Abstract: This paper studies the foundation model consisting of two spring layers interconnected by a shearing layer that was suggested by A. D. Kerr in 1964. The problem of an infinite plate strip, attached to the Kerr foundation ...

Abstract: A study of the effects of soil‐structure interaction on the dynamic response of linear base‐isolated structures is presented. The structures are supported at the surface of a homogeneous and viscoelastic half‐space and are ...