mikesg
Structural
- May 26, 2006
- 49
Hallo community,
Being involved in calculations and drawings mainly I become curious how some of the member properties were chosen by the senior engineers before starting desing calculations.
I am looking for a guide that contains recommendations how to pick initial member dimensions in the stage before starting calculations. What I mean is, in university we were given some hints regarding slabs, beams, columns (RC, Steel), e.g 'the height of a .... loaded ... is recommended to be 1/... of the distance between supports'.
Another thing that I would like to find information about is whether there is some practical guideline regarding members resisting shear (braces?, shear walls) like 'recommended seismic-resisting geometry properties of the building'. I see this being useful for discussing with the architect the need of adding/removing such elements in the early stage of the project, before calculations are made.
Many thanks for your time
Mike
Being involved in calculations and drawings mainly I become curious how some of the member properties were chosen by the senior engineers before starting desing calculations.
I am looking for a guide that contains recommendations how to pick initial member dimensions in the stage before starting calculations. What I mean is, in university we were given some hints regarding slabs, beams, columns (RC, Steel), e.g 'the height of a .... loaded ... is recommended to be 1/... of the distance between supports'.
Another thing that I would like to find information about is whether there is some practical guideline regarding members resisting shear (braces?, shear walls) like 'recommended seismic-resisting geometry properties of the building'. I see this being useful for discussing with the architect the need of adding/removing such elements in the early stage of the project, before calculations are made.
Many thanks for your time
Mike