Missed the part where it said "renovation" on my first read and was a bit confused. I'm pretty biased given my line of work (new builds, resi/mixed use towers generally) but have always found that a job being smaller doesn't make it as quick as one would hope. Doing your due diligence on an...
I can't for the life of me figure out why there's a beam at the top of this non-loadbearing wall. Ordinary masonry ties don't just work for restraining this?
Need something with a good capacity for bond stress, and I'd shoot for less than half of what they rate....can't trust the actual install to be as per their testing
Encounter this a lot, I have noticed that pans usually end up an extra 5mm or so shorter than expected when it comes to extensions compared to edge stressing. Elongations seem to be 50% black magic, 50% random nonsense.
Personal experience has also taught me that many contractors here in Aus...
I'd do a hand calc on the punching check. To be extra conservative consider treating a line mid-way between the two loads as an edge, so that the assumption is the perimeters stop where they meet instead of overlapping
Are we reading the same article here? I don't see mention of any installation error, and it was the morning after a storm.
This doesn't seem to relate much when it comes to failure under more intense wind conditions, would be more appropriate to examine the frequency/severity of stronger wind...
Understanding how different materials, building shapes, connections, etc. affect seismic behaviour/loading is something that I feel is not well understood in my region (not surprising for those familiar with the Australian industry). Not sure what assessment you'd build around it though to be honest
A slab would work provided it's braced in that direction against lateral loads. Similarly any other flooring system may be able to do the job, e.g. a steel truss roof) but conceivably any system that restrains the top of the wall against lateral movement will work. Often yes, whatever is bracing...
Greg, I'm assuming you're not particularly familiar with the symbols, but the number of wheels isn't generally indicative of two reactions. The question specifies one reaction Fx, there is no reason to believe it's multiple reactions. If the intent of the question was that there are two supports...
The original diagram shows a single reaction at the roller, no moment reactions anywhere. If it was two separate wheels, there would be two separate reactions. The slight deviation from diagrammatic convention shouldn't be tripping us up this badly just because they used a line instead of a...
Check out Infrabuild's product guide for reinforcing, has all the typical minimum widths for reinforcing bar, look at page 39 for reference. The dimensions given are subject to both a) the as3600 requirements for bends as well as b) any minimums imposed by the physical limitations of processing...
