I've got a building built in 1993 that was built using (reportedly) recycled bridge steel (don't know when the bridge was built). We are doing a remodel and are having some trouble welding to the existing wide-flange beams (cracks have been visibly detected at all of the welds so far). I had...
I have a 2-story building with basement on soft soils up to 50 ft deep and need to design a mat slab to support it. Can anyone recommend some software to assist with this?
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I wanted to get some help on setting up a cooling system for a saltwater aquarium. The tank water is 82F and needs to be held constant by the use of heaters and some type of cooling system. They make chillers for this use but they are upwards of $500 and I figured I could make something for...
Does anyone out there use RAM Frame for modeling CMU shearwalls? If so, what do you use for Poisson's Ratio when laying out the material properties?
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Does anyone have good info or know where I can find info on the bracing force required to resist column and beam buckling? I need this for both steel and wood.
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