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Efficient seismic analysis for nonlinear soil-structure interaction with a thick soil layer

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The direct finite element method is a type commonly used for nonlinear seismic soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis. This method introduces a truncated boundary referred to as an artificial boundary meant to divide the soil-structure system into finite and infinite domains. An artificial boundary condition is used on a truncated boundary to achieve seismic input and simulate the wave radiation effect of infinite domain. When the soil layer is particularly thick, especially for a three-dimensional problem, the computational efficiency of seismic SSI analysis is very low due to the large size of the finite element model, which contains an whole thick soil layer. In this paper, an accurate and efficient scheme is developed to solve the nonlinear seismic SSI problem regarding thick soil layers. The process consists of nonlinear site response and SSI analysis. The nonlinear site response analysis is still performed for the whole thick soil layer. The artificial boundary at the bottom of the SSI analysis model is subsequently relocated upward from the bottom of the soil layer (bedrock surface) to the location nearest to the structure as possible. Finally, three types of typical sites and underground structures are adopted with seismic SSI analysis to evaluate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed efficient analysis scheme.

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This work is supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB057902), the Ministry of Education Innovation Team of China (IRT_17R03) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51421005 and 51678015). Opinions and positions expressed in this paper are those of the authors only and do not reflect those of the NBRPC or the NSFC.

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  1. Beijing University of Technology, Key Laboratory of Urban Security and Disaster Engineering of Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100124, China

    Gao Zhidong, Zhao Xu, Zhao Mi, Du Xiuli & Liu Pengcheng

  2. College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Wang Junjie

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Supported by: National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No. 2015CB057902, Ministry of Education Innovation Team of China under Grant No. IRT_17R03 and National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 51421005 and 51678015

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Zhidong, G., Xu, Z., Mi, Z. et al. Efficient seismic analysis for nonlinear soil-structure interaction with a thick soil layer. Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 20, 553–565 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-021-2038-3

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