Baffled Engineer
Structural
I was wondering if anyone has a copy of hollowcore span tables from Con-Force Products in the 1980s?
I'm working on a precast building with hollowcore roof slabs supported by precast beams. The originals drawings I received were missing the pages I need to determine the structural capacity of the precast elements.
Is there any way of estimating the structural capacity of the hollowcore slab (1981) in Canada without having the original drawings? Do I have to destructively investigate the size and number of the strands, and somehow figure out the prestress, and completely measure out the dimension of the hollow core to run some capacity numbers? It seems like a very tedious task.
Thank you.
I'm working on a precast building with hollowcore roof slabs supported by precast beams. The originals drawings I received were missing the pages I need to determine the structural capacity of the precast elements.
Is there any way of estimating the structural capacity of the hollowcore slab (1981) in Canada without having the original drawings? Do I have to destructively investigate the size and number of the strands, and somehow figure out the prestress, and completely measure out the dimension of the hollow core to run some capacity numbers? It seems like a very tedious task.
Thank you.
