SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION EFFECTS ON MULTISTOREY R/C STRUCTURES

Year 2012, Volume: 2 Issue: 3, 298 - 303, 01.12.2012

Muberra Eser Aydemır

Abstract

This paper addresses the behavior of multistorey structures considering soil structure interaction under earthquake excitation. For this purpose, sample 3, 6, 9 storey RC frames are designed based on Turkish Seismic Design Code and analyzed in time domain with incremental dynamic analysis. Strength reduction factors are investigated for generated sample plane frames for 64 different earthquake motions recorded on different site conditions such as rock, stiff soil, soft soil and very soft soil. According to the analysis result, strength reduction factors of sample buildings considering soil structure interaction are found to be almost always smaller than design strength reduction factors given in current seismic design codes, which cause an unsafe design and nonconservative design forces

Keywords

Incremental dynamic analysis, soil structure interaction, strength reduction factor

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