Recent content by jeffhed

JLNJ, We are talking about the average section properties for both hollow and the partially grouted walls. The tables in the NCMA TEK 14-01b state if the mortar bedding is full or just the face shells. I agree that the webs do not count for the walls spanning horizontally. As far as the...

Hello, I am currently helping a client develop his own masonry block. I have been tasked with developing tables that show the section properties for the block spanning both vertically and horizontally. So for a proof of concept I decided to try to match the wall section properties in NCMA TEK...

BAretired, We are in agreement. This is what I have done in the past and was doing on this project. The loads were getting so high on this project (compared to what I normally deal with) that I started to wonder if I wasn't overkilling it. Thank you. jayrod12, Thank you for the link. There...

I have a project I am working on with a lower roof that has higher roof on three sides. So I have run three drift calculations. The drifts all overlap each other. Typically I have looked at all of these drifts as one load case occurring at the same time. Is this correct? Or do I actually...

Thank you, Mike. How come those are not in the 75 year joist manual?

I have a project where a client wants to change the use of a space. I have existing floor framing plans that specify the floor joists. The are mostly H joists and I can find load tables for them in the 75 Year Steel Joist Manual. However, two bays are listed as 24VH8 and 20VH7 joists. I...

Thank you, Josh.

JoshPlum, I understand the subscription thing, I have a subscription for RISA 2D and realize that I would need to purchase a subscription for RISA 3D if I decided to go with it. With RISA 3D, does it actually generate the wind loads, or do I need to generate my own loads with spreadsheets, etc...

Jayrod12 is right. Your collector force is 3k at th eend of the shear wall but reduces to zero at the opposite end.

I have a project that is an open canopy but has drop shades around the perimeter so it can be an open or an enclosed building. There are existing concrete walls that must remain in place that are in between my transverse frame columns so I don't have a true moment frame in the transverse...

SAIL3, I am not sure if a naval architect was used previously, but the new roofing material will not change the profile of the existing structure, the old will be removed and replaced with the new roofing material. I am supposed to be receiving some photos of the existing roof to I can see how...

HotRod10, Yes. We are on the same page. If the boat is sitting at the dock it would see the same design wind speed as any building, and I am sure as you have said and as TehMightyEngineer also pointed out that you would never see those kind of wind speeds on the water because you wouldn't take...

HotRod10, the highest ground speed you are talking about is a max wind speed that the boat could operate in. Meaning if wind speeds on the water were higher than that wind speed then they boat should not be taken out on the water, right? This is what I have done so far, the boat is a dinner...

I have a client who wants to replace the roofing material on a very large tour boat. The structure is a 30'-0" x 30'-0" pole building with corrugated steel roof decking. The decking has aged and needs to be replaced but they need engineering to show that the new roof decking and the attachment...

MotorCity, I also usually think of sliding snow as snow that falls from an upper roof to a lower roof like you said. But couldn't snow slide off of the steeper roof down to the lower flatter roof and accumulate there as well? I can also see how this could be approached as a windward drift load...