Research Article

Beneficial and Detrimental Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard and Risk of Nuclear Power Plant

Table 4

Average soil dynamic properties of the different soil cases A1 and C1.

Properties of soilSoil cases
HardSoft
A1C1

Bulk modulus, G (Pa)3.2704e + 0092.1150e + 008
Horizontal stiffness of the soil stratum, Kh (N/m)3.1349e + 0112.0273e + 010
Rocking stiffness of the soil stratum, Kr (N/m)1.0418e + 0146.7375e + 012
Vertical stiffness of the soil stratum, Kv (N/m)3.9186e + 0112.5342e + 010
Horizontal damping coefficient, Ch (Ns/m)2.8167e + 0097.1629e + 008
Rocking damping coefficient, Cr (Ns/m)2.4419e + 0116.2099e + 010
Vertical damping coefficient, Cv (Ns/m)5.2047e + 0091.3236e + 009