The prediction of structural performance of systems supported on pile foundations is of
paramount importance in the seismic design and assessment of new and existing structures.
The main focus of this dissertation is the formulation, implementation, and calibration of a
coupled model for the analysis of the seismic soil-pile-superstructure interaction (SSPSI)
problem. A series of large-scale SSPSI model tests previously performed on the large
shaking table at the University of California, Berkeley was used to calibrate the proposed …

The prediction of the performance of a structure supported on pile foundations is of
paramount importance in the seismic design and assessment of new and existing structures.
This paper presents the key elements of a hybrid Finite Element Technique to perform the
coupled soil-pilesuperstructure and site response analysis. Model simulations of a series of
large scale seismic soilpile-superstructure tests conducted on the 6.1 mx 6.1 m UC
Berkeley/PEER center multidirectional shaking table are used to calibrate and verify the …