U.S.-Germany Cooperative Research: Dynamic Interaction Between Structure and Subsoil: Nonlinear Calculation in the Time Domain

9910037KauselEduardo Kausel和麻省理工学院的两名学生与德国柏林工业大学土木工程和应用地球科学系的Stavros Savidis合作，获得了该奖项。该项目将专注于研究地基中的非线性、非弹性行为，因为它影响到土与结构之间的相互作用。特别令人感兴趣的是土体在地震荷载下的反应，众所周知，地震荷载会引起重要的非弹性变形。美国和德国小组之间的合作将在非线性土壤-结构相互作用这一主题上创造一个临界质量，并将导致对这些相互作用建模的实用方法的改进。

9910037KauselThis award supports Eduardo Kausel and two students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a collaboration with Stavros Savidis of the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Geoscience at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. The project will focus on the study of non-linear, inelastic behavior in the subsoil as it affects the interaction between soil and structures. Of particular interest is the response of soils under seismic loads, which are known to cause important inelastic deformations. The collaboration between the U.S and German groups will create a critical mass on the topic of non-linear soil-structure interactions and will lead to improvements in practical methods for modeling those interactions.