Recent content by PSlem

There are a lot of good articles in Journal of Light Construction

Sliding will be an issue

Typically toe pins are used. Drill a diagonal hole, fill with grout, insert a rod, and weld it to a plate welded over the hole cut in the sheet pile.

To check from this time forward you can use http://www.durhamgeo.com/testing/concrete/nondes-crackmon.htm

While working for a slurry wall company I did a cement bentonite ditch and sat precast panels where a train track ran under a rapid transit bridge so a derailment would not bring down the bridge. A long version would be cost prohibitive for the risk.

The cashier this morning gave me the right change...but just barely.

Google screw plate in clay to find several

Thanks nutte

punching shear on HSS wall.

I need to do eqn. 9.3-3 in ASD. My LRFD version of it has a phi of 0.75. Is the eqn. the same for ASD and what is omega so I can replace phi with 1/omega?

Google search confirms 6 http://www.pile.com/reference/safteyFactors/safteyFactors.pdf

Since ENR formula has a 2 on top and top is in foot-lbs and bottom is in inches the safety factor is 6

27-1031(b)(1) provided that structures adjacent to an excavation site had to be underpinned or protected by other means by the "person causing the excavation" when the excavation was 10 ft. or more below curb level. In contrast, the adjacent property owner had to protect his own property when...

=180/(12/2*(40+10))*12 =7.2" So same answer.

Formula is 180 lb/bolt/(1/2 deck span x (40PSF+10PSF)) x 12in/ft.