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    Truck trailer statics

    Hi. Reconfirmed with the manufacturer. All hydraulic lines are definitely linked. And the offset of 1.5m forward is definitley the case. Strange. Googling these types of trailers, i see a lot of photos (unconnected to prime movers) being similar and not tipping forward. And i suspect all...
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    Truck trailer statics

    Hi Im trying to understand the statics of how this possibly works. 5 axle truck trailer 30m long overall on the show room floor. Self weight of trailer is 25 tonnes. All 5 axle rows (1.8m apart) are hydraulically linked so the centre of reaction is theoretically under the third axle. Trailer...
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    Coiling and heating coils and humidity - Brisbane

    Appreciate the responses to you both. Thanks. If its any help...the office space has egg crate grilles in ceiling tiles and i assume thats for the return air ... so maybe not 100 percent fresh air unit?? To be honest, being a novice at this.. i did not know 100 percent fresh air was even...
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    Coiling and heating coils and humidity - Brisbane

    Hi all I am a not a hvac engineer, but would appreciate some help in understanding something This is in regard to a typical Brisbane 20 storey building with AHU on every floor (each floor has a small mech plant zone and the AHU is inside that room) My question: Are the AHU cooling coils meant...
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    Return grill ducting and AHU

    Ah yes. I see what u mean. And yes there is a designated separate ahu plant room to one side of the plan. It appeqrs as though this office has the plenum in the ceiling. Thankyou that really helps. ** out of curiosity...would there 'eventually' be a short run of ducting from the ceiling...
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    Return grill ducting and AHU

    Hi all. I am reviewing some office AC ducting drawings and had a query regarding the return grille that are typically shown in plan. The office is a mulitstory building with drop-in ceiling tiles. On the plans, i see all the supply air ducts and the direction of airflow feom the AHU. But...
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    AHU filter understanding

    Thanks for the responses so far. It is an unusual one. But why a mesh filter? I would have thought it was too coarse! And l let fibres and other sperical dust thru. It is an interesting observation of the fibres accumulating on the entering face. I would think...given the size, most could...
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    AHU filter understanding

    Hi. Hoping for a bit of advice regarding dust sizing for filter selection. It seems as though most specs and literature think of dust as roughly spherical in shape. But In regard to fibrous dust (eg wool batts etc or husk factories) the fibres can be 0.1 micron diameter but the length can be 5...
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    Random horizontal crack in brick veneer

    [img https://res.cloudinary.com/engineering-com/image/upload/v1667631708/tips/PNG_image_ujra7k Hi. I have an issue with a single storey timber framed brick veneer home. No structural issues anywhere. However, There is a random horizontal hairline crack mid height of 1 wall..unexplainable! The...
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    AHU fine Filters in Australia in 1980s

    HI ALL Just a topic of conversation in the office recently, but is anyone able to shed light on what filter standards were applicable for fine filters througout 1980s in Australia?? We dont think a Mserv rating code was used as we think ASHRAE developed it just befor 1990. Any advice...
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    bearing pressure and dynamic loads

    hi. i have a situation where i need to determine the pressure under a square footprint load applied at the surface of the soil. I am interested in the vertical pressure at roughly 1 to 1.5m beneath the square pad. (using boussinesq soil theory). The square pad is susecptible to vertical load...
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    Pretension force distributed into concrete beam - strain and load distribution.

    hi and thanks to all that contributed. Particularly ProgrammingPE.. your first paragraph explained it really well - so thank you. To reiterate, I think the mention of the slip is the key!! Upon jack release, if there is no slip(unrealistic case)...ALL the load is transferred at the discrete...
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    Pretension force distributed into concrete beam - strain and load distribution.

    Forgot to mention… for the sake of this discussion and simplification, ignore elastic shortening effect.
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    Pretension force distributed into concrete beam - strain and load distribution.

    Hi All. In regard to a simply supported pretensioned beam (with straight horizontal and fully bonded strands for the purposes of this discussion)...this does appear to be a fundamental question, but is in fact a little more complex…with an understanding of strand strain and concrete strain at...
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    AS4100 spreader beam and column end restraint requirements

    Hi. For the AS100 steel code, it requires that the ends of compression elements be restrained inplane and restrained out of plane....which is understandable. Normally, the ends of the column are checked to see if there is a load path to resist 2.5% of N* in the out of plane or inplane...

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