Abstract

Experiences from past earthquake disasters clearly show that the ground motion was responsible for majority of\nproperty and life loss. Among the collapsed structures during the 1964 Niigata (Japan) earthquake, the 1995 Kobe (Japan)\nearthquake, the 1999 Kocaeli (Turkey) earthquake, the 2001 Bhuj (India) earthquake and the 2004 Sumatra (Indonesia)\nearthquake, excessive damage was occurred to pile supported bridges, towers, chimneys, high rise structures, etc. In view of\nthe above, there is a need to study the complex behavior of soil-structure interaction for structures specially for building\nproblems. Based on several literature, a systematic review of the history and status of the structure–soil–structure interaction\nproblems which consider the adjacent structures is proposed as a reference to the readers/researchers.