Static and Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction

Institution:
University of Patras
Specialization:
EE - Earthquake Engineering
Term:
Spring 2011
Teacher(s):
DIMITRI KARABALIS, GEORGE MYLONAKIS
Credits:
8
Date (from - to):
21/02/2011 – 30/06/2011

Review of basic numerical methods for soil-structure interaction. Simple interaction problems for footings and piles in homogeneous half-space. Finite-element methods for static and dynamic problems. Harmonic analysis. The radiation criterion and transmitting boundaries. Applications to planar and axisymmetric problems involving footings, piles and dams. Spectral elements, Transfer-matrix methods. Applications to stress waves in inhomogeneous media. Boundary elements methods. Soil-Foundation-superstructure interaction under seismic loading. Application examples.

Suggested readings:

  • Wolf, JP (1985) Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction, Prentice Hall
  • Wolf, JP, Deeks AJ (2004) Foundation Vibration Analysis: a Strength of Materials Approach, Butterworth-Heinemann