Research Article

Investigation of Small-Scaled Soil Structure Model under Earthquake Loads via Small Shaking Table Tests

Table 5

Soil properties for scaled SSI system.

ParameterSymbolMagnitudeUnit

Average unit weightγ17.8kN/m3
Young modulusE4571kN/m2
Shear modulusG1758kN/m2
Compression wave velocityV p58.23m/s
Shear wave velocityV s31.13m/s
Poisson’s ratioν0.3
Cohesionc60kN/m2
Dilatancy angleψ1.8(degree)
Friction angleø31.8(degree)