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http://onlinepubs.trb.org...epubs/millennium/00103.pdf

This paper, authored by a member of the Transportation Research Board Committee on Subsurface Soil-Structure Interaction, provides an overview of current trends and future developments affecting the soil-structure interaction of buried structures. The analysis, design, and performance of buried structures associated with transportation facilities require an understanding of this interaction. Buried structures usually cannot resist the loads to which they are subjected without utilizing the strength of the surrounding soil in a complex interaction. The soil-structure interaction of a buried structure is affected by the structure's material composition, size, and stiffness; by the method of construction in the field; by the type of and placement of backfill material; and by the external loading.

This paper is available on the CD-ROM, Transportation in the New Millennium: State of the Art and Future Directions, Perspectives from Transportation Research Board Standing Committees. It is also available on the TRB website. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

English

6 p.

2000

Transportation in the New Millennium

Mechanical loads; Soil structure interaction; Structural analysis; Structural design; Substructures; Transportation, hydraulic and utility facilities; Underground structures

Transportation Research Board

Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics

TRIS, TRB

Feb 24 2000 12:00AM