Effects of Soil Foundation on the Performance of Infilled RC Frames Structures

摘要

The present paper deals with the influence of soil non-linearity, on the soil-foundation-structure interaction phenomena. Numerical simulations are carried out so as to reveal the beneficial or unfavourable effects of the non-linear SSI on the assessing of damages of masonry structures. The importance of input earthquake characteristics on the structural damages in the masonry structure is evaluated through a numerical probabilistic analysis.