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ASCE 7 attachment to concrete

ASCE 7 attachment to concrete

ASCE 7 attachment to concrete

(OP)
In ASCE 7 does the phrase "attachment to concrete" mean anchors or foot pads or both?

Thanks!

RE: ASCE 7 attachment to concrete

ASCE 7-10 definitions in chapter 11 defines attachments

Quote (ASCE 7-10)

ATTACHMENTS: Means by which nonstructural components or supports of nonstructural components are secured or connected to the seismic force-resisting system of the structure. Such attachments include anchor bolts, welded connections, and mechanical fasteners.

I am not certain what you mean by "foot pads" If it is just a foot sitting on top of concrete, typically, I would not consider it to be attached. It is may be more appropriately classified as a support

Quote (ASCE 7-10)

SUPPORTS: Those members, assemblies of members, or manufactured elements, including braces, frames, legs, lugs, snubbers, hangers, saddles, or struts, and associated fasteners that transmit loads between nonstructural components and their attachments to the structure.

RE: ASCE 7 attachment to concrete

(OP)
Thank you for the response.
I probably should have used the term "base plate" instead of "foot pads."
By this I mean a steel plate on the bottom of a leg fastened to the concrete by an anchor bolt.

(Nice username by the way!)

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