Dear Richard, thanks once again (regret, failed to open and read this forum in time). Definitely, I hope to improve bearing and Slenderness Ratio with the tie-beam I have constructed. My question is how much strength gets lost when you join new RCC member with the old one ? I always felt that...
Dear RiBeneke, thanks for responding. First, I do feel the bond will hold. Second, what was the other way I could have constructed the tie-beam (any advice ?).
Dhan Subba, Sikkim
In order to give strength to long coloumns, I went down to foundations and constructed new tie beams between existing coloumns. All Reinforced concrete. To not to damage or weaken or disturb existing reinforcement, I made steel cage around the colouns, where from I generated new tie beams. If...
I would like know if there is any free software downloadable for designing simple water supply distribution network. Ours is purely gravity system with extremely high head !
Thanks,
Dhan Subba, Gangtok...
