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  1. normm

    Sizing a Chequered Plate --- Pounders Equation

    I am trying to size up a chequered plate cover over an opening to support udl and point / patch load that can be placed anywhere. In the UK I get safe working load capacity table from SCI steel construction Institute Blue Book which gives safe load table for udl only. The table is based on...
  2. normm

    Learning Exel VBA

    I am trying to learn and practise VBA coding. I am absolute beginner. I find most references and books written on this subject are written with financial people in mind and soon drop me in subjects like Pivot table etc which are not of my immediate interest. So I have given myself a very simple...
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    Wind Moment Connection Portals

    I am getting some calculations to check for portal frames with 'Wind moment Connection'. These are single storey portals spans about 6m. The beams are being designed as simply supported. The moment at beam-column connection is being taken as zero for dead and live load, but only wind load moment...
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    Urgent- Regarding Continuity in mullion/Aluminum profile of Curtain wall at support.

    Arbu As I see from your sketch the vertical load of upper mullion and glass will be transferred from the upper mullion to the lower mullion through the sleeve. Is that your intention? Once you have tightened the bolt in the slotted hole during erection, the silicon gap for expansion will be...
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    Passing of train - Aerodynamic effect on Platform

    I attach a Code / Guidance Note on the subject of Slipstream effects from International Union of Railways. Hope it is of use to you.https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=2190895c-8531-482b-8aab-b2ca9670072e&file=UIC_Code_on_Effects_of_slipstreams.pdf
  6. normm

    Beam on Elastic Foundation

    Excellent and amazing response. Many thanks.
  7. normm

    Beam on Elastic Foundation

    dhengr I got a copy of this book by Godden. Although this book looks easy to follow, at present I am trying hard to fathom out what is ' Step 6 , Nodal Concentration. How exactly the values in the row ( -20,-80) ( -100,-85) ( -100, -72) ( -76.5) worked out from the M / EI values. It is...
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    Beam on Elastic Foundation

    Many thanks BAretired and dhengr for the references. I will also visit the library to look up another reference ' Numerical Procedure for computing deflections, moments and buckling loads. by Newmark Transactions ASCE Vol 108 1943.' Looks it will be interesting trip.
  9. normm

    Beam on Elastic Foundation

    BAretired, I will appreciate if you can give me some references or examples ( books or articles ) where Newmark's Numerical Procedure has been used to solve structural engineering problems.
  10. normm

    Eurocodes

    Some freely available information : www.steelconstruction.info/Design Then search for SCI P364 Steel Building Design Worked Example Open Section There are many other useful design examples.
  11. normm

    Help---- Engineering Maths

    I have just started reading a bit about Fourier Series. I have been told this series has applications in Structural Engineering problems like Beam on Elastic Foundation, Dynamics, Buckling etc. All I have learnt so far is that by Fourier series you can break up a complicated periodic function...
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    Multi-storey masonry construction

    The requirements for new-build masonry construction in the UK for 5 or more storeys were laid out in BS 5628-1 Clause 37.1 Table 12 etc. These gave requirements for horizontal and vertical ties, key elements etc. But what is the situation in an existing multi-storey masonry construction which...
  13. normm

    Deep beam reinforcement and flexure reinforcement

    Thats right. The amount of reinforcement can be calculated by either method. But using deep beam theory the reinforcement should be spread in the whole of tension zone near the surface of the web rather than accommodate it on one or two layers in bottom only. There requirements were written in...
  14. normm

    Grinding of Fillet Weld

    Strength of fillet weld is calculated based on throat thickness x weld strength. Most works specifications mention that visible parts of the weld runs to be grinded without giving much detail. On a recent site visit I noticed that the weld has been grinded almost flush as shown in the attached...
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    Intermediate Stiffeners in Plate Girders

    Excellent Responses from all of you. Many thanks.
  16. normm

    Intermediate Stiffeners in Plate Girders

    In the UK the intermediate stiffeners in plate girders are welded to the top flange and web of girders but not connected to the bottom flange. A gap is left between the bottom flange and the end of stiffener; as the sketch shows. This details is followed no matter if the deck is at the top or...
  17. normm

    Expressing Time as a number in Excel

    Thanks a lot folks. Simple and to the point. Much appreciated.
  18. normm

    Expressing Time as a number in Excel

    I have a simple problem : In Excel in cell A2 in want to write a date say Mar 2015. In Cell B2 I want to write another date say Dec 2010. In Cell C2 I want to write a formula that will give the difference ( A2 - B2) ie the difference in time in Years ie a number like 4.2. I want the date in...
  19. normm

    Macro for A New Workbook to collect data from several otherWorkbooks

    Thanks guys for all your helpful responses. The Excel website in cowski's response seem amazing and it is all for free. Best regards
  20. normm

    Macro for A New Workbook to collect data from several otherWorkbooks

    Thanks both of you for your response. IR My main aim is to collect information from several source Workbooks and deposit the information in specific rows in a target file. As you mention this can easily be done by Excel Copy and Paste. But I thought if done by a Macro, then even if the source...
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