trickle ventilation
Looking some guidance on background ventilation to a community building Im working on. Building Control are asking for a mechanical vent system to be installed. Surely there has to be a simpler alternative to this eg holes in walls,vents in roof. Problem is our funder wants...
I'm searching about for a reasonably priced structural steel design program. One which I could purchase without the monthly payments . Are there any decent freeware programs available?
Hi, IM designing a portal frame building (15m wide x 30 m long ,6 m to eaves) and im wondering could i assume wind uplift to be zero since there are only 3 smallish door openings and window openings are also minimal. Any thoughts?
Hi all,
Looking for some tips on how to calculate portal frame bracing sizes.(roof,vertical)
It's a simple single span,5 bay building,6 metres to eaves,roof slope 10 deg. 4.75m between frames,walls built to 2.4 metres.
Thanks
I'm trying to calculate horizontal force on a portal frame base.
Following the procedure in EC3 manual for design of steelwork and coming up with 1.37 kn. Is this too small a figure for a frame of 18 metre span,6 metre eaves height? I compared it to similar sized frame calculations done by other...