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Table 2 Material properties of rock material and polymer piles

From: Finite element assessment FEA of polymer anti-seismic piling techniques for protection of the underground culture heritage

Material

Name

Rock construction

Polymer pile (PVA)

Unit

Parameter

Type of behaviour

Type

Elastic

Elastic

 

Normal stiffness

EA

2.270E + 06

2.150E + 04

kN/m

Flexural rigidity

EI

–

8867

kNm2/m

Equivalent thickness

D

–

2

m

Weight

W

18

5.40

kN/m/m

Poisson’s ratio

v

0.28

0.00

–

Rayleigh α

  

0.00

Rayleigh β

  

0.00

Shear wave velocity

Vs

715

80

m/s