3D Complete Nonlinear Methods for Soil–Building Interaction Based on an Input Wavefield
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 20, Issue 3
Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D) complete nonlinear methods for examining soil–building interaction based on an input seismic wavefield were developed. A seismic wavefield means seismic waves propagating in a 3D medium. Vertical ground motions and the material nonlinearity of the superstructure and the piles were incorporated into earlier methods. Consequently, employing a three-component input wavefield including surface waves, the methods are able to treat nonlinear behavior of the superstructure and the piles in the cases of soils with nonlinear and liquefaction behavior. The feasibility of the methods was demonstrated using a midrise RC building in the lakebed zone of Mexico City and a midrise RC building and a wood building in the reclaimed zone of Tokyo Bay. The response of a midrise RC building of Tokyo was displayed. The methods provide reasonable nonlinear building performance. Building responses became excessively large following extremely large increases in the amplitudes of surface waves in liquefied soils, thereby successfully indicating that Japanese RC building damage concentrates in the first story.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available from the corresponding author by request.
Acknowledgments
Dr. Oscar Lopez and Roberto Duran of the National Disaster Prevention Center of Mexico supplied the structural information on the Mexican model buildings. The structural information on the Japanese model buildings was provided by Dr. Masanori Iiba of Hokkaido University, Dr. Koichi Kusunoki of the University of Tokyo, Dr. Yuji Miyamoto of Osaka University, Dr. Hiroshi Isoda of Kyoto University, and Dr. Masaomi Teshigawara of Nagoya University. Critical readings by six anonymous reviewers greatly improved the manuscript.
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Volume 20 • Issue 3 • March 2020
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Received: Mar 12, 2019
Accepted: Aug 13, 2019
Published online: Jan 3, 2020
Published in print: Mar 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Jun 3, 2020
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