I have a concentrated load of 5000 lb. on the edge of a beam.I am trying to calculate/estimate what localized effect it has on the beam flange. Torsion on the overall beam is low as per my calcs. But I want to verify that there is no localized stress or deflection concern in that limited area of...
I designed and am building an underground (dirt on the roof) house. The south wall is exposed like a walk out basement,the roof is covered with 18" of soil as well as the entire back wall.Most of the side walls are covered also.
I installed a 4" PVC pipe under the floor slab. and it comes up to...
I have a 27 ft span. calcs. shows that a W12x14 should be ok.this W12 would frame into a W8x10 that only spans 5 ft. I am thinking about making the W8x10 a W 10x12 just so they dont have to cut out so much of the W12 to fit it to the W10. But I dont think its really necessary -just looks kinda...
Looking for opinions on soil cover for toe of reinforced concrete cantilever retaining wall. Some will put bottom of footing at local frost depth which is about 3 ft for my area.
For wall say over 3' high,the heel of the footing has plenty of soil cover. For higher walls there of course is alot...
