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I have a question. The structure I'm designing is a typical roof structure for parking lots with a 5° slope in a flat terrain, the purpose is to provide shadow with photovoltaic panels on the top so they can generate energy. I'm having difficulty picking the correct roof live...
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I would appreciate some comments about the next criteria: I have a one way reinforced concrete slab supported over secondary W steel beams. The primary beams are also W steel beams and my columns are HSS. In other words I have a steel building with a concrete slab in one...
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This question may sound a little bit odd (for not saying silly), but I had a discussion with a colleague and I would like to have other opinions. I'm designing a 3 level steel building with HSS columns and W beams. Since the land is not very good I made the decision of modeling it in...
Hello, I have a question, if anyone helps i'd be really glad.
I've been asked to designed a small house. This house has a two way slab (concrete) without beams and the architect wants to support it on HSS columns of 4". I don't know if this is possible, since I'm used to designing steel frames...
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I'm looking for a common detail or some advice regarding the construction details between two adjacent slabs of two separate buildings. The thing is that I have 2 adjacent warehouses that share a mezzanine, so both buldings have been designed separately (footings, etc) with a portion of...
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I'm modeling a mat foundation using Staad.Foundation V8i Series 4 (model from Staad.Pro V8i S3), but I keep having an error that says "Could not analyze foundation". In case I was doing something wrong I opened one of the examples and did the same as tutorial... the error remains. Any...
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I've been asked to design a structural floor for a Hangar inside an airport. I've been using the FAA program (FAARFIELD) which calculates using finite element methods the thickness of different layer such as base, subbase, etc depending on CBR values. However, this program and, ergo, the...
Hello, I've recently entered a company that uses this kind of connections. I've been asked to check the design, and I would like to know any comments please. I attached a drawing where you can easily understand how is the connection.
As I undestand it, this connection is quite simple to...
