I appreciate the reply's, and they match what I have seen in design guides, but from a gut feeling perspective it just doesn't feel right to have less load in an upper story brace than in a lower story brace that is directly beneath it. There could be a direct load path from upper brace to lower...
Assume a 2 story building. The roof is a flexible diaphragm and the second floor is a rigid diaphragm. There is a 50 kip lateral load at the roof and a 50 kip lateral load at the second floor. At the roof the diaphragm transfers half of the lateral load to a braced frame on each side of the...
I'm trying to design a single story cast-in-place reinforced concrete room comprised of concrete walls and a concrete roof. My initial thought is to have beams spanning across the room every 10-12 feet on center. The beams will span approximately 50 feet. The walls will be 8" thick and about 19'...
I am a structural engineer and have been tasked with the design of a boiler room. I was told by the architect/contractor that the room needed to have blow out panels in the wall for an explosion. I was also told that this was an insurance requirement based on the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel...
