Below is a detail I've seen used in air traffic pavement. The idea is to bury a non-traffic-rated precast manhole beneath the concrete pavement, and beef up the concrete to span over this manhole (using a 9" gap). As I look at this detail, I am concerned about the lateral soil pressure applied...
Curious--- for those of you who take advantage of the 25% reduction in seismic overturning effects prescribed in ASCE 7-10 12.13.4, do you also apply this force reduction to the sliding check? In my experience sliding is often the controlling design check these days. I understand it reads...
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Steel truss vibration problem. We use DG11 and FloorVibe.
We have a conference center that features a grand ballroom over another smaller ballroom space.
6-ft deep steel trusses span 81 feet over the small ballroom, and support the grand...
