Abstract
Model shaking table tests were conducted to study the dynamic response of an embedded structure which was affected by the plasticity of surrounding soil and dynamic earth pressure acting on embedded walls. A new method for analyzing the dynamic response of an embedded structure was developed. In this method, the material nonlinearity of surrounding soil was handled using the equivalent-linear method, and the geometrical nonlinearity of slide, contact and uplift which occur between a structure and soil was modeled on nonlinear connecting elements. Simulation was performed for the test results, and the accuracy and reliability of this method were confirmed.
