Can any advise me industry practice or a name of a reference for design of concrete for the containment area for some heavy fuel oil tanks. We are are required to meet specified permeability requirements and fire requirements. The tank footings have been designed as ring beams. The proposal at...
I would appreciate some help to clarify the definition of Af and E for design of a lattice framework, Figure 6-21.
The area Af is defined as the solid area projected normal to the wind direction.
Does this mean that I add up the projected areas of all members, even those that are hidden behind...
I wonder if anyone on this list has addressed the design of bolted connections in which a plate is slotted into the hollow section, and this is bolted alongside the support plate that is fixed to the beam or column, the bolts being in single shear. The design of these is covered in AISC...
I am wanting to use a part of ACI 318 but to apply it for Australian reinforcement, I need to know the yield strength of Grades 40, 50 and 60.
I would also be curious to know which grades are normally used in any particular application in USA.
Thanks
Paul Cain
I would appreciate some feedback on a method I have used to design some reinforcement for a complex shaped reinforced concrete structure. (It is 9x9 m plan, and has a 7 m diameter cylindrical hole through it with vertical axis. It sits on rock excavated in a sperical shape so that the depth...
