I am from Nicaragua, today i joined a construction group on social media and saw somebody offering to build homes with "light steel framing", looking closely at the pictures i saw regular drywall studs for the walls, is this allowed?. I am new to Light Steel Framing (LSF) or timber framing for...
Hi everyone, i was working on modeling a masonry structure in ETABS 2015 and i wondered if ETABS always considers the wall to be fully grouted?. If a partially grouted wall be needed, what would be the best way to model it?.
Thanks in advance.
Can A496 bars be used instead of A615 rebars?, ACI 318 limits the deformed bars specifications to A615, A706, A995, A996 (Sec. 3.5.3.1) and A1035 (Sec. 3.5.3.3). Here in Nicaragua the masonry construction method used is "confined masonry", concrete elements are usually 6"x6" and these A496 bars...
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We need to use a Coal Tar Epoxy Coating to coat a cooling tower on a Geothermal Power Plant, the spec says we must cure the concrete for 28 days at 75°F (24°C) and 50% relative humidity. The weather here is very hot at this time of the year, around 34°C (93°F) and sometimes hotter, at night...
Are there different types of epoxy coated rebars?. We are building a geothermal power plant in Nicaragua and a drawing specifies field applied fusion bonded epoxy coating on the rebar for a foundation, we will buy the rebar coated in the US since we can't find any on Central America, i just need...
