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[ijr <issajr(--nospam--at)yahoo.com>]

Sherman

While I share your opinion, let me use your comment to
allow me to open a door to discussion on concepts not
considered in your response-namely damping and extent.

I am no expert on the subject and here is my intuition

1)DAMPING: Even if the soil is liquified, wont damping
turn down oscilations?

2)EXTENT: Next, suppose your metal building and the
piles beneath are only a small fish in deep sea. How
effiective is the presence of this "pile -stiffened
soil" "stiffened" zone affect the response of the
surrounding soil to seismic wave?

regs
IJR


--- "Sherman, William" <ShermanWC(--nospam--at)cdm.com> wrote:
> Per UBC, the base of the structure for seismic
> design purposes is "the level
> at which the earthquake motions are considered to be
> imparted to the
> structure or the level at which the structure as a
> dynamic vibrator is
> supported". This still leaves alot up to
> "engineering judgment". Unless the
> soil around the piles is considered to act more like
> a fluid during an
> earthquake (e.g., liquefied soil), I would expect
> there to be lateral load
> effects between the piles and the soil starting
> immediately below the
> concrete foundation level. Thus I would argue that
> the earthquake force
> starts being imparted to the structure at this level
> (although it likely
> wouldn't be fully imparted until the bottom of pile
> is reached). 
> 
> A true cantilever structure would have greater
> deflections and would fail if
> excessive deflection occurs. But piles would deflect
> less due to soil
> support and collapse due to excessive deflection is
> not likely. 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Harris
> [mailto:Kevinh(--nospam--at)jhiengineering.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 2:24 PM
> > To: Seaint(--nospam--at)seaint.org
> > Subject: "Cantilevered Column" Structures
> > 
> > 
> > Greetings
> > 
> > I have a question that has been bugging me for
> awhile that I 
> > hope someone can give me some guidance on.
> > 
> > Here are the facts:
> > 
> > 1) A lightweight pre-engineered building (say 20
> psf) bearing 
> > on a pile supported mat that supports tanks and
> equipment 
> > (say 500 psf+).
> > 
> > 2) UBC seismic zone 3.
> > 
> > 3) Point of fixity of piles is 20 ft below grade,
> per geotech.
> > 
> > Would this structure have to be considered a
> "cantilevered 
> > column building system" (R=2.2)?  I was wondering
> if I would 
> > be released from this low R value because the
> structure is 
> > essentially just an equipment foundation.
> > 
> > Also, if I have to use R=2.2 for the foundation,
> would the 
> > light metal building shell have to be designed
> with R=2.2 as 
> > well (unless it can be shown to have 10 times the
> metal 
> > building stiffness)?
> > 
> > Thank you for your thoughts.
> > 
> > Kevin Harris, P.E.
> > 
> > 
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