Good Afternoon,
I am trying to design my deep foundations in RAM Concept with the imported loads (gravity and lateral) from a RAM Structural Model. I have used Concept in the past for flat plate design and some mat foundation design but I have never used it to asses pile reactions. I was looking through the manual but the manual only provides a shallow foundation tutorial. I did however read that Concept can design for pile supports. I started a model using point springs with the appropriate constant attached but Concept will not allow spring reactions to be viewed for the service design so I am having a little difficulty seeing if my enveloped allowable pile reactions are adequate. I was going to try a different modeling approach with columns in lieu of springs but I am unsure of the most appropriate way to apply the spring constant for the column-piles. I guess my question is this: What is the most appropriate modeling approach for this type of design?
Thank you,
Hannah