Two-dimensional translation, rocking, and waves in a building during soil-structure interaction excited by a plane earthquake p-wave pulse

Gicev, Vlado and Trifunac, Mihailo and Orbovic, Nebojsa (2016) Two-dimensional translation, rocking, and waves in a building during soil-structure interaction excited by a plane earthquake p-wave pulse. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 90. pp. 454-466.

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Abstract

A two-dimensional model of a building supported by a rectangular, flexible foundation embedded in the soil is analyzed for excitation by an incident plane P-wave. The building, the foundation, and the soil have different material properties. The building is assumed to be anisotropic and linear, while the soil and the foundation are assumed to be isotropic and can experience nonlinear deformations. In general, the work spent for the development of nonlinear strains in the soil can consume a significant part of the input wave energy and thus less energy is available for the excitation of the building. However, in the case of excitation by a plane P-wave pulse, we show that the nonlinear response in the soil and the foundation does not significantly change the nature of excitation in the base of the building. It is noted that the response of a building can be approximated by base translation and rocking for excitation by long, strong motion waves.

Item Type: Article
Impact Factor Value: 2.578
Subjects: Engineering and Technology > Civil engineering
Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences
Engineering and Technology > Other engineering and technologies
Divisions: Faculty of Computer Science
Depositing User: Mirjana Kocaleva Vitanova
Date Deposited: 09 Mar 2020 09:38
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2020 09:38
URI: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/23899

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