... alter the seismic demand on a foundation as well as its superstructure. Experimental data from tests with realistic boundary and stress conditions is required to characterize the frictional properties at the soil-foundation interfaces in order to model sliding of shallow foundations. To this end...

... layers subjected to harmonic base motions (1) in a free-field condition, (2) with a shallow foundation, and (3) with a shallow foundation supporting a single degree of freedom superstructure. The sand layers were formed in a newly fabricated laminar shear container that can be converted to a rigid box...

... dilatometer test shallow foundation load-settlement curve settlement References Agnelli , N. “ Comportamento de um Solo Colapsível Inundado com Liquidos de Diferentes Composições Químicas [Behavior of a Collapsible Soil Soaked by Liquids of Different Chemical Compositions] .” PhD thesis...

... conditions that reflect prototype conditions, while making a broader positive contribution to physical modelling capabilities to assess complex soil–structure boundary problems. 30 09 2014 16 03 2015 15 04 2015 transparent soil centrifuge shallow foundation physical modelling...