Geotechnical Design & Analysis
Value Through Advanced AnalysisSC Solutions provides geotechnical design & analysis services including:
Our geotechnical engineers have been involved in the development and application of nonlinear soil models for seismic deformation analysis of slopes and excavations and settlement analyses of large facilities. This wide range of expertise have been used during performance evaluations for diverse projects involving bridges, dams, tunnels, pipelines, underground structures, LNG tanks, hospitals, high-rise buildings, major industrial facilities, landfills, nuclear power plants, offshore structures, and port and harbor facilities. SC Solutions uses the System for Analysis of Soil Structure Interaction (SASSI) program which evaluates the dynamic response of soil-structure systems in three-dimensions. This includes the effects of large pile groups and drilled shafts, fluid-structure interaction, structure-soil-structure interaction, inclined propagating seismic waves, traveling loads, incoherent ground motions as well as ambient and random vibrations. Traditional methodologies for the implementation of soil analogs into structural models involve separate activities. Depending on the types of substructures, soil representations are provided to structural engineers for incorporating into their structural models. During this process, typically very little or no validation of the alignment of the geotechnical and structural model behavior has been carried out. Similarly, ground motions are developed with very little or no consideration to the type of structures or its response characteristics. Considering recent developments of computer and software technology, it has become feasible to integrate both geotechnical and structural models. In doing this, great care must be exercised to make sure that the physical nature of these models is maintained. SC Solutions has developed an advanced methodology and practical implementation approach to such integrated SSI analysis. This unique methodology has gone through extensive validation and has been peer reviewed and accepted for use on many major projects. |
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