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Como Modelar Losa Cimentacion Usando Elementos de Area PDF
Como Modelar Losa Cimentacion Usando Elementos de Area PDF
Foundation using
Area element (II)
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Modulus of Subgrade Reaction; ks
Type of Soil ks; kN/m/m2
Loose Sand 4800 – 16000
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In general:
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ks = 40 (F.O.S) qa (kN/m/m2)
qa; the allowable bearing stress (kPa)
This equation is based on having maximum
settlement equal to 1” or 0.0254m.
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Modeling Raft Foundation using
SAP2000©
Column loads could be assigned to area
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only
choose
compression
•Use ks directly
•For foundation
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Assigning Automatic Meshing
option
•Default
elements
•Maximum
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Example2