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    Design of RC Circular Water Tanks BS 8007

    At the moment I have a small negative moment in the bottom section of wall. i.e. the inner face of the wall at the btm is in tension and at mid height the outer face of the wall is in tension. When I calculate the fixed end moment in the slab and redistribute it at the wall the moment being...
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    Design of RC Circular Water Tanks BS 8007

    Thanks for the reply. This is what I was doing although the example had me design the reinforcing before moving on to the base design. (I thought this was odd) My tank is 15m dia. internal x 6.0m ht. with 300mm thick base and wall. The forces I got in the fixed base wall design were M (vert)...
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    Design of RC Circular Water Tanks BS 8007

    Hi, I an following a tank design from 'The Design of Water Retaining Structures - Batty + Westbrooke' I have bee looking at the RC circular tank with a fixed base 15m Dia. The calculations suggets checking the wall with a fixed base and calculating reinforcement etc. then when designingt he...
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    Scheme Design Book/Manual for IStructE Part 3 exams (UK)

    I passed the exam a number of years ago but never came across this manual, the concrete manual gives you the info you need for the paper, in scheme design section take the concrete principles and apply they to the other materials. I.e discuss load transfer to foundtaions vertically and discuss...
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    Curved Concrete Balcony Slab with Edge Beam

    I am not relying on the beam totally but am assuming it will stiffen the edge of the slab and support 1/2 - 2/3 of the slab on the curvature ( approx. width supported 400mm) I designed the section of slab supported at the ends as simply suported and carrying the load applied to its own area and...
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    Curved Concrete Balcony Slab with Edge Beam

    Thanks, I am designing by hand but have the design done. Also I would be interested in anyones thoughts on this situation if the beam is an up stand. (up stand maybe 215 wide X 300mm Ht.)
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    Curved Concrete Balcony Slab with Edge Beam

    Hi, I am looking at a design of a rectangular balcony slab with 1 outer curved edge, the slab is well supported on the ends (built in) and also has a small amount of support at the ends of the curve, I would estimate the curve has a max. offset of 550mm and has an edge beam (down stand). As the...
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    Design of Steel cased mini piles with reinforced concrete infill

    Reinforced Concrete filled Steel mini Piles Hi all, Can anyone advise me of where I can find info on the design of reinforced concrete filled steel mini piles (preferably UK). The piles would be approx. 220mm dia with a central length of rebar. As I see it I need to consider design for load...
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    Varying Oil Pressure

    Thanks guys, I tried the guage etc. but the issue has appanently resolved itself. problably old gluppy oil in the sump.
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    Varying Oil Pressure

    Hi all, I have a large gas genset (approx. 100KVA) when it is running for a while maybe 6-24hour I have notices the oil pressure is variable - this is normally around 5-5.5 bar but some times is dropping to approx. 2.8 bar this often returns to the correct pressure after approx 10 mins although...
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    Steel Frame or Not

    Steel Frame or Not I have a project where the architect had proposed a steel frame the building has dimensions 20x11.5m, 7.0m to eaves - with not internal walls etc. The budget is tight and the architect wants to investigate the possibility of using an external walls of 100/100/215 with steel...
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    Spalling Concrete Yard

    The concrete had a brushed finish - after being tamped it was simply brushed with a rough brush. No trowelling. Tne concrete was likely to be 20N/mm2 compressive strength or possibly 30n/mm2. Air entrained concrete would not have been used. Usually the temperatues are not to cold when we are...
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    Spalling Concrete Yard

    The concrete has a brushed finish. Adjacent to the walls of the dwelling etc. it seems to be in perfect condition. The spalling has occured all over the slab where there was no additional shelter from the walls - it is small flakes at the edges but on the surface of the slab the spalling is...
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    Spalling Concrete Yard

    Hi, I have a residential project where a concrete yard area was poured. Approx. one and a half months later a cold snap came (temperatures 0 to -10 Deg Celceus). The concrete has spalled significantly on the surface and along the edges. As the concrete was placed for this length of time I...
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    Generator Monitor Hardware won't startup

    Hi Guys, I hope you can help. I have a generator which has a piece of hardware for monitoring purposes. The hardware allows me to plug in a monitor and keyboard/mouse. When I plug these in and reset - the computer loads to the microsoft windows 95 startup menus. Here I have a number of options...

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