This article summarizes the author’s experience in developing a structural model to analyze and design a structure for the Victor Valley (California) Wastewater Reclamation Authority that is approximately 50 feet wide by 300 feet long. Because the structure has significant horizontal and vertical irregularities, and is in a high seismic area of southern California, design codes specified three methods of analysis: (A) Modal Response Spectrum Analysis (MRSA) for structures with horizontal irregularities; (B) Tank Hydrodynamics for water basins; and (C) Equivalent Lateral Force (ELF) for regular structures. …
Author Archives : Louis Scatena, P.E.
Louis Scatena, P.E., is a senior structural engineer with Carollo Engineers, Inc. He can be reached at LScatena@carollo.com.
This article summarizes the development of a structural model to analyze and design a concrete masonry building that includes a structural steel roof and concrete mat foundation supported on concrete grade beams and drilled concrete piles (caissons). The building (Figure 1) will enclose large electrical equipment at a water treatment facility that is near a major seismic fault in northern California. …
Mar, 2013
Louis Scatena, P.E.
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