PSI - Issue 33

Anas Ibraheem et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 33 (2021) 942–953 Anas Ibraheem, Yulia Pronina / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000–000

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 Type 3 height is 2.0m, width is 2.0m, and thickness is 0.5m. We used the soil patterns shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Soil patterns used in model Soil pattern Silty sand

ν

13.80 17.25 22.43 44.85 12.40 31.05 69.00 120.75

0.30 0.30 0.33 0.25 0.38 0.50 0.50 0.50

5.31 6.63 8.46

Loose sand

Medium dense sand

Sand and gravel

48.30 16.31

Dense sand

Soft clay

4.13

Medium clay

10.35 23.00

Stiff clay

Fig. 3. The first method with uncoupled springs assigned to the joints located at the base level of the structure.

Fig. 4. The second method with footings created under the joints located at the base level of the structure.