Investigation on Influence of Embedment

Depth of Shallow Foundation on Seismic

Response of Building Considering
Soil–Structure Interaction

Vaibhav Mittal and Manojit Samanta

Abstract Embedment depth of foundation plays signicant role on the seismic

response of the superstructures. The present study investigates the effect of embed-
ment depth of shallow foundation on the seismic response of building through the
scaled-down test. A scaled-down model of ve-storey and shallow foundations of
different embedment depths (75, 150, 300, and 600 mm) has been used in the present
study. All the model tests are conducted through shake table testing in laminar
shear box. The model is subjected to scaled-down earthquake motions. The seismic
response of the building has been estimated and expressed in terms of amplication
ratio, maximum lateral displacement, interstorey drift, and rocking of the founda-
tion. The test results indicate that the change in embedment depth of the foundation
has a signicant effect on lateral displacement, interstorey drift, and rocking of the
foundation. It is found that lateral displacement, interstorey drift, and rocking of the
foundation for the maximum embedment depth (600 mm) are reduced by 70%, 74%,
and 41%, respectively, when compared with smallest embedment depth of foundation
(75 mm).

Keywords Shake table · Model · Shallow foundation · Earthquake · Seismic

amplication

1 Introduction

The overall performance of a building during any seismic excitation is characterized

by the interaction between the foundation and the structure. Generally, the structures

V. Mittal · M. Samanta (B)

GEGH Group, CSIR—Central Building Research Institute (CSIR—CBRI), Roorkee, India
e-mail: manojit@cbri.res.in
V. Mittal
e-mail: vaibhav.cbri19a@acsir.res.in
Academy of Scientic and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India

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M. Shrikhande et al. (eds.), Proceedings of 17th Symposium on Earthquake
Engineering (Vol. 3), Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 331,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1579-8_1