At this point I've only walked the site to get a feel for the project. We haven't looked that deeply into it yet. I'm just doing preliminary thinking. Without really verifying this I'm almost certian that it is a monolith slab/footing with the basic 4" thick concrete on gravel. Probably lightly...
A client wants to add a room to his house, but there will require some foundation work. He has a slab on level ground, the addition will require an extension of this slab. Not having much experience in this area, could someone explain how the slab can be extended. Does there need to be any sort...
Two Flaws;
1.) equation finds equivalent dist. load when point load is applied at mid span. Not a moving case! You cannot assume this "equivalent" load will be accurate when the point load is somewhere other than the midspan. The long way to do what you are trying to do is you need an...
Seems to me that if you are looking at a tension element isolated then LTB is no concern. As mentioned before the lateral bracing is due to buckling of compression flange or what have you. Oiler buckling is conributed to compression memebers, where tension members do not behave similarly.
So...
