Totally agree on the zones and the 30Cf controlling for most situations. My question is really about what to use for the L value because that seems to be the factor that will matter at the end of the day. For instance when considering a pedestal tank (fourth tower from the left in figure A.1 to...
I am working on a structural analysis for a water tower and am looking for clarification on calculating the wind force coefficient Cf. Table 3 provides values to use based on the L/d ratio, and defines L as the length of cylindrical or conical surface in the plane that contains the axis of...
And this as wellhttps://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=1262f2a3-7d6a-45f8-83bf-dce1cd0731bf&file=Kalmantruss_joist_and_fire-safe_construction.pdf
I found these in my records, I believe I downloaded them from SlideRuleEra before the site went down.https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=8614b5b5-7583-4296-ba6f-6ab5877443c2&file=Kalmantruss_Joist_Excerpt_1928.pdf
