Cs. Yeh et al., DYNAMIC-RESPONSE OF A HEMISPHERICAL FOUNDATION EMBEDDED IN AN ELASTICHALF-SPACE, Journal of pressure vessel technology, 120(4), 1998, pp. 343-348
The dynamic response of a massless rigid hemispherical foundation embe
dded in a uniform homogeneous elastic half-space is considered in this
study. The foundation is subjected to external forces, moments, plane
harmonic P and SH waves, respectively. The series solutions are const
ructed by three sequences of Lamb's singular solutions which satisfy t
he traction-free conditions on ground surface and radiation conditions
at infinity, automatically: and their coefficients are determined by
the boundary conditions along the soil-foundation interface in the lea
st square sense. The fictitious eigen-frequencies, which arise in inte
gral equation method, will not appear in the numerical calculation by
the proposed method. The impedance functions which characterize the re
sponse of the foundation to external harmonic forces and moments at lo
w and intermediate frequencies are calculated and the translational an
d rocking responses of the foundation when subjected to plane P and SH
waves are also presented and discussed in detail.