Seismic performance of nonlinear soil-structure systems located on soft soil considering foundation uplifting and soil yielding
Introduction
It is known that the soil affects the structural response in both elastic and inelastic ranges through both site effect and soil-structure interaction (SSI). Many researchers studied the SSI effect on elastic response of the structures [1], [2], [3]. From these researches it can be concluded that the main effect of SSI is to increase the natural period of the system and, usually, to increase its effective damping ratio. Then Veletsos and Verbic [4] and Bielak [5] studied the response of inelastic soil-structure systems. Müller and Keintzel [6] and Ghannad and Ahmadnia [7] showed that the ductility demand of structures, as a part of the soil-structure system, could be different than that of the fixed base system. Aviles and Perez-Rocha [8] studied the SSI effect on inelastic displacement ratios and strength reduction factors. The site-dependent strength reduction factors were studied by Ghannad and Jahankhah [9] for soil-structure systems.
In most of researches on soil-structure systems it is assumed that the foundation is bonded to the ground or in the other words foundation uplift is not allowed. However, there are many reports which show that several structures experienced separation from the supporting soil during earthquakes [10]. Uplifting can lead to increase or decrease in structural demands by changing the force–displacement behavior of the soil-structure system. Therefore, the effects of this phenomenon should be considered in any rational study on response of soil-structure systems.
There are two main categories which investigated the response of uplifting systems. First, there are studies which investigate the rocking response of rigid blocks. For instant, the studies of Housner [11], Psycharis and Jennings [12], Makris and Konstantinidis [13], Gazetas and Apostolou [14], Apostolou et al. [10] and Yim, et al. [15] can be mentioned in this category.
In second category the response of flexible structures on rigid or flexible base were studied. Meek [16] analyzed a flexible single degree of freedom system resting on soil and showed that the base shear of the structure due to uplift decreases and this reduction becomes significant for slender structures. Yim and Chopra [17] considered a flexible SDOF system with rigid foundation located on distributed springs. They showed reduction in the base shear of structures with short periods. Also studies of Oliveto et al. [18] showed the same results while considering large displacement behavior of uplifting systems under earthquake records. The results of studying seismic response of reactor structures were the same by Kennedy et al. [19] and Wolf and Skrikerud [20] while systems are allowed to uplift. Harden et al. [21] showed that inelastic displacement ratios in current seismic provisions could be highly un-conservative for systems allowed to uplift. Acikgoz and Dejong [22] revealed that flexible systems are more resistant to toppling while experiencing excessive deformation because of foundation uplift. Ghannad and Jafarieh [23] studied inelastic displacement ratios and ductility demand of soil-structure systems allowed to uplift. They considered elastic behavior for soil and described the response of systems through introducing new non-dimensional parameters.
In recent years there are some researches [24], [25], [26] which study the effects of foundation uplift and soil yielding on the seismic response of soil-structure systems. But it can be seen that there is no parametric study on the subject which considers the effects of foundation uplift, soil yielding and nonlinear behavior of superstructure, simultaneously. In this research the response of soil-structure systems allowed to uplift is investigated while subjected to the ground motions recorded on soft soil which have significant predominant period. Moreover, it should be noted that, in the seismic performance-based design philosophy inelastic displacements are used as a key parameter for design of new buildings and also evaluation of existing structures. It is known that all inelastic displacement ratios which have been proposed in seismic provisions [27] are based on fixed base models. While it is obvious that soil-structure interaction especially foundation uplift and soil yielding can affect the response of systems. Therefore, there is a need to investigate the simultaneous effects of SSI, foundation uplift and soil yielding on total displacement of soil-structure systems and ductility of the structure as a part of soil-structure system and describe the variations considering different non-dimensional parameters.
Section snippets
Soil-structure model
A shown in Fig. 1 a simplified model is used as the soil-structure system. A single degree of freedom model is considered as structure with the period, Tstr, and damping ratio, ξstr. The lumped mass, mstr, and the height, h, are the effective mass and the effective height of the equivalent structure, respectively. The structure is constructed on a rigid foundation mat which has been rested on distributed springs and dampers of soil elements. The translational stiffness of soil is modeled by a
Key parameters of uplifting soil-structure systems
Consider the model of Fig. 1 for soil-structure systems. The deformation of soil springs is not uniform and varies with time during excitation. Uplift starts when the springs of soil at one edge of the foundation become unstressed. This is called incipient uplift of foundation from the supporting soil. If it is assumed that the structure behaves elastic, thus, the only source of nonlinearity comes from uplift of foundation. As shown in Fig. 2 for lateral static loading, when the applied
Methodology of parametric study
To explore the effect of foundation uplift on response of soil-structure systems, a parametric study is conducted. Considering a wide range for non-dimensional key parameters, the soil-structure model of Fig. 1 is subjected to a collection of ground motions recorded on soft soil. Using open-source software OpenSees (Open System for Earthquake Engineering Simulation) [32], the analysis is conducted directly in time domain. The model is verified by the results which were presented in the studies
Elastic soil-structures allowed to uplift
As explained above the behavior of soil-structure systems can be described through a number of non-dimensional parameters. Also Ghannad and Jafarieh [23] showed that the concept can be extended to uplifting soil-structure systems by introducing two new parameters. Considering all the mentioned issues, the assessment of the response of uplifting soil-structure systems located on soft is done in two stages. First the response of uplifting soil-structure systems is studied while they are subjected
Response of nonlinear soil-structure systems
In this section the response of nonlinear soil-structure systems is assessed under excitations recorded on soft soil (Table 1). For inelastic structures allowed to uplift Ghannad and Jafarieh [23] introduced strength ratio (Rf) whose value defines the level of nonlinear behavior in the structure while uplift is allowed. Rf is the ratio of the strength of the structure (Fy) to the lateral load needed for initiation of uplift (Piu) as mentioned below:
According to Rf three scenarios can be
Conclusions
For systems subjected to excitations which are recorded on soft soil, the effects of soil-structure interaction and foundation uplift on elastic response of the superstructure were investigated simultaneously. In order to conduct a parametric study, a set of non-dimensional key parameters was considered. These parameters are the ratio of the period of the soil-structure system to that of the corresponding fixed-base structure, Tssi/Tstr, the aspect ratio of the super-structure, h/b, uplift
Declaration of Competing Interest
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