Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
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How do you integrate column stiffiners to a mat foundation? Do you make it thicker or with more top bars or do you put separate tie beams above it?
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Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
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RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
If it is concrete columns, Explain what do you mean by column stiffiners ? Shear reinforcement ?
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
Let us say you have mat foundation 3 meters below ground. The columns would be too long and become slender. To hold against sway or make it non-sway and turn in into short columns, designer put ground beams between columns making it stiffer. Is this not a normal procedure? How do you integrate the ground beams to the mat foundation then?
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
Dearhokie66.. from mat foundation to ground floor, there is 3 meters.. from ground floor to second floor, there is 4 meters. The total column height is 7 meters from mat foundation to ground floor ceiling. Are you saying the ground floor slabs divide the effective column length to 3 and 4 meters respectively? Just saw this elsewhere.
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
Ground beam is supposed to hold the columns against sway and tie up can't do that (but only avoid differential movements of separate footings? But are they not similar in design? So they should do the same either can do.
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
Tie beams for me serves as beam that connects two or more footings to stabilize the connected footings and prevent overturning. ground beams can act as a tie beam if your footing is resting on the same level with the ground floor
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
RE: Mat Foundation with column stiffeners
If there are ground floor slabs without ground beams. Are the ground floor slabs enough to hold the columns against sway (let's say the columns are 2 meters from foundation to ground level and 4 meters from ground level to second floor?