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Efficient finite element analysis of seismic structure-soil-structure interaction

Lysmer, John; Seed, H. Bolton; Udaka, Takekazu; Hwang, Richard N.; Tsai, Chan-Feng

UCB/EERC-75/34, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1975-11, 29 pages (555.1/L92/1975)

This paper reviews the current level of accomplishment which may be achieved using finite element techniques for the performance of complete interaction analyses, and describes an efficient procedure which meets all desirable requirements without incurring excessive costs for design and analysis.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/EERC/EERC-75-34.pdf (3 MB)