Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
29 Mar 2001, 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Abstract
Recent experimental and analytical research on seismic behavior of shallow foundations is illustrated. The most significant results on the seismic bearing capacity of footings with pseudo-static approaches are reviewed first, including an analytical formula recently proposed for the new version of the “seismic” Eurocode 8. Afterwards, we present the salient experimental results of large-scale cyclic tests of a shallow foundation model (1m x 1m in plan) resting on a large volume of sand, with relative densities 45% and 85%, discussing them in detail. Under earthquake-like cyclic loading, with peak values close to the pseudo-static failure limit, significant permanent settlement and rocking were observed, approaching serviceability limit states in low-density soil conditions. A series of displacement cycles of increasing amplitude was subsequently applied, up to the ultimate capacity of the soil-foundation system. Although the experimental cyclic bearing capacity is much higher than that predicted by pseudo-static approaches, this advantage is offset by the occurrence of large permanent deformations that may lead the structure to collapse. Finally, a recent theoretical method for performing simple nonlinear dynamic soil-structure interaction analyses is reviewed, and applied to estimating the reduction of response spectrum ordinates in strong earthquakes. Reductions up to 30%-50% were found for spectral accelerations exceeding 0.4g.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2001 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Faccioli, Ezio; Paolucci, Roberto; and Vivero, Guillermo, "Investigation of Seismic Soil-Footing Interaction by Large Scale Tests and Analytical Models" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 5.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session14/5
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Investigation of Seismic Soil-Footing Interaction by Large Scale Tests and Analytical Models
San Diego, California
Recent experimental and analytical research on seismic behavior of shallow foundations is illustrated. The most significant results on the seismic bearing capacity of footings with pseudo-static approaches are reviewed first, including an analytical formula recently proposed for the new version of the “seismic” Eurocode 8. Afterwards, we present the salient experimental results of large-scale cyclic tests of a shallow foundation model (1m x 1m in plan) resting on a large volume of sand, with relative densities 45% and 85%, discussing them in detail. Under earthquake-like cyclic loading, with peak values close to the pseudo-static failure limit, significant permanent settlement and rocking were observed, approaching serviceability limit states in low-density soil conditions. A series of displacement cycles of increasing amplitude was subsequently applied, up to the ultimate capacity of the soil-foundation system. Although the experimental cyclic bearing capacity is much higher than that predicted by pseudo-static approaches, this advantage is offset by the occurrence of large permanent deformations that may lead the structure to collapse. Finally, a recent theoretical method for performing simple nonlinear dynamic soil-structure interaction analyses is reviewed, and applied to estimating the reduction of response spectrum ordinates in strong earthquakes. Reductions up to 30%-50% were found for spectral accelerations exceeding 0.4g.
