Analysis of transient response of saturated porous elastic soil under cyclic loading using element-free Galerkin method

A two-dimensional numerical procedure is presented to analyse the transient response of saturated porous elastic soil layer under cyclic loading. The procedure is based on the element-free Galerkin method and incorporated into the periodic conditions (temporal and spatial periodicity). Its shape function is constructed by moving least-square approximants, essential boundary conditions are implemented through Lagrange multipliers and the periodic conditions are implemented through a revised variational formulation. Time domain is discretized through the Crank–Nicolson scheme. Analytical solutions are developed to assess the effectiveness and accuracy of the current procedure in one and two dimensions. For only temporal periodic problems, a one-dimensional transient problem of finite thickness soil layer is analysed for sinusoidal surface loading. For both temporal and spatial periodic problems, a typical two-dimensional wave-induced transient problem with the seabed of finite thickness is analysed. Finally, a moving boundary problem is analysed. It is found that the current procedure is simple, efficient and accurate in predicting the response of soil layer under cyclic loading.