×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Designing a Concrete Parking Lot Using ACI 330R-01

Designing a Concrete Parking Lot Using ACI 330R-01

Designing a Concrete Parking Lot Using ACI 330R-01

(OP)
Hi, my assignment is to design a concrete parking lot (roughly 700 sq ft) using the ACI 330R-01. The parking lot should satisfy HS20 loading. The native soil is a low plasticity clay (CL).

I am told I am restricted to concrete of fc' = 4000 psi, and a concrete thickness of 6 inches. I would also like to minimize the amount of subbase used.

When going through my calculations following the example provided, I find I need to use a higher fc' as well as a thick layer of subbase in order to satisfy the 6 inch thickness.

Do the results seem reasonable? Or is there an error in my approach? Any help is appreciated.

 

RE: Designing a Concrete Parking Lot Using ACI 330R-01

It all depends upon the stiffness of the underlying soil.
 

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources