Spring Stiffness for Beam-Column Analysis of Soil-Structure Interaction Problems

by Robert L. Hall, US Army Waterways Experiment, Station, Vicksburg, MS, USA,
Williams Dawkins, US Army Waterways Experiment, Station, Vicksburg, MS, USA,
N. Radhakrishnan, US Army Waterways Experiment, Station, Vicksburg, MS, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Electronic Computation

Abstract:

The objective is to provide a simple means of analytically combining a two-dimensional foundation with a beam-column structure so that the procedure can be used for preliminary design purposes. The paper describes the development of a method to produce an interface model which approximates the results obtained from a finite element solution. Attention is limited to structures such as slabs-on-grade or U-Frame base slabs for which a two-dimensional slice of the soil-structure system adequately represents the behavior for preliminary design. It is assumed that the dimensions of the structure allow a model composed of beam-column elements to represent this part of the system.

Subject Headings: Finite element method | Beam columns | Structural analysis | Two-dimensional analysis | Foundation design | Structural design | Soil structures

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