Interaction functions of a rigid strip bonded to saturated elastic half- space (Q1122416)

A comprehensive analytical solution is developed to generate the interaction functions of a rigid permeable strip in contact with a saturated porous elastic half-space. Linear hysteretic damping characteristics of the medium are included in the formulation. The mixed boundary-value problem of a welded (and smooth) surface footing is reduced to a set of coupled Fredholm integral equations of the first kind and a numerical solution is provided. Frequency-dependent interaction functions (stiffnesses and radiation damping coefficients) of a medium modelling a saturated dense sand are computed and exhibited graphically to reveal the influence of pore water, permeability effects and hysteretic damping characteristics of the medium. Concerning the influence of types of contact, the interaction functions are practically identical for smooth and welded contacts over the frequency range of interest. The results are useful in determining the response of surface structures to seismic excitation, in particular, where the ground water is at a level to impact such response.