Thanks for the info.
Here in Austin... it'll be solid rock for 10 feet then whammo, Super sponge clay for 10 feet...
We specialize in tiltwall construction and I'm the only engineer here... it's a pretty country-fied organization and thus there's a lot of ''That's just the way we do...
Yeah, I figured, the skin friction uplift less the compressive load of the walls= amount of steel required...
x-sectional steel area * yield strength of rebar less load factors.
Just a wondering if there was some mystical magical equation to ease my mind.?? or rule of thumb??
Gracias,
Pat.
I'm in the commercial tiltwall construction business and have heard more and more people talking about needing to put 12" void boxes underneath the tiltwall panels spanning between the drilled piers.
How is it that a panel which weighs about 40,000 lbs. and has a thickness of only 6-7...
How would a person design the tension steel in a belled(underreamed) concrete pier to resist the uplift forces of the surrounding hi plasticity clays?
Figuring the bell diameter is easy in regards to bearing capacity of the soil as given.
I've got a tiltwall panel and metal roof frame...
I am looking for literature regarding concrete slab design, in particular- slabs on grade & thin floating slabs.
I would like to use this literature to check analysis programs.
Thank You,
Pat.
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I am looking for easy to use, windows oriented structural design programs for steel frame and concrete slab design. Nothing too fancy as we specialize in Tiltwall construction so my buildings don't require intricate analysis. Any source of helpful literature/books would be greatly...
