STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS

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502-Propane sub cooler skid Foundation

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DESCRIPTION PAGES

Design Criteria 2
Design Input 2
Design Force 4
502-Propane sub cooler skid Foundation Design 6

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 DESIGN CRITERIA

DESIGN LOADS

A. GRAVITY LOADS
1. Propane sub cooler skid - Weight 214,699 lbs

DESIGN STRESSES

A. Concrete Strength @ 28 days, f’c f’c = 4000 psi

B. Reinforcing Bars, Fy Fy = 60,000 psi

REFERENCES
1. 2012 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE (IBC)
2. ASCE/SEI 7 – 2010 – MINIMUM DESIGN LOADS FOR BULDING AND OTHER
STRUTURES

RESOURCE MATERIALS
1. STAAD.Pro V8i Version 20.07.10.41

DESIGN INPUT

WIND LOAD
A. WIND SPEED 120 mph
B. OCCUPANCY CATEGORY III
C. EXPOSURE CATERGORY C
D. DESIGN CRITERIA
Kd 0.85
Kzt 1.0
G 0.85

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SEISMIC LOAD
E. SEISMIC DESIGN CATEGORY (SDC) B
F. OCCUPANCY CATEGORY III
G. SEISMIC SITE CLASS D
H. DESIGN CRITERIA
SDS 0.152 g
SD1 0.0.082 g
IMPORTANCE FACTOR (I) 1.25
SEISMIC RESPONSE MODIFICATION COEFFICIENT (R) 3.0
OVERSTRENGTH FACTOR (Ω) 2.0
DEFLECTION AMPLIFICATION FACTOR (Cd) 3.0

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Design Force Calculation (Vertical Load)

The purpose of the calculation to compute the vertical forces for Propane sub cooler skid.

Skid weight distribution

Node labels with dimension

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 Horizontal Vertical Horizontal Moment
Node L/C Fx kip Fy kip Fz kip Mx lb-ft My lb-ft Mz lb-ft
2 1 DL 0 10.656 0 0 0 0
3 1 DL 0 13.363 0 0 0 0
4 1 DL 0 13.28 0 0 0 0
5 1 DL 0 12.874 0 0 0 0
6 1 DL 0 12.247 0 0 0 0
9 1 DL 0 10.656 0 0 0 0
10 1 DL 0 13.363 0 0 0 0
11 1 DL 0 13.28 0 0 0 0
12 1 DL 0 12.874 0 0 0 0
13 1 DL 0 12.247 0 0 0 0
22 1 DL 0 32.349 0 0 0 0
23 1 DL 0 28.131 0 0 0 0
24 1 DL 0 28.054 0 0 0 0
25 1 DL 0 33.881 0 0 0 0

Vertical loads- Skid weight

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Pier Foundation (Edge Location) Design calculation – Vertical load

Pier Design (O’Neill and Reese, 1999,Chen & Kulhawy)

Nominal unit side (shear )resistance fSN = 2 ksf

Allowable vertical resistance = 5 ksf

Considered minimum settlement ᵟtolerable = 0.25 in
Concrete unit weight уc = 0.092 lb/in3
Concrete compressive strength fc' = 4000 psi
Steel yield strength fy = 60000 psi
Pier Diameter B = 18 in
Pier Area A = 1.767 sq.ft
Depth of the pier D = 17 ft
Drilled pier weight W = 4.776 kip
Thickness of the soil layer ∆Z = 16 ft
Factored compressive load ∑ἠӯiFi = 20.368 kip
Skid load = 13.4 kips
Number of Pier = 1
Max. load on pier (mid) = 13.4 kips
Wind load (Compressive) = 2.68 kips
Load comb 1.2 DL +1.6WL = 20.368 kips
Load comb 0.9 DL -1.6WL = 7.772 kips
Compressive load on the pier Qc = 20.368 kip
70% of compressive load 0.7x Qc = 14.26 kip
RSN = ∏ B ∆Z fSN
Side (Shear) resistance RSN = 150.72 kip
0.7x Qc < RSN
14.26 < 150.72 kip
SAFE
Base Resistance qBN = ∏ B2/4 fBN
RBN = 35.343 kip
Limit State strength check
Shear resistance factor фs = 0.55
Bearing resistance factor фB = 0.5
Factored Resistances ∑фiRi = ∑фsRSN+∑фBRBN
= 100.5675 kip
Factored compressive load ∑ἠӯiFi = 25.144 kip
Factor of safety FOS = 4

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 SAFE
Service Limit State Check:

Failure threshold RSN+RBN = Qc + W

Threshold bearing resistance factor = 0.71
Qc + W = 25.144 kip
Failure threshold RSN+RBN = 175.814 kip
Normalized tolerable displacement = ᵟtolerable / B
= 1.4 %
Normalized axial load (From below figure) = 70 %

Rservice + W = 123.07 kip

Rservice = 118.294 kip

∑ἠӯiFi ≤ ∑фiRi
20.368 ≤ 118.294 kip
Factor of safety FOS = 5.808
SAFE
Actual Settlement Calculation :

Axial compressive force = Qc + W

= 25.144 kip
Normalized axial force = Axial comp.force

failure threshold

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 = 14.3 %
Normalized displacement (From above figure) = 0.4% x 14.3 /50
0.11 %
Actual Settlement = Displacement x B
Actual Settlement = 0.0198 in
Expected settlement (assumption) = 0.25 in

Pier Foundation (Edge location) Design calculation – Lateral load

LATERAL LOAD FOR A SHORT, FREE-HEADED PILE IN COHESIVE SOIL

Broms Method
Loads and Parameters
Pa = 2.68 kip (Max. of wind & Seismic)
Pa

e D
FS = 1.5 factor of safety
Pu = 4.17 kip ultimate load, FS·Pa
1.5D distance from applied load to
e = 1.0 ft ground
x
L
D = 1.5 ft pile diameter (or width)
Point of undrained shear strength of
maximum cu = 500 psf soil
moment

9cu
Broms' Equations
D x = Pu / (9 cu D) = 0.6178 ft (12)
Mmax = Pu (e+1.5D+0.5x) = 14.841 kip-ft (13)
Mmax = 2.25 D cu (L-x-1.5D)2 (14)
To determine the required depth of embedment,
Equation 14 can be rearranged to solve for L.
L = [Mmax/(2.25 D cu)]0.5 + x + 1.5D
L
L = 5.8 ft prov = 16 ft SAFE

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 Check against Figure 9 in Broms' paper.
e/D = 0.667
L/D = 10.67
Pu/(cuD2) = 20
0 20 Pu allowable = 23 kip
10.67 20 Pu = 4.2 kip
10.67 0 SAFE

Broms, B. (1964) "The Lateral Resistance of Piles in Cohesive Soils." J. Soil Mech. Found. Div. ASCE, Vol. 90, No. SM2 (March), pp. 27-63

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Pier Foundation (Middle Location) Design calculation – Vertical load

Pier Design (O’Neill and Reese, 1999,Chen & Kulhawy)

Nominal unit side (shear )resistance fSN = 2 ksf

Allowable vertical resistance = 5 ksf

Considered minimum settlement ᵟtolerable = 0.25 in
Concrete unit weight уc = 0.092 lb/in3
Concrete compressive strength fc' = 4000 psi
Steel yield strength fy = 60000 psi
Pier Diameter B = 24 in
Pier Area A = 3.142 sq.ft
Depth of the pier D = 17 ft
Drilled pier weight W = 8.49 kip
Thickness of the soil layer ∆Z = 16 ft
Factored compressive load ∑ἠӯiFi = 57.12 kip
Skid load = 34 kips
Number of Pier = 1
Max. load on pier (mid) = 34 kips
Wind load (Compressive) = 10.2 kips
Load comb 1.2 DL +1.6WL = 57.12 kips
Load comb 0.9 DL -1.6WL = 14.28 kips
Compressive load on the pier Qc = 57.12 kip
70% of compressive load 0.7x Qc = 39.98 kip
RSN = ∏ B ∆Z fSN
Side (Shear) resistance RSN = 200.96 kip
0.7x Qc < RSN
39.98 < 200.96 kip
SAFE
Base Resistance qBN = ∏ B2/4 fBN
RBN = 62.832 kip
Limit State strength check
Shear resistance factor фs = 0.55
Bearing resistance factor фB = 0.5
Factored Resistances ∑фiRi = ∑фsRSN+∑фBRBN
= 141.944 kip
Factored compressive load ∑ἠӯiFi = 65.61 kip

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Factor of safety FOS = 2.163

SAFE
Service Limit State Check:

Failure threshold RSN+RBN = Qc + W

Threshold bearing resistance factor = 0.71
Qc + W = 65.61 kip
Failure threshold RSN+RBN = 245.571 kip
Normalized tolerable displacement = ᵟtolerable / B
= 1 %
Normalized axial load (From below figure) = 70 %

Rservice + W = 171.9 kip

Rservice = 163.41 kip

∑ἠӯiFi ≤ ∑фiRi
57.12 ≤ 163.41 kip
Factor of safety FOS = 2.861
SAFE
Actual Settlement Calculation :

Axial compressive force = Qc + W

= 65.61 kip
Normalized axial force = Axial comp.force

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 failure threshold
= 26.7 %
Normalized displacement (From above figure) = 0.4% x 26.7 /50
0.21 %
Actual Settlement = Displacement x B
Actual Settlement = 0.0504 in
Expected settlement (assumption) = 0.25 in

Pier Foundation (Middle location) Design calculation – Lateral load

LATERAL LOAD FOR A SHORT, FREE-HEADED PILE IN COHESIVE SOIL

Broms Method
Loads and Parameters
Pa
Pa = 10.2 kip (Max. of wind & Seismic)
e D

FS = 1.5 factor of safety

1.5D
Pu = 15.45 kip ultimate load, FS·Pa
x
e = 1.0 ft distance from applied load to ground
L
Point of D = 2.0 ft pile diameter (or width)
maximum
moment cu = 500 psf undrained shear strength of soil

9cu
D Broms' Equations
x = Pu / (9 cu D) = 1.7167 ft (12)
Mmax = Pu (e+1.5D+0.5x) = 75.061 kip-ft (13)
Mmax = 2.25 D cu (L-x-1.5D)2 (14)
To determine the required depth of embedment,
Equation 14 can be rearranged to solve for L.
L = [Mmax/(2.25 D cu)]0.5 + x + 1.5D
L = 10.5 ft L prov = 16 ft SAFE

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 Check against Figure 9 in Broms' paper.
e/D = 0.5
L/D = 8
Pu/(cuD2) = 12
0 12 Pu allowable = 24 kip
8 12 Pu = 15 kip
8 0 SAFE

Broms, B. (1964) "The Lateral Resistance of Piles in Cohesive Soils." J. Soil Mech. Found. Div. ASCE, Vol. 90, No. SM2 (March), pp. 27-63

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