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    Counting the number of items in a cell

    Thank you for your response guys. Though it seems hard, I will try them one by one. I know I am on the right path.
  2. gaijin2004

    Counting the number of items in a cell

    A simple question for you guys, I just don’t know how to enter this in formula. Say in a certain cell A1 containing numbers 1 15 25 4, the formula counts how many numbers contained in that cell A1. The formula should return 4 or in case the cell contains 15 2 8 10 100 59 then it should return 6...
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    Protecting Worksheet

    Thanks everyone for your comments!
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    Pin or fix support?

    Thank you guys for your valuable comments! We have been designing pipe racks (steel & RC) with pinned supports and i I got this question raised up when a new engineer in our office always use fixed support but cannot explain why it is so. Yes, we can design it either way but what would be the...
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    Pin or fix support?

    for a reinforced concrete piperack supported by isolated foundations and no tie beams, what is the best assumption to represent my foundations? will it be pinned or fixed support? is there a big difference between pin and fixed in terms of design forces on the structural members and foundations?
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    ACI 318-99 Sect. 10.6.4

    Sorry, I don’t have a copy of metric companion of ACI 318-99. anyone who can teach me the metric equivalence of Section 10.6.4, Equation 10-5: S = 540/fs – 2.5Cc but not greater than 12(36/fs). Thanks!
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    Protecting Worksheet

    I protected my worksheet from the tools-protection-protect sheet menu but it seems it can be manipulated when copied into a new work sheet. I want my worksheet when copied to another worksheet, the formulas will not be copied or in other words, only the values and no formulas will be copied as...
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    ACI 318 Metric Equivalence

    I belong to a very small engineering company and our engineering references/codes aren't complete and hardly updated to the latest editions. Take ACI 318 for instance, I know there’s a metric companion to ACI 318/318R but unluckily I cannot find any copy(in my office of course!) ; I find it...
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    3D Correct Modeling

    Thank you very much guys for your valuble posts!
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    3D Correct Modeling

    So you mean to say, the best model is: fixed supports even with the presence of grade beams? actually, i tried to model & run a 3D frame by staad, with grade beams and fixed supports, the result is: with the supports fixed, the grade beams didn't carry any forces(shear, moment, axial) or no...
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    3D Correct Modeling

    I have been designing 3D structures(by STAAD) for powerplant facilities(i.e. piperacks, shelters, etc.) and i usually designate a pinned support as long as theres a grade beam in it. some engineers i noticed, they model it using fixed support(even with the presence of grade beam) and others...
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    Spectral response Acceleration Ss & S1 for areas other than U.S.

    Thanks a lot Tharani!
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    Response spectrum analysis

    I was asked to do response spectrum analysis on a certain industrial related structure but i am not really sure of the exact/step by step procedures or solution of such problem. I have done some modal analysis of turbine/blower foundations by just calculating the natural freq. of the foundation...
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    Spectral response Acceleration Ss & S1 for areas other than U.S.

    Thanks!
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    Spectral response Acceleration Ss & S1 for areas other than U.S.

    thank you guys for the info!
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