Thank you for your response here. I have done extensive investigation at this point. Most of this is all for educational purposes and better understanding even though I don’t do structural for a living.
I believe I found that 1” min tie spacing and max 6” tie spacing are my code limits if I...
Thank you. I do have both of these. I am using them as a cross reference to make sure I don’t do something stupid in any of my calcs. Hoping to eliminate some of the conservative approaches that are discussed in the commentary of dca6.
Also rebar intricacies are not discussed.
Hello all,
This is the first post I have added here. Maybe it will help someone in the future and myself in the near term. I'm a civil engineer (PE) for the DOT so I have a bit of educational knowledge but 0 real world knowledge in the subject I'm posting about. Essentially, I have read so much...
I see. So the minimum 10 psf load specified for MWFRS in 6.1.4.1 of ASCE 7-05 is the lateral pressure to be applied to the roofs vertical projected area?
But the values given in the figures at the end of chapter 6 help the user in getting a pressure that is normal to the roof surface.
So I...
Ron,
I agree with you. 7-05 is probably not the addition I should be using (should be using the newer one)-- I have it also but haven't checked to see if the same statements are in it.
This is really an educational process for me at the moment. Not something I will have to turn to the cities...
Hi all,
And thanks in advance for any help you guys can shed on my question. I believe it is an elementary but hopefully I can explain it thoroughly.
So I am working on a carport structure. It has a gable roof with dimension of 30' perpendicular to ridge and 18' parallel to ridge.
I have...
