Designing Soil Supported Mat Foundations

STAAD Foundation Advanced

 Designing Soil Supported Mat
Foundations
• Modeling Mat Foundations
• Loading Mat Foundations
• Analyzing Mat Foundations
• Designing Mat Foundations

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 Modeling Mat Foundations

• Modeling the Mat Geometry

• Defining the Regions
• Generating the Finite Element Mesh

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 Loading Mat Foundations

• Self-Weight
• Point Loads
• Line Loads
• Quadrilateral Loads
• Circular Pressure Loads
• Irregular Surface Loads

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 Analyzing Mat Foundations

• Specify the Analysis Properties

• Analyze the Mat Foundation

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 Designing the Mat Foundation

• Generating the Moment Envelope

• Design the Mat Foundation
• Create the Reinforcement Zones

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