...dold may be on to something re: AI chatbot. Allow me to help his/her algorithm and our profession with some inputs:
1. Kwan Kok Ko, you will likely find that employing the services of a structural engineer will be helpful to answer your questions.
2. Just so you are aware,Kwan Kok Ko...
I said it in the first Champlain Towers thread, and I'll say it again....yes, emphatically, yes. And we're shooting ourselves in the foot as a profession when we do not. Thankfully some are starting to speak up as I've now seen on CNN, even saw an SE assoc president on local news in Midwest US...
...my thoughts exactly. Continued speculation for sure, but...that initial collapse debris could even extend below the base of the building within some sink hole whose size is most certainly hard to discern right now. Again, my heart goes out to those people.
Related: has anyone else noticed...
My speculation (at this time) is also that things initiated in the underground parking level or subgrade. It looks to my eye like the debris pile in the vicinity of the portion which collapsed first appears to be a 'shorter pile' than the portion of the structure which collapsed second. If true...
phamEng - It certainly feels like the scenario you suggest is probably what happened. Which explains my perception that my boss felt sympathy for me but that also his feathers were a bit ruffled. Believe someone up the chain dropped something around the time various HR staff apparently took...
271828 - Really appreciate the input from your perspective. Re: sentiment that they're raising pay "quickly" - mmmmm, disagree because it's only after I brought attention to the issue in a more stern fashion after 2 months of waiting and "kid glove" asking on my part. I see your larger point...
Hello All,
Title sums it up best. Summary below:
I work for an engineering firm with under 1000 employees and was recently promoted to a senior position within the production staff. I've worked hard for this, am a heavy lifter on our team, and regularly contribute to things outside of my job...
Shotzie beat me to it. I'd vote for the simpson hangers, but options 1 & 2 would work as well. Due to the large difference in depths of steel beam vs. rafter, I would hesitate a bit to attach a rafter to a an "un-backed" member that spans from top to bottom flange - while we'd be the carpenter's...
Hello, Forensic74, fellow forensic structural engineer here. Try playing around with the Scannable app. I've gotten by with that, doing just what you propose.
I look at the arch dwgs and, based on the room with gov'ng dead loads, try to prove 15 psf or 20psf blanket DL will work. Typically 20 psf does the trick. However, when I need to sharpen the pencil, I take into account the weight of framing + finishes. When it comes to the DL component which...
Well, here's an interesting development. The help file for a known piece of connection software actually gives the following (which aligns with detailer's approach):
"The UDL % is a way to have the link calculate the design shear forces on a beam in your model. This is done considering the AISC...
I also obtained 48.6 kips. Others in our office also obtained 48.6 kips.
Brad - close, I am designing some connections and annoyed, not with EOR, but with our fabricator client. On the first pass, their new detailer has taken it upon themselves to program his detailing software to make a...
Audience Task: Provide 60% UDL value for a wide flange steel beam, given the following parameters....
Code: AISC, Table 3-6 (provided below), Use LRFD capacities.
Beam Size: W16x31.
Beam Length: 20 Feet.
....What value do you get? Please share.
Residential building remodel - after discussing options, and sharing the same concerns as BridgeSmith, Owner would like us to evaluate the effect of the large countertop/island prior to his spending money on reinforcement/tuned mass dampers.
Before we begin, just curious what software/tools...
Typically accomplished with a trapeze which is braced to the diaphragm above using angles/unistrut/cable. Make sure the braces can handle loads in N-S and E-W orthogonal directions (don't forget the loads are reversible). Determine brace forces using Chapter 13 of ASCE 7.
A google search for...
