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  1. geoleng

    Rebar Support in earth-formed concrete

    I have a question about a practice that I am seeing on one of my projects. The concrete sub is supporting the rebar mat section of the pile caps with no. 4 bars driven into the earth (earth-formed pile caps) and wire tied to the mat. I spent some years in the western United States where in...
  2. geoleng

    Settlement of Water Tank

    Sorry, I obviously didn't fully understand the problem. The tank is flexible and will have a uniform load. [sleeping2]
  3. geoleng

    Settlement of Water Tank

    I would use caution in assuming that the tank area has uniform loading. Usually the loading is centralized; with a larger load within the center or 1/3D(not sure about that number)of the tank area.

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