Kiousis, Panagiotis Demetrios, 1956-Stewart, Jared Andrew2020-04-062022-02-032020-04-062022-02-032020https://hdl.handle.net/11124/174074Includes bibliographical references.2020 Spring.Soils deform as they receive loads from a supported structure. Deformations at the foundations cause the distribution of the loads within the structure to change, thus changing the loads applied to the foundations. This set of behaviors is known as soil-structure interaction. There is a need for accurate and computationally efficient means to simulate soil-structure interaction. This study investigates the suitability of a novel macroelement model to simulate soil-structure interaction using associative plasticity. The proposed model replaces the soil continuum with a set of elastoplastic springs at each foundation which provide generalized force-displacement behavior.born digitaldoctoral dissertationsengCopyright of the original work is retained by the author.macroelementassociativesoil-structure interactionText