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    Calculating load on a central beam in a residential deck

    You're a mechanical engineer and out of practice. Get a structural engineer involved. Remember if it fails it's your neck on the block.
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    How to verify plumbness of a drilled hole

    I would suggest a 12mm rod put in the hole. Judge by eye and measure if in doubt using a 6 deg gauge as mentioned.
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    Zee purlin fixity

    Lapping gives continuity, not fixity, at least in my understanding of the words. You get continuity and additional capacity over the support which is treated as a pin support for design.
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    AS2304 Water storage tanks

    Thank you. There's several things in AS2304 that are less than clear.
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    AS2304 Water storage tanks

    HTURKAK, here you are, Australia uses metric units.
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    AWWA Seismic design

    In AWWA D103, Sec. 14.3 Seismic Design Loads H = distance from bottom of shell to MOL in feet (m) What does MOL mean? From comparison with API 650 I think it is the maximum water water level, so Max Operating Level perhaps?
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    Draftsight 2025

    Have you tried the Draftsight community forum?
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    Calculating characteristic strengths based on test data

    I think what you want is AS/NZS 1170.0:2002 APPENDIX B USE OF TEST DATA FOR DESIGN
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    AS2304 Water storage tanks

    I am puzzled by this. P1 and P2 are referred to as pressure components but the units are kN/m height. How is PT converted to hoop tension? Referring to AWWA D103 it would appear that this is the hoop tension and hence the stress will be PT/t . If this is so then it should read; P1 =...
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    OVERTURNING WIND LOADS ON CIRCULAR TANK ROOFS Centroid of Zone A

    OVERTURNING WIND LOADS ON CIRCULAR TANK ROOFS Centroid of Zone A AS/NZS 1170.2:2021 - A.5.2.2 Roofs and lids
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    LIFT DESIGN

    Do you have a layout? Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang
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    Need a rename macro for excel

    Here's my solution using normal functions. No macro required. My approach is to first divide it into bite size pieces, so I deal with each level separately and combine those into the final result. It's easier to debug this way. I have used two columns to find the text for Level1. You can go back...
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    Libreoffice Query

    Without knowing more about the source I would suggest pasting as unformatted text. Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang
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    welding 304L to 304L with 316L filler metal

    "How can i Ensure that the weld meets the required mechanical strength and ductility criteria" Now that's a different question. The mechanical properties should be on the data sheet for the wire you have in stock. Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang...

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