Hoping to reach out to the fiber reinforced polymer guys. I am checking the work of an engineer who designed a CFRP reinforcement on a precast concrete beam. I am rolling through the documentation in ACI 440.2R and I am hung up on item 10.2.3, "existing substrate strain". I am directed to...
I know you could knit a sweater with all the threads on this topic but I am still not satisfied with what I've found. I am hoping for a sanity check.
I have modeled an open (25'x15'x13'), wood framed, pitched ramada structure with a tile finish, king posts and knee braces in RISA-3D. As...
I am in the process of designing a concrete beam-column joint that is not intended to be a part of the seismic or lateral force resisting system of a building. This joint will be transferring shear forces due to moment into the column and of course the vertical shear in the beam into the column...