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I am designing a pier-slab moment foundation to support an 85' pole that is loaded in two directions. The pier is 6'x6'x11', the slab is 20' x 20' x 3', and the slab will sit 10.5' below grade on excellent quality limestone. The excavated soil will be backfilled with gravel. It will have...
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I am a Civil/Structural engineer and would like to learn how to design house plans. Are there any good, modern courses (paid or free) that would help with this? I am mostly interested in using Revit. I primarily want to design a home for myself but would love to learn how to edit and...
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Does Euler's Formula for buckling generally give a good, quick estimate of the critical buckling load, or should it be disregarded in exchange for modern buckling formulas provided by AISC or ACI? I am studying for my PE and am trying to decide whether or not it can be used as a time...
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I am preparing to take my PE exam in Civil-Structural in two weeks. I have been trying to become proficient using the AISC 360 design tables to save time. One question I cannot find a thorough explanation for is the use of equation (4-1), see attached.
More specifically, if I have a...
