Does anyone have a resource or method for modelling wood diaphragms in FEM software such as Etabs? I assume the way would be to use a "semi-rigid" diaphragm and set it to 0.75" thick or whatever your sheathing thickness is. The tricky part is defining "wood" as a material and/or tweaking the...
Has anyone ever seen or worked with a floor slab similar to this? It appears to be metal lath supporting some sort of concrete fill with a wire mesh, similar to stucco wall finishes. The second photo shows where a previously added metal deck and this original floor system meet. The reinforcement...
I am working with a precast block wall that is going to have vertical cells cast in to allow rebar. The rebar is going to be cast into a foundation below and the blocks will be slipped over the bars and stacked to form a wall. The cells are going to be filled with non-structural fill and the...
