PEMB Interior columns

[jike]

For a typical 3 span gable roof PEMB frame, what are the designer's assumptions: The interior pipe columns pinned top and bottom and all the lateral load carried by the exterior tapered columns? or all columns (interior and exterior) work together to resist lateral loads in frame action?

 

[StructTaco]

Isn't Reinforced Cement Concrete a little redundant? Concrete has cement in it, and isn't it always going to have cement in it, at least a little bit?

I have also heard of RCC as Roller Compacted Concrete.

 

[BAretired]

To us, the word cement appears redundant, but "cement concrete" seems to be a term used in India. Perhaps they have some other type of concrete which does not use cement. Darned if I know, but read the first sentence in the abstract at this link:

http://www.krishnaconchem.com/papers/paper3.pdf

BA

 

[StructTaco]

Thanks BA

 

[hokie66]

Transportation engineers use the terms "bituminous concrete" and "asphaltic concrete" in reference to flexible pavements, and "Portland cement concrete" for rigid pavements. Those guys use a lot of acronyms among themselves. In Australia C&G (curb and gutter) is called K&C (kerb and channel). The point BA made is that if you don't know your audience, acronyms should be avoided.

 

[BAretired]

Thanks, hokie.

BA