SSI Effects on Ground Motion at Lotung LSST Site
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 125, Issue 9
Abstract
A 3D finite-element model is developed to study soil-structure interaction (SSI) effects at a Large-Scale Seismic Test (LSST) site in Lotung, Taiwan, during the earthquake of May 20, 1986. Analyses are carried out by direct method incorporating a 1/4-scale nuclear plant containment structure. The containment structure is modeled as a linearly elastic material, while the subsoil is modeled as an elastoplastic continuum material that deforms plastically according to a bounding surface plasticity theory with a vanishing elastic region. Eigenvalue analyses are performed to see how the presence of the structure affects the fundamental frequencies and modes of vibration of the system in the limit of elastic response. SSI effects are shown to be partly responsible for the reduced peak north-south ground surface acceleration recorded by a downhole array near the containment structure. Eigenvalue studies suggest that the local effect of the containment structure is to generate rocking and torsional vibration modes, in addition to the usual lateral and vertical modes. However, results of time domain studies indicate that the former modes (rocking and torsional) were not triggered by the 1986 earthquake.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 125 • Issue 9 • September 1999
Pages: 760 - 770
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Received: Sep 2, 1998
Published online: Sep 1, 1999
Published in print: Sep 1999
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