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  1. seemant

    Single Story X-Braces

    1) Could we really reduce the unbraced length by half if we were to provide a connection in the middle (of a single-story X-brace) and have all the braces break at the gusset plate? The reasoning that goes along with this design is that the tension brace would prestress the connection so much...
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    Containment Structures and Crack Width

    I am researching in seismic design of RC containment strutures where leakage is a very important issue. So far i have only been able to find out the following two formulae for calculating maximum crack width. They're available in ACI 224.2R-5 Broms and Lutz for tensile cracking Gergely and...

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