Hello all,
I've been asked to design a free-standing 8" block (fully grouted) sound wall. It is several hundred feet long with 16" x 16" pilasters at 50' intervals, and a height of 10'.
My question is about rebar. What are the minimum reinforcement requirements (o.c. spacing) for the...
Thanks for all the thoughts, everybody.
I should have mentioned that we were able to brace the column with horizontal beams at about the half way point, at a floor diaphragm level. The tall wall is two-story, so the beams will be exposed.
I was mainly curious about the straps, though.
Thank...
Hello All,
I have this design problem: a roughly 20' tall 5-1/8 x 5-1/8 GL column supports a ridge beam. The GL column is undersized for buckling and needs to be braced or built up in the field. (The column sits in a wall with lots of windows and is supported in the plane of the wall at about...
