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I am working on a model where I need to model partition walls on top of real beams as fake beams with "none" property but with mass/length assigned. The "none" beams will therefore overlap the real beams partially or entirely. I ran a small test model to see if there will be any issues...
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I am designing a repair of a wooden beam by sistering it with steel channels on its side. The channels are to be connected to the wood member by through bolts. What are the forces that I need to consider while designing the through bolts for composite action of wood and steel channels...
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To repair the bottom chord of a wood roof truss, we are looking sistering a portion of it (8 ft. on either side of king post, the total length between panel points is about 36 ft.) by attaching channels on the sides via through bolts. My question is, how do I model the connection...
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I am looking at designing a RC buttresses to reinforce an existing rubble masonry wall. I sized the buttress walls (8' on centers) to resist the overturning and sliding forces. I had to anchor the buttresses to the soil (rock) below. My question is how do I design the rebars for the...
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I'm looking for alternative foundation designs for 70 ft tall poles resisting axial, lateral and moment at base. The soil is medium to dense silty sand with phi of 28 to 30 degrees. Also at one of the location of the poles, peat was found in between the sand layer; this one definitely...
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I'm designing cantilever retaining walls with sheet piles as well as soldier piles as 2 alternatives for the contractor. I did my hand calculations first and checked my results (especially displacement) with PYWALL. I applied a load factor of 1.5 to active pressure load.
I noticed that...
