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    Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction Effects on Nonlinear Seismic Demand of Structures

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    Moghaddasi, M.
    Cubrinovski, M.
    Pampanin, S.
    Carr, A.J.
    Chase, J.G.
    Date
    2010
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5222

    Investigating the seismic demand of structures integrating soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI) effects is a demanding task as a result of the complexity of the coupled dynamic problem. It is also augmented by the impact of uncertainty in the soil and structural parameters along with the randomness in earthquake characteristics. The objective of this research is to highlight SFSI effects on the seismic demand of nonlinear structures through a probabilistic methodology varying soil and structural parameters in a realistic combination and enforcing the adopted models to a range of earthquakes with different spectrum and type. Specifically, 1.36 million nonlinear time-history simulations are run over: (i) models consisting of a SDOF superstructure and a rheological soil-shallow foundation element; and (ii) their corresponding fixed-base models. The demand modification in structural distortion, drift and total displacement due to consideration of SFSI compared to the results of the corresponding fixed-base systems are quantified through a comprehensive statistical presentation. The results contradict prevailing views of the beneficial role of SFSI and show it does not hold in all cases. However, it does show that SFSI effects can be safely ignored with 50% confidence. The rigorous statistical Monte Carlo analysis presented is a significant first step towards reliability-based seismic design procedures incorporating foundation flexibility.

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    Field of Research::09 - Engineering::0905 - Civil Engineering::090504 - Earthquake Engineering
     
    Field of Research::09 - Engineering::0905 - Civil Engineering::090506 - Structural Engineering
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