DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK FOR MUST-SIM: ANINTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTALSIMULATION FACILITY

摘要

A unique advantage of the multi-axial full scale sub-structured testing and simulation (MUST-SIM)rnfacility is the ability to simulate and test an entire soil-foundation-structure system at full scale. This isrnaccomplished through the development of a software framework that integrates computational andrnexperimental simulations (ICES framework). The ICES framework seamlessly combines distributedrnnetworked simulations of numerical and pseudo-dynamic experimental components of the overall system.rnThe software framework described in the paper is modular and uses object oriented programmingrnconcepts. Examples of application are presented in terms of a two-bay steel frame and two multi-spanrnreinforced concrete bridges, one of which includes soil-structure-foundation interaction.