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    Breakout Failure When New Concrete Cast Against Existing Parallel to the Edge

    You have 2000kN (~450kip) shear on a single anchor?? But to answer your question, I would treat that as an edge and design accordingly. In your case that's probably a lot of anchor reinforcing!
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    Composite Metal Deck

    If that table is from a vendor calculating per SDI (looks like Vulcraft so yes), then Ic, Iu and Id are moments of inertia transformed to steel.
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    Connection Problem

    Are you bolting into the edge of a 4" thick panel, i.e. the 4" thickness is in and out of your view there, and thats how you can get 8" embed? If so, it doesn't pass the initial gut check and I would want to see one of the bolt manufacturers design tools show this works (Hilti, Simpson, etc).
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    Calculate Normal Force

    I'll bite... Fn=10N?
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    ASCE 7-10 15.7.10.4

    For what its worth, ASCE 7-16 changed the verbiage of 15.7.10.1, better differentiating between tanks with integral support towers, and tanks that are just supported by a another tower structure. It sounds like your tank may be the latter condition. (The commentary in 7-16 also has some photo...
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    Structural Slab Supported at Corners

    Can you post images of M11, M22 and M12? I suspect Celt83 is correct and M12 will show negative twisting moments that are adding into the Mmin sum. I am guessing M11 and M22 will not show negative moments, but M12 will. Or there could be something else going on...
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    Artificial Intelligence in Structural Engineering

    Just recently I saw a new grad engineer using an AI tool to generate some pretty complex VB scripts to run in the background of a new design tool he was developing. (I've got almost 25yrs experience) I joked that he was ChatGPT'ing us out of jobs. He quipped that it took him an hour what it...
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    Modeling SOG in SAFE - Convert to Nonlinear Cases

    Regarding the load combo's being "flattened", SAFE converted that combo into a non-linear case. It should show up in the list of load cases with -NL at the end. I am not aware of an automated way to undo the "create non-linear combo" process, but the information is still there in the cases and...
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    Designing Jamb Bars for an Opening in a CMU Wall

    For out of plane loading, I would design the jamb reinforcing for a tributary width equal to 1/2 the door width + 1/2 the distance to your next vertical reinforcing. Looking at your wall elevation, I would also explore the idea of moving the mid-height bond beam up 2 courses to coincide with...
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    SE Exam New format April 2024

    There are several states that require you to submit an NCEES record for a comity (reciprocity) application. You are no longer allowed to collect exam scores, transcripts, references, other license info, etc on your own. You have to use the NCEES record system, and pay them their fee of course.
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    Data Storage Costs

    @thermionic1, thanks for the follow up. That is crazy though! Are we building SkyNet?! I dont know whether to buy nvidia stock, or a doomsday bunker!
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    Data Storage Costs

    Is that a typo? 120MW?
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    The wheels are falling off the Net Zero bandwagon

    I'm just glad that when the US finally spends $50 trillion on windmills, all of these problems will go away.
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    Beam Stiffeners

    If the space between beams was always intended to have concrete up to top of flanges, I would work out a fix detail that provides that. Roughen the concrete surface between beams, add some little dowels into the existing slab, weld some rebar on to each of the exposed beams and lock it all in...
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    SAFE for Sliding Checks

    Go to Analyze - Advanced Modeling Options, is "2D Plate - UZ, RX, RY Only" selected? If so, unselect, re-run model and see if your reactions appear.

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