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    Importance Factor (Ie) & R

    Thanks all, what i found in one of the recommendation, it says R=1, however this is his personal suggestion. it seems that this R=1 is too much...to be designed elastic.
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    Importance Factor (Ie) & R

    Hi there, when you are designing basement structure, how much R (response modification factor) did you use (according to ASCE).?
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    applied load factor of Plaxis result

    @retired13, thanks for your references, I will have a look at that further. @IDS, thanks for your suggestions. @KootK, Plaxis has the ability to use LRFD method in its analysis. Link Would you think this will help to reduce the result compared to what they are doing now (using WSD and...
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    applied load factor of Plaxis result

    @KootK, at this point, I cant push/negotiate with geo as they seem to have reasons why they are doing like this, eg: bad soil. however, applying 1.6 for the forces given by them is under my impression, as you know the Plaxis model contains not only earth pressure but also some live and dead...
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    applied load factor of Plaxis result

    sounds like taking into account the 3D effect into consideration, right? seems I cannot adopt that, as the structure is behaving almost like a continuous long wall.
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    applied load factor of Plaxis result

    @retired13, there are changes within projects I'm handling now, which is now using different codes with the previous one (but similar type of construction). using American code seems a bit higher/costly compared to previous projects using BS. I need to seek a method (a good approach) to...
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    applied load factor of Plaxis result

    @IDS, geotech team derived the soil strength parameters using statistic approach, while in my opinion, it has an inherent safety factor, especially when they use a 'mean' value. I believe this is a way to capture uncertainty. however, it seems too big if I have to use 1.6 factor for concrete...
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    applied load factor of Plaxis result

    hi, currently, we are designing diaphragm wall with help from Plaxis analysis. However, the load factor used for reinforcement design is 1.6 (we multiply Plaxis forces result with 1.6), this one follows ASCE load factor for particular earth pressure. 1.6 seems too high, as the geotechnical...
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    Joint in secant piles

    Hi HouseBoy, The first pier installed is the part with rectangular rebar cage which I called primary piles, and the other with circular rebar cage is secondary one. The term is mentioning which come first rather than the configuration of the rebar itself. It is not easy, but it can be done as...
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    Joint in secant piles

    Hi HousBoy, first they create the primary piles, and then drilled the other piles as called secondary piles. They sometimes delay the development strength of the primary piles (to be more than 28 days) to get more easy drilling. however, my concern is, the primary piles and secondary piles has...
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    Joint in secant piles

    Hi folks, Need some helps, question about bored pile connection. Is the connection between the piles reliable? can it sustain the load that act on the section with no shear connector installed as composite (concrete and steel) does? attached is the concern issue. thanks...
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    STAAD PRO & RAM CONCEPT

    Thank you SethGuthrie !
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    STAAD PRO & RAM CONCEPT

    Hi Seth, Thank you so much for your help, Still this feature (gcff) doesn't match with my expectation. And I noticed, this extension is a kind of XML file. Moreover, there is a case when I need to input hundreds of point springs in RAM, and I'm thinking to have a similar feature in staad...
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    STAAD PRO & RAM CONCEPT

    Dear engineers, does anybody have experience in transferring model from StaadPro to Ram concept? Ram request what is called .CGFF file from Staadpro, but unfortunately I don't know how to create CGFF file from StaadPro. Thank you for your help. Regards, Riky
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    Dear engineers, i am trying to d

    Dear engineers, i am trying to develop a strip forces from generic moment contour.. do you know how SAFE calculate its strip forces? and, regarding wood armer moment calculation, which text box explains this method? thank you for your help,
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