Numerical Modeling of the Nonlinear Cyclic Response of

[bentafat_rachid]

Numerical Modeling of the Nonlinear Cyclic Response

of Shallow Foundations

Chad Harden and Tara Hutchinson

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of California, Irvine

Geoffrey R. Martin

Department of Civil Engineering

University of Southern California

Bruce L. Kutter

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of California, Davis

Understanding the nonlinear behavior of shallow building foundations under large-amplitude

loading is an important aspect of performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE). Soil

yielding beneath foundations can be an effective energy-dissipation mechanism; however, this

yielding may lead to excessive permanent deformations. The objective of this report is to

develop and test procedures to account for foundation nonlinearity and uplift in PBEE.

PEER_504_HARDENetal.pdf

[Haythem 1988]