Hi all,
Am designing a reinforced concrete wall, with large window-hole, as per revit sketch above,
Large line loads on the wall, roughly 1300 kn per metre length,(slabs at upper level and lower level of wall)
Am not sure how to HAND CALCULATE the global behaviour of the wall, ie moments and...
Hi all
I happened upon a concrete beam, that connects between two large new residential buildings.
Each building around 6 stories.
The beam is only taking its self weight, and has visible cracks at the beam underside, at the connection point to the wall.
Was wondering why the cracks are on...
Hi all,
Im struggling to find reliable resources on how much square foot of construction is done in US every year?
And specifically how much steel deck composite slabs (sq. ft ) is constructed per year?
Does anyone have reliable info or a good estimate?
Thanks
NAftali
HI all,
Im designing a concrete reinforced slab (not PT) , for a large span 32metres by 26metres, supported by thick (45cm) concrete walls) and have few questions regarding vibrations.
The slab thickness is 79cm (extra dead load 1kPa and live is 3kPa)
The FE analysis shows natural frequency...
Hi all,
I have studied PT design in the past but am new to the actual live design practice of designing PT slabs,
What are the long term issues with PT slabs that i should be aware/familiar with, and what types of failures are most common?
Thanks
Naftali
Hi,
Im looking for a clear reference to minimum rebar requirements, in the upper layer of a large span , that has only sagging moments in the centre of the span, ie there is no structural purpose for this rebar.
(i see that 50% of steel required for sagging moments must extend to external...
Hi all,
Im designing a very large concrete wall for a public building (museum), that is curved in 2 directions:
Dimensions of the wall are around 35m length and 20 metres high (at the peak) , and the architect has modelled it in Rhino , so i have the exact dimensions (NURBS surface properties...
hi,
had an argument with my boss today about stress distribution in a beam with small 'teeth' sticking out in tension area, bottom of beam:
i said there will not be tension stress in the teeth , obviously depending on the dimensions an ratio of width/depth etc, somehow as a gut feeling that is...
hi,
im dealing with an apartment, reinforced concrete, that a concrete slab was added in after the original construction,
using rebar inserted into perimeter slabs (with epoxy) , see the plans below:
now, after 2 years, theres a large crack in the slab, roughly near the joint line of new...
HI ALL
IM DESIGNING A STRUSTURAL REFURB TO AN EXISTING CONCRETE STRUCTURE,
WERE SUPPORTING THE EXISTING STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS , BEAMS COLUMNS, WITH STEEL FRAMING,
SPECIFICALLY HERE , MY BOSS WANTS A CONTINUITY OF MOMENT THROUGH THE NEW STEEL COLUMNS, THAT ARE POSITIONED ABOVE AND BELOW THE...
hi
i have a design situation with a concrete wall , with a window opening, and a concrete beam that ends quite close to the window, about 10cm horizontally,
see diagram:
my concern is that the load from the beam going into the wall will cause cracks around the window area - as the load...
hi,
a general question,
i once heard from a lecturer that Z (MAX PGA VALUES) are increased by the standards as the years go by , AND NO SERIOUS EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURED...
the spring(TECTONIC PLATE) is wound tighter, leading to larger chance of larger earthquake - thus higher Z values
i can...
am struggling to understand something,
in a simple truss with cross bracing like this:
why are the axial force compressions in the diagonal braces not equal when the structure is loaded with a unit horizontal force:
the horizontal reactions at supports are not equal as i would expect...
hi all,
were planning a renovation/restoration of a 3 storey historic structure, with walls made from stone, molded together with kind of mud-mortar,
to put a 8 storey structure on top.
im struggling to find any material or methodology (online or elsewhere) about how to restore (structurally)...
Im designing columns to support an additional 5 storeys ABOVE AN EXISTING CONCRETE BUILDING.
The NEW columns will be adjacent to existing ones (NEW-RED , OLD-GREY, in PLANS BELOW) , and i want to connect the new column to old column (at floor levels)
to reduce effective length from 19 meter...
hi wondering how much of width of triangular plate takes the compression load from beam above, in corbel style connection
im designing:
how wide is the design strip to take the compression?
and how do i calculate lateral compression length for a triangle like this- kind of laterally...
Hi all,
just wondering if attatched connection is a moment connection, as beam flange
is welded at top flange to a steel plate thats bolted to column flange.
what the weakest point of this connection and whats the main checks i need to do?
any tips for good programs to model and check steel...
