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    Corrosion of Reinforcement in Construction Joint

    What is keeping the reinforcement in construction joint from corroding? Even if we use waterstops, it's in-between the outer and inner reinforcement, leaving outer reinforcement exposed to the water and other corroding agents in the joint area.
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    Which Steel Stress for Crack Width Calculation for Multi-Layer Reinforcement?

    Hi! Very short but hard question: When you have more than one layer of reinfoircement on tension face, which steel stress should be used for crack width calculation and can you provide a reference to your answer? A) Outermost reinforcement's stress B) Stress at the centroid of the tensile...
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    Most Critical M & N Couple for SLS Analyses

    Hi! My problem is, in my opinion, should be very common, but have not seen many posts. I have a shell and with most software, I can get an envelope of results along many load combinations. The structure I am working on is mostly governed by SLS (Crack Width). So, I go in and get the shell...
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    Neutral Axis with Axial Force and Bending Moment in Cracked Section

    Hi Doug, Your website was the first one I checked, but when I went through your calculation, I noticed that you have used quadratic equations, but I want to go through the steps one by one instead of the quadratic solution. Maybe I cannot understand that. But following the Ghali you referred in...
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    Neutral Axis with Axial Force and Bending Moment in Cracked Section

    Thanks for that. I am not using anything fancy. Just simple Eurocode. So, instead of yielding the concrete to 0.35%, we should try to reach an equilibrium with the forces, right? I think that's the problem I had.
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    Neutral Axis with Axial Force and Bending Moment in Cracked Section

    Hi Denial, Thanks for that! I will download and go through the steps you have used. Inhope you also have an SLS check.
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    Neutral Axis with Axial Force and Bending Moment in Cracked Section

    Hi, Thanks for the answer. I do that for ULS part without any problem. But I need to do similar thing for SLS to get steel stress. Thinking now, I cannot see any difference, but there is some that I cannot remember now :) I think we don't use rectangular block approach for SLS.
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    Neutral Axis with Axial Force and Bending Moment in Cracked Section

    Do you think that axial force and bending moment changes the neutral axis of a cracked section? If so, can you refer me to the relevant reference? All the reinforced concrete books I have checked uses geometric equivalency and the neutral axis depth is not depending on the axial force and...
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    Point load on a rectangular plate on spring (Roark-like formulation)

    The easiest way is not the way I am looking, I am looking for the function as you said in the second option. I'll have a look. And without even knowing what I am doing, this out-of-shelf comment is just very interesting. I know how the springs work. Thanks for your concern.
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    Point load on a rectangular plate on spring (Roark-like formulation)

    Hi, as written on the title, I am looking for a Roark-like case explained in a simple way: "Point load on a rectangular plate on spring." So, the bending and shear calculation for the plate sitting on a soil represented by linear uniform springs.
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    Bending Moment and Axial Force from Stresses in Soild Elements

    Hi, If you model a member with solid elements, you can get different stress results, such as Syy, Sxy, Sxx etc. depending on the notation used by the software. In a report that I read (by a reputable consultant), they have used these stresses to calculate the bending moment and axial forces...
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    Boussinesq equation under a rectangular loaded area

    Thanks guys, see the calculation below. https://i.imgur.com/CV8fVFC.png
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    Illustration for Technical Books

    Hi, I am very obsessed with creating good figures for reports and papers. I see that in some books they have these very well prepared figures, and I just wanted to ask you if any of you know the common softwarw that authors usw? I can't believe if these are simple Autocads.
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    Assumed bearing capacity in area of miscellaneous fill

    Mostly the recommended bearing capacity for these types of fills is 25 kPa. Also, dont trust plate loadings etc. since the main problem is heterogeneity.
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    Drained Modulus and Stroud Butler 1975

    Shub_123, although it is not exactly what I am looking for, it is very useful! Thanks!
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