Abstract
AbstractA three-dimensional (3D) FEM for examining the soil-building interaction based on an input seismic wave field is proposed. A seismic wave field means seismic waves propagating in a 3D medium. An input seismic wave field is employed with the goal of adequately treating seismic surface waves trapped by a deep (several kilometers) underground structure in a soil-building interaction system. As the first stage of the proposed method, a simple linear method is constructed. The linear method was applied to estimate seismic responses of low- to high-rise RC model buildings during a large earthquake at a soft-soil site in Mexico City where surface waves are dominant. At the soft-soil site, all the buildings with and without piles vibrated together with the ground, probably suppressing the pile damage. The proposed method qualitatively provided us with more realistic building responses, compared with a conventional interaction analysis based on an input base motion. When a considerable amount of surface wa...
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