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as the title suggests, i have an inverted beam that goes around the roof slab to act as a parapet, the columns are 500x500 and the inverted beam is 600x200 (200 out the 600 is the intersection of the slab).
my question is: should the columns rebars be extended to reach to the top of the...
No sir, im an engineer working for the contractor, i just received the drawings, and thought id chat with you nice people :D
thought it seemed strange, and maybe i should send a letter to the employer discussing this issue
Not really Josh, the designer gave me framing plan that is filled with beams like the one i showed you here, im thinking he aligned them under partitions/block walls to help with the load.
but even if that is true (which is wrong, since the slab alone with its reinforcement should suffice to...
the design for this element came as a beam (6T14 top, 3T14 bot, and 2T8@150mm stirrups, as you can see in the attached picture)
so if what we are saying is correct, then both the top and bot reinforcement wont work (redundant, work as additional reinforcement for the slab at best), and the...
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as the title suggests, i have a beam that is attached on the top by a 200mm slab and rests on a 500mm slab (see attached), my question is: will this beam act as a beam?!
i am asking this since the beam wont undergo any deflection, and since there is no deflection then there will be no...
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I don't know if this is the right place to post this question .so if I'm wrong tell me and I'll delete it.
I have a question regarding vertical construction joint location in reinforced concrete walls.
A building has rc walls on strip foundation surrounding the building, these walls are...
