I have this slab over ramp as shown below.
The slab is meant to be 'PT by others' but because the cantilever slab over the ramp is going to the pickup the transferred loads from above, it is hard to make it cantilever that long. Instead, I am going to use the RC beams connecting to RC walls and...
Hi, I have a steel lift shaft to design in a 3 storey apartment. Can anyone give me any example or any recommendation of books on this because I haven't done one before. Thank you very much.
Hi, I have this 7 storey building, the floor is gonna be timber according to builder's preference. The vertical structure will be concrete lift core with steel columns (no bracing can be used between columns). So my question is, can we reply the concrete core to take the lateral load like how we...
I am designing rafters to AS4100 and wondering what if I don't use fly brace. I understand that with fly brace it will give you full restraint. But if I don't use fly brace, will the purlin above be considered as lateral restraint for rafter under uplift? If so. can I take the purlin spacing as...
I have some external precast panels that go to the roof level in a two storey warehouse. First floor is concrete deck. To avoid eccentric loads on the external panels and lead to 'oversized' panels (I am using 150mm thickness) from the concrete slab. I want these external panels not to be...
