Effect of footing shape and embedment on the settlement, recentering, and energy dissipation of shallow footings subjected to rocking

M Hakhamaneshi, BL Kutter - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
From results of a recent series of centrifuge model tests, this paper investigates the effects of
shape and embedment on the performance of rocking footings. Rectangular and H-shaped …

Field testing of rocking foundations in cohesive soil: cyclic performance and footing mechanical response

K Sharma, L Deng - Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
This paper presents a field test program of a large-scale soil–footing-structure system
designed with a rocking foundation in a cohesive soil to examine the behaviour of the …

Rationale for shallow foundation rocking provisions in ASCE 41-13

BL Kutter, M Moore, M Hakhamaneshi… - Earthquake …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
ASCE 41-13 supports three methods of modeling the soil-structure interaction for rocking
footings as components of a foundation-building system: Method 1 uses uncoupled moment …

Characterization of rocking shallow foundations on cohesive soil using field snap-back tests

K Sharma, L Deng - Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents a series of field snap-back experiments of a soil-footing-structure
system equipped with rocking foundation on a cohesive soil. The objective was to …

Database of rocking shallow foundation performance: Slow-cyclic and monotonic loading

M Hakhamaneshi, BL Kutter, AG Gavras… - Earthquake …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Many physical model tests have examined the performance of rocking foundations during
cyclic and seismic loading. These tests varied in model size, testing equipment …

Comparison between cyclic and dynamic rocking behavior for embedded shallow foundation using centrifuge tests

KW Ko, JG Ha, HJ Park, DS Kim - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2018 - Springer
Designs allowing the rocking behavior of the foundation during earthquake have been
introduced to reduce the seismic load on the superstructure and the ductility demand on the …

Re-purposing of shallow wind turbine foundations for power capacity increase

BB Ajaei, MH El Naggar - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Re-purposing the foundations of older wind turbines to install new and larger wind turbines
can reduce the investment costs and carbon emissions of wind energy development …

Integrated foundation–structure seismic assessment through non‐linear dynamic analyses

R Figini, R Paolucci - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This paper aims at clarifying the role of dynamic soil–structure interaction in the seismic
assessment of structure and foundation, when the non‐linear coupling of both subsystems is …

Dynamic rocking response of “SDOF-embedded foundation” systems using shake table experiments

M Arabpanahan, SR Mirghaderi, A Hosseini… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nonlinearity potential of soil-foundation interface has such unknown aspects inspired by
dynamic inherence of earthquake for embedded foundations. Accordingly, in this paper, a …

Performance-based seismic design of rocking shallow foundations in cohesive soil: Methodology and numerical validation

K Sharma, J Bin, L Deng - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of rocking shallow foundation as a base isolation mechanism has been
incorporated into seismic design guidelines, but a feasible design method is yet to be …