Thank you all for the posts.
It is a steel framed building and I am planning to use steel moment frames in both directions for the LLRS however may try to supplement with braced cores at the building ends, if necessary.
The other building feature is a 2 story clear height garage attached...
I'm designing a 2 story steel framed building with moment frames each direction on the east coast which could end up in either SDC C or D. The frames use HSS square 77" columns and wide flange beams for the frames. Assuming it is SDC C, would I be able to use R=3 and treat this as a non-seismic...
I would like to know the minimum depth of partial joint penetration that is pre-qualified by AWS D1.6 for the following AISI Type 316 standard pipe sections:
3" pipe
4" pipe
8" pipe
I don't have the AWS D1.6 code (nor the AWS D1.1) to use as a reference or compare. A pair of 8" pipes, 4 ft...
Hi All,
I would like to know the minimum depth of partial joint penetration that is pre-qualified by AWS D1.6 for the following AISI Type 316 standard pipe sections:
3" pipe
4" pipe
8" pipe
I don't have the AWS D1.6 code (nor the AWS D1.1) to use as a reference or compare. A pair of 8"...
A contractor proposes to install 42" diameter x 10 to 15 ft long precast piers in sand/silt soil for support of 40 ft traffic poles. The standard procedure, Dept of Transportation, is to pre-drill holes 12" larger than the foundation and place clean sand in the voids using hydraulic methods...
ATSE,
Thanks. that was my thought but I don't have any experience with it. Rather puzzling though, it is actually the public utility that is interested in using Type 304 stainless steel rather than 316.
All,
Does anyone have experience specifying AISI Type 304 Stainless Steel for platforms and structural members supporting operating equipment and large pipelines in concrete oxidation ditches for Wastewater Treatment Plants. Type 316 was specified but questions of cost have arisen.
The...
dhengr,
Thanks again. I have collected a few past designs (light gage/cold formed steel) over the years, the recent ones have mostly been software analysis which are less helpful.
A search indicates the latest Yu's text book, 4th Edition (2010), includes all the provisions for the latest...
Thanks all. I plan to design according to the latest AISI Specification 2007.
dhengr - I understand your frustration with the ever changing codes. I'll take your advice and purchase the latest edition of Wei Wen Yu's Cold formed Steel textbook. I don't know how much information on...
An agency has issued Contract Document Drawings (several hundred files) for bidders in an Autocad Postscript Support (.PS) format. I am not familiar with this format and don't know how to display it.
How can I view the drawing files? Is there a driver or download software required...
I am trying to make a decision to purchase either the 1986 or the 1996 edition of the AISI Design Manual (available online at AISI store) for the design of cold formed steel (light gage framing) and need some advice from those who have used both. Any preferences and why?
I generally only...
Thanks all, the consensus is clear.
I can see that a roof level does not meet the floor definition with typical occupant or floor usage loads, unless it is, of course used and specified as a floor. Two or more floors would then define a 3 or more story building with an unoccupied roof.
IBC 1607.9 paraphrased:
Live loads greater than 100 psf cannot be reduced, except that live loads for members supporting two or more floors may be reduced by as much as 20 percent. Would the 20% reduction apply to column bases and foundations in a two story building, i.e., roof counts as a...
Thanks for the posts.
concretemasonry, Fortunately, just wind will be a consideration based on the location. I realize that the brick has to structurally span between floors (and roof) to resist wind unless I provide a structural backup stiff enough to relieve the brick.
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