Experimental evidence for flexibility of a building foundation supported by concrete friction piles

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-187

  Trifunac, M D ^a   Ivanovc S S ^a   Todorovska, M I ^a   Novikova, E I ^a   Gladkov, A A ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient vibration test; Flexible foundation; Instrumented buildings; Northridge earthquake; Soil structure interaction; Structural response

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; HOTELS; PILE FOUNDATIONS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

AMBIENT VIBRATION TESTS; FLEXIBLE FOUNDATIONS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FOUNDATION; PILE RESPONSE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033118156     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(98)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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