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How to check pile for seismic load in ETABS ?

Thread starter JDG3718
Start date May 23, 2017

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May 23, 2017

JDG3718

Structural

I have a mat foundation on a pile foundation (150 piles with a mat foundation 23*36 with a pile of 80 cm diameter and a length of 30 m) I checked the mat foundation in SAFE and I checked the piles for axial load, but I need to check the piles for seismic loads (lateral loads), How to model the piles in ETABS do I consider them as fixed in the ground or do I consider the piles as fixed with the mat foundation ?