Abstract The rapid development of the global economy has led to an increased energy demand throughout world. More than 70% world’s consumption is from use fossil fuels. In wake rising temperatures and carbon emissions, policymakers across globe think about alternate renewable ways generation, among which wind a promising source. Offshore turbines are new technologies challenging when it comes t...

The significance of incorporating soil-structure interaction effect in the analysis and design of RC frame buildings is increasingly recognized but still not penetrated to the grass root level owing to various complexities involved. It is well established fact that the soil-structure interaction effect considerably influence the design of multi-storey buildings subjected to lateral seismic load...

In today’s world, construction projects tend to be more complex due one or a combination of the following reasons: climate change impacting design requirements; enhanced material properties; scarcity greenfield sites in highly built-up cities, leading challenging underground construction; easily accessible scientific knowledge; prowess computational speed; advent new technologies driving innova...

Engineering practitioners do not usually include soil-structure interactions in building design; rather, it is common to model and design foundations as embedded joints with joint–based reactions. In some cases, foundation structures are modeled rigid bodies, embedding the first story into lower vertical elements. Given that effects of underground floors on seismic response generally included c...