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Sponsored by ASCE Continuing Education and the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)
INSTRUCTOR: Alexander Newman, P.E., F.ASCEPurpose and Background
Design of foundations for equipment support is often required in industrial and process facilities, yet this topic is rarely, if ever, included in the engineering college curricula. Engineers are left to learn on the job - a process that often produces a variability of foundation designs for similar installations. In some cases the design is performed by the engineers who may or may not even have structural background. Yet whenever any component of an equipment foundation fails, the resulting strengthening and retrofit activities are often very expensive and intrusive into the equipment operations.
There is a wealth of information developed by the engineering firms that specialize in the design of equipment foundations, but this information is often unknown to those who rarely perform such design. The purpose of the webinar is to provide an overview of the practical methods used for design of equipment foundations, introduce attendees to the common foundation solutions, and discuss the reasonable design assumptions.
The foundations for statically and dynamically loaded equipment are designed differently. The statically loaded equipment typically includes various electrical components, such as transformers, vessels (horizontal, vertical and spherical), mechanical equipment (heat exchangers, radiators towers), stacks, etc. Statically loaded foundations represent the main focus of the webinar. The presentation includes some actual design drawings and practical details.
The dynamically loaded equipment includes compressors, turbine generators, pumps, blowers. While an introduction to the foundations for this equipment is provided here, a more in-depth discussion is given in a companion ASCE webinar Dynamically Loaded Machine and Equipment Foundations: A Design Primer.
In addition to the foundations, the equipment support systems typically include anchors and grout, and questions are often asked about designing and specifying both of these components. The instructor offers some specific guidance on these items as well.
- Learn about the available foundation systems for supporting equipment
- Become familiar with the differences in the design approach for statically and dynamically loaded equipment
Webinar Benefits
- Explore the contemporary foundation systems used for equipment support
- Find out which grout materials are most appropriate for various types of equipment
- Discover the practical methods of designing foundations for statically loaded equipment
- Learn why and how the foundations used for dynamically loaded equipment differ from those used for static equipment
- Find out how the latest code changes affect the design of anchors used in equipment support systems
Intended Audience
- Structural Engineers
- Civil Engineers
Webinar Outline
- Introduction
- Foundations for statically loaded equipment
- General types
- Design criteria and methods
- Introduction to foundations for dynamically loaded equipment
- Grout for equipment bases
- Anchors and concrete embedments for equipment support
- Adding foundations for equipment support into existing buildings
- Conclusion, final Q&A