Seismic soil structure interaction of reinforced concrete frame building supported on foundations

Abstract

Soil Structure Interaction (SSI) determines the response of structures during seismic activity. An engineering review committee deals only with the study of soil structure interaction as compared to free motion, gives an appreciable impact on the basement motion. This article investigates the influence of soil structure interaction on RC frame building with seismic excitations. By taking different cases like 5, 10, 15, 20 storey of varying soil types are type I, type II and type III, different foundation types are isolated, combined, mat, pile. The entire foundation-soil-structure system is modelled and analyzed in a finite element based SAP2000 Software, to study the stress on soil and framed structure in the presence of SSI. Finally, a comparative study between with and without SSI to reinforced concrete framed structure is done. The study shows that SSI effects are higher than regular approach if we include the SSI effects in our analysis and design of structure to get a safety design.