I have an exterior concrete pad that is 14ft x 8ft. Frost Depth is 2ft. A 12" pad is enough to support the equipment. Can I provide a turndown only at the perimeter to account for the frost depth (2ft turndown) and keep the interior of the pad at 12"? Or do I need to thicken the entire concrete...
How can I solve the reactions for a portal frame that has fixed bases, it's height is 14ft, its width is 10ft, and the applied nodal load is 7.75k applied at the top left corner of the portal frame?
I would like to calculate the shear, axial, and moment reactions at both bases. I am confused on...
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Talking specifically about section 12.3.4.2 in ASCE7-16 "Redundacy Factor, rho for seismic design categories D through F" condition b. the last part which states "...The number of bays for a shear wall shall be calculated as the length of shear wall divided by the story height or two times...
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I am wondering if the site class can be identified from the PGA for a specific site or the site Mapped Acceleration Parameters Ss or S1? If so, how?
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I am trying to find a nailing pattern for my 5ply 2x6 built-up wood column. According to NDS 15.3.3.1 b) all nails have to penetrate all my laminations and at least 3/4 of my outermost lamination. For my 5ply wood column the nail should have a length of at least 7.125" but the maximum size of a...
