Three-Dimensional Finite-Element Method for Soil-Building Interaction Based on an Input Wave Field
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 13, Issue 4
Abstract
A three-dimensional (3D) FEM for examining the soil-building interaction based on an input seismic wave field is proposed. A seismic wave field means seismic waves propagating in a 3D medium. An input seismic wave field is employed with the goal of adequately treating seismic surface waves trapped by a deep (several kilometers) underground structure in a soil-building interaction system. As the first stage of the proposed method, a simple linear method is constructed. The linear method was applied to estimate seismic responses of low- to high-rise RC model buildings during a large earthquake at a soft-soil site in Mexico City where surface waves are dominant. At the soft-soil site, all the buildings with and without piles vibrated together with the ground, probably suppressing the pile damage. The proposed method qualitatively provided us with more realistic building responses, compared with a conventional interaction analysis based on an input base motion. When a considerable amount of surface waves are present at a soft-soil site, the proposed method needs to be employed.
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Acknowledgments
Dr. Tetsuya Ishihara of the Technical Research and Development Institute, JDC Corporation of Japan, gave helpful advice on the soil-building interaction systems. Mr. Roberto Quaas of the National Disaster Prevention Center of Mexico supplied the strong-motion accelerograms. Dr. Oscar Lopez and Mr. Roberto Duran of the same center provided the structural information on the model buildings. The critical reading of Dr. Paul Spudich and Dr. Brad Aagaard of the United States Geological Survey, a coeditor, and two anonymous reviewers greatly improved the manuscript.
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International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 13 • Issue 4 • August 2013
Pages: 430 - 440
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Oct 24, 2011
Accepted: Jun 5, 2012
Published online: Aug 9, 2012
Published in print: Aug 1, 2013
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