Force Distribution for Equipment
In order to conduct a complete analysis on a piece of equipment, the anchorage loads for that equipment must be determined and the equipment itself must be capable of resisting the design forces. In order to determine if the anchorage is adequate, the worst case forces at the mounting points of the equipment resulting from the design force must be determined. Because equipment geometry, restraints and attachment hardware vary considerably, the analysis must be tailored to the specific application.
There are four primary forces that must be analyzed (indicated below). The equipment center of gravity will affect the magnitude of these forces at the individual restraint locations. When computing reaction loads, the worst case approach direction of the seismic force must be determined and used in the analysis.
Kinetics Noise Control is available as a resource to compute these forces, size generic attachment hardware as well as to evaluate the applicability of Kinetics-provided Restraints or Seismically rated isolators for particular applications. Contact your local Kinetics Noise Control Representative for details.