Simulation of vibratory plate interaction with the ground surface

The paper presents a three-mass rheological model of the system "soil - vibration plate base - vibration plate frame". The rheological model makes it possible to reproduce different modes of interaction between the vibratory plate base and soil: with different types of plate decoupling and without decoupling. We verify this model by comparing the experimental values of the vertical oscillation span of the base and frame of the Zitrek CNP 20 vibrating plate with the previously calculated values. As a whole, the calculated values of the span of vertical oscillations of the base and frame of the Zitrek CNP 20 vibrating plate correlate with the experimental data in the range of the dynamic modulus of soil deformation of 13…30 MPa. During the experiment we used the rheological model and obtained results are as follows: the mass of the vibrating plate (50; 150; 250; 350; 450; 550; 650; 750 kg), the coefficient of the elastic resistance of soil (30; 60; 90; 120 MN / m), and the coefficient of viscous resistance of soil (100; 200; 300 kN · s / m). The total number of combinations of parameters was 96. The processed results of the computational experiment provide the regression dependences for calculating the maximum soil reaction force, the time of soil loading (increasing the values of the reaction force of soil) t1 , and the time of soil unloading (decrease the values of the reaction force of soil) t2 . The simulation results show that, within one exposure cycle, the soil loading time t1 is less than the soil unloading time t2 . The ratio t1 / t2 is influenced by the weight of the vibratory plate, as well as the factors of elastic and viscous resistance of soil. This feature ( t1 / t2s , t1 , and t2 on the vibratory plate mass and the factors of elastic and viscous resistance of soil are important for calculating the distribution of stresses and strains on the depth of the compacted soil.