Not being involved with masonry too much in my career, my knowledge of details for masonry connections is not a lot. My specific situation involves supporting a 8' cavity wall (8" CMU + 4" brick) on a steel beam spanning a 12' opening where there is no wall on one side of the opening for...
We have a current tube framed structural support that is supporting some equipment. The framing was hot-dipped galvanized in the shop and in order to do that, there are holes in the tubes that were required during the galvanizing process.
The client would like to have the holes plugged at...
I am designingthe connections for mechanical components inside of a building that is classified as a Seismic Design Category C and Seismic Deisgn Use group III.
The components were are designing are not required for the continued use of the building and it doesn't meet any of the other items...
I am currently analyzing an existing two-way waffle slab for the proposed installation of new equipment and am running into a problem on how to calculate teh shear stresses at the drop panel face. We are having a debate on how to calculate the allowable shear at the face of the drop panels in a...
I am trying to analyze an existing 6" slab-on-grade to determine whether it can support an equipment rack with a high concentrated point load.
Since the reinforcement in the slab is only minimal W.W.F., I am using the equations in ACI Chapter 22 (Structural Plain Concrete) to determine...
Is there a code or any literature that would indicate guidelines for the minimum (or maximum) load to be used to calculate the weight of conduits that are filled with wire. I am doing an analysis of an existing structure and the owner has asked for an indepth analysis that includes a more...
I am trying top determine what the load factors and resistance factors were from the 1983 ACI-318 code.
Mainly I am looking for the factors for the DEAD and LIVE loads as well as the resistance factors for FLEXURE, COMPRESSION, and SHEAR. Any help would be appreciated.
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I may be looking for something that does not exist, but does anyone know of a source or website that would have design snow and wind loads for countries outside the United States. The specific areas I need the information for are all located in Eastern Europe.
The job entails adding a...
I have a concrete building with 30X30 column bays with a two-way waffle slab. The client has placed a concentrated factored load of about 10,000 pounds loacted about 7.5 feet from the column in each direction without anyone performing a structural analysis. I have been tasked to determine...
