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FEAP => FEAPpv => Topic started by: akdavoudi on January 25, 2015, 09:52:17 AM

Title: Foundation upon the elastic?
Post by: akdavoudi on January 25, 2015, 09:52:17 AM

Hi,Dear professor
Please let me know, How can I analysis this foundation upon the elastic in Feappv.
thanks a lot.

Very appreciate to any answers :)

Title: Re: Foundation upon the elastic?
Post by: akdavoudi on January 26, 2015, 01:57:51 AM

Sorry, Picture attached here, this is true example.

Title: Re: Foundation upon the elastic?
Post by: Prof. R.L. Taylor on January 26, 2015, 09:18:05 AM

You will need to modify or add a routine to do the Winkler type of foundation

Title: Re: Foundation upon the elastic?
Post by: FEAP_Admin on January 26, 2015, 09:31:53 AM

While it is not exactly a Winkler foundation, you could also use spring elements at all the nodes of the beam.  You just have to be careful with the values you use for the spring constants.