Influence of Higher Modes on Strength and Ductility Demands of Soil–Structure Systems

Due to the inherent complexity, the common approach in analyzing nonlinear response of structures with soil–structure interaction (SSI) in current seismic provisions is based on equivalent Single Degree-of-Freedom systems (E-SDOF). This paper aims to study the influence of higher modes on the seismi...

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Main Authors: Ganjavi, B., Hao, Hong, Hajirasouliha, I.
Format: Journal Article
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9103
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author Ganjavi, B.
Hao, Hong
Hajirasouliha, I.
author_facet Ganjavi, B.
Hao, Hong
Hajirasouliha, I.
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description Due to the inherent complexity, the common approach in analyzing nonlinear response of structures with soil–structure interaction (SSI) in current seismic provisions is based on equivalent Single Degree-of-Freedom systems (E-SDOF). This paper aims to study the influence of higher modes on the seismic response of SSI systems by performing intensive parametric analyses on more than 6400 linear and non-linear Multi Degree-of-Freedom (MDOF) and E-SDOF systems subjected to 21 earthquake records. An established soil-shallow foundation-structure model with equivalent linear soil behavior and nonlinear superstructure has been utilized using the concept of cone models. The lateral strength and ductility demands of MDOF soil–structure systems with different number of stories, structure-to-soil stiffness ratio, aspect ratio and level of inelasticity are compared to those of E-SDOF systems. The results indicate that using the common E-SDOF soil–structure systems for estimating the strength and ductility demands of medium and slender MDOF structures can lead to very un-conservative results when SSI effect is significant. This implies the significance of higher mode effects for soil–structure systems in comparison with fixed-based structures, which is more pronounced for the cases of elastic and low level of inelasticity.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-91032018-03-29T09:05:56Z Influence of Higher Modes on Strength and Ductility Demands of Soil–Structure Systems Ganjavi, B. Hao, Hong Hajirasouliha, I. Due to the inherent complexity, the common approach in analyzing nonlinear response of structures with soil–structure interaction (SSI) in current seismic provisions is based on equivalent Single Degree-of-Freedom systems (E-SDOF). This paper aims to study the influence of higher modes on the seismic response of SSI systems by performing intensive parametric analyses on more than 6400 linear and non-linear Multi Degree-of-Freedom (MDOF) and E-SDOF systems subjected to 21 earthquake records. An established soil-shallow foundation-structure model with equivalent linear soil behavior and nonlinear superstructure has been utilized using the concept of cone models. The lateral strength and ductility demands of MDOF soil–structure systems with different number of stories, structure-to-soil stiffness ratio, aspect ratio and level of inelasticity are compared to those of E-SDOF systems. The results indicate that using the common E-SDOF soil–structure systems for estimating the strength and ductility demands of medium and slender MDOF structures can lead to very un-conservative results when SSI effect is significant. This implies the significance of higher mode effects for soil–structure systems in comparison with fixed-based structures, which is more pronounced for the cases of elastic and low level of inelasticity. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9103 10.1142/S1793431116500068 World Scientific Publishing restricted
spellingShingle Ganjavi, B.
Hao, Hong
Hajirasouliha, I.
Influence of Higher Modes on Strength and Ductility Demands of Soil–Structure Systems
title Influence of Higher Modes on Strength and Ductility Demands of Soil–Structure Systems
title_full Influence of Higher Modes on Strength and Ductility Demands of Soil–Structure Systems
title_fullStr Influence of Higher Modes on Strength and Ductility Demands of Soil–Structure Systems
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Higher Modes on Strength and Ductility Demands of Soil–Structure Systems
title_short Influence of Higher Modes on Strength and Ductility Demands of Soil–Structure Systems
title_sort influence of higher modes on strength and ductility demands of soil–structure systems
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9103