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Study on vibration isolation performance of composite multilayer wave impeding block based on wave impedance ratio under an underground dynamic load

Abstract

Based on the theory of single-phase elastic medium and unsaturated porous medium, the vibration isolation effect of composite multilayer wave impeding block (WIB) in the unsaturated ground under an underground dynamic load is investigated. The results show that the best vibration isolation effect can be obtained by designing the wave impedance ratio between the composite multilayer WIB and unsaturated ground. The composite multilayer WIB improves the vibration-damping bandwidth compared with the homogeneous WIB. The vibration isolation effect is better the closer the embedded depth of the composite multilayer WIB is to the vibration source, and its vibration isolation effect increases significantly with the increase of thickness, but when the thickness of the WIB exceeds a certain critical thickness, its vibration isolation effect decreases with the increase of thickness. Soil saturation has a significant effect on the vibration isolation effect of composite multilayer WIB in the unsaturated ground, and the composite multilayer WIB can achieve a better vibration isolation effect at low saturation.

Keywords
Underground dynamic load; unsaturated soil; composite multilayer WIB; wave impedance ratio; vibration isolation design

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1 INTRODUCTION

Internationally, vibration pollution has been listed as one of the seven environmental hazards and has begun to study the laws of vibration pollution, the causes of its generation, the ways of its propagation, and the methods of its control. As the environmental vibration generated during the work of underground rail transit and other engineering activities has many adverse effects on various precision instruments as well as people's living and working environments. Therefore, it is of great practical significance to find effective vibration damping and vibration isolation measures for ground vibration caused by underground dynamic loads, and ground vibration and its control have become one of the important topics that need to be urgently solved in the field of geotechnical engineering research.

The propagation process and attenuation law of ground vibration vary in different sites, and a series of important research results have been conducted by domestic and foreign scholars from various aspects such as load types and ground characteristics (Zienkiewicz et al., 1980Zienkiewicz, O.C., Chang, C.T., Beetts, P. (1980). Drained, undrained, consolidating and dynamic behavior assumptions in soils. Geotechnqiue 30(04), 385-395.; Zhou et al., 2015Zhou, F.X., Cao, Y.C., Zhao, W.G. (2015). Analysis of dynamic response of inhomogeneous subgrade under moving loads. Rock Soil Mech 36(07), 2027-2033.; Shi et al., 2021Shi, L.W., Ma, Q., Ma, Y.X. (2021). Dynamic responses of unsaturated half-space soils to a strip load at different boundary conditions. Arab J Geosci 14(11), 1-11.; Huang et al., 2022Huang. L., Liu, Z., Wu. C., et al. (2022). A three-dimensional indirect boundary integral equation method for the scattering of seismic waves in a poroelastic layered half-space. Eng Anal Bound Elem 135, 167-181.). The establishment of a barrier between the existing vibration source and the protected area to cut off the propagation path of elastic waves, attenuate the vibration energy and reduce the vibration amplitude is a commonly adopted vibration isolation measure internationally. At present, scholars at home and abroad have carried out a lot of research work on the vibration reduction performance of various vibration isolation barriers (Woods., 1968Woods, R.D. (1968). Screening of surface waves in soils. J Soil Mech Found Div 94(04), 951-979.; Xu et al., 2015Xu, P., Zhou, F.X., Xia, T.D. (2015). Review on passive vibration isolation using barriers. J China Earthq Eng 37(01), 88-93.; Schevenels and Lombaert, 2017Schevenels, M., Lombaert, G. (2017). Double wall barriers for the reduction of ground vibration transmission. Soil Dyn Earthq Eng 97, 1-13.; Gao, 1998Gao, GY. (1998) Theory and Application of Ground Vibration Isolation by Discontinuous Barrier, Ph.D. Thesis (in Chinese), Zhejiang University, China.; Gao et al., 2018Gao, G.Y., Zhang, Q.W., Chen, J., et al. (2018) Field experiments and numerical analysis on the ground vibration isolation of WIB under horizontal and rocking coupled excitations. Soil Dyn Earthq Eng 115, 507-512.; Liu et al., 2019Liu, Z.X., Fu, Z.Y., Miao, Y., et al. (2019). 3D simulation for broadband scattering of rayleigh wave by discontinuous barrier based on FMP-IBEM. J Vib Shock 38(19), 89-97.; Li et al., 2021Li, Y., Di, H., Zhou, S., et al. (2021). Seismic analysis for cross transfer subway stations in soft soil stratum. KSCE J Civ Eng 25(05), 1732-1745.; Ba et al., 2022Ba, Z.N., Liu, S.P., Wu, M.T., et al. (2022). Analytical solution for isolation effect of plane SH waves by periodically distributed piles. Rock Soil Mech 41(09), 2861-2868.). Among them, according to the form of vibration isolation barriers, Gao (1998)Gao, GY. (1998) Theory and Application of Ground Vibration Isolation by Discontinuous Barrier, Ph.D. Thesis (in Chinese), Zhejiang University, China. further classified barriers into continuous barriers and discontinuous barriers according to their geometric characteristics.

Chouw et al. (1991)Chouw, N., Le, R., Schmid, G. (1991). An approach to reduce foundation vibrations and soil waves using dynamic transmitting behavior of a soil layer. Bauingenieur 66, 215-221. were the first to analyze the active and passive vibration isolation effects of WIB in the elastic ground, and the results showed that the vibration isolation effect of WIB was better than that of filled trenches. Takemiya and Fujiwara (1994)Takemiya, H., Fujiwara, A. (1994). Wave propagation / impediment in a stratum and WIB (WIB) measured for SSI response reduction. Soil Dyn Earthq Eng 13(01), 49-61. studied the vibration isolation effect of group pile foundation excitation in a single soil layer on bedrock, and the results showed that the WIB is an effective vibration isolation measure. Gao and Li (2005)Gao, GY., Li, W. 2005 2-D analysis of ground vibration isolation using WIB. Earthq Eng Eng Dyn (02), 130-135.; Gao et al. (2007)Gao, G.Y., Feng, S.J., Li, W., et al. (2007). 2-D analysis of vibration isolation by WIB in layered ground. J Vib Eng, (02), 174-179. analyzed the vibration isolation effect of WIB in two-dimensional elastic foundations as well as two-dimensional laminated elastic foundations, and the study showed that the vibration isolation effect of WIB is significantly affected by the elastic modulus. Most of the materials of WIB in the above studies are relatively single, and the materials are mainly concentrated in single-phase solid media, and there is less research on the composite mode of WIB and non-uniform materials. Ma (2018)Ma, Q. 2018 Study on isolation barrier based on gradient non-homogeneous WIB, Ph.D. Thesis (in Chinese), Lanzhou University of Technology, China., Ma et al. (2017)Ma, Q., Zhou, F.X., Liu, J. (2017). Analysis of ground vibration control by graded WIB. J Chin J Theor Appl 49(06), 1360-1369. established a ground vibration isolation system with a functional gradient WIB in an elastic ground, and the study showed that the gradient WIB can effectively reduce the vibration amplitude. Gao et al. (2020Gao, M., Tian, S.P., Wang, Y., et al. (2020). Isolation of ground vibration induced by high speed railway by DXWIB: Field investigation. Soil Dyn Earthq Eng 131, 106039., 2021Gao, M., Zhang, Z.S., Wang, C.G., et al. (2021). Field test on vibration isolation performance by WIB-Duxseal under vertical excitation. Rock Soil Mech 42(02), 537-546.) proposed a joint vibration isolation method combining Duxseal industrial filler and WIB (referred to as DXWIB), and found that the DXWIB barrier enhanced the bandwidth of traditional homogeneous WIB vibration reduction through experimental studies. Zhou et al. (2020)Zhou, F.X., Ma, Q., Zhou, Z.X. (2020). 2D analysis of vibration-isolation efficiency of an open trench-wave impedence block barrier. Rock Soil Mech 41(12), 4087-4092+4115. proposed a new type of combined air trench-WIB vibration isolation barrier and analyzed its vibration isolation performance in elastic foundations, which showed that the combined air trench-WIB vibration isolation barrier combined the respective advantages of air trench and WIB and could effectively control the foundation vibration caused by different frequency vibration sources. Due to the complexity of the soil, simplifying to a single elastic foundation does not fully reflect the true state of the soil. Gao et al. (2014)Gao, G.Y., Wang, F., Chen, G.Q. (2014). Active vibration isolation of the saturated ground with WIB inside and under the load of the travelling train. J Vib Eng 27(03), 433-440. studied the vibration isolation performance of WIB in the saturated ground under the effect of rail traffic load for the saturated ground model. Gao et al. (2017)Gao, G.Y., Chen, J., Gu, X.Q., et al. (2017). Numerical study on the active vibration isolation by WIB in saturated soils under vertical loading. Soil Dyn Earthq Eng 93, 99-112. studied the vibration isolation effect of WIB in saturated soil and analyzed the saturated soil-foundation-WIB interaction. Based on the Biot theory of saturated porous media, Ma et al. (2019)Ma, Q., Zhou, F.X., Zhang, W.Y. (2019). Vibration isolation of saturated foundations by functionally graded WIB under a moving load. J Braz Soc Mech Sci Eng 41(02), 108. investigated the vibration isolation effect of liquid-containing saturated porous gradient WIB in the saturated ground under a moving load. Subsequently, Shu et al. (2022)Shu, J.H., Ma, Q., Zhou, F.X., et al. (2022). Study on the propagation characteristics of P1 wave passing through WIB in unsaturated soil. Rock Soil Mech., 43(04), 1-13. extended the soil type to unsaturated soils and investigated the propagation characteristics of P1 waves through single-layer homogeneous WIB in unsaturated soils, and the results showed that the selection of shear modulus and density of WIB in the appropriate range can achieve better vibration isolation effects in the unsaturated ground.

As can be seen above, most of the current research on WIB vibration barriers is focused on single-phase elastic ground and saturated ground. However, natural soil in nature is generally a porous multiphase medium composed of solid-liquid-gas phases, and unsaturated soil is the more common state of existence in nature. Therefore, it is of more general significance to study the vibration damping and isolation effect of WIB in unsaturated soil ground. In addition, most of the previous studies on WIB vibration isolation barriers were limited to homogeneous WIB, and it was found that (Chouw et al., 1991Chouw, N., Le, R., Schmid, G. (1991). An approach to reduce foundation vibrations and soil waves using dynamic transmitting behavior of a soil layer. Bauingenieur 66, 215-221.; Takemiya and Fujiwara, 1994Takemiya, H., Fujiwara, A. (1994). Wave propagation / impediment in a stratum and WIB (WIB) measured for SSI response reduction. Soil Dyn Earthq Eng 13(01), 49-61.; Gao and Li, 2005Gao, GY., Li, W. 2005 2-D analysis of ground vibration isolation using WIB. Earthq Eng Eng Dyn (02), 130-135.; Gao et al., 2007Gao, G.Y., Feng, S.J., Li, W., et al. (2007). 2-D analysis of vibration isolation by WIB in layered ground. J Vib Eng, (02), 174-179.) single-layer homogeneous WIB vibration isolation barriers have a good vibration isolation effect for a low-frequency vibration, but the deficiency of vibration amplification will occur for medium and high-frequency vibration.

Therefore, this paper proposes a new vibration isolation system with a composite multilayer WIB as a vibration isolation barrier based on the property that the greater the interfacial difference of thin layer media the more significant the vibration wave transmission and reflection effect, and studies the vibration isolation performance of the composite multilayer WIB in the unsaturated ground. Based on the governing equations of unsaturated porous media, the mathematical model of composite multilayer WIB in the unsaturated ground under an underground dynamic load is established, and the general solution of displacement and stress of soil body in the domain of Fourier transform is derived by using Fourier transform and Helmholtz vector decomposition. The influence of the wave impedance between the material layers on the vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB is analyzed by numerical calculation, and the vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB and the homogeneous WIB in the unsaturated soil foundation is compared.

2 Mathematical model of the problem

The unsaturated ground is internally considered to be subjected to a vertical strip harmonic load is q0eiωt with an angular frequency is ω and amplitude is q0 as shown in Figure 1. A composite multilayer WIB with thicknesses hw1, hw2, and hw3 is set at a depth of H from the surface of the unsaturated ground, and the composite multilayer WIB are located in the areas of WIB1, WIB2, WIB3, respectively. The distance of the vibration source from the WIB is h. The composite multilayer WIB and the vibration source divide the unsaturated ground into three parts, I, II, and III. A schematic diagram of the wave propagation and the wave amplitude is given in the figure.

Figure 1
Wave propagation diagram of WIB in unsaturated soil under an underground dynamic load.

3 Governing equations

3.1 Single-phase solid medium

Governing equations for an isotropic linear elastic single-phase continuous solid medium are as follows:

λ e + μ e u e + μ e 2 u e = ρ e u ¨ e (1)

where λeand μedenote the Lame elastic constants of the solid material, ρeis the density of the solid material, uedenotes the displacement vector.

The corresponding stress-displacement relation is as follows:

σ e = λ e u e I + μ e u e + u e I (2)

where σedenotes the stress tensor in a single-phase elastic solid, Iis the unit matrix.

According to the Helmholtz vector decomposition, the displacement vector can be expressed as a potential function as follows:

u e = φ e + × ψ e (3)

where φeand ψeare the scalar potential function and vector potential function of the single-phase solid, respectively.

Substituting Eq. (3) into Eq. (1), the single-phase solid wave equation is as follows:

2φe=1vp22φet2, 2ψe=1vs22ψet2(4)

where vp=λe+2μe/ρeandvs=μe/ρe are the propagation velocity of the longitudinal and transverse waves, respectively.

3.2 Unsaturated porous medium

Based on the fact that the model built in this paper is considered to be subjected to simple harmonic loading, all variables in the steady-state case can be written as follows:

f x 1 , x 3 , t = f x 1 , x 3 * e i ω t (5)

where fx1,x3,tis the functional form of all variables in a steady state, and ω is the circular frequency.

For convenience, the asterisk is omitted in the following derivation process.

Based on the theory of continuous medium mechanics and Bishop's effective stress formula, the dynamic governing equations of unsaturated soil were proposed by Xu and Wei (2011)Xu, M.J., Wei, D.M. (2011). 3D non-axisymmetric dynamic response of unsaturated soils. J Eng Mech 28(03), 78-85. as follows:

μ p 2 u s + λ p + μ p u s a γ p l a 1 γ p g = ω 2 ρ ¯ s u s ω 2 ρ ¯ l u l ω 2 ρ ¯ g u g (6a)
p l = b l i ω u l u s ω 2 ρ l u l (6b)
p g = b g i ω u g u s ω 2 ρ g u g (6c)
p l = a 11 u s + a 12 u l + a 13 u g (6d)
p g = a 21 u s + a 22 u l + a 23 u g (6e)

where the coefficients (Xu and Wei, 2011Xu, M.J., Wei, D.M. (2011). 3D non-axisymmetric dynamic response of unsaturated soils. J Eng Mech 28(03), 78-85.) of a11~a23,A11~A23, bl,bg,a,γ, etc. are the corresponding coefficients in the governing equations for unsaturated porous media. us, ul,ug,ρ¯s=1nρs, ρ¯l=nSrρland ρ¯g=n1Srρgare the displacements and relative densities of the solid, liquid, and gas phases of the unsaturated soil, respectively. ρs, ρland ρgare the densities of the solid, liquid, and gas phases, respectively. ω=2πf is the angular frequency, f is the frequency, n is the porosity, Sr is the saturation, λpand μpare the Lame coefficients of the unsaturated soil. pland pgare the pore water and pore gas pressures, respectively.

The stress-strain relationship of unsaturated soil is as follows:

σ i j = λ p e δ i j + 2 μ p ε i j δ i j a p (7)

where σijis the total stress component of the unsaturated soil medium (i=j=1,3), e=usis the volumetric strain of the soil skeleton, δijis the Kronecker symbol, εijis the strain of the soil skeleton, and p=γpl+1γpgis the equivalent pore fluid pressure.

Substituting Eqs. (6d) and (6e) into Eqs. (6a), (6b), and (6c) yields

μ p 2 u s + B 1 u s + B 2 u l + B 3 u g = ω 2 ρ ¯ s u s ω 2 ρ ¯ l u l ω 2 ρ ¯ g u g (8a)
a 11 u s + a 12 u l + a 13 u g = C 1 u s + C 2 u l (8b)
a 21 u s + a 22 u l + a 23 u g = C 3 u s + C 4 u g (8c)

where B1=λp+μp+aγa11+a1γa21,B2=aγa12+a1γa22,B3=aγa13+a1γa23, C1=bliω,C2=b1iωω2ρ1,C3=bgiω,C4=bgiωω2ρg.

According to the Helmholtz vector decomposition, the displacement vectorsus, ul, and ugcan be expressed in terms of potential functions as follows:

u z = φ z + × ψ z (9)

where (z=s, l, g). φs, φl, φgare the scalar potential functions of solid, liquid, and gas phases, respectively. ψs, ψl, ψgare the vector potential functions of solid, liquid, and gas phases, respectively.

Substituting Eq. (9) into Eqs. (8a~8c) for divergence and curl operations yields:

μ p + B 1 2 φ s + B 2 2 φ l + B 3 2 φ g = ω 2 ρ ¯ s φ s ω 2 ρ ¯ l φ l ω 2 ρ ¯ g φ g (10a)
a 11 2 φ s + a 12 2 φ l + a 13 2 φ g = C 1 φ s + C 2 φ l (10b)
a 21 2 φ s + a 22 2 φ l + a 23 2 φ g = C 3 φ s + C 4 φ g (10c)
μ p 2 ψ s = ω 2 ρ ¯ s ψ s ω 2 ρ ¯ l ψ l ω 2 ρ ¯ g ψ g (10d)
C 1 ψ s + C 2 ψ l = 0 (10e)
C 3 ψ s + C 4 ψ g = 0 (10f)

4 Solution of the displacement potential function

4.1 Solution of single-phase solid medium

The Fourier transform with respect to x1is defined as follows:

f ˜ ξ , x 3 = f x 1 , x 3 e i ξ x 1 d x 1 (11)

where ξ are the wave numbers in the x1 direction.

Substituting Eqs. (5) and (11) into Eq. (4), after Fourier transforms yields:

d2φ˜edx32+αe2φ˜e=0, d2ψ˜edx32+βe2ψ˜e=0(12)

where αe=ω2/vp2ξ2, βe=ω2/vs2ξ2.

Therefore, the general solution of displacement potential function in a single-phase elastic solid medium can be obtained as follows:

φ˜e=Atee-iαex3+Areeiαex3, ψ˜e=Btee-iβex3+Breeiβex3(13)

where Ateand Areare the amplitudes of the transmitted P wave and reflected P wave in a single-phase solid medium respectively. Bteand Breare the amplitudes of transmitted S wave and reflected S wave in a single-phase solid medium, respectively.

4.2 Solution of the unsaturated porous medium

Substituting Eq. (11) into Eqs. (10a~10c), after Fourier transforms yields:

μ p + B 1 d 2 φ ˜ s d x 3 2 + b 11 φ ˜ s + B 2 d 2 φ ˜ l d x 3 2 + b 12 φ ˜ l + B 3 d 2 φ ˜ g d x 3 2 + b 13 φ ˜ g = 0 (14a)
a 11 d 2 φ ˜ s d x 3 2 + b 21 φ ˜ s + a 12 d 2 φ ˜ l d x 3 2 + b 22 φ ˜ l + a 13 d 2 φ ˜ g d x 3 2 + b 23 φ ˜ g = 0 (14b)
a 21 d 2 φ ˜ s d x 3 2 + b 31 φ ˜ s + a 22 d 2 φ ˜ l d x 3 2 + b 32 φ ˜ l + a 23 d 2 φ ˜ g d x 3 2 + b 33 φ ˜ g = 0 (14c)

where b11=ρ¯sω2μp+B1ξ2, b12=ρ¯lω2B2ξ2, b13=ρ¯gω2B3ξ2, b21=C1a11ξ2, b22=C2a12ξ2, b23=a13ξ2, b31=C3a21ξ2, b32=a22ξ2, b33=C4a23ξ2.

Assuming that the solution of the Eqs. (14) as follows:

φ ˜ s φ ˜ l φ ˜ g T = c s c l c g T exp λ x 3 (15)

Substituting Eq. (15) into Eqs. (14) yields the linear equations as follows:

λ 2 B 3 + b 13 λ 2 B 2 + b 12 λ 2 ( μ p + B 1 ) + b 11 λ 2 a 13 + b 23 λ 2 a 12 + b 22 λ 2 a 11 + b 21 λ 2 a 23 + b 33 λ 2 a 22 + b 32 λ 2 a 21 + b 31 c g c l c s = 0 (16)

The condition that Eq. (16) has a non-zero solution is that the determinant of its coefficient matrix is 0, namely:

β 1 λ 6 + β 2 λ 4 + β 3 λ 2 + β 4 = 0 (17)
where βnn=1,2,3,4 are detailed in Appendix A.

The roots of Eq. (17) are±λnn=1,2,3 , λn are given by the following equation:

λ n = r n Re λ n 0, n = 1,2,3 (18)

where rn are determined by the equationβ1rn3+β2rn2+β3rn+β4=0.

The solution of ordinary differential Eqs. (14) can be obtained as follows:

φ ˜ s = n = 1 3 A t p n e λ n x 3 + A r p n e λ n x 3 (19a)
φ ˜ l = n = 1 3 δ p n l A t p n e λ n x 3 + A r p n e λ n x 3 (19b)
φ ˜ g = n = 1 3 δ p n g A t p n e λ n x 3 + A r p n e λ n x 3 (19c)

where δpnl=B1a13B3a11+a13μprn2+B1b23B3b21a11b13+a13b11+b23μprn+b11b23b13b21B2a13B3a12rn2+B2b23B3b22a12b13+a13b12rn+b12b23b13b22,δpng=B1a12B2a11+a12μprn2+B1b22B2b21a11b12+a12b11+b22μprn+b11b22b12b21B2a13B3a12rn2+B2b23B3b22a12b13+a13b12rn+b12b23b13b22, Atpn and Arpn (n=1,2,3) are the amplitudes of transmitted P1 wave, P2 wave, P3 wave and reflected P1 wave, P2 wave, and P3 wave in unsaturated soil porous medium, respectively.

Substituting Eq. (11) into Eqs. (10d~10f), then performing the Fourier transform on them yields:

μ p d 2 ψ ˜ s d x 3 2 + d 11 ψ ˜ s + d 12 ψ ˜ l + d 13 ψ ˜ g = 0 (20a)
d 21 ψ ˜ s + d 22 ψ ˜ l = 0 (20b)
d 31 ψ ˜ s + d 32 ψ ˜ l = 0 (20c)

where d11=ρ¯sω2μpξ2, d12=ρ¯lω2, d13=ρ¯gω2, d21=C1, d22=C2, d31=C3, d32=C4.

Assuming that the solution of the Eqs. (20) as follows:

ψ ˜ s ψ ˜ l ψ ˜ g T = d s d l d g T exp r x 3 (21)

Substituting Eq. (21) into Eqs. (20) yields the linear equations:

d 13 d 12 μ p r 2 + d 11 0 d 22 d 21 d 33 0 d 31 d g d l d s = 0 (22)

The condition that Eq. (22) has a non-zero solution is that the determinant of its coefficient matrix is 0, namely:

β 5 r 2 + β 6 = 0 (23)

The roots of Eq. (23) are ±r, r is then given by the following equation:

r = β 6 / β 5 Re r 0 (24)

where βnn=5,6 are detailed in Appendix A Appendix A - The coefficient of the root of the potential function β 1 = − B 1 a 12 a 23 + B 1 a 13 a 22 + B 2 a 11 a 23 − B 2 a 13 a 21 − B 3 a 11 a 22 + B 3 a 12 a 21 − μ p a 12 a 23 + μ p a 13 a 22 β 2 = − B 1 a 12 b 33 + B 1 a 13 b 32 + B 1 a 22 b 23 − B 1 a 23 b 22 + B 2 a 11 b 33 − B 2 a 13 b 31 − B 2 a 21 b 23 + B 2 a 23 b 21 − B 3 a 11 b 32 + B 3 a 12 b 31 + B 3 a 21 b 22 − B 3 a 22 b 21 − a 11 a 22 b 13 + a 11 a 23 b 12 + a 12 a 21 b 13 − a 12 a 23 b 11 − a 13 a 21 b 12 + a 13 a 22 b 11 − μ p a 12 b 33 + μ p a 13 b 32 + μ p a 22 b 23 − μ p a 23 b 22 β 3 = − B 1 b 22 b 33 + B 1 b 23 b 32 + B 2 b 21 b 33 − B 2 b 23 b 31 − B 3 b 21 b 32 + B 3 b 22 b 31 + a 11 b 12 b 33 − a 11 b 13 b 32 − a 12 b 11 b 33 + a 12 b 13 b 31 + a 13 b 11 b 32 − a 13 b 12 b 31 − a 21 b 12 b 23 + a 21 b 13 b 22 + a 22 b 11 b 23 − a 22 b 13 b 21 − a 23 b 11 b 22 + a 23 b 12 b 21 − μ p b 22 b 33 + μ p b 23 b 32 β 4 = − b 11 b 22 b 33 + b 11 b 23 b 32 + b 12 b 21 b 33 − b 12 b 23 b 31 − b 13 b 21 b 32 + b 13 b 22 b 31 β5=−μpd22d33,β6=−d11d22d33+d21d12d33+d13d22d31 .

The solution of ordinary differential Eqs. (20) can be obtained as follows:

ψ ˜ s = B t s e r x 3 + B r s e r x 3 (25a)
ψ ˜ l = δ s l B t s e r x 3 + B r s e r x 3 (25b)
ψ ˜ g = δ s g B t s e r x 3 + B r s e r x 3 (25c)

where δsl=d21d22, δsg=d12d21(μpr2+d11)d22d13d22. Btsand Brsare the amplitudes of transmission and reflection waves of unsaturated porous media, respectively.

5 Solving the dynamic response problem of unsaturated ground

5.1 Dynamic response of unsaturated ground

In the coordinate system x1,x3, each displacement component can be expressed by the displacement potential functions φ and ψ as follows:

u1=φx1ψx3, u3=φx3+ψx1(26)

Substituting Eqs. (13) and (26) into Eqs. (2) and (3) and substituting Eqs. (19), (25), (26) into Eqs. (6d), (6e), (7), and (9), the displacement and stress expressions in the Fourier transform domain can be obtained for the elastic medium and the unsaturated porous medium, respectively.

In the region 0x3H:

u ˜ 1 s I = i ξ n = 1 3 A t p n I e λ n x 3 + A r p n I e λ n x 3 + r B t s I e r x 3 B r s I e r x 3 (27a)
u ˜ 3 s I = n = 1 3 λ n A t p n I e λ n x 3 A r p n I e λ n x 3 + i ξ B t s I e r x 3 + B r s I e r x 3 (27b)
u ˜ 1 l I = i ξ n = 1 3 δ p n l A t p n I e λ n x 3 + A r p n I e λ n x 3 + r δ s l B t s I e r x 3 B r s I e r x 3 (27c)
u ˜ 3 l I = n = 1 3 λ n δ p n l A t p n I e λ n x 3 A r p n I e λ n x 3 + i ξ δ s l B t s I e r x 3 + B r s I e r x 3 (27d)
u ˜ 1 g I = i ξ n = 1 3 δ p n g A t p n I e λ n x 3 + A r p n I e λ n x 3 + r δ s g B t s I e r x 3 B r s I e r x 3 (27e)
u ˜ 3 g I = n = 1 3 λ n δ p n g A t p n I e λ n x 3 A r p n I e λ n x 3 + i ξ δ s g B t s I e r x 3 + B r s I e r x 3 (27f)
σ ˜ 13 I = 2 μ p i ξ n = 1 3 λ n A t p n I e λ n x 3 A r p n I e λ n x 3 μ p r 2 + ξ 2 B t s I e r x 3 + B r s I e r x 3 (27g)
σ ˜ 33 I = n = 1 3 χ n A t p n I e λ n x 3 + A r p n I e λ n x 3 2 i ξ r μ p B t s I e r x 3 B r s I e r x 3 (27h)
p ˜ l I = n = 1 3 a 11 + a 12 δ p n l + a 13 δ p n g ξ 2 λ n 2 A t p n I e λ n x 3 + A r p n I e λ n x 3 (27i)
p ˜ gI = n = 1 3 a 21 + a 22 δ p n l + a 23 δ p n g ξ 2 λ n 2 A t p n I e λ n x 3 + A r p n I e λ n x 3 (27j)

where χn=aγa11+a12δpnl+a13δpng+a1γa21+a22δpnl+a23δpngλn2ξ2+λp+2μpλn2λpξ2.

In the region Hx3H+hw1:

u ˜ 1 1 e = i ξ A 1 t e e i α 1 e x 3 + A 1 r e e i α 1 e x 3 +i β 1 e B 1 t e e i β 1 e x 3 B 1 r e e i β 1 e x 3 (28a)
u ˜ 3 1 e = i α 1 e A 1 t e e i α 1 e x 3 A 1 r e e i α 1 e x 3 + i ξ B 1 t e e i β 1 e x 3 + B 1 r e e i β 1 e x 3 (28b)
σ ˜ 13 1 e = 2 μ 1 e ξ α 1 e A 1 t e e i α 1 e x 3 A 1 r e e i α 1 e x 3 + μ 1 e β 1 e 2 - ξ 2 B 1 t e e i β 1 e x 3 + B 1 r e e i β 1 e x 3 (28c)
σ ˜ 33 1 e = λ 1 e ξ 2 α 1 e 2 λ 1 e + 2 μ 1 e A 1 t e e i α 1 e x 3 + A 1 r e e i α 1 e x 3 + 2 μ 1 e β 1 e ξ B 1 t e e i β 1 e x 3 B 1 r e e i β 1 e x 3 (28d)

In the region H+hw1x3H+hw1+hw2:

u ˜ 1 2 e = i ξ A 2 t e e i α 2 e x 3 + A 2 r e e i α 2 e x 3 +i β 2 e B 2 t e e i β 2 e x 3 B 2 r e e i β 2 e x 3 (29a)
u ˜ 3 2 e = i α 2 e A 2 t e e i α 2 e x 3 A 2 r e e i α 2 e x 3 + i ξ B 2 t e e i β 2 e x 3 + B 2 r e e i β 2 e x 3 (29b)
σ ˜ 13 2 e = 2 μ 2 e ξ α 2 e A 2 t e e i α 2 e x 3 A 2 r e e i α 2 e x 3 + μ 2 e β 2 e 2 - ξ 2 B 2 t e e i β 2 e x 3 + B 2 r e e i β 2 e x 3 (29c)
σ ˜ 33 2 e = λ 2 e ξ 2 α 2 e 2 λ 2 e + 2 μ 2 e A 2 t e e i α 2 e x 3 + A 2 r e e i α 2 e x 3 + 2 μ 2 e β 2 e ξ B 2 t e e i β 2 e x 3 B 2 r e e i β 2 e x 3 (29d)

In the region H+hw1+hw2x3H+hw1+hw2+hw3:

u ˜ 1 3 e = i ξ A 3 t e e i α 3 e x 3 + A 3 r e e i α 3 e x 3 +i β 3 e B 3 t e e i β 3 e x 3 B 3 r e e i β 3 e x 3 (30a)
u ˜ 3 3 e = i α 3 e A 3 t e e i α 3 e x 3 A 3 r e e i α 3 e x 3 + i ξ B 3 t e e i β 3 e x 3 + B 3 r e e i β 3 e x 3 (30b)
σ ˜ 13 3 e = 2 μ 3 e ξ α 3 e A 3 t e e i α 3 e x 3 A 3 r e e i α 3 e x 3 + μ 3 e β 3 e 2 - ξ 2 B 3 t e e i β 3 e x 3 + B 3 r e e i β 3 e x 3 (30c)
σ ˜ 33 3 e = λ 3 e ξ 2 α 3 e 2 ( λ 3 e + 2 μ 3 e ) A 3 t e e i α 3 e x 3 + A 3 r e e i α 3 e x 3 + 2 μ 3 e β 3 e ξ B 3 t e e i β 3 e x 3 B 3 r e e i β 3 e x 3 (30d)

In the region H+hw1+hw2+hw3x3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h:

u ˜ 1 s II = i ξ n = 1 3 A t p n II e λ n x 3 + A r p n II e λ n x 3 + r B t s II e r x 3 B r s II e r x 3 (31a)
u ˜ 3 s II = n = 1 3 λ n A t p n II e λ n x 3 A r p n II e λ n x 3 + i ξ B t s II e r x 3 + B r s II e r x 3 (31b)
u ˜ 1 l II = i ξ n = 1 3 δ p n l A t p n II e λ n x 3 + A r p n II e λ n x 3 + r δ s l B t s II e r x 3 B r s II e r x 3 (31c)
u ˜ 3 l II = n = 1 3 λ n δ p n l A t p n II e λ n x 3 A r p n II e λ n x 3 + i ξ δ s l B t s II e r x 3 + B r s II e r x 3 (31d)
u ˜ 1 g II = i ξ n = 1 3 δ p n g A t p n II e λ n x 3 + A r p n II e λ n x 3 + r δ s g B t s II e r x 3 B r s II e r x 3 (31e)
u ˜ 3 g II = n = 1 3 λ n δ p n g A t p n II e λ n x 3 A r p n II e λ n x 3 + i ξ δ s g B t s II e r x 3 + B r s II δ s g e r x 3 (31f)
σ ˜ 13 II = 2 μ p i ξ n = 1 3 λ n A t p n II e λ n x 3 A r p n II e λ n x 3 μ p r 2 + ξ 2 B t s II e r x 3 + B r s II e r x 3 (31g)
σ ˜ 33 II = n = 1 3 χ n A t p n II e λ n x 3 + A r p n II e λ n x 3 2 i ξ r μ p B t s II e r x 3 B r s II e r x 3 (31h)

In the region x3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h:

u ˜ 1 s III = i ξ n = 1 3 A t p n III e λ n x 3 + r B t s III e r x 3 (32a)
u ˜ 3 s III = n = 1 3 λ n A t p n III e λ n x 3 + i ξ B t s III e r x 3 (32b)
σ ˜ 13 III = 2 μ p i ξ n = 1 3 λ n A t p n III e λ n x 3 μ p r 2 + ξ 2 B t s III e r x 3 (32c)
σ ˜ 33 III = n = 1 3 χ n A t p n III e λ n x 3 2 i ξ r μ p B t s III e r x 3 (32d)

5.2 Boundary conditions and solution

For the case where the load acts in the interior of the half-plane, the boundary conditions and the continuity conditions at the interfaces of the layers are as follows:

At x3=0:

σ˜33I=0, σ˜13I=0, p˜lI=0, p˜gI=0(33)

At x3=H:

σ˜33I=σ˜331e,σ˜13I=σ˜131e, u˜3sI=u˜31e, u˜1sI=u˜11e, u˜3lI=u˜3sI, u˜3gI=u˜3sI, u˜1lI=u˜1sI, u˜1gI=u˜1sI(34)

At x3=H+hw1:

σ˜331e=σ˜332e, σ˜131e=σ˜132e, u31e=u32e, u11e=u12e(35)

At x3=H+hw1+hw2:

σ˜332e=σ˜333e, σ˜132e=σ˜133e, u32e=u33e, u12e=u13e(36)

At x3=H+hw1+hw2+hw3:

σ˜333e=σ˜33II, σ˜133e=σ˜13II, u˜33e=u˜3sII, u˜13e=u˜1sII, u˜3sII=u˜3lII, u˜3sII=u˜3gII, u˜1sII=u˜1lII, u˜1sII=u˜1gII(37)

At x3=H+hw+hw2+hw3+h:

σ˜33IIσ˜33III=q0sinξlξl, σ˜13II=σ˜13III, u˜3sII=u˜3sIII, u˜1sII=u˜1sIII(38)

Substituting Eqs. (27-32) into the boundary conditions (33-38), the following matrix equations yields:

T x = f (39)

where the elements in matrixTand vectorsxandfare detailed in Appendix B Appendix B - Specific representations of the wave amplitude coefficient matrix The expression of the system of Eqs. (39) are as follows: T 32 × 32 [ A t p 1 I A t p 2 I A t p 3 I A r p 1 I A r p 2 I A r p 3 I B t s I B r s I A 1 t e A 1 r e B 1 t e B 1 r e A 2 t e A 2 r e B 2 t e B 2 r e A 3 t e A 3 r e B 3 t e B 3 r e A t p 1 II A t p 2 II A t p 3 II A r p 1 II A r p 2 II A r p 3 II B t s II B r s II A t p 1 III A t p 2 III A t p 3 III B t s III ] T = [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 q 0 sin ( ξ l ) ξ l 0 0 0 ] T The elements not 0 in matrix T are as follows: T0101=T0104=χ1,T0102=T0105=χ2,T0103=T0106=χ3,T0107=-2μpiξr,T0108=2μpiξr,T0201=-2μpiξλ1,T0202=-2μpiξλ2,T0203=-2μpiξλ3,T0204=2μpiξλ1,T0205=2μpiξλ2,T0206=2μpiξλ3, T0207=T0208=-μp�r2+ξ2),T0301=T0304=a11+a12δp1l+a13δp1g(ξ2−λ12),T0302=T0305=a11+a12δp2l+a13δp2g(ξ2−λ22),T0303=T0306=a11+a12δp3l+a13δp3g(ξ2−λ32),T0401=T0304=a21+a22δp1l+a23δp1g(ξ2−λ12),T0402=T0405=a21+a22δp2l+a23δp2g(ξ2−λ22),T0403=T0406=a21+a22δp3l+a23δp3g(ξ2−λ32),T0501=χ1e-λ1H,T0502=χ2e-λ2H,T0503=χ3e-λ3H,T0504=χ1eλ1H,T0505=χ2eλ2H,T0506=χ3eλ3H,T0507=-2μpiξre−rH,T0508=2μpiξrerH,T0509=λ1eξ2+α1e2(λ1e+2μ1e)e−iα1eH,T0510=λ1eξ2+α1e2(λ1e+2μ1e)eiα1eH,T0511=-2μ1eξβ1ee−iβ1eH,T0512=2μ1eξβ1eeiβ1eH,T0601=-2μpiξλ1e−λ1H,T0602=-2μpiξλ2e−λ2H,T0603=-2μpiξλ3e−λ3H,T0604=2μpiξλ1eλ1H,T0605=2μpiξλ2eλ2H,T0606=2μpiξλ3eλ3H,T0607=-μp�r2+ξ2)e-rH,T0608=-μp�r2+ξ2)erH, T0609=-2μ1eξα1ee-iα1eH,T0610=2μ1eξα1eeiα1eH,T0611=μ1e�ξ2-β1e2)e-iβ1eH,T0612=μ1e�ξ2-β1e2)eiβ1eH,T0701=-λ1e−λ1H,T0701=-λ2e−λ2H,T0703=-λ3e−λ3H,T0704=λ1eλ1H,T0705=λ2eλ2H,T0706=λ3eλ3H,T0707=iξe−rH,T0708=iξerH,T0709=iα1ee−iα1eH,T0710=-iα1eeiα1eH,T0711=-iξe-iβ1eH,T0712=-iξeiβ1eH,T0801=iξe−λ1H,T0802=iξe−λ2H,T0803=iξe−λ3H,T0804=iξeλ1H,T0805=iξeλ2H,T0806=iξeλ3H,T0807=re−rH,T0808=-rerH,T0809=-iξe-iα1eH,T0810=-iξeiα1eH, T0811=-iβ1ee−iβ1eH,T0812=iβ1eeiβ1eH,T0901=λ1(1−δp1l)e−λ1H,T0902=λ2(1−δp2l)e−λ2H,T0903=λ3(1−δp3l)e−λ3H,T0904=λ1(δp1l−1)eλ1H,T0905=λ2(δp2l−1)eλ2H,T0906=λ3(δp3l−1)eλ3H,T0907=iξ�δsl−1)e−rH,T0908=iξ�δsl−1)erH,T1001=λ1(1−δp1g)e−λ1H,T1002=λ2(1−δp2g)e−λ2H,T1003=λ3(1−δp3g)e−λ3H,T1004=λ1(δp1g−1)eλ1H,T1005=λ2(δp2g−1)eλ2H,T1006=λ3(δp3g−1)eλ3H,T1007=iξ�δsg−1)e−rH,T1008=iξ�δsg−1)erH,T1101=iξδp1l−1e−λ1H,T1102=iξδp2l−1e−λ2H,T1103=iξδp3l−1e−λ3H,T1104=iξδp1l−1eλ1H,T1105=iξδp2l−1eλ2H,T1106=iξδp3l−1eλ3H,T1107=rδsl−1e−rH,T1108=r1−δslerH,T1201=iξδp1g−1e−λ1H,T1202=iξδp2g−1e−λ2H,T1203=iξδp3g−1e−λ3H,T1204=iξδp1g−1eλ1H,T1205=iξδp2g−1eλ2H,T1206=iξδp3g−1eλ3H,T1207=rδsg−1e−rH,T1208=r1−δsgerH,T1309=−λ1eξ2+α1e2(λ1e+2μ1e)e−iα1eH+hw1,T1310=−λ1eξ2+α1e2(λ1e+2μ1e)eiα1eH+hw1,T1311=2μ1eξβ1ee−iβ1eH+hw1,T1312=−2μ1eξβ1ee−iβ1eH+hw1,T1313=λ2eξ2+α2e2(λ2e+2μ2e)e−iα2eH+hw1,T1314=λ2eξ2+α2e2(λ2e+2μ2e)eiα2eH+hw1,T1315=−2μ2eξβ2ee−iβ2eH+hw1,T1316=2μ2eξβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1,T1409=2μ1eξα1ee−iα1eH+hw1,T1410=−2μ1eξα1eeiα1eH+hw1,T1411=μ1eβ1e2−ξ2e-iβ1eH+hw1,T1412=μ1eβ1e2−ξ2eiβ1eH+hw1,T1413=−2μ2eξα2ee−iα2eH+hw1,T1414=2μ2eξα2eeiα2eH+hw1,T1415=μ2eξ2−β2e2e-iβ2eH+hw1,T1416=μ2eξ2−β2e2eiβ2eH+hw1,T1509=−iα1ee−iα1eH+hw1,T1510=iα1eeiα1eH+hw1,T1511=iξe−iβ1eH+hw1,T1512=iξeiβ1eH+hw1,T1513=iα2ee−iα2eH+hw1,T1514=−iα2eeiα2eH+hw1,T1515=−iξe−iβ2eH+hw1,T1516=−iξeiβ2eH+hw1,T1609=iξe−iα1eH+hw1,T1610=iξeiα1eH+hw1,T1611=iβ1ee−iβ1eH+hw1,T1612=−iβ1eeiβ1eH+hw1,T1613=−iξe-iα2eH+hw1,T1614=−iξeiα2eH+hw1,T1615=−iβ2ee−iβ2eH+hw1, T1616=iβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1,T1713=−λ2eξ2+α2e2(λ2e+2μ2e)e−iα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1714=−λ2eξ2+α2e2(λ2e+2μ2e)eiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1715=2μ2eξβ2ee−iβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1716=−2μ2eξβ2ee−iβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1717=λ3eξ2+α3e2(λ3e+2μ3e)e−iα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1718=λ3eξ2+α3e2(λ3e+2μ3e)eiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1719=−2μ3eξβ3ee−iβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T1720=2μ3eξβ3eeiβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T1813=2μ2eξα2ee−iα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1814=−2μ2eξα2eeiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1815=μ2eβ2e2−ξ2e-iβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1816=μ2eβ2e2−ξ2eiβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1817=−2μ3eξα3ee−iα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1818=2μ3eξα3eeiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1819=μ3eξ2−β3e2e-iβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T1820=μ3eξ2−β3e2eiβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T1913=−iα2ee−iα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1914=iα2eeiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1915=iξe−iβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1916=iξeiβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1917=iα3ee−iα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1918=−iα3eeiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1919=−iξe−iβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T1920=−iξeiβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T2013=iξe−iα2eH+hw1+hw2,T2014=iξeiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T2015=iβ2ee−iβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T2016=−iβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T2017=−iξe-iα3eH+hw1+hw2,T2018=−iξeiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T2019=−iβ3ee−iβ3eH+hw1+hw2, T2020=iβ3eeiβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T2117=-λ3eξ2+α3e2(λ3e+2μ3e)e−iα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2118=-λ3eξ2+α3e2(λ3e+2μ3e)eiα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2119=2μ3eξβ3ee−iβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2120=−2μ3eξβ3eeiβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2121=−χ1e-λ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2122=−χ2e-λ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2123=−χ3e-λ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2124=−χ1eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2125=−χ2eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2126=−χ3eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2127=2μpiξre−r(HH+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2128=−2μpiξrer(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2217=2μ3eξα3ee-iα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2218=−2μ3eξα3eeiα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2219=μ3e(β3e2-ξ2)e-iβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2220=μ3e(β3e2-ξ2)eiβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2221=2μpiξλ1e−λ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2222=2μpiξλ2e−λ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2223=2μpiξλ3e−λ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2224=−2μpiξλ1eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2225=−2μpiξλ2eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2226=−2μpiξλ3eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2227=μp(r2+ξ2)e-r(H+hw1+hw2+hw3)T2228=μp(r2+ξ2)er(H+hw1+hw2+hw3)T2317=-iα3ee−iα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2318=iα3eeiα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2319=iξe-iβ3e�H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2320=iξeiβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2321=λ1e−λ1�H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2322=λ2e−λ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2323=λ3e−λ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2324=−λ1eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2325=−λ2eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2326=−λ3eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2327=−iξe−r(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2328=−iξer(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2417=iξe-iα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2418=iξeiα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2419=iβ3ee−iβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2420=−iβ3eeiβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2421=-iξe−λ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2422=-iξe−λ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2423=-iξe−λ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2424=-iξeλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2425=-iξeλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2426=-iξeλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2427=-re−r(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2428=rer(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2521=λ1(δp1l-1)e−λ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2522=λ2(δp2l-1)e−λ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2523=λ3(δp3l-1)e−λ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2524=λ1(1−δp1l)eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2525=λ2(1−δp2l)eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2526=λ3(1−δp3l)eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2527=iξ(1-δsl)e−r(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2528=iξ(1-δsl)er(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2621=λ1(δp1g-1)e−λ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2622=λ2(δp2g-1)e−λ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2623=λ3(δp3g-1)e−λ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2624=λ1(1−δp1g)eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2625=λ2(1−δp2g)eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2626=λ3(1−δp3g)eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2627=iξ(1-δsg)e−r(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2628=iξ(1-δsg)er(H+hw1+hw2+hw3), T2721=iξδp1l−1e−λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2722=iξδp2l−1e−λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2723=iξδp3l−1e−λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2724=iξδp1l−1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2725=iξδp2l−1eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2726=iξδp3l−1eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2727=rδsl−1e−rH+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2728=r1−δslerH+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2821=iξδp1g−1e−λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2822=iξδp2g−1e−λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2823=iξδp3g−1e−λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2824=iξδp1g−1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2825=iξδp2g−1eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2826=iξδp3g−1eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2827=rδsg−1e−rH+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2828=r1−δsgerH+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2921=χ1e-λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2922=χ2e-λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2923=χ3e-λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2924=χ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2925=χ2eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2926=χ3eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2927=-2μpiξre−rH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2928=2μpiξrerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2929=-χ1e-λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2930=-χ2e-λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2931=-χ3e-λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2932=2μpiξre−rH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3021=-2μpiξλ1e−λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+hT3022=-2μpiξλ2e−λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3023=-2μpiξλ3e−λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3024=2μpiξλ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3025=2μpiξλ2eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3026=2μpiξλ3eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3027=-μp(r2+ξ2)e-rH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3028=-μp(r2+ξ2)erH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3029=2μpiξλ1e−λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3030=2μpiξλ2e−λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3031=2μpiξλ3e−λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3032=μp(r2+ξ2)e-rH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3121=-λ1e−λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3122=-λ2e−λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3123=-λ3e−λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3124=λ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3125=λ2eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3126=λ3eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3127=iξe−rH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3128=iξerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3129=λ1e−λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3130=λ2e−λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3131=λ3e−λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3132=−iξe−rH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3221=iξe−λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3222=iξe−λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3223=iξe−λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3224=iξeλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3225=iξeλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3226=iξeλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3227=re−rH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3228=−rerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3229=−iξe−λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3230=−iξe−λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3231=−iξe−λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3232=−re−rH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h. .

By solving the Eqs. (39), the wave amplitudes of various types of waves inxare obtained, and the stress and displacement responses at any point in the unsaturated soil and the WIB can be obtained by combining Eqs. (27-32).

6 Numerical examples

For unsaturated soil, due to the change of saturation lead to a change in the shear modulus in the soil (Lu et al., 2018Lu, Z., Fang, R., Yao, H., et al. (2018). Dynamic responses of unsaturated half-space soil to a moving harmonic rectangular load. Int J Numer Anal Methods Geomech 42(09), 1057-1077.; Xu and Wei, 2011Xu, M.J., Wei, D.M. (2011). 3D non-axisymmetric dynamic response of unsaturated soils. J Eng Mech 28(03), 78-85.), then the modified dynamic shear modulus is used in this paper:

μ p = μ s + 2050 α ln S e - 2 - 1 + S e - 1 tan ϕ ' (40)

In order to study the effect of WIB on the vibration control of unsaturated ground, a set of physical and mechanical parameters (Xu and Wei, 2011Xu, M.J., Wei, D.M. (2011). 3D non-axisymmetric dynamic response of unsaturated soils. J Eng Mech 28(03), 78-85.) of unsaturated ground are selected in this paper as shown in Table 1. Taking the load amplitude is q0=1kPa and the distribution length is l=1m. Since the complexity of the integrand function expression, it is difficult to obtain the closed-form solution of the Fourier inverse transform. In this paper, the FFT method is used to complete the Fourier inverse transform. The discrete point of the wave number is 1024, and the spatial calculation interval is 100 m.

Table 1
Physical and mechanical parameters of unsaturated soils

6.1 Validation of the present solution

In order to verify the correctness of the method in this paper, Eq. (39) degenerates to the case without WIB. When H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h=0, the load degenerates to the surface strip harmonic load. Shi et al. (2021)Shi, L.W., Ma, Q., Ma, Y.X. (2021). Dynamic responses of unsaturated half-space soils to a strip load at different boundary conditions. Arab J Geosci 14(11), 1-11. studied the dynamic response of unsaturated soil foundations under strip harmonic load. Saturation is Sr=0.8, circular frequency is ω=1rad/s, and the rest of the unsaturated soil physical and mechanical parameters are shown in Table 1. Figure 2 shows the variation curve of the vertical displacement of the surface along the horizontal direction. It can be seen from the figure that the calculation results of this paper are in good agreement with the results of Shi.

Figure 2
Variation curve of vertical displacement of the ground surface along the horizontal direction.

In order to further verify the correctness of the method in this paper, when SrSw0, n→0, the unsaturated soil foundation degenerates into an elastic foundation. When the material parameters of the local foundation and the composite layer WIB are the same, the model in this paper degenerates into the Lamb problem where the vibration source is located in the semi-infinite homogeneous medium. Taking ω=0.01rad/s, the elastic modulus of the material is E=1×107Pa, Poisson's ratio is ν=0.3, density is ρ=1884kg/m3. Figure 3 shows the positive stress diagram of strip load acting on the edge of load H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h=4m from the foundation surface, and compared with the analytical solution obtained by Yuan and Zhao (1995)Yuan, J.Y., Zhao, X.H. (1995). Formulas for the calculation of stresses in soil subjecting to distributed loading beneath the surface of the ground. Shanghai Mech 16(3), 213-222.. It can be seen from Figure 3 that when the frequency is very small, it is basically consistent with the static solution.

Figure 3
The normal stress under the corner point of internal load.

6.2 Example analysis

It is known that the wave impedance (Xiang., 2011Xiang, G.W. (2011). Numerical and experimental study on vibration isolation measures with barriers, Ph.D. Thesis (in Chinese), Shanghai Jiao Tong university, China.) is defined as the product of velocity and density, i.e., Z=ρv. The ratio of the wave impedance of the first medium ρ1v1 and the wave impedance of the second medium ρ2v2 on the dividing surface of different media is the wave impedance ratio, which can be expressed as: Z=ρ1v1/ρ2v2. Let the wave impedance of unsaturated soil be Z0, and the wave impedances of WIB1, WIB2, and WIB3 be Z1, Z2, and Z3, respectively. Considering the saturation of soil Sr=0.8 and the frequency is f=5Hz, then the wave speed of P1 wave in unsaturated soil (Xu and Wei, 2009Xu, M.J., Wei, D.M. (2009). Characteristics of wave propagation in partially saturated poroelastic media. Sci Tech Eng (18), 5403-5409.) can be obtained as vp1=208.15m/s, the density of unsaturated soil is ρ=ρ¯s+ρ¯l+ρ¯g, then the wave impedance ratio at the intersection of WIB1 and the unsaturated ground is γ1=Z1/Z0=ρ1eE1e1υ1e(1+υ1e)(12υ1e)/ρvp1, the wave impedance ratio at the intersection of WIB2 and WIB1 layers is γ2=Z2/Z1=ρ2eE2e1υ2e(1+υ1e)(12υ1e)ρ1eE1e(1υ1e)(1+υ2e)(12υ2e), the wave impedance ratio at the intersection of WIB3 and WIB2 layers is γ3=Z3/Z2=ρ3eE3e1υ3e(1+υ2e)(12υ2e)ρ2eE2e(1υ2e)(1+υ3e)(12υ3e).

The greater the difference at the interface of the media intersection the more significant the amplitude attenuation of the elastic wave, so the greater the difference in wave impedance at the interface, the more significant the amplitude attenuation of the elastic wave. From the definition of wave impedance, it can be seen that the material parameters affecting the medium wave impedance are mainly density and elastic modulus. Therefore, this paper by analyzing the influence of the wave impedance ratio at the interface between the composite multilayer WIB and the unsaturated ground layer on the vibration isolation performance of the composite multilayer WIB, the corresponding interlayer wave impedance ratio with the best vibration isolation effect is selected, and then back calculates the elastic modulus and density of the interlayer material of the composite multilayer WIB, and finally obtains the design guidelines of the interlayer material parameters of the composite multilayer WIB. The physical and mechanical parameters of the composite multilayer WIB are selected as follows: Poisson's ratio is υ1e=υ2e=υ3e=0.3, the thickness of the composite multilayer WIB is hw1=hw2=hw3=0.5m respectively, and the density of the composite multilayer WIB is discussed in the following six cases:

  • Case1: ρ1e=3700kg/m3>ρ2e=2700kg/m3>ρ3e=1700kg/m3

  • Case2: ρ1e=3700kg/m3>ρ3e=2700kg/m3>ρ2e=1700kg/m3

  • Case3: ρ2e=3700kg/m3>ρ1e=2700kg/m3>ρ3e=1700kg/m3

  • Case4: ρ2e=3700kg/m3>ρ3e=2700kg/m3>ρ1e=1700kg/m3

  • Case5: ρ3e=3700kg/m3>ρ1e=2700kg/m3>ρ2e=1700kg/m3

  • Case6: ρ3e=3700kg/m3>ρ2e=2700kg/m3>ρ1e=1700kg/m3

Considering the soil saturation of Sr=0.8, the load frequency of f=5Hz, the embedded depth of WIB is H=1m, and the distance of the vibration source from WIB is h=3-H-hw1-hw2-hw3. Figure 4 gives the four-dimensional plots of the simultaneous variation of the surface vertical displacement maxima with the wave impedance ratiosγ1, γ2, andγ3 under an underground dynamic load in six cases, respectively, with the independent variables being the wave impedance ratios γ1 , γ2, and γ3, and the stress variable being the surface vertical displacement maxima |u3|max, and the color changes represent the variation of the surface vertical displacement maxima. By comparing the minimum value of the maximum value of the vertical displacement of the ground under the simultaneous change of the interlayer wave impedance ratio, the value of the interlayer wave impedance ratio of the composite multilayer WIB with the best vibration isolation effect can be selected. From Figure 4(a~f), it can be seen that when the wave impedance ratio is small, with the increase of the wave impedance ratio, the maximum value of vertical displacement of the ground surface decreases sharply, but when the wave impedance ratio increases to a certain degree, the maximum value of vertical displacement of the surface reaches the minimum. In the range of the wave impedance ratio discussed in this paper, there is the interlayer wave impedance ratio that corresponds to the maximum value of vertical displacement of the ground surface when it reaches the minimum, which is the best vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB. From Figure 4(a~f), we can get the interlayer wave impedance ratio corresponding to the optimum vibration isolation effect of composite multilayer WIB in six cases, i.e., when the maximum value of vertical displacement of the ground surface reaches the minimum, respectively:

Figure 4
Four-dimensional plot of the variation of the vertical displacement maximum of the ground surface with the wave impedance ratio.
  • Case1: γ1=4.5, γ2=20.5, γ3=0.5, |u3|max=1.22×10-8m

  • Case2: γ1=4.5, γ2=16.5, γ3=1.0, |u3|max=1.08×10-8m

  • Case3: γ1=4.5, γ2=22.0, γ3=0.5, |u3|max=1.44×10-8m

  • Case4: γ1=4.0, γ2=21.5, γ3=0.5, |u3|max=2.38×10-8m

  • Case5: γ1=3.5, γ2=21.0, γ3=1.0, |u3|max=1.38×10-8m

  • Case6: γ1=3.5, γ2=22.0, γ3=1.0, |u3|max=1.82×10-8m

From the above six cases and in the range of wave impedance ratio considered in this paper, it can be seen that when the density case is Case2, the composite multilayer WIB can achieve the optimal vibration isolation effect. At this time, the elastic modulus of the composite multilayer WIB is E1e=4.62×108Pa, E2e=2.74×1011Pa, and E3e=1.72×1011Pa. Therefore, the optimal vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB can be obtained by designing the wave impedance ratio between the layers of the composite multilayer WIB. In addition, due to the transmission effect of the barrier, directly affects the vibration isolation efficiency (Gao et al., 2021Gao, M., Zhang, Z.S., Wang, C.G., et al. (2021). Field test on vibration isolation performance by WIB-Duxseal under vertical excitation. Rock Soil Mech 42(02), 537-546.), when the impedance of the barrier is relatively large, it can reduce the transmission of vibration waves from the soil surface, and the larger the impedance ratio is the better vibration isolation efficiency can be obtained. However, it is obviously unrealistic to take the infinite wave impedance ratio in practical engineering. Therefore, the composite multilayer WIB vibration isolation barrier system proposed in this paper is superior and designable.

In the following analysis and comparison, the density corresponding to Case2 and the inter-layer wave impedance ratio corresponding to the optimal isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB is taken to analyze the vibration isolation performance law of the composite multilayer WIB.

In order to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the vibration isolation effect of composite multilayer WIB and homogeneous WIB under the same conditions, consider the embedded depth of WIB is H =1m, the soil saturation is Sr=0.8, the load frequency is f=5Hz, the distance of vibration source from WIB is h=3-H-hw1-hw2-hw3m, the Poisson's ratio of composite multilayer WIB and homogeneous WIB are υ1e=υ2e=υ3e=0.3, the thickness of composite multilayer WIB are hw1=hw2=hw3=0.5m , the thickness of the homogeneous WIB is hw=1.5m, the density of the composite multilayer WIB are ρ1e=3700kg/m3, ρ2e=1700kg/m3, ρ3e=2700kg/m3, the elastic modulus of the composite multilayer WIB are E1e=4.62×108Pa, E2e=2.74×1011Pa, E3e=1.72×1011Pa. Because the vibration isolation effect of the homogeneous WIB increases with the increase of elastic modulus (Gao and Li, 2005Gao, GY., Li, W. 2005 2-D analysis of ground vibration isolation using WIB. Earthq Eng Eng Dyn (02), 130-135.; Gao et al., 2007Gao, G.Y., Feng, S.J., Li, W., et al. (2007). 2-D analysis of vibration isolation by WIB in layered ground. J Vib Eng, (02), 174-179.), in order to compare the vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB and the homogeneous WIB, the density and elastic modulus of the homogeneous WIB are taken as their maximum values, namely: ρe=3700kg/m3, Ee=2.74×1011Pa. For the evaluation of the vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB, the amplitude attenuation coefficient AR proposed by Woods (1968)Woods, R.D. (1968). Screening of surface waves in soils. J Soil Mech Found Div 94(04), 951-979. is used to measure :

A R = u ¯ u (41)

where u¯ is the surface displacement after setting the WIB barrier, and u is the surface displacement without the WIB barrier.

Figure 5 plots the change curve of the amplitude attenuation coefficient of the vertical displacement of the ground surface with the distance when the composite multilayer WIB and homogeneous WIB are installed in the unsaturated ground. According to Figure 5, it can be seen that the surface vertical displacement amplitude attenuation coefficient of the composite multilayer WIB is significantly smaller than that of the homogeneous WIB, and the corresponding surface vertical displacement amplitude attenuation coefficient of the composite multilayer WIB is much smaller than 1. Therefore, under the same conditions, the design of composite multilayer WIB compared to homogeneous WIB can not only reduce the use of high-strength materials, and improve the vibration isolation performance, composite multilayer WIB than homogeneous WIB has a superior vibration isolation effect.

Figure 5
Variation curve of amplitude attenuation coefficient AR of the ground surface with distance for vertical displacement.

In order to analyze the effect of the saturation of the soil on the vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB, Figure 6 plots the change curve of the amplitude attenuation coefficient of the vertical displacement of the ground surface with the distance when the saturation increases gradually from Sr=0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 at H=1m, hw1=hw2=hw3=0.5m, f=5Hz, h=3-H-hw1-hw2- hw3m. It can be seen from Figure 6 that the amplitude attenuation coefficient of vertical displacement of the ground surface increases with the increase of the saturation degree, which indicates that the vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB is decreasing with the increase of the saturation degree. When Sr=0.9, the surface vertical displacement amplitude attenuation coefficient increases sharply, and the value is greater than 1, indicating that the vibration isolation failure occurs at this time. When Sr≤0.8, the surface vertical displacement amplitude attenuation coefficient is much less than 1, which indicates that the composite multilayer WIB can play a good vibration isolation effect in the unsaturated ground in the range of Sr≤0.8. From the perspective of the vibration isolation mechanism of the wave impeding block, the good vibration isolation performance of the wave impeding block is mainly due to its reflection and scattering of waves (Song et al., 2022Song Y.S., Gao, M., Chen, Q.S. (2022). Study on the isolation performance of WIB on nearly-saturated ground under moving load. Earthq Eng Eng Dyn 42(02), 252-263.). When the saturation of the unsaturated soil foundation is less than 0.8, the total compression modulus of the soil is controlled by the soil skeleton. When the saturation increases to 0.9, the gas phase in the soil decreases, the liquid phase increases, and the equivalent compression modulus of the pore fluid increases rapidly. The total compression modulus of the soil is controlled by the compression modulus of the soil skeleton and the equivalent compression modulus of the pore fluid, which makes the longitudinal wave velocity in the foundation increase rapidly under the action of underground dynamic load, which leads to the increase of the saturation of unsaturated foundation. The complex change of the vertical displacement amplitude attenuation coefficient of the wave impeding block. Therefore, the saturation of the site soil has a significant effect on the vibration isolation effect of the WIB, which indicates that the design of vibration isolation of WIB in actual engineering should choose a ground model that matches the actual site, and simplify the site soil as a single-phase elastic ground or a saturated ground without considering the effect of the saturation of the soil on the vibration isolation effect, which is very different from the actual phenomenon. It can be seen from Figure 6 that it is desirable to set the composite multilayer WIB in the range of Sr≤0.8 in the unsaturated ground to obtain the ideal vibration isolation effect.

Figure 6
Variation curve of amplitude attenuation coefficient AR of the ground surface under different saturation with distance for vertical displacement.

In order to analyze the effect of load frequency on the vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB, Figure 7 shows the change curve of the amplitude attenuation coefficient of the vertical displacement of the ground surface with the distance when the load frequency increases gradually from f=5, 20, 40, 80, 100, and 120 Hz at H=1m, Sr=0.8, hw1=hw2=hw3=0.5m, and h=3-H-hw1-hw2-hw3m. It can be seen from Figure 7 that when the load frequency f ≤20Hz, with the increase of load frequency, the attenuation coefficient of surface vertical displacement amplitude decreases, and the vibration isolation effect of composite multilayer WIB is gradually enhanced. When the load frequency is in the range of 20Hz≤f≤100Hz, with the increase of load frequency, the surface vertical displacement amplitude attenuation coefficient increases, and the surface vertical displacement amplitude attenuation coefficient is less than1, only when f = 120Hz, the corresponding surface vertical displacement attenuation coefficient is greater than1. In summary, the composite multilayer WIB has a good damping effect on the high-frequency vibration in the load frequency range of 5Hz≤f≤100Hz. In contrast, the traditional homogeneous WIB only has a good vibration isolation effect on low-frequency vibration, and there is a phenomenon of far-field amplification failure in the vibration isolation of medium and high- frequency vibration. The composite multilayer WIB vibration isolation barrier proposed in this paper improves the frequency width of the homogeneous WIB vibration isolation. The composite multilayer WIB also has a good vibration isolation effect on low, medium, and high-frequency vibration (5Hz≤f≤100Hz), which again illustrates the superiority of the composite multilayer WIB vibration isolation system.

Figure 7
Variation curve of amplitude attenuation coefficient AR of the ground surface under different loading frequencies with distance for vertical displacement.

In order to analyze the effect of the thickness of the composite multilayer WIB on the vibration isolation effect of the ground, Figure 8 plots the variation curve of the amplitude attenuation coefficient of the surface vertical displacement with distance when the thickness of the WIB increases gradually from hw1=hw2=hw3=0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6m at H=1m, Sr=0.8, f=5Hz, h=3-H-hw1-hw2-hw3m. From Figure 8, it can be seen that when 0.3m≤hw1=hw2=hw3≤0.5m, the attenuation coefficient of vertical displacement amplitude decreases with the increase of the thickness of the WIB, indicating that the vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB is gradually enhanced. When the thickness of the WIB hw1=hw2=hw3 ≥0.5m, the attenuation coefficient of the vertical displacement amplitude increases with the increase of the thickness of the WIB, indicating that the vibration isolation effect is no longer obvious when the thickness of the WIB continues to increase, and the composite multilayer WIB has a critical thickness. This phenomenon is consistent with the law of the WIB-Duxseal joint vibration isolation test study (Tian et al., 2020Tian, S.P, Gao, M., Wang, Y., et al. (2020). Numerical analysis and field experiment on vibration isolation for Duxseal. Rock Soil Mech 42(05), 1770-1780., Gao et al., 2021Gao, M., Zhang, Z.S., Wang, C.G., et al. (2021). Field test on vibration isolation performance by WIB-Duxseal under vertical excitation. Rock Soil Mech 42(02), 537-546. ) on the effect of thickness under vertical excitation force. Therefore, when designing the vibration isolation of composite multilayer WIB in practical engineering, the thickness of composite multilayer WIB should not be set too thick considering the appropriate economic cost and better vibration isolation effect. From Figure 8, it can be seen that the thickness of the composite multilayer WIB should be hw1=hw2=hw3=0.5m, which can play a better vibration control effect in unsaturated soil foundations.

Figure 8
Variation curve of amplitude attenuation coefficient AR of the ground surface under different thicknesses with distance for vertical displacement.

In order to analyze the effect of the embedded depth of the composite multilayer WIB on the vibration isolation effect of the ground, Figure 9 plots the variation curve of the amplitude attenuation coefficient of the surface vertical displacement with distance when the embedded depth of the WIB increases gradually from H=1, 2, 3m at hw1=hw2=hw3=0.5m, Sr=0.8, f=5Hz, h=5.5-H-hw1-hw2-hw3m. It can be seen from Figure 9 that when the embedded depth is larger, the attenuation coefficient of the vertical displacement amplitude of the surface is smaller, that is, when the WIB is closer to the vibration source, the vibration isolation effect is better. This is because the WIB uses the principle of the cut-off frequency of the foundation to isolate the vibration. Only when the WIB is close to the vibration source, even if there is an effective cut-off frequency of the foundation, can the vibration isolation effect on the environmental vibration be achieved. Therefore, when the position of the WIB is set, the composite multilayer WIB is set closer to the vibration source so that there is an effective cut-off frequency in the foundation, and the vibration isolation effect of the WIB is better.

Figure 9
Variation curve of amplitude attenuation coefficient AR of the ground surface under different embedded depths with distance for vertical displacement.

7 Conclusions

Based on single-phase elastic medium theory and unsaturated porous medium theory, the vibration isolation performance of composite multilayer WIB vibration isolation system in the unsaturated ground under an underground dynamic load is studied in this paper, and the advantages and disadvantages of the vibration isolation effect of composite multilayer WIB and homogeneous WIB under the same conditions are compared. The influence of soil saturation, load frequency, thickness, and embedded depth of the WIB on the vibration isolation performance of composite multilayer WIB was analyzed. The results of the study show that:

(1) The effect of the interlayer wave impedance ratio of composite multilayer WIB and unsaturated soil foundation on the vibration isolation effect of composite multilayer WIB is very obvious. By designing the wave impedance ratio between the composite multilayer WIB and the unsaturated soil foundation, the optimal vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB vibration isolation barrier can be obtained.

(2) Under the same thickness condition, the vibration isolation effect of the designed composite multilayer WIB is much better than that of the homogeneous WIB. Compared with the homogeneous WIB, the composite multilayer WIB improves the vibration isolation bandwidth and has a good vibration isolation effect in the range of 5≤f≤100 Hz.

(3) The soil saturation has a significant influence on the vibration isolation effect of the composite multilayer WIB, and the composite multilayer WIB can have a good vibration isolation effect in the range of Sr≤0.8. The foundation model that is consistent with the actual site should be selected in the design of WIB vibration isolation in practical engineering.

(4) The closer the embedded depth of the composite multilayer WIB is to the vibration source, the better the vibration isolation effect is. There is a critical thickness of the composite multilayer WIB. When the thickness of the WIB exceeds the critical thickness, the vibration isolation effect of the WIB decreases with the increase of thickness.

Appendix A - The coefficient of the root of the potential function

β 1 = B 1 a 12 a 23 + B 1 a 13 a 22 + B 2 a 11 a 23 B 2 a 13 a 21 B 3 a 11 a 22 + B 3 a 12 a 21 μ p a 12 a 23 + μ p a 13 a 22 β 2 = B 1 a 12 b 33 + B 1 a 13 b 32 + B 1 a 22 b 23 B 1 a 23 b 22 + B 2 a 11 b 33 B 2 a 13 b 31 B 2 a 21 b 23 + B 2 a 23 b 21 B 3 a 11 b 32 + B 3 a 12 b 31 + B 3 a 21 b 22 B 3 a 22 b 21 a 11 a 22 b 13 + a 11 a 23 b 12 + a 12 a 21 b 13 a 12 a 23 b 11 a 13 a 21 b 12 + a 13 a 22 b 11 μ p a 12 b 33 + μ p a 13 b 32 + μ p a 22 b 23 μ p a 23 b 22 β 3 = B 1 b 22 b 33 + B 1 b 23 b 32 + B 2 b 21 b 33 B 2 b 23 b 31 B 3 b 21 b 32 + B 3 b 22 b 31 + a 11 b 12 b 33 a 11 b 13 b 32 a 12 b 11 b 33 + a 12 b 13 b 31 + a 13 b 11 b 32 a 13 b 12 b 31 a 21 b 12 b 23 + a 21 b 13 b 22 + a 22 b 11 b 23 a 22 b 13 b 21 a 23 b 11 b 22 + a 23 b 12 b 21 μ p b 22 b 33 + μ p b 23 b 32 β 4 = b 11 b 22 b 33 + b 11 b 23 b 32 + b 12 b 21 b 33 b 12 b 23 b 31 b 13 b 21 b 32 + b 13 b 22 b 31
β5=μpd22d33,β6=d11d22d33+d21d12d33+d13d22d31

Appendix B - Specific representations of the wave amplitude coefficient matrix

The expression of the system of Eqs. (39) are as follows:

T 32 × 32 [ A t p 1 I A t p 2 I A t p 3 I A r p 1 I A r p 2 I A r p 3 I B t s I B r s I A 1 t e A 1 r e B 1 t e B 1 r e A 2 t e A 2 r e B 2 t e B 2 r e A 3 t e A 3 r e B 3 t e B 3 r e A t p 1 II A t p 2 II A t p 3 II A r p 1 II A r p 2 II A r p 3 II B t s II B r s II A t p 1 III A t p 2 III A t p 3 III B t s III ] T = [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 q 0 sin ( ξ l ) ξ l 0 0 0 ] T

The elements not 0 in matrix T are as follows:

T0101=T0104=χ1,T0102=T0105=χ2,T0103=T0106=χ3,T0107=-2μpiξr,T0108=2μpiξr,T0201=-2μpiξλ1,T0202=-2μpiξλ2,T0203=-2μpiξλ3,T0204=2μpiξλ1,T0205=2μpiξλ2,T0206=2μpiξλ3, T0207=T0208=-μpr2+ξ2),T0301=T0304=a11+a12δp1l+a13δp1g(ξ2λ12),T0302=T0305=a11+a12δp2l+a13δp2g(ξ2λ22),T0303=T0306=a11+a12δp3l+a13δp3g(ξ2λ32),T0401=T0304=a21+a22δp1l+a23δp1g(ξ2λ12),T0402=T0405=a21+a22δp2l+a23δp2g(ξ2λ22),T0403=T0406=a21+a22δp3l+a23δp3g(ξ2λ32),T0501=χ1e-λ1H,T0502=χ2e-λ2H,T0503=χ3e-λ3H,T0504=χ1eλ1H,T0505=χ2eλ2H,T0506=χ3eλ3H,T0507=-2μpiξrerH,T0508=2μpiξrerH,T0509=λ1eξ2+α1e2(λ1e+2μ1e)eiα1eH,T0510=λ1eξ2+α1e2(λ1e+2μ1e)eiα1eH,T0511=-2μ1eξβ1eeiβ1eH,T0512=2μ1eξβ1eeiβ1eH,T0601=-2μpiξλ1eλ1H,T0602=-2μpiξλ2eλ2H,T0603=-2μpiξλ3eλ3H,T0604=2μpiξλ1eλ1H,T0605=2μpiξλ2eλ2H,T0606=2μpiξλ3eλ3H,T0607=-μpr2+ξ2)e-rH,T0608=-μpr2+ξ2)erH, T0609=-2μ1eξα1ee-iα1eH,T0610=2μ1eξα1eeiα1eH,T0611=μ1eξ2-β1e2)e-iβ1eH,T0612=μ1eξ2-β1e2)eiβ1eH,T0701=-λ1eλ1H,T0701=-λ2eλ2H,T0703=-λ3eλ3H,T0704=λ1eλ1H,T0705=λ2eλ2H,T0706=λ3eλ3H,T0707=iξerH,T0708=iξerH,T0709=iα1eeiα1eH,T0710=-iα1eeiα1eH,T0711=-iξe-iβ1eH,T0712=-iξeiβ1eH,T0801=iξeλ1H,T0802=iξeλ2H,T0803=iξeλ3H,T0804=iξeλ1H,T0805=iξeλ2H,T0806=iξeλ3H,T0807=rerH,T0808=-rerH,T0809=-iξe-iα1eH,T0810=-iξeiα1eH, T0811=-iβ1eeiβ1eH,T0812=iβ1eeiβ1eH,T0901=λ1(1δp1l)eλ1H,T0902=λ2(1δp2l)eλ2H,T0903=λ3(1δp3l)eλ3H,T0904=λ1(δp1l1)eλ1H,T0905=λ2(δp2l1)eλ2H,T0906=λ3(δp3l1)eλ3H,T0907=iξδsl1)erH,T0908=iξδsl1)erH,T1001=λ1(1δp1g)eλ1H,T1002=λ2(1δp2g)eλ2H,T1003=λ3(1δp3g)eλ3H,T1004=λ1(δp1g1)eλ1H,T1005=λ2(δp2g1)eλ2H,T1006=λ3(δp3g1)eλ3H,T1007=iξδsg1)erH,T1008=iξδsg1)erH,T1101=iξδp1l1eλ1H,T1102=iξδp2l1eλ2H,T1103=iξδp3l1eλ3H,T1104=iξδp1l1eλ1H,T1105=iξδp2l1eλ2H,T1106=iξδp3l1eλ3H,T1107=rδsl1erH,T1108=r1δslerH,T1201=iξδp1g1eλ1H,T1202=iξδp2g1eλ2H,T1203=iξδp3g1eλ3H,T1204=iξδp1g1eλ1H,T1205=iξδp2g1eλ2H,T1206=iξδp3g1eλ3H,T1207=rδsg1erH,T1208=r1δsgerH,T1309=λ1eξ2+α1e2(λ1e+2μ1e)eiα1eH+hw1,T1310=λ1eξ2+α1e2(λ1e+2μ1e)eiα1eH+hw1,T1311=2μ1eξβ1eeiβ1eH+hw1,T1312=2μ1eξβ1eeiβ1eH+hw1,T1313=λ2eξ2+α2e2(λ2e+2μ2e)eiα2eH+hw1,T1314=λ2eξ2+α2e2(λ2e+2μ2e)eiα2eH+hw1,T1315=2μ2eξβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1,T1316=2μ2eξβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1,T1409=2μ1eξα1eeiα1eH+hw1,T1410=2μ1eξα1eeiα1eH+hw1,T1411=μ1eβ1e2ξ2e-iβ1eH+hw1,T1412=μ1eβ1e2ξ2eiβ1eH+hw1,T1413=2μ2eξα2eeiα2eH+hw1,T1414=2μ2eξα2eeiα2eH+hw1,T1415=μ2eξ2β2e2e-iβ2eH+hw1,T1416=μ2eξ2β2e2eiβ2eH+hw1,T1509=iα1eeiα1eH+hw1,T1510=iα1eeiα1eH+hw1,T1511=iξeiβ1eH+hw1,T1512=iξeiβ1eH+hw1,T1513=iα2eeiα2eH+hw1,T1514=iα2eeiα2eH+hw1,T1515=iξeiβ2eH+hw1,T1516=iξeiβ2eH+hw1,T1609=iξeiα1eH+hw1,T1610=iξeiα1eH+hw1,T1611=iβ1eeiβ1eH+hw1,T1612=iβ1eeiβ1eH+hw1,T1613=iξe-iα2eH+hw1,T1614=iξeiα2eH+hw1,T1615=iβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1, T1616=iβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1,T1713=λ2eξ2+α2e2(λ2e+2μ2e)eiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1714=λ2eξ2+α2e2(λ2e+2μ2e)eiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1715=2μ2eξβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1716=2μ2eξβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1717=λ3eξ2+α3e2(λ3e+2μ3e)eiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1718=λ3eξ2+α3e2(λ3e+2μ3e)eiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1719=2μ3eξβ3eeiβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T1720=2μ3eξβ3eeiβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T1813=2μ2eξα2eeiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1814=2μ2eξα2eeiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1815=μ2eβ2e2ξ2e-iβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1816=μ2eβ2e2ξ2eiβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1817=2μ3eξα3eeiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1818=2μ3eξα3eeiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1819=μ3eξ2β3e2e-iβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T1820=μ3eξ2β3e2eiβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T1913=iα2eeiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1914=iα2eeiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T1915=iξeiβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1916=iξeiβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T1917=iα3eeiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1918=iα3eeiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T1919=iξeiβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T1920=iξeiβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T2013=iξeiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T2014=iξeiα2eH+hw1+hw2,T2015=iβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T2016=iβ2eeiβ2eH+hw1+hw2,T2017=iξe-iα3eH+hw1+hw2,T2018=iξeiα3eH+hw1+hw2,T2019=iβ3eeiβ3eH+hw1+hw2, T2020=iβ3eeiβ3eH+hw1+hw2,T2117=-λ3eξ2+α3e2(λ3e+2μ3e)eiα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2118=-λ3eξ2+α3e2(λ3e+2μ3e)eiα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2119=2μ3eξβ3eeiβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2120=2μ3eξβ3eeiβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2121=χ1e-λ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2122=χ2e-λ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2123=χ3e-λ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2124=χ1eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2125=χ2eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2126=χ3eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2127=2μpiξrer(HH+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2128=2μpiξrer(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2217=2μ3eξα3ee-iα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2218=2μ3eξα3eeiα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2219=μ3e(β3e2-ξ2)e-iβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2220=μ3e(β3e2-ξ2)eiβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2221=2μpiξλ1eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2222=2μpiξλ2eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2223=2μpiξλ3eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2224=2μpiξλ1eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2225=2μpiξλ2eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2226=2μpiξλ3eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2227=μp(r2+ξ2)e-r(H+hw1+hw2+hw3)T2228=μp(r2+ξ2)er(H+hw1+hw2+hw3)T2317=-iα3eeiα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2318=iα3eeiα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2319=iξe-iβ3eH+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2320=iξeiβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2321=λ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2322=λ2eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2323=λ3eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2324=λ1eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2325=λ2eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2326=λ3eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2327=iξer(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2328=iξer(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2417=iξe-iα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2418=iξeiα3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2419=iβ3eeiβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2420=iβ3eeiβ3e(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2421=-iξeλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2422=-iξeλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2423=-iξeλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2424=-iξeλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2425=-iξeλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2426=-iξeλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2427=-rer(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2428=rer(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2521=λ1(δp1l-1)eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2522=λ2(δp2l-1)eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2523=λ3(δp3l-1)eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2524=λ1(1δp1l)eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2525=λ2(1δp2l)eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2526=λ3(1δp3l)eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2527=iξ(1-δsl)er(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2528=iξ(1-δsl)er(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2621=λ1(δp1g-1)eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2622=λ2(δp2g-1)eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2623=λ3(δp3g-1)eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2624=λ1(1δp1g)eλ1(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2625=λ2(1δp2g)eλ2(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2626=λ3(1δp3g)eλ3(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2627=iξ(1-δsg)er(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),T2628=iξ(1-δsg)er(H+hw1+hw2+hw3),
T2721=iξδp1l1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2722=iξδp2l1eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2723=iξδp3l1eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2724=iξδp1l1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2725=iξδp2l1eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2726=iξδp3l1eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2727=rδsl1erH+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2728=r1δslerH+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2821=iξδp1g1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2822=iξδp2g1eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2823=iξδp3g1eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2824=iξδp1g1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2825=iξδp2g1eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2826=iξδp3g1eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2827=rδsg1erH+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2828=r1δsgerH+hw1+hw2+hw3,T2921=χ1e-λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2922=χ2e-λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2923=χ3e-λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2924=χ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2925=χ2eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2926=χ3eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2927=-2μpiξrerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2928=2μpiξrerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2929=-χ1e-λ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2930=-χ2e-λ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2931=-χ3e-λ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T2932=2μpiξrerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3021=-2μpiξλ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+hT3022=-2μpiξλ2eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3023=-2μpiξλ3eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3024=2μpiξλ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3025=2μpiξλ2eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3026=2μpiξλ3eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3027=-μp(r2+ξ2)e-rH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3028=-μp(r2+ξ2)erH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3029=2μpiξλ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3030=2μpiξλ2eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3031=2μpiξλ3eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3032=μp(r2+ξ2)e-rH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3121=-λ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3122=-λ2eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3123=-λ3eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3124=λ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3125=λ2eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3126=λ3eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3127=iξerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3128=iξerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3129=λ1eλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3130=λ2eλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3131=λ3eλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3132=iξerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3221=iξeλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3222=iξeλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3223=iξeλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3224=iξeλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3225=iξeλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3226=iξeλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3227=rerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3228=rerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3229=iξeλ1H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3230=iξeλ2H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3231=iξeλ3H+hw1+hw2+hw3+h,T3232=rerH+hw1+hw2+hw3+h.

Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Chinese Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 52168053), the authors are also grateful to the reviewers for their helpful advice and comments.

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Editor: Pablo Andrés Muñoz Rojas

Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    13 Mar 2023
  • Date of issue
    2023

History

  • Received
    10 Jan 2023
  • Reviewed
    28 Jan 2023
  • Accepted
    08 Feb 2023
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