Recent content by aboallol

hi i am doing plate test for a ground which was improved to get the design bearing capacity of 200 kpa. can any body please tell me how much the applied pressure should be, i mean the safety factor between the test pressure and the design bearing capacity, and also the standard which based on.

thank you all for your clarification, but i'm still asking about the tension in the slab, should'nt be there any connection (or some detail) between the slab reinforcement and the plate (or the bolts) to resist the tension?

the back span is right, but what are the two red lines?

thanks again (slickdeals) for your reply, i have attached a sketch for what i understand from you please take a look and give me your opinion...

Thanks (slickdeals) but in case I choosed steel strut, what will be the tension member in the slab, if you have any details for this connection (embeded plate) please send it to me.

hi, My question has two parts: 1- I have abig cantilever 5m slab, so i had to use a diagonal column starting in the bottom of the main column and ending in the middle of the cantiliver, do I have to consider any moment in designing this diagonal member? 2- in case I considered only compression...