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Caltrans Guidelines On Foundation Loading Due To Liquefaction Induced Lateral Spreading
Caltrans Guidelines On Foundation Loading Due To Liquefaction Induced Lateral Spreading
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Crust
0.67 PULT
Liquefied
Dense
Fill
Liquefiable Soil
Dense Soil
+ +
Caltrans Guidelines
Limitations
Software Options
Fill
Liquefiable Soil
Dense Soil
Foundation restrained
ground displacement
Unrestrained ground displacement
Caltrans Guidelines
Unrestrained ground displacement case:
Equivalent Nonlinear Static Analysis Approach
Mmax (a,Ma)
Stiffness (EI)
Moment
a= 12
My= 1.1 M
a max
Moment
Curvature a LPILE 5 is limited to a single pile analysis
y
Caltrans Guidelines
Unrestrained ground displacement case:
Equivalent Nonlinear Static Analysis Approach
xi
K M 144 K ax ni xi2
Kax, ni
Class 100 pile: Kax = 0.75 (400 kips) / 0.25 in = 1200 kips/in
Inertial Loads
Mo
Vi =
H
H Mi =Mo (LPILE 5: Mi0 )
Performance Criteria
pilings
*H = column
height
Caltrans Guidelines