Analysis of concrete masonry structures considering soil-structure interaction

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This paper analyses the behavior of a concrete masonry structure with piled raft foundation, where the
number of floors and piles are changed, in order to respect the capacity of the soil and it also studies the
differences between the rigid and elastic support, when you apply or not wind efforts. During investigation, were
collected the stresses in the walls and the bending moments in the raft. The results showed that neither the wind
or the support changed the behavior of the structure and the stresses in the walls, but it modified the bending
moments in the foundation. Moreover, the experiment presented that the piles had more influence in the
maximum stresses and their location than the raft.