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Thanks BA. Should I design it as two beams with point loads applied with a slab in between or as a whole unit? I've been trying to work out the depth required and it seems to be too large. I'm not sure if I'm applying the loads right as I'm considering the plant load as pressure over a 0.5m x...

Hi All, I've been asked to design a slab on grade for a sand washing plant and I'm a little stuck on the loadings and their influence and the best way to design for them as this isn't my forte and all my notes on the subject have given loadings for the design. The plant itself weighs approx 12...

Thanks for all your help Doug. Its greatly appreciated. I'll give these a try and I'm sure I'll figure something out for the cables. Cheers, Chris

Thanks Doug. Just to be clear, if I have the gravity loads applied and increment 1 set at 1.0, it will analyse with the full self weight of the structure? And if I want to analyse the live load with the dead load, I create a second increment with a value of 1.0 for both the live and dead load...

Hi all, I'm working on a model of a bridge design at the moment and being new to Strand7, I'm a little unsure on how to apply Dead load and Live load cases to the model to make sure the analysis is correct. In the Load and Freedom cases, I have applied the gravity inertia load (-9.806650 in...

Thanks Doug. I'll give these a try and let you know how i get on. Cheers, Chris

Hi all, I'm new to using Strand7 and I am trying to create an arch structure for a bridge using a truss/spaceframe setup and was wondering if anyone knows of a way to plot/create an arch without manually calculating each node. I've created one model where i have tried to plot the nodes...