On gable end prefabricated, light weight, metal plate connected wood roof trusses, some designers require 90% of the web height "L" braced except where it is a scissors requiring 100% (ie, notching the bracing at the top and the bottom chords). Why the 100% vice the 90%?
Can I insert an intermediate poured concrete bond beam at the mid height of an exterior reinforced concrete masonry block wall and proceed to design the wall for lateral wind, not axial gravity, as two walls of height h/2 each? I would use different axial loads on each and would use the unity...
Please advise where can I find information on the characteristics, performance, and design of augered cast-in-place concrete piles for elevating a residence type building
How are the allowable lateral load and the allowable moment on a pile related? This question arises from a pile elevated flate plate design. Since no shear walls are being used below the slab, the piles must handle the lateral and moment producing wind load as well as the gravity produced moment...
