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Dr. Syed Masroor, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE


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RE: Modeling multiple towers on a single podium - best practices for seismic analysis and period estimation?

Posted By Syed Masroor 10-28-2025 03:55 PM
Found In Egroup: Integrated Buildings & Structures \ view thread
The best is to model the whole complex in one model and do it with Time history. But it can make the model too big to handle for any system. Simplest approach is to assume the podium as rigid and analyze towers independently. This should be enough in most practical cases where the podium is way more ...