Mat Foundation

[nimatehran]

Hi everyone
I am modelling a frame system with a mat foundation and I am studying the effects of soil interaction with the structure. Hence I am using the “ShallowfoundationGen” command. It seems the “ShallowfoundationGen” command is mostly for strip footing. How can I incorporate the command into my code while still achieving the desired mat foundation configurations?
Any help is kindly appreciated.
Thanks

[fmk]

The Shallow foundation command just generates a tcl input file with the appropriate commands for generating nodes and cconnecting springs using Elastic and Qz/Py/Tz Simple2 materials. If the mat foundation requires different properties, simple create a tcl procedure that does the same thing but with the appropriate materials. As the code for the ShallowFoundation is available you can quickly repeat what the shallow foundation command is doing.

[nimatehran]

Dear Dr. Frank McKenna

Thank you very much