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I have a cylindrical tank (oriented horizontally on integral stands). I am trying to calculate the horizontal force imparted by the tank during a seismic event. Normally we only deal with buildings. Should I proceed with the same type of calculation as what we would do for a building or is...
We are preparing some proposal drawings for a project in Moscow. We are trying to use Times New Roman (Cyrllic) but some of the characters do not display properly on the screen or hardcopy. When we bring up the MText editor all looks fine, however on the screen we get question marks.
Can anyone...
I've been told or have read many times throughout my schooling and intermittently through my worklife that it is important for an engineer to keep a daily journal in order to better limit liability, nevermind to stay focused and organized. Personally, I've tried doing this but get frustrated...
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While I consider my writing skills to be above average, I am still at a loss when it comes to writing a summary to a report or results of an analysis or some other semi-technical letter to a client or colleague. I always seem to manage to get something out in the end, but it never seems to...
I am fairly sure there was an update to the method of calculating the local bearing capacity of beams with respect to web crippling and stiffener requirements. I thought something was updated lately (newer than whats in my S16.1-94 codebook).
Can anybody refresh my memory or am I going nuts?
RQ
A couple of colleagues proposed and idea to me and I'd like to see if anyone here can shoot any holes in it:
The three of us are registered P.Eng's working in Ontario Canada. We are all currently full time employees with structural engineering firms which have Certificates of Authorization...
In our typical structural steel design of commercial/industrial buildings (Toronto area), the column baseplates are normally placed some nominal distance below finished floor.
The columns and baseplates usually have a single shop coat of primer and are touched up on site. On one of our current...
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We use a multitude of programs and among the best of them are several DOS design and analysis programs and utilities. Many of these DOS-based programs seem to print triple copies of the output on our LaserJet 4L printer.Everytime we want a 1 page results sheet we get 3. Its not...
While I have no problem inserting bitmap or metafile objects (logos etc.) into our drawings, the plotter we use currently will not print these out. We need to convert (ie. trace these objects in AutoCad to make them dwg objects). We are using LT14. Are there any applications that are out there...
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I am designing some structural support for ductwork which may have an accumulation of sawdust inside of it. Does anyone have a range of unit densities that I might use for calculating a load? I realize that it depends greatly on the moisture content of the sawdust, but I would like some...
