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I'm designing a post tensioned parking deck in ADAPT Builder, and I believe I have all the typical PT beams and slabs working fine for stresses, precompression, and balanced loading. However, I have some girders at the end bays of the parking deck supporting a beam that I'm having...
Hello All. I've read through several different posts regarding shear friction and I haven't found where this particular topic has been asked regarding shear friction. The closest thread I found was this one: Link.
The question: What is Ac when determining the maximum Vn across the assumed...
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I'm curious as to how the slope of a PT slab for the top level of a parking deck should be constructed/analyzed for adequate water drainage. Per the following thread, https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=154500, the advice I like the most is keeping the slab thickness uniform in...
Section 17.2.3 of ACI 318-14 specifies when the overstrength factor is required to be used for design of anchors subject to tensile and shear loading in structures assigned to SDC C, D, E, or F. If I choose to design the anchors for tension only, then I would apply the overstrength factor to...
I have question regarding load path around an opening of a t-section made out of round hollow sections.
So I’m doing the structural design a sculpture that is essentially cantilevered from the ground (like a pole). The connection that makes the transition from the rest of the sculpture into...
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I've been searching on this forum and online as to how to design flexible roof diaphragms in a steel building but there are some things I'm still not clear about which I would really appreciate your input on.
Please see the attached document that has a roof plan and which I'm...
