Vibration isolation by a row of piles using a 3‐D frequency domain BEM

SE Kattis, D Polyzos, DE Beskos - International Journal for …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The problem of vibration isolation by a row of piles is numerically solved in a three‐
dimensional context by an advanced frequency domain boundary element method (BEM) …

Surface-wave attenuation by periodic pile barriers in layered soils

X Pu, Z Shi - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to investigate surface-wave isolation by periodic piles from the
perspective of attenuation zones. There are three major components. The first is the …

Attenuation zones of periodic pile barriers and its application in vibration reduction for plane waves

J Huang, Z Shi - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2013 - Elsevier
The periodic theory of solid-state physics is introduced to study the reduction characteristics
of periodic pile barriers. The attenuation zones of a two-dimensional infinite periodic pile …

Broadband wave attenuation and topological transport in novel periodic pile barriers

A Ni, Z Shi - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Topological insulator (TI) has received enormous attention in recent years due to its
intriguing dynamic characterizes of topologically protected wave transport and defect …

Periodic pile barriers for Rayleigh wave isolation in a poroelastic half-space

X Pu, Z Shi - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
A detailed investigation is carried out to investigate the use of periodic piles as wave barriers
for Rayleigh wave isolation from the perspective of periodic theory in solid state physics …

Effect of underground cavities on surface earthquake ground motion under SH wave propagation

C Smerzini, J Aviles, R Paolucci… - Earthquake …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A theoretical approach is presented to study the antiplane seismic response of underground
structures, subjected to the incidence of both plane and cylindrical waves. The structure is …

Field vibration mitigation by honeycomb WIB for pile foundations of a high-speed train viaduct

H Takemiya - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2004 - Elsevier
Environmental vibrations from recent high-speed trains are becoming a special concern in
the civil and environmental engineering field since they can give detrimental effects to …