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    Does adding a force on top of stressed cable, in its free portion, adds to the initial stress

    A cable is stressed between two points, A on its first end, and B near its second end, by a force of 100KN, and a free portion near B remains without stress. Please refer to attached image: Cable stressed before adding another force Now B holds this 100KN by simply holding a lock attached on...
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    How to draw a multi span beam in Etabs 2008 vs Etabs 2013

    Dear All How to draw a multiple span beam in Etabs/SAP as there are so many possiblities: mesh/divide/full beam/separate spans/2008/2013 Possibilities are so numerous that I am lost... Regaards
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    Meyerhof's Bearing Capacity on Layered soil: how much layers are enough

    Dear all how many layers and what (and at what depth to stop) in case I am studying Meyerhof's Bearing Capacity. Also, could you propose a manual calculation example? I guess, reading Braja example 3.2 (for a single layer) that we stop at where the SPT stops, and we take the average of...
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    SAP2000 moving load- is it for one vehicle per lane or more?

    Dear all It's being a week now I am reading between the lines in SAP manuals, watching their videos, checking internet resources, without success. The question is simple though: how many vehicles SAP is engaging in each lane to calculate its 'Moving load load cases" I read from help: "...
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    How to decide if uplift is okay on raft foundation

    Dear all, How to decide if uplift is okay on raft foundation I searched many rules, like IBC for this question, and i didn't find anything. Shall we look at bearing capacity of the soil being exceeded? Shall we look at upwards settlement? Shall we look at percentage of area being lifted up...

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