Buoyancy forces due to Tsunamic Action. The Ghandi Plaza project is to be built in a...

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Buoyancy forces due to Tsunamic Action. The Ghandi Plaza project is to be built in a region with likely tsunami effects near Santa Cruz. The floor slabs are all 8 inches thick of normal-weight concrete (150 pcf). All other dead load can be assumed to be equal to 10 psf on the floor area of each slab. Final work by the Land Surveyor indicates that the nominal elevation of 100'-0" will correspond to an NV88 elevation of 6'-0". The potential inundation level of the worst case tsunamic event is 18'-0". Your senior engineer expects that the windows will crack and open whenever the water elevation reaches 1'-6" above the bottom of the window. A wall section through the typical exterior wall is shown. Complete your work using the current ASCE7-16 Chapter 6 requirements. Determine the maximum buoyant force the entire structure may experience during the incoming tsunamic wave. Determine if it is likely to have uplift on either level of columns in the structure when the maximum buoyant force occurs. 3' ABOVE TOS 2' BELOW TOS WINDOW GLASS WINDOW GLASS FLR ELEVATION UPTURNED AND DOWNTURNED BEAMS ARE THE SAME DIMENSIONS ON ALL FLOOR LEVELS. TOS = TOP OF SLAB Buoyancy forces due to Tsunamic Action. The Ghandi Plaza project is to be built in a region with likely tsunami effects near Santa Cruz. The floor slabs are all 8 inches thick of normal-weight concrete (150 pcf). All other dead load can be assumed to be equal to 10 psf on the floor area of each slab. Final work by the Land Surveyor indicates that the nominal elevation of 100'-0" will correspond to an NV88 elevation of 6'-0". The potential inundation level of the worst case tsunamic event is 18'-0". Your senior engineer expects that the windows will crack and open whenever the water elevation reaches 1'-6" above the bottom of the window. A wall section through the typical exterior wall is shown. Complete your work using the current ASCE7-16 Chapter 6 requirements. Determine the maximum buoyant force the entire structure may experience during the incoming tsunamic wave. Determine if it is likely to have uplift on either level of columns in the structure when the maximum buoyant force occurs. 3' ABOVE TOS 2' BELOW TOS WINDOW GLASS WINDOW GLASS FLR ELEVATION UPTURNED AND DOWNTURNED BEAMS ARE THE SAME DIMENSIONS ON ALL FLOOR LEVELS. TOS = TOP OF SLAB

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