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  1. FishTheStructure

    Sinking Foundation

    Hello All, My parent’s 40 year old house in Canborough, Ontario, Canada started to shift/ sink for the first noticeable time during the driest part of the summer this year. My assessment was that the large trees adjacent the house (approximately 30-40’ away) dried out the soil (very high clay...
  2. FishTheStructure

    Ram Steel Beam Composite Beam Analysis with less than 40% Composite Action

    I would like to use Ram Steel Beam to analyze an existing composite beam which I wish to reinforce to reduce the deflection due to an increased loading. The plate reinforcement that I would like to add to the bottom flange causes the existing composite beam (with 45% of full composite action) to...
  3. FishTheStructure

    Personal Engineering Liability Insurance

    I have recently received my P.Eng. designation (Ontario, Canada). As part of becoming a professional, I understand my exposure to liability for my actions both inside and outside of my work has increased significantly. To this end, I am looking into liability insurance. My current thoughts are...
  4. FishTheStructure

    Stiffness of Partial Moment Connections

    I typically try to avoid specifying full moment connections and instead list the factored moment that I require from a connection in an effort to decrease the steel costs. However, I have a situation where my factored moment is only 10% of the moment capacity of the weaker member being...
  5. FishTheStructure

    Cantilever Wall Supported by Concrete on Deck

    Does anyone have any (Canadian) design examples of a wall supported by concrete on deck? The wall will be orientated both parallel and perpendicular to the deck flutes. The wall will not be supported at the top and thus will be imparting moment to the concrete on deck at the base of the wall...
  6. FishTheStructure

    Design Loads

    Sometimes I second guess if my design loads are adequate: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/burlington-skyway-crash-driver-charged-with-impaired-driving-1.2724276 Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert Einstein
  7. FishTheStructure

    Steel Design/Check of Structure: Can shell elements provide lateral support to steel beams

    Hello, I have a 2-D framing layout modeled with area elements to distribute the load to the steel members. When I use the "Steel Design/Check of Structure" function, it calculates the beam's bending moment capacity based on an unsupported compressive flange length equal to the beam length. In...
  8. FishTheStructure

    View > "Set Limits" doesn't work for solid elements

    Hello, The View > "Set Limits" command works as intended for node, frame, and area elements. However, when I have solid elements in my model they are not affected by the "Set Limits" parameters. If I have node, frame, area, and solid elements all together and then apply "Set Limits" the node...
  9. FishTheStructure

    Wood Analysis - Store Material and Frame Definitions

    Hello, I routinely make models with wood frame sections. I add a wood as a material and adjust the material properties to suit the wood I need. Then I use section designer to create whatever lumber dimensions I need to analyze. What I would like to do is save my materials and frame sections...
  10. FishTheStructure

    SAP2000 Keyboard Shortcuts / Keystrokes

    Hello, Does anyone know keystrokes or keyboard shortcuts to do certain tasks in SAP2000? I use SAP quite a bit and I would like to speed up basic tasks. Things I am interested in having keystrokes for that don't seem to have any: - Toggle between hide/show grid lines - Keystroke to hold for...

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