Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations waross on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Tilt Walls with Lite Form

Status
Not open for further replies.

ron9876

Structural
Nov 15, 2005
669
Does anyone have any experience with designing tilt walls using the lite form system?

This is an insulated system where the structure basically consists of a 3" or 4" slab with ribs at about 4' c/c. The ribs may extend 6"-10" from the slab. The problem that I am having is that with lateral loads in one direction it will function like a tee beam and in the other direction, after the slab cracks, the ribs will function more like a column. It doesn't seem to comply with tilt wall design and is too slender for concrete column design.

Thanks for any input.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor