I'm trying to find a method (compliant with American codes and standards) for determining crack-widths in RC sections under combined flexure and axial loads only (without success). I'm used to working with BS8110 and BS8007 which gives specific crack-width limits and also an equation to...
I am designing a member where the shear stress ?Vc ? Vu ? 0.5?Vc, thus requiring me to provide shear links.
Equ 11-13 (Av,min = 0.75*fc^.5*(bw*s)/fyt) includes the term, s (link spacing). My question is...am I expected to use (or calculate) a particular value for s (s = d/2 for instance)? Or...
I'm a British engineer who has mostly used British Standards.
This is my first time using ACI 318 to create an interaction diagram. I'm having a lot of trouble and I hope some of you can set me straight. Any help would be much appreciated. I have a lot of questions but I'll start off with the...
