I'm trying to follow this to get a finger to the wind on whether I can apply a few thousand pound pointload (on a steel plate) onto my 7" reinforced slab...
https://socwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GRDSLAB-Slab-on-Grade-Semi-Tractor.pdf
All online calculators I can find have a...
So I was out walking a job site a while back and noticed Thermo-ply in lieu of actual WSP - an engineer we were with pointed out that the APA said some thermo ply homes may be under designed for lateral loads by as much as 39 percent. That kind of makes complete sense when you hold the stuff in...
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I am looking to replicate something I learned in Siemens NX in school, but now at my job... in autocad inventor. I took an advanced autocad course at the school I went to and we did some really cool stuff in NX, that I want to do for my company now. The basic idea...
Anyone have any experience with either of these courses, and/or what have you heard about them? I was originally going to take the PPI2Pass live course (the full package) that starts in February, but I read some reviews saying that it goes way too deep into rabbit holes that will throw you off...
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I am a former Structural Engineer, was specialized in residential design in high wind areas, but the vast majority of the homes I have worked on have been able to be designed either using the MWFRS method to develop loads and then design walls/windows for in plane loading by hand, or...
Hey, I was wondering if anyone has any information on how the IRC would classify required wall bracing for those seismic zones (C, D0, D1, and D2) for portal frame style sheathing. It isn't listed in the seismic table for those zones, and I can't find any information about BWL length when...
Hey, does anyone have any good resources or know of any articles on rigid diaphragm analysis that would be applicable for a residential building with wood (not CMU) walls on its lintel plan and second/third floor levels? I want to properly find the effective center of mass of the building and...
Hey guys, I'm new to this forum, so bear with me. Any forum advice would also be appreciated. I'm trying to find a way to properly gauge the strength of a unique built up column to be placed inside of a 2x4 sized wall. The idea is to build up a column that essentially consists of 2 2x6's (or...
