Soil-Structure Interaction: The New Frontiers of Interoperability

Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Department, Harpaceas, Italy

 Abstract: The paper illustrates, through the design of a reinforced concrete tall building on a mat foundation, the new interoperable methodology between the geotechnical calculation environment Flac3D (Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua) and the structural calculation environment Midas Gen. This methodology is aimed at calculating settlements and defining the foundation system. The paper deals with a complex case history that requires a sophisticated global analysis of the interaction between the soil, foundation structure and superstructure.