Hey all, I have a perplexing problem.
I am administering the construction of a structure which has numerous underwater cofferdams for footings. Each cofferdam is driven to a depth of about 65ft on two sides but then as a temporary cofferdam driven for the "continuous sides" (the cofferdams...
The questions sounds funny but as a structural engineer interested in renewable energy, I understand that one of the challenges of wind turbine construction is the resolution of large bending moments in a cantilever frame and foundation.
Maybe I'm thinking too simplistically but what if you...
This is a bit of a fun one:
What's the largest force coefficient that you can create with your national code? I'm using ASCE 10 for reference.
We'll say you have a short building perched on top of a 2d ridge with a sawtooth roof and is fully enclosed. (GCp = 4.1 near corners, GCpi = 0.18)
The...
