I am designing a 3-storey classroom block. The concrete frames consists of 8 metre long single span beams at all floor levels and roof level supported on 2 circular columns (600 mm diameter). These frames are to be spaced at 11 metre centre. There will be no shear walls provided. Slabs will be...
I have a circular 600 mm diameter column which may need to be halved to accommodate an expansion joint.Obviously the column will become a semi-circular column and may become slender( am i right). Which book is the best to refer to.Can anyone help ? How would I design the foundation/pilecap?
I was doing a deflection check on a 12 metre reinforced concrete simply supported beam.In the code it says compliance with the span/ effective depth ratio (20 for simply supported) will generally limit total deflections to span/250.
When I checked the actual span depth ratio for a 1 metre deep...
Can anybody tell me if British Standard BS8110 (reinforced concrete code of practice)is seismically compatible ? If so what sort of richter scale can it stand? I am quite sure that the code did not specifically described seismic loading.
This question came to my mind because during one of the...
I am working on a bridge project which is undergoing construction. It is a three span bridge . The longest being 25 metres simply supported. This longest span is to be supported on piers (bolted on the sides of the piers) founded on a pad footing at one end and the other on bored piles.The...
I am designing a 4-storey school building of reinforced concrete. The building is to be 100 metres long.The climate here in BRUNEI is hot/wet with temperature range of 27 celcius to 35 celceius.(not so variablei guess). Similar to Singapore and part of Brazil.The problem with having expansion...
