You're absolutely correct. I actually do have a meeting with him this weekend which I plan on presenting to him different construction methods (yes, the steel deck on interior pilasters is still in the cards, he loved the idea after getting quoted $30k for the concrete slab (albeit without...
Hmm.
You guys are correct.
I initially chose the 54kN as I understood the space as a "driveway and sidewalk over areaways and basements." Upon further reading, those areas apply to areas such as parking garages, driveways, curbs & sidewalks physically accessible to large vehicles like garbage...
It really is the 54kN point load - using the moment coefficient method prescribed in CSA A23.3-19 (Annexe B - Informative) (I believe ACI also used to offer this method for two-way slabs) I achieve a moment of 21 kn-m in my short span with a factored load of 17.5kPa. (8.5 kPa dead, 9.0 kPa live...
hokie66, I read your response in an older thread at https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=419349
From what I understand, you're suggesting sort of the same thing here. I shall design the slab reinforcement assuming pinned connection to the four walls, and design the foundation walls as...
You're right, it will be a reinforced concrete wall. Except the houses around here have very minimal reinforcement in the walls themselves, which is why I wanted to avoid relying on the wall for any other resistance besides compression in the first place (hence the idea of beams on pilasters...
Hmm. Okay. I see it as three separate pours - 1. Foundation walls, with dowels/development bars in place at top of wall, 2. Slab, 3. Curb.
I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the effect the slab has on the wall itself. I understand that assuming the slab as pinned will provide for a more...
Thank you very much for your inputs rowingengineer, BAretired, hokie66.
I am re-visiting my concrete calculations, and admittedly I may have subconsciously favored the steel construction for the following reasons:
I am much more comfortable with steel's behavior as a material and its'...
Hi all,
A friend is building a new house, and has approached me to design his suspended slab which will support a two-gar garage above. The area below will be storage space. The plan dimensions are roughly 5500mm x 6000mm and he does not want to have any columns interrupting his space below...
