Abstract
This study proposed a one-dimensional (1D) time-domain finite element method (FEM) for seismic response analysis of a layered saturated soil half-space under obliquely incident plane waves, based on Biot's u-w wave equations. The spatially two-dimensional problem was transformed into an equivalent 1D time-domain problem along the depth according to Snell's law. An exact artificial boundary condition for saturated poroelastic media was developed to simulate the wave absorption and input effects of the truncated half-space. Using the displacement and stress continuity conditions between the adjacent saturated poroelastic-medium layers and combining all finite elements and the exact artificial boundary condition, the total dynamic equation for the spatially 1D problem was obtained. The 1D dynamic equation was solved using the FEM with explicit time integration. The proposed method was verified by analyzing two engineering sites in the time domain and a comparison with the frequency-domain transfer matrix method with fast Fourier transform.
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