Application of Soil-Structure Interaction in Construction

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Interests: advanced development of testing apparatus; mechanical behaviour of saturated and unsaturated soils; constitutive modelling of granular soils; numerical modelling of soils and structures

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China
Interests: geohazards management; intelligent monitoring of geotechnical structures; development of smart city infrastructure; ground improvement technologies
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School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
Interests: soil-structure interaction; pile-soil-tunnel interaction

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College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
Interests: artificial intelligence in geotechnical engineering; finite element analysis for geotechnical engineering; constitutive modeling of soils; modelling of geotechnical large deformation problems

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Dear Colleagues,

Structures are normally founded on soils or rocks. Soil–structure interaction is a mutual effect between the soil and the structure built on it. The mechanical behaviour of structure, especially the foundation of the structure, is greatly influenced by the soil–structure interaction. The behaviours of soils and structures and their interactions highly affect the performance of the soil–structure system. With the development of society, there have been a great number of projects involving the construction of soil–structure systems. Thus, an understanding of soil–structure interaction and its application are of great importance.

As the Guest Editors of Special Issue “Application of Soil–Structure Interaction in Construction”, we cordially invite you to submit high-quality and cutting-edge articles. The topics include, but are not limited to, the aspects as follows:

  • State-of-the-art review and case studies of soil–structure systems;
  • Site investigation and interpretation;
  • Laboratory element tests, physical model tests, and field tests of geomaterials;
  • Constitutive modelling of soil–structure systems;
  • Numerical modelling of soil–structure systems (e.g., finite element, discrete element, etc.);
  • Advanced monitoring and data processing technologies;
  • Building structures (e.g., shallow foundation, deep foundation, etc.);
  • Underground structures (e.g., deep excavation, tunnelling, pipe-jacking, etc.);
  • Onshore and offshore structures (e.g., harbours, wind turbines, pipelines, etc.);
  • Ground improvement methods (e.g., stone column, in situ walls, subgrade stabilisation).

Dr. Kai Liu
Dr. Daoyuan Tan
Prof. Dr. Mukhtiar Ali Soomro
Prof. Dr. Yin-Fu Jin
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • soil–structure interaction
  • site investigation
  • laboratory element test
  • physical model test
  • field test
  • constitutive modelling
  • numerical modelling
  • advanced monitoring
  • data processing
  • structures

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16 pages, 1913 KiB  
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Numerical Analysis of the Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing Constructed on Sand-over-Clay Sediment
by Shaziya Banu, Mousa Attom, Farid Abed, Ramesh Vandanapu, Philip Virgil Astillo, Naser Al-Lozi and Ahmed Khalil
Buildings 2024, 14(4), 1164; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14041164 (registering DOI) - 19 Apr 2024
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This paper analyzes the bearing capacity of two-layered soil medium using finite element (FE) software ABAQUS /CAE 2023. Although geotechnical engineers design foundations for layered soil, majorly current geotechnical studies emphasize single homogenous soil. So, this research has significant novelty as it focuses [...] Read more.
This paper analyzes the bearing capacity of two-layered soil medium using finite element (FE) software ABAQUS /CAE 2023. Although geotechnical engineers design foundations for layered soil, majorly current geotechnical studies emphasize single homogenous soil. So, this research has significant novelty as it focuses on layered soil and adds to the current literature. A nonlinear FE model was prepared and analyzed to determine the ultimate bearing capacity of two-layered soil (sandy soil over clayey soil). The Drucker–Prager and Mohr–Coulomb models were used to represent sandy soil and clayey soil layers, respectively. Strip footing material properties were considered isotropic and linearly elastic. This study performed parametric studies to understand the effects of thickness, unit weight, and the modulus of the elasticity of sandy soil on the ultimate soil bearing capacity. Additionally, it also analyzed the effect of the cohesive strength of clayey soil on layered soil bearing capacity. Results showed that an increase in sandy soil layer thickness strengthens the layered soil, and thus, improves the bearing capacity of soil. Increasing the sandy soil layer thickness over footing width (h1/B) ratio from 0.15 to 2.0 improved the ultimate bearing capacities with elastic settlements of 350 mm and 250 mm by 145.62% and 101.66%, respectively. Additionally, for a thicker sandy soil layer, an increase in the unit weight and modulus of the elasticity of sandy soil led to higher ultimate bearing capacity. Furthermore, it was concluded that an increase in clayey soil’s cohesive strength from 20 kPa to 30 kPa resulted in a 24.31% and 3.47% increase in soil bearing capacity for h1/B = 0.15 and h1/B = 2.0, respectively. So, the effect of cohesion is prevalent in the case of a thicker clayey soil layer. Full article
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Influence of the Uplifting Mechanism of Embedded Footings on the Nonlinear Static Response of Steel Concentrically Braced Frames
by Edinson Guanchez, Rafael Weyler and Montserrat Sanchez
Buildings 2024, 14(4), 1145; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14041145 - 18 Apr 2024
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The aim of this paper is to evaluate the nonlinear static response of steel concentrically braced frames (CBFs) by considering the response of embedded footings in granular soils using the Beam on Nonlinear Winkler Foundation (BNWF) approach. To model the vertical stress-displacement behaviour [...] Read more.
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the nonlinear static response of steel concentrically braced frames (CBFs) by considering the response of embedded footings in granular soils using the Beam on Nonlinear Winkler Foundation (BNWF) approach. To model the vertical stress-displacement behaviour of footings, it is possible to define a backbone curve capable of reproducing the total response by adding in series the behaviour of the compression zone with that of the tension zone. When uplift of the soil–foundation system is allowed, it has been demonstrated that it is necessary to consider the horizontal stresses of the native soil on site and the degree of compaction of the soil mass above the footing to avoid significant deviations between the analysis results and the real response. The tension zone in the backbone curves was calibrated while considering these parameters, and given the difficulty associated with their calibration, an estimation is reported that could also be used in the case of practical applications. The implementation of the model has been validated through various pushover analyses on an archetype steel CBF originally tested on a fixed base condition, and predictions were made for the flexible base condition, considering different types of soil and different embedment depths. The results suggest that there is a relationship between the nonlinear static response of steel CBF structures and the uplift mechanism of embedded footings that is influenced by the embedment depth of the footings and the shape of the tension-displacement zone of the backbone curves considered in the modelling process. The proposed model can be used to simulate the flexible base condition of CBF structures on embedded footings using nonlinear springs when carrying out performance-based design procedures. Full article
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