I have designed a circular concrete base foundation and I have inserted a concrete pole mast. But the workers missed the job and the pole mast is not in the center of the base. How do you verify the minimum edge distance ? The base is 3 feet diam. and the pole mast is 10'' dia. The minimum edge...
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I have a project where I need to lower the basement floor. I want to do a "L" wall in front of the existing foundation wall. If the existing wall carries a linear load of "w" what will be the lateral pressure under that wall which will push on my new "L" bench footing ?
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I have to design a baseball backstop net structure. Total height is 60 feet. The first 16' feet is a chain fence 2x2 ga #6 (0.192'' dia.) and the rest will be a nylon net.
My client is asking for a free standing pole. I'm not sure how to determine the wind pressure on the net. Is it just...
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Anyone has a guideline or design example for a foundation for impact machine ? I have a die cast machine, the manufacturer is giving : Machine weight 155000 lb, the horizontal shake force at 140 RPM is 31500 lb and vertical shaking force is 15000 lb.
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How do you determine the pressure of the concrete fill in a circular concrete hollow foundation in which I have a concrete pole. I'm leaving 2 inch all around the pole to fill with concrete. But I want to know if the filling is done with 4000 psi concrete is it sufficiant? how can I...
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I have a rounded taper steel mast 40' long. It is made of a steel plate rolled and bended to form the pole. I was wondering if there is a way to calculate the force acting on the longitudinal weld ?
Anyone has an idea ?
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I have a hollow structure round section dia. 10''. I have to drill a hole 1'' on one side only, I need to know how it will affect the flexural resistance. How to calculate the section modulus ?
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I need to fill a gap, I tought using several washers. But I was wondering if there is a code issue, a limit on how many can be stacked up ?
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I have a steel pole fixed at the base and free at top. I need to plot the PM interaction diagram along the lenght, how do you do that ?
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I have a wood stud and I'm fixing another wood element (cantilevar) (see image attached) how do you determine the how the column (stud) will bend and how to calcultate the flexure ?
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I saw in some documentation that is not allowed to put concrete around a wooden pole, is it true ? normally what is the detail construction when you embed a wooden pole in the soil ? I guess you put gravel at the bottom, what is around the pole ? just the soil or can I...
I have 2 wooden mast 90 feet apart and a cable. At mid span I have a small flasing light 50 lb. I will have some tension in the cable because the maximum sag is near 4 feet. I'm trying to avoid any guyed cables for the wooden mast. How can I evaluate how deep the embedment will be and the...
