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PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Edited by: P. Iványi, J. Kruis and B.H.V. Topping
Paper 3.1

Modelling Geotechnical Seismic Isolation Systems through the Preisach Formalism

P. Cacciola1, A. Contento2 and B. Briseghella2

1School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering, University of Brighton, United Kingdom
2College of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, China

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
P. Cacciola, A. Contento, B. Briseghella, "Modelling Geotechnical Seismic Isolation Systems through the Preisach Formalism", in P. Iványi, J. Kruis, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 8, Paper 3.1, 2024, doi:10.4203/ccc.8.3.1
Keywords: nonlinear soil-structure interaction, rubber soil mixture, Preisach formalism, dynamic response, geotechnical seismic isolation, GSI.

Abstract
Soil-structure interaction of structures protected by Geotechnical Seismic Isolation (GSI) system is investigated in this paper through a novel nonlinear approach. Preisach formalism is adopted to model the hysteretic behaviour of the soil through simplified nonlinear springs and dashpots. The efficiency of GSI versus natural soil is explored through extensive nonlinear numerical analyses on a benchmark structure. Comparisons with the currently adopted equivalent linear approach are also presented, highlighting the versatility of the proposed nonlinear model to reliably represent the nonlinear behaviour of the coupled structure-GSI system.

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