ACI formulas in SI units
ACI formulas in SI units
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Hi, i am a civil engineer working in dominican republic. Our country's buildings are designed using the ACI procedures and formulas. Can these formulas be used with metric (SI) units without being modified ?





RE: ACI formulas in SI units
You cannot use the standard ACI 318 as the formulae do not work in metric. In many places there are concversions required, especially where square root of stresses are involved but also in other places.
I am not sure if the Metric version of the 2002 code is out yet. It is normally delayed by about 12 months.