• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.117-138
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• 2014

The main focus of the current study is to evaluate the dynamic behavior of a cantilever retaining wall considering backfill and soil/foundation interaction effects. For this purpose, a three-dimensional finite element model (FEM) with viscous boundary is developed to investigate the seismic response of the cantilever wall. To demonstrate the validity of the FEM, analytical examinations are carried out by using modal analysis technique. The model verification is accomplished by comparing its predictions to results from analytical method with satisfactory agreement. The method is then employed to further investigate parametrically the effects of not only backfill but also soil/foundation interactions. By means of changing the soil properties, some comparisons are made on lateral displacements and stress responses. It is concluded that the lateral displacements and stresses in the wall are remarkably affected by backfill and subsoil interactions, and the dynamic behavior of the cantilever retaining wall is highly sensitive to mechanical properties of the soil material.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.373-387
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• 2022

In this paper,soil-structure interaction effects on the seismic response of multistory frame structure on raft foundation are numerically analyzed. The foundation soil profile is assumed to consists of a clay layer of variable thicknessresting on bedrock. Amodified plane-strain numerical model isformed in the software Plaxis, and both free vibration analysis, and earthquake analysis for a selected ground motion accelerogram are performed. The behavior of the structure is assumed to be linear elastic with Rayleigh viscous damping included. The behavior of the clay layer is modeled with a Hardening soil model with small strain stiffness. The computed results in terms of fundamental period and structural horizontal displacementsfor the case of fixed base and for different thicknesses of clay layer are presented, compared, and discussed.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.455-460
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• 2014

In this study, structural behavior of plastic greenhouse foundation was investigated using rational finite element modeling for structures which have different material properties each other. Because the concrete foundation of plastic greenhouse and soil which surround and support the concrete foundation have very different material property, the boundary between two structures were modeled by a interface element. The interface element was able to represent sliding, separation, uplift and re-bonding of the boundary between concrete foundation and soil. The results of static and dynamic analysis showed that horizontal and vertical displacement of concrete foundation displayed a decreasing tendency with increasing depth of foundation. The second frequency from modal analysis of structure including foundation and soil was estimate to closely related with wind load.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.69-84
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• 2023

This paper proposes a novel frame element on Winkler-Pasternak foundation for analysis of a non-ductile reinforced concrete (RC) member resting on foundation. These structural members represent flexural-shear critical members, which are commonly found in existing buildings designed and constructed with the old seismic design standards (inadequately detailed transverse reinforcement). As a result, these structures always experience shear failure or flexure-shear failure under seismic loading. To predict the characteristics of these non-ductile structures, efficient numerical models are required. Therefore, the novel frame element on Winkler-Pasternak foundation with inclusion of the shear-flexure interaction effect is developed in this study. The proposed model is derived within the framework of a displacement-based formulation and fiber section model under Timoshenko beam theory. Uniaxial nonlinear material constitutive models are employed to represent the characteristics of non-ductile RC frame and the underlying foundation. The shear-flexure interaction effect is expressed within the shear constitutive model based on the UCSD shear-strength model as demonstrated in this paper. From several features of the presented model, the proposed model is simple but able to capture several salient characteristics of the non-ductile RC frame resting on foundation, such as failure behavior, soil-structure interaction, and shear-flexure interaction. This confirms through two numerical simulations.

• Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.397-411
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• 2009

The effect of soil-structure interaction on a simple single storeyed and two bay space frame resting on a pile group embedded in the cohesive soil (clay) with flexible cap is examined in this paper. For this purpose, a more rational approach is resorted to using the three dimensional finite element analysis with realistic assumptions. The members of the superstructure and substructure are descretized using 20 node isoparametric continuum elements while the interface between the soil and pile is modeled using 16 node isoparametric interface elements. Owing to viability in terms of computational resources and memory requirement, the approach of uncoupled analysis is generally preferred to coupled analysis of the system. However, an interactive analysis of the system is presented in this paper where the building frame and pile foundation are considered as a single compatible unit. This study is focused on the interaction between the pile cap and underlying soil. In the parametric study conducted using the coupled analysis, the effect of pile spacing in a pile group and configuration of the pile group is evaluated on the response of superstructure. The responses of the superstructure considered include the displacement at top of the frame and moments in the superstructure columns. The effect of soil-structure interaction is found to be quite significant for the type of foundation used in the study. The percentage variation in the values of displacement obtained using the coupled and uncoupled analysis is found in the range of 4-17 and that for the moment in the range of 3-10. A reasonable agreement is observed in the results obtained using either approach.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.244-252
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 버켓기초로 지지된 해상풍력타워의 지진응답을 지반-구조물 상호작용을 고려하여 해석하였다. 해석프로그램으로는 SASSI를 사용하였으며 연약지반에 대해 생성된 인공지진파를 입력으로 사용하였다. 버켓기초의 형상과 강도를 매개변수로 하여 각 매개변수들의 영향을 파악하였다. 구조물의 응답은 타워의 하부와 나셀위치에서 얻어졌으며 응답스펙트럼으로 비교하였다. 해석결과 형상비, 버켓의 강도, 지반의 강도에 따라서 기초부와 나셀부에서 다른 경향의 응답을 보였다. 그러나 이러한 모든 지반-구조물상호작용의 고려는 암반으로 가정한 거동에 비하여 월등히 큰 응답 값을 보여 이의 고려가 버켓기초를 가진 해상풍력타워의 지진거동에 큰 영향을 미치는 것을 파악할 수 있었다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.347-355
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 수평하중을 받는 깊은 기초에서 나타나는 지반과 기초의 상호작용을 분석할 목적으로 전통적인 소성이론을 응용하여 개발한 단자유도의 매크로요소 모델을 제시하였다. 제시한 매크로요소 모델은 지반에 매립된 깊은 기초가 수평하중을 받을 때 지반과 기초사이에 발생하는 응력의 제 성분을 각각 모델링하고 합성함으로써 구성하였는데, 이는 기초와 지반의 상호작용을 단순 스프링으로 모델링하는 기존의 방법에 비해 상호작용에 관련한 응력을 성분별로 분리하여 제공하는 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 상호작용과 관련한 응력의 제 요소를 마찰력과 측압저항으로 크게 분류하고 각 요소를 소성이론을 이용하여 모델링하였으며, 최종적으로 이들을 병렬로 조합하는 방식으로 매크로요소를 구성하였다. 제시한 매크로요소를 이용하여 점성토에 매립한 깊은 기초가 수평하중을 받는 경우를 해석한 결과 기초의 전체적인 거동과 더불어 상호작용 매크로요소를 구성하는 각 요소들로부터 상호작용 음력의 제 요소들을 분석해 냄으로써 기존 모델에 비해 개선된 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.529-537
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• 2005

This paper proposes the shaking table testing method, without any soil specimen only using building model as an experimental part, considering dynamic soil-structure interaction based on the substructure method. The two-layered soil is assumed as a soil model of the entire soil-structure interaction syhstem(SSI) in this paper. Differently from the constant soil stiffness, the frequency-dependent dynamic soil stiffness is approximated for the case of both acceleration and velocity feedback, respectively. The interaction force is observed from measuring the accelerations at superstructure. Using the soil filters corresponding to the approximated dynamic soil stiffness, the shaking table drives the acceleration or velocity, which the needed motion to give the building specimen the SSI effects. Experimental results show the applicability the proposed methodologies to the shaking table test considering dynamic soil-structure interaction.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.517-532
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• 2000

A direct output feedback control scheme was recently proposed by the authors for single-story building structures resting on flexible soil body. In this paper, the control scheme is extended to mitigate the seismic responses of multi-story buildings. Soil-structure interaction is taken into account in two parts: input at the soil-structure interface/foundation and control algorithm. The former reflects the effect on ground motions and is monitored in real time with accelerometers at foundation. The latter includes the effect on the dynamic characteristics of structures, which is formulated by modifying the classical linear quadratic regulator based on the fundamental mode shape of the soil-structure system. Numerical result on the study of a $\frac{1}{4}$-scale three-story structure, supported by a viscoelastic half-space of soil mass, have demonstrated that the proposed algorithm is robust and very effective in suppressing the earthquake-induced vibration in building structures even supported on a flexible soil mass. Parametric studies are performed to understand how soil damping and flexibility affect the effectiveness of active tendon control. The selection of weighting matrix and effect of soil property uncertainty are investigated in detail for practical applications.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.25-35
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• 2018

구조물-지반-구조물 상호작용을 확인하기 위하여 다양한 크기를 가지는 얕은 기초에 대하여 원심모형실험에 의한 진동대실험을 실시하고 결과를 분석하였다. 낙사법을 이용하여 지반을 조성하였으며, 두 기초의 이격 거리 및 매립에 따른 거동을 평가하였다. 원심모형실험 시 측정된 깊이별 지반 가속도는 입력 지진파의 크기가 증가함에 따라 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 증폭 현상에 의하여 지표면에서 가장 큰 값을 보였다. 두 기초의 이격 거리가 줄어듦에 따라 구조물-지반-구조물 상호작용에 의하여 가속도 응답 스펙트럼 비(RRS)의 크기는 커지며, RRS 값이 최대가 되는 주기는 줄어 들었다. 동일한 이격 거리에서 기초가 지반에 매립될 경우, 두 기초의 RRS는 감소하는 경향을 보였다.