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Scale Model Shake Table Testing Of Shallow Embedded Foundations In Soft Clay, Steven Kuo
Scale Model Shake Table Testing Of Shallow Embedded Foundations In Soft Clay, Steven Kuo
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This research involves shake table testing of 1g scale models that mimic the coupled seismic response of a structure on a shallow mat foundation and foundation soil (known as soil-foundation-structural-interaction or SFSI). In previous research, SFSI effects have been quantified through analytical models, numerical analyses, and limited field data. This research works towards increasing the amount of empirical data through scale model shake table testing. A suite of earthquake time histories is considered in evaluating a nominal 10th scale soil-structure model using a flexible wall barrel on a 1-D shake table. San Francisco Young Bay Mud (YBM) is used …