Raft Modeling In Etabs

By saleem khan, February 19, 2014 inFoundation Design

 raft etabs

 raft

saleem khan 2

Posted February 19, 2014

Assalam-u-alikum

for modeling raft foundation in etabs the supports for raft is point spring or area springs support?How i will
assign value to a spring?

Rana 944
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Posted February 20, 2014

For raft in ETABS or SAFE you will use area springs. You can assign springs by going to this menu
Assign>Shell/Area>Area springs.

You can also use point springs instead of area springs, but for that you have to multiply area spring stiffness
value by the tributary area on that specific node that means if your mesh is not regular, you have to calculate
point spring stiffness value for each spring

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 saleem khan 2

Posted February 20, 2014

On 2/20/2014 at 7:21 PM, Rana Waseem said:

For raft in ETABS or SAFE you will use area springs. You can assign springs by going to this menu
Assign>Shell/Area>Area springs.

You can also use point springs instead of area springs, but for that you have to multiply area spring stiffness
value by the tributary area on that specific node that means if your mesh is not regular, you have to calculate
point spring stiffness value for each spring

salam waseem, thank you for providing me the required information.

Engr Md Mohsin Iqbal 0

Posted August 6, 2014

select raft slab, then go to this menu Assign>Shell/Area>Area springs.

To define area spring, calculate k=Ultimate bearing capacity/allowable total settlement

Asad Khan 0
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Posted July 1, 2016

On 2/20/2014 at 7:21 PM, Rana said:

For raft in ETABS or SAFE you will use area springs. You can assign springs by going to this menu
Assign>Shell/Area>Area springs.

You can also use point springs instead of area springs, but for that you have to multiply area spring stiffness
value by the tributary area on that specific node that means if your mesh is not regular, you have to calculate
point spring stiffness value for each spring

On 2/20/2014 at 9:04 PM, saleem khan said:

salam waseem, thank you for providing me the required information.

Aoa sir,

How can I calculate the value of the spring constant from bearing capacity in etabs

Rana 944
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Posted July 1, 2016

From geotechnical report.

Waqas Haider 85

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Posted December 14, 2016

On 7/1/2016 at 12:59 PM, Asad Khan said:

Aoa sir,

How can I calculate the value of the spring constant from bearing capacity in etabs

If you are having a geotechnical report with you, there must be clearly stated value of spring constant with the
name Modulus of Subgrade Reaction. Incase soil investigation have not been done on site for any reasons, you
can use a tentative value for k by following relation.

k = 3 x qa x 12 (in FPS in k/ft3)

k = 3 x qa x 40 (in SI in KN/m3)

where qa = allowable bearing capacity. and 3 is Factor of safety applied on soil while determining bearing
capacity of soil. For the reference of this formula, please read the attached document.

Correlation_BC_and_K.pdf

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Sardar Ali 2
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Posted November 20, 2017

how we apply lateral K for soil on basement wall in etab

Rana 944
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Posted January 10, 2018

On 12/25/2017 at 7:47 PM, 3C-Career Cornerstone Center Engineering & Research said:

need video plz

Make one and post for us please!

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Hafsa Azmat 11
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Posted January 18, 2018

why there is even a need to apply coefficient of subgrade reaction on wall?

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nimus 0
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Posted February 22, 2018

There are three spring values we normally use in 3D structural analysis... kx, ky, and kz (being kz as vertical,
and horizontal springs particularly against lateral loads)

vertical springs are calculated as discussed above or as per geotechnical report... horizontal springs are
calculated as half of vertical spring value

Kx = Kz/2

Ky = Kz/2

I don't have any backup literature (for now)... one can dig the internet or consult a geotechnical
engineer/company (this is mostly their expertise),... though I designed few structures some 20 years ago in SAP
90 (few structures in FJFC bin Qasim, Rousch power plant, Bestway cement Hattar) and till-to-date they are still
standing and operating perfectly

please post here... if anyone find some reference to that

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