Kaiser Hospital Project

M2C performed both 2D and 3D-FLAC modeling services for URS Corporation to study the dynamic soil structure interaction for Rammed Aggregate Piers and surrounding soil. The reviewing agency OSHPD required the model to show the kinematic interaction between the pile and soil and provide estimates for maximum shear strains generated during an earthquake for the proposed hospital site. I performed initial runs using SHAKE2000 and used 3 horizontal spectra matched time-histories to perform the dynamic model. The site response and dynamic analysis were reviewed by URS engineers. I performed these complex services within a 4 week period.Prepared a 2D FLAC model to model soil and structure interaction behavior during simulated shaking.