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  1. VTHokie91

    Wetted Area

    Excellent, that did it. Thank you.
  2. VTHokie91

    Wetted Area

    Greetings. I am consulting with a local company that stores and spreads biosolids. My survey crew did the field work on a storage lagoon and has provided me with contours. Using that information, I had no problem developing a stage-storage curve for the lagoon. But the liner is nearing the...
  3. VTHokie91

    level lateral load and seismic base shear

    I need some advice and clarification. I am working on a large concrete box, rectangular in plan, with a rigid diaphragm roof and precast walls. There is a small office mezzanine, bearing in a corner on exterior walls for 24' in each direction. There are interior columns supporting a ridge...
  4. VTHokie91

    Seismic Base Shear

    Thanks to each of you for the thoughtful and prompt replies. I'm trying to work this out today, as our office is closed tomorrow for Good Friday. First, I should clarify that I think "order of magnitude" was simply hyperbole. Although I once swapped inches and feet, to my extraordinary...
  5. VTHokie91

    Seismic Base Shear

    I am working on my first precast big box. As big boxes go, it's not that large, at 120' by 160'. I am getting significant pushback from the wall supplier, in that the base shear quantity that I have provided is "an order of magnitude too high". I have attempted to follow ASCE 07 in...

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