I am involved in a project where the client wants to stack shipping containers up 9 storeys as a residential project. I am in a high seismic zone and am wondering if anyone has experience with lateral load design for high rise container projects.
I have a building with the first level above grade a concrete suspended slab with concrete shear walls for a lateral system. The upper three floors are wood frame with wood frame shear walls as a lateral system. I have always assumed that because the periods of the two systems are so...
I have steel beams that have undergone a fire. They were wrapped with drywall and the building was not very big so they probably did not get very hot. I have been asked by the insurance adjuster if the beams can be reused.
Question: Is the post-fire strength of steel beams reduced from...
Does anyone have any reference material on anchor bolts designed in shear and tension? I was at a seminar where they stated that the equations in the code are non-conservative, but they did not elaborate any further.
