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Hi, I am designing a steel sheet pile that will support a concrete deck. On one side the concrete deck will be slab on grade, then continue over the sheet pile about 10 feet and be supported by regular piles over the water. Can you apply a line load to the top of the sheet pile? Does...

I am designing beams with web openings. Someone told me that he thought I could not have web penetration in beams that are part of a moment frame. He could not remember where he saw it though. Does anyone know if the code allows web penetrations in moment frames? Are there any special...

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UcfSE, I would design the entire building with the same exposure category?

Hi, I am designing a 75 foot tall building. A fellow engineer told me that the exposure category of the building can change as the building height increases. For example the first few floors are designed for exposure B and the top floor could be designed for exposure category C. I have never...

It will be two .25/12 slabs coming to a high point along the column strip.

If I design it like a normal two-way slab. Do I have them bend the top rebar where the slope changes?

I am trying to design an elevated two slab that will be used for parking. Is it possible to design a two-way slab that is sloped about .25/12 for drainage. I would like to keep that slab a uniform thickness throughout. Does any one have any suggestions about how to go about designing this...