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Allowable floor beam deflection
Be careful of the interaction between the stairs and the beam. The overall vibration of the system needs to be considered. We have a staircase that is hung off the side of a walkway which has a close-to-human-activity natural frequency. Alot of factors such as real connection behaviour...- omw7
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
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Movement Joints in Ground Bearing Slabs and RC Retaining Walls
We recently cast a slab in Singapour which was 180m by 80m without movement joints. This was based on slabs being poured in a checker pattern and stitched together at a later date so as to avoid the problems linked to cement shrinkage. The reinforcement was calculated to take account of further...- omw7
- Post #9
- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
