TY - CHAP
T1 - A Macroelement Approach for the Stability Assessment of Trees
AU - Dattola, G.
AU - Ciantia, Matteo
AU - Galli, A.
AU - Blyth, L.
AU - Zhang, Xingyu
AU - Knappett, Jonathan
AU - Castellanza, Riccardo
AU - Sala, C.
AU - Leung, Anthony
N1 - Presents selected papers from the 7th Italian National Congress of Geotechnical Researchers (CNRIG 2019), held in Lecco, Italy, on July 3-5, 2019
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Interaction diagrams in the generalized 3D loading space of vertical (V), horizontal (H) and moment (M) actions constitute the basis of the design of foundation structures in case of complex loads combinations. The mechanical response of such systems is frequently interpreted in terms of the ‘macroelement’ theory, where a generalized incremental constitutive relationship is introduced, linking the displacements and rotations of the foundation (playing the role of generalized strains) to the histories of applied loading components (i.e. the generalized stresses). In this paper an attempt to extend a classical macroelement framework, to the case of root-soil interaction presented. The model is calibrated on small scale experimental data on 3D printed plastic root systems, subject to combined V-H-M loads, and a parametric analysis on the main governing parameters is discussed. The comparison between numerical and experimental data suggests that the macroelement approach could be an efficient and simple analytical tool for describing the whole moment-rotation curve, overcoming the main simplifying hypotheses currently employed in arboriculture practice.
AB - Interaction diagrams in the generalized 3D loading space of vertical (V), horizontal (H) and moment (M) actions constitute the basis of the design of foundation structures in case of complex loads combinations. The mechanical response of such systems is frequently interpreted in terms of the ‘macroelement’ theory, where a generalized incremental constitutive relationship is introduced, linking the displacements and rotations of the foundation (playing the role of generalized strains) to the histories of applied loading components (i.e. the generalized stresses). In this paper an attempt to extend a classical macroelement framework, to the case of root-soil interaction presented. The model is calibrated on small scale experimental data on 3D printed plastic root systems, subject to combined V-H-M loads, and a parametric analysis on the main governing parameters is discussed. The comparison between numerical and experimental data suggests that the macroelement approach could be an efficient and simple analytical tool for describing the whole moment-rotation curve, overcoming the main simplifying hypotheses currently employed in arboriculture practice.
KW - Bearing capacity
KW - Macroelement
KW - Roots
KW - Soil-structure interaction
KW - Trees
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068135950&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-21359-6_44
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-21359-6_44
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9783030213596
SN - 9783030213589
VL - 40
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 417
EP - 426
BT - Geotechnical Research for Land Protection and Development
A2 - Calvetti, Francesco
A2 - Cotecchia, Federica
A2 - Galli, Andrea
A2 - Jommi, Cristina
PB - Springer
CY - Switzerland
T2 - CNRIG 2019
Y2 - 3 July 2019 through 5 July 2019
ER -