Dynamic Response of Flexible Rectangular Foundations on an Elastic Half-Space

摘要

An approximate method for the analysis of the dynamic interaction between a flexible rectangular foundation and the soil with consideration of the out-of-plane deformation of the foundation is reported. The procedure is based on an extension of the subdivison method developed by Wong and Luco for rigid foundations. Numerical results describing the influence of the flexibility of the foundation on the vertical and rocking impedance functions and on the contact stresses between the foundation and the soil are presented. The possibility of representing a flexible foundation by an equivalent rigid foundation having the same force-displacement relationships is also discussed. The results obtained indicate that at low frequencies, the dynamic stiffness coefficients for flexible foundations are lower than those for rigid foundations of the same area. At higher frequencies the opposite behavior is observed. The radiation damping coefficients for flexible foundations are significantly lower than those for rigid foundations of the same area.