| Abstract: | The programs described here were designed for calculating the nonlinear seismic response of a two-dimensional configuration of soil underlain by a semi-infinite elastic medium representing bedrock. There are two programs. One is for plane strain motions, that is, motions in the plane perpendicular to the long axis of the structure, and the other is for antiplane strain motions, that is motions parallel to the axis. The seismic input is provided by specifying what the motion of the rock-soil boundary would be if the soil were absent and the boundary were a free surface. This may be done by supplying a magnetic tape containing the values of particle velocity for every boundary point at every instant of time. Alternatively, a punch card deck may be supplied giving acceleration values at every instant of time. In the plane strain program it is assumed that the acceleration values apply simultaneously to every point on the boundary; in the antiplane strain program it is assumed that the acceleration values characterize a plane shear wave propagating upward in the underlying elastic medium at a specified angle with the vertical. The nonlinear hysteretic behavior of the soil is represented by a three-dimensional rheological model. A boundary condition is used which takes account of finite rigidity in the elastic substratum. The computations are performed by an explicit finite-difference scheme that proceeds step by step in space and time. Computations are done in terms of stress departures from an unspecified initial state. Source listings are provided here along with instructions for preparing the input. A more detailed discussion of the method is presented elsewhere. |
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| Citation Author: | Joyner, W. B. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Earthquake Science Center, Menlo Park Science Center |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 69 leaves :ill. ;28 cm.; (73 p. - PGS) |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Number: | 78-287 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | FORTRAN programs for calculating nonlinear seismic ground response in two dimensions; 1978; OFR; 78-287; Joyner, W. B. |
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| Text: | FORTRAN programs for calculating nonlinear seismic ground response in two dimensions; 1978; OFR; 78-287; Joyner, W. B. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
