Front Cover -- Foundation Vibration Analysis: A Strength-of-Materials Approach -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Statement of the problem -- 1.2 Organisation of the text -- Chapter 2. Concepts of the cone model -- 2.1 Rigorous methods -- 2.2 Wave propagation in a truncated semi-infinite homogeneous cone -- 2.3 Wave reflection and refraction at a material discontinuity in a cone -- 2.4 Disk on the surface of a layered half-space -- 2.5 Disk embedded in a layered half-space -- 2.6 Foundation embedded in a layered half-space -- 2.7 Features of the cone model -- Chapter 3. Initial cone with outward wave propagation -- 3.1 Translational cones -- 3.2 Rotational cones -- 3.3 Interpretation of the rocking cone -- 3.4 Incompressible or nearly-incompressible half-space -- 3.5 Foundation on the surface of a homogeneous half-space -- 3.6 Double cones -- Chapter 4. Wave reflection and refraction at a material discontinuity -- 4.1 Reflection coefficient for a translational cone -- 4.2 Reflection coefficient for a rotational cone -- 4.3 Dynamic stiffness of a surface foundation on a layer overlying a half-space -- 4.4 Disk embedded in a homogeneous half-space -- 4.5 Computer implementation -- 4.6 Termination criteria -- Chapter 5. Foundation embedded in a layered half-space -- 5.1 Stack of embedded disks -- 5.2 Dynamic flexibility of the free field -- 5.3 Dynamic stiffness and effective foundation input motion -- 5.4 Computer implementation -- 5.5 Examples -- Chapter 6. Evaluation of accuracy -- 6.1 Foundation on the surface of a layered half-space -- 6.2 Foundation embedded in a layered half-space -- 6.3 Large number of cone segments -- 6.4 Cutoff frequency -- 6.5 Incompressible case -- 6.6 Hemi-ellipsoid embedded in a homogeneous half-space.

6.7 Sphere embedded in a homogeneous full-space -- Chapter 7. Engineering applications -- 7.1 Machine foundation on the surface of a layered half-space -- 7.2 Seismic analysis of a structure embedded in a layered half-space -- 7.3 Offshore wind turbine tower with a suction caisson foundation -- Chapter 8. Concluding remarks -- Appendix A. Frequency-domain response analysis -- A.1 Alternative descriptions of harmonic motion -- A.2 Complex frequency response function -- A.3 Periodic excitation -- A.4 Arbitrary excitation -- Appendix B. Dynamic soil-structure interaction -- B.1 Equations of motion in total displacement -- B.2 Free-field response of site -- Appendix C. Wave propagation in a semi-infinite prismatic bar -- Appendix D. Historical note -- Appendix E. Program CONAN (CONe ANalysis) … user's guide -- E.1 Program overview -- E.2 Problem description -- E.3 Using CONAN -- E.4 Further processing of results -- Appendix F. MATLAB® Procedures for cone analysis -- F.1 MATLAB overview -- F.2 Problem description -- F.3 General functions -- F.4 Heart of the procedure -- F.5 Dynamic stiffness of the free field -- F.6 Dynamic stiffness of the foundation -- F.7 Effective foundation input motion -- F.8 Worked example: seismic response -- Appendix G. Analysis directly in time domain -- G.1 Flexibility analysis for translation -- G.2 Interaction force-displacement relationship in the time domain for translation -- G.3 Seismic analysis of a rigid block on the surface of a layered half-space -- G.4 Rotation analysis -- References -- Dictionary -- Index.