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Study of parameters important to soil-structure interaction in seismic analyses of nuclear power plants

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5486714· OSTI ID:5486714
The development of state-of-the-art techniques for analyzing the effects of soil-structure interaction (SSI) on structures during earthquakes is outlined. Emphasis is placed on methods to account for energy dissipation as a result of both wave propagation away from the structure's foundation and hysteretic soil response. Solution techniques are grouped into two major types: substructure methods, which break the problem into a series of steps; and direct methods, which analyze the soil-structure model in one step. In addition to theoretical and historical development of SSI methodology, case studies are presented illustrating the application of these solution techniques. 94 references.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5486714
Report Number(s):
UCID-19958; ON: DE84005061
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English