I have a RC building with with short coupling beams in coupled wall system.
The short coupling beams designed with diagonal reinforcement as seen on the image on the left.
Due to a number of site reasons in many cases they end up on site more like the right image below. They are slightly...
Can I have an opinion on whether these are contributing at all in shear resistance of a (piled) foundation slab?
On my construction site the designer said yes but I have doubts. In my designs I never considered them, nor I have seen a code reference (in any code) that says you can consider...
I attended a building materials expo the other day and saw infill panel for buildings made of polysterene (EPS). I was intrigued and at the same time not convinced about it. The vendor argued it's fireproof, earthquake-proof and all sorts of things. For reference it looks something like that...
I've seen a few different opinions on the matter, so would like to ask the community as well.
In a RC moment joint, (say culvert wall base) what is the reinforcement for Section Resistance (bending)? Can we add the starter bars to the main wall bars (lapped) to determine the resistance?
If so...
I would like some opinions on the subject below:
I am installing a freshwater pump on a concrete plinth. The pump sits on a steel frame fixed on a 200 RC cover slab.
This is fixed on hollow blocks walls (1.2m tall) with rebar threaded through - will be filled with concrete.
This system will...
Hi everyone,
I design a 2-storey steel building on a jetty head which is 100m into the sea. The water depth to seabed is shallow and waves are small (Mean SWL 4m+3m storm surge, Significant wave 2.5m). The jetty is a set of unbraced steel hollow sections (Diameter 457x16) @5m centres.
I want...
Hello everyone,
I am a young civil engineer and I am having an interview soon for a bridge engineering role (highways). I have a pretty good background in all the aspects of structural engineering (Structural mechanics, Concrete, Steel, Composites, Dynamics) but nothing specific in bridge...
