Abstract:A comparison study of treatment schemes for non-rock foundation has important practical engineering value for a nuclear plant that does not meet seismic suitability requirements. According to the actual site conditions of such an inland nuclear power plant, a numerical calculation model is proposed, and the evaluation for foundation treatment scheme is carried out in this work. First, three schemes (the rock-socketed pile, CFG pile, and cement-soil mixing pile) are applied to the foundation processing based on the actual engineering situation, and the bearing capacity of foundation is verified by the normative method. In order to meet the requirements of bearing capacity, the calculation model of pile-soil-structure dynamic interaction of non-rock foundation is established, which can be used in the seismic response analysis of the nuclear plant. Meanwhile, viscous artificial boundary and the energy transfer boundary are applied to simulate the infinite foundation radiation damping effect. Meanwhile, the viscous artificial boundary, which is recommended by ASCE4-98, is used to simulate wave transmission in the artificial boundary by decorating a series of dampers in the boundary in such a way that they can absorb the reflection undulation energy of the external boundary. In the meantime, the equivalent linear method is used to describe the nonlinear characteristics of the near field ground. The equivalent linearization technique is then solved using the frequency-domain linear wave method. The calculation was done by substituting shear modulus and damping ratio in different strain amplitudes for the equivalent shear modulus and damping ratio, thus transforming nonlinear issues to linear one. In addition, the influence of the pile group effect is determined by using the full coupling method based on the finite element model. Finally, the optimum design scheme is obtained from the comprehensive evaluation of the site foundation adaptability and economic benefits. The research results can provide reference for the selection of various non-rock ground treatment schemes under similar conditions.