Hello
I have two-story old existing building, core tests of some columns show that concrete of some columns are failed , concrete strength is 50% less than design strength
we are are in stage of using steel jacketing ( plates & angles) to strengthen these rectangular columns
please I need to...
Thanks to all of you
I sent inquiry to test provider, and waiting for response.
Dear MrHershey,
No it is not a C&C study , they stated this clearly in their report , I quote:
"Note that the panel pressure distributions presented in this report are applicable for the design of the structural...
Dear Experts,
I received Wind tunnel test results from WINDTECk (Australia),for 80m height building ,not high-rise tower.
I expected to receive forces Fx ,Fy ,Mz at center of each floor diaphragm, but what i received is an excel sheet
for 4 case of loading (based on degrees) and pressure on...
Thanks JAE
but these joint of 140mm to 200mm (5.5" to 7.8") making big problem with architectural design , in addition to the high cost .
yes these are the max. values at roof level
these values look unreasonable to me
I am wondering , why design code allows us to design buildings based on...
Dear Experts,
I have 6 stories building (of total height 31m) , with big plan area
divided by several parts , each part of 100mx100m
between each 2 parts I calculated seismic joints, based on UBC97 , ACSE7-2010 , and IBC2012
results are similar, and give unreasonable gap width (...
