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Hi Kootk, thank you for the reply. I was thinking about 'hanger bars - stirrups' but I think that the beam 2 is ''close enough'' to the columns. I will include them anyway. The longitudinal reinforcement of beam 1 will be extended to beam 2 so it should act as restrain for the strut at the...

Greetings, Residental building - I have two RC beams (cross section 250x490 mm – partially embedded in the RC slab) that are supported on the steel column (D/t = 150/10 mm). The axial compression force in the column is large (400 kN). In my model I defined the steel column as pinned on both...

Makes sense. I agree. Well, sounds good but since I have never done anything like that I don't think I can afford to experiment. I'm not even sure if I will be able to find anything about it in Eurocodes. I think I'll go with stud rails.

Thank you for an answer. Yes, walls are concrete... What is the main reason behind it?

Hello, I'm dealing with the small residental building with RC slab that is 260 mm thick. The slab can't be any thicker. The slab is heavily loaded on the cantilever part (overhangs in both directions) because the upper storey has different plan view (see 3d image of the structure), so it has...

Hi, I'm dealing with the existing residental building with the masonry and concrete walls 300 mm thick and the RC frames in the ground floor that support existing concrete slab. RC columns are 300x300 mm and are reaching 5 m above the RC slab - they are supporting existing roof beams at the...

Hello, I am looking at timber frame rsidental buildings and I have a question about designing of wall bracing - diagonals: are this diagonals designed to carry only in compression or both? comression + tension? In case of seismic forces we can get large compression/tension forces in diagonals...

@centondollar Thank you for reply but I think I won't go there - I think I should take more simple way. @KootK I have been thinking the same thing but couldn+t find it in EC2. @HTURKAK Thank you,I don't know why but somehow I missed it.

Hi! We are dealing with the existing RC walls (200 mm thick). Above the walls is the RC slab (200 mm thick)and existing timber roof (will be removed). The plan is to add a new light storey (timber CLT walls and slabs)on top of existing one (instead of existing timber roof). This means that...

Hello An old timber ceiling consists of timber beams (0,70 m apart) and plywood above them. I'd like to reinforce it by adding the concrete slab on top of it - to make a composite (see images bellow). This is a common practice in my country for reinforcing old existing buildings (it connects...

I got your email. Will check spreadsheets. I appreciate it, that was helpful. Regards.

@IDS I'm not really sure since it's a research/university software. I'm pretty sure it's rectangular stress block. Not that I'm aware of. Software is based on Eurocode standards. It stands for MESH REINFORCEMENT, 500 as 500 MPa - reinf. yield my email: gmd255@gmail.com

@IDS thank you for reply. Can you send me ULS Design Functions.xlsb file with inputs of my OP. I think it'll be easier that way. Regards.

Thank you for help. Will look into it.

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