I was wondering if someone could offer me some guidance. I have been struggling to find a reference that talks about the analysis of wood stave tanks. I am looking at an existing redwood tank to try to offer an opinion as to it’s seismic resistance . There seams to be a common trend out here(CA)...
I saw a conceptual detail come thru our office the other day and was wondering what people thought about it.
It was a rough scematic for a preengineered building were the crane was supported of the frame with brackets. I have never seen this detail before. when i have done this it has always...
Could a geotech please define this term for me?
Is this the bearing preassre that is allowed after you add back in the weight of the soil that was removed above the base of the footing.
Example of my thought. IF i have a 10 foot deep spread footing in 125 pcf soil. The bearing preasssure...
I have a client who is building post and beam structures. He is interested in using T&G siding for lateral stability in california. I know that they built buildings like this for years before plywood was invented. I just do not know how to justify it.
1. Does anyone know of tables that list...
People often ask in this forum if "It is worth it to get a PE?". I think in Structural/Civil the answer is obviously yes. That question though has been answered at length on these pages. I have a PE earned thru the Structural 1 exam. I have recently been contemplating the value of adding The SE...
Hello All,
I am in america and I need to get some information on wide flange structural steel metric cross sections. A client of our's is putting a piece of equipment on a platform in South Korea and we are tasked to check the capacity of the existing structure. Since in america we are metric...
i am looking at two source.
one source says the charecteristic pile length is
the square root of EI/n(k)
the other says the fifth root of EI/n(k)
any one know which is righ and which is a typo
thanks
hello all i posted a question in the "starting and running an engineering bussiness forum and i would greatly appreciate responses especially from structural people
thanks
I was wondering what the usual time people are with an engineering consulting firm before they are offered ownership? i have been with a company for several years and the owner is always teasing me with being a partner and i was wondering how long people usually wait to get offered a...
I am doing research into what wood design programs are available. I was wondering if there is a program for wood design similar to the RAM structural system. We are doing both typical and custom houses. We currently do all our wood design by hand or with spread sheets. The building officials in...
Hello,
I have been asked many times to supply .plt files to architects so they can have a professional printer plot the drawings. How do i plot these same files if someeone else sends them to me?
Thanks in advance
