Uncertainty assessment in hydro-mechanical-coupled analysis of saturated porous medium applying fuzzy finite element method

Farhoud KALATEH, Farideh HOSSEINEJAD

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Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. ›› 2020, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (2) : 387-410. DOI: 10.1007/s11709-019-0601-z
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Uncertainty assessment in hydro-mechanical-coupled analysis of saturated porous medium applying fuzzy finite element method

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The purpose of the present study was to develop a fuzzy finite element method, for uncertainty quantification of saturated soil properties on dynamic response of porous media, and also to discrete the coupled dynamic equations known as u-p hydro-mechanical equations. Input parameters included fuzzy numbers of Poisson’s ratio, Young’s modulus, and permeability coefficient as uncertain material of soil properties. Triangular membership functions were applied to obtain the intervals of input parameters in five membership grades, followed up by a minute examination of the effects of input parameters uncertainty on dynamic behavior of porous media. Calculations were for the optimized combinations of upper and lower bounds of input parameters to reveal soil response including displacement and pore water pressure via fuzzy numbers. Fuzzy analysis procedure was verified, and several numerical examples were analyzed by the developed method, including a dynamic analysis of elastic soil column and elastic foundation under ramp loading. Results indicated that the range of calculated displacements and pore pressure were dependent upon the number of fuzzy parameters and uncertainty of parameters within equations. Moreover, it was revealed that for the input variations looser sands were more sensitive than dense ones.

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fuzzy finite element method / saturated soil / hydro-mechanical coupled equations / coupled analysis / uncertainty analysis

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Farhoud KALATEH, Farideh HOSSEINEJAD. Uncertainty assessment in hydro-mechanical-coupled analysis of saturated porous medium applying fuzzy finite element method. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng., 2020, 14(2): 387‒410 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-019-0601-z

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