I am trying to get a bit of opinion based on experience. I have some columns that have approximately 3.5" of concrete cover. What is the feeling to using isolation joints or not using them in this situation.
I am thinking they are still needed because concrete will tend to crack and 3.5"...
Case 1: I am trying to design a concrete basement wall and I have columns offset from the wall 10" all the way down to the footing/base of wall. I thought that I could use the column load x the "e=10" to get a point load moment and add it to the lateral load moment to design the wall. Would...
I am trying to design joist spacing under drift load. I know its more of a trial and error to find the space that works but I can't remember how to go about doing this. Does anyone have any good examples to share or where I can find one.
Thank you.
I am designing a building where I need to used shear walls at various loacations along the building wall. In finding the shear (v) I used the [uniform loading x tributary width between shear walls]/2 and in calculating the stress I used the length of wall as the (d) factor. (M/Vd)
Would this...
