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    Slideruleera.net Successor

    No, its not a replacement for SRE, just another convenient link to those references. Anything goes on the internet, so I wouldn't consider it toe stepping.
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    Slideruleera.net Successor

    Hey there, I run calcs.app. I'm not actually hosting the files, but rather linking to the ones I could find. If there are missing ones that you know of, please let me know! In the past discussion there was some interest in compiling all the PDFs from SRE into a zip that we could store in a few...
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    NBCC 2020 Climatic Data

    Not exactly what you're looking for, but if you provide the values I can add them to my db here: https://calcs.app/general/seismic-and-climate-data
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    SE Exam New format April 2024

    I wrote and passed the CBT lateral and vertical breadth exams several weeks ago. Since the exam format was new I decided to 'wing it' without putting in much studying effort, just worked on practice problems leading up to the exam, and got lucky. I had previously written the CBT California...
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    General Discussion on Skyscraper Drift

    In the 'medium-tall' design space (45-60 stories) wind design basically amounts to making the LFRS stiff enough to limit drifts (H/500 for instance), strong enough for the equivalent static loads, and then limiting accelerations to levels deemed acceptable for the occupancy. This is usually done...
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    BC, Canada, Code changes to Boost Highrise Construction

    I cant help but feel all the exuberance around mass timber high-rises is premature. Not my specialty, but from what I understand, its basically the wild west out there with regards to things like connection detailing. Are we setting ourselves up for a Northridge-style lesson to be learned?
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    ETABS Earthquake Core wall Transferring causing very unexpected shear distribution

    You really need to be modelling the L1 and ground floor slabs out of plane behavior, including all gravity columns. There isn't a complete load path without them, and more importantly, the stiffness of the discontinuous walls is not correctly captured. Garbage in, garbage out. You should...
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    Transfer of Canadian P.eng license to US P.E process

    For California, I had to write the FE, PE, Seismic, Surveying, and Ethics exams. They didn't seem to care about a P.Eng other then it counting for something on work experience. The FE and PE could be done immediately through NCEES. Then you submit an application to the board, which includes...
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    ASCE 7-16 12.4.2.2: Vertical Seismic Exception - Mat Slab Foundation

    My understanding is that Ev can be excluded from only the ASD combinations, which you would only be using for checking soil demands. The concrete design would be using USD combinations which then need to include Ev. This can lead to a bit of inconsistency for things like checking uplift and...
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    Performance-Based Design "Philosophy"

    Josh touched on retrofit uses, but on new builds PBD in the US is largely done to get around the 240ft height limit on special concrete wall systems without having to go to a dual system. One of the side effects of that, when compared to code based design, is you generally need much more shear...
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    Is subgrade modulus still used by structural engineers?

    I use it for large combined footings / raft foundations / core footings which require analysis by FEM. I'm not sure how you could reasonably design a large raft without it. The results are quite sensitive to it on softer soils. Once you get above 200psi/in or so with typical building footings...
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    Elevator Openings In Concrete Core Walls

    I normally make the returns/ that side a nonstructural wall. It’s both designed and built as a c shape wall.
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    Elevator Openings In Concrete Core Walls

    Its common in North America to not include the returns and just design a three-sided / C-shaped wall. Usually they need the largest opening at or near the ground floor for installing the cabs.
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    Cold Joint

    MSL, We usually get asked by contractors if they can use StayForm in this situation.
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    A win for open access to building codes

    US Court of Appeals upholds that building codes and standards incorporated into US law can be freely disseminated. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/appeals-court-upholds-publicresourceorgs-right-post-public-laws-and-regulations
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