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    Storage Racks-Seismic design?

    Please review "seismic Considerations for Steel storage Racks" FEMA 460, Sept. 2005 publication.
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    Lifting Beam Design

    Please looked at recently published ASCE journal "Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction" May 2008. Mr. David Buerr has published four papers on this subject. He also gave ahand calculation example. Good luck
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    elevated support for multiple pipes

    Structure33 Please looked at a paper On "Check pipe support orientation" by: C.V.Char Hydrocarbon Processing, Sept. 1975, pp. 207-212. You need Mr. char paper to desig your case. He has given detail structural calculations of pipe support with different cases.
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    Point Loads Applied to Slab on Grade

    TTUengr51 Based your case and discussion of other members, Please looked at Chapter 4 of "Ground bearing Concrete Slabs" By John Knapton published by Thomas Telford, 2003. This book used to available from the ASCE Books Store. Another publication is by British Cement Association "Concrete...
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    Impact Loads - Navigation Piles

    Myoho You could looked at the following publications 1. Ship collision with bridges IASBE Structural Engineering Documents 4, 1993 2. Bridge and Pier Protective Systems and Devices By: K,N, Derucher and C.P. Heins Marcel Dekker, Inc, NY,NY 1979
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    wave action?

    broncosfan, Please review FEMA publication 550 " Recommended Residential construction for the Gulf Coast"
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    Assessing the total settlement from the settlement profile

    namron2 In response to your point # 5, please read paper published ASCE Geotechnical Journal Dec. 2007, (paper by: J.Brian Anderson et al. (pp.1494-1502). You may draw your own conclusion.
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    relationship between k values and allowable bearing pressure

    Herewegothen, I am not sure about the relationship between "k" and bearing pressure. I did find the relationship between passive pressure and "k" for pile design. If you are looking for this information, please look at the article in ASCE CIvil Engineering, May 1969, pp.65-66. ("Side Bearing...
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    Conical Bottom with supports

    Schupert Please try the following web site http://www.kuleuven.be/bwk/materials/Teaching/master/toc.htm Lecture 15C.1
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    Design of Foundations for Dynamic Loads

    Designsimply Dr. Arya et al. have published long-hang design examples in his book as well as same examples published in "Hydrocarban Processing" Journal(I think around mid 1970s.) If you are looking for more long hand examples, Please look at A. Major (Alexander Major) Book, Collects...
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    tank bottom in submerged tank - rising water level

    herewegothen Please see "Design Analysis of Beams, Circular Plates and Cylindrical Tanks on Elastic Foundations" By: E.S. Melerski Taylor & Francis Group Lindon, UK, 2006 This book has CD RAM to solve your problems/concerns
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    Curved Concrete Stairs

    Vinny7 Did you look at Reynolds & Steedman Handbook? Also the published another book on BS 8110 Code These two books would give you a solution to your prblem. HTS
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    Effective Unit Weight of Soil in Lateral Load Software

    k2p In piling for the horizontal loads,the horizontal sugrade reaction plays therole and for submerged (below water table)horizontal subgrade reaction is much lower than the dry sand subgrade reaction value. Check Professsor Tarzeghi paper published in ICE Geotechnique and discussion by...
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    Design of concrete base.

    preetis mssuared48 is right. There are several unknown factors such as height of pole, flaking size etc. you may design a pole based on restrained condition at foundation HTS
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    Elastic buckling stress of unsymmetric section

    Structural EIT Please look at a German Paper by Professor Dr. Ing. W. Mann on RC members , Beton und Stahlbetonbau, Feb 1976 or Professor Dr. Tekn- M.P.Neilsen, Bygningsttatiske Meddeleser, No. 4, 1997. HTS

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