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KootK replied to the thread Axial pipe load - how is this transferred to the pad foundation.It would do both. But axial loads due to thermal expansion can indeed be enormous if you try to restrain them. Often, a reasonable... -
KootK replied to the thread Wood post Cracks.I see it the same way. Shrinkage + a load arrangement that encourages splitting where you see it.
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KootK replied to the thread Wood post Cracks.Just make sure that, whatever facade system is used, the post can still breath. Based on your photos, I'm guessing that this is a high...
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KootK replied to the thread ASCE 7-16 15.4.4 - Approximating Seismic Period.The method cannot be decoupled from the character of the forcing function, as you are finding. The method is based on energy and...
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KootK replied to the thread Seismic Force When Designing Shear Friction.I'd not thought of this previously but I think that you're right, the inertial load of the bottom half of the wall has to go somewhere.
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KootK replied to the thread Shoring OSSJ with wood?.So just move the BC shoring in one more panel point.
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KootK replied to the thread Shoring OSSJ with wood?.I feel as though I'm getting gaslighted here or something...
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KootK replied to the thread Shoring OSSJ with wood?.It doesn't need a vertical member. There should be a compression web hitting that same joint that came straight from the factory...
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KootK replied to the thread Shoring OSSJ with wood?.@Enable: it's a spiffy detail but, fundamentally, what makes it better / more stable than just putting in cross braced shoring at the...
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KootK replied to the thread Shoring OSSJ with wood?.Kind of depends on the situation at hand but, when I do this, I usually do it by inspection. I also usually specify that the shoring...
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KootK replied to the thread Punching Shear Question.With regard to steel posts and such, it is my experience that most engineers will treat that as uniform, vertical punching shear as you...
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KootK replied to the thread Shoring OSSJ with wood?.I think that you're better off shoring the bottom chord at a panel point. So long as you're reasonably close to the end, the potential...
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That looks like the typical Portland Sleeve detail. Those are mainly for alignment. They are ribbed so they do not crush as the...
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KootK replied to the thread Corbel Design Confusion (ACI).When last I designed a corbel, one had the option of either STM or the shear friction approach. The PCI manual shows the shear friction...
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KootK replied to the thread House Review - Site Visit without report?.It's that way for me sometimes too. Quite often I show up at the behest of a realtor and on very short notice. But, at the outset, the...
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