INTERACCION SUELO-ESTRUCTURA

2023

FINAL EXAM
Nombre: Willar Herrera Rojas

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1) (1 point) There are two common approaches to modeling soil-structure interaction:
a. Substructure and direct analysis
b. Substructure and soil finite element
c. Inertial and substructure
d. Finite element and finite difference
2) (1 point) Which one is not required for the evaluation of foundation and soil flexibility:
a. Site class
b. Height of structure
c. Foundation geometry
d. Poisson’s ratio of the soil
3) (1 point) Soil-structure interaction:
a. Is not difficult to implement
b. Is typically iterative
c. Typically reduces seismic demands
d. All of the above

4) (1 point) Which statement is incorrect?

a. The larger the building footprint, the greater the reduction in long period
spectral response ok
b. Horizontal spring stiffness is limited by frictional and passive pressure
resistance
c. Soil properties for flexibility calculations include the measured shear wave
velocity, effective shear modulus, and Poisson’s ratio
d. Vertical and rotational springs can have a significant effect to the building’s
fundamental period and displaced shape
5) (1 point) The rule of thumb test for inertial soil structure interaction significance
includes:
a. Building height, fundamental period, and shear wave velocity
b. Building height, fundamental period, and foundation embedment
c. Fundamental period, and shear wave velocity
d. Base slab averaging and fundamental period
6) (1 point) The horizontal flexibility will affect the behavior of the structure far less
significantly that will the vertical and rotational flexibility
a. True
b. False
7) (1 point) The horizontal spring values are limited by the maximum passive pressure
and friction that can be developed
a. True
b. False
8) (1 point) Which statement is incorrect?
a. In the substructure approach the springs are typically vertically oriented to
capture foundation rotations
b. The structure, with its inertial weight and other properties, will in turn affect
the behavior of the soil
c. In the substructure approach the springs are typically horizontally oriented to
capture foundation rotations
d. Motion at the ground surface in the absence of a structure and its foundation
is called free-field motion
9) (1 point) The requirement for bounding analyses reflect recognition of the spatial
variability and uncertainty of the soil’s mechanical properties
a. True
b. False
10) (1 point) The shift to a longer fundamental period always increases displacement and
acceleration response
a. True
b. False
11) (1 point) Radiation damping is larger when the structure-to-soil stiffness ratio is larger
a. True
b. False
12) (1 point) Which statement is incorrect?
a. Inertial interaction is the dynamic interaction between the structure, its
foundation, and the surrounding soil caused by the foundation input motion
b. Period lengthening is the increase in the structure period due to foundation
flexibility
c. Soil damping is dependent on the flexible-base period of the structure
d. Radiation damping is the damping in the soil-structure system caused by the
generation and propagation of waves away from the foundation
13) (1 point) The radiation damping component of foundation damping is considerable
more complex than soil damping to implement:
a. True
b. False
14) (1 point) Foundation damping is not permitted for deep foundations
a. True
b. False
15) (1 point) Which statement is correct?
a. In the “bathtub” model approach the ground motion is applied to the ends of
the horizontal springs so all move together with the input motion
b. It is common in practice to use the model structure fixed at the ground level,
and no SSI effects considered, when “back-stay effects” are present
c. The full substructure model is commonly used in practice
d. The bathtub model is typically used in pushover analysis
16) (1 point) Evaluation of bounding of soil properties (50% increase and decrease in soil
stiffness) leads to substantial analytical work
a. True
b. False
17) (1 point) Which statement is correct?
a. The structure-to-soil stiffness ratio decreases with height
b. The structure-to-soil stiffness ratio is lower with the softer site classes
c. The structure-to-soil stiffness ratio is higher for stiffer structures
d. All of the above
18) ( 1 point) If the structure-to-soil stiffness ratio is equal to 0.12, then the soil-structure
interaction inertial effects are likely to have significance
a. True
b. False
19) (1 point) Seismic energy transmitted to structures can be dissipated through which
damping mechanisms?
a. Structural damping
b. Supplemental damping
c. Foundation damping
d. All of the above
20) ( 1 point) When dealing with rigid foundations and flexible soil, the rotational modifier
is highly dependent on the term D/B
a. True
b. False