Hello everyone,
We are designing 10 stories building with three basement floors and we notice that the static base shear at the foundation level is less than the static base shear at ground floor level (directly above the basement floors).
My question is as follows :
In order to perform a...
Hi Everyone,
my question seems simple, but I get confused when I found the consultant offices design the concrete beam in a different manner
and the resultant is completely different.
Here are the most common ways that I notice :
consultant type 1
1- After applying the building load on the...
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We are renovating an existing building, the structural system consists of a solid slab supported by a concrete beam and bearing stone wall (as shown in the sketch) and the foundation type is stone strip footing.
the client wants to avoid any demolishing to the existing wall during...
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I am trying to model elevator pits in Raft in CSI SAFE. the raft foundation thickness is 4000 mm and the PIT Bottom slab is depressed by 4500mm below the Top of RAFT. by that way, we create a raft with a thickness of 8500 mm at the edge of the elevator pit
my question is, which of the...
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we are designing a 60 story building located in a low seismic zone and our client refused to perform a wind tunnel test
we failed to convince our client and his team and the client team believes the wind force obtain from code IBC/ASCE7-10 can be higher than the wind tunnel test.
my...
Hi All,
I am designing a two-story parking structure under the groundwater level with dimensions 600 feet x 600feet, the whole building is submerged under the water moreover, we want to connect the parking building to an existing tunnel.
I have three questions:
1- Can we provide expansion...
