I have designed an electrical equipment concrete pad consisting of reinforce concrete- see attachment (slab is on top of page). The client has asked for a design alternative consisting of a series of precast concrete blocks bearing over compacted stone-see attachment. They said that they have...
IBC 2009 section 1908.1.9 modifies the ACI 318 Appendix D as follows:
"Section D.3.3. Modify ACI 318, Sections D.3.3.4 and D.3.3.5 to read as follows:
D.3.3.4 - Anchors shall be designed to be governed by the steel strength of a ductile steel element as determined in accordance with D.5.1 and...
hi, sorry for my ignorance, i have a hybrid concrete and cmu shear wall system modeled with several steel and wood roof beams, etc.. I want to be able to get the total dead load. I created a load combination, (DL)and ran a single combination analysis. this where i im stuck.. what's the...
Our client wants to be able to drill 3" diameter holes @12" o.c 12" down from the rigid roof diaphragm. What's the best way to analyze this problem? It's a single story building in a high seismic category E?
