A structure we did requires 120 lbs. steel fiber reinforcing per cubic yard of concrete. The concrete has to be pumped, but the contractor tried one section and said the fibers were clumping up and was not able to be effectively pumped. He is using the largest pump hose he can get. Any...
I am analyzing a steel beam designed as composite with shear studs. There is a large opening in the slab adjacent to the beam in the middle of the span. How does this affect the design of the beam as composite and how would it be analyzed?
