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I'm sure this has been discussed to death but needed to ask your opinions about fiber. I work for a building supplier but have been a SE for 30 years and this topic keeps coming up. Will macrosynthetic fibers adequately replace regular rebar in slabs on grade?
I know it will it help...
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This seems like a dumb question to me but I'm trying to minimize the reinforcing in this pier beam design. The government client has set the parameters of what you see in the attached section I've drawn. There will be a rigid frame column sitting on this beam and I've included the...
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I have used the USGS website for a number of years. It has been very helpful in determining S1 and Ss values to approximate for international locations. Recently they have revamped the website and it doesn't give values for a fraction of the locations that it used to. Am I using this...
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I am looking for little direction on calculating the allowable load for a fabric surface. I work for a fabric building company and we have typical rigid frames at 20' o.c. but have fabric on our roofs and walls, instead of steel panels. The fabric is attached at every truss. I have...
