摘要: |
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. |