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Earthquakes and Structures Volume 14, Number 1, February 2018 , pages 085-94 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/eas.2018.14.1.085 |
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Soil-structure interaction effects on seismic behavior of a hyperbolic cooling tower using three-parameter Vlasov foundation model |
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Ali I. Karakas, Korhan Ozgan and Ayse T. Daloglu
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| Abstract | ||
| The paper focuses on the seismic responses of a hyperbolic cooling tower resting on soil foundation represented by the three-parameter Vlasov elastic soil model. The three-parameter soil model eliminates the necessity of field testing to determine soil parameters such as reaction modulus and shear parameter. These parameters are calculated using an iterative procedure depending on the soil surface vertical deformation profile in the model. The soil and tower system are modeled in SAP2000 structural analysis program using a computing tool coded in MATLAB. The tool provides a two-way data transfer between SAP2000 and MATLAB with the help of Open Application Programming Interface (OAPI) feature of SAP2000. The response spectrum analyses of the tower system with circular V-shaped supporting columns and annular raft foundation on elastic soil are conducted thanks to the coded tool. The shell and column forces and displacements are presented for different soil conditions and fixed raft base condition to investigate the effects of soil-structure interaction. Numerical results indicate that the flexibility of soil foundation leads to an increase in displacements but a decrease in shell membrane and column forces. Therefore, it can be stated that the consideration of soil-structure interaction in the seismic response analysis of the cooling tower system provides an economical design process. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| hyperbolic cooling tower; response spectrum analysis; open application programming interface; finite element analysis; three-parameter foundation model | ||
| Address | ||
| Ali I. Karakas, Korhan Ozgan and Ayse T. Daloglu: Department of Civil Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, 61080, Turkey | ||