Seasonal Effects on Seismic Performance of High Rise Buildings Considering Soil-Structure Interaction

Yeganeh, N; Fatahi, B

Seasonal Effects on Seismic Performance of High Rise Buildings Considering Soil-Structure Interaction

Yeganeh, N Fatahi, B

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dc.contributor.author	Yeganeh, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fatahi, B https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7920-6946	en_US
dc.date	2018-06-18	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-07-22	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2018	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127259
dc.description.abstract	The Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction (SSSI), which is a tangled phenomenon, is concerned with the shear waves in preference to the longitudinal waves on account of a prevalent greater energy content in the former. The need for the high rise buildings in the megalopolises results in the paramountcy of the seismic soil-foundation-building interaction analysis in order to achieve the reliable predictions and mayhap curtail the severe damage and probable partial or total collapse of the superstructures. The seasonal effects could influence the soil moisture content particularly in the vadose zone near the surface, exacerbated by the climate change effects, inducing more frequent floods and drought. Wherefore, a soil-structure model was evaluated in this study, subjected to the soil moisture variations in the vadose zone, by utilizing the 3D finite difference modeling technique through the fully nonlinear dynamic analysis in the time domain considering SSSI during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. In particular, the objective was probing the possible effects of the selected degree of saturation (Sr) values, i.e., 5%, 17.5%, 60%, and 100%, for the noncohesive soil, named “Glacier Way Silt”, in conjunction with the small-strain shear moduli on the seismic performance and its corresponding damage of a 20-story reinforced concrete moment-resisting building frame. It is of note that the said values of Sr were employed for the common 4-m zone of influence in Australia, being a sequel of the natural and artificial wetting-drying cycles. Get to the point, it was concluded that the season, in which an earthquake befalls, is stark prominent insomuch as it is potent to impact the extend of the damage in a superstructure.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering	en_US
dc.title	Seasonal Effects on Seismic Performance of High Rise Buildings Considering Soil-Structure Interaction	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location.activity	Thessaloniki, Greece	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CBI - Centre for Built Infrastructure
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pubs.finish-date	2018-06-21	en_US
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Abstract:

The Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction (SSSI), which is a tangled phenomenon, is concerned with the shear waves in preference to the longitudinal waves on account of a prevalent greater energy content in the former. The need for the high rise buildings in the megalopolises results in the paramountcy of the seismic soil-foundation-building interaction analysis in order to achieve the reliable predictions and mayhap curtail the severe damage and probable partial or total collapse of the superstructures. The seasonal effects could influence the soil moisture content particularly in the vadose zone near the surface, exacerbated by the climate change effects, inducing more frequent floods and drought. Wherefore, a soil-structure model was evaluated in this study, subjected to the soil moisture variations in the vadose zone, by utilizing the 3D finite difference modeling technique through the fully nonlinear dynamic analysis in the time domain considering SSSI during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. In particular, the objective was probing the possible effects of the selected degree of saturation (Sr) values, i.e., 5%, 17.5%, 60%, and 100%, for the noncohesive soil, named “Glacier Way Silt”, in conjunction with the small-strain shear moduli on the seismic performance and its corresponding damage of a 20-story reinforced concrete moment-resisting building frame. It is of note that the said values of Sr were employed for the common 4-m zone of influence in Australia, being a sequel of the natural and artificial wetting-drying cycles. Get to the point, it was concluded that the season, in which an earthquake befalls, is stark prominent insomuch as it is potent to impact the extend of the damage in a superstructure.

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