Vibrations caused by steady state or transient loads may cause settlement of soils, excessive motions of foundations or structures, or discomfort or distress to personnel. Some basic design factors for dynamic loading are treated in this publication. Design of a foundation system incorporates the equipment loading, subsurface material properties, and geometrical proportions in some analytical procedure.

Learning Objectives

• INTRODUCTION
• SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM, DAMPED, FORCED SYSTEMS
• FOUNDATIONS ON ELASTIC SOILS
• WAVE TRANSMISSION, ATTENUATION, AND ISOLATION EVALUATION OF S WAVE VELOCITY IN SOILS
• SETTLEMENT AND LIQUIFACTION