I am working on designing a two tier redi-rock retaining wall system. The tiers are 15 feet in height and would require long geogrids. I was wondering if I use a special foundation system say a concrete footing on caissons would that help with sliding and hence reduce the length of geogrid.
I am working on designing a two tier redi-rock retaining wall system. The tiers are 15 feet in height and would require long geogrids. I was wondering if I use a special foundation system say a concrete footing on caissons would that help with sliding and hence reduce the length of geogrid.
Does anyone know anything about the subject type of vehicular loading. It's some military type loading and I cannot find anything on the type of truck or any specifications.
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I used SRWall to design several MSE (redi-rock) retaining walls on a project. The governing city would like to see independent calculations. I am not aware of any other software to use other than SRWall. The only other way is by hand using the SRWall manual examples or maybe MATHCAD. The walls...
I am working on duplex units that were built in 1890 The floors are constructed out of 2x10 actual size floor joists but I can not tell what type of wood was used hence I do not know what allowable values to use. The joists span 21.5 feet and are randomly spaced anywhere between 16 to 24 inches...
Precast-top values in CONSPAN - is it correct that as long as the release stresses are less than 0.75 f'c 1996 AASHTO 9.15.1 then I am ok even tho my CONSPAN program red flags these values
