RESPONSE OF THE RAFT FOUNDATIONS UNDER DYNAMIC LOADS
Engineering Research Journal • 2016
Publication Information
Authors
E. A. El-Kasaby; M. D. Khedr; M. H. Mansour; Mona I. Badawi
Keywords
response; raft foundations; dynamic stiffness; damping; shear modulus; Mathematica; Fourier expansion: harmonics.
Journal
Engineering Research Journal
Publisher
Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Egypt
Volume
39
Issue
3
Pages
231-241
publication.type
Local
Paper Link
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Abstract
Modern industrial construction practice requires solutions to many problems concerning machine foundations. Modern manufacturing facilities have hammers, presses and turbines according to their production machinery. Vibrations due to machines may cause damage to structures nearby or even to machines themselves. These effects may extend to the surroundings and affect laborers and other sensitive machines within same place or neighboring residential areas. The Vibration amplitude and the forces transmitted to the supporting medium can become the governing factor of the foundation of these machines. So knowledge of the dynamic behavior of the foundation is important. The energy transmitted through soil and the response of the foundation system is essential for proper design of the system. This paper analyzes the response of a rigid raft foundation rested on the soil to eccentric harmonic, periodic and impulse forces (impact load).
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