In a building which has some levels below grade the ultimate level of footings would be, of course, at the basment level. The soil around the basment would have, potentially, a large impact on providing restaint against lateral earthquake movement. I'm wondering how others have modelled the horizontal restaint of the soil. Horizontal springs?
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Earthquake Modeling
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