Hi guys,
Regarding the design of connections I have a couple of questions on the bearing resistance of a joint subjected to tension.
1) bearing resistance is a the crushing failure of bolt or plate?
2) Please see attached picture/image. If you cannot see image I will describe. You have a...
Maybe I'm thinking too much about this but in regard to the odometer test I have a few quires:
1) If you had a surcharge in reality and the effective stress falls outside the stress range you tested your soil sample in the lab, obviously you can't use these oedometer results and must preform a...
I have been doing some research into piles and I read you can usually ignore the self weight of the pile except in the following situations:
The weight of the pile itself is generally small in relation to the applied load (i.e. Qt >> W) and is usually ignored.
May need to check this...
