Report CE 86-04

UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Report No. CE 86-04

EFFECTS OF SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION ON THE
RESPONSE OF BUILDINGS DURING THE STRONG
EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTION

by

K. Moslem and M. D. Trifunac

March 1986

Abstract and Contents (PDF ~0.2 Mb)

1. Introduction (PDF ~0.8 Mb)

2. Lumped-Mass Dynamic Models of Buildings (PDF ~1.9 Mb)

3. North-South Vibration of Millikan Library (Case Study) (PDF ~3.4 Mb)

4. Impedance Functions of Foundation (PDF ~1.1 Mb)

5. Damping in Soil-Structure Systems (PDF ~1.3 Mb)

6. Summary (PDF ~0.4 Mb)

References (PDF ~0.5 Mb)