In the nonlinear case, the mass carried by a pile foundation is calculated for a specified reliability associated with pilecap displacement.
If proper reinforcement measures are taken to ensure the stability of the slope rock mass, the foundation rock mass will be stable.
Published reviews on non-linear vibrations of shell-type structures including complicating effects of anisotropy, initial stress, added mass, elastic foundation, stiffeners, open geometry (singly and doubly curved), transverse shear deformations, torsion, and interaction with fluid are also surveyed.
The derived solutions are used to study the effect of the pulse shape and pulse duration on the dynamic response of the one-mass hammer foundation system.
Figure 4(a) displays a photo of the mass-column foundation assembly indicating key dimensions.
This paper analyzes the response of one-mass hammer foundations and provides closed-form solutions for their dynamic response to common practical forms of hammer loads: rectangular pulse, half-sine pulse, and triangular pulse.
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Assuming the foundation mass to be negligible, an equivalent two-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) system is derived.
The proposed method is particularly advantageous for beam-like structures with uncertain applied axial load, mass density, and foundation stiffness.
Moreover, the force transmissibility from the vibrating mass to the foundation and the frequency equation are obtained.
