ABSTRACT
Construction of high-tech facilities that must be protected against vibrations caused by machine, traffics and construction vibrations has been in great demand. In order to satisfy the requirement of performance of these facilities, it is needed to control the vibrations within the allowable limit being strict for precision instruments in buildings. This implies necessity for development of 3-dimensional dynamic soil-structure analysis that makes it possible to accurately predict the vibrations transmitting from sources to structures via soils, as well as, to employ it to develop the most suitable measures for reduction of vibrations. Therefore, we have developed the analysis technique that combines 3-D FEM with thin layer method to predict the ground vibrations produced by traffics, machines and construction operations. In the present technique, 3-D finite element and thin layer models represent near-field including structures and far-field, respectively.
