What is the in-plane shear capacity of an internal 110mm masonry wall 3000mm high? AS1684.2 CL8.3.5.8 covers unreinforced masonry bracing, but that's just for sub-floors.
Adding another floor to a single storey house, approximately 40 years old.
External walls are double brick cavity.
Internal walls are single skin 110mm brick, 3000mm high.
I'll need these single skin brick walls to be loadbearing to support the joists/beams.
According to AS3700, the wall can...
I am designing a one-way suspended concrete slab supported by exterior blockwork walls. The two interior blockwork walls are parallel to the slab span (perpendicular to the exterior walls) and I want to use them as shear walls but not vertical load bearing walls. I need some ideas on how to...
I have a 250 PFC fully fixed on both ends which supports outriggers which causes a large torsion on the beam.
What is the forumla to calculate the torsional capacity of a PFC?
An I-beam requires a bolted full moment connection to an I-column. I told my friend it requires an end plate with bolts to the top and bottom flange, as well as angle cleats/bolts to the web.
Whereas my friend is insistent that it's fine to just cleat the beam off the column and fix with a...
A slab is supported by blockwork in the shape of a decagon with a "radius" of 5.5 metres. The slab cantilevers out another 1.5 metres on all sides. There is a stud wall running through the middle which can accommodate internal columns. (please see attached)
Instead of designing the slab with...
I have a 2-span continuous slab supported by walls on each side and a beam in the middle. The distance between the walls is 12m.
For the beam design: do I use a slab panel width of 6m, or should I increase the panel width by 25% to 7.5m? Because I realised that the middle reaction for a 2-span...
