We have a metal building supplier that can give us a structure capable of handling the 30' span and 20' bay, and even have the option of reducing rigid frame span to 15', with 5" slab and 1.5 to 2' of soil. (roughly 450dl and approx 30k column load)
Thus the reason that I was trying to design a...
That is what full intended to do, but I was trying to see if this system would be worth pursuing,
It will make the project go or no-go budget wise.
We have subs capable of doing this without 500 to 750k of sheet pile put into the mix.
Not a govmint job.
Thank you for the input.
My apologies for throwing up rough sketches without enough info.
My concept is to
excavate,
pour post tension foundation,
place fill soil cement filled tote containers sideways and stack with cement mortar bed like stack bond bricks(with pallet side to retaining wall),
probably pour flowable...
schematic design phase for cost budgeting of structural systems.
I am designing a 30x60x18 metal building to be underground (about 1 foot of soil cover)
Trying to estimate soil pressures that may be exerted on sidewall of building along with potential wall structures short of a typical 20'...
I am about a month from releasing the overall design to the public, and would like to keep it offline for a little longer. I will post then, but for now we are going to just try and scale up the numbers that we get from the model that we built.
Thanks and I will make it a point to come back and...
Thank you for the lead. After googling torque sensor, and seeing 3 to 6 thousand dollars, I am now googling torque sensor rentals.
(I wonder how Da Vinci did all this)
Have a patent, made a model (1:12) and need a method of testing the output. There is a water testing facility at a nearby university that we plan to use, but need some form of machine to measure the power generated at given speeds. I am sure differing load conditions could increase or decrease...