scholarly journals Soil-Structure Interaction in Transversely Isotropic Layered Media Subjected to Incident Plane SH Waves

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenning Ba ◽  
Xi Gao
Keyword(s):  
Soil Structure ◽  
Soil Layer ◽  
Transversely Isotropic ◽  
Soil Structure Interaction ◽  
Rigid Foundation ◽  
Sh Waves ◽  
Soil Layers ◽  
Incident Plane ◽  
Input Motion ◽  
Plane Sh Waves

The dynamic soil-structure interaction (SSI) for incident plane SH waves is analyzed for a two-dimensional (2D) model of a shear wall on a rigid foundation by using the indirect boundary element method (IBEM). The rigid foundation utilized in this study is embedded in transversely isotropic (TI) soil layers over bedrock. The accuracy of the IBEM method is verified and analyzed by setting a semicylindrical, rigid foundation-shear wall structure system in the single TI soil layer and multiple TI soil layers over bedrock. This study shows that the TI characteristics of the site have a significant impact on the effective input motion and the superstructure response. In a single soil layer, the increase in the shear modulus ratio in the vertical and horizontal directions has a certain degree of amplified action on the effective input motion and the superstructure response. Simultaneously, the corresponding peak frequency of the response increases. In multiple soil layers, the changes in the effective input motion and the superstructure response are also affected by the TI characteristics of the soil layers, and the impact of this effect is related to the sequence of the layers.

scholarly journals NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC SOIL‐STRUCTURE INTERACTION ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 266-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelhacine Gouasmia ◽  
Kamel Djeghaba
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Soil Layer ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Soil Structure Interaction ◽  
Frequency Content ◽  
Structure Interaction ◽  
Lateral Displacements ◽  
Input Motion

The objective of this research is to evaluate the effects of soil‐structure interaction (SSI) on the modal characteristics and on the dynamic response of structures. The stress had an impact on the overall behaviour of five storeys reinforced concrete (R/C) buildings typically encountered in Algeria. Sensitivity studies are undertaken in order to study the effects of frequency content of the input motion, frequency of the soil structure system, rigidity and depth of the soil layer on the dynamic response of such structures. This investigation indicated that the rigidity of the soil layer is the predominant factor in soil‐structures interaction and its increases would definitely reduce the deformation of the R/C structures. On the other hand, increasing the period of the underlying soil will cause an increase in the lateral displacements at storey levels and create irregularity in the distribution of storey shears. Possible resonance between the frequency content of the input motion and soil could also play an important role in increasing the structural response.

Ground Motion at a Semi-Cylindrical Valley Partially Filled with a Crescent-Shaped Soil Layer Under Incident Plane SH Waves

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 1750007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Zhang ◽  
Yufeng Gao ◽  
Denghui Dai
Keyword(s):  
Ground Motion ◽  
Soil Layer ◽  
Topographic Effects ◽  
Soil Amplification ◽  
Alluvial Valley ◽  
Sh Waves ◽  
Topographic Amplification ◽  
Incident Plane ◽  
Irregular Topography ◽  
Plane Sh Waves

To elucidate the ground motion amplification due to soil and topographic effects, an analytical formulation based on wavefunction expansion is derived for the scattering of plane SH waves by a semi-cylindrical valley partially filled with a crescent-shaped soil layer. The site responses consisting of both soil and topographic effects from the partially filled alluvial valley and the pure topographic contribution from the homogeneous valley of the same geometry are calculated and compared. It is found that the soil amplification effects are usually larger than the topographic amplification effects within the alluvial valley, while the topographic effects dominate the amplification pattern of ground motions outside the alluvial valley. Generally, the maximum soil amplification generally far outweighs the maximum topographic amplification. The material parameters and filling degree of the soil layer are found to affect the magnitude and the pattern of ground motion amplitude on the valley surface depending on the irregular topography, the frequency content and obliquity of the wave incidence.

Interaction of a shear wall with the soil for incident plane SH waves

1972 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-83
Author(s):  
M. D. Trifunac
Keyword(s):  
Incidence Angle ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Shear Wall ◽  
Elastic Half Space ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Angle Of Incidence ◽  
Sh Waves ◽  
Incident Plane ◽  
Interaction Equation ◽  
Plane Sh Waves

Abstract The closed-form solution of the dynamic interaction of a shear wall and the isotropic homogeneous and elastic half-space, previously studied only for vertically-incident SH waves, is generalized to any angle of incidence. It is shown that the interaction equation is independent of the incidence angle, while the surface-ground displacements heavily depend on it. For the two-dimensional model studied, it is demonstrated that disturbances generated by waves scattering and diffracting around the rigid foundation mass are not a local phenomenon but extend to large distances relative to the characteristic foundation length.

Dynamic Interaction of Two Independent SDOF Oscillators Supported by a Flexible Foundation Embedded in a Half-Space: Closed-Form Analytical Solution for Incident Plane SH-Waves

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Liguo Jin ◽  
Liting Du ◽  
Haiyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Solution ◽  
Closed Form ◽  
Half Space ◽  
Strong Interaction ◽  
Rigid Foundation ◽  
Structural Stiffness ◽  
Sh Waves ◽  
Closed Form Analytical Solution ◽  
Flexible Foundation ◽  
Plane Sh Waves

This paper presents a closed-form analytical solution for the dynamic response of two independent SDOF oscillators standing on one flexible foundation embedded in an elastic half-space and excited by plane SH waves. The solution is obtained by the wave function expansion method and is verified by comparison with the results of the special cases of a rigid foundation and the published research result of a flexible foundation. The model is utilized to investigate how the foundation stiffness influences the system response. The results show that there will be a significant interaction between the two independent structures on one flexible foundation and the intensity of the interaction is mainly dependent on foundation stiffness and structural stiffness. For a system with more flexible foundation, strong interaction will exist between the two structures; larger structural stiffness will also lead to a strong interaction between the two structures. When the structural mass and the structural stiffness are all larger, the flexible foundation cannot be treated as a rigid foundation even if the foundation stiffness is many times larger than that of soil. This model may be useful to get insight into the effects of foundation flexibility on the interaction of two independent structures standing on one flexible foundation.

Torsional response of structures for SH waves: The case of hemispherical foundations

1976 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-123
Author(s):  
J. E. Luco
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Basic Step ◽  
Sh Waves ◽  
Torsional Response ◽  
Obliquely Incident ◽  
Incident Plane ◽  
Interaction Problem ◽  
Plane Sh Wave ◽  
Plane Sh Waves

abstract A study is made of the harmonic torsional response of an elastic structure placed on a rigid hemispherical foundation which is supported on an elastic medium and is subjected to the action of obliquely incident plane SH waves. As a basic step in the solution of the torsion interaction problem, a closed-form solution is obtained for the torsional response of a rigid hemispherical foundation excited externally by a harmonic torque and through the soil by an obliquely incident plane SH wave. Comparisons between the results for a hemispherical foundation with those for a circular plate allow the estimation of the effects that the embedment of the foundation has on the torsional response of the superstructure.

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