I think your best addition to your library (with the exception of codes and a few academic books) are manufacturer catalogs:
HILTI catalog
A precast catalog
A masonry producer catalog
Vulcraft catalog
Steel joist catalog
Metal decking catalog
If you are a concrete person, consider the CRSI...
I am a firm believer in LRFD, but I can not argue with the simplicity of ASD. I use LRFD for steel design practically all the time, but usually it is because the majority of my buildings are concrete with only small amounts of steel. I therefore think that if I am going to design most of the...
I would go with RamConcept as well.
However, I recommend getting together a couple of potential software titles and contact each of the developers. They will give you a short-term license or a limited capacbility package for you to try out. There is no use in spending a lot of money on a...
Y3392:
Strength sounds good (4 ksi). Elongations? Perhaps the cables were understressed.
It could also still be shinkage and/or creep issue with the slab (which should be a factor for about a year). I think Ron has a point with the drying shrinkage of the top versus the bottom of the slab...
I really try not to use live load reduction on any flatwork members (beams, slabs) mainly due to future lawsuit implications (wall cracking and window damage). I agree with the statistical reasoning for using reduced live load, but just can't bring myself to use them for flatwork knowing that...
flamby: Are you kidding me? You think that an 8" thick post-tensioned slab is questionable? An 8" thick post-tensioned slab is used practically in every residential high rise building in the southeast United States. The benefits are enormous, economically:
8" PT slab: ~1.1 psf mild+0.75 psf PT...
Based on the question you posed, I am in complete agreement with "Ron". I do not want to seem antagonistic, but I believe a course (seminar, college class) in basic wind engineering would help you greatly. If this is not an option, please read the entire wind loads section in ASCE 7 (7-98 or...
