RVAmenche, your guess is correct - it's completely unrelated to COVID.
Miningman, while I would assume local code familiarity is an important trait, it's only a fraction of the work that goes into being a good structural engineer. I agree that lacking the familiarity hurts, but I wouldn't...
I wasn't sure if this question made sense to post here or the general SE forum, but since it's not a technical question I figured I would start here.
For various personal reasons I'm considering moving to the UK. Obviously given the current health crisis I don't see myself doing this for...
Thanks, that makes sense that you would use those units when normalizing to mass. I guess the problem I am having is that I cannot determine which output table (or combination of tables) would be correct. I can get the modal participation ratios but those are generic for the entire structure...
Hi everyone,
New user here so hopefully not a dumb question to start me off.
I'm trying to understand how to conduct building vibration analyses using finite element analysis and I've been primarily referencing AISC Design Guide 11 to help guide me in my process. I've also reviewed some of...
