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Soil spring stiffness

Soil spring stiffness

Soil spring stiffness

(OP)
Hello All
Could someone please explain why do we provide soil spring for structure for analysis, or the main purpose of it
Bye

RE: Soil spring stiffness

To provide an estimate of soil/structure interaction.

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RE: Soil spring stiffness

(OP)
Hi rowingengineer
Thanks but how we can verify it by using in staadpro or any other FEM software,kindly explain in brief
I have this details with me
bearing capacity = 200KN/m2
allowable settlement = 10mm
FOS = 2
Bye

RE: Soil spring stiffness

You probably want a range to work with, not a single value. NEHRP's design brief on mat foundations provides some guidance. As tempting as it is, I wouldn't try to calculate the soil stiffness from the values that you quoted. Get the stiffness straight from your geotechnical engineer if you have one.

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RE: Soil spring stiffness

KootK is correct, but in a pinch, here is what I have done:

The allowable bearing pressure provided by a geotechnical engineer is generally based on limiting settlement to an acceptable value. So, bearing pressure is related to settlement.

In your case, the allowable bearing pressure (200 kN/m2) is directly correlated to a settlement of 10 mm.

Thus, your soil spring constant would be 20,000 kN/m3.

DaveAtkins

RE: Soil spring stiffness

Dave, your relationship could only be correct for small pad footings and the 10mm you refer to is only correlated for a specific set of circumstances, as such I would go with KK suggestion and get the geo engineer to provide the stiffness.

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RE: Soil spring stiffness

Out of curiosity, if we took the DIY approach, would the FOS not factor in somehow? 400 kN/m^2

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RE: Soil spring stiffness

I'd recommend having a read of this presentation which has some really good practical tips on using soil springs: http://australiangeomechanics.org/pdf/20130814-Use...

KootK: Yeah I think it would. The 400kPa is the "real" value, although I've always varied springs from 50% to 200% of the given value anyway to be sure the structure isn't too sensitive

RE: Soil spring stiffness

Excellent reference Pikku -- thanks for sharing it. The OP may find ACI 336.2 relevant as well.

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RE: Soil spring stiffness

(OP)
Thanks Pikku for this excellent reference

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