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CONCLUSION
In this paper, three-dimensional-finite element analysis of gas
turbine foundation with and without considering the effect of
soil structure interaction under harmonic excitation have been
carried out with different operating frequencies. furthermore,
the free vibration analysis was performed to determine the
fundamental natural frequency and the mode shapes of the
foundation. Important conclusions drawn from this study as
following:
1- The free vibration analysis showed symmetric mode shape
about the Z-axis for the first frequency while the coupled
bending – torsion mode shapes for the second and third
frequencies, therefore the torsion design should be taken
into account at the design of such turbine foundation in
order to prevent the differential settlement of the
foundation.
2- Force vibration analysis was performed to investigate the
response of turbine generator foundation to the dynamic
unbalanced force comes from machine to the foundation
during the operation.
3- The response of the foundation and the soil due to the
harmonic excitation showed larger magnitude at the initial
time due to coupled effect of transit and the steady state of
the harmonic excitation then the response decrease with
time due to vanish of the transited component reaching a
constant and this response may be de-amplified when
ignoring the effect of SSI
4- Considerable change in the amplitudes of the structural
response was indicated through the comparison between
the case of with and without considering SSI effect.
5- The change in the maximum response to the vertical
harmonic excitation reflect the change in the applying
frequency so that at middle node on the soil and also in the
foundation the results showed different peak values and it
has maximum values at earlier applied frequencies due to a
state of coupling steady state and transit state response.
6- For the turbine machine foundations, it worthy to take the
full site effect (i.e. complete model of soil and foundation)
in the dynamic analysis to get the better insight for the
behavior of both soil and foundation through the
investigation of soil-foundation interface.
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