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

9910037 Kausel该奖项支持Eduardo Kausel和来自马萨诸塞州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。 该项目将侧重于研究底土的非线性、非弹性行为，因为它影响土壤和结构之间的相互作用。 特别令人感兴趣的是土壤在地震荷载下的响应，已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-结构相互作用的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.