MTNClimber, I used the website you referenced. And two others. They don't work on site class E soils.
I could do it by hand, but the usual procedure is apparently no longer valid for E soils. Otherwise, I would get a result as I do using ASCE 7-10. I need to see Section 11.4.8 in ASCE...
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I'm working on a site in Foster City on very soft Bay Mud, site class E. In running the software to obtain the seismic parameters, I got the message, "null-See Section 11.4.8" for Sms, Sm1, Sds, and Sd1. I don't have a copy of ASCE 7-16. I found a paper on what to do, but it was unclear. Any...