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Earthquakes and Structures
  Volume 12, Number 2, February 2017 , pages 165-175
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/eas.2017.12.2.165
 


Probabilistic seismic assessment of structures considering soil uncertainties
Sara Hamidpour, Masoud Soltani and Mojtaba Shabdin

 
Abstract
    This paper studies soil properties uncertainty and its implementation in the seismic response evaluation of structures. For this, response sensitivity of two 4- and 12-story RC shear walls to the soil properties uncertainty by considering soil structure interaction (SSI) effects is investigated. Beam on Nonlinear Winkler Foundation (BNWF) model is used for shallow foundation modeling and the uncertainty of soil properties is expanded to the foundation stiffness and strength parameters variability. Monte Carlo (MC) simulation technique is employed for probabilistic evaluations. By investigating the probabilistic evaluation results it
 
Key Words
    soil uncertainty; soil structure interaction; seismic response; probabilistic assessment
 
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Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal-al-Ahmad Highway, Tehran, Iran
 

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