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    Deflecting Falling Ice

    Due to a broken steam line, ice forms at the top of a stack. It would cost million $ to shut plant down to repair. It may cost >$50,000 if large pieces of ice land on underlying equipment. Assuming that the ice weighs about 500kg and fall for a height of 100.0m, what is the resulting force on...
  2. mikeh

    Slenderness Ratio

    If a structural member has a design compressive load less than the buckling load, why does it still require that kL/r is less than 200 according to CSA S16.1?
  3. mikeh

    The effects of Lithium on hardened concrete

    What are the possible worst case effects of a lithium salt solution being spilled on a strucutral concrete floor slab.<br>Assuming that the spilled had been cleaned up within 30 days? Assuming that no clean-up had occurred?
  4. mikeh

    Can consistent quality from mobile batch plants be achieved?

    We are currently looking at doing a substaintial amount (8000m^3)of concrete work in an underdeveloped country. As such we must bring with us everything that we we need to produce, transport and place concrete.<br><br>We are currently exploring two options.<br><br>1) Set up a traditional batch...
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    How do treads distribute wheels loads

    We are looking at placing some equipment below grade that needs to remain accessible in an area used for military manuevers. In order to do this, we plan to place a removable structure (similar to grating) above a shored excavation. This structure (about 3m by 5m in plan) may be run over by...

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