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I am currently designing a 3 storey building that is to be supported by micropiles. For the preliminary design of the piles, I am looking for recommendations on how to estimate equivalent vertical pile springs to model the supports. For end bearing piles, I estimate the spring using...
Hi, I am designing a three story building. with the ground floor as a parking area, second floor as an office, and third floor as a gymnasium/court. The building will be designed as a Special moment concrete frame. The columns up to the third floor frame will have beams in both orthogonal...
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The following is taken from ASCE 7-10 chapter 12 Sec. 12.5.4 Seismic Design Categories D through F
Structures assigned to Seismic Design Category
D, E, or F shall, as a minimum, conform to the
requirements of Section 12.5.3. In addition, any
column or wall that forms part of two or more...
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I am a new to structural engineering and currently trying design to a four story RC building (Special moment resisting frame) following the provisions from ASCE 7-10 ch 12 for seismic design requirements using Equivalent Lateral Force method in determining the seismic loads. However, the...
