Hello,
I am trying to draw a line at the center of a hole to simulate a bolt connecting two pieces of plate. I can place construction point at the center-line of all the holes and make them concentric. The point are on different sketches while no two points are on one sketch for me to draw a...
Thanks Ron/Hookie66/petertor. I appreciate it.
On the shear friction issue, I'm not sure I agree with hokie66's comment that, ..."and in plain concrete, there is nothing to resist the development." Hopefully, ya'll can enlighten me. You can resist tensile forces from an anchor or a piece...
Hokie66/Ron
I am trying to transfer some shear across the joint from the new pour to the existing, unreinforced slab. Minimal shear, but some. On the order of 1k-2k/dowel at 24" O.C. I am using the dowels to reduce the soil bearing pressure on the new strip footing and to take care of any...
Thanks for the comments guys. It will have column loads on it for a crane runway. The existing slab is sometimes poured in two part, sometimes it has reinforcing, sometimes it doesn't. The owner just wants to put the columns on the existing slab because they see it is 18" thick. The existing...
Hello,
I have a dowel question for everyone. I am saw cutting an existing slab(150'x240') with a 9' wide x 220' long cut and putting back 18" of reinforced concrete to support some new loads. The existing slab is inside of a building and is also 18" thick; however, the existing slab does not...
Gents,
For ya'll that do alot of residential conventional framing:
I've agreed to help someone with her new house. Its 7k square feet with a lot of open areas. I have a few question, which may seem elementary, but most people don't really grasp.
1. Rafters: What do ya'll do if the rafter and...
