MrHershey; Thanks for the information on why you don't always dimension grid lines. I've always wondered that and your explanation makes a lot of sense.
I detail concrete formwork and do a lot of layout drawings for our clients. I have to say that there are many of times when I PREFER fewer...
Ingenuity; Yes, that is the article.
Bushmill; I don't think that calculating the stiffness of the reshores themselves is a very practical field analysis, mainly because your loads have a lot of indeterminancy in them and the reshores are not equally loaded. 347 suggests designing for a live...
Hi, Bushmill.
Reshoring is my specialty (I'm a voting member of the ACI 347 committee and have written a continuing ed course as well as a trade magazine article about reshoring topics); I would be happy to lend a little guidance on this question.
You are correct in that the simplified method...
Thank you all for the answers; it makes a lot of sense.
I was always hesitant to use the factor because I didn't understand the reasoning behind it. After reading this, I am much more confident using that factor.
I design formwork/shoring/reshoring so I generally have a pretty healthy...
Hello;
This is my first post here; although I have used the search feature on the site several times and found many helpful answers.
My question involves the flat use factor for allowable bending in wood design. I know how and when to use it, but I was wondering if anyone knows the rationale...
