Rocking Soil-Structure Systems Subjected to Near-Fault Pulses

Seismic performance of rocking soil-structure systems subjected to near-fault pulses is investigated considering foundation uplifting and soil plasticity. An extensive parametric study is conducted including medium-to-high-rise buildings with different aspect ratios based on shallow raft foundation...

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Published in:Journal of earthquake engineering : JEE 2015-04, Vol.19 (3), p.461-479
Main Authors: Masaeli, H., Khoshnoudian, F., Ziaei, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceleration
Amplification
Boundary conditions
Buildings
Directivity
Fault lines
Fling Step
Forward Rupture Directivity
Foundations
Ground motion
Near-Fault Ground Motion
Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction
Nonlinearity
Seismic response
Seismology
Soil (material)
Soil structure interactions
Soils
Uplifting
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Summary:Seismic performance of rocking soil-structure systems subjected to near-fault pulses is investigated considering foundation uplifting and soil plasticity. An extensive parametric study is conducted including medium-to-high-rise buildings with different aspect ratios based on shallow raft foundation at stiff-to-rock sites. Mathematical directivity and fling pulses are used as input ground motion. The superstructure is assumed to have three different boundary conditions: (a) fixed-base, (b) linear soil-structure interaction (SSI), and (c) nonlinear SSI. Evidently, the prevailing pulse period T p is a key parameter governing nonlinear SSI effects. The normalized acceleration response spectra reveal that despite beneficial effects of foundation uplifting and soil yielding in most cases, there are some minor regions in which the response accelerations are amplified. In addition, more slender buildings significantly benefit from uplifting and soil yielding when subjected to short- and medium-period directivity pulses compared to squat structures. However, response amplifications with respect to fixed-base structures are considerable in case of slender structures subjected to medium- or long-period directivity pulses. So that neglecting the SSI effects on seismic performance of rocking structures with shallow foundations, as mostly assumed in common practice, may give rise to inaccurate estimations of force demands against near-fault pulselike ground motions. Furthermore, the envelope of residual foundation tilting θ r is limited to 0.015 rad, in case of directivity pulses.
ISSN:1363-2469
1559-808X
DOI:10.1080/13632469.2014.990652