I am purchasing a pre-engineered metal building from Whirlwind. I am designing the foundation system and I am trying to understand their presentation of column reactions. They have listed "Basic Column Reactions" which I understand from talking to Whirlwind as these are unfactored, primary...
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I am considering purchasing a structural software suite for my company (already have STAAD, Bently ADV FDN, RAM Connections) and I have only used Enercalc in the past. I like Enercalc, but I do not like the "black box" issue with the calcs. I read in some old threads from 2001 that...
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I want to model an existing pipe in a piperack and use CNODES to impart a 3" vertical upward deflection to simulate lifting a portion of the pipe with come-alongs. There are no thermal stresses being considered, just trying to see what stresses are induced by lifting a portion of...
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I am reviewing a very large pile-supported mat which will support 2ea heavy pieces of equipment. The geometry of the mat is oversized relative to the equipment as it will also be used to support a lifting tower needed to set the equipment in place. STAAD software was used...
The general notes issued with a project called for a "seal slab" to be used on any foundation excavation left open more than 24hrs. The material callout is simply 2,000psi lean concrete. The onsite QA/QC rep for the project is requiring concrete cylinder breaks to prove the seal slab material...
