واکنش حرکت گهواره ای سیستم‌های SDOF بر روی ماسه بهبود یافته سطحی: یک مطالعه تجربی

Recent studies have highlighted the potential advantages of allowing inelastic foundation response during strong seismic shaking. Such an alternative seismic design philosophy, in which soil failure is used as a “fuse” for the superstructure has recently been proposed, in the form of “rocking isolation”. Within this context, foundation rocking may be desirable as a means of bounding the inertia forces transmitted onto the superstructure, but incorporates the peril of unacceptable settlements in case of a low static factor of safety FSv. Hence, to ensure that rocking is materialized through uplifting rather than sinking, an adequately large FSv is required. Although this is feasible in theory, soil properties are not always well-known in engineering practice. However, since rocking-induced soil yielding is only mobilized within a shallow layer underneath the footing, “shallow soil improvement” is considered as an alternative approach to release the design from the jeopardy of unforeseen