Interpretation of Japanese Wood Building Damage Based on Soil–Foundation Connection Modeling
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 21, Issue 1
Abstract
Japanese wood building damage was concentrated on the first story of buildings in previous large earthquakes. The main reason was attributed to an undesirable layout (lack of shear walls) in the first story. However, it is questionable whether or not the undesirable layout of the first story is the only reason for this. In this study, we will investigate the influence of soil–foundation connections on the typical damage pattern. This study is the first attempt, to the best of the author’s knowledge, to evaluate the effects of soil–foundation movement on the responses of a wooden building. Therefore, a three-dimensional nonlinear method to examine the soil–building interaction based on an input seismic wavefield, with the introduction of hypothetical soil piles, will be applied to a 2-story wooden building in the reclaimed zone of Tokyo Bay in Tokyo, Japan where liquefaction occurs. This revealed that a loose soil–foundation connection could explain the typical damage pattern. This inferred that, in addition to the undesirable layout, the soil–foundation movement caused the damage to the first story.
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Acknowledgments
The structural information on the wood model building and the wood material information were provided by Dr. Hiroshi Isoda of Kyoto University. Critical readings by Dr. Hiroshi Isoda, Dr. Yuji Miyamoto of Osaka University, and four anonymous reviewers greatly improved the manuscript.
Notation
The following symbols are used in this paper:
- [C]
- damping matrix;
- {F}
- external force vector;
- h
- damping factor;
- [K]
- stiffness matrix;
- [M]
- mass matrix;
- MJ
- earthquake magnitude;
- t
- time;
- tPRO
- process time of liquefaction at a soil element;
- Vp
- P wave velocity;
- Vs
- S wave velocity;
- γCRI
- critical shear strain;
- ρ
- density; and
- {χ}
- displacement vector associated with the system.
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Received: Apr 9, 2020
Accepted: Aug 12, 2020
Published online: Oct 23, 2020
Published in print: Jan 1, 2021
Discussion open until: Mar 23, 2021
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