• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.55-70
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• 2021

In urban cities, buildings were built in the neighborhood, these buildings influence each other through structure-soilstructure interaction (SSSI) and seismic pounding due to limited separation distance in-between. Generally, the effects of the interaction between soil and structure are disregarded during seismic design and analysis of superstructure. However, the system of soil-base adversely changes structural behavior and response demands. Thus, the vibration characteristics plus the seismic response of a building are not able to be independent of those in adjacent buildings. The interaction between structure, soil, and structure investigates the action of the attendance of adjacent buildings to the others by the interaction effect of the sub-soil under dynamic disturbances. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the effects of SSSI and seismic pounding on the behavior of adjacent buildings. The response of a single structure or two adjacent structures with shallow raft base lying on soft soil are studied. Three dimensions finite element models are developed to investigate the effects of pounding; gap distance; conditions of soil; stories number; a mass of adjacent building and ground excitation frequency on the seismic responses and vibration characteristics of the structures. The variation in the story displacement, story shear, and story moment responses demands are studied to evaluate the presence effect of the adjacent buildings. Numerical results acquired using conditions of soil models are compared with the condition of fixed support and adjacent building models to a single building model. The peak responses of story displacement, story moment, and story shear are studied.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.477-487
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• 2024

The interaction between multiple structures through the supporting soil media, known as structure-soil-structure interaction (SSSI), has become an increasingly important issue due to rapid urbanization. There is a need to investigate the effect of SSSI on the structural response of buildings compared to non-interaction analysis (NIA) and soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis. In the present study, two identical 4-bay×4-bay, three-story RCC buildings are modeled adjacent to each other with a soil domain beneath it to investigate the effect of SSSI on the forces experienced by footings under gravity and seismic load cases. The ANSYS software is used for modeling various non-interaction and interaction models which work on the principle of FEM. The results indicate that in most of the footings, the SSSI effect causes a significant redistribution of forces compared to SSI and NIA under both gravity and seismic load cases. The maximum interaction effect is observed on the footings that are closer to the adjacent building. The axial force, shear force and bending moment values on these footings show that SSI causes a significant increase in these values compared to non-interaction analysis but the presence of adjacent building relieves these forces significantly.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.165-181
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• 2023

The effectiveness of fluid viscous dampers (FVDs) on dynamic response mitigation of coupled two adjacent structures was investigated, considering soil-structure interaction (SSI) effects under earthquake excitation. A numerical procedure was employed to evaluate system response. The finite elements were used for the numerical treatment of the adjacent buildings and soil region. Viscous boundary conditions were used as special non-reflecting boundaries on the edges of finite soil region. According to the results, the FVDs were found to be very effective for dynamic response mitigation of the adjacent buildings, even if considering the soil medium. The results showed that the most affecting parameter on the system response was found to be soil type. It was also concluded that when adjacent structures coupled by FVDs, the maximum values of the roof displacements, the base shear forces, and the base bending moments could decrease up to around 50%. Changing in lateral stiffness of the one building has minor effects on the effectiveness of viscous dampers.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2021

오늘날 도시 과밀화로 인해 한정된 부지를 효과적으로 사용하기 위해 기존 구조물과 인접한 조건에서 신규 구조물이 시공되는 경우가 많아지고 있다. 기존 구조물 근처에 신규 구조물이 시공되는 경우 기존 구조물에 의한 간섭효과가 발생할 수 있어, 이와 관련된 다양한 국내외 연구들이 진행되고 있지만 실험실 규모에서 모사할 수 있는 근접 구조물의 조건들이 한정적이라 실제 현장 조건을 제대로 반영하지 못하고 있다. 아울러 근접시공에 관한 명확한 기준과 역학적 거동이 규명되어 있지 않아 연구가 필요한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 다양한 크기의 근접 구조물 시공 조건에 대한 지지력 및 침하량 변화를 관찰하기 위한 실험 연구를 수행하였다. 실험 결과 사질토 지반에서 구조물이 특정 거리 내에 근접 시공되는 경우 간섭효과로 인해 신규 구조물의 지지력 상승 효과가 확인되었으나 기존 구조물의 침하량이 증가하여 실제 근접 시공 시 면밀한 검토가 필요함을 확인하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.55-64
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• 2016

최근 지하공간을 활용한 도시의 기반시설 확충으로 인하여 시설물 상호 간의 근접시공이 많이 이루어지고 있으며, 근접시공으로 인한 시설물의 안정성과 관련된 민원이 빈번하게 발생하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 근접시공으로 인한 정거장구조물의 거동특성을 파악하기 위해 김포도시철도 터널이 계획된 노선 상부의 지하철 5호선 김포공항역 정거장구조물을 대상으로 연구를 수행하였다. 정거장구조물의 안전영역 평가 및 굴착방법에 대한 개략적인 검토와 수치해석을 통한 상세검토를 수행하였으며, 손상도 평가, 궤도틀림 및 구조검토 결과 근접시공에 따른 정거장구조물의 안정성은 확보되는 것으로 평가되었다. 본 연구는 근접시공시 인접구조물에 미치는 영향을 사전에 검토하는 경우 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.155-163
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• 2023

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the coupled effect of SSI and pounding on dynamic responses of unequal height adjacent buildings with insufficiently separation distance subjected to seismic loading. Numerical investigations were conducted to evaluate effect of the pounding coupling SSI on a Reinforced Concrete Frame Structure system constructed on different soil fields. Adjacent buildings with unequal height, including a 9-storey and a 3-storey reinforced concrete structure, were considered in numerical studies. Pounding force response, time-history and root-mean-square (RMS) of displacement and acceleration with different types of soil and separations were presented. The numerical results indicate that insufficient separation could lead to collisions and generate severe pounding force which could result in acceleration and displacement amplifications. SSI has significant influence of the seismic response of the structures, and higher pounding force were induced by floors with stiffer soil. SSI is reasonable neglected for a structure with a dense soil foundation, whereas SSI should be taken into consideration for dynamic analysis, especially for soft soil base.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.671-686
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• 2018

최근 경주, 포항 인근에서 지진이 발생하여 대도시의 초고층 빌딩과 그에 인접한 지하구조물의 내진해석에 대한 사회적 요구가 증가하고 있다. 그러나 기존에 수행되어 왔던 대부분 내진해석 연구는 초고층 빌딩과 지하구조물을 개별적으로 분석하여 구조물간 동적 상호거동 연구가 부족한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기반암과 표층으로 이루어진 지반에 건물과 인접 지하구조물이 설치된 복합지하시설물을 대상으로 지반과 구조물을 동시에 고려한 동적해석을 수행하였다. 특히 신뢰도를 높이기 위해 유사정적해석을 추가로 수행하여 동적해석 결과와 비교 분석하였다. 종합적으로 복합시설물에 대한 SSI 해석 시 인접 지하구조물을 고려하는 것이 보다 보수적인 방법이라고 결론 내렸다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1293-1309
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• 2015

3D two adjacent buildings with different heights founded in different kinds of soil connected with viscous dampers groups, with especial arrangement in plane, were investigated. Soil structure interaction for three different kinds of soil (stiff, medium and soft) were modeled as 3D Winkler model to give the realistic behavior of adjacent buildings connected with viscous dampers under various earthquake excitations taking in the account the effect of different kinds of soil beneath the buildings, using SAP2000n to model the whole system. A range of soil properties and soil damping characteristics are chosen which gives broad picture of connected structures system behavior resulted from the influence soil-structure interaction. Its conclusion that the response of connected structures system founded on soft soil are more critical than those founded on stiff soil. The behavior of connected structures is different from those with fixed base bigger by nearly 20%, and the efficiency of viscous dampers connecting the two adjacent buildings is reduced by nearly 25% less than those founded on stiff soil.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.135-148
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• 2023

The structure-soil-structure interaction (SSSI) effect in adjacent structures may affect the liquefaction-induced damage of shallow foundation structures. The existing studies only analysed the independent effects on the structural dynamic response but ignored the coupling effect of height difference and distance of adjacent structures (F) on liquefied foundations on the dynamic response. Therefore, this paper adopts finite element and finite difference coupled dynamic analysis method to discuss the effect of the F on the seismic response of shallow foundation structures. The results show that the effect of the short structure on the acceleration response of the tall structure can be neglected as F increases when the height difference reaches 2 times the height of the short structure. The beneficial effect of SSSI on short structures is weakened under strong seismic excitations, and the effect of the increase of F on the settlement ratio gradually decreases, which causes a larger rotation hazard. When the distance is smaller than the foundation width, the short structure will exceed the rotation critical value and cause structural damage. When the distance is larger than the foundation width, the rotation angle is within the safe range (0.02 rad).

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2000년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.289-296
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• 2000

This paper summarizes the results of a study which has quantified the evolution of the structure of sands adjacent to geomembranes of varying roughness at different stages of shearing. The results show that the structure evolution, and hence shear mechanisms for rounded uniform sands adjacent to geomembranes, are directly influenced by the surface roughness of the geomembranes. For smooth geomembranes, the shear mechanism predominantly involves sliding of sand particles and only affects the sand structure within two particle diameters of the geomembrane. For slightly textured geomembranes, the effects of interlocking and dilation of sand particles extends the zone of evolution to four particles diameters from the interface. For moderately/heavily textured geomembranes, the interlocking and dilation of sand particles is fully developed and results in large dilation in the interfacial zone, which extends up to six particle diameters from the interface. By understanding how the structure of the sand adjacent to geomembranes of different roughness changes during shearing, it may be possible to identify alternative geomembrane roughening procedures and patterns that can lead to more efficient interface designs.