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Int. J. Struct. & Civil Engg. Res. 2014 
Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 
SEISMIC RESPONSE OF RC BUILDING BY 
CONSIDERING SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION 
Jinu Mary Mathew1*, Cinitha A2, Umesha P K2, Nagesh R Iyer2 and Eapen Sakaria3 
*Corresponding author:Jinu Mary Mathewjinumarymathew234@yahoo.com 
This study is to investigate the effect of earthquake motions on the response of a three-dimensional 
nine storey reinforced concrete structure with and without considering soil-structure 
interaction. Numerical modelling of such analysis requires the determination of the nonlinear 
properties of each component in the structure, quantified by strength and deformation capacities. 
Nine storey RC building asymmetric in plan, height below 45 m, located in seismic zone III 
designed as per IS 456:2000 and IS1893:2002 and detailed as per IS13920:1993. Properties of 
nonlinear hinge properties are computed as per FEMA-356 and ATC 40 guidelines. Pushover 
analysis is carried out in X- and Y- directions using user-defined nonlinear hinge properties. The 
analysis has been carried out for the three different cases: (1) Fixed base without considering 
soil structure interaction (SSI), (2) Flexible base by considering SSI in hard soil condition, and 
(3) Flexible base by considering SSI in soft soil condition. It was found that SSI can affect the 
seismic performance of building in terms of seismic force demands and deformations. From 
the capacity curve, it is observed that SSI effects are significant for soft soil conditions and 
negligible for stiff soil conditions. 
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1 Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam. 
2 CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre,Chennai-113. 
3 Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam. 
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Research Paper 
Keywords: Soil structure interaction, Push-over analysis, Plastic hinge, Seismic performance 
INTRODUCTION 
Structural failures during Bhuj (2001) and 
Sikkim (2011) earthquakes demonstrated the 
importance of Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) 
effects and its consideration to avoid failure 
and ensure safety. The possible bedrock 
movements during earthquakes intensify the 
dynamic effects of site and changes the 
structural response. Thus, the influence of 
foundation flexibility is so much important. The 
soil-structure interaction is an important issue, 
especially for stiff and massive structures 
constructed on the relatively soft ground, which 
may alter the dynamic characteristics of the 
structural response significantly. Past 
experiences showed that the soil under 
foundation can alter dynamic behavior of 
structure. The dynamic response of structures 
depends upon soil nature located under 
foundation, so neglecting of soil-structure
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interaction is unsafe. During an earthquake, 
the load and deformation characteristic of the 
structural and geotechnical (soil) components 
of the foundations of structures can effect, and 
in some cases dominate, seismic response 
and overall performance. Understanding this 
importance structural engineers/researchers 
has included the foundation strength and 
stiffness in seismic analysis models. The 
modelling of soil and structural parts of 
foundations inherently accounts the interaction 
of soil and structure. 
In soil structure interaction the appropriate 
modelling of the flux of energy from the soil to 
the structure, and then back from the structure 
to the soil is accounted and the process is 
called SSI. Stewart et al. (1999) indicates that 
there is a high correlation between the 
lengthening ratio of the structural period due 
to the flexibility of the foundation and structure 
to soil stiffness ratio. As a general trend when 
the structure is stiff and underlying soil is soft 
the soil structure effect gets important, on the 
other hand as the structural period gets longer 
and stiffness of the soil under the structure gets 
higher soil structure interaction losses its 
importance. The response to earthquake 
motion of a structure situated on a deformable 
soil differs from structure supported on a rigid 
foundation. The ground motion recorded at the 
base of the structure differs from the records 
without building. The dynamic characteristic 
such as vibration modes and frequencies very 
much correlate with the induced changes in 
dynamic characteristic of soil during seismic 
excitation which shows the significance of soil 
structure interaction on the response of the 
structure to earthquake motion that is 
investigated in the present study. Boonyapinyo 
et al. (2008) studied the seismic performance 
evaluation of reinforced-concrete buildings by 
static pushover and nonlinear dynamic 
analyses. Evaluated the seismic performance 
of building by nonlinear static analyses 
(pushover analysis and modal pushover 
analysis) and nonlinear time history analysis. 
Hayashi et al. (2004) pointed out that the 
damage reduction effects by soil-structure 
interaction greatly depend on the ground motion 
characteristics, number of stories and horizontal 
capacity of earthquake resistance of buildings. 
They brought out the importance of soil-structure 
interaction including nonlinear phenomena such 
as base mat uplift to evaluate the earthquake 
damage of buildings properly. The main 
objective of this paper is to better understand 
the soil structure interaction analysis and 
performance of a nine- storey RC building 
situated in soft soil of seismic zone III. For this 
purpose the three-dimensional (3D) frame 
structures is analyzed by using SAP 2000 for 
three conditions: (1) Fixed base without 
considering SSI, (2) Flexible base by 
considering SSI in hard soil condition; and (3) 
Flexible base by considering SSI in soft soil 
condition. Equivalent springs under raft 
foundation are used to simulate SSI in this study 
NINE-STOREY REINFORCED 
CONCRETE FRAME 
BUILDING 
Building Details 
A nine-storey RC building located in 
Trivandrum, Kerala designed for gravity and 
earthquake loads is studied. The rectangular 
plan of building is 15.31 m by 7.82 m. The story 
height is 2.85 m with a total height of 27.15 m. 
The structural system is asymmetrical and plan
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layout is shown in Figure 1. The frames of 
building were designed as gravity frames. The 
thickness of floor slab is taken as 0.15 m and 
roof slab is taken as 0.10 m, 0.11 m and 0.25 
m depending upon whether the slab is balcony, 
roof, sunken slab, respectively. 
All columns and beam dimensions are given 
in Tables 1 and 2, and building is supported 
on raft slab of thickness 0.40 m. It is designed 
for a soil bearing capacity of 120 kN/m2. The 
cylinder compressive strengths of concrete 
columns and beams are 30 MPa. The 
expected yield strength of steel deformed bars 
is 500 MPa. 
Plastic Hinge Model 
Seismic response of reinforced concrete 3D 
moment frame is modelled through nonlinear 
element representations of column, beam and 
beam column joints. Nonlinear element 
formulations for reinforced concrete members 
Figure 1: Plan of the Building 
Table 1: Dimension of Components of the Building-Beams 
Reinforcement 
Beam Dimension Section Fe Fc Top Bottom Clear 
No. (MPa) (MPa) Reinf Reinf Stirrups Cover 
(mm) 
B1 200 x 500 G1 500 30 2Y20 2Y16, 2Y25 Y8-100 30 
B2 200 x 600 G2 500 30 2Y20, 3Y25 3Y25 Y8-100 30 
B12 200 x 500 G10 500 30 5Y25 2Y25, 2Y20 Y8-100 30 
B16 200 x 400 G14 500 30 2Y16 2Y16 Y8-100 30 
B22 200 x 500 G19 500 30 2Y25, 1Y20 3Y25 Y8-100 30 
B23 200 x 500 G20 500 30 2Y16, 1Y12 3Y16 Y8-100 30 
B30 200 x 600 G26 500 30 2Y20, 2Y25 2Y20, 1Y25 Y8-100 30 
B31 200 x 500 G27 500 30 2Y20, 2Y25 2Y20 Y8-100 30 
B31a 200 x 600 G28 500 30 2Y20, 1Y25 3Y16 Y8-100 30 
B32 200 x 400 G29 500 30 2Y16 4Y16 Y8-150 30 
B33 200 x 500 G30 500 30 3Y16 2Y16, 1Y12 Y8-150 30 
B34 200 x 600 G28 500 30 2Y20, 1Y25 3Y16 Y8-100 30 
B48 200 x 600 G39 500 30 2Y25, 1Y20 2Y25 Y8-100 30
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Table 2: Dimension of Components of the Building-Columns 
Column Dimension Section No. Fe (MPa) Fc (MPa) Long.Reinf Stirrups Clear Cover (mm) 
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Ground Floor 
C1 300 x 800 C1 500 30 14Y25 Y8-150 40 
C4 300 x 1000 C4 500 30 18Y25 Y8-150 40 
C6 300 x 900 C6 500 30 20Y25 Y8-150 40 
C9 300 x 1200 C9 500 30 22Y25 Y8-150 40 
C10 250 x 1000 C10 500 30 24Y25 Y8-250 40 
C11 300 x 900 C11 500 30 24Y25 Y8-150 40 
C12 300 x 1200 C12 500 30 18Y25 Y8-150 40 
C13 250 x 800 C13 500 30 14Y25 Y8-150 40 
C16 300 x 1400 C16 500 30 24Y25 Y8-150 40 
Typical Floor 
C1 200 x 800 C17 500 30 12Y25 Y8-150 40 
C4 200 x 1000 C20 500 30 16Y25 Y8-150 40 
C6 300 x 900 C6 500 30 20Y25 Y8-150 40 
C9 200 x 1200 C24 500 30 20Y25 Y8-150 40 
C10 250 x 1000 C25 500 30 22Y25 Y8-250 40 
C11 300 x 900 C11 500 30 24Y25 Y8-150 40 
C12 200 x 1200 C26 500 30 16Y25 Y8-150 40 
C13 250 x 800 C27 500 30 12Y25 Y8-150 40 
C16 200 x 1400 C30 500 30 22Y25 Y8-150 40 
range from 3D continuum finite element models 
to lumped plasticity concentrated hinge 
models. Lumped plasticity models consist of 
elastic elements with concentrated plastic 
hinges at each end. Concentrated plastic 
hinges are represented by rotational springs 
with back bone and cyclic deterioration 
properties that have been calibrated to results 
from experimental studies [FEMA 356]. Plastic 
hinge form at the maximum moments regions 
of RC members. The accurate assessment of 
plastic hinge length is important in relating the 
structural level response to member level 
response. The length of plastic hinge depends 
on many factors: (1) level of axial load (2) 
moment gradient, (3) level of shear stress in
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plastic region, (4) mechanical properties of 
longitudinal and transverse reinforcement, (5) 
concrete strength, (6) level of confinement and 
its effectiveness in potential hinge region. For 
the present study length of plastic hinge is 
taken as 0.5 H, where H is the depth of cross 
section. 
Stress Strain Relation for Confined 
Concrete 
In order to define moment-curvature relation 
to simulate the onset of damage, the stress-strain 
model of confined concrete and typical 
steel stress-strain model with strain hardening 
is essential. In this study modified mander’s 
confined concrete model as per CEN 
Eurocode 8 is used. A comparison of confined 
and unconfined stress-strain relation observed 
is shown in Figure 2. 
which include distribution of steel including 
spacing of longitudinal and lateral steel, 
amount of lateral steel, type of anchorage and 
grade of concrete. Under estimation of ultimate 
curvature may result brittle shear failure even 
the members are well detailed for ductile 
flexural behavior. In this study, nonlinear static 
analyses are carried out using user-defined 
plastic hinge properties. Definition of user-defined 
hinge properties requires moment-curvature 
characteristics of each element. The 
obtained moment-curvature behavior of beams 
and columns are shown in Figures 3-5. 
Figure 2: Comparison of Stress Vs 
Strain Relation Of Confined And 
Unconfined Concrete 
Moment – Curvature Relationship 
The moment curvature relations are essential 
to model nonlinear behavior of structure and 
members. The ultimate deformation capacity 
of a member depends on the ultimate 
curvature and the plastic hinge length (Inel et 
al., 2006). The conservative estimation of 
ultimate curvature depends on several factors 
Figure 3: Moment Vs Curvature 
for Beams 
Figure 4: Moment vs Curvature 
for Ground floor Columns
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The moment-curvature analyzes are carried 
out considering section properties and a 
constant axial load on the structural element. 
In development of user-defined hinges for 
columns, the maximum load due to several 
possible combinations considered need to be 
given as input in SAP2000. Following, the 
calculation of the ultimate curvature capacity 
of an element, acceptance criteria are defined 
and labelled as IO, LS and CP. The typical 
user-defined (moment-curvature) hinge 
properties for beams and columns (M2-M3 
and PMM hinges in SAP 2000) used for the 
analysis are shown in Figures 6 and 7, 
respectively. The values of these performance 
levels can be obtained from the test results in 
the absence of the test data, and the values 
recommended by ATC-40. The acceptance 
criteria for performance within the damage 
control performance range are obtained by 
interpolating the acceptance criteria provided 
for the IO and the LS structural performance 
levels. Acceptance Criteria for performance 
within the limited safety structural performance 
range are obtained by interpolating the 
acceptance criteria provided for the life safety 
and the collapse prevention structural 
performance levels. A target performance is 
defined by a typical value of roof drift, as well 
as limiting values of deformation of the 
structural elements. To determine whether a 
building meets performance objectives, 
response quantities from the pushover analysis 
should be considered with each of the 
performance levels. 
Soil Structure Interaction 
According to the seismic improvement of 
current structure provision, the members of 
structure and foundation must be modelled 
Figure 5: Moment vs Curvature 
for Typical Floor Columns 
Figure 6: Typical user-defined 
Moment-rotation Hinge Properties 
(M2-M3)-Beams 
Figure 7: Moment vs. Rotation 
Curves (P-M-M) - Columns
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together in unified model to consider soil-structure 
interaction. In this study two 
orthogonal springs, a vertical spring and three 
rotational springs were used in main direction 
of structures to simulate soil structure 
interaction. The stiffness of springs are 
estimated using Richart and Lysmer model 
and incorporated in the analysis. 
Foundation Model 
Behavior of foundation components and 
effects of soil-structure interaction were 
investigated. Soil-structure interaction can lead 
to modification of building response. Soil 
flexibility results in period elongation and 
damping increase. The main relevant impacts 
are to modify the overall lateral displacement 
and to provide additional flexibility at the base 
level that may relieve inelastic deformation 
demands in the superstructure. In this study, 
the stiffness of springs are estimated using 
Richart and Lysmer model which can be 
represented by a series of 3 translational and 
3 rotational springs. The soil is treated as an 
isotropic, homogenous and elastic half space 
medium. For linear analysis, the unit weight of 
soil (γ), shear wave velocity (Vs) and Poisson 
ratio (υ) are the inputs. Two scenarios were 
assumed for the soil deposit used in the 
present study, namely: Type I corresponding to 
“Rock or hard soil”; Type III corresponding to 
“soft soil” in accordance with the site 
classification of the IS 1893(Part 1): 2002. Table 
3 lists the properties assigned for these two soil 
classes in the current study from the ranges 
specified by ATC 40. The study primarily 
attempts to see the effect of soil-structure 
interaction on buildings resting on different 
types of non-cohesive soil, viz., soft and rock. 
Richart et al. (1970) idealized the 
foundation as a lumped mass supported on 
soil which is idealized as frequency 
independent springs which he described in 
terms of soil parameter dynamic shear 
modulus of shear wave velocity of the soil. 
Table 3 along with Table 4 shows the different 
values of spring as per Richart and Lysmer. In 
which, G = dynamic shear modulus of soil and 
is given by; G = ρVs2; υ = Poisson’s ratio of 
the soil; ρ = mass density of the soil; K = 
equivalent spring stiffness of the soil; r = 
equivalent radius of a circular foundation; L = 
length of the foundation; and B = width of the 
foundation. 
To examine the dynamic behavior while 
considering the effect of soil-structure 
interaction, building frames of nine storey was 
Table 3: Soil Parameters Assigned For Type I and Type III 
Description Type I Type III 
Unit Weight γ 2563.00 kg/m3 1522.00 kg/m3 
Mass density of soil ρ = γ /g 261.26 N/m3 155.15 N/m3 
Shear wave velocity Vs 1220.00 m/s 150.00 m/s 
Shear Modulus G = ρVs2 388859.00 kN/m2 3491.00 kN/m2 
Poisson’s Ratio υ 0.25 0.50
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Table 4: Values of Soil Springs as Per Richart and Lysmer (1970) Model 
Direction Spring Value Equivalent Radius Remarks 
4 
1 
z 
 This is in vertical Z direction 
 This induce sliding in horizontal X or Y Direction 
8 3 
3 1 
x 
 This produces rocking about Y axis 
8 3 
3 1 
y 
 This produces rocking about X axis 
 
LB BL 
 This produces twisting about vertical Z axis 
r  
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idealized as 3D space frames using standard 
beam element at each node. Slabs at different 
storey level were modelled with shell elements 
with consideration of adequate thickness. The 
storey height of the building frames is 
considered as 2.85 m. The gravity loads 
assigned to the building was seismic weight 
of structural components, including the beams 
and columns and the reinforced concrete 
slabs. The weight of the non-structural 
components (e.g., Brick partitions, Plastering, 
floor finishing, etc.) in addition to the live load 
are also considered. Since the slabs were not 
modelled explicitly, their weight and the live 
load they carry were included in the structural 
model by distributing its reaction on the 
supporting beams. 
PUSH OVER ANALYSIS 
Amongst the natural hazards, earthquakes 
have the potential for causing the greatest 
damages. Since earthquake forces are 
random in nature and unpredictable, the 
engineering tools need to be improved for 
analyzing structures under the action of these 
forces. Earthquake loads are to be carefully 
modelled so as to assess the real behavior of 
structure with a clear understanding that 
damage is expected but it should be regulated. 
In this context pushover analysis which is an 
iterative procedure is looked upon as an 
alternative for the conventional analysis 
procedures. Pushover analysis of multi-story 
RCC framed buildings subjected to increasing 
lateral forces is carried out until the pre-set 
performance level (target displacement) is 
Vertical z 
  
Gr 
K 
 
 
 z 
LB 
r 
 
Horizontal 
  
  
32 1 
7 8 
x 
x 
Gr 
K 
 
 
 
 
 x 
LB 
r 
 
Rocking x 
  
Gr 
K  
 
  
 
4 LB 
3 
x 
3 r  
Rocking y 
  
Gr 
K  
 
  
 
4 LB 
3 
y 
3 r  
Twisting 
16 Gr 
3 
z 
3 K  
  
4 3 3 
6 z
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reached. The promise of Performance-Based 
Seismic Engineering (PBSE) is to produce 
structures with predictable seismic 
performance. 
The recent advent of performance based 
design has brought the non linear static push 
over analysis procedure to the forefront. 
Pushover analysis is a static non linear 
procedure in which the magnitude of the 
structural loading along the lateral direction of 
the structure is incrementally increased in 
accordance with a certain pre-defined pattern. 
It is generally assumed that the behavior of the 
structure is controlled by its fundamental mode 
and the predefined pattern is expressed either 
in terms of story shear or in terms of 
fundamental mode shape. Push over 
procedure is gaining popularity during the last 
few years as appropriate analytical tools are 
now available (SAP-2000, ETABS). 
In this study SAP 2000 version 14 is used. 
Building is modelled using the materials M30 
concrete and Fe500 Steel and assigned all 
the beams and columns including with their 
reinforcement, all loads (dead load, live load, 
and earthquake load) and user defined hinges. 
Eight sets of analysis were carried out, for a 
combination with and without considering SSI 
for hard and soft soil in both X- and Y- direction. 
Four different models were created for two 
different soil conditions. Figure 8 shows the 
building with fixed base model and Figure 9 
shows building by considering SSI effect. The 
SSI effect are modelled for 1) fixed base and 
flexible base for soft soil in X- direction, 2) fixed 
base and flexible base for soft soil in Y - 
direction, 3) fixed base and flexible base for 
hard soil in X- direction, 4) fixed base and 
flexible base for hard soil in Y- direction. 
Figure 8: Building with Fixed Base 
Figure 9: Building with Flexible Base
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 
In the present study, user defined stress- strain 
curve based on CEN Eurocode-8 is adopted 
and incorporated in SAP2000. The 
percentage variation of stress and strain for 
confined concrete is found to be 10-20% and 
237-266%, respectively compared to 
unconfined concrete. 
From the study of moment-curvature 
relationship, it is clear that as the area of 
reinforcement increases the moment also 
increases considerably. If the area of 
reinforcement is same, but the area of the 
section differs, the moment is high for the 
section having greater area. So it is clear that 
the moment curvature depends mainly on 
percentage of reinforcement and the gross 
area of the section. Eight sets of pushover 
analysis were carried out, for a combination 
of with and without considering SSI effect for 
hard and soft soil in both X- and Y- direction. In 
general the two cases are studied, case 1- 
capacity curve without considering SSI and 
case 2 – capacity curve with considering SSI. 
The observed pushover curves for the nine-storey 
RC building with above base condition 
were shown in Figures 10-13. 
Figure 10: Displacement Vs Base Force 
for Hard Soil in X Direction 
Figure 11: Displacement Vs Base 
Force for Hard Soil in Y Direction 
Figure 12: Displacement Vs Base 
Force for Soft Soil in X Direction 
Figure 13: Displacement Vs Base Force 
for Soft Soil in Y Direction 
CONCLUSION 
Based on analytical studies on nine-storey RC 
building frame, the following conclusions are 
arrived 
• The stress-strain relationship is observed 
for the material used in the structural
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components and a significant variation in 
strength and failure, strain is observed for 
confined and unconfined concrete. 
• It is found that the moment-curvature 
characteristics of beam and column 
elements varies according to the type of 
reinforcement and spacing of bars. 
• The non-linear static analysis was 
conducted using the SAP 2000. The results 
indicate that the SSI can considerably affect 
the seismic response of building founded 
on soft soil conditions. 
• In general, the results showed that SSI 
effects are important for buildings founded 
on soft ground conditions. However, for firm 
ground conditions, its effects can be 
neglected. 
· The deformations of the structural 
components of the buildings have also 
been affected by the SSI. The deformations 
of buildings with flexible bases have shown 
a considerable increase that ranged from 
10% to about 230% compared to the fixed 
base case for buildings found between soil 
type I and Soil Type III. This would in turn 
increase the lateral deflection of the whole 
building. Thus, SSI can have a detrimental 
effect on the performance of buildings. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 
The authors thanks the Director, CSIR-Structural 
Engineering Research Centre, 
Chennai, India for the help provided during the 
preparation of paper. 
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Ijscer jinu mary2013

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  • 2. Int. J. Struct. & Civil Engg. Res. 2014 Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 SEISMIC RESPONSE OF RC BUILDING BY CONSIDERING SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION Jinu Mary Mathew1*, Cinitha A2, Umesha P K2, Nagesh R Iyer2 and Eapen Sakaria3 *Corresponding author:Jinu Mary Mathewjinumarymathew234@yahoo.com This study is to investigate the effect of earthquake motions on the response of a three-dimensional nine storey reinforced concrete structure with and without considering soil-structure interaction. Numerical modelling of such analysis requires the determination of the nonlinear properties of each component in the structure, quantified by strength and deformation capacities. Nine storey RC building asymmetric in plan, height below 45 m, located in seismic zone III designed as per IS 456:2000 and IS1893:2002 and detailed as per IS13920:1993. Properties of nonlinear hinge properties are computed as per FEMA-356 and ATC 40 guidelines. Pushover analysis is carried out in X- and Y- directions using user-defined nonlinear hinge properties. The analysis has been carried out for the three different cases: (1) Fixed base without considering soil structure interaction (SSI), (2) Flexible base by considering SSI in hard soil condition, and (3) Flexible base by considering SSI in soft soil condition. It was found that SSI can affect the seismic performance of building in terms of seismic force demands and deformations. From the capacity curve, it is observed that SSI effects are significant for soft soil conditions and negligible for stiff soil conditions. This article can be downloaded from http://www.ijscer.com/currentissue.php 160 1 Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam. 2 CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre,Chennai-113. 3 Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam. ISSN 2319 – 6009 www.ijscer.com Vol. 3, No. 1, February 2014 © 2014 IJSCER. All Rights Reserved Research Paper Keywords: Soil structure interaction, Push-over analysis, Plastic hinge, Seismic performance INTRODUCTION Structural failures during Bhuj (2001) and Sikkim (2011) earthquakes demonstrated the importance of Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) effects and its consideration to avoid failure and ensure safety. The possible bedrock movements during earthquakes intensify the dynamic effects of site and changes the structural response. Thus, the influence of foundation flexibility is so much important. The soil-structure interaction is an important issue, especially for stiff and massive structures constructed on the relatively soft ground, which may alter the dynamic characteristics of the structural response significantly. Past experiences showed that the soil under foundation can alter dynamic behavior of structure. The dynamic response of structures depends upon soil nature located under foundation, so neglecting of soil-structure
  • 3. Int. J. Struct. Civil Engg. Res. 2014 Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 This article can be downloaded from http://www.ijscer.com/currentissue.php 161 interaction is unsafe. During an earthquake, the load and deformation characteristic of the structural and geotechnical (soil) components of the foundations of structures can effect, and in some cases dominate, seismic response and overall performance. Understanding this importance structural engineers/researchers has included the foundation strength and stiffness in seismic analysis models. The modelling of soil and structural parts of foundations inherently accounts the interaction of soil and structure. In soil structure interaction the appropriate modelling of the flux of energy from the soil to the structure, and then back from the structure to the soil is accounted and the process is called SSI. Stewart et al. (1999) indicates that there is a high correlation between the lengthening ratio of the structural period due to the flexibility of the foundation and structure to soil stiffness ratio. As a general trend when the structure is stiff and underlying soil is soft the soil structure effect gets important, on the other hand as the structural period gets longer and stiffness of the soil under the structure gets higher soil structure interaction losses its importance. The response to earthquake motion of a structure situated on a deformable soil differs from structure supported on a rigid foundation. The ground motion recorded at the base of the structure differs from the records without building. The dynamic characteristic such as vibration modes and frequencies very much correlate with the induced changes in dynamic characteristic of soil during seismic excitation which shows the significance of soil structure interaction on the response of the structure to earthquake motion that is investigated in the present study. Boonyapinyo et al. (2008) studied the seismic performance evaluation of reinforced-concrete buildings by static pushover and nonlinear dynamic analyses. Evaluated the seismic performance of building by nonlinear static analyses (pushover analysis and modal pushover analysis) and nonlinear time history analysis. Hayashi et al. (2004) pointed out that the damage reduction effects by soil-structure interaction greatly depend on the ground motion characteristics, number of stories and horizontal capacity of earthquake resistance of buildings. They brought out the importance of soil-structure interaction including nonlinear phenomena such as base mat uplift to evaluate the earthquake damage of buildings properly. The main objective of this paper is to better understand the soil structure interaction analysis and performance of a nine- storey RC building situated in soft soil of seismic zone III. For this purpose the three-dimensional (3D) frame structures is analyzed by using SAP 2000 for three conditions: (1) Fixed base without considering SSI, (2) Flexible base by considering SSI in hard soil condition; and (3) Flexible base by considering SSI in soft soil condition. Equivalent springs under raft foundation are used to simulate SSI in this study NINE-STOREY REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME BUILDING Building Details A nine-storey RC building located in Trivandrum, Kerala designed for gravity and earthquake loads is studied. The rectangular plan of building is 15.31 m by 7.82 m. The story height is 2.85 m with a total height of 27.15 m. The structural system is asymmetrical and plan
  • 4. Int. J. Struct. Civil Engg. Res. 2014 Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 This article can be downloaded from http://www.ijscer.com/currentissue.php 162 layout is shown in Figure 1. The frames of building were designed as gravity frames. The thickness of floor slab is taken as 0.15 m and roof slab is taken as 0.10 m, 0.11 m and 0.25 m depending upon whether the slab is balcony, roof, sunken slab, respectively. All columns and beam dimensions are given in Tables 1 and 2, and building is supported on raft slab of thickness 0.40 m. It is designed for a soil bearing capacity of 120 kN/m2. The cylinder compressive strengths of concrete columns and beams are 30 MPa. The expected yield strength of steel deformed bars is 500 MPa. Plastic Hinge Model Seismic response of reinforced concrete 3D moment frame is modelled through nonlinear element representations of column, beam and beam column joints. Nonlinear element formulations for reinforced concrete members Figure 1: Plan of the Building Table 1: Dimension of Components of the Building-Beams Reinforcement Beam Dimension Section Fe Fc Top Bottom Clear No. (MPa) (MPa) Reinf Reinf Stirrups Cover (mm) B1 200 x 500 G1 500 30 2Y20 2Y16, 2Y25 Y8-100 30 B2 200 x 600 G2 500 30 2Y20, 3Y25 3Y25 Y8-100 30 B12 200 x 500 G10 500 30 5Y25 2Y25, 2Y20 Y8-100 30 B16 200 x 400 G14 500 30 2Y16 2Y16 Y8-100 30 B22 200 x 500 G19 500 30 2Y25, 1Y20 3Y25 Y8-100 30 B23 200 x 500 G20 500 30 2Y16, 1Y12 3Y16 Y8-100 30 B30 200 x 600 G26 500 30 2Y20, 2Y25 2Y20, 1Y25 Y8-100 30 B31 200 x 500 G27 500 30 2Y20, 2Y25 2Y20 Y8-100 30 B31a 200 x 600 G28 500 30 2Y20, 1Y25 3Y16 Y8-100 30 B32 200 x 400 G29 500 30 2Y16 4Y16 Y8-150 30 B33 200 x 500 G30 500 30 3Y16 2Y16, 1Y12 Y8-150 30 B34 200 x 600 G28 500 30 2Y20, 1Y25 3Y16 Y8-100 30 B48 200 x 600 G39 500 30 2Y25, 1Y20 2Y25 Y8-100 30
  • 5. Int. J. Struct. Civil Engg. Res. 2014 Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 Table 2: Dimension of Components of the Building-Columns Column Dimension Section No. Fe (MPa) Fc (MPa) Long.Reinf Stirrups Clear Cover (mm) This article can be downloaded from http://www.ijscer.com/currentissue.php 163 Ground Floor C1 300 x 800 C1 500 30 14Y25 Y8-150 40 C4 300 x 1000 C4 500 30 18Y25 Y8-150 40 C6 300 x 900 C6 500 30 20Y25 Y8-150 40 C9 300 x 1200 C9 500 30 22Y25 Y8-150 40 C10 250 x 1000 C10 500 30 24Y25 Y8-250 40 C11 300 x 900 C11 500 30 24Y25 Y8-150 40 C12 300 x 1200 C12 500 30 18Y25 Y8-150 40 C13 250 x 800 C13 500 30 14Y25 Y8-150 40 C16 300 x 1400 C16 500 30 24Y25 Y8-150 40 Typical Floor C1 200 x 800 C17 500 30 12Y25 Y8-150 40 C4 200 x 1000 C20 500 30 16Y25 Y8-150 40 C6 300 x 900 C6 500 30 20Y25 Y8-150 40 C9 200 x 1200 C24 500 30 20Y25 Y8-150 40 C10 250 x 1000 C25 500 30 22Y25 Y8-250 40 C11 300 x 900 C11 500 30 24Y25 Y8-150 40 C12 200 x 1200 C26 500 30 16Y25 Y8-150 40 C13 250 x 800 C27 500 30 12Y25 Y8-150 40 C16 200 x 1400 C30 500 30 22Y25 Y8-150 40 range from 3D continuum finite element models to lumped plasticity concentrated hinge models. Lumped plasticity models consist of elastic elements with concentrated plastic hinges at each end. Concentrated plastic hinges are represented by rotational springs with back bone and cyclic deterioration properties that have been calibrated to results from experimental studies [FEMA 356]. Plastic hinge form at the maximum moments regions of RC members. The accurate assessment of plastic hinge length is important in relating the structural level response to member level response. The length of plastic hinge depends on many factors: (1) level of axial load (2) moment gradient, (3) level of shear stress in
  • 6. Int. J. Struct. Civil Engg. Res. 2014 Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 This article can be downloaded from http://www.ijscer.com/currentissue.php 164 plastic region, (4) mechanical properties of longitudinal and transverse reinforcement, (5) concrete strength, (6) level of confinement and its effectiveness in potential hinge region. For the present study length of plastic hinge is taken as 0.5 H, where H is the depth of cross section. Stress Strain Relation for Confined Concrete In order to define moment-curvature relation to simulate the onset of damage, the stress-strain model of confined concrete and typical steel stress-strain model with strain hardening is essential. In this study modified mander’s confined concrete model as per CEN Eurocode 8 is used. A comparison of confined and unconfined stress-strain relation observed is shown in Figure 2. which include distribution of steel including spacing of longitudinal and lateral steel, amount of lateral steel, type of anchorage and grade of concrete. Under estimation of ultimate curvature may result brittle shear failure even the members are well detailed for ductile flexural behavior. In this study, nonlinear static analyses are carried out using user-defined plastic hinge properties. Definition of user-defined hinge properties requires moment-curvature characteristics of each element. The obtained moment-curvature behavior of beams and columns are shown in Figures 3-5. Figure 2: Comparison of Stress Vs Strain Relation Of Confined And Unconfined Concrete Moment – Curvature Relationship The moment curvature relations are essential to model nonlinear behavior of structure and members. The ultimate deformation capacity of a member depends on the ultimate curvature and the plastic hinge length (Inel et al., 2006). The conservative estimation of ultimate curvature depends on several factors Figure 3: Moment Vs Curvature for Beams Figure 4: Moment vs Curvature for Ground floor Columns
  • 7. Int. J. Struct. Civil Engg. Res. 2014 Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 This article can be downloaded from http://www.ijscer.com/currentissue.php 165 The moment-curvature analyzes are carried out considering section properties and a constant axial load on the structural element. In development of user-defined hinges for columns, the maximum load due to several possible combinations considered need to be given as input in SAP2000. Following, the calculation of the ultimate curvature capacity of an element, acceptance criteria are defined and labelled as IO, LS and CP. The typical user-defined (moment-curvature) hinge properties for beams and columns (M2-M3 and PMM hinges in SAP 2000) used for the analysis are shown in Figures 6 and 7, respectively. The values of these performance levels can be obtained from the test results in the absence of the test data, and the values recommended by ATC-40. The acceptance criteria for performance within the damage control performance range are obtained by interpolating the acceptance criteria provided for the IO and the LS structural performance levels. Acceptance Criteria for performance within the limited safety structural performance range are obtained by interpolating the acceptance criteria provided for the life safety and the collapse prevention structural performance levels. A target performance is defined by a typical value of roof drift, as well as limiting values of deformation of the structural elements. To determine whether a building meets performance objectives, response quantities from the pushover analysis should be considered with each of the performance levels. Soil Structure Interaction According to the seismic improvement of current structure provision, the members of structure and foundation must be modelled Figure 5: Moment vs Curvature for Typical Floor Columns Figure 6: Typical user-defined Moment-rotation Hinge Properties (M2-M3)-Beams Figure 7: Moment vs. Rotation Curves (P-M-M) - Columns
  • 8. Int. J. Struct. Civil Engg. Res. 2014 Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 This article can be downloaded from http://www.ijscer.com/currentissue.php 166 together in unified model to consider soil-structure interaction. In this study two orthogonal springs, a vertical spring and three rotational springs were used in main direction of structures to simulate soil structure interaction. The stiffness of springs are estimated using Richart and Lysmer model and incorporated in the analysis. Foundation Model Behavior of foundation components and effects of soil-structure interaction were investigated. Soil-structure interaction can lead to modification of building response. Soil flexibility results in period elongation and damping increase. The main relevant impacts are to modify the overall lateral displacement and to provide additional flexibility at the base level that may relieve inelastic deformation demands in the superstructure. In this study, the stiffness of springs are estimated using Richart and Lysmer model which can be represented by a series of 3 translational and 3 rotational springs. The soil is treated as an isotropic, homogenous and elastic half space medium. For linear analysis, the unit weight of soil (γ), shear wave velocity (Vs) and Poisson ratio (υ) are the inputs. Two scenarios were assumed for the soil deposit used in the present study, namely: Type I corresponding to “Rock or hard soil”; Type III corresponding to “soft soil” in accordance with the site classification of the IS 1893(Part 1): 2002. Table 3 lists the properties assigned for these two soil classes in the current study from the ranges specified by ATC 40. The study primarily attempts to see the effect of soil-structure interaction on buildings resting on different types of non-cohesive soil, viz., soft and rock. Richart et al. (1970) idealized the foundation as a lumped mass supported on soil which is idealized as frequency independent springs which he described in terms of soil parameter dynamic shear modulus of shear wave velocity of the soil. Table 3 along with Table 4 shows the different values of spring as per Richart and Lysmer. In which, G = dynamic shear modulus of soil and is given by; G = ρVs2; υ = Poisson’s ratio of the soil; ρ = mass density of the soil; K = equivalent spring stiffness of the soil; r = equivalent radius of a circular foundation; L = length of the foundation; and B = width of the foundation. To examine the dynamic behavior while considering the effect of soil-structure interaction, building frames of nine storey was Table 3: Soil Parameters Assigned For Type I and Type III Description Type I Type III Unit Weight γ 2563.00 kg/m3 1522.00 kg/m3 Mass density of soil ρ = γ /g 261.26 N/m3 155.15 N/m3 Shear wave velocity Vs 1220.00 m/s 150.00 m/s Shear Modulus G = ρVs2 388859.00 kN/m2 3491.00 kN/m2 Poisson’s Ratio υ 0.25 0.50
  • 9. Int. J. Struct. Civil Engg. Res. 2014 Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 Table 4: Values of Soil Springs as Per Richart and Lysmer (1970) Model Direction Spring Value Equivalent Radius Remarks 4 1 z  This is in vertical Z direction  This induce sliding in horizontal X or Y Direction 8 3 3 1 x  This produces rocking about Y axis 8 3 3 1 y  This produces rocking about X axis  LB BL  This produces twisting about vertical Z axis r  This article can be downloaded from http://www.ijscer.com/currentissue.php 167 idealized as 3D space frames using standard beam element at each node. Slabs at different storey level were modelled with shell elements with consideration of adequate thickness. The storey height of the building frames is considered as 2.85 m. The gravity loads assigned to the building was seismic weight of structural components, including the beams and columns and the reinforced concrete slabs. The weight of the non-structural components (e.g., Brick partitions, Plastering, floor finishing, etc.) in addition to the live load are also considered. Since the slabs were not modelled explicitly, their weight and the live load they carry were included in the structural model by distributing its reaction on the supporting beams. PUSH OVER ANALYSIS Amongst the natural hazards, earthquakes have the potential for causing the greatest damages. Since earthquake forces are random in nature and unpredictable, the engineering tools need to be improved for analyzing structures under the action of these forces. Earthquake loads are to be carefully modelled so as to assess the real behavior of structure with a clear understanding that damage is expected but it should be regulated. In this context pushover analysis which is an iterative procedure is looked upon as an alternative for the conventional analysis procedures. Pushover analysis of multi-story RCC framed buildings subjected to increasing lateral forces is carried out until the pre-set performance level (target displacement) is Vertical z   Gr K    z LB r  Horizontal     32 1 7 8 x x Gr K      x LB r  Rocking x   Gr K      4 LB 3 x 3 r  Rocking y   Gr K      4 LB 3 y 3 r  Twisting 16 Gr 3 z 3 K    4 3 3 6 z
  • 10. Int. J. Struct. Civil Engg. Res. 2014 Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 This article can be downloaded from http://www.ijscer.com/currentissue.php 168 reached. The promise of Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) is to produce structures with predictable seismic performance. The recent advent of performance based design has brought the non linear static push over analysis procedure to the forefront. Pushover analysis is a static non linear procedure in which the magnitude of the structural loading along the lateral direction of the structure is incrementally increased in accordance with a certain pre-defined pattern. It is generally assumed that the behavior of the structure is controlled by its fundamental mode and the predefined pattern is expressed either in terms of story shear or in terms of fundamental mode shape. Push over procedure is gaining popularity during the last few years as appropriate analytical tools are now available (SAP-2000, ETABS). In this study SAP 2000 version 14 is used. Building is modelled using the materials M30 concrete and Fe500 Steel and assigned all the beams and columns including with their reinforcement, all loads (dead load, live load, and earthquake load) and user defined hinges. Eight sets of analysis were carried out, for a combination with and without considering SSI for hard and soft soil in both X- and Y- direction. Four different models were created for two different soil conditions. Figure 8 shows the building with fixed base model and Figure 9 shows building by considering SSI effect. The SSI effect are modelled for 1) fixed base and flexible base for soft soil in X- direction, 2) fixed base and flexible base for soft soil in Y - direction, 3) fixed base and flexible base for hard soil in X- direction, 4) fixed base and flexible base for hard soil in Y- direction. Figure 8: Building with Fixed Base Figure 9: Building with Flexible Base
  • 11. Int. J. Struct. Civil Engg. Res. 2014 Jinu Mary Mathew et al., 2014 This article can be downloaded from http://www.ijscer.com/currentissue.php 169 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION In the present study, user defined stress- strain curve based on CEN Eurocode-8 is adopted and incorporated in SAP2000. The percentage variation of stress and strain for confined concrete is found to be 10-20% and 237-266%, respectively compared to unconfined concrete. From the study of moment-curvature relationship, it is clear that as the area of reinforcement increases the moment also increases considerably. If the area of reinforcement is same, but the area of the section differs, the moment is high for the section having greater area. So it is clear that the moment curvature depends mainly on percentage of reinforcement and the gross area of the section. Eight sets of pushover analysis were carried out, for a combination of with and without considering SSI effect for hard and soft soil in both X- and Y- direction. In general the two cases are studied, case 1- capacity curve without considering SSI and case 2 – capacity curve with considering SSI. The observed pushover curves for the nine-storey RC building with above base condition were shown in Figures 10-13. Figure 10: Displacement Vs Base Force for Hard Soil in X Direction Figure 11: Displacement Vs Base Force for Hard Soil in Y Direction Figure 12: Displacement Vs Base Force for Soft Soil in X Direction Figure 13: Displacement Vs Base Force for Soft Soil in Y Direction CONCLUSION Based on analytical studies on nine-storey RC building frame, the following conclusions are arrived • The stress-strain relationship is observed for the material used in the structural
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