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Here's a brief overview: Soil Compressibility 1. *Definition*: Soil compressibility refers to the reduction in soil volume due to applied loads, causing settlement and deformation. 2. *Factors Affecting Compressibility*: Moisture content, soil type, density, and stress history....
Following the provisions of AISC 342-22 and referencing ASCE 41-17 where needed, I am trying to develop force-deformation relations for a modern RBS connection properly designed and detailed per AISC 341. The curve should be Type 1 in AISC 342 Fig. C1.1 (below) or ASCE 41 Fig. 7-4 since the...
Mathew The answers to your questions depend on how you configure your model. If you configure your model such that there is a discrete hinge located at the center of the RBS, rather than the face of the column, the shear amplification will automatically be computed by the software. However,...
I have done a 4 story structure, 70% is used piled foundation, remaining part pile could not done due to hard strata there strip mat is done for foundation with 2 piled connected with raft beam two foundations didn't connected at ground level at one end the other shorter and is joined by a small...
I contacted a few Committee members on 113 and the consensus was it is up to the EOR or substation owner to determine if a particular structure in the Sub needed the individual foundations tied together as 318 wants to do. Structures that may be sensitive to movement of individua foundations or...
I am the Editor of the 2nd Edition of 113 but don't know a lot about ACI and the foundation design issues. I have sent this question to a couple of 113 committee members that know about ACI. My initial thought is the ACI deals mainly with buildings and their foundations as does ASCE 7 for...