Investigation Of Soil Structure Interaction Problem For A Masonry Building

Abstract

When the behaviors of the structures under the earthquake effect are examined, they are assumed as fixed foundation. Since the differentiation of the soil characteristics effects the behavior of the structures, the soil structure interaction should be taken into account in the earthquake analyzes. The main objective of this research is to examine the soil structure interaction. In this research, the masonry structure with two stories constructed from the stone material is handled. In addition to this, the soil is taken into consideration as sand, clay, rock, and fixed support. The masonry structure with two stories and the different soil layers have been modeledthree-dimensionally by with SAP 2000 program. In the scope of research, Kobe ground motion data was applied to the soil-masonry structure systems by using time history method in the analysis.

Structural Model Updating of a Historical Stone Masonry Tower in Tønsberg, Norway

“…In order to simplify the modeling procedure, SSI was neglected in some studies, but the basement level structural elements were modeled (Shabani and Erfani 2020, Zaherdannak et al 2020). Various methods have been presented for considering SSI effects, i.e., modeling springs, dashpots, or the soil layers with solid elements (Çarhoglu and Usta 2018, Fathi et al 2020, Hökelekli and Al-Helwani 2020.…”