AISI S100 Chapter F has criteria to evaluate cold formed steel testing to come up with an appropriate safety factor based on the data variability and the type of element tested. Anyone know if there is any thing like that for hot-rolled steel? I have a client who comes up with some unusual...
ACI 530-11 Sec 1.18.3.2.6 specifies the minimum spacing of vertical and horizontal reinforcing in Special Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls as 1/3 the Length or Height of the wall.
With single story masonry warehouses the walls are long and are at times interrupted with overhead doors, man doors...
