I'm verifiyng if it is possible to install a cold storage room inside an existing warehouse over an existing 6" slab. The room is to operate at 2 C / 35.6 F. The cold room provided says that no demolition of the slab is required but I think there is going to be some heaving or swelling in the...
I'm designing a steel building on which steel braces are used for lateral on one direction and shear walls (elevator and stair shaft)on the other. How do I connect the building to the shear walls core. I have seen it with a steel plate with welded Nelson Studs casted inside the core. After the...
I'm designing a concrete structure for deflagration loads. I'm using the FM 1-44 data sheet and the ACI 3-49 code. Does any one uses another publication. Thanks
I'm doing an evaluation of an Prefabricated Metal Building. I'm looking for data on the buildings steel joists. The steel joist's bottom and top chord are not double angles. They are similar to the shape drawn here \__|¯¯|__/ . The web elements are bent pipe sections 3/4" in diameter. Is...
I'm new to REVIT 2008 structural and I have the following question. How can you set a level slope. For example, a roof level with high point 21' and low point 16'.
I do not seem to find how to do it. Thanks
Is it possible to change the deformed shape animation sound in the ETABS programs. The thing is that I have heard the same sound for years and I want to change it.
I have a concrete slab supported on a secondary steel beam. The structural drawings that I have are not the final construction drawings. They do not show any studs or how the metal deck is attached to the steel beam. Now, as per " Fundamentals of Beam Bracing" by Joseph Yura "a cross member...
