I'm designing a small building in a SDC D. The layout will include two Special Concentrically Braced Frames in one of my orthogonal directions but the loads applied to these frames end up being rather small (one story building, no rooftop equipment, steel roof deck no concrete). Design of my...
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So I've recently started working on the design of some unique footings with columns largely off center due to the construction occurring in an existing building (our client wants to continue operations in the adjacent parts of the building, so along walls and in corners columns have...
I am running into an issue analyzing a structure that will have non-orthogonal shear walls. I figure that for a rigid diaphragm I could use the projected length of my walls in my primary directions to approximate their stiffness and distribute my loads that way, but for a flexible diaphragm...
I'm on the verge of starting a building addition in a Class C seismic zone. The existing building is quite large and complex and the as-built information
available is not complete. We have opted for separating the building addition from the existing building in order to eliminate the need to...
