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  1. PSlem

    Wood Engineering Magazines and Periodicals

    There are a lot of good articles in Journal of Light Construction
  2. PSlem

    Sheet piling wall without enough toe-in

    Typically toe pins are used. Drill a diagonal hole, fill with grout, insert a rod, and weld it to a plate welded over the hole cut in the sheet pile.
  3. PSlem

    how to measure the differential settlement

    To check from this time forward you can use http://www.durhamgeo.com/testing/concrete/nondes-crackmon.htm
  4. PSlem

    Protecting Buildings from Train Car Explosions

    While working for a slurry wall company I did a cement bentonite ditch and sat precast panels where a train track ran under a rapid transit bridge so a derailment would not bring down the bridge. A long version would be cost prohibitive for the risk.
  5. PSlem

    "barely Code compliant"

    The cashier this morning gave me the right change...but just barely.
  6. PSlem

    Downhole Plate Load Test

    Google screw plate in clay to find several
  7. PSlem

    old ASD version of Hollow Structural Sections

    I need to do eqn. 9.3-3 in ASD. My LRFD version of it has a phi of 0.75. Is the eqn. the same for ASD and what is omega so I can replace phi with 1/omega?
  8. PSlem

    [u]Does anyone know of any studies

    Google search confirms 6 http://www.pile.com/reference/safteyFactors/safteyFactors.pdf
  9. PSlem

    [u]Does anyone know of any studies

    Since ENR formula has a 2 on top and top is in foot-lbs and bottom is in inches the safety factor is 6
  10. PSlem

    Hypothetical question about property rights (structural related)

    27-1031(b)(1) provided that structures adjacent to an excavation site had to be underpinned or protected by other means by the "person causing the excavation" when the excavation was 10 ft. or more below curb level. In contrast, the adjacent property owner had to protect his own property when...
  11. PSlem

    How Bolt Table Was Derived

    =180/(12/2*(40+10))*12 =7.2" So same answer.
  12. PSlem

    How Bolt Table Was Derived

    Formula is 180 lb/bolt/(1/2 deck span x (40PSF+10PSF)) x 12in/ft.
  13. PSlem

    embedded steel pole

    Broms' 1965 lateral calcs will give you pipe size. Most supports are helical piles as proper helix selection allows uplift capacity at about same depth as lateral. You need soil report or test piles, wind speed from ASCE7 and racking manufacturer to get mounting and single leg or front and...
  14. PSlem

    retaining wall on piles

    No. It has a worked example, though.
  15. PSlem

    retaining wall on piles

    Foundation Engineering by Peck, Hanson and Thornburn
  16. PSlem

    NAVFAC DM-2

    Go to http://www.vulcanhammer.net/geotechnical/dm7_02.pdf
  17. PSlem

    calculating "d" in a r/c wall

    If the tank is for liquids check ACI 350, not 318, for minimums.

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